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Sisalou

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Llkoolaid! I went to bed early last night and missed all the fun. Well, ya'll were having fun there for a while.

Chief1 - Just look what you started! :)

Chief1

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dogdoc, that's just what I understood from Alison's comments, too. She was an "ex" of someone who actually applied, and they thought that person was boring. She went on to say that since she was a pageant queen, they felt she would be more interesting to the show.

Sisalou

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFLMAO Beruthiel!

Surreal_Badger

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i'm not sure this comment has to do with the original intent of this thread, but it does coincide with some of the last few posts. . .

and while i don't think cbs really owes me an "explanation," i do wish that they would've considered their plans to extend the show for another week a little bit more fully.

i think the additional time -- and i know it's only a week -- has been very hard for the players to handle mentally. remember robert's reaction when he heard he still had 2 (or was it 3?) weeks left? i think when one psyches oneself up for a particular date (such as, if i can just make it til september 17. . . or, ok, in 9 months i have to give birth. . . or, oh crap, the dentist appointment is next week. . .), it can be awfully hard to make an adjustment to this mental timeline.

to my knowledge, this is the first time that the cut from 3 to the f2 hgs has been stretched out this long. and jun's reaction, although certainly influenced my pms, depression, and maybe a twinge of guilt and regret (maybe), is to me an indication that this new extended schedule wasn't really thought out with the hgs in mind.

i would hope that next year, bb let the mental health of the hgs outweigh their desire to stretch the ratings bonanza for another week.

Smokey

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LMAO Beruthiel! I found that to be the most interesting thing in this thread--and maybe even on the entire site! I don't understand about t*t, either. What if I need to say, "t*t for tat"? Maybe I really need to say that? Shit, guess I can't. :(

Earthmother

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Perhaps t*t is not a personal favorite of the mod on duty..lol

Charvie

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
oh my I am going to defend Alison's comment. I think I've been drugged. Her comment had more to do with Jun saying she was going to take 8 tylenol pm and being so distraught, than because she was being insensitive to Jun. I think that comment Jun made scared Alison a little and also made her feel awkward.

Shelb724

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i don't even know where the extra week came into play, to be honest. it seems like someone has been evicted (or in the case of the first week, ejected), so in fact, 2 people left the first week.

i do hope that CBS is watching jun, its scarey to me that she has that much access to tyelenol pm. i was kind of suprised that they were even allowing them that type of medicine. i thought they would only get prescriptions and vitamins. even someone who shows up as a "normal" personality on tests (people do perform to the test at times) might show tendencies of addiction in one form or another. and i agree, i think robert is better for jun than alli is. i wish jun could do yoga or something of that nature, to just meditate would help her i think. i was thinking what it would be like, to have no books even (do they have books? i wonder about that too), or anything to kill time. which is basically what they are doing now. there's no more competitions or anything, so that doesn't help.

and thank you again to the live posters. omg, you guys are great. if it wasn't for you, we would not know anything about jun's problems right now. the show itself just shows her cooking and happy most of the time. just showed that one crying jag she had. i wish there was some way to get a message to her, to hang in there, she's doing great.

Gina8642

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow! You all really talked up a storm last night.

My one thought - sometimes just burrying yourself in bed and crying your eyes out is not a bad thing. It releases a lot of tension and emotion. It doesn't mean you are having a mental break down. It doesn't mean you need to be rushed to a pyschiatric facility or talk to a shrink. It doesn't mean you have to talk to anyone at all. It just means you are crying. Personally, I prefer to have my crying jags in private - no consoling necessary or desired.

Ok, I have more than one thought - I wonder if Jun is going to regret taking all that Tylenol PM? I have no idea what the regular dose is, but three seems like a lot - she isn't that big of a person - that's a lot of drug. Last time she took some she slept away the next day. Today she needs to be on her toes and charismatically answering questions. Can't be much fun to do with that sort of a hang over.

Dogdoc

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the Alison actually being an ex responses. I am still confused about Hank not having to audition to be on Cupid and now this! lol

Earthmother

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Shelb, I may be wrong (and if I am someone will surly tell me.lol) but maybe it's because of the negative reactions of the viewers. Time heals wounds so it softens us enough to watch the finale. I can't imagine it was done for any other reason but ratings.

Perhaps they have left the finalists with nothing to do so they will talk to each other and give more of us a chance to root for one of them. If they had ended last week I think ratings would have been a bust, but now even I'm softening, and I wouldn't have given you a plug nickle for either one of them last week.

Sisalou

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Smokey - I was LMAO at you last night too! :)

Gina, I agree with you completely about the crying. You said it better than I could.

Smokey

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
About making BB one week longer--I read that when it was decided and if I recall correctly (and I know I will be corrected if I'm wrong) it was because they wanted it to overlap into the new fall shows, like Survivor. Probably to get more ratings for this season, but I either read or just got the feeling, that they also felt it would generate more viewers for next season.

Dogdoc--I saw Hank's audition for Cupid. It was one night I happened to see on that show, so I know he had an audition because I watched it with my daughter and we both thought he was really sweet.

Smokey

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 07:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sisalou--it was a great stresser. :) Seems so heated around here lately with venting then those who feel people shouldn't vent following them around and telling them they shouldn't be, etc. etc. I would rather discuss shit. :)

Earthmother

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 08:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Now that it's almost over..I tend to think that is what we have been discussing all along, we just didn't know we could say it til now.

Bonzacat

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 08:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I should have stayed up with all of you..... thank you for the informed discussion, and what a revelation, I thought we had to type "sh!t" !!!!

Ark

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 08:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I slogged through every single response to this post. After doing so, the only thing that I could find that CBS owes us an EXPLANATION for was pointed out by Earthmother, way back at the beginning. Earthmother said," I want to know why they can't schedule their commercials at different times than NBC or ABC so I can watch other shows during BB and Survivor at the same time without taping one." Amen, let's start a petition!

Meggieprice

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 08:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The thing that confuses me about the extra week of episodes that was ordered is that if Scott had not been booted there would still be three people here now- I guess they would have had the last eviction mid-week and then the two alone for a couple of days- but that could not have taken place by last Wednesday, which presumably was when the show was going to end originally. Makes no sense to me!

Earthmother

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 08:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Megg, I still think it has to do with letting the fans see a softer side of the two left in the house..

Beruthiel

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bonza, since yesterday, there has been a shortage of "!"s on the board, which is why I think we can now type 'shit' instead of 'sh!t'.
"I"s in both upper and lower case are not, so far, in short supply, although once this freedom of expression becomes well-known, both "I"s and "i"s may develop a sudden surge in popularity, so be prepared for a future shortage of "*"s.

Smokey and Sisalou, glad you got the joke!

Fan3

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
as ali told Rob when he was going bananas you can leave at any time....just give up the money. spoiled brats if you ask me.

Bonzacat

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Beruthiel - I cannot thank you enough for the warning... I am placing a large supply of "*"s in my garage this morning. They will be right next to my bottled water and fresh batteries (earthquake readiness). If anyone needs a "*", please let me know!

This thread is a hoot.... what's the topic, BTW?

Woodpecke®

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll take Pot Pourri for $100, Alex.

Meggieprice

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Earth- what I mean was, if Scott had not been booted, and the two extra episodes had not been ordered- how would they have finished the show by last Wednesday? Unless of course the exit of Scott was planned and coreographed all along...oooh! Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theory!

I understand we need some days with the final two. ..

lol Wood!

off for a wedding /barbecue in the hot sun... carry on my good friends! Give me plenty of good stuff to read when we get home...

Bonzacat

Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
, Wood!!!!