Watching Reality TV

There are some out there who would say, “Feel sorry for her!  She really is that stupid.  She doesn’t know any better.”  I find that no excuse.  Jen is truly, truly stupid and truly, truly annoying.  The houseguests are only tolerating her at this point because she is inexplicably HoH this week.  No one wants to paint a target on their back, after all.  Though I have to applaud the drinking game that Mike, Zack and Dustin participated in where they took a drink of water each time Jen said “I”.  She stood there, blathering on about something I can’t even remember what it was.  And the guys were right there in front of her, taking a multitude of drinks and she didn’t even seem fazed by it.  It was a pretty hilarious segment.  Also hilarious: Jen gets out of the shower and puts her hair up in a turban.  She goes into a room where some of the guys (including Dick) are trying to nap and proceeds to start talking.  To herself?  Anyhow, the room clears alarmingly quick and she doesn’t even seem to notice.  That would have been the end of it, except Dick felt he had to confront her about her selfishness.  He was a little harsh, but I’m starting to realize that’s just how Dick is.  He doesn’t have a “mellow” button.

Worse was when the HoH room was revealed (and am I the only one who thinks it looks hideous this year?  AUGH!) and Jen was actually upset and disappointed because there weren’t enough recent pictures of her or pictures of her and her friends.  Darn all these photos of my loving family!  And in PictureGate 2.0, she actually took down a sweet photo of her and her mother because in it she wasn’t wearing any makeup.  SERIOUSLY.  And she did this in front of people.  It causes me to wonder if this woman has ever had any self-esteem.  She is so hopelessly self-absorbed and self-conscious that I wonder if she ever has truly felt confident about herself.  Her whole thing is one giant act.  It’s mind boggling.

Another interesting “interlude” is her talking with Kail about who she might nominate.  Kail is the only one in the household who remotely likes Jen and that makes me wonder about Kail’s judgment but perhaps she’s a better woman than me.  Jen actually has the nerve to suggest that Daniele and Jessica are unlikely to win many competitions (you know, except for that Veto that Daniele won last week) because they’re not that bright.  SERIOUSLY.  It was like watching her evolve into an enormous talking black pot.  Again, mind boggling.

Not much else really happened.  Unless you want to talk about the commentary that Zack and Dustin engaged in while Mike and Nick lifted weights in the backyard.  That was truly a funny sequence.  Even Mike and Nick had a hard time keeping a straight face and that makes lifting weights a little more difficult.  Between this and the drinking game, I’m starting to enjoy these guys quite a bit.

We had a food challenge last night as well.  It was girls against guys.  Well, mostly.  Joe was on the red girl’s team but he’s pretty much a guy anyhow so no difference, right?  They had to “guess the pie” by taking bites and trying to figure out what the ingredients were. Salmon and blueberry or pepperoni and mint?  Oh HELLS NAW.  I was surprised they got as many right as they did.  The men won by a pretty narrow margin but they won regardless.  So it’s slop for the girls (and the second week on slop for Daniele…aww).

We also had nominations.  As a surprise to NO ONE, Jen nominated Dick and Daniele.  Her reasoning?  Their feud brings negativity to the household.  Uh, no.  You’re jealous of the attention Nick gives to Daniele and your ego is smarting by the large helpings of truth and fact that Dick has showered upon you.  So father and daughter are up on the block.  Will Dick stay true to his word and not campaign for his daughter’s eviction?  I believe he won’t.  In fact, if he somehow got the Veto, I’m pretty sure he’d use it to take her off the block.  I’d hate to see either of them leave at this point, but I’d hate to see Dick go even more because he’s awesome.  Everyone else just seems disappointed that Big Brother didn’t make an exception in this case and allow the HoH to put herself up for eviction.