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Last chance to get discount feeds July 4 was the last day for the early bird discount for SuperPass sign-ups, but fear not! One- or three-month subscriptions will be available all summer, and they come with a two week free trial.. sign up now! Thanks to all who have, and have a great holiday everyone - it all starts tomorrow! Amber tracking  We've gone from no info on Amber to too muchI believe this is her boyfriend Ben, skydiving on her birthday - she jumped too.. it's his MySpace profile pic She seems to have a large but tight-knit group of friends and family, but I'm pretty sure the speculations going around that she & Eric are siblings aren't true.. she refers to a Tim as her big brother in her slideshow (linked the other day) as well as an Erik with-a-K - but other sources make her seem to have just a sister.. maybe she just calls special guy friends "big brother" like some people do Her "big brother" Erik, the one with-a-K, seems to be in Japan, possibly military? and just got married the other day so that pretty much eliminates any chance that he's our Eric with-a-C, at least in my book There is an Amber Tomcavage (which seems to be her married name, and Siyavus her maiden) on the dean's list for nursing at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, which would answer the question I posed below, but I don't think that's our girl.. our Amber seems to be have grown up in Vegas and this one went to school in PA.. our Amber lists her Vegas high school on her MySpace (cached version - she set to private but didn't go far enough to hide it all), along with her Vegas middle school on Classmates.com (membership) but she doesn't show college on either.. that's a bit unusual for a dean's lister, to say the least Enough confusion? I think so: it'll all come out soon enough.. my apologies to any unrelated people linked here or within hops of links By the way, somebody's looking after Amber's MySpace (current/private version) for her.. they logged in today but apparently aren't accepting friend requests (at least not from me).. her name there has been changed from "LEXIS MOM" to "IM ON BIG BROTHER 8 Watch me, starts 7/5 ch8@8!!" Who they gonna call?  Am I missing something? It seems like we have a medico type in there every year - either a doctor, nurse, or student working towards either - I've always figured it was a safeguard for the producers (and a good idea) to have someone in there who knows first aid and can tell when a casualty needs to be outsourced to a clinic or ERIt probably saves them money too - they don't have to keep an MD on call (just a shrink) Maybe I missed it, or maybe my brain's just addled from looking at too many MySpace pages with blinking cursors and backgrounds and auto-on music, but I don't recall seeing anyone in that field among this group.. who's going to put on the bandages this year?
The other interesting tidbit du jour is that Carol's father is Phil Journey, a Kansas State Senator.. apparently he's quite conservative, which could make things interesting if she subscribes to the same politics as her dad.. but if so, it makes you wonder why Allison made such a big deal of Kail being a conservative Republican and how unusual that is for the BB house.. this summer could also make for some sticky situations for Senator Journey among his peers and/or constituents depending what happens in there, but we'll have to wait and see It's going to be interesting to see if they try to skew the edits as much this year as they often have in the past, since they'll be running three hours of feeds nightly on Showtime's ShoToo.. I don't know how many will watch on there and on CBS, but it's likely going to be more than us relatively few feedsters who will know if they try to pull a fast one this time Apparently Janelle said in a chat that Jen has been coached by Willboogie (well, that would mean Will).. some think that makes her the logical choice for America's Player, but Julie has referred to the AP as HIM several times.. I'm guessing it's Joe, who Allison was so agog about in the "Early Show" piece - she doesn't normally play favorites like that, especially this early I tend to think the America's Player choices might be rather lame, but I'm cynical about the way this whole project is run (in case you haven't noticed).. let's face it, it's no longer a "twist" having some of them know each other: it's the fifth year running for that At this point it would be a true twist - and a very welcome one - if we had normal people, not "Real World" cast clones, who'd never heard of each other before move-in day But I'm trying to keep an open mind til they open their mouths.. only a couple days to go! Dotted lines
They've been so late with so little info that you'd think maybe the pairings would be obvious if we knew more, but some of these guys are proving tough to connect.. then again, the CBS site says "some" will have enemies - I thought they'd implied all would? Either way, we'll dig up what we can Yesterday's episode has most of the info I've gathered but now's the time to figure out the pairs.. these may be legit or they may be junk, but here are a few leads: Dustin is the same age as Joe and gay like Joe, but went to high school in Minnesota like Nick Zach's clothing line model, Whitney Harchanko, was a finalist in the 2005 Hawaiian Tropic bikini comp and so was Jen.. and Whitney's from Minnesota, like Nick & Dustin Mike has a few acting credits but he comes up empty at IMDB, which is odd - does he use a professional alias? Dick & Daniele might not be as estranged as they and/or producers want us and/or producers to think.. either way, they bent the rules to let her in - applications said hamsters must be 21.. apparently she'll turn 21 this summer but before then, alcohol will be iffy if she wants to drink - California takes alcohol laws seriously I'm still not convinced the MySpace linked all over for Jameka is hers.. that one has signed comments as Jamicka, and doesn't look all that much like our Jameka if you ask me There's tons of info about Kail but nothing to tie her to any of the others.. a relative may have been busted for embezzlement a few months ago but unless/until Kail talks about it on the feeds to confirm the connection, there's no need to link that here There's still nothing on Eric and very little for Joe - what's up with that? Amber seems nice enough but there isn't much to tie her to any of the others yet either Carol & Jessica are all but a lock so we'll consider them done.. by the way, Carol's dad is Kansas State Senator Phil Journey, a conservative Republican who's been an outspoken gun advocate In other news, the chatroom and forum are open.. the chat's great, but I suspect the forum still has bugs but I don't know what they are, so start posting & conversing and let me know if something doesn't work.. please be specific: where were you, what were you trying to do, and what happened when you tried.. thanks BTW check your spam box if you don't receive confirmation email after registering in the forum If anyone's on Eastern time with a webcam and wants to hook up a line from it to the tv for the air shows so I can watch & cap them three hours sooner than my station airs them, please let me know TWO WEEK FREE TRIAL - SIGN UP NOW! |
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!! THIS MEANS YOU !!  Watch the feeds on SuperPass FREE TEXT UPDATES Text 'follow hamsterwatch' to 40404 to sign up for feed updates, spoilers and big news right to your cell phone or IM. A Hamsterwatch exclusive - more info POWER STATUS Nobody is Head of Household Nobody is nominated ONE DAY TO GO Pay the bills, stop the mail, say farewell to friends & family - it's almost aawwnn! Happy & safe 4th to all AMERICA'S PLAYER Has already been selected. 'He' will get $10k for every 5 assignments completed. They'll give vote choices at the end of every air show. NEXT SHOW Thursday, July 5 at 8pm Feeds will likely kick in after the premiere airs in the East RATINGS WATCH To follow  Watch it again on Amazon Unbox video download |
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GET ACQUAINTED EDITION Stay tuned for daily ratings. I will try to be kind & objective, but it's really up to them.. I'm making no promises here. Complimentary neutrals all around til we have something to go on. |
   Everyone starts with a complimentary neutral, even them. Here's hoping for more reality and less 'twist' - it would be nice to give them lots of ups this year (for a change).Well, that's out the window already: looks like it's all 'twist' again, boo. Note in the latest ads Julie says America's Player will do what we tell HIM to do.. so it's already decided who it is? The first vote should have been to decide who we get to push around! |
  27Las Vegas, NV Separated Cocktail waitress |
  21Lawrence, KS Single Student Probably paired with Jessica? |
  20Huntington Beach, CA Single Waitress Dick's daughter |
  44Los Angeles, CA Single Bar manager Daniele's father |
  22Chicago, IL Single Shoe salesman Probably paired with Joe? |
  27New York, NY Single Talent management assistant |
  28Waldorf, MD Single School counselor |
  23Beverly Hills, CA Single Nanny |
  21Haysville, KS Single College student Probably paired with Carol? |
  23Chicago, IL Single Receptionist Probably paired with Dustin? |
  37McKenzie Bridge, OR Married Business owner |
  26Three Lakes, WI Single Painting contractor |
  25Kimball, MN Single Former pro football player |
  30Burbank, CA Single Graphic designer |
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