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So you thought you knew what was going to happen tonight?  Chima was going to have the breakdown and then get kicked out?  If you still think that you are going to want to read my thoughts after the jump.

We knew Chima was going home.  Combine that with Sunday’s tease that someone has a breakdown, you would think it was her?  What we did not consider was it would be difficult to tell if Chima breaks down because she has a bad attitude in the first place.  Maybe, just maybe, if we had considered that we might have guessed who really had the breakdown.  I won’t tell you who it is right now but hint, it was not Chima.

It turns out Chima was not kicked out for being abusive physically or sabotaging the veto competition.  Rather she was kicked out for constantly breaking the rules.  This might be the first season in quite sometime that the internet fans really got their money/time’s worth because those like myself who had only been following on television did not know Chima had been violating Big Brother rules since the very first week.  Chima ultimately got sent home because she destroyed a microphone and after repeated warnings refused to go to the diary room or wear her microphone when asked.  Average viewer would think she should just get a warning but the producers made sure we saw this was not her first time violating rules.  I liked how they sent her home as well.  The producers asked her to come to the diary room and told her not to sit down but just continue walking.  Wow.  It was great to have Chima out of the game.  Because she is a rape victim I won’t join in on the bashing of her but she just had a bad attitude.  I will leave it at that.

The producers decided to end Michele’s HoH and have a new HoH competition crowned.  I would feel sorry for Michele but she was on record saying she wanted Chima out so she got what she wanted.  Its unfortunate she didn’t have her own room for a week but it could have been a lot worse.k

Jordan eventually won the HoH competition.  Jeff actually helped her out a bit but she won and that is all that will be remembered.  Three things of note that occurred during the HoH competition:

1.  Lydia went bat shit.  We have seen Lydia go off the deep end or at least we thought we did because apparently there is a much deeper end we were not aware of.  Between Natalie, Lydia, and Chima reacting the way they have in the past 72-96 hours, Jesse has the male equivalent of what is called the “ill nana.” I am not describing that here but check out the urban dictionary for a definition.  I have not seen a group of people take someone’s exit so bad.  As Jeff said it best, ‘Jesse isn’t dead.’  Don’t tell that to these ladies or they might stab you.

2.  My thing for Natalie is back again but its not as aggressive as it was earlier in the game.  She appeared to have calmed down and in my opinion really cherished getting a call from home.  Her attitude is nothing to be desired but she does have her moments of goodness like Jesse did.

3.  In order for her to get the phone call, Russell took her trip to Hawaii.  Natalie wanted the phone call more but Russell said he didn’t do it to appease her.  Talk about classless.  It is hard to find any redeeming qualities from this guy.  Right now, he is like what Ronnie was to Jesse, a necessary evil who is just biding his time before his allies turn on him.

One other thing that came out of the HoH competition but also throughout the entire show.  I understand now why America prefers Jeff to Michele.  First, Jeff is just a stand-up guy.  At least on television, it appeared he was the first and only person who wanted to make peace with the “opposing team.”  The bickering was just getting ridiculous and he wanted to settle.  You have to respect his initiative.  Second, he let Jordan win the HoH competition.  He did not have to do that but he did and I think it was genuine.  It also happens to be smart game play because even though the nominees after this competition was obvious, it wasn’t him doing the nomination.

We get to the part of the show where we find out who had the breakdown and it was…… Lydia.  Wow, she really just lost it and went after Michele and Jeff.   Even Natalie had calmed down about Jesse leaving.  By the way, did you know Natalie is also a Latina?  I only mention this because I discussed earlier this season that Lydia’s behavior is not an example of the stereotypical “latin heat.”  Natalie was upset about Jesse leaving but she contained herself.  Also, she contained herself over Chima’s exit as well.  Like Lydia she had a lot of animosity for Jeff, Russell, and Natalie and she even did vent at them but she didn’t go on and on and on, like Lydia did.  Lydia just has issues and seriously, I do think she is bipolar.  Anyway, Lydia dared the house guests to evict her this week and she might get her wish because she was nominated along with Natalie.

Interesting twist though, Jordan’s ultimate target is Natalie and not Lydia.  It has nothing to do with attitude but she considers Natalie a better game player and should go home first.  Very nice Jordan.  It could backfire though and Lydia win the HoH.  I don’t even think Kevin will bail Lydia out this time because as we have seen this past week, he continues to distance himself more from her.

The only other thing worth noting (well one more after this) is Jordan really comes from a humble background.  I don’t know what her family situation is like but she lived with her mother in the same room for two years.  Jordan is an a adult and to have to do that, I can’t imagine she is living it up like some might think she was.  Right now she is the heart-warming story of the season.

The last thing I did want to mention was the vagueness about Thursday’s show.  Its not clear if one or two evictions will take place.  I guess we will have to tune in to find out.  I won’t…not until Friday night .

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