Big Brother 6, September 4 Live Feeds: Janelle Under Attack

As we start the daily feeds, the morning is almost gone, it’s after 11AM! What a bunch of snoozy-heads! That means about 50% of my hopes that this is the day that extraterrestrial powers take corrective action in the Big Brother universe have faded already!

Despite some weird, incomprehensible dream that April had, Howie and Janelle are still on the block. I can’t blame Ivette, it was the only logical action, but… Boo, Hiss!

At any rate, it’s after noon before The Friendship finally gets up. Janelle too, but she goes back to bed. I guess it’s nice that Big Brother let them sleep late, but it’s not the most compelling viewing, is it? At any rate, The Friendship gathers outside and there’s a lot of Janelle bashing going on. They suspect she’s some kind of Big Brother plant, that she lies all the time and that she’s psycho. I’m not sure about the first one, but the last two apply more to themselves!

The next topic of conversation among The Nerds is a review of events in the house, like who won HoH or Power of Veto, which they seem to do a lot. Eventually, discussion returns to Janelle. They decide that of the three of them, Janelle likes April the best. April decides that she will try and use that to find out “stuff” about Janelle. They further decide that they should call Janelle “the fanatic” because she watches her Big Brother DVDs all the time. It’s all pretty childish.

By 1PM, Howie and Janelle are finally up. Yes, the life of a Big Brother houseguest is not an easy one. And right after that… lockdown, everyone outside!

Lockdown is over… and none of them knows why they were locked down. Or, possibly, they are so bored they over-analyze everything that happens?

April and Maggie begin a workout. Maggie seems annoyed with April, who seems more interested in talking about the game. Maggie doesn’t appear interested; she just wants to work out. So, mostly April talks and Maggie grunts for the next while. For my money, Maggie is making more sense. Or, the fish, which we see for a little while now.

Back from fishcam, the Janelle bashing continues. Honestly, when Janelle is gone these recaps are going to be about 30 words long, because there will be nothing for anyone to talk about!

Following up on earlier conversation where The Nerd Herd decides Janelle would quickly waste the money if she won, April asks Janelle what she would do with the money if she won. Janelle says she’d probably give it to her family. Ha! April would spend it all at the local ASPCA. Hmm, that seems more frivolous to me.

Big Brother announces that swimming 440 laps of the pool equals one mile. Predictably, Howie decided to give it a try. Who else wonders if he can count that high on his own?

While making lunch, discussion drifts to food delivery in their home towns. Maggie asks Ivette if she will deliver food for a local chain when she gets back and Ivette says, “God no! We leave delivery for people with no papers!” The gal is one class act. Fortunately, conversation drifts to a more significant topic – why Janelle is of poor moral fiber because she sells her clothes on eBay instead of donating them to the needy.

A little later, Janelle tells Ivette she started working when she was 15, to get money. Claiming it’s the way in Latino culture, Ivette says her parents just give her money when she needs it, saying, “I could live at home and not pay a dime.” They live in Florida, I wonder if they could adopt me for a couple of weeks in the winter?

The Nerd Herd retreats to the HoH bedroom so they can resume trashing Janelle. It’s not their best work, so I won’t bother you with the details.

Howie has finished his swim. He later claims to have swum 450 laps, I guess the number “440” slipped from his mind. Still outside, he talks with Ivette, who says she didn’t lie in the game. To his credit, Howie doesn’t laugh. Ivette is not so subtly campaigning for his vote at the finale, she goes as far to agree that Janelle hasn’t lied and James played a textbook game and might get Julie Chen’s job. As much as I’d like that, surely Howie can see this for what it is? After asking Howie if he can be trusted, Janelle luckily comes out before Ivette can make her big point, and the moment is lost.

Discussions continue to evolve through the most amazing topics. Where’s Wisconsin, Oksana Baiul, Nancy Kerrigan… and Ivette comes up with the concept that, being upset that Kerrigan’s parents are rich and could afford the best trainers is as silly as her (Ivette) being upset that Janelle is a Big Brother fan who watched the DVDs and probably knows more about previous competitions than the others. Wh-hat?!? It was a BIG problem for her as recently as a couple of hours ago! Me-ow!