So I Missed Some Excitement Today!

It's been bound to happen, as the animosity has been building since the last fight on Monday afternoon. Fire up the "wayback machine" to about 12:45 this afternoon, when Russell semi-quietly called Jeff a pussy. Jeff didn't really respond as Russell continued his barrage, and finally Jordan was the person who snapped. She even bumped her ample chest into his.

The rest of the day was pretty boring, with the usual scheming. Michelle's been trying to get back into Jeff and Jordan's good graces. Pictures were also taken, although Russell didn't participate.

Russell Continues to Work On Kevin

Russell has made one great point - if either Jordan or Michelle gets HOH he will be the odd one out. Kevin appears to be playing along, agreeing that if Russell stayed in the house he would be the target. Russell's idea is for Kevin to approach Michelle about banding together to save him. "This is the biggest move of the game", he tells Kevin.

Kevin is usually not a good liar, but I can't believe for a second that he's falling for this.

Edit: When Russell went inside after their conversation, Kevin started singing "Do you think I'm stupid". So much for any hope of Russell making it past Thursday.

Russell Is Working It

An hour or so after he had a conversation with Natalie (who repeated everything to the rest of the house), Russell is now pleading his case to Kevin. Although he confronted him about laughing with Chima when she was calling him a terrorist, he's claiming that he's played a clean game and has never lobbed any character attacks to not only Kevin but Jeff and Jordan.

Natalie joined them, and she's moved the conversation on to how Michelle has screwed him over quite a few times.

Can Russell save himself? Highly doubtful, but all he has to do is convince either Jordan or Kevin. Natalie keeps claiming that she's alone, which is certainly a lie, but could Kevin be convinced that it's a good move for him to vote against Natalie? Not a chance.

It's Going To Get Ugly! Whoops, It Already Is!

Jeff indeed used the POV to put up Russell, and the arguing has already started. Russell has already promised to punch him if he comes into the jury house. I have to admit I laughed when Russell called Jordan his little lapdog when she jumped to Jeff's defense.

Here's the transcript, as reported on BBDish:

Jeff: What's up yo, you wanna talk about it?
Russell: You know what you said right there? You said if any of us change the f'ing plan, I'll go after you and your families..
Jeff: But who broke the deal first.. We said final 4 deal, not final 2 deal on the side...
Russell: How do you know what I said to you wanst true? I could say anything to anyone.. but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all.
Jeff: Apparently it does matter, because I just used the veto on you...
Russell: I tell you this right now, if you don't win this game, and you come in the jury house, I will mop the floor with your face.

Jeff: You better not f-ck with me.. I will...
Russell: That's a f'ing threat.

Jeff: You guys better get someone out here right now, before I cut this motherfuc-er's throat....
Russell: Don't pull outta gun, unless you're gonna use it. Don't pull outta gun, unless you're gonna fuc-in use it.

It escalates...

Jeff: You f'in pussy.. You don't know me! Why the f-ck am I gonna lose 500,000 for you?
Russell: You pull outta gun, f'in use it. You better win the f';in money.
Jeff: You got nothin on me dude... I'm not one f'in bit scared of you.
Russell: If you were so tough, you would have followed through on what you said, not talked about getting secturity in here...
Jeff: F you. Way to play like a man.
Russell: Way to play like a f'in man.
Jeff: Shut the f up.

Jordan speaks up.

Russell: Shut up you f'in lapdog... Wow.. She's gotta fight your battles. That's cute.
Jordan: You're just pissed because you're gone. You've already got 10,000 dollars... You're leavin on Thursday..
Russell: Does she always fight your battles? She wear the pants upstairs, too? And as for you, I don't need to address you.. I'm talking to him.
Jordan: You go inside. I just came here to lie out.
Russell: It's my house too. I'll go whereever I want...

Jeff: You can stop with the threats, because I will never back down.
Russell: Because you threatened me, I will mop your face with the floor if you ever come to the jury house.
Jeff: Dude, you aint gonna do sh-t. I'm not a fighter. I'm not afraid to fight a fu--in fighter...

Natalie smiles from the pool table...

Russell: Make a threat on my family.
Jeff: A threat on your family.. I was jokin. Did you take it seriously Jordan?
Russell: Don't even answer. I'm talking to him. I'm not yelling at you. I'm doing this very politely.
Jeff: I really thought you were more of a man... You would have gotten me next week.
Russell: I actually wouldn't.

Back to the family threats...

Russell: You better win it from here on out.

Jeff: Remember what you're saying Russell. You aint gonna do shit. Drop it already.
Russell: The last time I checked, threatening to come after mew and my family is a threat.
Jeff: Listen, you gotta lay in bed and come to grips with the fact that you got got.
Russell: Win it, or else.
Jeff: Dude, you better make sure you make good on that f'in promise.. Get real with yourself.
Russell: I will mop you up..
Jeff: I will stab you in the neck. You come after me in the house, I will f'in stab you in the neck.
Russell: I'll be waitin for it.
Jeff: Dude, you're a f'in huge dork. Tough guys that I know don't talk shit.
Russell: I'm not the one who started it... "If any of you break this deal, I'll come after your families..."
Jeff: I don't even wanna start rippin into your character because you have none. You do you, bro, and I'll do me. I'm goin' a lot further in life...
Russell: Yeah, you're 31 and you're on a f'in reality show.
Jeff: Oh, you're 25 and you're on the same show.
Russell: You got me.. Just don't make empty threats you wont follow through on. You wanna end it. Drop it.
Jeff: F-ck you. Fu-k you.

Russell: There we go.
Jeff: F-ck you. You're never gonna get the best of me, in here on in life. You are below me, bro. Your character is sh-t. Your friends. you have none. You are not trustworthy.. You don't come through on your word...
Russell: Keep goin...
Jeff: You need to drop all that anger that you're carrying...
Russell: That was epic.
Jeff: You don't even have your own words. Get a personality. Don't make promises I can't fulfill, I got it. Don't threaten my family, I got it. I honestly thought you were gonna handle this differently..
Russell: I walked out and said you got me. You said, you don't think it's a good game move, and I said it is..
Jeff: You said it real calm like that..
Russell: You led the show.
Jeff: Oh, yeah.. I can't sleep at night.. because I don't know who I am or where my character is... I can't even live with myself.
Russell: That's tough...

Veto Comp Results

It sounds like Jeff won, mainly from a comment about how much fun the comps are when one wins. Jordan was apparently the first out, but was jumping up and down with joy anyway. Russell and Kevin look extremely depressed.

So will Jeff use the veto? He's already indicating that he will to put up Russell, saying something along the lines of it's time to "pull the trigger". I've said it before, but I'd be much more worried about Natalie and Kevin, who have both been against them the entire season.

POV Coming Soon

Sorry that there hasn't been an updates in the last few hours, but there's not a lot to report. Jeff and Jordan are still telling Michelle that Kevin is their target this week, but their paranoia against Russell has extended to Michelle. Russell attempted to talk to them in HOH, but all three were asleep.

There's a good chance that the veto competition is one of those "morph picture" contests, and Kevin has been spending a lot of time studying the picture wall. Russell would be well advised to do the same.

Natalie Is Good!

How in the hell did Natalie pull this off? After 40+ days of hating on Jeff and Jordan, she was suddenly their best friend last night. Of course, Natalie never lies...but she is sure full of half-truths.

Guess what? It seems to have worked, as they made a deal. Backdooring Russell is now a possibility, and at the very least Lydia will possibly leave tomorrow.

The fact that she was able to turn this around with these two is the exact reason why they need to get Natalie out of there as soon as possible.

Tune in around 2 am last night to catch this silliness.

Edit: Natalie just informed Kevin of their fake deal, but says that if she wins HOH next week she's putting up Michelle and Jeff, with Jordan as the replacement if either of them wins POV. So much for never lying.

Russell Won a Massage

Almost everybody was napping when Jordan was called to the diary room. She was instructed to call everybody into the living room, where she announced BB had a surprise for them outside.

The surprise was a robe for each of them, and a masseuse. Anything to ease the tension, I guess...although it appears only Russell is taking advantage of it.

Edit: Oh wait - although everybody was called into the living room, the massage was a prize Russell won.

POV Meeting

The feeds just came back from the veto meeting, and as expected Kevin has decided to not use it (although Russell apparently made a crack about him saving Lydia). Lydia says she's going to take a "pity nap".

Chima's Obsession With The "Terrorist"

We're getting a lot of "fish" this afternoon, as Chima is still babbling away about Russell (although Jordan's not helping by singing and telling stories about high school). Chima believes that America loves her, and she hopes the "terrorist" hits her so the producers have to boot him.

A Daytime Fight???

One of the frustrating aspects of this season is this cast's body clock. They sleep almost all day, and then the fireworks occur past my bedtime.

I figured today would be no exception. Sunday's usually a quiet day in the house, with lots of sunbathing and napping. Not this time.

Russell was in pretty good spirits earlier in the day, but was also throwing out a wisecrack or two about Chima every now and then (mainly about her cackle). Chima was camped out in the HOH for most of the day, constantly making a few cracks about Russell.

Chima finally came downstairs, mainly because it was getting close to movie time. Russell immediately started in on Chima, chiding her for claiming she was supposed to be on America's Next Top Model. Her response? "Well, you should've been on America's Next Top Terrorist." Oh boy.

You can guess what happened next - the two of them screaming at each other. She kept calling him a terrorist; he screamed at her over and over she's a racist. Chima eventually backed down, claiming that she calls him a terrorist because he terrorizes everybody in the house. Um, yeah. (Note Lydia's smile as she watches the chaos she created.)

The feeds eventually went down, and we're back with the Michelle and Lydia sunning themselves as the "haves" watch the Jeremy Piven movie.

POV Underway!

Besides Lydia, Chima, and Russell, the players are Jeff (chosen by Russell, much to Jessie's chagrin), Kevin, and Natalie. Michelle is also bummed that she's not playing, as she feels she'll go up if either of the nominees are taken down. It appears that it's one of those contests where each player goes out on his own to play, and then the winning time is determined after everybody plays.

After the players were chosen, Natalie had a little whisper with Russell telling him that he shouldn't worry as he's not going home. I wonder what "Scamper" has planned.

Overnight Report

Last night, I was fully ready to sit through all of Showtime. Unfortunately, I gave up about an hour in. The house was annoyingly calm - Jessie and Natalie playing chess, then Jessie and Lydia playing pool. Jeff napping in the hammock, with Jordan working out. A few others sitting inside eating.

Russell was sitting by himself this entire time, and I made a big mistake turning off the television at the precise moment he suddenly had a huge smile and headed indoors. I should have known the wheels were turning in his head, and he had decided to make a move.

Not right away, though. Instead, it's the Jessie and Natalie show. Jessie really has figured out the ramificaitons of Jeff holding the mystery power, while Chima has suddenly realized that her week of HOH will mean nothing. "What the fuck did I win HOH for if the fucking mystery power is that you can take people down and put up whoever you want? Really? What am I here for then? That's all my power. You usurped my power. All I got is lotion and a luke warm shower. I would have a fit during the live show and then I'd camp my ass inside the DR."

Jessie's game of pool with Lydia was to inform her that Michelle apparently was spreading stories that Lydia would target Jeff. Of course, she runs to Jeff with this info, and Jordan advises Jeff that she just talk to Michelle. The two actually have a calm conversation that turns into a pep talk from Michelle.

Inside, Natalie (and Chima) is pissed that Jessie used her as the source of this story to Lydia. They (somewhat joingly, IMHO) threaten to cut him out of their communications.

Around this same time, Michelle and Russell have a somewhat civil conversation while they play pool. Well, it starts off civil as Russell subtly pushes the conversation, blaming her for everything that happened the previous week.

Finally pissed, she tell Russell to "fuck off" and heads upstairs. Michelle is pissed that Russell attacked her, and says she thinks it's to put a wedge between her and Jeff. It must have worked, as she reports that she also thinks that Jeff has the mystery power, and will use it to save Russell. She also spills all about Jeff, including their final two deal and the fact that he was Casey's sympathy vote.

Jump ahead a bit and Chima is joined by Kevin, Michelle, and Natalie in the HOH. Chima has some very interesting comments. "The blue states aren't watching this show. The blue states are reading books. No offense red states - the red states are watching this show. The blue states would vote for you (Kevin) or me...Russell was on the bottom. Believe that." Ah yes, she again threw out the "terrorist" slur.

Michelle finally leaves, only to have to deal with Russell again. "You're a nutcase...Ronnie was on point on everything he said about you. You are absolutely fucking psycho."

Natalie comes out to find out what's happening, and when Russell complains that she was up there spilling everybody's secrets, Natalie nods to the affirmative while claiming they were talking about "nothing, really".

After another ugly confrontation, Michelle heads back upstairs to listen to Chima complain some more about her power being usurped.

Everybody who doesn't have the feeds really needs to sign up now to see all of this silliness!

Jordan and Jeff's First Disagreement

Jordan's talk with Chima, Natalie, and Jessie has seemed to work, as she now wants to evict Russell. She doesn't trust him, and thinks he'd go after them. Jeff's not so sure about this, and thinks they need an ally because Jessie would definitely put them up.

Nominations In!

No surprise, it's Russell and Lydia.

Lydia is not being shown on the feeds at all (diary room?), while Russell is trying to act like it's not bothering him...outside of a crack about being nominated "by my own team".

Russell is now up in the HOH "congratulating" his teammates (Chima, Natalie, and Jessie), and tells Chima not to feel bad. "I don't feel bad at all."

Have/Have Not Results

Although the Jeremy Piven footage was filmed earlier in the day, I do believe that it may be tied into the Have/Have Not competition that was held just an hour or so ago.

The "have nots" are Jeff, Lydia, Michelle, and Kevin. Russell also won $10,000. I believe all of the "haves" also get to watch Piven's movie.

Speaking of Russell, he knows he's in trouble. Chima just brought Jordan into the loop, and she has promised that she will vote to evict Russell if that's what Chima wants. We'll see if that happens, especially as Jeff has promised Russell he'll pull him down if he wins veto.

Ooooh, Jeff and Russell's conversation just turned interesting. Jeff asked Russell who he would vote to evict - Jessie or Natalie. Russell replied that it would be Jessie, as he's made it personal by making a big deal about the money he won (Jessie also apparently won money, but of course that's different). Jeff's response? "You just have to have hope that things will change...nothing is official until it's official"

Nominations will be happening soon.

Natalie's Big Plan: Can It Work?

Although Ronnie has been working hard to get that needed extra vote to ensure his safety, nobody seems to be biting. He worked Jordan and Jeff especially early this morning, but they apparently ducked their heads under the covers and started kissing (at least that's what she told the other girls today).

Over the last two days, Natalie has been pushing Jessie to pursue a tricky maneuver that would shock the house. By pretending that poor Ronnie will be the first unanimous elimination, she's pushing for Jordan or Michelle to give him a sympathy vote.

Will she be able to convince either of them? Doubtful. I know if I was either Michelle or Jordan I'd simply ask Natalie to then be his sympathy vote. If Natalie hadn't already attempted to create problems with a rogue vote this ploy may be more successful. I doubt anybody would be willing to take the risk at Ronnie once again surviving.

As I type this, another minor battle has began in multiple rooms of the house. It all began with Russell mad at Michelle for joking that Russell has an "erectile dysfunction" problem, and spread to other "lies" that somehow include Kevin. We all know the only time Kevin even speaks to anybody other than Lydia is when his name is besmirched, so he's pleading his case to King Jessie. Michelle and Chima are hashing things out in the bathroom, and the rest of the crew (Russell, Jeff, Natalie(!),and Jordan are outside.

Jeff is doing his best to be the voice of reason, advising Russell that he shouldn't get so hung up over little lies with people that you're eventually going to be friendly with again the following week. Russell, though, thinks it's bullshit to act like everything's okay with people you don't respect.

(Actually, I think Russell has determined that Michelle may be his match in the brains department, and is masterminding this non-controversy to undermine her supposed growing power.)

There's again talk about a house meeting (bad move!).

Uh Oh, Chima

Chima is sitting outside with Lydia and Ronnie, complaining about Russell (of course). For somebody who labelled Braden a racist, she's not exactly acting politically correct herself. She said that Russell is no Kayzar, and is "giving his people a bad name". She half-joked that she's going to keep calling Russell a terrorist because America hates Middle-easterners.

She also claimed that after Russell is gone she doesn't care who wins. Yeah, right.

Aftermath of Last Night's Fights

It's a pretty subdued house today - BB let them sleep in, and as you may expect Jessie and Natalie took full advantage. Russell and Michelle were among the first to wake up, and they hashed things out from the previous evening. Russell admitted to sharing the PhD secret (which IMHO is not much of an issue), and Michelle confessed to various other minor sins.

By far, Michelle worked the hardest today, having lengthy conversations with both Lydia and Jordan. Both were somewhat receptive, but Jordan says Jeff still isn't sure who to believe.

She's currently chatting with Jeff (along with Jordan), and he just told Michelle that he believes her story.

A Little Bit of Excitement (Not Really)

Kevin apparently snuck a bite or two of something besides slop this morning, and just received word that he would receive an extra day of slop as a punishment. Luckily, it wasn't a penalty nomination as some had predicted.

Natalie's taking credit for tattling, but what was especially laughable was her idea to go to Russell with a bunch of lies about Michelle. Her and Jessie concocted a story that Michelle really wants Ronnie to stay, and was asking if they are on board.

Afterwards, Natalie gloated that Russell believed their story, but instead he ran outside and laughed about the situation with Michelle. Unfortunately, little of that was shown as the Kevin situation flared up.