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Hey Dom. First off, I'd like to just say that there was a reason it didn't really look like I was playing the game that much in the beginning. I kind of went into it in Lena's question, but if you need to hear more about it just let me know. :)

Anyway, ahaha, I knew the Fantine thing would come up. Okay, so here's the deal man. I think you (and maybe other people) are under the misconception that the only reason I brought Fantine back just because she PMed me and said she wouldn't vote for me unless I chose that option. And that really isn't the case at all. As I told people at the time when I got the message, I don't really respond to threats that well. And, no offense to Fantine, but there was no way I was going to choose that option JUST for a chance at her Jury vote. I agonized over that decision, so let me explain everything I considered. This may get lengthy. :P

First off, I knew before most everyone else did that Fantine (or whoever was evicted) was going to be coming back as a Ghost the next week, thanks to my recently-made alliance with Martin. So something I had to take in consideration was that if I didn't choose the option, there was a good chance Fantine was going to be a part of the house anyway even if I chose another option.

Next up, the week I was HOH, everybody in the household was telling me that I was one of the safest people in the house, at least for the next week. So I had to use that to my advantage. I had already ruled out the auto-evicts because, while most everyone was saying that they were targeting somebody else, there was one person (Lena) who I felt would target me and might evict me. Even though it was a 1/9 (nine including the ghost) chance, I wanted a 0/9 chance that I would be evicted. So I decided it would be to my advantage to choose either the double eviction or the previous evictee option, to get that out of the way while nobody was considering me a target.

Finally, I had two goals for the next week: keep Sera safe (because I knew she was a big target) and get Omar evicted. You see, I knew that you, Sera, and Omar were a team and I was the odd man out. I wanted Omar evicted because I knew that as long as he was in the house, what he wanted to do would always trump what I wanted to do in the minds of you and Sera. Plus, I felt Omar would easily try to sacrifice me to keep you two safe and I just couldn't risk that. I know Omar was your closest ally but he was far from my closest ally at all and I knew he would always do what was best for him and wouldn't hesitate to take me out if it benefited him.

As for the keep Sera safe part, I weighed the pros and cons of the double eviction vs. the previous evictee. If I chose the double eviction, there was a good chance that Sera was going to end up nominated no matter who won the HOH. There was a 1 in 9 chance she would win the HOH and stay safe, but an 8 in 9 chance she would be nominated. As opposed to the previous evictee option, where there was a 1 in 9 chance Omar would win the HOH, but an 8 in 9 chance he would be nominated and probably evicted over Sera. Of course, at the time I didn't realize others would throw the HOH after I chose the option, but that's the risk I took. It didn't end up working out the way I wanted to, but I was trying to make the most logical and strategic decision I could for my own benefit.

Anyway, I hope that explains my thought process about that decision. :P

As for why you should vote for me to win? I think I played a lot more of a strategic game than people give me credit for. Yes, in the early game, I concentrated on being well-liked and active to get by instead of forming alliances. But that helped me later because I hadn't gotten entangled into anything messy. As the game progressed, I adapted a strategy of playing round-by-round and playing specifically for my own best interests. I only made three solid alliances the entire game (one with Sera, the "Circle of Trust" with Omar, Sera, and Hero, and one with Martin) and yet I was still able to make it here to the final 2.

And if that doesn't convince you, you should vote for me simply because I'm awesome. :D