'Big Brother 8' - Live Feeds - Sunday Into Monday - 7/23

<---Amber whispers the evils of Evel Dick to Jameka in the wee hours.

The biggest event of the evening was Jameka's non-birthday. Her real birthday was Friday, but the house celebrated it yesterday. I have YouTube clips of the birthday party and her letter from home posted. Her family is very proud of her and I think they should be.

Here are the other newsy bits from that Big Brother House of Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters:

• Amber has been trashing Dick to anyone who will listen -- from Dustin, to Eric, to Jameka and beyond.
• Amber cried.
• Eric said he got his nipples pierced because he was bored. (I guess that will wake a person up!)
• Nick claims he doesn't need the money (the winnings), he doesn't like Zach and he fears that Daniele is playing him.
• Amber cried.
• Daniele said that Jameka said that the sequester house will be filmed this year. Shae and Amber are upset about the possibility, but I would love to see it. I don't know how true it is, though.
• Dick told Jen that she had been safe when up on the block because all of the votes were going to be for Kail to go home. Jen said she doesn't care.
• Although he knows nothing of Eric's America's Player tasks, Dustin has been pulling a prank on Eric on the side. He's taking an item or two of his clothing daily and hiding them in the storage room.
• Nick is upset because he thinks Daniele doesn't trust him.
• Amber cried.
• Nick told the cameras he's not in an alliance with Jen and Zach -- he can't stand either of them.
• Dick had words with Daniele and told her she can't go around telling people he'll evict them.
• Daniele cried.
• Daniele told Nick she was trying to help Dick. He comforted her.
• Nick and Daniele flirted once again and cuddled.
• Dick had an argument with Nick. He's really worried about her relationship with Daniele.
• Amber and Eric had a "date." She fussed about Dick most of the date.
• Kail is thinking that Zach will be going on the block instead of Mike. She's happy because it would be more likely that she'll stay in the house.
• Dick has alienated many of his followers -- Amber, for one, just can't stop talking about him. He better be more careful! He's putting a target on his own back.

'Big Brother 8' - 7/23 Show Live-Blogged From the East Coast

The show has started here on the East Coast. So far, it's still in a recap mode. This entry will be updated as the show airs, so please forgive any typos and misspellings. Feel free to jump with your thoughts on tonight's show! And, hi West Coasters...!

Kail doesn't think she's said anything personal to hurt Dick. @@

She confronts Mike, but he did tell her that he was changing it! We saw it, but I guess he didn't make it clear enough to her. She keeps telling us how cowardly and weak-willed the men in the game are.

Time for Dick's HOH room. You can tell he's thrilled. Aw, Daniele was such an adorable child in her picture! Amber cries about how beautiful the pictures are. Dick tells us he won't be in the room much as he wants to keep an eye on the Mrs. Robinson alliance. Kail spills the beans about being in an alliance with Nick and Zach. Dick points out that she's betraying her alliance.

Kail told Dick that she thinks he's going on a personal "vendenna" against her. Earlier on the feeds, Jen mentioned an aJENda, but at least she knows the difference!

Now Eric and Jen are wrestling. Eric is laughing so hard that he could do better, but then she nailed him. Right in the...!

Now they're talking Hot Five Guys and Nick's lisdt sounds a bit non-heterosexual. What a shock and a surprise! He tells us he's happy with his won sexuality. His list is guys he would date if he was gay. Daniele thinks he's just joking around. Yeah, right! He's telling her now how she has usurped his top five girls list. She tells us about her boyfriend.

Now they're airing the Dick/Daniele talk I told you about a few days ago -- the one in which she's upset about being torn between her boyfriend and Nick and wants to go home.

Dick is being so good with her. Why, he sounds fatherly even!

Now he's all teary-eyed telling us his reaction about her coming to him. He's talking to Dustin about it. Thankfully, Dustin is wearing NO shirt, not that awful v-necked grey one!

Ack, Jen is wearing her cut-down Jenitard. The girls are talking about the slop. They're not happy campers. Amber is crying about Jameka not liking to eat slop. Jen doesn't care because she hasn't been on it. Me, me, me!

The guys are pigging out. Dick set off Jameka when he mentioned starving kids in Africa and he thought she took it racially. She told him that she wanted to point out that Africa isn't the only place. She's very worried about being the only black person in the house and cried to him about it. Dick told her he loves her to death and all is okay. He is really understanding that she's in an unusual spot in the house.

Food comp time! Mission Inpastabowl. Two giant slides to slide into giant bowls of pasta. Earning for the entire house. Buried in the bowls are meatballs, pairs of HG must find matching meatballs and bring them to the scoring station to win that food item for the week.

They only have five minutes. Halibut. Dessert. Sweetbreads... Jessica thinks it's any kind of bread that tastes good and isn't normal bread. @@

Eggs. BBQ grill. Bananas. Lobster tail. Chicken. Cucumbers... Jen and Kail got, the others not happy. Beer. Juice. Chips. Cereal. Then they had a huge pasta fight. Heh... Daniele didn't know what sweetbreads are, either. Dick announced that it's cow pancreas. I prefer to call them variety meats.

It's time for Eric's America's Choice. He wants it to be Kail or Jen. We chose Jen, so he campaigns to Dick. He's pushing the "Jen tried to break up you and Daniele" point of view... he's optimistic.

Oh. My. God. Kail is ignorant of real life. She asked Dustin if Robin of Batman and Robin and Barney the Dinosaur are gay. Does this woman live under a rock or what?

Zach is talking to Dick. Dick tells him he knows all about him. Zach is doublespeaking now. Dick points out that he can never trust him. Zach tells up he won't betray Dick. Hmmm... (I also find it a bit disturbing that she's talking about fictional characters as if they're real and thinks Dustin knows them on a personal level or something. How odd is that?)

Now it's time for Nick to talk to Dick; he spills the entire beans on the alliance (Mrs. R) from the second day. Now Dick tells us he has worries that Nick is playing Daniele. Dick says the "I'll kill you" if you're playing her line that I told you about a few days ago.

America's Player -- Eric is a secret vandal this week. Whose property should he covertly target?

Nomination time. Kail has that pinched look on her face. Dick tells them it's about lies, deception, scheming, breaking up alliances, and the people who tried to get him out...

Key order:
Happy birthday Jameka, Jessica, Amber, Eric, Daniele, Dustin, Nick, Zach, Mike. On the block are Kail and Jen. Dick says he nominated Jen because she put him on the block. Kail lied to him and tried to deceive him. He'll do anything he can to make sure she goes home. She nodded her head no as he said she lied. "You can shake your head as much as you want. You lied to me."

Jen doesn't feel like she's nominated. But it's all about her, right?

'Big Brother 8' - Live Feeds Report Into Sunday Afternoon 7/23

Graphic arteest Zoetawny nailed this one on the head. Kail has been literally shattered since last Thursday night!

It's to the point that almost every time she speaks, I expect her to rehash her anti-Dick diatribe.

Oh, quit it, Kail. I so much thought she was going to be a favorite of mine this season. I was so, so wrong. Jen talked about the most negative people in the house. She should put Kail up there as Number One!

Here are today's events and gleaned information so far from inside that Big Brother house of Dashed Dreams:

• Jessica's brother is in Iraq, expected home later this month.
• Late last night, BB told the HG they couldn't play dodgeball anymore because the balls were wet and doing damage. Dick bears the bruises today.
• Kail pouted.
• Zach streaked. The others found it a bit lacking.
• Dick hasn't been sleeping in the HOH room. He's been letting just about everyone else sleep in there.
• Eric thinks Nick is flirting with Dustin.
• Apparently Joe told many people not to trust Nick before he left the house.
• Dick doesn't seem to want to be the one to put Nick on the block. Eric, if he wins, should put him up. Jameka thinks Nick should be backdoored out.
• Kail cried.
• Dick told Jessica he has her back in the game.
• For the most part, with the exception of Mike getting up early and then falling asleep in the yard and Kail sitting with a sour look on her face while sighing, the others slept until past 11 AM their time (2 in the afternoon here).
• Kail fussed about Dick. Again. Rinse and repeat throughout the day.
• Nick told Amber that he'd rather have Kail in the sequester house than Jen or Zach.
• The plan to get rid of Mike instead of Kail seems to be well... the plan. Of course, Dick hasn't put him on the block yet, so it's kind of like counting your chickens before they're hatched. Things have been known to change within 24 hours in the house.
• Amber was sick late at night, they think it was the eggs... or the artificial eggs, it seems.
• Dick tried to warn Daniele to beware of Nick. She didn't really listen.
• Then Daniele cried leaving Dick to say he never knows how to approach her. He later told Jameka that's how the whole estrangement started. She gets upset when he tries to talk to her, then they both get mad at each other.
• Amber thinks Kail hates Zach and that Dick is on a power trip.
• Daniele told Amber that since Dick never really was a parent to her, he shouldn't talk down to her and act like a parent just when he feels like it.
• Jameka tried to give sage advice to Dick about dealing with Daniele.
• Kail fussed about Dick more.

And that's the way it's been going. I'll be live-blogging tonight's show as it airs here on the East Coast if you wish to join in with comments -- I'd love to read your thoughts!

Latest is up on TV Squad!

My latest post is up on TV Squad. Keep in mind that it was actually written this morning, but it contains some events I haven't discussed here!

I'm still waiting for something interesting to happen before giving you the latest here. These hamsters need to mix it up a bit! Sheesh.

'Big Brother 8' - And, Now in the House...

Kail is exercising with Jen. They both will eat healthy today with the exception of a small piece of Jameka's birthday cake later on. The only game talk was Kail rehashing her Dick Whines at Mike who didn't seem to be very interested.