by MARCELLAS REYNOLDS
I am a Big Brother savant. I have correctly predicted who has been evicted the past two times. I'm gloating. But it is very easy to play armchair quarterback. It amazes that I can call the game from the outside the Big Brother house, but from the inside? Twice? Not so much. Week three's eviction is going to be hard to call. The house is in utter chaos and very hard to read. This is a house that hates each other. From day to day ( actually hour to hour ) , alliances change, friendships evaporate and trust never existed, anyway.
So what do I think? Really? Uncensored about the House Guest and game thus far? Jerry gets on my nerves like no house guest, ever. He is the most crotchety, mean-spirited older house guest in the history of the game. This ornery codger makes Kent from season two seem like a Trappist monk. Last week, he went ballistic on Libra after being wound up by Keesha and Renny. This week, he pointed his venom towards Memphis. Jerry is jealous of a man who is a third his age. Does he see in Memphis the man that he never was? He says Memphis is arrogant. Eh ... Jer, you might wanna take a look at Jessie. Jerry then calls Memphis a womanizer. So what? Memphis is a grown man running game on grown women. As long as he isn't running game on your wife, mind your own damn business.
Obviously, Memphis hasn't been on slop for two weeks. He has yet to drop a pound. Usually, the women on Big Brother pack it on while the men get skinny and buff. Maybe Memphis thought he was going to make it into the Big Brother house and packed on the pounds thinking he wouldn't be able to eat? Hmmm ... interesting. How is Memphis such a player with that big butt? Which by the way I love. I love a lil junk in the trunk. On his Big Brother introduction tape, Memphis brags about being a womanizer and a player. So why on Earth was Memphis so offended by Jerry telling him the truth? That was the silliest explosion of the season. At least Libra wasn't involved in this spat.
The one thing the house can agree upon is they hate Libra. And why not? It seems America does as well. Julie Chen asked Libra a very pointed question about leaving behind her five-month-old twins to compete for $500,000. Ummm ... maybe it's me being a gay man, but that was a dumb question. Who would pass up the opportunity to win a cool half million dollars? That's why she's there—the money. It seems that if you check the fan boards and forums that winning money isn't a good enough reason. But this is from the same group of crazies who would give their left arms to be on Big Brother so it smacks of sour grapes.
If anyone makes the mistake of nominating Libra, he or she is stupid. Big Brother is about making it to the end of the game against someone you can beat. To evict Libra because the entire house hates her is stupid. Libra is the one player to take to the end. For Jessie and Angie to go to Keesha and beg to use the veto and put Libra up was insane. Every season we see houseguests get rid of others because they don't like them. Keep your eyes on the prize and your head in the game. At the end, you do not want to be sitting next to the most well-liked person in the house, because that would mean you just lost $500,000.
April and Ollie have been having sex in the Big Brother house. Yes, Ollie is the preacher's son, who says that he has never touched a drop of alcohol and believes in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is having sex on camera. Ollie, that makes you a porn star. And, at $750 a week, that makes you a low-rent one as well. Can you believe that these people are having sex on camera? And that April is giving up the butt after knowing this man for two weeks? Where do they find these women? On one episode April and Ollie discuss books. April speaks of reading self-help books about co-dependency. This proves there is a difference between reading and comprehending. And here is Ollie in his introduction video saying that gays won't get into heaven. But he can have as much premarital sex as he wants. Hmmm ... hypocrite.
Have you seen the naked pictures of Jessie? Sublime. There is one where he is on an all-white bed. Surrounded by clean, crisp linens. The photo is shot in glorious black and white. Jessie has a sexy, come hither look on his face. Well, as close to sexy and come hither as a complete utter total narcissist can muster. And in my favorite photo we see Jessie ... he is shaved and buffed to creamy, dreamy perfection. And he is also—wait for it—ON ALL FOURS! Yes! He is! And yes, it's good. The question, however, is why is a straight male in a photo, naked, on all fours? I modeled for 10 years. No photographer or client or art director ever asked me to get on all fours! Hell, I worked with Bruce Weber and didn't have to get on all fours! And if Bruce told you to get naked, spin on a riding crop and sing the Star Spangled Banner as a model, you would. But Bruce wouldn't.
There's only one occasion a guy sends out a picture of himself naked on all fours. It's in the middle of the night on Manhunt, M4M or if times are truly hard, Craigslist. I'm just saying that maybe if Jessie wants to model he should chose a more reputable photographer. Jessie if you read this when you are evicted this week call me. Much like Barbizon, John Casablancas or John Robert Powers, I can help bring out the model in you.
Which brings us to the most recent eviction: Angie went home this week. So stupid! It should have been Jessie. There are so many reasons to have gotten rid of him! The man is a complete egomaniac. Yes, Jessie is beautiful. Yes, Jessie has a beautiful body. But his massive ego makes him unattractive. How about his goodbye speech to Steven? I'm paraphrasing here, but he said, 'Steven, because you met me and had the benefit of working out with me, you now know that you can have a body almost as good as me, but not better than me because I'm me and you're not me. Aren't you glad you met me?' It was crazy. And, then, how about him bullying Keesha about nominating him and not Libra?! And then how about Jessie tying to bully Keesha into using the veto to put up Libra?! And, all the while, he told Keesha that she was stupid for not following his advice. The only person stupid in this scenario is Jessie. It wasn't until he showed his hand ( as did Memphis ) by trying to talk Keesha out of nominating Angie and then browbeat her, that he was even on Keesha's radar for an eviction nomination. Plus, Jessie has no problem telling anyone in the house that he's the strongest player in the game.
Jessie, for these reasons and so many more, should have been bounced on his gorgeous butt. If the remaining girls were smart as well as the two older houseguests, they would have sent another alpha male packing. But they evicted Angie. On paper, Angie wasn't a threat to anyone. It was only Keesha's assertion that Angie was a threat to her ( Keesha ) ! And that assertion was, on its face, stupid as Angie hadn't won or even come close to winning any competitions at all! Here's an example of the houseguest stupidly following the lead of the Head of Household ( Keesha ) and not doing what's best for them. Who cares what the HoH wants? After the HoH has made their eviction nominations and the veto has been used they are in the weakest position in the house. They can't even play for the HoH the following week! Is there a better opportunity to do what's best for you if you are a House Guest voting on who is evicted?
Jessie should have gone last week but since he was nominated again by April, in a moment when she wasn't getting bedded by Ollie, maybe the houseguests will come to their senses and evict him this week. With a HoH win and Power of Veto win under his belt, Jessie is one of the biggest threats in the game.
So there you have it: my take on the shenanigans on Big Brother 10. I must say this is one of the best seasons yet—well, since my season, season three.
