I apologize for being amongst the missing today. It was my day off and I slept practically all day. I blame the now ex-flu. It was the best sleep I've had in weeks!
I'll be live blogging the show tonight in a separate entry, but here's a quick rundown on some of the happenings since last night:
- Allison and Sheila are friends again, although probably not lesbian lovers ever again.
- Allison tried to reassure Amanda that she could be staying, but then told her not to bother trying to get Sheila's vote.
- Amanda fussed about Alex not being nice to her.
- Joshuah said Allison is like wallpaper, forgettable.
- Both couples packed.
- They got their drinking cups back.
- They seem to think the vote will be 3-0 tonight for Alex and Amanda to be evicted.
- The feeds have been blocked most of the afternoon. It sounds like we'll have a live vote (unless something has gone on during the last long feed block).
The show has started here on the East Coast. I'll be constantly updating this entry as it airs. Please forgive any typos as I'm writing this a bit off the cuff. As always, I want your take on the show in comments! After all, that's where the fun is!
It's the black and white recap. I wonder who decided the older stuff should be balck and white. Oops! Color, it must be new now! ;-)
They're all hugging after the nominations ceremony. Alex thinks it's Amanda's fault he's on the block, So, it's still all old news. He's fussing about James going back on his word.
Matt and Natalie are talking. He's mad, but he's not blaming Natalie for being on the block. Alex is sulking and trying to avoid Amanda. He's being rough on Amanda, but he has a point.
Allison is relieved not to be on the block. So Sheila is pointing out how much she's changed to Mattalie. She claims her gut feels betrayed by Allison. Matt confronts James and he pretty much points out that they're playing Big Brother. Alex is out there, too. James tries to convince them it will be a great POV.
Sheila confronts Allison saying she's getting a weird vibe from her. (I've seen this ... I think it's mostly in Sheila's head, but she made it into a situation.)
Time to pick players for the POV comp -- one wild card couple -- Sharon and Joshuah. The host will be Adam. Matt and Alex went into the storage room -- one of them MUST win and they're still buddies despite being on the block against each other. James is a bit oblivious to them.
The POV is ready to start. They have their hardhats on and they're in the backyard with electrical stuff and radioactive barrels. They all have sweats yet they're shivering. They're supposed to restore communications. They have to go into bins of peanuts, hook up communication wires on poles which would allow them to reach the outside world ... or something to that effect. In pouring rain, Joshuah and Sharon won.
The news from the outside world was McCain leading, Barack Obama is leading Hillary, Britney Spears gossip ... then a fake story tying in with Jericho about the Hudson River Virus cutting off people from the outside world. (I think I caught that when I fell into the Hudson some years back!)
Amanda cheered both Republican and Democratic. Most of the houseguests mispronounced Barack as they read aloud from the ticker. They made it barrack as in army barracks. @@
Sheila's back to ranting about Allison. That drove me crazy on the feeds. She was on her rant too loudly, too long. She built it up in her mind and now Allison has reason to turn on her. Sharon eavesdropped and is now reporting to Allison, Ryan, Chelsia and James.
Allison has to go talk to her. I see no problem with that. She is being slimed by Sheila's oddness. Sheila reminds me of a boss I had decades ago who called me a smart-ass college kid (when I had graduated college a good decade before!).
Ryan and Adam come in and they're right. Allison was NOT backstabbing Sheila. Not friends any longer now!
Sharon is instigating a bit, but Sheila was out of line. All of a sudden, Allison had to go to the DR -- she's having some sort of allergic reaction. As she's talking to the nurs, Amanda and Natalie are in the kitchen. Amanda hasn't been eating her slop. Oops, she passes out! Hypoglycemic. She's into a convulsion and it does look real. The TV is more clear (and larger) than my feeds. And we even get to see the nurse!
James helped Amanda and that's impressed Adam. Joshuah feels bad about Amanda because he was so mean to her. Now they're all worried about their BB family. Now even Sheila feels bad.
Amanda's back! She just goes and tries to crawl into her bed, but they all check on her and drag her out. Alex not so receptive.
Amanda's happy to be with "these people" and touched. And now Allison is back.
Aw, a big hugfest and Sheila is normal once again! Well, she's crying to us from the DR. Amanda has a new resolve to win.
Joshuah and Sharon are readying for the veto meeting. Sheila is worried because of her own stupidity in fighting with Allison. Amanda and Alex speak first, kind of a do what you have to do. Matt and Natalie respect the decision. Natalie doesn't want to go back to the Beaver State. She always has to use the nickname, you know.
They didn't use the veto, nominations remain the same.
I couldn't resist putting this new graphic by Zoetawny up -- I think it's more funny than risque, don't you?
My latest feed report is up over on TV Squad. Just a note of explanation -- I link the actual article here, so you don't really see the jump. But if you're reading the main TVS site, I can't post any spoilers before the link to read on. So, I'm not entirely bonkers. But it dawned on me that you guys often don't see the jump link.
I'll be live-blogging tonight's show in a new entry. Please stop back!
Natalie, Matt, and Adam talk game in the wee hours. I do wish Adam would stop playing with his pants.
Here are the evening and late night happenings from that Big Brother House of People I Don't Want In My Life:
- Allison told Chelsia that Matt has always been genuine with her. Chelsia told her he's said the same things to her -- he's playing everyone.
- Chelsia thinks that Amanda/Alex and Adam/Sheila will be weak in the HOH comp due to being on slop.
- James wants Joshuah to expose both deals that Allison made with both couples up for eviction.
- Meanwhile, it looks like Allison is definitely in with Adam and Sheila and has turned pro-Matt and Natalie. Note I said Allison. She has to get Ryan to agree with her.
- Joshuah told Amanda he thinks Allison will vote to evict her and Alex.
- Allison asked Ryan to make a deal with Matt. She told him that Chelsia told her that she and James want to be in the final four with Joshuah and Sharon. Now, where would that leave Ryan and Allison? Not in the final four plans!
- Ryan is reluctant because both couples they'd turn on had voted to keep them (Chelsia/James, Joshuah/Sharon).
- Allison and Matt pinky-swore to be in the final four. (There. It's a done deal.)
- Joshuah wants to win HOH so he can go off on Allison. He says he "hates" her.
- Sheila says she can't sleep at night because she's always thinking about the game. Before, it was due to the snoring.
- Matt is starting to get over-confident that he's staying. He might be his own worst enemy.
- BB had supplied the HG with a huge supply of condoms. Joshuah and Sharon made water balloons out of them. Now, that I can get into!
- BB yelled at them to stop.
- Perhaps fitting, Natalie said she worked at Hooters for years.
- Matt told Natalie to quiet her game down and lay low until Wednesday.
- Now the three who were still up headed to bed.
- And I need breakfast.
Bring me a glazed donut, please. Wait, I mean a chocolate donut! Better yet, bring me both! This dog was parked outside the donut shop on my way to work. Yes, I'm back to work although I still feel exhausted, drained, and I'm coughing a lot. Darn the flu!
My latest Big Brother 9 live feeds report is up over at TV Squad. I'll be posting another update here late tonight. Today has been on the quiet side in the house after last night's group gropes.
I watched Dexter last night. I've been wanting to see this series since it started, but without Showtime it's all new to me. I find the series as intriguing as I thought it would be from what I've read about it. But, think about it ... Dexter isn't your average serial killer. He's more about going after those folks who are the ills of society. What if ... what if ... we put him in the Big Brother house this season?
With the change to Thursday nights, I'm finding myself not watching Lost until Sunday as I have a deadline for my Survivor review on TVS. It will be worse when it goes to 10 PM, but I already have it delayed by days. That said, the last two episodes have been powerful and have me really into the show once again. What happened to Claire? You know she wouldn't leave Aaron behind or let him go with Kate without her? And Ben becomes even more mysterious!
I haven't seen Roofus lately. Well, I was out of work three days of my five last week and there's snow on the roof. Hopefully the cat is hanging out over at the old rental car place with friends and food.
Thanks for hanging in with me as I fought the flu. I won. I think I won.
I have a report put up last last night over on TV Squad. In it is a gallery of recent screen caps I took from the feeds.
Maybe Zoetawny's graphic will get Sheila some more of that Tylenol PM she craves so much!
Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Rampant Bad behaviors:- Natalie thanked Matt for being nice to her Sunday. She's still holding out hope for a relationship after the game, I think.
- Amanda told Allison she wouldn't put her up on the block again.
- BB gave them beer. Just what they needed!
- What to do? Why, they can play strip tease! Sheila tried to get the guys to play, but it seems the girls are more willing. @@
- Chelsia and Natalie kissed to the chanting of the crowd.
- Keep in mind this started in time for BBAD!
- There were cucumbers, whipped cream, and more.
- They jumped in the pool. James is naked, but the rest of the guys have their underwear on.
- Natalie and Chelsia are topless.
- Natalie and Chelsia got all over Joshuah claiming they wanted a gay boyfriend.
- There were mutual make-out sessions by odd couplings in the pool -- Sharon and James, Chelsia and Natalie, Sharon and Matt, Sharon and Alex, Chelsia and Matt. Even Joshuah got into the action with the girls.
- Amanda, Allison, and Sheila watched from the kitchen. They're disgusted. They think Natalie probably saved herself because she's all over the guys.
- Joshuah is thinking of evicting Amanda again because he had so much fun with Natalie.
- Chelsia talked with Allison -- she still says it will be Natalie and Matt going home.
- They're still up as I get this posted, but it's mainly small talk and speculation about winning HOH, etc.
The show has started here on the east coast. As it airs, I'll be constantly updating this post. Comments are definitely welcome!
So far Jen and Parker just went home again. Ryan and Amanda are upset, Allison is happy and they're trying to make it sound like she plans moves on Ryan. Matt wants to work people over so he can win the game.
Okay, it's to the HOH questions from the other day and Chelsia and James win HOH all over again. They're pleased with their shady qualities. Alex thinks it will be Amanda's fault if he goes on the block because of her attention-seeking ways. Natalie thinks she's safe. Allison thinks that Chelsia thinks she's a lesbian and is safe.
They decide they'll drink out of bowls since BB took their cups.
James gave Matt his word that he's safe.
Joshuah told Sharon that Sheila and Allison are lesbian lovers. She's shocked!
The HOH room was celebrated. I love the pic of Chelsia's cat! Once again James assured Matt and Natalie they were safe. Operation Condor is the move to eliminate all of the couples pictured on the top row of the Memory Wall. Alex and Amanda are the targets and they're looking for a pawn. Adam, Rayn and James are trying to figure the pawn.
Ah, BB is showing things out of time sequence. Before they didn't have drinking glasses and now in an apology segment between Amanda and Joshuah they have drinking glasses on the table. Amanda offers to ally with Josh.
Onto Natalie having butterflies in her tummy over Matt. She thinks it's a match made in heaven.She's topless in a bubblebath with visions of "Matty" in her head. He's oblivious to her. He tells her they can't have sex. So she decides he's mean to her.
Allison tells Sheila that they ought to confess about the lesbian lover lie to Joshuah. Sheila is worried that if they tell about the lie, they'll be targeted.
Food comp time! HOH couple can participate in the comp. Two teams SEAduction and DEVotion compete. There are boats and nets, but it all sticnks of dead fish floating in water around the boats. It's a bit like the Survivor challenge this week. Some hold the heavy net, others throw dead fish into the other side's net. When a team can't hold the net up anymore, they lose.
Ryan loves a dirty girl covered with fish guts and blood while Matt thinks it's disgusting. Adam, Sheila, Amanda, and Alex are on slop for the week. James and Chelsia are spared as they're HOH.
Bueno laughs as Amanda's key word is exposed.
James thinks he has feelings for Chelsia. The blurring of his tattoos on the show kind of messes up any scenes with him. Chelsia likes him but takes more of a "we;ll see" attitude ... until it comes to a kissfest, that is!
Allison and Sheila tell Chelsia about the lsebian lover lie. She tells them that she told James. Now they tell Josh. (And they're drinking from bowls again.) Joshuah is confused. He is uneasy.
Chelsia and Joshuah now think they're just liars. They bring James into it ... and now no one trusts them.
James is talking to Matt about being a pawn. Matt reminds him that he said he wouldn't put him up. James told him not to worry.
Nominations today, so we get the whole rules thing again. Amanda thinks that she and Alex are considered a threat. Natalie feels safe because James and Chelsia gave their word to not put them on the block. Adam and Sheila are worried. Alex is worried and blames it all on Amanda.
The key order is: Adam and Sheila, Joshuah and Sharon, and Ryan and Allison. Nominated for eviction are Matt/Natlaie (we need you to win POV, most strategic way to get a certain couple out) ... targets are Amanda and Alex. They say Amanda isn't trustful.
Matt says never to trust a guy with pink hair and, if he stays, he's gunning for them.
The power of veto wasn't used as we knew it wouldn't be. I'll be live-blogging tonight's show from here on the east coast.
Please stop back!
Ai-yai-yai, I am the margarita bandito
Despite the fact that the hamsters thought the margarita party would be Monday, it was actually tonight.
Here's what went down in that Big Brother House of Sombrero-Heads since I last wrote:
- Sheila claims she's been acting badly because she hasn't had enough sleep. Mind you, she takes (and begs for) Tylenol PM every night. I'm wondering if she's a person with sleeping problems supported by pills before moving into the house.
- Alex has some honor on a wall at Surf Taco in NJ for eating a 3-foot taco in under 15 minutes. I've never been to Surf Taco. I do (did?) have my name as a high scorer in a Pac-Woman video game in a bus terminal Pittsfield, MA, though.
- Alex can do nifty-keen cartoon voices.
- When they started talking about BB8 Jen-sa Mamber having a web site selling her shirts before CBS knew it, we got the fireplace.
- Margarita party!
- Pinatas with little prizes -- rings, lipsticks, fake tattoos, etc.
- Sombreros for all.
- Then came the nudity (covering my eyes). First Natalie was practically bottomless wearing a thong.
- They were told there's a time limit on the party. I find it interesting that the party had to end before the ShoToo BBAD show kicked in. I guess they don't want it to be on there. Hmmm.
- James walked around nude with a pinata covering his 'bidness.
- Natalie's boobs are so not real. And I don't think they need smiley face tattoos on them either.
- By 8:15 PM their time, the party was shut down and all the HG had to go to the yard, still sombrero'd, yet clothed.
- It hailed there. They found it exciting. I don't recall it ever hailing when I lived in Southern California.
- Matt and Natalie argued. He's mad because she told others he didn't want to have sex with her. Matt told her that she's just not his type -- he doesn't care for the outgoing, naked in public type. She cried. He apologized.
- Natalie later told Chelsia she was just mad, not crying. Sure.
- The girls talked about how Matt is playing all of them. (And he thinks he's Mr. Slick, eh?)
- Natalie confronted Matt about hitting on every girl in the house yet getting upset about her nudity. He told her he doesn't want the discussion in public. He said she's right about everything and he's sorry.
- Matt is now sure he's going home.
Maybe James and Chelsia will now have to have a reverse EPIC and RUTHLESS move and go back to the original target to shake things up!
Yes, it's another Zoetawny graphic for our nominated couples!
My latest feeds report is up over on TV Squad and I'll be posting more here late tonight.
Quick! Call the medics! Have the guys in the little white coats respond to the Big Brother house immediately!
Send therapists! Send psychiatrists! Send people with sharp needles and straight jackets!
Oh, wait. It seems they'll only come for medical emergencies, not psychiatric ones. If they came for the latter we'd be down to a houseguest or two ... maybe.
Here's what happened after all of the excitement last night:
- Sharon told Matt and Natalie that they were the pawns. (Of course, the EPIC and RUTHLESS plan of James and Chelsia where they're going to vote them out includes leading Natalie and Matt on!)
- Sheila once again wants Tylenol PM -- probably her head wants to explode from screaming and ranting so much. She claims it's from all the snoring and BB won't even give her ear plugs.
- Joshuah and Ryan want Alex/Amanda and Adam/Sheila on the block next week (taking in the idea that Matt and Natalie go home this week).
- There was a brief gathering of all the HG in the Diary Room with the producer's voice saying that Amanda and Allison would return and they have the flowers requested by the HG for them.
- Natalie doesn't feel well. She has a horrible headache and no appetite.
- Amanda came back into the house first -- at about 10 PM their time.
- Amanda still isn't feeling well; Natalie feels sicker.
- Amanda said that she and Allison were in different rooms for treatment.
- Sheila continued to fuss and moan. She wants Joshuah to use the POV so she can be put on the block and go home.
- Sheila cried because she left her son to be in the house. (Shouldn't she thought of that before now?)
- Allison came back about 20 minutes after Amanda. It might not have been a peanut allergy -- she has to have more tests to see what caused the reaction although it was definitely an allergic reaction to something, not an illness.
- Matt doesn't want to share the bed with Natalie in case she's contagious.
- Sheila, Amanda, and Amanda all made up with each other. Sheila wants BB to change the slop back to PB&J -- she thinks it's why people are getting sick.
- James thinks Sheila is bipolar.
- Joshuah practiced his Veto speech -- "let the house decide."
- Ryan thinks Sheila is too touchy to talk anything about the game.
- James and Chelsia talked small talk getting to know each other even better.
- He didn't tell her about the gay porn appearances.
- James and Chelsia couldn't sleep for the longest time, but all are asleep as I get this posted.
Amanda had what appears to have been a seizure and passed out. Joshuah pushed the panic button which summons the police. The feeds were blocked, when they came back Amanda isn't in the house. She's in the hospital. Allison might be, too. Alex said her face was full of hives and swollen so he hardly recognized her. She seems to be missing from the house, too.
Josh thinks Amanda was overreacting. Sheila wonders if Jen or Parker will return.
I thought Allison's symptoms sounded like an allergic reaction and someone said she had peanuts and she's allergic. Amanda said earlier she had hypoglycemia issues.
I'm awaiting an update post over on TV Squad to appear, but here's the main news:
- Joshuah and Sharon won POV
- Sheila is freaking out over and to Allison.
- Joshuah and Sharon don't plan to use POV but aren't telling Sheila.
- I've been uncontrollably sneezing all day.
James curls up alone just a little while ago. Since I took the screen cap, he's gotten up, gone through a half-dozen tissues sneezing, snorting, and popping a pimple on his back. Finally he headed into the HOH room. Everyone else is asleep.
As I mentioned briefly last night, the nominations are in -- Alex/Amanda and Matt/Natalie.
In other happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Brazen Buffoons:
- The food challenge had something to do with fish and basketball, apparently.
- Allison had what she thinks is an asthma attack. She's not asthmatic.
- Alex and Amanda are the target this week and Natalie had volunteered to go up as a pawn. Matt is of the "pawns don't work and get voted out" school.
- Alex complained about the slop. (Jolt my memory -- wasn't it Alex on the promos a while back scoffing at people who whined about slop?)
- Amanda gave a hint that during the nominations ceremony, they made it sound like it was due to her that she and Alex were put on the block.
- Adam told Matt he has his back. Matt told him he told Parker the same thing.
- Sheila thinks Allison has changed since she got off the block.
- They joked about how "expect the unexpected" this season might mean getting HIV from another houseguest.
- Matt claims that he was a pimp, bringing women to houses for sexual liaisons and that the statute of limitations is over for his crime.
- Allison told Matt that he has her vote to stay because Alex and Amanda crossed her.
- Sheila is still hungry and isn't as thrilled with the slop as she was earlier. She wants a Tylenol PM so she can sleep.
- Alex told the others that Amanda is a virgin.
- Amanda got into some sort of crying streak.
- Chelsia and James talked about winning POV to make an "epic" move -- removing Alex and Amanda from the block and voting out Natalie and Matt. They would make a deal with Amanda and Alex and it's supposed to be some sort of huge game move plan. I dunno.
- They're all asleep as I get this posted.
Nominations are in: Alex and Amanda, Natalie and Matt.
Uh-oh.
Although I won't be writing this episode up in its entirety, I will post the big news here as it airs here on the east coast.
Your comments and discussion, as always, are welcome!
Hydra lost -- Lennox, Piers, Marilu, and Carol.
Marilu Henner was fired.
The show has started here on the east coast. I'll update this post as important events (immunity, boot, and such) happen.
My full review of the episode will be posted on TV Squad later tonight.
Please feel free to comment on the show happenings ... you know I love to know what you're thinking!
Favorites win Reward -- shelter, lighting and survival kits. They send Kathy to Exile Island along with their own Ami.
Fans win immunity!
Yau-Man was voted off thanks to Cirie.
Hey, if I have to suffer watching him pop his pimples when I'm sick, so do you.
Here's the lowdown from inside the Big Brother House of Mean People:
- After their big HOH, James and Chelsia got all snuggly. His gay porn days might have been just for the money, I guess.
- Chelsia later got drunk.
- There were more whispers about the lesbian lovers. Most have really bought into the story. Have you? ;-)
- Ryan and Adam realize the lesbian lovers bit is a lie and don't seem upset.
- Sharon thinks the Allison/Sheila alliance is strong and needs to be broken up.
- Sharon is wary of "screwing over" everyone and then not winning in the end.
- Sunday is the bikini day, Monday is the margarita party.
- Joshauh doesn't want to go on the block, not as a pawn, not as anything.
- James didn't go up to the HOH room until the wee hours after falling asleep downstairs.
- The HG really overdid it with the alcohol and many have headaches. Amanda doesn't think they'll get any more alcohol for a few days.
- Matt told James that they almost shaved off his mohawk while he was passed out.
- They don't like the no hot water, Sheila seems especially irked.
- Nominations are today, but haven't been made yet as I get this written up.
- James thinks Adam, Sheila, and Allison are playing the game dirty, spreading rumors and stuff.
- The feeds were blocked for a food comp which was apparently quite physical.
- Adam, Sheila, Amanda, and Alex are on slop.
- Sheila is fussing about her health.
- Alex thinks the table got smaller, but no one else does.
I've been asked to post my actual show review over on TV Squad tonight, but will post the big news as it airs here on the East Coast. Your comments are welcome!
8:35 PM ET Update -- Still no eviction. They've laid it out like could be a tie with Adam and Sheila still up in the air. It's not going to go down that way, I'm sure.
The votes were not live and they didn't reveal how each couple voted. It was 3-1 for Jen and Parker to go.
Chelsia and James are the new HOH couple.
Yep, the cams are all trivia now, have been for a while, and I expect things to remain pretty much blocked into the live eviction show.
I'm still feeling way under the weather here, but was asked to review tonight's episode for TV Squad as the regular reviewer can't do it. I said I would. So, I'll just have an east coast update post here once the show starts and I'll definitely get the boot and new HOH news posted on this blog.
In other live feeds news from that Big Brother House of Wayward Whackos:
- Sheila said being Pet of the Year (Penthouse) only paid $5,000.
- Amanda tried to get an alliance going -- her, Alex, Joshuah, and Sharon. Joshuah didn't seem too receptive.
- Matt talked about when he was on Fear Factor.
- James thinks there's only five weeks left. He's not considering that the couples may be split up long before then.
- Joshuah and Sharon know that if they vote to save Parker and Jen they would be targeted.
- The fact that Allison has said she didn't really need the money is indeed coming back to haunt her as I said it would. She told them the other day she earns over 100 grand a year.
- The girls are talking yeast infections from the hot tub. Ewww.
- BB made an announcement that everyone with tattoos must cover the inappropriate ones while the ShoToo BBAD is on. Geez!
- Natalie is still way more into Matt than Matt will ever be into her. Wake up, girl!
- Parker still hopes the vote is a tie (but I don't think it will be).
- Jen and Ryan went at it ... again. At least it was in bed, not the bathroom stall.
- Much of today has been cleaning, primping and blocked feeds.
