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Getting Hantzy (Saturday 7/14)

Mob scene (Friday 7/13)

Ratings - Getting to Know You edition

They need to train the new guys better. It's always a bit touch & go at first, but this afternoon and particularly tonight's primetime was ridiculous with its back & forth feeds/fishies/feeds/fishies strobe effect. They were blocking legal things like chat about former seasons and stories prefaced with 'I'll call him Steve but that's not his real name'. We just started up again and all of us are a bit rusty, and I imagine the new staffers get a severe orientation with wrath of hell threats for anything going out onto the feeds that could cause legal problems, but going too far is going too far. Not to mention I've got enough on my plate without having to field complaints about this problem too. To add insult to injury, Showtime just carried on as if nothing was wrong - because it wasn't. They need to whip their hamsters in line and make them realize they're upsetting their fans (since most of them think they're stars, that should do the trick), and they need to whip their staff in line and stop pissing off their loyal audience. This show would be down the tubes without us and the mountains of free publicity we all spread around the interwebs for them, and they know it.
TEAM JANELLE Ups for getting up, as she finally rose and moved around today, turning her back from Sleeping Beauty to Snow White. Despite all her elaborate announcements, I've not seen any alliance action from her at all so far. She started showing hints of the wacky she promised, but she's got a long ways to go before fulfilling the potential she promised.	TEAM DAN Her job lie is about to burst out and I hate to think what will happen then, since every time you come across her on the feeds she's either counting her bruises for someone or retelling one of her tragic tales - she has a lot of them. At this rate, she might find herself as a replacement nom this week. She's probably the most dispensable one we've got at this point, so she'd better mind her ABCs or she could be out the door.
TEAMIES: Frank, Ian, Jenn He made some very good points to Ian about social skills and the like, but he went on far too long with it and pounded poor Ian into a little pulp. And comparing a duck on the head on a reality TV show to wearing a clown costume to a funeral wasn't the best example. Apparently he had what sounds like a genuine convo about 9/11 during BB2 and other things from those days that sounds like it was quite good - I'm kind of sorry I missed it.	TEAMIES: Shane, Willie, JoJo I've missed her impressions and her expressions when she tells a story, and I'm glad she's back (but still firmly against has-beens in principle). She's very tight with Janelle and they're a good comedy duo, but they've got to stop talking so much game. Even though they have to align now to get rid of Boogie & Dan, I think Britney sometimes forgets that Janelle will be her competition sooner or later.
TEAMIES: Kara, Danielle, Jodi Dan was a teetotaler during his season but he got rather tipsy tonight when the booze arrived - it was the guys' night to drink. I don't remember ever seeing him even a bit sippy before, and was surprised to see how funny he was. Apparently he made a faux pas at some point by telling Britney he thought she & Lane would have been a good couple. She said that upset her since she's married now and her hubby's watching, but I suspect it was as much that she was sick to death of hearing that from hundreds of fans and didn't expect it to come from Dan too. Neither did I.	TEAM BOOGIE - NOMINATED I saw him here and there today but I didn't get much from him. They all consider him a huge threat and I'm not sure why.
TEAM BOOGIE He's getting hammered from all sides for being awkward and irritating, but he promised 'pranks all day' and he asks for what he gets. I suspect the smarter ones are threatened by his smarts and calling him a pest is as good a way as any to get him shunned and evicted, and so is suspecting him of being Eric 2.0 America's Player. I have faith in him though and I think he'll stick around a bit longer, if not all the way to September.	TEAMIES: Wil, Ashley, Joe Being an overnight feedster, I've always enjoyed Janelle's late night shenanigans with whoever her BFF of the season happens to be. She's funny as hell with Britney, and Wil and Willie are both great thirds for them. She's already eating a lot out of boredom so she might end up with a few extra summer pounds again. Some things are just tradition.
TEAM BOOGIE I saw her for a total of about five minutes today. It seemed like she was being a bit flirty with Kara but we see so little of her, it's hard to be sure.	TEAM JANELLE He made dinner for all of them which was nice, but that's all I've got on him, other than the fact that his soul patch is not a good style choice at all. It looks like he's drooling.
TEAM BRITNEY Like Jenn, she was also AWOL for most of the day. I think she was also going to be part of the planned skit that never happened. Or maybe it did but the feedmasters didn't show it to us. They seem to be focusing mostly on the veterans, and that's one of the main reasons why veterans are a bad idea.	TEAM DAN - NOMINATED The most famous hamster we've ever had, known for glamour (and skin), has turned out to be something of a dud. She's got a right to be mopey about being nominated but she seems mopey in general, and her sack-like sweats aren't helping her much. I don't think this is what she thought her summer would be like, and she's not what we (or CBS) thought she'd be like. For some reason, her knees are incredibly shiny.
TEAM BRITNEY - HOLDS VETO He won the veto and that's all I got. Again, it's hard for the noobs to get much face time, and that's what Shane's here for.	TEAM JANELLE This guy's got a ton of potential for being a stellar and memorable hamster. He's funny at the right times and he's not overdoing his shtick like I was afraid he might. He's also got some kooky clothes (such as furry Uggs) that make no sense at all, and that's why I like them. Forget the Fabio references: I think Wil's got a little Mitch Hedberg going on.
TEAM BRITNEY - HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD I'm glad I don't have the Hantz curse of having seen too much of them already, because I can take this guy on face value alone. He mostly hangs around the coaches but that might end after the last of his power is used up at the veto meeting. He may or may not be playing the vets against each other - I know the family's got that kind of rep, but I'm not sure this guy's got what it takes upstairs to pull it off. He thought the book 'James and the Giant Peach' was called 'Jack and the Peach Tree'.	TEAM DAN, for a minute Most were looking forward to seeing what she'd bring, but she got a raw deal and was gone before the feeds even kicked on. She'd said she was worried about lack of privacy & sleep, missing her family, and slop so maybe BB wasn't for her, and she got away without airing any dirty laundry. It had to be humiliating to go back in for the group bikini pic but that's how they do things.