
So, full disclosure regarding Janelle: I loved her in Season Six, did not love her in Season Seven. In Season Six she was smart, she was wily, she made up for her allies mistakes, and she was rude to all of the nozzles in the house, which was quite satisfying. In Season Seven, however, she knew that we all loved her and as such, she spent way too much time all, "Aren't I awesome?" which is never good. She made poor strategic decisions and essentially sold out her friends, essentially allowing Will to play her like a fiddle. He took advantage of her ability to win competitions and used it to his advantage, and even though she voted him out at the end, it was too little, too late and the deed was already done. Honestly, if you were unhappy with the Mike/Erika Final Two last year, you can pretty much look almost exclusively in Janelle's direction on that one. Sorry to say it, but there it is. With that said, I still mostly love her. I can't help it, she was so awesome two years ago. So, hopefully we'll get Original Recipe Janelle tonight.
We color in after Jess and Jameka's nominations. Jess (who looks exceedingly hot in the shirt she's wearing, as everyone who watched the show with me on Sunday noted), tries not to look sad. Jameka tells us that the ceremony was bullshit. Word, Jameka. I cannot effing believe he didn't put up ED and Daniele. The fact that he didn't essentially guarantees that he's playing for third place right now. Also, if I don't at least get to see Daniele voted out, I'll be sad. Is it bad that in the Sophie's Choice situation that is having to hang out with one of them or the other, I would choose Dick?
Eric is sad because he feels like he let Jessica down. Well Eric, you have no one to blame but America for telling you what to do. Seriously, this twist has been a complete success. Dustin, Amber, Jen: all evicted because "we" (meaning, I guess, everyone who hates me and votes) wanted it to happen. If I'm Alison Grodner, I'm taking my pimp suit to the dry cleaners right now. Jameka fuels the fire by stating that all the pressure is on Eric to win the veto, because then it's guaranteed that Dick or Daniele goes up since they are the only options.
Zach tells Daniele in the HoH about how Jessica gave Zach the hairy eyeball during the nomination ceremony. Damn!

He did deserve it for the boneheaded move. They also talk about how shifty and rat-faced Eric is with all of his nervous twitches. The whole time they talk, Daniele is grossly gnawing on some Twizzlers, which is disturbing because it's like watching a cow eat hamburger. Seriously, isn't she made of those things?
In the nomination room, Eric tells Jameka how he feels responsible for this whole thing. Don't blame yourself, dude, blame the red state audience who, for some reason that escapes me, seems to love fucking Dick and Daniele. He tells Jameka that he feels useless because of all the poor choices he's made. I'm not sure he should feel like that over last week, because if he had used the veto and taken Zach or Amber off of the block and Dick/Daniele had gone on, he wouldn't have been able to vote for them anyway, which would have screwed him even further than he has been now.
At dinner, Jessica tells a story about how she was on stage at a Girl Scout Convention when the MC asked he what she wants to be when she grows up. She tells the houseguests that she said she wanted to be the first female President, or...a waitress. Everyone laughs (mostly because it's funny), but Daniele, who has been in a shitty mood for going on...oh, twenty-one years now, seems to take personal offense because she can't take a joke. Seriously, has she ever had a sense of humor? She works at Hooters, she has to realize she's not in the Harvard MBA program.
Dick replaces the word "waitress" in Jessica's joke with the word "stripper", and Daniele suddenly thinks that he's comparing the two, when in reality he's just carrying the joke a little further. So she gets all up in arms about it, because everything is about Daniele, including Jessica's childhood. Dick rightly tells her to shove off, so she throws a temper tantrum and then leaves the room. And I have now officially typed "Daniele throws a temper tantrum and leaves the room" as much as "Amber cries" this season.

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Comments (34)
It'll be interesting to see if Eric can survive Jess leaving. If he can do that and still make it to the finals, then he truly would be as great as Dr. Will.
1 of 34 | Posted by cajah
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Posted on September 5, 2007 5:52 PM
It'll be interesting to see if Eric can survive Jess leaving. If he can do that and still make it to the finals, then he truly would be as great as Dr. Will.
2 of 34 | Posted by cajah
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Posted on September 5, 2007 5:54 PM
sorry. the computer hiccuped.
3 of 34 | Posted by cajah
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Posted on September 5, 2007 5:58 PM
In case you have lost count, Schoonie...that is 2 HOHs and 4 POVs for Daniele. Just admit it...she may be whiny, but she is a great player. I would love to see Dani & Zach in the final 2. Eric has now won 30K. He has been a great player, but I just can't like him. I do like Jess, but she hasn't really played. She has let Eric play through her during both of her HOHs. She hasn't won a POV. She believes whatever the last person tells her. And she spends her nights making out with Eric. That's enough to kick her out right there.
4 of 34 | Posted by IHeartDani
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Posted on September 5, 2007 6:10 PM
You know who else won a lot of vetoes? Hitler.
5 of 34 | Posted by schoonie
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Posted on September 5, 2007 6:23 PM
I'm a little confused and just want to clarify: Schoonie, do you not like Daniele?
6 of 34 | Posted by LoLo
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Posted on September 5, 2007 6:28 PM
Just to clarify about the "It's not" caption:
Dick didn't say it; Janie did. After Eric apologized to her for being an asshole, she said "That's okay." Then she went to hug Zach and Dick, rolled her eyes, and mumbled, "It's not."
The houseguests laughed about it later and agreed that Ratboy deserved it.
7 of 34 | Posted by princesspeapod
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Posted on September 5, 2007 6:29 PM
Daniele won HOHs and POVs because her competition consisted of, for the most part, idiots, nincompoops, and one pathetic wheezing ol' geezer.
8 of 34 | Posted by caught.doin.it
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Posted on September 5, 2007 7:55 PM
LOL, Schoonie -- Damn you, Nebraska! I don't know if I understand the Hitler comment exactly, but it made me giggle. I agree w/ almost everything you said -- oh, and, don't worry, (pre-Janelle) Dick totally had (has?) a crush on Jessica (as did Zach actually). And, man, Jameka looked gorgeous this episode (or, maybe it's just that I can look at her without wincing now that Amber is finally gone...)
Janie is dead to me now. Dead to me, I say!
9 of 34 | Posted by Lime23
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Posted on September 5, 2007 7:58 PM
Even if that is her competition, caught.doin.it, she is still the best player on the show.
10 of 34 | Posted by IHeartDani
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Posted on September 5, 2007 8:05 PM
You guyyyyys I haaaaaate Daniele and watching this show is sooo haaaaaaaard knowing she is skating to the finals.
Looking so forward to the inevitable Donato family lovefest that is the final two, with a heartfelt, glittery reunion with Nick and no mention of previous boyfriend whatsoever.
11 of 34 | Posted by DP Hooker
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Posted on September 5, 2007 8:09 PM
"I don't know if I understand the Hitler comment exactly, but it made me giggle."
Yeah, that's all it was meant to be, haha. If you look on message boards, people are always comparing crappy reality show contestants to Hitler, which is always funny to me because where's your perspective, really?
12 of 34 | Posted by schoonie
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Posted on September 5, 2007 8:31 PM
Shame on CBS for editing Janelle to look like she was calling Dickdrip hot. She was actually twirling around and looking in those mirrors and saw herself. Giving false hope to an obviously deathly sick looking dude is just well, HILARIOUS!! Dickdrip and Driplet are Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Some hideous form of sex created them and for now atleast there doesn’t seem to be a cure. I smell a telethon..eeww nevermind that was Dickdrip I smelled. God, hey it’s me, could you please give me the strength to invent a cure for this latest STD. It’s called the Sick Twisted Dicks disease and so far it has caused massive trauma to people watching TV everywhere. Oh and God Bless You, God…….
13 of 34 | Posted by CheriesTake
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Posted on September 5, 2007 10:15 PM
BTW, I already posted the above on flipits site but since I just got married yesterday, I'm too tired to be creative and come up with something else.
14 of 34 | Posted by CheriesTake
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Posted on September 5, 2007 10:20 PM
mon cherie, i love that you are posting on your honeymoon!!! hahah congrats lady!!
love
15 of 34 | Posted by Flipit
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Posted on September 6, 2007 2:51 AM
Eric and Jess = Rob and Amber just as Dick and Danielle = Rob and Amber. The guys do the dirty work and the women advance in the game.
16 of 34 | Posted by herkxena
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Posted on September 6, 2007 4:17 AM
What's with you and Nebraska? Or did Flipit write the other Nebraska comment?
Anyway, I really hope Eric is not just blindly trusting D+D as it seemed on the show.
17 of 34 | Posted by Merick
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Posted on September 6, 2007 5:07 AM
What's with you and Nebraska? Or did Flipit write the other Nebraska comment?
Anyway, I really hope Eric is not just blindly trusting D+D as it seemed on the show.
18 of 34 | Posted by Merick
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Posted on September 6, 2007 5:08 AM
What's with you and Nebraska? Or did Flipit write the other Nebraska comment?
Anyway, I really hope Eric is not just blindly trusting D+D as it seemed on the show.
19 of 34 | Posted by Merick
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Posted on September 6, 2007 5:11 AM
Wonderful. The best laugh of the season so far.
20 of 34 | Posted by jasminetheawesome
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Posted on September 6, 2007 7:13 AM
Last night on the REAL feeds a live chat with Janelle for an hour.
She said D&D are her favotites. Went on about Dick being a charming man (I kid you not!)He only says mean things for the show but is really a hottie at heart.
Acutally said Eric was a horrible man for the "comments he made about D&D and other HG's".
She even had a viewing party and invited Nick because "he played a great game" and she wanted to meet him. she loves the Nick and Dani shomance.
Seriously what the heck happend to this girl? I used to love her now she just seems dumb.
21 of 34 | Posted by wed19844
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Posted on September 6, 2007 8:40 AM
It's no secret I was a huge fan of James in Season 6 and I couldn't stand Janelle even then. There's no doubt she was an excellent player both physically & mentally, and "bye bye bitches" was definitely funny, but overall I hated her self-centeredness.
The question isn't what happened to her, the question is what took everyone so long to see it?
22 of 34 | Posted by cajah
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Posted on September 6, 2007 9:11 AM
I guess that includes me; I even loved Janie in S7 -- I even (dork that I am) text messaged a few times so she'd get the 25K. Sigh.
I didn't watch the Real "chat" -- but didn't she also say something like Jen's mistake was that she didn't flirt with Dick? (*throws up in mouth more than a little*) blame the victim much?
23 of 34 | Posted by Lime23
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Posted on September 6, 2007 9:37 AM
You know, I always wondered if Janelle was really into Dr Will on BB7 or if she was just playing him. I chose to believe she was playing him. I was wrong.
How low does one's self-esteem have to be to feel they need DICK (*gag*) to like them?!?!
Lime23, Janelle is dead to me too!
And as soon as Jameka goes, I have to stop watching...I just can't bear to see D&D's smug ugly, whiny faces anymore! argh!
24 of 34 | Posted by sweetblondie
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Posted on September 6, 2007 9:38 AM
Dicklet is not a strong player, just the best player in a house full of mediocre, weak and dumb players.
25 of 34 | Posted by ralume
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Posted on September 6, 2007 10:07 AM
congrats Cherie!
i LOVED janelle on season 6--i think she was great at the game, but i don't know that i would have called her smart in general. still liked her in season 7 although she did much better when the alliances were clearly delineated and she didn't have to deal with the master (i can't help it, i like dr. will as much as i hate mike boogie). it figures that she would like the dicks, dicklet is pretty much janelle's (very whiny) wanna-be mini-me.
that said, eric's comments about janelle have almost changed my mind about him--i do love his lack of game (when it comes to women) and his general dorkatude--but the way he sucks up to dick still bugs me. i know he kind of has to because he is america's player and "america" loves dick, but i don't. the look on eric's face when janelle walked out made my night--he is just adorable!
once jessica is gone i will have to hang my (futile) hopes on jameka & eric. i wouldn't hate it if either of them won, although they won't. i can't believe i'm saying this, but i would rather dick win instead of dicklet. as much as i hate dick at least he did his own dirty/disgusting/vile/repugnant work. and i agree that the only reason dicklet has won so many competitions is that she has some pretty weak competitors.
26 of 34 | Posted by pq
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Posted on September 6, 2007 11:52 AM
pq: completely agree with you. Love Dr. Will as much as I hate Boogie. It's a yin & yang thing.
I also really enjoy watching Eric overcome the hurdles of being AP player and sooooo not a "playa." He's really not good with the competitions and yet here he still is. Go Eric.
And if I had to choose, I would rather Dick win over Daniele simply because he seems smarter.
27 of 34 | Posted by cajah
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Posted on September 6, 2007 12:43 PM
Not only Eric but Dick has trashed talked Janelle on occasion, but you would never know it from the editing on the show.
That POV ceremony was held in the middle of the night. BB woke Dick and told him so he could get his smoking fix beforehand. No favortism there!
He also knew the ceremony was going to happen and only told Dani & Zach, leaving the others to be in bed when the time came. No favortism there either!
On another Janelle note, on chat she said she watches the feeds but then went on about how she thought Eric faked falling down after getting dizzy.
Heck not only on the feeds but on the show he has said several times he has a problem with motion.
Again, what the heck is she watching?!?!?!
28 of 34 | Posted by wed19844
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Posted on September 6, 2007 1:59 PM
I never had anything good to say about Janelle. She gained our love during BB6 because of the "Nerd Herd" and Cappy and carried it through to BB7. There she made a damned fool of herself and was mind-fucked by Dr. Will, the only true master to come out of BB. The man knows how to control the game.
When it comes to Dick he is a loathsome individual and just the sight of him evokes the feeling I'm sitting next to a full diaper pail. His attempt to connect with his daughter is, at times, sincere and pitifully clumsy. Their relationship is like the song "The Cat's in the Cradle". She's grown to be just like him and he can't understand. Her heart is cold and she's fickle and manipulative. Either way she'll win, because there's no doubt in my mind that Dick will somehow give her half, if not most of what he'll win for first place. The HGs will have to give top place to him once they realize what a truly shallow being she is.
29 of 34 | Posted by Tony A.
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Posted on September 6, 2007 2:57 PM
To flipit, yes I am posting on my honeymoon. You can only "consumate" so many times until someone passes out. So while he was passed out I took a few "questionable pics" for the safety deposit box, just in case, these pre-nups don't always hold up, ya know and then I jumped on here to see what everyone else was up to. We didn't really have a "honeymoon" since apparently one of us has to "work" whatever that means. So thanks for the congrats. I guess I should act like I'm cleaning or something. I wonder what Jen would do in my situation???
30 of 34 | Posted by CheriesTake
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Posted on September 6, 2007 6:38 PM
she'd either practice Spanish on her ipod or write something really deep and meaningful on her blog, of course!
31 of 34 | Posted by Flipit
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Posted on September 6, 2007 8:29 PM
re: Hitler comment, rent Office Space, immediately. Schoonie was paying homage to one of the best lines ever. Listen for "Jews" and "flair."
32 of 34 | Posted by Lucy
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Posted on September 7, 2007 4:34 AM
re: Hitler comment, rent Office Space, immediately. Schoonie was paying homage to one of the best lines ever. Listen for "Jews" and "flair."
33 of 34 | Posted by Lucy
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Posted on September 7, 2007 4:36 AM
Schoonie I forgot to say what a great recap that was. Sorry about that and the Hitler reference, classic. Doesn't matter what you put it with, it's always funny...oh crap, now I've offended the Jews, ok so it's not ALWAYS funny, but mostly, yeah it's funny.
Love you.......
34 of 34 | Posted by CheriesTake
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Posted on September 7, 2007 3:45 PM