So the show begins with me drinking a bit of wine as I settle into my seat and prepare myself for what’s to happen tonight. I actually found myself excited for the episode tonight. I think it has something to do with not reading the spoilers anymore. The first few weeks I was staying active, reading up on what was happening in the house, reading reviews from all the folks watching the live feeds and such, and already knowing what was going to happen made the episodes a little lackluster to watch. Without that in my way now, I think I’m looking forward more to the episodes. I’m not knocking the live feeds and such because I still think that’s a cool wrinkle, but I still find it a weird dynamic to know who already wins Veto before the nomination episodes even airs!
Ok, so the show didn’t actually begin with a closeup on me drinking wine. Although, I’m certain everyone would enjoy that. Maybe I’ll YouTube a video of me drinking wine while watching a show once, but anyway enough of that…Julie hits us with a “public blowup” between Audrey and Clay. Really, Julie??? It was a public blowup like a fist fight at the Walgreens on the corner of 1st and Main between two meth heads both trying to steal the cough medicine they just stole?!? Learn your words, Julie. Although, I guess technically she could be right since one other person did witness the argument (Austin). Still…not public. Get with the program, Chenbot.
I loved the “You did so good” from Clay to Shelli. Um…Audrey wasn’t even there, so how hard could it have been for Shelli to put Audrey up as the renom?!? See…Shelli is just nuts and needs that reassurance from her man to feel good about the thing that she just did! Or maybe he really meant it and just wanted her to know that she did so great by not crying as she spoke, for the first time in a few days!
After the ceremony was over, everyone congregated with their friends (which is how everyone should know who’s in an alliance with one another) and we get the Meg gem “Is she just not gonna show up for eviction?” So true, though. I can’t imagine why production let her just not show up for the Veto ceremony like that. It’s going to set such a precedence for future houseguests to act however the hell they want in the house, knowing that Audrey got to do this. And I would personally love to see how they handle it if she just doesn’t show up for eviction. Where would she hide? Would they send someone into the room to carry her out after the vote? Seriously, what would they do if someone just decided they weren’t going to walk out of those doors on their own accord? They’d have to send someone in to forcibly remove her from the game, right?
After the house talks about what she’s going to do, we get to see the whole Audrey self-evicting herself drama. And what follows is a good ten minutes of Audrey being in the DR for 5 hours just sleeping on the couch in there and the rest of the house freaking out about what she’s doing in there for so long! Seriously…five hours?!? They let her stay in there for that long? Why not just let her go home then? I can’t imagine what they even talked about for that long, so I’d imagine they just let her sleep. Why would they allow her to do that? I’m sure they’ve felt sorry for other houseguests in the past, but to stay in the DR for that long seems excessive.
I agreed with both Steve and Austin with how thousands of people want to play this game and for her to just walk out like that would be complete bullsh!t. And then with Austin pointing out that she was perfectly happy doing this type of stuff to other people but the second it comes back on her, she wants to quit like that. I get it that we all have our moments and we all can react to situations differently, but she’s acting like a baby here. Who sits in the DR for 5 hours and then walks out the way she did, just covering herself up and walking back to go sleep again?!? She’s the worst contestant in the history of Big Brother, in my opinion. And trust me, my opinion means jack sh!t so…
She made me feel even less about her after James went and prepared her a meal, left it on the chair next to her and told her it was there for her and she didn’t even say thank you. But definitely ate it once he left. What a b!tch move that was. She could have at least said thank you. I would hope that she said thank you to him after the fact, but I’m choosing not to look it up to find out if she did because I’d rather not know if she didn’t. I gained a bit of respect for James there with doing that and lost a whole lot more for Audrey. That was just sad to watch. I know he probably didn’t do it to get anywhere in the game with her, but just because he knew she was having a hard time and might need someone to show her a little sign of humanity. So he did and she decides the best reaction is to not show any humanity back? F*ck that. Good for James for not walking back in there a few seconds later to snatch the plate from in front of her face and spit on the omelette. I wouldn’t have faulted him if he did that. Ok, maybe I would have because that’s a dick move, but still…
So the Backstreet Boys tweeted the Wackstreet Boys, huh?!? Lame. Moving on…
The one thing I did appreciate from the entire Audrey’s family scene was Audrey telling Steve that she preferred the term “female.” Amen to that. If she identifies as one, she is one, end of story. Maybe our society would be much better off once we all realize we all don’t need to fit into one-worded definitions that veered off course from what everyone else is defined as. If Audrey is a woman, she’s a female, simple as that. So what if she was once a man. She isn’t now, so why does she need to be a transgender. Let her be a woman. And kudos to Steve for having an actual conversation with her and asking her questions and being inquisitive since there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being oblivious to other people’s feelings, because guess what, we’re always oblivious to them! Ask questions, people. And when people do ask you questions about yourself, don’t be offended, answer them because if someone asks you, that would probably mean they want to know the answer and aren’t trying to offend you or hurt you in some backwards way you’re envisioning in your brain…
So, Julie lets us know at the live vote that Audrey gets one penalty vote because she chose to eat regular food the entire week instead of slop, since she was a have not. They don’t even bother to let us know who a have not is anymore, but I guess that means nothing since the live feeders may know. Still…I doubt that one vote is going to make a difference. The vote goes about as planned, except “Judas” throws a vote at Bobcat, probably just to stir things up since he’s Jesus Gheesling. I knew I shouldn’t have liked him from the jump. Although, in past seasons, that one vote may have caused an issue, I doubt this house even realizes it since Julie never said to Bobcat that he got one vote to evict, and that it was just “with a vote of 9 plus one penalty vote…” If Liz had to count on her fingers what 5 hours was on the clock that we’ve all been taught how to read since we were five, I’m pretty certain that nobody’s going to put two and two together that some jackass voted for Bobcat. Maybe Steve will, but he’s so against starting waves in the house that he’d probably keep it to himself. But, who knows, maybe these jokers will surprise me.
The only thing worth mentioning at the HoH comp is the crowd cracking up at the Austin/James matchup, which I definitely laughed at, as well. It’s funny that one extremely tall man and another extremely short man can be funny when standing next to each other, but that’s how we are as people. So superficial – but humor is humor, right?!? I laughed so I can’t judge.
In the end, Jackie and Vanessa win HoH. If these dumb@ss houseguests were any bit intelligent, they’d realize that Vanessa was a true threat and get her out QUICK, but for right now she’s safe as can be alongside “floater/stripper” Jackie. I wanted someone from the other side of the house to win these past few weeks, so we’ll see how it goes from this point on. I think Jackie is the worst one of them to win since she is probably going to be the most easily influenced one to do as Vanessa sees fit and not put up anyone in her alliance, but you never know. It should be awkward to watch any conversation those two have about who they want to put up. Both of them should have extremely different strategies since one is aligned with the power in the house and the other is aligned with her ten inch heels and fake boobs! I look forward to Sunday and seeing what Jackie does to stir up the house and only hope that Vanessa is dethroned and someone from the power side can be evicted for once…maybe.
Ugh, and here I was excited to see Britney again…and then she drops the bomb that this may be her favorite season ever. Don’t lie just so you can be on TV, Britney! We all know this is NOBODY’S favorite season.
I don’t want to say anything more on her because I don’t want to badmouth her as I grew to like her the last time she played the game, so I’ll just leave it be until Sunday.
Until then…
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Simply said, for JC’s sake, Ms. Chen is an abject fool.
I keep looking at her knees to see if there are thick callouses on them. Mon dieu, if she were asked to add two numbers her 5″ eyelashes might fly off her face. Every show she pulls a boner, sometimes so big the editors can’t even protect her.
Lastly, I love your nom de ether for Dentist John. Bobcat so fitting. I noticed that even Crazy Audrey recoiled at the sounds coming from his oral cavity. The producers should offer us a warning before the pain of his sound attacks.
I envision Vanessa convincing Jackie that 2 weak people are the biggest threats so that Vanessa’s nominees kill them in BoB and Jackie has a quick end as HoH. Not exactly the 2 enemies as HoH I have been hoping for all season. Then again, I’m not sure the house is divided like that as it has been in the past.
I really really wanted to like Audrey as a BB game player. I really really did. At the beginning I did a lot, but as we all know things kinda went off kilter. I was thinking about it, and I think theoretically, she knew the game. When she spoke in DR and to Julie and at times to others she spoke with such clarity, brilliance about the game and what was going on in the house. Truly, she clearly picked up on the weaknesses and strengths of people so well, she saw these people, saw through them, and as we also know, having that kind of observational talent is crucial to lasting long. But alas, as many before her that also have these talents, the problem was what to do with that information. The practical playing of the game. It’s almost like the ‘book smart’ type player, who has studied the game, watched all the seasons, considers themselves a superfan – is theoretically knowledgeable about the game. However it doesn’t translate to knowing how you’ll play, or how you’ll be in the house. She really did have the skill set to go far – maybe it was just all too much.
I think then, for future bb players to take note, the current definition of ‘superfan’ is not sufficient. To say you are a superfan as prep for the game has continually not translated into good gameplay, for the most part. I think if you are a real superfan of bb and will be going on, you will practice by simulating conditions similar to what you will be going into. Like that older lady that went on survivor and built her own sauna and spent hours in it preparing herself for the heat likely to be where the game is played. So future contestants need to start simulating game play – grab some random people, lock yourselves in a house for a week, no tv, books, music, etc., play some games, eat some food, battle for HOH, vote – and analyze how it all went down for you. THAT is now what I would consider a superfan of bb. I think even if a person locked themselves in a house for a week with none of what they can’t have – tv, phone, internet, etc. – would be a learning/prep experience. How many people could even do that?
Just as the “conventional wisdom” on Bachelor seems to be that the white lead will not eliminate all people of color until the third or fourth episode, I wonder if the contestants really wanted to avoid being the one to nominate the first transgender contestant – especially after the fallout of the racist season. I think they all came to the strategy of making sure they were recorded as saying “I love her as a person and her courage but in here, that bitch is crazy!”