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(S09E02) First, I would like to start by echoing the sentiments of my fellow bloggers JJ and Jackie and say, "Woot! Big Brother is back!" And furthermore, a Big Brother during the winter? What did I do to deserve this? While the WGA strike was horrible and while I am excited that the strike is over, it did produce a winter season of Big Brother. And that doesn't suck.

Okay let's get to the juice. The hamsters (I borrow the phrase from Jackie.) had an eventful night. A quick rundown of the first eviction and first HOH competition after the jump...

So, BB bypassed the usual Nominations, Power of Veto, and Eviction vote early in the episode by having Jen and Parker just pick a couple for eviction. I didn't like this as I am a big fan of the BB process and all the drama that stems from that process. Last night, after Jen and Parker eliminated Jacob and Sharon because Jacob ran his stupid mouth way too early in the game, Big Brother returned to its regular competiton protocol and there was an HOH competition. Speaking of Jacob, isn't it always the houseguests who think they are "stirring the pot" and pat themselves on their backs in the diary room the ones who have no idea how to "stir the pot" effectively?

Now that the first annoying couple is gone, there is only one more (as of right now) that needs to leave: Sheila, the cougar who can't accept that she's hit mid-life, and Adam, her creepy "soulmate" with buggy eyes. Last night, Sheila continued her hateful downward spiral while Adam made offensive comments about disabled children. Adam also apologized for said comments by offering a disclaimer: he works with these kids all day long. They're both so charming, aren't they?

The "stoopid hamster" moment of the night goes to Jen. Instead of using her female wiles to save her boyfriend, she decided to reveal her real-life relationship to her BB partner, Parker. And what's with the crying already? Don't turn into another Amber please. Anyway, Jen's move was foolhardy and will come back, for lack of a better phrase, to bite her in the ass. This decision was almost as stupid (but not quite) as Kaysar taking his finger off the button in season 6. Remember when America voted him back in the house and in the very first HOH competition he trusted Jen from the Nerd Herd?

But I digress. After the first eviction, the first HOH competition was held. The couples were asked questions to see how well they knew each other. The game was boring and BB tried to make it interesting by having the houseguests walk down a runway "wearing" their answers.

The competition was not without highlights though:

• Jessica and Eric from season 8 hosted and yes, they are still together. (By they way, Eric would've won last year if he didn't have to do America's bidding. Just sayin'.)
  
• Chelsia hit James pretty hard on the head after he got the pool boy question wrong.
  
• Amanda and Alex won the first HOH and she jump-straddled him. I think Amanda will jump-straddle Alex many more times before they leave the house. And jump-straddles are annoying so I kind of want them to leave soon.
  
• One more thing about the competition. It's not a highlight, more of an observation. Why did Sheila rub her boobs in Adam's face after he got the first question right if she despises him so?

Umm, before I go...the best moment of the night had to be the jump cuts punctuated by drum sounds where Jen, Allison, Ryan and Parker said that they didn't trust each other. Kudos editors of BB! This reminded me of a similar moment of brilliant editing from all the way back in season 3. I don't know if you'll even remember but Jason (the little twit who paired up with Danielle) was interested in Lisa (Season 3 winner and hottie) but knew he was no match for Eric (the Hulk-ish firefighter). They cut from Jason's confessional to a scene of Eric working out (in grainy black-and-white with a thundering sound playing). Awesome.

The hamsters will be back on Sunday 8 pm ET/PT.