Diary Room

[Rallentando]

Good morning, afternoon, evening, whatever hosts! It is I, the man who proved the twist of this season could work, Spideynerd the third! For this game, I will be called "Rallentando". For those unaware, Rallentando is a musical term for slowing down, but the shortened version for the word is my last name, so the word has always been something I've been connected with. So, sorry Brett, I am not from Michigan. I was going to play this whole thing off, hiding this from you all, knowing only Jake would find out (he knows the Rallentando name, as I use it for my PSN name, and he also knows my last name). But then I figured if I didn't tell you guys, and some how made it all the way to the end, you'd probably be upset.

So as for why I joined this season... It isn't for Jake like last season. I joined this season because I wanted to do something similar to my Casey thing from last season. I liked the idea of hiding behind a mask and playing the new guy, while the other returnees were targeted. Now, from what I've heard (I haven't read anything yet) the twist will be revealed in Week 4. I didn't really want to be revealed at all, because I was playing this season to see if I could keep up a persona for the whole game. I know someone like Jake would much rather win as Jake, and not his persona... But me, I wouldn't care. I've never won this game, and I don't really care if I ever do. I know I say time and time again that "this season will be my last", and for me, last season was my last. I wanted this season to be the true Cody. Which is why I went with the Rallentando name, even if the "Sam" name is a lie... It's something I've always used in doing a fake name for myself. No idea why, but that name has always been a name I like.

I think that about wraps things up for now. If I see anything else when reading about this season and it's twists, I might comment again. I know there is the Chen's Twist, and I hated that twist when I was part of it before... But you got to do what you got to do, right? So until next time, it's been a pleasure!

[Brett]

Ah, the old "this is my last season" mantra appears once again

Welcome aboard. And in terms of Chens, you're not a newbie so I'll let you know there will be no Chen Master this time around.

[Rallentando]

Oh thank gawd! But I mean, it technically is my first season. It's my first season as the real mean. Spidey is dead, just like Casey died (sooner than I would have liked).

[Rallentando]

So, question for you guys, since I don't see it posted any where whatsoever. Are the only people with Chens the people who got votes for HOH? Because I don't see any where saying if everyone had a total going into the HOH or not. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but I was curious.

[Brett]

Everyone started off with 100 Chens. All vote-getters received 5 Chens per vote, and each Have-Not lost 10 Chens.

[Rallentando]

Ah, cool. I probably missed that some where. Lack of sleep and working lots of hours will do that I'm sure.

[Rallentando]

Just a couple things in case I forget to mention them:

First things first, Monday, I've told my friend I'd babysit for her. I should be back in time for any comp or nominations being due, whatever the case may be. If there isn't anything Monday night, that. I also might not be around Sunday night due to this, I'm not entirely sure yet. I'll try to keep you guys informed.

Starting on Tuesday it is NaNoWriMo time, and even though I haven't got a story completely ready yet, I'm going to partake, since it is something I've enjoyed the past few years. So my time will be limited. I didn't really put this into consideration when joining this game, but I didn't really plan on doing much comp work regardless. So I just wanted to give you guys that heads up, that I might be busy writing during comps. I'll try to give a heads up if I'm finding myself needing to write, but I wanted you guys to at least be aware.

[Brett]

If the HOH competition ends in a tie, there will be an HOH Duel at 6pm Central. Nominations will be due Monday night at 6pm.

Best of luck with that! Maybe this time you'll feel like sharing some of your writing with us??

[Rallentando]

Since I have no idea what I'mean gonna write just yet, I feel as though the story is going to be super random... So probably not, but who knows?

[joepetz999]

NaNoWriMo drives me crazy but I love it. I think this will be my third years of doing it.

[Rallentando]

This will be #4 for me. I'm still not completely sure what I'm going ton write and November is almost here.

[Rallentando]

Hey Joe, if it makes you feel any better, your clue about singing and dancing led me straight to Monster Mash. Not sure if that's the answer or not, but it fits.

[joepetz999]

That was correct I just didnt want to tell you that in interest of fairness.

[Rallentando]

I was fairly certain that's what it was, and your reason in not telling me was exactly that. The only person I would have thought about telling would have been Christian, and I'm not completely sure where his loyalty lies, so I probably wouldn't have said anything even if you had confirmed it. It's amazing it took them that long though. I found it based on the clue, like I said, but it wasn't that hard. Not nearly as hard as your "Find Brett/Joe/Derek" comp. I still have nightmares about that one.

[joepetz999]

That was fun because we got to do it twice.

Also, you can share information with other players even if you are not playing. That is not against the rules. I just did not want to tell you your answer was correct so you could pass it on to someone else.