'Big Brother 11' Jeff loves Ya Kid K

On Sunday night, I was pretty impressed with how Ronnie was making some early moves in 'Big Brother 11'. Tonight, I have to wonder; is it boldness or insecurity?

Sadly, I missed about the first 15 minutes of the show thanks to what my grandfather would have called one rip-snorter of a storm. When the power came back, the HGs were elbow deep in gushing pimples, trying to fish out scrabble letters. The POV competition was underway, but for the sake of my sanity I am going to assume that I didn't miss much beyond the duotone of reminiscence.

As the HGs participating got their letters onto boards, each trying to spell the longest word possible, it seemed like Lydia and Natalie were floundering the most. 'Last' was all Natalie managed to spell - claiming that spot for herself pretty quickly. At least until Jeff admitted that he attempted to Spin That Wheel of fate and spell 'technotronics'. While I am sure Ya Kid K appreciated the shout out, 'technotronic'  is not actually a legitimate word. Lydia doesn't fare much better, not quite spelling 'civilization' , but at least her word is real.

It is this fact that causes Russell to Get Up! (Before the Night is Over) in Jeff's face. Jeff is just trying to Work out and Move That Body, but Russell is ready to Pump Up The Jam.  The sound of their Voices draws many of the HGs attention and for a moment things get Crazy enough that it looks like they may actually fight. But before one of them can declare "Hey Yoh, Here We Go" Russell goes back into the house and Jeff finds a target in Natalie. She gets Rockin' Over the Beat of his fast pace on the elliptical machine to throw just as much anger back at him, making the Athletes are the first clique to start to self destruct.

Laura decides to Turn It Up, telling Russell she thinks that Jeff threw the competition. Russell puts One + One together and agrees. He also thinks Jeff is spending a lot of time with Jordan and he does not Like This. Lydia makes her move at the perfect time, appealing to Russell on her behalf while making him Recall that Braden is cruising under the radar. Russell tells her that Natalie and Jessie are the ones who want her gone and when Natalie joins them, Lydia confronts her on the matter.  Or rather, accuses her of acting like an a$$ towards her.

Even still, the matter is resolved quickly enough as Lydia basically tells them "I Want You By My Side." She leaves while Jessie comes in and they discuss Braden as a possible replacement on the block. Soon thereafter, Russell pulls Ronnie into the pantry and tells him what the Athletes are thinking and Robbie assures him that the Brains will support his choice. And then he runs to tell Jeff and Jordan.

It's screwed up enough the Jeff is finding out what his own clique members are doing through Ronnie, but things jump The G. Train to the supremely stupid when Jeff convinces Ronnie to tell Braden as they all hang out on the couches. Russell sees this and then notes that not long after Braden appears to have the Runaway Blues. Seeing The Circle Unbroken, Russell pulls Ronnie back into the pantry and confronts him. Ronnie does his best to lie through his teeth, but Russell smells a rat. Ronnie tries to frown and talks about how he's pissed off, but pissed off at what? Russell had given nothing away - even when Ronnie twice asked him what people were saying, Russell just said he thought Braden knew. So who is Ronnie supposedly pissed at? It should be himself, for overplaying his hand.

It goes a long way to prove that at the moment, Ronnie is not a big threat. Braden, on the other hand, is judged a bit more harshly. As such, Lydia is taken off the block and Braden is put up. Afterward, he tells the camera that Jessie "misrepresented me because he's negligent". Someone's daddy is lawyer, huh? It's OK though, because Lydia is there to pick up his kooky 'Secret' beliefs, stating that she put her desires for destiny out into the universe and got back what she wanted and now she knows she can stay in the game.

Was Braden unfairly targeted? Did Lydia step up and play the game or did the magical power of the universe save her? Did Ronnie act out of over thinking his game play or did he regress and try to win points with the Popular clique? What the heck was Lydia wearing on her head? And are you impressed that I managed to get nearly every single released by Technotronic worked into this recap?

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