July 23, 2009

OMG!!!! ….. Where to begin? First, I would like to say hello to all of my friends and family, the entire PSHS forensics and theatre departments, the Actor’s Guild of Parkersburg, and everyone on the Speaking Bobcat OU Speech and Debate team. I miss you guys and appreciate all the support I hope you are giving me from home.
I really want to say hello to my wonderful, amazing, and irreplaceable family. Mom and Dad- I love you both so much. I appreciate everything you have done for me in my life. I would not be where I am today without your love and support. Nick- I know that we don’t agree, but you are my brother and I love you. Angie & Trish- boy I cannot wait until I get out of here and can share some of my stories about my BB experience!! Now for the big one — Shell. Shell, you are absolutely the guiding star in my life. I think I realize that more than ever right now. I wish I could just talk to you. I know that you would have some amazing advise for me on how to handle this situation. Just please know that I have never given up on anything before in life and I am not starting now. I have been getting so much strength from your pictures and letter. I am so happy I brought my Bible! I hope that Gizmo and Molly are still pretty kitties!!!!!! Tell them that their daddy misses them a lot. We are SO going on vacation when I get home.. I am STRESSED LOL!

OK – Now to the part I am sure everyone wants to hear about. Russell, Russell, Russell. I know that many of you are probably at home watching and thinking, “Wow, he had the perfect chance to put Russell on the block!” While it is true that I did have two chances where I could have put Russell on the block I felt that it was too soon to go against my alliance’s wishes. It is only week two and I didn’t want to burn the bridges with Jessie and Natalie. If it had been even week three I would have done it in a heartbeat. I know everything has exploded and gone crazy inside this house in the past 48 hours. It has been really difficult with the entire house forcing me away from them, but do not worry !!! As all of my friends and family would tell you, I am a fighter. I never give up and even if lose at least I went down swinging.

I came into the house with a couple promises to myself and my family. I promised I would play strategically and not personally. So far I have held true to that promise. If I had put anyone other than Laura and Jeff on the block this week then I would be going against my alliance and playing personally. Even if I had put Russell on the block this week it still would have been merely for personal reasons and not predominately strategic purposes. I hope that all of my fans, friends, and family realize and understand this logic. I promise everyone one thing. If I somehow survive next week, war will break loose inside this house. I will do every single thing I can to win HoH and all bets are off. Aside from Chima, Jessie, and Natalie I will have every single person inside this house afraid they are going to be nominated for eviction. I also promised that if I were to be evicted from the house it would be because of something that I did to myself. I do not want to be evicted because someone backstabbed me or played me. If I am evicted next week because of my actions this week then I have at least kept true to that second promise. I will walk out the front doors and talk to Julie and accept responsibility for my miscalculation. Make no mistake, I don’t want to be evicted and will fight with everything I have.

I hope that I am staying true to who I am. I feel that I am, but who knows. This game is a game that is somewhat built on lies, deception, and misinformation. I am in the middle of a once in a lifetime opportunity. So many people want to be on this show and only a few actually make it. I consider myself extremely blessed, lucky, and honored that I was selected. It is for this reason that I am taking advantage of every opportunity to play this game and have fun. I feel that I would be doing a huge disservice to myself if I were not. Obviously I would never act in the outside world in the way things go down inside the house. I would hope that most of the people in here do not. If they do….. WOW!!! I don’t think I would like to stay in touch, LOL! I hope everyone sees that I am a wacky, crazy, zany guy who loves to have fun. I love to play this game and I love to see what I can get away with inside this house.

It is about time to rap this blog up. I will just say to keep in mind that I may seem down, but I am not out. You must always expect the unexpected inside this house and you never know what the next week has in store. I hope everyone enjoys my antics and the drama of the BB House!! On a final note I would love to reach out to anyone who may read this blog on a topic very near and dear to my heart. All across this country arts in education are losing funding. It is even more difficult given the economic situation. I would implore anyone and everyone to support arts in education. I feel especially for Theatre, Dance, and Speech & Debate. These are wonderful programs that teach children expression, confidence, and eloquence. Whether you have children in these programs, are a student who may want to participate, an educator who may sponsor these activities, or someone who is fortunate enough to provide any form of financial support. I simply can’t express enough how important these programs are to a complete education. Thanks for everything !!!!

Ronnie

P.S. PSHS Forensics doesn’t just forensicate….. WE DOMINATE!!!!