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BB7 – All-Stars – Week 1

So, I figure I should be posting about BB7 since my journal name is TlvsnJunkie.  Here goes…

Week 1:

Here are our All-Stars – Alison (BB4), Danielle (BB3), Diane (BB5), Erika (BB4), George (BB1), Howie (BB6), James (BB6), Janelle (BB6), Jase (BB5), Kaysar (BB6), Marcellas (BB3), Mike (BB2), Nakomis (BB5), Will (BB2).

Now, I find it interesting that Will was let back into the house.  He was the winner of BB2.  What I also find strange is that the other house guests don’t seem to perceive him as a big threat yet.  Did none of them watch BB2??  Even if they didn’t, wouldn’t you want to evict someone who has already won??  I’m just not sure why he was not the first one nominated for eviction.

Week 1 had a surprise for the house guests.  Instead of having the normal single HOH for the week, they were going to have two!  So, they proceed to play the first HOH competition.  The first HOH competition is always pretty easy and the tradition was kept alive.  The winners of the HOH this week are Jase and Janelle.  This is good news for all you S6 (Season 6) fans because we learned from the very beginning that the other house guests want to see season 6 gone.  They believe they are in some sort of alliance (which, for the most part, they are).  By the end of the first episode, the HOHs had to nominate two house guests for eviction and if they failed to agree on who that was, they would become the nominees themselves.  Jase and Janelle nominated Danielle and Allison for eviction.  These two were nominated because they started playing the game hardcore, right off the bat.  Danielle started stirring the pot by bringing up the idea that Jase should not agree with Janelle so that they would both go up on the block and the house could vote out Janelle.  Now, Danielle never committed to doing this but she just brought the idea up.  This is how she worked in BB3 and it worked well back then.  Having Allison in the house this season made for problems though.  Allison takes ideas and runs with them at full speed.  Within minutes the whole house knew of this plan and so did the HOHs.  Because she came up with the idea, Danielle was nominated.  Because she ran with the idea hardcore, Allison was nominated.  Who would go?  Would the Power of Veto (POV) come into play?

POV Competition:

Contestants: Janelle, Jase, Danielle, Allison, George, Kaysar

For the first time in BB history, the two extra competitors in the POV competition would be chosen at random by a wheel.

The first POV competition this season was a grueling one.  Contestants had to jump into a huge pile of trash to find veto symbols and a total of 6 would win it.  This seemed like it would be easy but it turned out to be harder than it looked.  After all was said and done, Janelle came out on top with the POV.  Again, this is good news for S6 fans because the nominations can stay in place.

Eviction:

This weeks eviction was an important one.  Two very good players are on the block.  I personally want to see Allison leave because I still can’t forget how she acted in BB4.  I also found her attitude to be just as annoying this season as it was 3 years ago.  She is so fake and lies so easily that she’s extremely dangerous.  Danielle, it’s been 4 years since I saw her play, so I’m not too worried about her right now.  She is ok to keep in the house for a few more weeks, I think.  Besides, she could be a very good ally for the S6 alliance.  The gods looked down on me with favor and had Allison leaving the house with a vote of 8 – 2 (an overwhelming majority).  Some of the players who voted to keep Allison in the house are questioning what the other players outside of the S6 alliance are thinking.  They feel that the best bet would have been to keep Allison in the house to help them take down the S6 alliance.

This season is shaping up to be one of the best in BB history.  Keep checking back here for updates.  I’ll try to do them after each show so that you know what I’m thinking.  Most of these posts will be my opinion vs a summary (like this first one was).  You can watch all the episodes on CBS.com for free.  Catch up and start watching live with me on Sunday night!!

BB5 update!! Imagine that!

OMG!

Ok, so here’s what went down!

They show some more of the behind the scenes from Thursday’s show. They show Jase (during the commercial break) calling out Adria, saying she’s the biggest liar in the whole house and that she betrayed her word…. all of this because Scott was gone. Jase takes marvin aside and says that he voted for Marvin to stay and that Karen voted for him to leave (a total lie). Marvin didnt’ believe a word of it though. Cut back to the living room, Jase won’t drop the whole Adria lying thing, it gets really heated, Marvin jumps in and says, “didn’t you just say that you voted for me to stay and that Karen voted me out, so why are you mad that Scott is gone? Shouldn’t you be happy? What are you accomplishing by saying that Adria is a liar?” Then! Julie comes back on and is telling them about the whole new twist… and then cut to Jase in the diary room, “I just get done cussing this girl out and what walks through the diary room door? Another one!” So he’s all mad that he was such a jackass to Adria and now he’s basically made two enemies right off the bat (as if the whole house didn’t just dislike him (besides cowboy and drew!))

Next, Food competition… they have to eat pies to get food cards at the bottom of the pies. There are 5 eat cards and only the players that find those will be able to eat the food that all the players are pulling from the pies. There is also one steal card, where the player who gets that can take an eat card from someone who has one, or not, if they choose. Will wins the steal card and steals Diane’s eat card. Will, Marvin, Natalie, Karen, and Cowboy (along with the HOH, Nic) all get to eat. everyone else is on PB&J.

Cut to nomination ceremony… Nic shocks Jase by pulling his key from the nomination box first… he totally thought he was going to get put up. He’s overly happy. The two people nominated are Diane and Marvin. Little does Jase know that this is all an elaborate plan to get him out of the house. The 6 people vieing for the veto will be in the alliance and they will remove either Diane or Marvin from the block and Nic will put up Jase, and he’ll have no way of getting himself off! So he’s out! (if it all comes together… so Tuesday will be an important/exciting show!)

Now, what else is going on in my life, besides Big Brother… lol.

Work at BOB sucked this weekend…. it was extremely boring. There is no one at the games… at least no one that is buying anything. At least I was downstairs today… I was able to watch the game, even though the dbacks lost 11 – 4. Damn Braves.. oh well!

Again, I must remind all of you that the Olympics start on Friday. I found a sweet site that has the commercials that NBC runs for the Olympics. I would suggest you all go and check it out. Some are funny.. others are just a bit inspirational, and some are just sappy… but whatever, they’re all good… go here!

Work this upcoming week should be pretty good. No major things going on and we have our quarterly bowl-a-thon. This time the Rules Development Dept takes on the Data Quality Dept… and maybe a rematch with the Customer Service Dept (but we already beat them, even when they cheated, so if they win, it won’t count). This is to go down on Friday, so I’ll keep you posted on how the trash talking at work goes… and of course the final score!!

Also, my 1 year anniversary is in 2 weeks… Aug 25th. I have to setup my review so I can get a raise, and yes, I am getting a raise. Hopefully I can get what I want… but we’ll see. I’ll let you all know how it goes!

That’s all for today’s post… it was quite lengthly, but it had a huge BB update that was exceedingly important.

Could BB5 get any better?

Let me just say that last night’s BB episode was GREAT. I’ve been waiting 5 weeks for the twin secret to be revealed and it finally happened! The reaction by the house was perfect. The balance of power has shifted and you can tell that Jase is no longer as confident as he used to be. Last night’s episode should have been 2 hours long so that we could have seen more of the post reveal reaction. Of course, this is not possible because there is no way to control what the house guests are going to do. I’m surprised that the house guests are able to control their language for the small amount of time that they are on TV live.

Anyway, one of the funniest things i heard on the live feed last night was Karen saying that if Jase was the one with the twin she would have walked out of the house during the live show. Then Nic and Will chimed in and said, “yup, we would have been right behind you.” That would have been some good TV.

Ok, so here’s a question… or not really a question, but why wouldn’t you do this?? So they want Jase out of the house… the only people allowed to participate in the Power of Veto competition are the people who are nominated and the HOH plus the choices of the nominees and the HOH as their partners. So, you put up two people who are in your alliance, they pick people who are in the alliance to play the veto competition as well as the HOH picks a person who is the alliance to participate and once someone wins it, you take a person off the block and put up Jase. He then has NO WAY of taking himself off and all you have to do is make sure the alliance is strong and will vote correctly and there you have it. Come on people, it’s not that difficult! BE SMART! Anyway, we’ll see what happens this upcoming week!! Sooooo good!!

On another note, ATHENS in ONE WEEK! It’s going to be great! So much to see, not enough time in the day!!

Ok, back to work for me. I’m so bad. :o)

I know you’ll be amazed but…

I haven’t seen The Village yet!! Yikes! I am planning on seeing it tomorrow, so I’ll update then with my small review.

Now, on to other things… let me see… oh yeah, NINE Days until Athens! Sweet! If you know me at all you know how much I love the Olympics. It’s going to be so great.

What else… oh yeah, today is Tuesday… that means BB and TAR were on. So let me recap for those of you who decide that those shows are not important enough to make time to watch. ;o)

BB this week, Scott and Jase as we know are on the eviction block… tonight’s episode was the veto competition in which only the two put up for eviction, the HOH and three other house guests (each person gets to choose one) compete. First of all, Diane is completely retarded, if you didn’t want Jase to get the Veto you had to put enough coins in his piggy bank to knock him out of the competition. You know that you have one other person on your side and all you two had to do was put all your coins in his pig and it would be over… needless to say, that didn’t happen. Jase won veto power (sucks!!) and in the subsequent veto ceremony, took himself off the block. This forced Diane to put someone else up. Scott and Jase wanted Marvin to go up because they believe that they can sway the other house guests to vote for him instead of Scott. Little do they know that the real plan is to get rid of Scott. He’s the lesser of two evils, but since Jase got off, they have no choice. Now, I’m predicting that they go through with this, but if for some reason it turns out that Marvin gets evicted, I will be speachless. If these people think they will survive another week with Scott and Jase in the house, they are on crack! We’ll find out on Thursday… and that’s also the day that Adria and Natalie both get to come into the house, which will be super cool!! (did i just say super cool??)

Now, TAR, well, it continues to make me happy. It’s the highlight to my Tuesday night. This week they traveled from St. Petersburg to Cairo. I have officially picked a team and that team is Colin and Christy (or is it Kristy?). Now, I know you’re all thinking that’s just because they are in the lead but that’s not so. If you’ve ever watched this show before, you know a lead this early in the race means absolutely nothing! They are a smart team and they play fair (for the most part). The teams had to go to the Hermitage Museum to find Rembrant’s “The Prodigal Son” which was easier than it sounds (most museums place art by the same artist in the same room/wing). After that, they had to make their way to Cairo. In Cairo, they had to make their way over to the Giza Plateau and complete some tasks. The tasks consisted of putting together a puzzle to find out where to go next, followed by a Detour which made them choose between leading some Camels to a carpet merchant over a mile away or moving two 100 lb cement bricks 100 yards. The only people to do the Camel way was Charla and Myrna. The other teams were too late to do that one and had to move the cement bricks. Anyway, the finishing teams for this leg were Colin/Christy, Myrna/Charla, Brandon/Nicole, Chip/Kim, Marshall/Lance, Kami/Karli, and Linda/Karen. This was a non elimination round so Linda/Karen were spared being booted off the show, but the new twist for this season is that they lose all their money and have take on the next leg broke. That’ll make it much more interesting… I believe they’ll be able to survive through this next leg. We’ll see! Tune in next Tuesday to find out!!

Ok, time for bed! Diamondbacks WON! amazingly enough! HP comes for a visit tomorrow (scary!!) and I need my sleep because work is not going to be fun tomorrow!!

An update! Finally!

Yes, so I’ve been slacking majorly in my posts…

So, TAR, still great. Last time they were eating 1 kilo of Caviar (being American, they had no idea how much that was). The looks on their faces when they saw it sitting in that dish… Speaking of classic faces… the look on Holly’s face (we’re on BB now) when she found out about the switching twins was CLASSIC. It was good. Thank god she was evicted, couldn’t stand her.

Anyway, now that we’re on th subject of BB (Big Brother) I have sunk to the level I never though I would in regards to this show. Yes, that’s right, I have subscribed to the live feed. I figure it’s a pretty good deal, only $24.95 for 3 months. Now I have one more thing to watch… like I don’t have enough as it is. It’s kinda boring sometimes, they just sit around and chat about boring stuff, but sometimes really good stuff happens… like fights or just crazy fun times… anyway, now that you all think i’m a complete freak, I think i’ll close this post out. I have been recruited to help my mom take care of our friends triplets tomorrow… oh dear god help me…

why work sucks (sometimes) and other quips

So, sometimes work sucks. Yes, those days are usually occur more often than good days, but we won’t get into that at the moment. I knew today was going to be one of those days. You just get this feeling before the work day really starts. You can also tell it’s going to be one of those days when you look at the clock assuming you have been at work for a good 2 hours at least only to find that 45 mins have passed since you arrived. Not good. Anyway, so I’m working on Cost Allocation for wonderful EMEA. The problem is spelled out in an email, in some language other than English (at least not a form of English I can understand) and I have to get the opinions of 2 other people as to what is really being said. I get an explaination saying that we’re matching things incorrectly… I really can’t go into much detail because you just wouldn’t understand, and I don’t think I’m even allowed to. So i’m thinking, “how easy a fix will this be, just find out why it’s not matching and fix it.” But is it ever that easy? No. I spend a little over 5 1/2 hours researching what is going on, asking more questions, getting answers from the customer, etc.

After all this time, i’m still no closer to an answer. I figure that i’m totally missing the point so I decide to re-read the email. Upon further investigation through other channels not explored in my first reading of the message I come to find out that we aren’t wondering why these certain things weren’t matching, but rather we want to know why we’re allocating the bills to different entities (this action is not allowed for EMEA). So, out of the 719 bills in this invoice, 2 were allocating to different entities… so I pull them out, test them… and guess what… they are no longer allocating to this incorrect entity… it seems that rules which were placed into effect earlier in the week have taken care of this issue… so this BIG issue that I have spent the whole day researching, troubleshooting, questioning, etc is not an issue at all… It was the most productive use of 7 1/2 hours of my life… OH MY GOD. Sometimes I really dislike my job and some of the people who work with me… ugh…

My other quips…

BB5 and TAR are still freaking awesome shows. No quotes from TAR episode three… except for one… (ok, maybe 3)

Mirna: “Does my hair look ok?” (said on the drive to the pit stop, god forbid she look gross for Phil. lol!!)
Pizza Guy (who knows their names? must not be really important…lol): “Bitch!” (as they drive past Mirna and Charla’s car, totally confusing Mirna, lol!)
Charla: “I just got electrocuted!” (said right after she grabs onto an electric fence)

And in BB5 news..> I hate Jase and Scott even more now. Of course Jase vetoed Holly off the eviction list, why wouldn’t he, bastard. Now a good player will have to go. Hopefully it’ll be Lori since she already won some money and not Karen. I think Karen can go a long way this season, if she can make it through this eviction round. Just FYI to all those people who may become contestants on BB in the future… NEVER VETO SOMEONE OFF! You will not last longer than 2 weeks after you’ve done that… you only make enemies in the house… especially the HOH. (of course, knowing Jase and his luck, the 2 week rule will not apply to him and he’ll win the $500,000 at the end of it all! damn!)

And finally! I don’t work BOB this weekend. Since the D-Backs suck ass no one is going to the games so they don’t need as many people manning the stands… yay! A free weekend! (boo, i’m not making money!!).

What a long update! I need to get back into my routine… but it’s hard to remember to write every day, but i’ll try harder. Current Music – Highly Recommend this Artist!

One last thing… See I,Robot (quite entertaining, not picture of the year material, but a good time none the less.. I WANT A ROBOT!!)

Ok, one more last thing… 3 weeks till Athens! Can’t wait! It’s gonna be great! Go TEAM USA! Dominate the medal count (like always!) I predict over 100 this time around! (sorry canada, you don’t perform as well when there isn’t snow involved)

My update on my two favorite shows!

Big Brother 5: OK, it always takes me a few episodes to get into this
show, because it’s kinda crazy, but here’s what I think so far.

The two new twists that they have this season are SWEET! I swear,
it’s insane!! The fact that they are having a half sister and brother
on the show (when they don’t even know it) is sweet. Also! There is
an identical twin sibling thing as well, where they will switch off
during the show, which is kinda strange (and cheating) but i’m
assuming that they won’t be allowed to win, they’re just there to
shake things up. Quite amusing!

Usually it takes a few episodes before I can start disliking people on
this show, but it’s not taking that long this season. Here’s my
list… Marvin, Jase, and Scott. Their personalities just annoy me
(especially Jase and Scott… ugh, “frat boy” mentality anyone?).

The Amazing Race 5: First, since Allison from BB4 is on this show, I have a team to hate already! YAY! I enjoy hating teams right off the bat. Anyway, her team came in first, but I don’t see that happening too often. Let’s just say that she and her boyfriend don’t have a healthy relationship. Now, I have no favorite teams as of yet… but I have to choose soon, since a team gets kicked off every week (almost). I kind of like the twin girls, they know how this game is played… pretend to like the others and stab them in the back the first chance you get… use the other teams as much as possible to help your game… that’s how it works and that’s what makes this show so good!

Anyway, there will be many, many more updates on TAR 5. It is my most favorite show and I have to discuss it with someone. If you’re a viewer (and why wouldn’t you be?) please leave comments! I love discussing this show!!

OK! That’s all for now! TTYL!

(Program Update: TAR Episode 1 repeated on Saturday night on CBS!!)

Yay! It’s the 6th of July!!

Why am I so happy it’s the 6th of July?? Well, that’s because my TWO favorite summer shows start today!

What are those shows you ask?

Big Brother and The Amazing Race (the latter being my most favorite show of all time!!)

ooooooooooo… so exciting! Thank You CBS! What would I do without these shows to get me through the long boring summer season?!?!

I’m recording them as we speak, it’s better to watch with no commercial interruption.

Notice who I’m listening to at the moment… I would highly recommend you go and purchase his CD “Beneath These Fireworks.” Excellent work!

Not much else to post today, besides that I hate going to work after a holiday weekend… soooo much shit that we have to do… ugh!

OK! TTYL!