July 7, 2006, 4pm HT

Marcellas, James, Danielle, Erika and Janelle have been chatting in the kitchen for awhile. The topics have ranged from "oh how famous we are" to "oh how famous we are and we have fans" to "oh how famous we are and we have fans and we have hate mail." They also discussed what they kept and didn't keep after their respective seasons. Danielle said she kept everything. Ev-ry-thing. She kept keys and pictures and instruction cue cards and costumes. She even said she kept haggis, though I don't want to know how she accomplished that one. James said Howie took everything he possibly could out of the house -- even going through the trash cans -- and then sold it on eBay. What I find interesting about this whole conversation is watching Danielle. I have to think that part of this is extremely calculated so she can soften her image and become "one of the gang" again with the houseguests. Whether or not people -- namely Marcellas -- falls for this remains to be seen. But they are chatting much more freely now than I've seen since the show started. Danielle confirms that they moved into the house on the 3rd, so this is their 4th day inside the house.