G'morning! I just wanted to get a post up here addressing some of the conspiracy controversies, grassy knolls, and mistaken ideas about the final HOH comp for the season.
First, let's address the HOH comp -- it's the last one of the season. Zach will be playing even though he's the most current Head of House. If they do it like previous years, it will be in three rounds. But, in this final one, the current HOH does indeed get to compete.
Now to the grassy knolls and conspiracy theories ...
The letter Dick received from his son Vincent as part of his HOH package was pre-screened by the production staff. I watched as Dick talked to Daniele about the "secret code" he thought was in the letter. The key "code" was Vincent saying "I'm a suckster now." That is NOT code, although Dick and Daniele clearly think it is! I understood it right away. What Vincent meant by that is that he's frequenting/addicted to the survivorsucks.com site. They're a great site for both Survivor and Big Brother. Despite the "sucks" name, it's kind of like jokersupdates.com -- it's a good site for show fans.
And, frequenters of the site often just refer to it as "sucks" and when Vincent says he's a suckster, that's all it means. It's not referring to anyone in the house like Dick thinks it is.
On another note unrelated to the show ...
I want to make mention of a great loss to the TV Squad family. On Thursday talented writer Adam Finley was killed in a bicycle accident in Minneapolis. He was only 30 years old. Adam welcomed me when I came aboard as a writer there and his writing and choice of subject matters was intelligent, clever, and witty. He will be missed. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
What a difference a day makes, en? Last night Zach had it all planned out and today his plans have all gone awry with the Donato Duo overturning the game once again.
Here are the events of the day from inside that Big Brother House Crushed Dreams and Ultimate Teams:
- Once again, Evel Dick went for the "hate" move. While this isn't a strategy I like and I'm really not sure how it even works for him, he goes back to that when he thinks he can intimidate folks, shake up their concentration or game, or wants to be the one chosen to evict over Daniele. He planned to do his thing to Zach this time. Zach isn't all that easily intimidated and can control his temper. Not the best target for Dick's ire attack.
- Apparently the Diary Room person wanted him to tone down his Dick Attack -- one word couldn't be used, there could be consequences for his actions. He thinks they panic too easily.
- Zach continued to get closer to Jameka, something aided when he told her he had been a theology student.
- Zach pep-talked himself a lot. He told himself he always chokes in comps and he can't do that today.
- Dick had gotten up around six, but found a lockdown was in effect in prep for the POV comp -- so he couldn't smoke. Uh-oh. The way to make an antsy adrenaline-filled dude even more antsy and adrenaline-filled!
- Jameka prayed.
- Zach prayed.
- They prayed together.
- Dick and Daniele did not pray.
- Dick (apparently forgetting his hate-fest for Zach for a moment) borrowed Zach's HOH CD player to play his own short-reign CD which he hadn't listened to as of yet. Air guitar and dancing. This guy needs Guitar Hero!
- Daniele, on the other hand, was very nervous almost to the point of looking ill.
- The comp started late, as is the usual for the house -- doesn't matter what season, I don't think I've ever seen a comp start at the pre-announced time!
- It finally started about 2:30 their time and the feeds were blocked for almost two hours.
- Then the news came in shortly after the feeds returned. Daniele had won the Power of Veto once again.
- Dick is beside himself with glee ... once again.
- Jameka apologized to her family via the live feed cams.
- Jameka's fate is sealed. She's the only one to put on the block to replace a Donato as Zach is the current HOH. The sole vote will be cast by a Donato.
- It sounds like Dick may have come in second.
- Zach told Jameka he hates Dick -- hopes he wins the money and kills himself. Oh, my!
- Zach told Dick that Daniele carried him (Dick) through the game.
- Dick keeps saying that Zach is racist because he once said "that's very white of you." Now, I never personally heard Zach say it, but others (looking at Dick and whistling while thinking of Amber) have said worse.
- Jameka is using her time left before going to sequester to talk to everyone -- Daniele, Dick, and Zach. She wants to know their strategies, what happened during certain incidents, alliances, etc. She thinks she will bring the knowledge to the rest of the jury -- but it's possible this year the jury might not all be sequestered together and, if they are, game talk is forbidden and handlers are there to enforce that. At least, that's the way it's worked in past seasons.
Daniele won PoV, goodbye to Zach's plans.
Well, I didn't say it would be exciting, did I? Above is the current scene from the quad can view of the house as all of the houseguests sleep. Nothing of note really happened after their bout with the arts and crafts last night. BB had issued a curfew -- bedtime, no talking or fooling around, sleep -- last night in anticipation of the Power of Veto comp today. Tentatively, it's scheduled for 9 AM their time, but BB notoriously is late with these things.
Whatever and whenever it happens, I most likely won't be able to post about it until evening (ET). So, if you see or read news, feel free to comment about it. (If you see folks posting WRONG news, please correct 'em!)
In other blog-related stuff -- graphic artist Zoetawny's computer decided it was a good time to go seriously ill, perhaps die. I received word that there are problems with her computer, she's fine. But she might be absent for a bit.
Big Brother gave them something to do -- too little too late. Dick went into the storage room and found two boxes of arts/crafts stuff for age 8 and up. Jameka, Dick, and Daniele are going to make candles and STUFF! Woohoo! Zach is taking a shower in the HOH bathroom and plans to go to bed. He doesn't know about the crafts.
