Big Brother 9, Episode 6 - Can You Trust Anyone With Pink Hair?

The recap for Sunday night’s TV broadcast of Big Brother 9 can be found here at Reality Shack: Can You Trust Anyone With Pink Hair?.

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My personal favourite part of the episode was Matt’s bon mot: “Cups are a very essential part of life, you know. We use them for drinking and what not.” That’s totally going in my signature in the forums.

Now back to our regularly scheduled live feed goodness. On second thought, there’s very little “goodness” going on in there …

Big Brother 9 Live Feeds, February 24th – Part I, PoV Ceremony

Josh was the early bird this morning, getting in the nice hot shower, but probably not looking for worms. Sheila then gets up, and he tells her he wants to shave shave his hair. It’s getting too big on top for him. She advises for him to trim the top, but leave the sides alone. He asks who she would nominate if she had HoH, but she’s non-committal. He’s asking, but if he uses the PoV, she and Adam are going up. She stil doesn’t think they’re in danger of winning HoH. Either way, he doesn’t think he’ll be using the veto anyway, after Matt and Natalie fought last night.

Not happy at all with his hair, Josh starts buzzing it, which doesn’t make him any happier. Ryan gets up, and just after, this we lose the feeds for a short bit. When we’re back, it seems everyone is getting up. As Alex shaves his chest, Josh tells Chelsia he had to cut his hair, as he looked like either a child molester, or Debbie Does Dallas. A combination of the two would actually be somewhat interesting.

A Ricky Martin song was played this morning, and I’d have to think the most fitting would be Livin’ La Vida Loca, because I’m not sure I’ve ever seen more people living crazy in one place in my life. This leads to a discussion that Sheila has requested Madonna, Sharon and Josh love Celine Dion, Chelsia loves Lindsay Lohan, and Josh loves Britney as well. Are there no rock ‘n rollers in this house?

Everyone is so excited to have the hot water back, they used it all up. Amanda has none let to take her shower this morning. It’s like living in a house with a tween and teen then! Sheila has a headache, so she’s sure there must have been some alcohol in that marguerite mix last night. Isn’t that the point? At least it’s something new for her to bitch about. While Allison is still milking her horrifying evening from Friday again, by saying they’re working on finding out what produced that allergic reaction she had, others are talking bout concerts, Eagles and Dixie Chicks.

While most of the others are outside, Chelsia and James hop in the HoH bathtub together. They talk about comps in the future having prizes. After, she asks if she can wear her bathrobe, as it’s too cold out, since this is the day the girls have to wear their swim suits all day. James mentions that Ryan overheard Adam with Matt talking about one of them having to win HoH next week. Chelsia thinks it would be funny for Adam and Sheila to get it, and James doesn’t figure on Matt being around next week anyway.

We get brought into the middle of a conversation between Josh and Amanda, as he’s telling her she better not say anything. She swears she only said something to Alex. She asks him if he thinks they’re safe, and also asks him to let her know when he talks to Allison. I’m guessing it was about voting out Matt and Natalie. But … doesn’t the whole house, including the guinea pigs, know about that by now?

Adam is wearing a shirt that says, “Spring Break is For Lovers.” I’m trying to remind myself that this guy has studied fashion, but it’s a bit difficult at the moment. Amanda shaves Matt’s neck for him, then gets called to the DR with Alex. As Matt and Natalie are called to the DR next, the other guys talk about Chelsia’a nipples, and the girls are talking boob jobs. These aren’t really deep thinkers are they?

The girls’ talk then moves to the show Intervention, and Chelsia brings up the episode where a bulimic would throw up in Ziploc bags and store them in the closet. I saw that one! She also mentions an episode where a girl would weigt her food before she ate it and after she pooped it out to examine if it weighed the same. I missed that one! Natalie mentions as an aside if your poop floats, there’s too much fat in it …. thinking … I’m in the clear I think.

We lose the feeds for a bit, and while it seems it’s probably for the veto ceremony, it turns out to be a false alarm when they come back after just a few minutes. Amanda is asking Sharon what she misses most from the life outside, as she misses being able to hop into her car to head to the gas station. Sharon says she misses her dog. Somehow the two things just don’t compare well, do they?

Finally, it’s time for the veto ceremony. Josh and Sharon end up not using it, as expected, and Amanda gets called into the DR just after it ends. Sheila thinks they’re going to make her eat behind the scenes. Yet, when she returns from the DR, she makes some slop. Josh, James, and Chelsia talk about the bad attitude seen in Matt lately. Let’s be clear, though, he is on the block, and it’s not exactly pleasant.

Sheila is apologizing yet again to Allison for saying that everyone in the house hates her. Suddenly we’re finding out why Scott Baio was 45 and single, aren’t we?

James, Josh, and Ryan talk about Natalie, as she supposedly wants to stay on the block. While at first they talk about her not being strong enough for the game, they then decide she just doesn’t want to have to vote anyone out at this point, and if she stays on the block she won’t have to. I get that reasoning, but it’s awfully dangerous!

James wants to dye his hair blonde, and Chelsia is thinking about putting highlights in hers. Ryan reminds them that BB asked them not to change their looks too much on their show. Yeah, but someone does it every year. And besides, they’re the ones that came up with the PoV having Kaysar shave his head! That definitely changed his look! Natalie helps Chelsia do it anyway.

James and Ryan are trying to figure out a theme. The food challenge was supposed to be about a virus that killed the fish, and the next one was “nuclear.” They think after this they’ll be all really dirty ones. Maybe that’s why everyone got sick and ill the other night. They’re killing them off slowly with a virus and radiation poisoning. Sheila will win and be the last standing, as nothing can bring down that bitching.

I love it when the schemers get pissed because someone else is scheming them. Josh has been listening in behind doors, changing up what side he’s on, etc. He wants Sheila to tell him straight up who she’s voting for, as he wants to know if he and Sharon will be the swing vote, but Sheila isn’t talking, and that makes him mad, as he thinks if he asks, she should tell him the truth. Remember that later on, Josh.

Amanda wonders if she’s weird because she can’t poop in front of boys. Personally, I look at it as a solitary experience. I don’t want to be with guys or girls, but my dogs often like to hang out with me for some reason then. They sometimes drink out of the toilet, so I wonder if they get mad at me, thinking “Hey, I don’t crap in your Diet Coke!”

Josh doesn’t think Sheila and Adam can win a challenge that is physical or mental, as he sees them as handicapped, just like Sheila’s son. Can I just tell you how uncomfortable that kind of talk makes me?

As Natalie lets Chelsia sit with her hair all foiled, she starts setting up shop, working on James’ hair as well as Ryan’s. Amanda keeps putting her two cents in, asking about the time it will take and such, and also wants to know if anyone wants slop, as she has water boiling. That’s really a loaded question. Does anyone really want slop? While they wait on their hair, James tells Chelsia he’ll get her named tattooed on him.

Allison talks about being in AA and being proud of it, and Sheila can’t figure out why, saying if it were her, she’d never bring it up. Allison says it’s something she’s proud of, though, like an accomplishment. She hasn’t “finished,” but has been in it over a year. Sheila asks if “they” knew, and I’m assuming she means BB, as Allison confirms they did. She talks about wanting to write a book on it, and Sheila tells her she should, as people are less likely to accept women like that. Amanda joins the conversation, and they ask if it’s okay to talk about it in front of her because of her dad. She likes to talk about it.

Sheila has been involved with an addict it seems, and he’s “toxic” for her son. Uhh, yeah. That’s the one thing that’s been good about being here in the BB house. She feels she has learned what’s important in life and wants to start over when she gets out. Amanda starts talking about some singer whose mom is a heroin addict. He became an enabler, as he would buy it for her.

Natalie is apparently trying to secure that she and Matt stay, as she asks Sharon why she thinks Amanda is going around being nice to everyone. They discuss Operation Condor (again, a stupid name) and Natalie tries to show Sharon why it’s dangerous to keep Alex and Amanda, saying the HoHes are always mental, and Alex and Amanda have already won one. She promises that if she stays this week, Sharon and Josh are safe. Playing in couples, meaning there are less “players” on the chess board here, it only makes them all make the same promises to everyone. Who would believe anyone at this point? Josh comes in and she makes the same type of pleas to him.

Josh and Sharon go up to the HOH to talk this out with James and Chelsia. She’s still sitting around with foil on her head. Yeah, I wouldn’t leave the room either. However, that look is still better than the cap you put on your head and pull hair through with a crochet hook. He doesn’t want to talk about Natalie, though; he wants to talk about Sheila. He is still pissed off about her lying to him. The nerve! Lying on Big Brother! Have you ever heard of such a thing?

The gals are still talking in the sauna, and when Allison talks about reaching the milestone of 25 and “taking charge,” Amanda says she changed at 21. She stopped being so chatty and started being a nurturer. Honestly, that’s so stupid. It’s like one of those things she heard in 6th grade with “the talk,” and has kept it in her head. She is not a nurturer. And please, Sheila, do us old gals a favor and set these young things straight!

Back to the HoH room, as I can only take so much of that. James kind of wishes he could vote this week, as he’d like to vote out Matt. As the talk turns to the possibility of Alex and Amanda winning the next HOH, Chelsia says if it looks like they’re doing well, she’ll get the HoH keychain, and pull it up and away from her neck to simulate a noose. That’s just terrible. There is no other response to that one.

And on that note, I’m ending this post. I’m thoroughly disgusted.

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Big Brother 9 Live Feeds, February 23rd, Part Three – Mattalie Breakdown

We’re on outdoor lockdown now, after an eventful margarita party. Mostly everyone is sitting around the fire pit, while Matt, Adam, Ryan, and Natalie play pool. Most of the group seems to think that they should have opted for the grill over the party.

Small talk about products that are made in Mexico, where Allison’s brother works, and line dancing.

The girls start talking about what they like to do sexually. Amanda apparently is a big fan of the blow job, while Sheila claims to love it all. When she’s asked if she likes anal, she says she doesn’t want to discuss this on TV. Sure, she can take a pass, but I still have to write about it.

Amanda says that she had a dream that Sheila and Adam had sex. Sheila is repulsed. Apparently tomorrow is the day that the girls have to wear their bathing suits all day, and Sheila isn’t happy about this either. Someone asks Natalie if she’s going to wear her thong bikini tomorrow, and she says no because it doesn’t have a top. Should we go there? Nah, too easy.

The pool players are equally boring. It starts to hail outside, which amazes James and Chelsia. The hail is short-lived, however, and it’s back to mundane conversation shortly.

The lockdown is over now, and most of the hamsters head inside. The food is still out, so at least they’ve got that going for them.

Back outside, Natalie tries to get a hug from her Matty, but he refuses her. They start to argue over a comment that Matt made earlier, when he said that he didn’t like “outgoing girls.” Natalie is offended by this, and is also upset that she tries to joke around with him and he “takes her serious.” Matt tries to explain that he meant he doesn’t like … no wait, wasn’t attracted to … no wait, doesn’t want to have a girlfriend who is outgoing. Yeah, that’s the ticket. But he loves Natalie’s personality. In fact, he thinks she has the best personality in the house. Natalie isn’t buying this, and continues to alternately shout at him and laugh nervously.

Then Natalie is mad because she tries “ball-busting” and making jokes about Matt, and he takes her too seriously. Oh, and she doesn’t understand why he doesn’t like that she shows her body off, like getting a tattoo on her bare ass, when he can go ahead and moon the others and think nothing of it. He says that she can do what she wants to do, but he wouldn’t want his girlfriend to act that way. But he loves Natalie and wants to hang out with her after the show.

Natalie keeps saying the same things over and over. She’s right, to a point, but she’s not very good at getting her point across without getting overly emotional. Matt’s just a complete jerk, but it’s very obvious that he’s got a lot of experience fighting with emotional women. He tells her she’s right, he’s wrong, and he’s sorry. James says that he loves both of them and doesn’t want this to be a huge deal. It’s not worth the drama.

Apparently Natalie disagrees with James, as she ends up running into the house in a huff. Matt tells the guys that this is exactly why he can’t come out and say, “You like me, but I just don’t like you that way.” No Matt, this is exactly why you should say that. She’ll get over it, trust me.

Natalie goes to one of the bedrooms and talks with Amanda, Sharon, and Allison. Eventually Chelsia joins them as well. Natalie says that she can’t believe BB put her with him, after she’s been single and lonely for nine months. Honey, being single for nine months is NOT a hardship! No one needs a man (or a woman, for that matter) that badly. Nine months is nothing.

Natalie explains the whole situation, with Matt saying that he doesn’t like outgoing girls, and the bare ass thing, and how he can’t handle her “ball-busting.” She’s also upset that he’s mean to her and doesn’t spend any time with her when she’s supposed to be his partner. Any time she tries to talk to him or hug him, he brushes her off. The girls give her a lot of support, and this conversation goes on for ages.

Natalie then says that Matt kissed her on Valentine’s Day and wanted more from her, but she said no. Oh dear. Nat? The feeds caught your version of “no,” and it’s a little different than you’re portraying here. I’m just sayin’.

The women decide that Natalie should go back out there and tell Matt that if he can’t find the time to talk to her and treat her with respect, then he shouldn’t ever try to kiss her again. And then she should just walk back into the house and be done with it. That way, the guys will know that it isn’t all one-sided because Matt has kissed her before, and he’ll have no choice but to be nicer to her. She obviously doesn’t really want to do this, but they talk her into it. She leaves the bedroom with the other girls right behind her.

Oops, too late. Matt is in the living room looking for Natalie so he can apologize. Natalie says she wants to talk to him right now, in front of everyone. Matt wants it to be private. I’ll bet he does. They start yelling at each other, and Natalie comes out with this gem: “Quit making everyone think that I’m chasing your nut sack, ’cause I’m not!” She repeats the “nut sack” thing several times for emphasis.

Matt goes into full-on showman mode. He tells Natalie that he doesn’t want to be romantically involved with anyone, and he really doesn’t want to be with someone who puts tattoos on their boobs. He apologizes, but says that’s how he feels. He completely takes over the conversation, telling Natalie he needs five minutes to talk and then she gets her turn.

Matt admits to kissing Natalie, and also to flirting with the rest of the women in the house. He also says that he’s physically attracted to Nat, and he’d “f*ck (her) right now in front of everybody.” He just doesn’t like her like a girlfriend. Natalie keeps insisting that he’s mean to her and doesn’t treat her as well as he treats everyone else in the house. He tries to say that he does, then apologizes because he doesn’t, and it’s all a big circular argument with neither of them really listening to each other. Matt hands out the BS, and Natalie can’t let go of the things that are bothering her.

Everyone else, except for Sheila who was called to the DR, is sitting on the round couches watching this all unfold. Matt talks and talks, all animated and trying to entertain everyone. Natalie finally tells him that it’s her turn to speak, that she should get her five minutes. He agrees, but then interrupts her every time she tries to say something. Joshuah jumps in and says that the rest of them think that Natalie is a “delicate flower” and are dismayed that she has to come to all of them for support because her partner isn’t giving her any. Natalie thanks him, although I’m not sure the “delicate flower” bit was really a compliment.

The argument continues – we’re going on half an hour now – and Matt says again, “You’re right. I’m wrong. You win.” Except that he’s not even making his fake statement to Natalie, he’s addressing his audience. He tries to give her a hug, but she says no. Eventually she does hug him, and he tries to walk away, arms wide open, saying that it’s done now and they don’t need to talk anymore. James jumps in and tells him that this was ridiculous, that he was trying to put on a good show for the rest of them and the Showtime viewers, when he just needs to “be chill” and talk to her like a grown up. Or, as Parker would say, a “grown-ass man.”

Matt tries to counter that this is just the way he is, and that it’s because he’s from Boston. That makes him loud and animated. I didn’t realize that Boston makes its men into assholes. Way to represent, Matty. Allison jumps in and agrees, saying that all guys from Boston are like that. Men of Boston, I implore you, prove these two wrong! You can’t all be like that, surely.

45 minutes after the argument started, Matt agrees to go and talk to Natalie privately to make sure everything is okay. The private argument is an awful lot like the public one was, except that Matt tells her that the other girls say stuff to her about him because they want to break her down, since she’s the strongest girl in the house. Someone bring in the shovels, it’s going to be a busy night. Natalie tells him that they can’t break her down because he’s already done it himself.

In the living room, the rest of the hamsters talk about the fight, and decide that Natalie likes Matt and believes they might actually be soul mates, while Matt isn’t interested but doesn’t want to come out and tell her. Instead, he’s mean to her and hopes that she’ll take the hint or get so mad at him that she won’t be interested any more.

Sheila comes out of the diary room, and everyone claps. She missed the whole thing. Lucky girl. Allison and Chelsia start play-wrestling, trying to take each others’ clothes off. The boys are enjoying the action. Joshuah, who had gone to listen to Mattalie fight but soon got bored, suggests that Chelsia and Allison should ice up each others’ nipples. And he’s the gay guy in the house.

Back to Mattalie. Matt is trying to explain that the way Natalie “busts his balls” makes everyone else think she likes him. She makes references to wanting to cuddle with him but he turns her down, or says that he doesn’t try anything in bed with her. She insists that this is how she jokes with him, and he’s trying to make her see how it looks to others. I truly hate to admit this, but he’s right on this point.

Then he tells her that he had a relationship before coming into the house, and that he was supposed to move into this girl’s house but he had to leave for BB and didn’t have time to call her beforehand. That’s baloney. I don’t care if BB was telling him to hurry the hell up and leave immediately, he could have picked up the phone and said, “Something urgent has come up – you’ll understand in a few days.”

Allison and Chelsia are wrestling again, and Allison gets most of Chelsia’s clothes off this time. Once again, the guys are loving it. I’ll bet Matt will be pissed that he missed it.

Back to the bedroom, where not Matt and Natalie are whispering. Sounds like they’re talking about strategy. Matt says that she should go to Joshuah and make up a sob story about how badly she needs to win the money. She balks at the idea, but Matt insists that he’ll buy it because he’s gay. “Gays are equivalent to women,” he says. I wonder if I can will Natalie to slap him from here.

Finally Matt and Natalie join the others, and the hamsters applaud. They don’t have much time left to eat (well, Amanda and Alex, and Sheila and Adam, anyway) before the slop restriction is back on, so there’s a lot of ice cream being consumed. Natalie wanders off somewhere, and Matt is telling Amanda that Nat gives him blow jobs and he doesn’t even have to do anything. Ugh.

Matt goes to the bathroom, where Allison and Sharon tell him about the wrestling. He’s big-time flirting with them, and I really just would rather not watch this. He’s just a vile human being. Allison promises that she has his back in the game. Oh really?

Matt goes to the kitchen, where the discussion is about Dick and Daniele from last season and how well they played the game. Matt says that he would have punched Dick, or started a fight and got him thrown out of the game. He says he would never put up with someone like that. Riiiight.

Natalie gets ready to wash off her boob tattoos (boobtoos?) but decides to let Alex and Joshuah have a peak first. A bunch of hamsters have gone to bed, but most of them are still awake and talking.

Adam is doing something with his hands in his pants – no idea what’s going on here, but Chelsia and Amanda saw it and they run to the kitchen and hide under the table. Adam comes in and grabs some food, and the girls jump out at him and give him hell for not washing his hands. He grabs Chelsia’s face. Yuck.

Random houseguest concern: When they get out of the house and become famous, Parker will be stalking them and taking their pictures. Sigh.

It starts raining heavily outside, and Alex decides to run out there and play basketball in the rain. The weather is probably the most interesting part of this season. It’s the coldest one yet, but we’ve already seen more skin than all the rest of the BB seasons combined. I like the goofy stuff though, like Alex playing in the rain. Or the made up golf games last season. That’s the fun part of getting the feeds – seeing the hamsters goof off when they don’t really care about the cameras, they’re just trying to enjoy themselves.

Now it’s time for people to get ready for bed. There are lots of conversations going on, but they’re either rehash of stuff we’ve heard before, or just not interesting enough to detail. Chelsia and James end up kissing and cuddling in bed together again, while watching the spy screen. How romantic.

Adam is with Matt and Natalie in the kitchen. He tells them that they’re on the block because of their vote to keep Parker and Jen last week. Then he bitches about Chelsia and Amanda watching to see if he washed his hands, and says that he hates everyone in the house. Matt sends Natalie away and says he wants to talk to Adam alone outside. Here we go again.

Matt basically wants Adam to guarantee his vote, which he does, and asks him to talk to Allison and Ryan to make sure that Operation Condor is still in effect. Adam is twitching and picking at his face a lot. Then he refers to Josh as the “fa**ot” and I can’t even listen to him any more. If there was a god and he cared about reality TV at all, he’d send a lightning bolt down to take care of these two in one swoop.

Oh good, now we get to listen to Sheila tell whoever will listen that the DR won’t give her any Tylenol PM tonight. Amanda changes the subject and says that she thinks the ratings for this season will be great because they’re a more interesting cast than any before them. Hate to burst your bubble there Amanda, but no. No on all counts.

James and Chelsia talk for a while, make out for a while, and then talk some more. Adam gets up, and so does Ryan. They go outside for a smoke, discuss Operation Condor, and Adam grabs a snack in the kitchen. They go back to bed, and it looks like everyone’s sleeping now. Thank goodness.

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