Week 7 and 7.5 roundup!
Week 7 – it was time for a Fast Forward! Just like the real deal, we played a whole week in one night, starting with the Week 7 HOH, which was called Grid Effect Extreme!
Each of the houseguests busted out a path, but as always, some of them refused to read the directions, which lead to Dru dropping out instantly – as he missed the part about needing 25 squares. Whoops. Kyle was quick on the draw too, and did well, for a final score of 20 due to tripping a couple lightening bolts. John mocked Dru’s lack of directions, and eliminated himself by only using 23 steps – and Mikey went diagonal. Which left Jaym – who managed to come in with a score of 23 after only hitting one lightening bolt! Where was Florian? Good question. No one knew.
Jaym wasted no time in hopping into the chat with the rest of the houseguests and nominating John and Florian for eviction. Then it was time for the POV.
This POV was called “Someone HAD to be first” and encompassed a variety of Reality TV shows – the houseguests had to name who was the first to be eliminated from each show in order to get a point. It came down to a tie between Jaym and John, with Jaym winning the tie-breaker question. Jaym won POV – and of course, kept her nominations the same. The houseguests immediately had to vote, and John was eliminated from the Big Brother Experience – ultimately screwed because he looked at the wrong season of Flavor of Love. Nothings worse then being screwed by Flav-a-Flav!
The it was time for HOH number two, and what an awesome competition it was! It was the Big Brother Who-Dun-It! One of the houseguests murdered our very own Peppermist, and it was up to them to solve the clues and figure out who-dun-it! Shockingly, Dru was fastest on the clue and puzzle solving, and came out victorious!
It was down to two main alliances – Florian and Dru, against Jaym, Mike and Kyle. Dru went for the obvious choice, and nominated Kyle and Mike for eviction.
When it came to POV, it was something simple – name that houseguest! There were 50 houseguests, and they had to name them, and get extra credit for naming the winners. Fastest correct answer won – and again Jaym came up victorious, though it was certainly close! She chose to use the POV on Mikey, which forced Dru to nominate his best bud and ally, Florian.
Dru was not happy. We knew, because he quit talking.
Behind the scenes, though, he and Florian were working their magic to try and save Florian. Flo claimed he had a PM from Kyle that would make Mikey/Jaym vote him out – then he produced a screenshot of said PM… only one problem. That PM did NOT EXIST! It sent Jaym and Mike into a panic though, as they suddenly weren’t sure they could trust Kyle. Then Kyle pointed out the flaws in the Faux PM, and order was restored – an order that promptly saw Florian evicted from the Big Brother Experience.
Which brings us to Week 8, and yet another HOH competition for the Final Four. It was 3 against one…. Who came out on top?
Stay tuned!
Week 6 Roundup!
Wow. Week six. Who knew it could go so fast? Would there be any more melt downs this week? Time would tell.
When we last left our houseguests, Florian had just become the first double HOH winner of B B E. In a move that was not entirely shocking, he nominated Jaym and Kyle for eviction, though rumor had it he had a plan and Jaym was just there for show.
Meanwhile, in the final Food competition for the seasons, Jamie correctly found and described several deadly foods, and in a shocking turn, decided to be nice and let the house “Feast” and have private messages, rather then take them all away but for herself and Florian as HOH in a “Famine”
It wasn’t enough to save her though, as Jaym won my favorite contest of the season, the Great God of Otev competition. It’s all about taking notes and counting days, ya’ll! She wiped the floor with her competition, and then used the P O V to save herself. Florian then nominated Jamie as the replacement, and his plan became abundantly clear. She was his target all along.
At the eviction, a contest was announced to get the houseguests publicly active. As Jamie walked out the door with a vote of 3 to 1, a post count war erupted. Jaym and Dru once again didn’t read the directions, and thought the competition was for 24 hours – not a full week.
Oh. The insanity.
Oh. The FLURRY of posts.
Oh. The reading!
They surely took the contest to heart. THEN realized it was for a week, 300 posts later.
Stay tuned for more!
Oral Sex is the new Good Night Kiss for Teens
Got your attention there, didn’t I?
Good Morning America got the same reaction recently as they showed a segment talking about that and young girls passing out sexual favors like candy for gifts or money, and sliding into the realm or prostitution etc. Oh, and the “prettiest girls from the most successful families are the most at risk.” Naturally, it’s shock journalism at it’s best, but that isn’t to say that it’s not happening – otherwise there wouldn’t have been a story at all.
While many of the parents who watched this are now flipping out in shock all over the internets, I think the most telling part of this story is to read the comments that have been left on over at ABC.com. In between all of the Bible Thumpers blaming the devil and the general “Godless Living In America” and flailing about in a moral panic, are some interesting comments from those who are still teens, and who remember their teenage years without viewing them through parental outrage.
Some of the comments that jumped out at me were the parents that admitted to a lot of free lovin in the 60s, others who point out that the age group of the story included 18-19 year olds as “teens” and those “teens” are actually adults, and some of them are even married, and participating in sexual activities with their spouse.
But the most telling is one of the girls who was featured in the segment itself – and she denied doing anything for money, but doing it because she wanted too. And most important thing brought up is the fact that parents don’t talk to their teens about sex!
Say it with me now – ya’ll know my mantra here at PTB: TALK TO YOUR KIDS!
Look, it’s simple. It’s not rocket science. We were all teenagers once, and sex is not something dirty to be swept under the rug. Curiosity is normal, and shoving abstinence down a teenagers throat while ignoring everything else is going to make it a “forbidden fruit” and if you remember ANYTHING about being a teenager – that fruit tastes sweetest.
You want your kids to make smart choices? Then give them the information and tools they nee to have to do so. Don’t sit on the couch with your jaw dropped and shock written all over your face when you hear what’s going on. This has nothing to do with bible thumping, nothing to do with a godless America, nothing to do with a lack of morals. It has everything to do with human sexuality, puberty, and the joy of sex.
So don’t make it into what it’s not. Get up off your high horse and TALK TO YOUR KIDS. Give them the information they need. Be honest about your own experiences because if you’re preaching ‘virgin at marriage’ you damn well had better kept it in your pants until you walked down the aisle. Look your kid straight in the eyes and admit that you lost your virginity while a teen – or not. It wasn’t the best experience – or it rocked your socks off. Be honest about if you were ready or not, and how you felt emotionally about waiting or not. Let them know that oral sex is still sex (after all, it says it in the name!) and talk to them about petting, making out, oral sex, sexual intercourse and how each made you feel from an emotional point of view. Were you ready? Were you scared? Were you pressured? Did you stand firm and wait? How did it make you FEEL emotionally?
Moms, talk to your SONS about how a girl feels.
Dads, talk to your DAUGHTERS about how a boy thinks.
Be HONEST.
Your kids aren’t stupid. Stop treating them like they are.
Lookit what we got!
Moose!
I know, not that unusual. But look closer….
Closer…
awwwwww there ya go! MOOSE BABIES!
Still wobbly and unsteady, and tiny. It’s officially Summertime in Alaska. 🙂
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In other news – got the ribbons for the last swim meet finally! The pup got 4th place for the 200yd freestlye relay… and? The BIG surprise! 5th place in the 50yd BUTTERFLY! WHOOO!
Kidnapped! (..sorta!)
I haven’t seen my daughter for THREE days.
Ok, so that’s not ENTIRELY true. I’ve seen her, but only in passing and never her full face. And I know exactly who is to blame.
Edward Cullen.
Don’t pretend you don’t know who he is! EVERYONE knows who he is. The movie version of him passes through my feed reader 87 times a day. (Which makes me want scream. Ugh. Some men make scruffy appealing. He ain’t one of them. ) Which means, of course, that the real blame falls on Stephenie Meyer, and the Twilight series of books. I say series, because the reason I haven’t seen Peppermist, is that she’s devoured the first 2.5 books over the past three days.
Part of me is proud, of course, because back in the day trying to get my kids to read involved things like hot pokers, water torture, threats and tears – mostly on my part. I was certain that they’d NEVER read, that they’d hate it with every fiber of their being. When the switch flipped in their head though, and words started making sense, they all discovered a love of the written word. They’ve never looked back.
Which is why I haven’t seen my daughter for THREE DAYS – unless it’s with a book in front of her face. The sun is shining, and she’s curled up in the corner of her bed with Edward and Bella. Finally, I had to grab the first one and see what all the hullaballu is about. I’ve heard the trash talk, I’ve heard the massive amounts of praise, I haven’t bothered to see the movie (Betcha I’m gonna have to NOW), etc. So I picked up Peppermist’s copy of Twilight, and started to read.
And I get both sides – I can see where some would call Meyer a talentless hack, but I also see the appeal of her story too, from a very teenage point of view. (Because inside my head, I’m still 16. Or 12. What-EV-er.) Her style is not very “grown up” but it IS engaging, and she does tell her story well in her own way. Edward Cullen is not the typical Vampire we’ve come to expect from horror stories, but Bella very much is a typical outcast teen. Maybe my understanding comes from years of playing ‘against the stereotype’ characters in various Roleplay venues (yes, my geek is showing), but I get it. I’m only halfway through the first book (…I don’t have 3 days off to do nothing but read like Peppermist!) but I can get why Meyer has legions of fans to go hand in hand with her critics. I also finally know where the Lamb/Lion quote comes from. (I’ll be happy if I never have to hear it again, too!)
I still can’t get the appeal of Pattinson, but that’s OK. Maybe the movie will change my mind. Maybe he’ll… I dunno, wash or something. And maybe? Just maybe… I’ll see Peppermist again soon. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go see why they wait for a thunderstorm to play baseball, and if they brought a snack.
..what?
