Big Brother 9 - 4/08 Show Live Blogged from the East Coast

As I await my most recent live feeds report to go up over on TV Squad, the show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. As always, comments are very welcome! A full review of the show will be posted late tonight on TV Squad. Since the entry in this blog is written as I watch television, please forgive any typos!

Darn that American Idol for running over -- I missed part of the recaps! Sheila just called Adam a jerk and we went to color, Day 57. She doesn't trust him, never would have done it to him. Ryan gave him the cold shoulder.

Natalie figures if she plays both sides, she'll come out ahead. Adam is basically looking scared, goofy, and confused. Sharon thinks that Adam made himself into a big target. She will continue to lay low. Sheila said he put her in a position to have to win something. She would never, never, never do that to him. She, who has won nothing, will take herself off the block.

Now she's repeatedly telling Ryan she would never have done that to him. Ryan thinks James will use the veto if he wins it to save Sharon. Adam believes that James wouldn't use it.

Sheila is still on her rant about Adam putting her on the block. Natalie is sure that it will work out. When she wins HOH next week, she'll put Adam on the block. "Dumbest frickin' move in the game," Sheila repeats.

Adam tries to get some affirmation -- Sharon doesn't know right or wrong. Now Adam is sure he did the wrong thing.

Now Adam is talking to Sheila again. He doesn't know why he did it. She has calmed down, understands the reasoning, but thought it was risky. She forgives him. He chews his thumb. He pologizes to Natalie. She's not worried because she's playing both sides.

"I stirred the pot for no reason." Ryan is a lot more forgiving than I saw on the feeds. "I'm going to be Warrior Princess Nattie." - Natalie. Natalie says, almost as if she's forces, that she's not ready to forgive him because he put her at risk (DR segment).

James tells them he gave his word he wouldn't use the POV if he won it. He will keep his word. Natalie can't trust James. Nat, Adam, and James think about getting rid of Sharon. No more whining. She has trust issues, but gives him her word. If she gets HOH, she won't nominate him and vice versa.

Sharon reminds him of all the reasons Natalie can't be trusted. He tells her Nat wants to work with him. Sharon thinks it's a ruse for him not to play hard to win veto.

James says he's not evil and hates the good vs. evil as he talks to Sharon. He's fed up and frustrated. Sharon talked about being evicted, coming back and having a target when she teamed up with Joshuah. James misses home and Sharon cries. He misses getting hugged. She starts talking about Jacob. Jacob felt like he failed her. Importance of friends and family ... James thinks she's amazing. They vow to support each other.

Natalie and Sheila in the bathroom. Sheila thinks the kids don't pick up after themselves. She goes on a cleaning spree. She's been the maid here for two months.

Time for the veto comp! Skulls! Some kind of stone face with smoke, lizards, sand, palm trees. BB lake has a drought, rhyming rain god is unhappy. They have to come up with the number of the correct day found on rocks for events in the house. Sheila - "I never know what day it is."

Natalie thinks she'll win because she's always counting things. Heh. She's out first! It rains. The day Amanda fell ill is next. Sheila doesn't even know what month it is! She fell ill day 16 All were wrong. James and Sheila both said 32, but James beat her to the slab, so Sheila's out.

The day the couples split. Day 28. James got eliminated. Sharon, Ryan, and Adam are left in the comp. The day they saw Evel Dick. 44, Sharon is out. Ryan told Adam they will get the same number and he'll kneel first so Adam doesn't have to use the POV. Mystery box day, oops different answers. Ryan is right with 35. He wins POV.

Sheila is gald Ryan won because she can't trust Adam to use it. Sharon thinks despite her secret alliance with Ryan, he won't save her. James isn't ready to give up.

Natalie is giggling ... Matt will get his birthday gift. Sheila is crying. Natalie tells her Ryan will take her off the block. Ryan and Natalie bounce and dance. Natalie thinks it's the bible reading which did the trick.

Sheila and Sharon are in the yard, Sharon tells her that Natalie has been trying to work with James according to James. Sheila is sure that Natalie will ultimately betray her -- she can tell by her attitude. "I am a mom in this game." So Sheila talks to Ryan. She hints that Natalie will want to get him out.

James is pacing the night and runs into Ryan. He tries to talk Ryan into not using the veto. Ryan tells him that it's adam's decision who goes up and that her is a big threat. Ryan tells him that Natalie is saying he (James) comes to her over the deals. James tells him it's the other way around. They talk about keeping Sharon.

Ryan struts to the Memory Wall. Ryan -- Do I flip the house with James or go with my alliance.

Time for the veto meeting. Sheila speech -- Congrats, you really did earn. I would like to prove I'm playing a stronger game. Would appreciate it.

Sharon -- Whatever he decides, I'm good.

Ryan -- Surrounded with strong allies, will use it on Sheila. Sharon and James look dead. Adamsyas he has two options, will choose James. He tells James he's his friend, but gameplay has to come first. He apologizes. James says he's okay, but Ryan has to remember that his allies votes him out.

Sharon is going to keep her mouth shut. Adam tells us he took the easy route because everyone wants James out.

Big Brother 9 Live Feeds Into Tuesday Morning

Time is dwindling for James as it seems the door has already closed and there's not much he can do about it. That doesn't mean he has totally given up.

Here are the late night and overnight happening from inside the Big Brother House of Malicious Moles:

• Adam and Ryan watched Sheila and James talk in the kitchen with the HOH spy cam. They have no audio, so they don't know it wasn't a game talk for the most part with the exception of James saying he was going to focus his attention on Natalie until he goes.
• Adam is getting sick of Sharon. He's sure he'll go on the block if she wins HOH.
• Sharon and Sheila schemed. They think that the boys would keep Sheila over Natalie.
• If (big IF) Sheila wins HOH, she will put up Sharon and Adam, then backdoor Natalie with the veto.
• Sharon said that Ryan said Natalie's the strongest girl and has to go.
• Sheila thinks they (the boys) would get rid of Sharon before Natalie.
• Sharon doesn't know what a mole is and how the term is used in the house. Sheila explained it to her.
• Ryan told Natalie that James is egging Sharon on and stirring up ... er, stuff by getting everyone upset at each other.
• Sharon and Sheila think Natalie has turned Adam against them saying they want him out of the house because he's a strong competitor.
• Natalie insists Sharon is the mole and has decided she (Natalie) must be the last girl in the house.
• The Natalie, Adam, Ryan camp has consolidated against Sheila and Sharon.
• James egged Sharon on to blow up at Natalie.
• James tried to convince Ryan to keep him, saying that Natalie is the biggest threat in the house for the win. (I think he's right there.)
• Although I doubt Ryan will side with him, he asked James what would be in it for him if he kept James. James told him solidarity and it would rattle Natalie.
• Ryan told Adam that James has Sheila's vote to stay (he does not!). Adam said there's no benefit in keeping James.
• Sharon blew up about being called the mole. She said Natalie will reap what she sows.
• James was up again after everyone went to bed. He cleaned the grill, made a burger and roamed the night.
  

Big Brother 9 Live Feeds Into Monday Evening

James and Sheila having a pleasant talk in the kitchen. No. Really. Low voices, non-game, talking about the importance of education.

Welcome back, Nana in the NW!

Here are this evening's happenings from that Big Brother House of Git n Edukashun:

• The hamsters want their luau tomorrow.
  
• The tension goes on. Is Adam the mole? James? Darn it, if they haven't figured out it's Big Brother and you can't trust anyone by now...!
• Adam thinks it could be Sharon stirring up things. But Sheila thinks it's either Natalie or Adam.
• I think they should all sit in their separate rooms until they decide to act like adults.
• The DR told Adam he can have the patch and not smoke or he can smoke and not have the patch. Well, duh.
• Sheila told Sharon that she doesn't trust Natalie 100%.
• James is hinting that he might flour Natalie before he leaves the house.
• Sharon told Sheila she has never lied to her.
• Sheila went on an anti-Nat tirade. Oh, not to her face or anything.
• James egged Sheila on and contributed to her anti-Nat rag.
• Ryan still has some stiffness but feels better than he did yesterday.
• Sheila just won't shut up.
• It could be worse. She could be crying about being a single mom again.
• Did you know that Sheila's a single mom?
• Ryan told Adam that Sheila and Sharon want to come after them. (Isn't that a part of the game? The numbers are getting down. After James goes, they're just going to be picking each other off until three remain.)
• Ryan thinks Adam told the girls that he and Adam plan to be the final two. Heck, I think I've seen just about every combination want to be the final two. The girls don't need Adam to tell them anything just like the guys don't need a mole to tell them that they're targets. There can be a Boys Club but no Girls Alliance? Get a grip, Ryan!
• Adam blamed the leak on James.
  
• Sheila told James she'd love to be in the final two with him. @@
• I have to stop this report because Sheila won't stop talking.
  

Latest BB9 Live Feeds and Stuff

"I love a good buffet table!"

My latest BB9 live feeds report is up over at TV Squad. I'll be reporting here again later tonight. It's a snoozefest for the most part there today, literally.

Blog reader Sydney wanted to know if I have a personal choice for the win. I really haven't had one since the start of the season. I know I don't want Sheila to win, but I'm a bit ambivalent after that.

Readers were also trying to figure out a comp rigged for Sheila to win. I'd say it would be an endurance comp. Yep, you heard me. But twist the endurance to her talents. Who can drone on and on, then on all over again? You got it. An endurance contest for nonstop talking!

Today was raw, chilly, and grey here. But signs of spring are coming even though the temperatures aren't cooperating! I found this sprig of leaf and bud in the crook of a tree.

BB9 Live Feeds Into Monday Morning

Graphic artist Zoetawny nailed it this time -- the good, the bad, and the ugly! It's perfect!

And it not just a matter of physically unattractive, mind you. An ugly personality can be much worse than any mere physical features.

Here's what has happened in the house since I last reported:

• The HG got a whopping six pack of beer for the five of them.
• It's wasn't the brand James had requested.
• Sheila told Natalie and Sharon that James is trying to stay and was campaigning to get Natalie out of the house.
• Natalie thinks James is targeting her because "the girl with no education" is staying in the house and she's leaving. (Side note - I don't recall James having extensive schooling.)
• Sheila is really enjoying Adam's Bon Jovi music from his HOH basket this week.
• Natalie says she doesn't dream about sex because she hasn't had any in a year and forgot what it's like.
• Sharon is sure that if Natalie wins HOH, she'll be the next out the door.
• All are in bed as I get this posted.
  

BB9 - Feeds, Show Review and Stuff!

Sharon pokes at food in the kitchen as Sheila walks by. Hey, I didn't promise excitement!

My full review of the Sunday show is up over on TV Squad. And, my feeds report from earlier on TV Squad includes a gallery of screen caps I've recently taken if you want to give that one a gander.

Here's what's been happening in the Big Brother House of Wasted Potential:

• Adam thinks Sheila is unattractive. Well, um, Adam, I like your brother's looks more. I'm being polite here.
• James said that Natalie is a butterface (everything is good but-her-face). I don't get that at all. It fit Amanda, but Natalie has a cute enough face.
• Adam thinks the house has a bunch of nutcases. James agreed and mentioned the he thought he himself was bad -- nothing compared to them!
• In a DR leak, James was asking them for some Pabst Blue Ribbon beer for his last few days in the house. I think I would have at least asked for a good microbrew!
• Natalie is upset that she's almost out of her 20s. I remember that feeling!
• Ryan has rested most of the day complaining about a sore muscle, but is feeling better tonight.
• Ryan played with the remote control car. Earlier they had built ramps in the yard for it.
• Ryan told Adam he thinks that James will try to terrorize the house. @@
• James, Adam, and Sheila talked. James told Sheila she has to convince Ryan that he'd put Adam on the block if he stayed.
• Sheila thinks her biggest threat in the house is Natalie.
• Sheila reported everything that James said to her to Sharon.
  
• Natalie knows Sheila is worried about her as a threat. She wants to get HOH. She'll show her a threat!
  
• They are barbecuing out in the yard.
• James cleaned the grill, terrorizing guy that he is.
• Adam only has two packs of cigarettes left plus whatever's in the pack he's smoking.
  

Big Brother 9: 4/06 Show Live Blogged from the East Coast

As I await my most recent live feeds report to go up over on TV Squad, the show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. As always, comments are very welcome! A full review of the show will be posted late tonight on TV Squad. Since the entry in this blog is written as I watch television, please forgive any typos!

Oh, great. Blogger has put word verification on updating my entries. I'm not a happy person here.

We're in the recap phase and updates to the entry will be slower than usual. They're talking about Joshuah's eviction and his inspirational speech. James knows they're taking out the people closest to him.

Day 56 in the house, Sharon is crushed with Joshuah's eviction. She said he brightened up her days. She sys she's from a military family and they don't cry as she wiped away the tears. Adam said she wialed and we'll see what she's made of now, Marine.

B&W recap of the HOH comp time. I bet Adam will win! And, he does. Natalie had a drream, God speaks to her or something. James is very upset, it really really sucks.

Sharon hates everybody there.

Team Christ has got it going on for Natalie. She's thrilled to deat. Once you have the power of Jesus, you never go back ... or something like that.

James is getting really aggravated and Sharon wants to go think. James comes up with various scenarios. Sheila thinks she has had enough abuse... if Adam puts her on the block, she'll really be hurt. Adam tells us she might be the pawn. "Most truth is spoken through jest, my friend." She still gets ticked.

Adam's HOH room ... more pictures, pics of his homies, no baby food, but a letter from home. His mom wrote how many are rooting for him. She closes her eyes every time she sees him picking his nose. He tells us he's a single guy. His roommate was responsible for the baby food.

Natalie and Adam are suspicious as Sheila is outside with Sharon and James. Natalie says it should go James, Sharon, then Sheila out of the house. Ryan says Sheila is expendable.

James talks to Adam. Adam thinks James is down and out and has nobody. He feels bad. James goes to his alter-ego Crazy James and runs around making power faces in the windows. He thinks he's going to win this game.

My word verification is ditsi. @@

The entertaining music is on and they're toilet papering Sheila's room. OLD FOOTAGE! It was when Joshuah was in the house although we're just seeing James, Ryan, and Adam. Sheila took it well. Natalie hides in the garbage pail to scare her. She thinks they're up to something. James is sneaking up with flour. Now Sheila is mad.

Adam told her they did it because they love her. She tells us she doesn't get upset with all the pranks, it's no big deal. IN a weepy moment she talks to Adam about having a dream that her son was in the yard. She tells us how hard it is. Adam says he misses his family, but it must be harder without her son ... so he will ehlp her out. She cries more for us in the DR.

She thinks Adam "gets her" more than anyone else in the house. He's the only one who she can trust and talk about her son to.

Sharon thinks her strategy is to lay low. Ryan talks to her about working with her. He said he'll try to talk Adam into putting Sheila up instead of her. Ryan and Sheila, nicest people to the final two.

So he goes to talk to Adam who has a stupid grin on his face. Ryan thinks a three-person rotation -- Sheila, Sharon, James is in order. Is Adam rceptive? Hard to tell.

Mama Sharon is takling James under her wing.

It's time for the food comp. Ryan needs to get off slop. In the yard there's a huge inclined ramp with stuff on it ... mashed potatoes. You have to sling mashed potatoes. Must build pathways for the gravy down slopes into tubes which are for food groups. 3 luxury items can be earned -- feast, barbecue, outdoor toys. "Adam and Ryan are whales on the ramp," says James.

This is very messy, but very different, too. They got meat and fish first. Then desserts and snacks. Natalie wasn't ready when Sheila poured gravy. Adam moved James train to outdoor toys instead of fruits and vegetables. They got bread and pasta. They got the BBQ grill. They're very messy.

They missed out on fruits/vegies/beer and soda and a feast. Everybody is happy.

Nominations today says the plasma screen. James wants to open up to Adam and point out that he's never done anything wrong to him. Adam said "I don't want my boy to be on the island. It hurts my feelings." Ryan eavesdrops and reports to Natalie. They say that Adam has to put James up.

Adam tells Ryan he's thinking of putting up Sheila and Sharon. Ryan calls Natalie up and she threatens to smack him upside the head. They double team Adam. He just has his silly grin on. Nat and Ryan are getting upset.

Natalie is worried that James will win POV, save Sharon and either her or Ryan will go up. He's a bum and a con artist, says she.

James talks to him again. He says either thing he does is a big risk. Why did you vote me back in the game if you didn't want to work with me? Sheila is bitter, thinks James is a troublemaker. Natalie heard her name from downstairs and joins them. James said he said she voted him back in. James said he's only asking Adam, not Natalie. Adam tells him it's too little too late in the whole game. Natalie tells him that he's negative and mean to people. He breaks down. It's Adam who consoles him.

Adam looks like he's redy to cry. He tears up. Natalie consoles him, but you can tell it's not affecting her like Adam. The tears were real, haven't cried like that since last week ... er, when his father died when he was 14. It just sucks.

Adam tells him he knows he can win POV. Adam tells him he won't be on the block if he promises not to use the POV if he wins.

Adam is considering his nominations by staring at the memory wall and gathering the keys. Adam thinks he has to think what's best for him, not what's best for everyone else. Ryan wants him to nominate James or he or Natalie will end up on the block.

Time for the nominations ceremony. Ways to go, options, personal safety, group safety, passion for the game.

Key order -- Natalie, Ryan, James. Sheila looks disgusted, Natalie looks confused. Sharon and Sheila are nominated for eviction.

Adam will fast forward the motions if James won POV. This will put fire into everybody to play POV. If you want James out, win POV. James made a promise. Sheila is heartbroken. Adam just wants everybody to play. Sheila thinks Adam stabbed her in the back over and over again. Ryan thinks Adam's noms are cowardly and spineless. "Adam is a frickin idiot! Like the mashed potato river, but with tears" -- Natalie. Ryan thinks he won one friend and lost three.

BB9 - POV Meeting Update

As expected, Ryan used the POV to save Sheila. Adam put James on the block with Sharon.

Big Brother 9 Live Feeds Into Sunday Morning

Now, there's a sight for a Sunday morning! Perhaps I'm no one to talk because I don't have any tattoos. But, if I were to have tattoos, I'd want some kind of art and symmetry about them, as well as nothing that has to be covered by Band-Aids all the time.

Here are the evening's happenings from that Big Brother House of Looney Toons:

• Natalie again AGAIN denied the oral sex with Matt. She admits to "touching it once" a couple of weeks ago. He's been out of the house for three weeks. When Sharon mentioned that, Natalie said she meant three weeks before he was evicted.
• With the outdoor toys, they also received topic cards for discussion. So a lot of the evening was really odd small talk.
• Sheila told Adam that he doesn't know her better because he doesn't want to know. (Nor do I.)
• Natalie claims that she never loved Mattie and now that she knows about all of his lies, she finds him repulsive. (Sure, I want to see when they reunite! I bet she'll be all over him!)
• Sharon told Ryan she'd put up Adam and Sheila if she won HOH.
• Sheila, still upset with Adam about being put on the block, asked him why her and not Natalie.
• Adam told her that he thought she would be safer than Natalie. She asked if that was because Natalie's a stronger player and he agreed. She then said she might win it all without winning a single comp. (NONONONONO!)
• Sheila doesn't think anyone will put them (her and Adam) on the block together because there are stronger players in the game.
• Sharon would.
• Ryan and James talked about the veto ceremony. Ryan said he would be using it, but it would be Adam's decision who to put on the block.
  
• They're sure that Adam won't be putting Natalie on the block and it will be James.
• James told Ryan that he had been making deals with Natalie and that Natalie has been talking about Ryan behind his back.
• Natalie told Adam and Sheila that "they" were going to try to get him to nominate her instead of James. He said he already told James he'd be going on the block.
• Adam, Natalie, and Sheila think they'll be the final three. They plan James, Sharon, and Ryan to go in that order.
• All are asleep as I post this.
  

OFF TOPIC: Roofus on the Flip Side

I'm awaiting my latest BB9 live feeds post to go up over at TV Squad. It's been kind of boring in the house today. The big news there is they now have outside toys. Woohoo.

If you click on the image below, it should go larger. This is the back of the buildings where I catch Roofus the cat in the front. I was right about him going to the old ex-car rental place where the elderly man feeds the feral cats. Today I caught him going down the lower roofs to the car tops, then the ground.

Big Brother 9 Live Feeds Since POV

Will James have 9 lives on the 9th of April? Only time will tell, but the future looks a bit dim for the geek in the pink.

Since Ryan won POV it's highly unlikely that James will being using those 9 lives anywhere but in the sequester house.

Thanks go to Zoetawny for the great graphic! James would probably be happy to know he's not just any cat with a pink mohawk ... he's a max cat!

Since the suspense of the POV comp is over, there hasn't been much excitement in the house. It's not like big surprises are expected at the POV meeting on Sunday, so we've hit the doldrums. Without further ado, here's what's been going on in that Big Brother House of Merry Misfits:

• Sheila told Adam and Natalie that she thinks that James will probably try to manipulate Ryan.
  
• I think Sheila's trying to manipulate Adam and Natalie.
• Sheila makes nowhere near 60 grand a year. Why am I not surprised? I think the median income levels of most BB houseguests are on the low side. Some in pharmaceutical sales do well, but I think most of the younger crowd have throwaway McJobs.
• James did work on Adam, trying to convince him that Natalie and/or Sheila need to be gone.
• Once again they're hoping for a luxury clothes comp.
• Adam and Ryan talked and agreed Sheila is an idiot. (An annoying one at that, I say.)
• James told Ryan and Sharon disgusting things he's done to the kitchen sink.
• James told Sharon, Adam, and Sheila that he doesn't like when Natalie goes around calling him an evil-doer then plays nice to his face. (At least he realizes it's happening, he's not completely snowed.)
• James says Sheila needs the money more and he's not upset leaving before her. (Oh, do NOT let Sheila get to the end you silly hamsters! It's not about who "needs" the money more. If a person "needs" money so bad, they work for a living and don't go into the BB9 house for three months!)
• Sheila says she's going to really try to win comps from now on. Wait, didn't she say that before? @@
• Adam thinks if he gets to the end he'll have James' jury vote because he didn't lie to him.
• Natalie didn't learn what a pedestal is in her three years in design school or in her life for that matter. Sheila told her the word is common knowledge. Not in the Beaver State of Mind, I guess.
• Adam had to display how a pedestal functions using a pepper shaker.
• I guess none of Natalie's boyfriends ever really put her up on a pedestal or she'd know the word. Obviously looking for love in all the wrong places.
  

There's the big news of the evening so far. A thrill a minute.

Latest BB9 Live Feeds Report

My latest TV Squad live feeds report is up right here.

I'll be posting another report here on this blog after they do more tonight.

BB9 -- Bulletin -- POV Winner

I believe we might be bidding adieu to James this week ... Ryan won the power of veto comp.

More soon.

Big Brother 9 - Live Feeds Into Friday Morning

It's a cold world in the Big Brother 9 house for James. Either that or he's gone into hiding.

Here are the late night and overnight events in that Big Brother House of Adam Did It:

• Sharon has a new furless fur-iend. She's adopted a slug in the backyard. A face only a mother could love.
• James told Sharon that he won't use the veto to save her if he wins it. That was part of his deal with Adam to not be nominated. Adam really doesn't want to have to put either Ryan or Natalie on the block in place of Sharon.
• Ryan is sure that James will use the veto to save Sharon and will betray Adam's trust.
• Sheila can't stop talking, but now at least it's a new subject -- Adam's betrayal.
• Ryan is like a broken record telling Adam he's ruined everything.
• Natalie is sure that James is gloating and is telling Sharon he'll save her with the veto. Wrong.
• Sheila says that James' inspirational speech is coming to fruition. If she wants to stay in the house she has to win a comp.
• Supposedly James was told he'd break a record if he wins the POV comp.
• Natalie said the POV had better be something biased towards her or her group. @@
• Natalie also says she'll DOR (voluntary leave) the game if James wins POV.
• I doubt she will.
• She thinks that BB is favoring James and it's time they favored her.
• Adam is still blaming the DR for changing his mind and going for the deal with James.
• Uh-oh. Not only did they not win beer and soda, but they also didn't get fruits and vegetables -- they have no treats for the guinea pigs! Ack!
• Natalie and James talked. He said he'd rather work with everyone than to have them against her. Natalie told him that if he doesn't use the veto to save Sharon she won't put him on the block if she wins HOH. (But can she be trusted?)
• Speaking of trust, when called on breaking his word to James, Ryan said he only shook hands on a deal because James cornered him.
• When alone and away from Ryan, Natalie and Adam talk -- they're still cool with each other.
• All are asleep as I get this posted.
  

Survivor Review, BB9 Feeds and Stuff

Ryan and Natalie discuss Adam's rather shocking nominations in the BB9 house.

But first ... my Survivor review is up over on TV Squad. And a rather quickie feeds report will be up there soon.

And second ... I'm running a bit behind today because I had an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon after a full day of working. Not good news, not bad news, just inevitable stuff. My knee surgery date is set for May 14th. He told me I will have to go to a rehab hospital (wah) So, I'll be totally out of commission for a couple weeks from mid-May until the beginning of June. BB should be well over by then, but I'm not sure of the Survivor finale. We'll see. Lots to do between now and then.

To the feeds, alas a bit abbreviated because I'm very beat:

• James thinks Ryan is intimidated by him. Sharon agreed with him. I just don't see it. Gamewise, maybe.
  
• They had a food comp -- they had to make mountains of mashed potatoes, then flow gravy down them to win various food groups.
  
• Adam cut his finger during the food comp.
• They all have real food for the week but missed out on soda and beer.
• James worked on Adam to not go on the block. He pointed out that he has never lied to Adam, nor has he done anything against him in the game.
• Natalie looked for signs from God.
• Ryan vehemently wants James out this week.
• The DR doesn't seem to go with that. Slips before they blocked had Adam saying that he felt pressured by the DR not to nominate James this week.
• Since nominations, Ryan has been at Adam telling him Sheila had his back, he had his back ... big guilt trip. He had Adam saying he really screwed up this week.
• But then when Adam talked to James and Sharon, he had a different attitude.
• Sheila is freaking. Too bad, so sad. Earlier in the day she said she promised Allison Grodner she's stop cussing. She blew that promise!
• Natalie, taking it the best of the three, told Adam he should just align with Sharon and James -- Ryan isn't about to forgive him.
• Sharon told James that Natalie said she'd keep her over Sheila. Hmmm.

Tomorrow, I'll be back in gear.

BB9 - Nominations Bulletin

Adam nominated Sheila and Sharon on the block it seems. James has to win POV or he'll be backdoored.

'Survivor Micronesia' - 4/03 Show East Coast Updates

The show has started here on the east coast. I'll update this post as important events (immunity, boot, and such) happen.

My full show review will be posted over at TV Squad later tonight.

As always, comments are a joy! :-)

Early immunity challenge with pizza and beer. One member from each tribe chosen by other tribe for individual immunity, off to Exile -- Ozzy and Alexis go.

Airai wins pizza, beer, immunity.

Ami was voted out. Erik lives on as the only fan in the tribe.

BB9 - Live Feeds Into Thursday Morning

We may have seen Adam win the HOH, but he's not the HOH -- it's the Girls! Although he'll probably put Sharon on the block with James, Sharon isn't the target. Yeah, we know who's running the house this week.

Here are the late night tidbits from that Big Brother Little House of Horrors:

• Even Sharon is working at Adam, telling him that James would definitely have put him on the block had he won HOH. (Oh, but dear sweet Sharon wouldn't have nominated him, huh?)
• Adam's mother wrote that his dogs get excited when they hear his voice on TV. Aw.
• Sharon is trying to distance herself from Joshuah, saying she was sort of stuck with him due to the initial pairing and how he brought her back in the game.
• Adam and Natalie are sure BB has been pushing for James to stay.
• Natalie is a bit upset that Joshuah refused to hug her.
• Natalie told Sheila that since she and Adam voted James back in, it's their responsibility to get him out.
• Ryan agreed with Adam that James must go this week.
• Sheila is sure they showed James foaming at the mouth an inch from her face on TV. Well, not an inch really ... and technically no foam. But, yeah.
• James and Sharon had a good cry together (after she finished campaigning against him).
• James told Sharon he'd rather be winning POVs and saving himself than winning HOH and sending someone home.
• They all think there might be a luxury clothes comp this week.
• When Natalie, Ryan, and Adam started fussing how they think BB favors James, the feeds were blocked.
• When they returned, they were discussing Julie Chen.
• Everyone is in bed as I post this except for Adam ... he's roaming and snacking.
  

BB9 - Live Feeds Since the Live Eviction

Adam and Natalie talk, soon to be joined by Sharon. She tells Adam she knows she'll be on the block with James and understands. Adam told her he can't put Sheila up because she'd freak out too much. "It's okay. I live on the block anyway," says Sharon.

Here's what's been happening:

• Sharon was initially very upset, saying that she hates being there, James will win POV and she'll go home.
  
• They can't believe James didn't win -- he's always going around counting everything in the house.
• I knew the windows answer because the BB voice has announced it before.
• James told Adam he wasn't mad at him, he's mad at himself.
• Natalie knew all of the answers, this would have been her comp to win had she not been forced to sit out as outgoing HOH.
• Sheila cried. She wanted to win.
• Natalie later told Adam that Sheila wasn't upset that he won, she was upset because she didn't. (Natalie made sense there. Uh-oh.)
• Sheila told Sharon the fake story Josh had told her about being really boyfriends with Neil and having an adopted son.
  
• Sheila believed the story and seems to have Sharon believing it, too. Joshuah lives on.
• Adam, Ryan, and Natalie all think Sharon threw the HOH comp. She missed a simple question they all got right.
• Sheila said she was going to miss Joshuah's dancing in the mornings.
• Sheila and Natalie heard James say something about the "nines" so they're sure Sharon told him.
• Sheila keeps having dreams about Evel Dick. She wants to go out with him after the season ends. (Run, Dick, run! Faster than the wind!)
• The HOH room was fun for all ... except James. Except Sheila because she wanted it.
• They could all eat again. Ryan overdid it and got sick.
• Natalie and Adam talked about how the money will just be rolling in after the season. Natalie says she'll sell her paintings online. (SEE! I told you!)
• Sharon told Natalie and Adam that James is freaking out and told her to beg they weren't both put on the block. She says he wants her to use the POV to save him if she gets it.
• Natalie thinks it's her responsibility to win POV while Adam would like to make a clean sweep -- HOH and POV.
• Sharon is really working her way more into the group while James is on his island. He is a rock, he is an island.
  

American Idol 4/02 Results Show East Coast Update

Michael Johns is safe
David Archuleta is safe.
Carly Smithson is safe.
David Cook is safe.
Ramiele Malubay (I know that spelling is off) is bottom 3
Kristy Lee Cook is bottom three.
Syesha Mercado is safe.

Brooke and Jason Castro ... last two to the stage. Jason is safe, Brook bottom three with Ramiele and Kristy.

Brooke is safe.

Ramiele is going home.

Big Brother 9 - 4/02 Live Eviction Live Blogged from the East Coast

The show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. Please forgive any typos as this is being typed on the fly as I watch my television. As always, comments are very welcome!

My live feed report has gone up over on TV Squad, but the show is ON!

Julie is in tan again with a black blazer ... no boots and summer color shoes.

We're recapping, of course. Sharon is nominated in B&W again and the meeting is officially adjourned. Sharon feels pretty safe, loves Josh, will be hard for him to be gone. Sheila thinks Sharon and Josh have bonded emotionally. Natalie hopes Josh can't get the votes on his own so she doesn't have to be the executioner. She tells him she doesn't want to be the tie-breaker. He wonders if she'll keep her word.

Josh does his crying act to get Adam's sympathies. He wants to eat, cry, cry. Adam is indeed receptive. Joshuah tells us that he can cry on cue and would be a great soaps actor. He definitely does it better than I can. Adam is totally buying the act.

In the pool with James and Natalie nearby, she tries to secure her safety. James says he doesn't owe anybody anything, but will talk to her when the time comes. She doesn't know if Josh will keep her word.

Natalie tells Sharon that Josh is trying to make a deal with her to keep him in a tie. She tells Sharon she will keep her. They go to Sheila. Sharon tells her James and Josh are trying to get her out of the house. Sharon won't start drama with the guys, but the girls decide to stick together. Natalie tells us if she wants to keep the girl power together, she has to go to Adam and Ryan to make sure they vote out Joshuah.

Ryan is worried that Sharon will put him on the block if she stays. Ryan doesn't trust her, but we know he has an alliance with Josh. Natalie tells Sharon that Ryan doesn't trust her. Sharon tells Ryan she's never been gunning for him, but Joshuah and James are.

Sharon tells Ryan she has his back. Ryan tells us she could be a good ally and is a very trustworthy person. He tells her it's done. Natalie goes for Adam pushing the Sharon agenda, as in keep Sharon. She warns him not to tell James or Joshuah. Ryan, Natalie, and Adam plan to evict Joshuah out but fake they aren't.

James and Joshuah talk by the pool. James is shocked that Natalie told Josh she would vote to keep him. Josh's mom in a letter segment.

Sheila tells us she wants to bond with Sharon. Ryan also talks about keeping Sharon. Huh ... when it's that blatant in the DR voting thought previews, it usually flips in the real vote. They like to lead us astray. However, last week the preview vote DRs were all against Chelsia and it was unanimous for her to go. I don't think the total animosity of the house is as against Josh. We'll see!

Julie checks in with the HG. They scream with delight. She asks Sheila about her toughts about James -- intelligent, playing a good game and gave her good advice. James tells her he wanted to succeed in pumping her up. Adam, witnessing tears, how has he stayed calm. He just has a level head. Joshuah comments on never talking to Julie. Struggles -- hard to campaign against such a great person. He doesn't want to stoop that low. Sharon still loves him, best friends outside the house. Natalie had to yell bye Julie at the end.

Joshuah's Mom -- Josh is Josh, always been the life of the party, she's never seen the outbursts, think it's an act. She's never heard him use language like that. Sometimes she just wants to wring his neck, it's embarrassing, he's not like that. She says it has to be his strategy. HIs parents seem like good people and Josh attended proms, played football and such in school.

Adam thinks Sharon will turn the girls against the guys. But he also wants Josh to leave. James wants him to stay. And it's commercial time!

HOH room with Nat talk -- looking at Matt's picture? Good times and memories and how she misses him. She thinks Mattie was ecstatic about Chelsia being sent there. She says Matt's not her boyfriend, so he can do what he wants. Closest ally now is Ryan. The letter from home, brought the family closer together ... God used to tell her she would keep the family together.

Nominees talk. Sharon is thankful, if it's her time to go, fine, but if not she'd be happy to stay. Joshuah says it's dsfunctunctional and as much as he hates them, he loves them. Rooller coaster ride, one more turn please.

The voting:
Sheila votes to evict Joshuah
Ryan votes to evict Joshuah
Adam votes to evict Joshuah
James votes to evict Sharon

Its official 3-1, Joshuah is evicted. Into commercial before telling him.

Josh gives them an inspirational speech about being true to themselves. He urns down a hug from Natalie. Sharon is hysterical. He gives Julie a big smile. If Sharon doesn't get her act together she has no chance in HOH. James is looking like a deer in the headlights.

Josh tells Julie he's really a good person and he didn't want to go out with a bang like Chelsia. He thinks he was voted out because he's stronger than Sharon. Julie brings up his mean side. He says he was provoked because they were mean to others. He stands up for the rights of everyone else. The acting ability ... he always wanted to be on soap operas. He's proud of himself.

James goodbye -- he did have his back. Tears, other people broke word. Ryan thinks he did too much damage in past. Nat loves him (fake gunshot to head), Sharon will fight in his honor, will have vengeance in his name. He's pro James and Sharon.

HOH comp -- Booths in the yard. Counting everything in the house. The comp is "More or Less" -- things around the house. Adam looks upset.

More or less than 25 table lamps - less. Sheila got it wrong, all others apoint

more or less 30 tree trunks in DR -- Sharon and James get a point

75 pillows -- 87 Sharon, Sheila and Adam get a point

37 total picture frames in house -- more 40, all wrong

Shraon in lead with three points

logs in fireplace, all right

119 mirros! I know this one! Sharon, James and Adam tield for lead.

Pullout drawers

ADAM won HOH again. Amazing. Sharon and Natalie are all over him within moments. I think the nominations can be predictable... I say Sheila and James! Somebody and James! Anybody and James. I think he's sure to nominate James and hopes he puts Sheila up there.

BB9 - Live Feeds Into Wednesday Morning

Graphic artist Zoetawny addresses the question on all of our minds. What will Natalie do if there's a tie vote tonight? She's lied to both of them and it's impossible to know which one she'd choose. The entire Girls Alliance thinks she's voting to keep Sharon. Ryan and Natalie have a deal with Joshuah to save him.

I really think she must be praying it won't be a tie and she won't have to be the tiebreaker. But I'd like to see it happen if for no other reason I want to know who she'd pick. There are good reasons for her to choose either of them.

Here's what has happened in that Big Brother House of Temper Tantrums since I last reported:

• After the HOH camera and a feeds block, they all looked incredibly bored. At least when there's a brouhaha, this crowd is interesting!
• They played cards and lazed about the backyard.
• Natalie painted a picture of a mermaid. I can SO see her selling all of these on Ebay, can't you? Or trying to sell them.
• Natalie and Adam ate pizza. James ate ketchup.
• Sheila asked for her Tylenol PM saying she wanted to sleep in her own bed tonight. Remember, she's terrified of Joshuah and got permission to sleep in the HOH with Natalie.
  
• After telling her he'd follow her every moment to make sure she's not trashing him, Joshuah has stopped following Sheila around and they've even joked.
• Joshuah went through his clothes to select what he wants to wear for the live show.
• James told Joshuah he's on board for tomorrow.
• Adam and Ryan discussed how Joshuah will leave. Adam thinks he'll flip out. Ryan thinks he will go gracefully. Adam thinks that Sharon will put James on the block if she stays. Ryan tells him they have to keep Sharon.
  
• Natalie dyed James' hair for him.
• James talked to Natalie once again about working with her. (He hasn't learned? After all, it worked so well the last time, she put him on the block and targeted him for eviction!)
• Natalie told him she'd vote to keep Joshuah if there's a tie. She said that if Adam gets HOH, he'd put Joshuah and James back on the block. Natalie also told James that Ryan is the only one she trusts in the game. James said he has trouble trusting Ryan because he backdoored him.
• Natalie told James that they have to keep their alliance secret or it won't work. @@ (I say secret because when she betrays him there isn't an audience to what's been said like when Sheila does these things!)
• Sharon and Joshuah talked. She said if she stays, she wants to go to the end and if he stays, she wants him to go to the end.
• Sharon told Joshuah he can't believe anything said until the votes come in.
• James and Natalie don't want to see Sheila win. (Then get her out of the house!)
• Natalie said next week will be crucial and they have to keep it on the down low that she and Ryan are working with Joshuah and James. The targets? Well, who's left? Heh. That is, if it's not all a lie.
• Sheila asked James why his mohawk is pink. He told her that American Apparel suggested it -- they have a lot of pink clothes and he also gets things from the American Cancer Society who thinks there's a link to breast cancer awareness with the pink.
• I still think he's just the geek in the pink.
• Sharon started trashing James and Joshuah to Sheila. The pigs must have taken flight because Sheila told Sharon she swore on her son to Joshuah that she wouldn't talk about him. :::thud:::
• They changed their talk to how the house is affecting Joshuah. Sharon says he's a Negative Nancy right now with all the stress.
• Sharon wants Sheila to win HOH and be the one to send James home.
  
• Ryan apparently got reamed by the BB voice for smoking at the pool table. The feeds were blocked, but he said no one has yelled at him like that in the house since he entered it.
• James roamed the night, snacking on condiments, dancing, playing solo chess, gazing at the Memory Wall.
• All are asleep as I post this.

Zoetawny leaves us with a banner plane dropping Natalie some 9's. After all, she's anticipating James will go on the 9th.

Forget those sevens and eights. Bring on the nines, she says!

Big Brother 9: 4/01 Episode Live Blogged from the East Coast

The show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. Please forgive any typos as this is being typed on the fly as I watch my television. As always, comments are very welcome!

Recap, the nominations ceremony all over again. And again, this time in black and white ... of course. It's Day 50. James thinks he'll be nominated each week unless he wins HOH. Joshuah thinks James is the real target. Natalie says James is her target -- she will send him not only to Chelsia, but to Mattie.

James feels he's on an island and it's taken an emotional toll. Sharon and Ryan think that James will go home. Ryan says if James doens't win POV, Joshuah is good. But then Sheila is telling James he should win POV. What's with that woman? She says it's her gut saying she will stay. Uh-oh, James thinks it means a lot to him.

Ah, but then she pep talks Joshuah. But James hears her lying! She is rallying evryone. Zippidee doo dah says Natalie trying to hush Sheila as James enters. "I'm the annoying houseguest who won't leave." -- from James.

Sheila tells Joshuah that James is a scary player and everyone wants him out of here. James walks in and catches her again. Now Sheila is saying how she's gald he heard it. Ryan and Adam seem to be disinterested in the long run with her.

James and the music ... he confronts her and mentions they said she feels better now. He calls her a twop-faced bitch. WOW. He was shaking all over. Although he can be scary, Sheila deserved to be caught in her lies, I think. She keeps doing this and needs to be called out on it. "Lying sack of ..." Of course, the black bikini underwear didn't help him much, nor the pink mohawk.

Now James is ranting at Natalie. He tells Natalie he doesn't have anyone to play with. He's losing his voice. "Let me be frustrated at her. What a two-faced bitch." Adam read the bible and stays out of it. Sheila isn't in the room. Whoops Adam is here ... you gunning for me, bro? That was odd. Adam yelled about them gunning for him and now it's cool, he'll go back to the bible.

Joshuah and James are in the kitchen. Josh tells James that today it got her -- he's told her she has to stop playing everyone in the house. James has real tears. It meant a lot to him when Sheila told him how much she supported him and then to be shooting him down behind his back.

He's crying, the first time since his dad died. I think his age is showing now. He's right -- they all want him out and he is all alone.

Veto player picking time. James is getting into his mental warrior zone where he needs to win, win, win. Nat chose HG choice. Joshuah chose Sheila's name, James got Sharon. Adam was funny on the couch waiting to be picked for host.

The backyard has small mini-replicas next to bigger items. BB Boardwalk, crazy objects from BB past and present. The answers are amounts. They can stay or fold. Folding you remain in the game. Confidence in answer can go to poiint, must be closest to real answer. First player to three points, POV.

The letter blocks -- how many blocks in cage? 992, Natalie won point. Joshuah and Sharon out in the first round.

The veto peace pins -- 930 - Ryan gets it, Natalie's out.

Tub of lard -- Sheila got it because James and Ryan folded.

Rubber balls in gumball machine -- Heh ... both folded and James got the point.

Links in chain -- Sheila and Ryan folded again, James in lead for POV. Again Ryan would have had it but folded.

Joshuah is staring at his feet.

Popcorn -- How many pounds in both big containers. 49 -- James had said 54 and Ryan 75. Sheila folded and was way off. James wins the POV!

Joshuah is sure he's over with ... the funeral is over and he just needs to be put in the ground.

James is doing a veto dance. He's happy again. But Joshuah is crying. Aww. He thinks that they'll put up Sharon. She's the saint and he's the sinner. Sharon tells us she cares about him. He tells her he wants to be left alone.

Natalie tells Sharon that she can't put up anyone from her side so she has to put her up. "I am the ultimate pawn." Now both Sharon and Joshuah are teary.

Ryan visits Sheila. Natalie keeps wondering why James has nine lives. She smiles even when she's upset. Joshuah tells Sharon and Sheila that he won't run around pressuring people. Sharon cries. Joshuah asks Sheila to take care of Sharon. More tears.

Ohhh... toilet cam! Sharon crying. Sheila pep talks her. And it's dawning on Joshuah that he should try to stay. He visits Natalie. He's asking her for one more week. He thinks he might get James and Ryan if she will break the tie. She agrees, then looks confused.

Sheila is still trying to calm down Sharon. Ryan thinks he and James will vote for Joshuah. He asks James, he agrees ... says they can't tell Sheila and Adam. Back to Ryan, Nat, and Joshuah -- Joshuah will protect them both. Two weeks, deal.

James is ready to d the veto meeting. Joshuah says he's had one philosopphy -- win comps and stay in the game. He lest himself down and doesn't deserve to be saved. Interesting sppech. He tells Sheila she can win comps if she puts her mind to it.

No surprise, she puts Sharon up because she wants to keep her side safe.

Meeting adjourned.

Confrontational, yet inspirational speech. Sheila is impressed. Hmmm...

Interesting contrast with Sharon and Joshuah reactions. She's thinking mothering him while he's thinking of getting her out of the house instead of himself.

BB9 Latest Feeds and Tonight

My latest live feeds report is up over on TV Squad. I'll be live blogging tonight's show when it starts here, then a full review/recap over on TVS later this evening. Alas, Hell's Kitchen starts tonight and since I'm doing the TVS review of BB, I feel I must record it in case I miss something. That means I can't watch/record HK! Hopefully they'll have it online.

A few folks mentioned live feeds in the sequester house. I'm not sure where that's coming from, but I haven't seen anything about it that looks official. Usually the only cameras they have on sequester are the ones when new folks arrive. I don't think we'll be seeing live feeds there.

Later!

BB9 - Live Feeds Into Tuesday Morning

I want Sheila out, really I do. Yeah, I know she's not on the block. But her non-stop talking, repeating things she's repeated before, her crying, her smugness that she knows it all because she's 45, the constant single mom references, the sound of her voice ... it's all too much!

Thanks go to Zoetawny for the banner plane!

Here are the evening and overnight happenings in the Big Brother House of Aggravation:

• Adam bought Joshuah's hysterics act. He told Sharon to please go talk to him because he's feeling so isolated.
• They had a long talk. During the talk Sharon told him that Sheila said Adam claims to just be there for fun as he has money.
• She also told him Natalie has no debt. She (Sharon) owes a lot and would pay her debts with the winnings.
  
• James thinks Natalie and Sheila are getting way too cocky.
• Sheila told Ryan she needs to win HOH or she'll be gone. I think she says those things just to put herself in the center of attention.
• The Girls Alliance seems to be together on the down low. (Don't ya love it when I can use expressions like down low?)
• Sharon thinks James will be bitter even if he wins.
• Sheila thinks James is jealous because Adam would donate money to autism. @@
• James told Joshuah he'd be thrown under the bus for helping him.
• Sheila told Adam they have to stick together. (Hey, I thought they weren't a couple according to Sheila yesterday?!?)
• Sharon told Ryan she's getting upset because Sheila is acting like she's won the game already.
• Joshuah made Easter candy he can't eat because he's on slop.
  
• BB gave them some cards, checkers, and craft stuff to keep them occupied. (I think they pick this stuff up at a dollar store!)
  
• Natalie slept through all the excitement of stuff to do.
• They had fun with the modeling clay -- Sheila made a turtle, James made an alien.
  
• Natalie woke up and wanted to sculpt ... not a surprise.
• Heh. Joshuah likened Sheila to the Crypt Keeper due to her skin and said she should wear one-piece bathing suits, not bikinis.
• Natalie made a girl with the clay. Ryan made a boy. Ain't that sweet?
• Joshuah went on an anti-Sheila mini-tirade to James and Sharon.
• Ryan and Sheila talked about faking an injury so they could go to the hospital and eat some real food. (Real food at a hospital? They must be desperate!)
• Natalie painted a picture of a pin-up girl. (A self portrait?)
• James wants the HOH to be physical this week because he thinks he does better at the physical ones.
• Adam is running out of cigarettes.
• James roamed the night once again. All are in bed as I post this.
  

The Bachelor: London Calling Blog Discussion Post

Due to popular request, here it is! A blog discussion post for the new season of The Bachelor: London Calling. Grab a keyboard and a comfy seat and discuss the show with your friends. It's not a show I watch, but I know many of you do, so this post is for you!

The official show site is here.

Latest BB9 Live Feeds and Stuff

This is who should win the season and take home the half-million!

My latest feeds report is up over on TV Squad and I'll be putting up a new discussion post for The Bachelor. I'm still not watching it, but I know many of you want a place to talk about the show!

BB9 - Live Feeds Overnight Into Monday

Shhh ... don't wake up the houseguests. Actually, this screen cap of Joshuah isn't while he's sleeping. The night vision cameras aren't any good for screen caps. He's thinking, not sleeping.

Here are the late night and overnight events from inside that Big Brother House of Deluded Duos and Supercilious Singles:

• Joshuah thinks Ryan and Adam will turn against Natalie in the end. (I'm sure they will!)
• James and Joshuah told Sharon that they would vote to give Ryan the money at the end instead of Adam (if they're there). If Natalie makes it, they would vote for her.
  
• Joshuah thinks he'll tell everyone he and Neil were indeed a couple before the show as he goes out the door. (Lie.)
• James played more solo chess.
• Adam played with going to the HOH room, ringing the bell, and running. Ah, childhood memories!
• Natalie told James that Sheila doesn't want him to start up again with pranks.
• James once again roamed the night alone on his own Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
  

BB9 - Sunday Night Live Feeds

This screen cap I took of James is about how I feel right now. Thankfully, I don't have those tattoos and the mohawk, but ...! I wrote up the show review and it's over on TV Squad. I'll be doing the Sunday and Tuesday show reviews for the rest of the season there, but I'll continue live blogging here (complete with typos!).

Here are the Sunday night happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Hooligans and Pranksters:

• Sheila says that when she wins HOH, Ryan will have to read her letter from her son because she'd cry. I don't think she'll have to worry, but I was wrong about Natalie's possibilities of winning, so who knows?
• Adam mentioned they should throw the HOH to Sheila. He got no takers.
• Sheila thinks she's made relationships with everyone in the house and they're all real. (She should have continued on to say real fake, real bad, etc.)
• Sheila thinks James is stupid. Natalie thinks all of them are stupid.
• Natalie is still on her God kick. Sheila told her she will have a huge following for her beliefs.
• Ryan told Joshuah that Natalie is still on board with breaking the tie to keep him ... if she keeps her word.
• They're mad because James called Adam out for throwing comps in his speech (POV?). Adam says he did, but he won't throw any more comps.
• Sheila told Natalie that everyone deserves to win except Chelsia and James.
• Someone (Sheila) requested spray disinfectant to clean (the kitchen counters from the shoe prank).
• Sheila and Natalie are STILL griping about Chelsia in the house and how she left. Get over it, gals! It's now history!
• Sheila appreciates Joshuah's honesty for saying he hasn't played the game well.
• Natalie is still beaming over being more inspirational.
• Joshuah has a plan. He's hungry and he's on the block. The penalty for eating food when on slop is a penalty nomination. Two plus two equals ...? Although I recall last season they didn't give someone a penalty nom when on the block as it would screw things up. Jen when she ate, that's it!
• Natalie and Joshuah supposedly have a secret alliance because secret alliances are the only ones which work. Now, she'll show it's not an alliance if she has to break the tie as she'll show it's a lie or, if she votes to keep him, it's not a secret. Kind of a short planned secret alliance, eh?
• Joshuah told Ryan he had more tricks up his sleeve.
• Joshuah told James he wants to leave the game. He said Natalie won't stop talking.
• When asked by James, Josh told him no one gave him their word to vote to keep him. He said Natalie said yes on the tie-breaker. "Do you believe her?" James asked. (I don't!)
• Sharon made a deal with Ryan (who already has a deal with Joshuah).
• Sharon told Ryan she won't make a deal with the girls. (Ah, the hush-hush Girls Alliance is indeed a covert operation!)
• Lots of speculation of future days and small talk.
  

Big Brother 9: 3/30 Show Live Blogged From the East Coast

The show has started here on the East Coast. This entry will be constantly updated as it airs. As always, comments are very welcome!

We have to go through Chelsia's meltdown once again. And her eviction. And now again in black and white after the credits, Chelsia leaves and takes them all on again. Natalie tells us she was in college for three years. Sheila thinks Chelsia said a low calss and disrespecful thing to a 45-year-old. Joshua feels like he lost his sister in the house. James says it sucks that someone you're close to is gone.

Day 49 -- The aftermath of Chelsia leaving continues. Sheila thinks Chelsia was jealous of a 45-year-old woman. Joshush tells us HOH is crucial for his alliance. Natalie feels so good to know that America thinks she's inspirational. Joshuah knocks Natalie's brain power.

Nat wins HOH again. God waited for the right time for her to win. Sheila thinks Natalie deserved the win and wants vengeance or closure. James thinks Nat's win sucks. Joshuah is kicking himself for losing to Natalie in a mental comp. Adam thinks something is in that holy spirit and he's happy for her.

Ryan thinks the others are shocked and surprised that Natalie won a mental comp. Now she's quoting the bible and thanking God. Ryan names them Team Christ. Adam says he can't knock the Lord, Team Christ!

Nat's on the sevens again. Seven is all over in her life, you know. Tomorrow starts week eight. She's got Adam into it as Ryan bites his nails. Joshuah thinks she's crazy and her theories change as it suits her. Last week eight, this week seven. James points out that it's the eight week, not the seventh.

James looks ridiculous in his shortie robe and hoodie. He goes to Nat. Tells her she needs to trust him. She asks God what to do.

HOH room time. Joshuah noticed that all of Nat's pictures were of her ... except the dog ones. Her letter from home has her choked up. Quick cut to James as she reads her father writing that she was smart .. I swear he wanted to snicker. Sheila turns it to about her in the DR missing her son. Natalie says her parents don't talk and got together for the letter. Adam shed a tear or two.

Natalie hides for hide and seek and the boys look for her. Old footage! Her knee is sticking out of the laundry basket. Josh tells her. She wants to hide again. Joshuah keeps rolling his eyes. They're looking for her and find her crammed in under the sink. How did she fit in there?

Sheila asks Joshuah how he told his parents he was gay. He was 18 in Austin and wanted to go to a party. His mother told him he had to come home, finally he said he was gay. Mom told Dad, they didn't talk about it much at first. He feels better for having told them. Sheila loves his parents now. She makes valid points, but she's SHEILA! I hate agreeing with Sheila, but I must!

Joshuah and Sharon talk -- if James has to go home, he's a scary dude and fierce ... he must!

James is up visiting Natalie again. She tells him she doesn't have a partner and she trusts him more than she trusts Josh. He wants to work with her. They decide to work together and no one knows. She talks about putting Joshuah up. They call final two now. She considers it in the DR to us. She admits he kept his word to her, but Matt went. He points out Chelsia is gone. She's in a quandry.

Time for the food comp! Natalie hosts, gets food all week as HOH. One at a time BB will call them to the yard for a smashing food comp. Adam hates the thought of slop. They're isolated in separate rooms. They're kind of in Kansas. BB gives them the choice of going on slop or food. If not enough choose slop, they'll go on slop. It's all about greed. No matter what, three will get slop for the week. Sharon thinks the guys will all go on food. She chooses slop.

Adam is up, reads it. He automatically goes for food. Sheila thought it a tough choice just like Sharon. Joshuah had issues too. He picks slop thinking the four who picked food will end up on slop. Ryan is figuring out the numbers, too. He goes for slop (but I don't think they showed it). James chose slop, too.

Natalie tells them they reveal it by crushing watermelon. A mority will go on slop. Less than goes on food. Sharon, slop. James, slop. Joshuah, slop. Those three now on slop. Anyone from now on who picked slop gets slop. Ryan, slop. Sheila, slop. Adam, food. One stroke ... and he's thrilled!

James is up in the middle of the night, hard to sleep alone. He talks to himself while playing pool. He cried alone. He played chess alone. It sucks, you know.

Adam and Ryan are creating a whirlpool in the pool swamping Sunglass Duck. Okay.

Natalie is looking at Matt's picture on the Memory Wall. Sharon, Ryan, Joshuah laugh about it. Joshuah thinks Matt should go in the Witness Protection Program or get a restraining order. They think she's stalking his picture.

Ryan tells Natalie that she should backdoor James. She tells us she's still contemplating the deal from James. Her "struck by a dumb stick" look comes over her face as Ryan talks to her.

Nat explains her duties as HOH. Ryan is't worried. He wants James out this week. Joshuah is concerned. James is worried but has hope. Natalie says it's her decision and she will do what's best for her. She thinks it's a good strategy and the noms won't come back to bite her.

It's time! She tells them it's difficult and she must do what's best for her in the game. Key order: Adam, (Sheila smirks), Sheila, Ryan, Sharon. James and Josh are up.

Joshuah -- you are a threat and have never been nominated. Jame s-- I want to believe your word, but ... she goes on to say James and Joshuah are probably working together. She tells us James' word means nothing to her and she can't trust him. Joshuah says he's no longer a block virgin.

POV Ceremony

As expected, James removed himself from the block and Natalie put Sharon up.



60 Minutes is on here, things seem to be running about a half hour late.

Thanks go out to Zoetawny for the graphic!

Latest BB9 Feeds and Tonight

My latest BB9 feeds report is up at TV Squad. I fully expect tonight's show to be delayed by basketball, but will put up a live blogging post when it starts here in the NYC area.

I hope everybody is having a fine Sunday. Here, I heard the word "sleet" in the forecast. Wah!

Big Brother 9: Live Feeds Into Sunday Morning 3/30

Yes, it's a new version of the bible! Forget the Old Testament and St. James, it's Natalie's Bible! Thanks go out to graphic artist Zoetawny, of course.

I guess the BB9 house is a lot warmer than it is around here. We had temperatures down near the teens last night. Brr. And they say it's spring?

I left you early yesterday evening with BB playing pranks on the houseguests. Joshuah seemed to either be the target or just perhaps first discovered masked faces in the mirror/windows lining the walls and a plastic rat in the icebox. He's the one I see most often going for the icebox, so it wasn't surprising he discovered the rat. Well, it was surprising to him.

Here's the latest from that Big Brother House of Pimp My Prank:

• Sheila got sprayed with the sink hose in the kitchen. BB prank or fellow houseguest work, I don't know.
• Natalie and Sheila think a picture of Allison would really freak out Joshuah.
• Sheila heard strange voices. (In her mind or was it another prank?)
• Sheila said her boyfriend (?) George and her son will beat up James at the wrap party. (Oh, come on! Sheesh! If you sign to go on the show, you have to know people are going to say and do things you don't like!)
• At one point, an image of one of the guinea pigs showed on their plasma screen in the living room. The plasma screen usually shows a fireplace, BB announcements like "Nominations Today" and such, and is used during live shows so they can see Julie Chen.
• Ryan nixes the Soy Sauce Slop.
• The feeds were blocked for a while. When they returned, Sharon was going on about what happened to her fur-iends.
• Supposedly it was the guinea pigs doing all the pranks on the house for April Fool's Day. (Yeah, it sounds lame. I had nothing to do with it!)
• Joshuah and Sharon talked about how scripted things are with BB making things happen.
• The Girls Alliance grows stronger as the boys play pool and always exclude them.
• James, Joshuah, and Adam toilet-papered Sheila's room.
• As they wait for her to discover it, Sheila complained to Natalie about all the pranks they've pulled on her. They are not allowed to flour her! Or spray her with water! (Gremlins must not be fed flour and never get them wet after midnight!)
• Chelsia's bad behavior is still a major topic in the house.
• Sheila discovers her room TP'd and thinks her bed is broken. The bed isn't broken -- the boys just switched the mattress on it.
• Natalie thought Sheila's room bit was funny.
• Sheila didn't.
• Joshuah made floury hand prints on the refrigerator to annoy Sheila.
• Ryan and the boys plan to keep waking up Sheila during the night banging on pans. (How original, eh?)
• Adam doesn't think it's a good idea and Joshuah doesn't want to do it if he's the only one doing it.
• They decided to postpone the wake-ups until tomorrow.
• Joshuah asked Adam how it looks for him. Adam was evasive.
• Adam and Ryan laughed about how Joshuah will break down when he gets evicted.
• Adam allegedly was in prison in France for three months. I didn't get the background to that story.
• James and Josh went ahead and woke up Sheila by banging pots and pans. She covered her head with the blankets and pillow until they went away.
• Joshuah told James he needs to vote to keep him in the house because he's a target and it diffuses the target on James.
• Joshuah says he brought Sharon back and now he'll leave because of her. (Well, if he thinks about it, it's because of himself.)
• James was up until the wee hours once again roaming the house. He exercised, snacked, and wandered aimlessly.
• As the HG slept, it sounds like there's a duck in the backyard. They're all still asleep as I post this.
  

BB9 - Live Feeds Into Saturday Evening

I'm awaiting my more extensive report to go up on TV Squad, but I'm not sure when it might show, so I thought I'd do a brief update here for now.

The vote change, then re-change, and change again is still on. Even if Ryan and James vote to keep Joshuah, Natalie will vote to keep Sharon in a tie-breaker.

The biggest new news is that BB has been doing odd things in the house -- faces in the windows, a fake rat in the icebox. The HG think they're doing it for footage for the April Fool's Day show.

Natalie had another premonition -- James will leave April 9. I guess she's finished with 7s and 8s.