When I started this post Erika was up, in BY sitting on couches doing her fingernails. Booger in HOh bed, sleeping. W/J sleeping in big bed in red room, no pillow wall between them tonight (just a single pillow). But now they are all asleep (2:30a.m)
W/J - Clearly W did not watch season 6. Anytime he's been with J and E has not been around, he has referred to E as scrubika - even in front of B. While this is sorta funny at first, he would know, if he had bothered to learn - that while J enjoys a joke as much as anyone, she was not a nerdherder - she did not sit around all day and do nothing except badmouth people. I don't think this sudden change in his pattern of everyday speech is going to win him any points with Janelle - but - who knows what you get used to in there.
In the W/J fortress bed there was an awful lot of whispering between these two tonight and 99% of it was impossible to hear. So even though the hgs got a talking-to by the producers for whispering on... Friday(?)... they are back to doing it again with no hesitation. They were really getting extra close with the whispering so the cameraman decided to zoom in on them, of course they heard that and Will sat up and quickly moved away from J. He prepares her to hear Erika (in the next day or so) say nasty things to her that she will claim came from ChillTown (they did). He says she will twist and embellish the truth and don't be hurt, she will do anything to keep from being evicted. Janie has heard this repeatedly, who knows what she believes anymore. At one point Janie whispers to Will (and this we
CAN clearly hear) .... I'm taking you to the finals.... hopefully - she's lying. Talking continues (*see below).
here are pictures of the whisper-fest (this went on for quite a while - I didn't just luckily grab 3 pics... could've had hundreds)
E - she sat around the table tonight while the usual card games were being played wearing her sunglasses. She was very tight-lipped and hardly said a thing. When she did say something in response to a comment by Boogie - something about her being mad or in a bad mood or something of the sort - she was calm and her voice was very light and airy and she said she wasn't mad... not at all. (personally, I think he should be expecting a boiled rabbit in a pot on his stovetop one afternoon.) Will asked her about the sunglasses and she said that it was so bright there on the set that the lights hurt her eyes. (Boogie: Right, because this is a set, not a house) She questions everyone else about the light being too bright for them too? They all say no. I guess my eyes are just really sensitive to the light. (Will later brings this up to J - it's day 64 and suddenly the lights are too bright??) It is a bit weird. Then Boogie decides to poke the bear with a sharp stick...
B: "So Erika, for someone who likes sunglasses as much as you do, you didn't bring a big selection into the house with you..."
E: I only have one pair.
B/W/J (incredulous): You do????
B/W/J proceed to talk about how they have umpteen pairs in the car, in the office, in the house, in each corner of the world, apparently.
E: I only have one. I've only ever had one.
B: in your whole life?
E: yes (I think she means - one at a time - but who knows, they are aviator style glasses and could be from the 70s for all I know or care)
B/W/J go on to talk about how they are always leaving them places and losing them, stepping on them ... feeding them to the dog (ok, I made that up) - Erika playing poverty-stricken martyr the whole time. While nearly chewing on her playing cards.
Earlier she didn't eat dinner with them, eats 10 minutes after they've finished, same food at same table.. just
after they've finished.
B/E: Same bedtime routine as usual... they go to HOh bedroom and after a ton of bathroom cleaning, picking brushing washing flossing etc., she crawls in with him... they talk bs about the game, she gets him to cuddle/kiss and talk (*see below), she stays with him until he falls asleep and she leaves to go to BY.
Tonight in BY E has her own little pity-party / fight with herself. She plays pool, blames the pool table when she misses the shot, calls herself a pool shark when she makes it. Whistles often... many, many flame breaks. Starts bad-mouthing Boogie to herself.... something like "might as well let Boogie win, wouldn't want him to be upset, biggest f'n cry baby ever" plays more pool, getting angrier and angrier... hitting the balls harder and harder. Starts throwing things around the yard. Yes, throwing things around the yard.
Picks up a little vanity case/basket thingee with nail polish & stuff in it and sits down on couch. Tosses her hair around quite a bit - as usual. Says things like... "Oh come on... can't you give me just one more twist?" "Isn't there another twist? Come on - you know you want to. I just couldn't get her out! I just couldn't. I tried and I tried and I couldn't." Works on her nails; paints them ruby-slipper-red. Says stuff like, "Gotta look nice for Julie". Sits and stares into space until nails dry. Then back to pick, pick, picking her face AGAIN - she's been at it all day. Decides to go in kitchen.
E in kitchen (ALL IN THE DARK). "What can I eat?" goes to frig/shelves looks through everything. Says stuff like... chicken, no, noodles, no, soup, no... blah, blah, blah. Makes something (?) don't know what... adds water? puts in Microwave, SLAMS door to micro... starts slamming cabinet doors still looking for stuff. Microwave beeps. Slams door again. Opens food "UUUccckkk... disgusting... " stands around - picks at it for a few minutes, finally eats about 1/3 of it - says disgusting disgusting disgusting... hurls it into trash can... mutters about f'n boogie... grabs cards and starts shuffling... angrily slaps down cards... says will I ever sleep? plays one game of solitaire. gets up.. goes to ant room... crawls into a bed in ant room. pulls covers over head.
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Okay... the interesting thing (
to me) is that both boys had similar discussions with both girls tonight. They were
so similar that
I think they planned it. Possibly not, they are friends and think similarly but, I'd put $ on them planning it earlier. The main topic for discussion was their careers. They both emphasized that their careers are their first priority and will be for a while.
I think Erika brought the subject up with Boog, asking him how long his longest relationship was... he said a few months. She was shocked. This allowed him to bring the whole 'my career gets in the way' topic up. Boogie made certain to say he'd be ridiculously busy and unavailable for a serious relationship "for
at least 5 years " (with Erika at 36 there is no way she is going to wait around to have a baby at 5 yrs + 9 months... 42???) E did the whole, well, don't you want balance in your life? and don't you think a partner would help you achieve that balance and share the workload? etc., and he shook her off at every turn (I got the feeling he's said this all before). She appeared to take it very well, but that was before the throwing things around the house behavior.
With Will & Janelle it's more difficult to know how the conversation started because there was just so darned much whispering going on.... But he told her how being in the house was putting a big crimp in his plans... He's actually in his last year as a Dermatology resident and has now only 1 year and 1 month to study for the Dermatology Boards. (this is an arbitrary goal he has set for himself -
a good one - but he doesn't
need it to practice derm in CA. and the Boards are exceedingly difficult for any of the specialties, that's one reason why it's best to do it while med school and residency rotations are still fresh and the mind is still young) Anyway, he basically says that he's very dull, his life is very structured, rigid and demanding because his work demands it of him and he loves his job he wouldn't want to do anything else, but he's stretched really thin - working at the practice, finishing his residency, studying for the boards, involved in three businesses, and involved in his brother's career (?really?) he just has nooooo time (and yet he flies to NYC to see Erin??) -- basically telling her that they have opposite life-styles and he is unavailable. I miss how this ends because I have to catch the B/E conversation.