Mediocre Gatsby

I rewound again (1:39am BB time) and the conversation switched from Red and Cirie to Blue and Jared in bed and him asking if she really wanted to know. It *is* hard to hear, and you know the way he talks, backtracking all the time. I definitely didn't hear what he said to her (he whispered) and it was his context afterwards (if you knew my mom was playing, etc.) that made me think he told her. (Also #BB25 twitter when I looked over there.) If he told her his mom was playing, it could really only be Cirie or Felicia, right - is anyone else old enough? eta: He was also quiet when he said who it was who already knew the secret; that's what I thought was Felicia.

Wouldn't it be funny if Jared DID tell Blue that it was Felicia who knew the secret, and Blue thinks it's safe to talk to her about it?

Blue asks if he told anyone else and he says no, which is the truth, but adds "no one knows," which is not. She promises not to treat them any differently. Then they go under the blankets and I had to vamoose.

Blue was kind of incredulous that that was his big secret. She wants him to pinky swear but he says if she doesn't believe him, then she doesn't. She asks "Why would that affect me?" And he says she'll be thinking well, he'll pick his mom over me. Blue said that she would expect him to pick any of "those three" over her. He also says that he thought if he told her, she'd think that she had to do something about it. Blue quickly remembered that he'd already told her that someone else knew his secret, and she wants to know who that is. I *think* he said Felicia??? And then said maybe he just told her that to throw her off? He's crazy.

Jared told Blue about Cirie.

Cirie, Felicia and Izzy told Jag that they are going to keep him, 100%. Start packing your bags, Jag. Felicia keeps questioning why Cirie and Izzy are so sure of Jared, when it seems like the leak about The Seven must have come from him. Cirie said that Jared knows which side his bread is buttered on. Well if there's any hamster who can be lured into an alliance by butter, it's probably Jared. Cirie claimed that if he had to put someone else up, Cam was going to put up Jared or Izzy, and Jared knows that. Jag gives a moving little speech about how he trusts them, how he said already "this week is not about me, it's not an individual thing," and in addition to his bags Jag should probably pack "Big Brother: The Rulebook." Curtis! Preach.

Cory and Izzy. Cory says he doesn't know if he needs to be pissed at Malta or Jag. He said he pressed Malta for 25 minutes. He's been telling her don't trust Jag, but she's been questioning whether there's a 7-person alliance and, according to Cory, asking questions about alliances that she's not supposed to know about. Izzy tried to calm him down but, now that I've seen it once, I can't help but notice how many times Cory interrupted her. I don't know if he does it with the guys - I know he's the Great Debater or something - or if he really doesn't just care about the viewpoints of the women. He said that the only way that all the stories make sense is if Malta is "full of shit." "Here's where I am with her," he told Izzy, with what I'm sure he thought was a disarming look, "I still believe ... maybe I'm naive - maybe I'm a young man in love, who knows? - I think she would have voted out Jag." He still thinks she will, but she's very suspicious.

Izzy complained that she doesn't like how "violent" the other side talks about getting rid of people. Like "annihilating" and "missiles" and words like that. Cirie, Felicia, and Meme just started laughing. Felicia tried to console Izzy that that was just military talk, but she really doesn't like it. At one point Cirie and Felicia started calling her Jethro, I have no idea why. They and Meme are talking too quietly for me now, so I'm amusing myself trying to figure out how long it would take me to devolve into wearing nothing but sweats day after day. Would I still be as put-together as Meme is today?

Felicia, Cirie, and Izzy seem determined (for the moment) to keep Jag. Felicia says, and the others agree, that they shouldn't tell Jared until the last second so he doesn't have a chance to "get emotional." Meme came in and they're telling her. I have no idea if it'll stick, of course.

The way Jag's talking about not sharing any information about his Jared suspicions with Felicia, and Cirie praises him for being so transparent, and he promises he's not going to mention "your name," I don't mean if he means just Cirie or Cirie and Izzy. And she says the others are afraid of his ability. And he says he will never say anything to hurt this team. It's kind of ENRAGING me.

I was sure this sentence was going to end with "Becky's face."

Jag made a big point of clearing MeMe and Felicia out of the room before asking Cirie if she'd go up and talk to Izzy, they went around and around without being able to get together secretly, then they finally got back in a room, kicked Felicia and MeMe out AGAIN, and said that Cory told Malta about the 6 or the 7. He asked Cirie not to tell anyone and she no, she's not that kind of person, the problem with the house is too many people talking. Izzy came in. He kind of made a hash of it, saying he has to talk to her again to figure out what she meant. Jag kept telling her over and over that he's not in an alliance but he has individual relationships. I'm so mortified that he's talking about Jared being on the other side. To his mother. And the only other person who knows who he is. I forgot, at one point Jag mentioned Jared saying something, and the camera was on Cirie's face and her expression was all "THAT BOY."

It looks like everyone's having a little piece of a chicken pot pie that Cameron got as HOH. Of course Jared came in and just started stabbing at it, with Cameron weakly saying "Why don't you use a spatula?" Matt, who was next, said it wasn't even a pot pie anymore after Jared was done with it.

So I turned on the feeds, Izzy and Jag talking, and in about 10 seconds Izzy used the words "fishiness" and "sketchy" and "the Americaness of it," with most of the rest of the words being "like," and here's where I have to rethink all my life choices that led me here.

You're playing fast and loose with the word "facts" there, leocadia! 😄

Truer words. Never spoken.

The daughter goes to college 90 miles away and comes home at least twice a month. That did seem like a lot, and I did worry a bit when the mother talked about how much she relied on that daughter to help her make decisions (especially when it was revealed at the end that she wasn't even the oldest, as I assumed, but was the middle child). But she kept jumping in with projects she could do on the house, so for whatever reason, she's really attached, still. I noticed her "closed eyes" expression, too, and I thought, she'll have to get rid of that before she starts teaching kids!

First, ha! And: a while back I noticed a 6-minute delay one night when they were all in the yard. I *think* that that was pre-Luke. But post-Luke, I wonder if the show decided to increase the delay.

Malta and Cory got on the hammock and started to talk game. Malta had "rethought things" and decided that Cam wasn't the worst. But then BB called her into the DR. Cory told her he was going to "talk hellish into the camera," but she just laughed and said "of course" and kept going. Cory said how good it was to talk in full volume for once, which I certainly appreciate as a listener. Except that he called us "Dude" at the beginning, I think. Sir! We are the island nation of Malta! He said that the more he thought about it, the more Cam winning HOH was pretty f***ing incredible for him. He assumed he wasn't going to be backdoored, and he said that Malta had made a deal protecting him, which "what a good deal. What a team player, Malta" which, I GUESS, as long as she knows she's helping Team Cory instead of Team Malta. Did Malta really do that? Make a deal with Cameron to protect Cory? Then Cory congratulated himself on putting in time with Cam. He wants Jag to win and Jared to go up. He can't tell if Jag's not a good player, or if he's just in a bad situation and the game's hard. Cory feels like HE is in a good situation, and it's not that hard, but he's been doing a good job. He's banking on certain people not talking to each other. He's trying to cover his ass. Like he'll tell Cameron that Izzy was trying to flip votes against him, then tell Izzy that Cameron told him he's hearing suspicions like that. He wondered if "the America thing" was becoming a problem to the rest of the alliance. To him, the thing about her is she's helpful to him beyond the game numbers. She told him about going to Brown, after he told her about his brother being on Survivor. He doesn't think he needed to tell her that, because she was already vouching for him to Cam, but it's still good. He doesn't think that she'll run to Jared as long as she thinks he'll protect her. "Which I will, over Jared." I'm not sure Malta would be reassured if she heard that. He thinks that he's probably closer to Jared, but Malta is a better person to keep around. Then, Cory speaks the words that are music to my ears: "Jared's kind of a dick! I like Jared. We get along well. But he can be a bit of a dick." Then he started talking about the fauxmance and I had to leave. I like when a hamster talks to us, but for me, a little Cory goes a long way.

Exactly how I feel.

I have YouTube TV, which picks up HH and HHI episodes without me doing anything (insert my self-serving "I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR BUYING YOUTUBE TV" sermon here!) but the one from tonight is in Indiana and from the episode numbering, it seems to be new. I didn't get the Topsail Beach episode that I've read about here, which is the downside of it not being a real DVR kind of product. I loved this Indiana family AND the realtor that the HHunter has known since they were kids! I loved the daughter! No snarky comments about what they wouldn't be able to live with. Nothing about how impressed visitors would be with the entryway. They're obviously a super close family. You can tell that even when they're grown with their own families, those kids will be coming back to this house for holidays. I loved the house they picked in their current home town. The mother who left them the money had been living with them (doing the cooking, the house hunter said) which must have been a comfort to both of them. I'm really happy for them. I found myself smiling a lot during this episode.

It did! Cameron won.

This is a post that's hard to find an appropriate emoji for.

They are. It's such an aggravating combination. The guy who had a hissy fit and then a full night's sleep. I'm starting to loathe him. (I was already at strongly disliking him.) Me too. Thanks to the folks who followed this throughout a long long night!

Ha, the competitors are naming the snakes.