Nicole said she'd leave if she didn't get a banner from her husband Jeff.  She came up with the secret code of the name of the company that remodeled her kitchen.  Today a banner flew over the house:  YOU N STAY TORMENT W FOR ME CSI+    CSI is the cabinet maker that did their kitchen, Nicole knew it was from Jeff.  She spent about fifteen minutes talking to the cameras in the diary room,  hoping that Jeff will see/hear it.  There's not much conversation going on, no one really likes each other enough for chit-chat.

Nicole:  [to Will] "Am I bothering you?"
Will: "No, not at all."
Nicole:  "What a shame."

Quote of the Day: Will on the subject of his last girlfriend:  "She dumped me. She said I didn't pay enough attention to her,  something like that.. I didn't really hear because I wasn't paying attention."

The  "Survivor" cast members, Jeff Varner,  Alicia Calaway,  Sue "Trucker" Hawk and Gervase Peterson were brought into the house today for a slumber party to be aired Wednesday, September 5th at 8pm.  The Big Brother guests do not know how long they will be staying.  Hardy is very suspicious. He questions them about why they brought only one bag and why they have so few clothes. Gervase says they have other stuff and they were told to reserve one week out of their time.  Nicole cooked a chicken dinner for all the guests and made sangria.  Will invited the guests to the hot tub. Sue: "No thanks, I'm warm and dry and it feels good."  Hardy traded his waterbed to Jeff for two cigarettes.  Hardy  asked the Survivors how he should go about getting an agent.  Alicia signed with same agency as Tiger Woods.  Gervase: "What are you going to do when you get out?"  Nicole: "Fuck my husband!"  

Jeff  works for a TV station in LA where he reports on Big Brother and interviews evicted houseguests. Jeff always broadcasts his BB segments from The Belly Lounge (Boogie's Bar). He's good friends with Boogie and Shannon.  He's also doing lots of one on one time,  and asking questions, especially of Monica, as if he's gathering information for his show.   Jeff sent out a message to Bunky saying "Hi Bunky, I'm sorry your not here.  I was hoping to meet you.  I saw the weight lose it was great, you should have really shaved your back."  Will asks Jeff if he has met his brother and Jeff says he has. Will is really thrilled by it.  Will says "So Shannon and my brother are cool?" And then Gervase says "The last time I saw them, Shannon and your brother were REAL cool."  Will is pondering this information. 

Nicole asks Jeff if he's watched much of the show, Jeff says "I've seen it all."   Jeff says, "When you get away from here Nicole,  you'll probably name your first child Will."  Nicole says, " I'm not having a first child.  I'm a person with feelings and compassion and he's an android"   Her face is stiff with contained rage. "I wouldn't name my toe nail clippings after him."

Frankly, the Big Brother gang were not very good hosts.  They were, at times,  rude and impolite.  When Jeff said he had a waterbed when he was a kid, and would like to sleep in one again, Nicole said "You've got money, buy one motherfucker."   Hardy also made crude jokes and comments that generated awkward silences.  These people have very few social skills.  At one point Nicole tells Jeff that she hopes to get her own cooking show and Gervase warns her that she better start watching her language if she wants her own show.

The Big Brother guests traded some clothes and pictures with the Survivor guests.  Sue offers Nicole her hat.  Nicole:  "I don't want that! Don't you have a shirt or something?" Sue offers her a Tommy Boy muscle shirt and Nicole gives Sue a Hollywood Harley shirt.   Nicole wants  Gervase's shorts.  Gervase offered her the shorts and then decided against giving them to her. She  jokingly yelled at him. He threw her a t-shirt and she jumped on his back and gave him a big hug.  Will gave Jeff a picture to give to Shannon of him and Bunky.

Monica: "The next three weeks are going to be interesting."
Sue: "You think you going to be here?"
Monica: [Nods her head and quietly says] "Yeah!"

Quote of the Day:  Nicole: "I require a lot of physical contact. I'm afraid to have sex when I get out of here, I haven't gone this long without sex since I was 17"

After the cast from Survivor left, the HGs got their "America's Choice" prize today, a snow storm in the backyard.  The HGs had fun playing in the snow for a few hours.

Disco Inferno Enters the Ring

The challenge:  The girls are excited, it's a shopping theme!  Will read directions:  They each get 2 baskets and get to fill 1 food basket, 1 luxury basket. Then when their baskets are filled, they have to hold the baskets out to the sides, and then keep it between the height of their hips and their waists for 90 seconds. 

If they hold the baskets for 30 seconds longer, they get 1 more item for each basket. Included are luxury prizes which are wrapped - some good some bad.   They all did very well, although Monica didn't even try to win the extra item.  They took turns unwrapping.  Nicole got a wallet, a shirt,  a mouse in a box puppet, something from DiscoverKids, lava lamp-ish, a picture frame (she thought it was the DVD player), the game "Whiplash" and a large gold necklace, a bracelet, Monika got N'sync earrings, semi-precious jewelry kit (ages 8+),  a bracelet, a party purse, a personal spa kit (lotions, candles, soap, etc.), an electronic voice changer and a Palm Pilot.   Will got a glass ball with rocks or something in it, a mini metal detector, Diva soap (he thought it was going to be a digital camera "I already got a metal detector, what else could a boy ask for."),  a stuffed Polar Bear ("this is for all ages") and a toy car just like the one Kent won. .  He says the cash value of all his prizes so far is $4.00.  Will's last prize is something good, Nicole attacks him, it's the DVD player. he is thrilled now.

Big Brother (Bill)  says "Congratulations guys, We had as much fun watching you open the presents as you did opening them."  Nicole:  "I never win anything on this fucking show. Oops I swore. I'm such a loser. I need a Xanax."

After the challenge, a banner flew over the house:  "N2 WIN IF GOODY 2 SHOES/NO CUSS/4GIVE W"

Although Nicole is still unhappy, everything's calm today, not much happened.  Nicole went to the diary room where Big Brother (John) told her to quit complaining, and she thinks that she doesn’t complain much.  This goes on, and Will finally says that he hopes she realizes how fortunate she is to be on the show.  He says that they can stretch and hang out today, and she can use his metal detector if she wants.  Monica and Will hang out in the backyard while Nicole mopes in bed.  They seem genuinely happy for each other.  When they finish a game of Backgammon, Will goes to lay out. Monica is having a blast with her voice changer.   Later they made jewelry from the kit Monica won in yesterday's luxury challenge.  Will made a bracelet for Big Brother (John). 

Some banners:  
“HAPPY N = WINNER / NO COMPLAINTS / CUSS”
“N CHILL OUT & WIN / STOP CUSSING”
“N HAVE MANY FANS – SMILE”

Nicole says that she has so many fans, but they should quit wasting their money.  Will says, “Now that’s a nice banner.”

What's to become of the Big Brother contestants?

Will was called into the diary room and told that there may be no show on Thursday, and if there is, the evicted houseguest would most likely not have family members present.  Nicole was quite upset at the pre-emption, remarking that the terrorism will hurt their ratings.

Meanwhile, CBS is contemplating ending the game, taping it's conclusion for broadcast later.

My Take on This:
Viewers are writing a lot of really nasty stuff about CBS, and the lack of details given to the houseguests.  In addition to my vast knowledge of television, I know a bit about psychology too.  To be held captive in the Big Brother house, and have full details of the terrorism committed in New York and at the Pentagon, would be devastating to these people.  Those of us with the freedom to come and go as we please, watch the events of the day,  feel helpless.  I know many people are out jogging, walking, even shopping,  right now just to work off the mental strain of the images we've seen.  To give the people in the Big Brother house, the information we have, without giving them the outlets we have,  and the comfort we get from our family and loved ones, could be very damaging.  I almost feel the houseguests having been given a gift by being shielded from this grim reality.  CBS is doing the right thing.

Should the Game Continue?  Yes.  President Bush has asked the nation to continue with our lives.  Not giving the terrorists the satisfaction of taking away the normalcy of our daily lives.  After  36 hours of continuous coverage,  I feel I know everything I can about what happened.  I would appreciate seeing the return of regular broadcasting, letting me know that life will return to normal.  The grieving will continue, this is something we may never get over, but life, and even TV will continue.

The house guests completed the Head of the House challenge, a house guest was evicted, if you prefer finding out the results during the special two-hour broadcast on Tuesday,  DON'T CLICK HERE.

Press Release
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS has rescheduled Saturday's (Sept. 15) previously announced broadcast of BIG BROTHER 2 to Tuesday, Sept. 18, which will be a special two-hour edition from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, ET/PT.

Tuesday's BIG BROTHER 2, featuring the eviction of one of the three remaining Houseguests, will set the stage for Thursday's live finale.

In lieu of BIG BROTHER 2 tomorrow night, CBS will broadcast an additional episode of TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL from 9:00 to 10:00 PM, ET/PT.

As you can see, there's been a few days without updates, because nothing is going on in the house.  Will and Nicole have been watching DVDs, Will's been playing with Legos® and Tinker Toys®, so what could CBS put on TV?  They did, what I think, was a great show with interviews with all the evicted house guests.  There were tid-bits in there that even I didn't know.  It's been easy to keep track of Bunky, Kent and Sheryl, they done several live chats on www.elitestv.com, but the others...   The feeds were turned off when Monica was evicted, so seeing the way Monica took it was great,  she has a lot more class than I gave her credit for.  

Now that you've seen the interviews with the evicted house guests, do you think Will will still win?  I do.  CBS has done a good job of building suspense in a game where we've got the spoilers from the live feeds. But Morty's money is still on Will.