Big Brother 9, March 12 Live Feeds: Having a Ball in the House

Whee! Eviction day looms. When we last left our intrepid crew, they were on an indoor lockdown until after the eviction. Apparently, there was also a notice to Ryan to evacuate his room by 7 this morning, because he moves out of the Head of Household (HOH) room and heads into the bedroom where Josh and Sharon are sleeping. Everyone crashes out again until 8, when they get their wakeup call. People start waking up, primping, all the usual eviction day stuff.

However, Ryan and Matt rehash a prank Ryan had set up last night. Apparently, he'd rigged the kitchen sink to shoot water out at crotch level for whoever turned it on in the middle of the night. Very frat boy of them. Adam was the apparent victim, as he had had to go to bed after wringing out his shorts.

Big Brother reminds everyone to change their batteries. The stampede of not caring runs him over, as nobody makes a move to go get some. Various houseguests get called to the diary room (possibly to vote), and Matt verifies after having left that he can't discuss what happened in there. In the bathroom, James tells Natalie to play the game regardless of what happens to him. After last night? I'm not sure she has it in her unless Matt tells her to, really.

Sharon runs into James later in the kitchen, where he tells her he loves her, regardless of what happens. She matter-of-factly says the game isn't her life, which is a nice, healthy attitude for her to have. Not very game-winning, but healthy.

Next, James and Chelsia talk about the game. He asks her who she wants him to vote for if he doesn't leave. She says that it's probable that she and Josh would be up on the block next week, so I'm presuming that's a long way of saying, “Vote for Josh, dumbass.” He says he's had fun in the house, but he's upset that he's going even though he shouldn't be. They then cuddle and play games with one another for a while.

In another part of the house, Sheila and Natalie discuss the effects of sharing information with the other houseguests. Sheila says, “Anything you have said in the house, people have used and turned against you,” which Natalie agrees with. Or at least I think they're talking about the house strategy bit, because talks turn to Natalie having competed in Miss Nude Oregon and discussions about married men. It's very confusing to me. Maybe it's a mutual feel-good session they're conducting.

Now back to strategy talk... finally. Sheila talks about how she had to work on Ryan in order to flip the house (from voting out James to voting out Sharon), and how she accomplished it. (Maybe not...)

Around 11, we have the weekly HOH room lockdown. Everyone's chatting about their dogs. Josh mentions that he's lost 17 pounds, and thinks his stomach is eating itself. Considering how his head is stuck way up his hind end, I think it's fair to say that that's entirely feasible.

The houseguests chat about music, people they miss, pets... pretty much anything except strategy (makes sense, considering how hard it would be to strategize when possible targets are right there). At 12:30 the lockdown ends, and everyone rushes downstairs to get food. Sheila says she needs a protein shake before she passes out. Ick... not the best choice of words in this house, Sheila.

Ryan's stuff has been moved to the couch right outside of the HOH room, so I guess the earlier eviction from the room was temporary. Sheila gives Adam grief about saying he was going to eat something other than slop. She says that she's got enough fat to last a month, or at least a week or two, followed by saying that she'll be thin and tan when she leaves. She fails to mention she'll be 45 (or maybe 46) and a single mother. She's slipping.

Ryan puts some soft pretzels in the microwave, heats them, pulls them out, sprinkles cheese over the top, heats them some more, then grabs the nacho cheese Natalie hands him to put on them. The house had better hope he's not lactose-intolerant, because... whew. That could be ugly. The editors seem to be setting something up, because they keep switching from shots of other people eating (or in Sheila's case, drinking) their meals to his plate and back.

Sheila looks over at Natalie and realizes that Natalie had left her shoes on the counter. “Why are your shoes up there?” asks Sheila. “They're there so I don't forget them,” says Natalie. “We don't really know why we're here either,” say Natalie's feet in unison. Sheila asks her to take them off the counter, which Natalie does before putting them on.

In the storage room, Josh tells Chelsia that he's certain it'll be unanimous, but if the vote goes 4 – 2, he's certain it will be Natalie and Sheila who have split off. “We have to do this. If it's physical, we have to focus – don't talk $#@# to people,” says Chelsia. She's certain that if someone from the counter-alliance (Ryan, Sheila, Natalie, or Matt) wins HOH this week, she and Josh would go up. Josh thinks they would put at least one other person up in their place, so as to provide a backdoor alternative if either of them win the Power of Veto. However, they both hope Natalie wins (presumably thinking she's still on their side or something.) They head into another part of the house and scoop up Sharon to ask her if she's heard anything from Sheila or Natalie. She says no, she doesn't know anything about what's going on.

Josh heads into the bathroom and starts dancing spontaneously in front of the mirror. I have to say, I find it hilarious that he'll just suddenly burst into a dance number. It's like watching Fame, except with less talent and more venereal disease references.