Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Saturday Evening into Sunday - Sept. 15-16

I've been a fool. I AM a fool.

Well, well, well. Y'see, hamsters are adorable and all. But when they don't get what they want, the claws come out. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of It Finally May Be Dawning on Danielle:

• After the feeds returned post-Part Two of the HoH comp, Ian was covered with soot and Danielle was screaming at him.
• But that was an act.
• The night before, when Ian wasn't taking the bait to throw the comp to Danielle, that was Plan B -- If Ian won, Danielle was supposed to throw a fit, Dan was supposed to fight with her and hopefully they could get Ian to throw Part Three.
• In her screaming, she was actually threatening Ian if he didn't take her to the final two.
• Why, she'd taint the jury!
• Um. If evicted on Wednesday night, she won't have time to taint anyone to the jury!
• It didn't work.
• Dan and Ian celebrated a Renegades victory while Danielle showered and was in the Diary Room.
• Unfortunately, Ian still believes in the Renegades although it's obvious that he's been overcoming much of the mist.
• Dan hinted a million times that Ian should throw the last part so that he (Dan) would have the pleasure of evicting Danielle (who obviously hates him).
• Dan knows he's golden for final two whether he himself wins the last part or whether Ian wins it.
• But Dan would prefer to take Danielle with him over Ian. He has a plan and an idea he'd stand a better chance to win over her.
• But, then, if Ian wins, he'll take Dan to the final two over Danielle. 
• It would just be harder to win over the jury then.
• Danielle cried in the bedroom, rereading her HoH letters from home and apologizing for disgracing her family.
• It seems to have dawned on her that she's been playing Dan's game for a Dan win all along.
• D'oh!
• Ian, on the other hand, told Dan he didn't want to throw the comp. He actually wants to win this.
• Good boy, Ian. Do NOT trust Dan to take you to the final two.
• A lot men did and a lot men died ...
• (Women, too.)
• Ian was very worried about his stuffed snake and bear. They were (as usual) tucked neatly in his bed ... the bed next to the weeping and angry Danielle.
• Ian refuses to outright deal with Danielle's tantrum. He told her he was still weighing his options.
• When Dan prodded at Ian attempting to instigate more of a problem, Ian told him he should just leave Danielle alone and not be mean to her.
• Uh-oh. Ian's not reacting the way Dan had hoped!
• When Dan was alone and only the live feeds were with him, he pondered what to do.
• He thinks his best shot now would be to throw the comp to Ian so Ian would vote Danielle out (thus getting his hands bloodier).
• Dan and Danielle were sleeping when BB opened the backyard up to them.
• Ian is rocking on the hammock. All is well in his world again.
• It looks like, no matter what happens, Ian (at least) will really play for the win on the third part of HoH on Wednesday.

Like notches in his gun belt, such are the grays on the Memory Wall

I'm a disgrace

I'll be able to pay my college loans. No debt!

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Bulletin - Final HoH Part 2 Winner

The winner of the second round of the final HoH competition is ...

... drumroll, please ...

Ian Terry!

Ian beat Danielle in this part and will face Dan in Part 3 on Wednesday night's live show.

Survivor: Philippines -- The Familiar Faces

Three returning players - Russell, Jonathan and Mike

You know me. I'm generally not a fan of returning players on reality competition shows. I'm just not. That said, I really don't mind these three players returning. All were medically removed during their own seasons and I don't mind them getting a chance to try again.

Good Russell -- Remember that? There were two Russells in his season and we had to differentiate between them. One was Hantz, Evil Russell. The other was this Russell, Good Russell Swan. Until dehydration got the best of him, I enjoyed his gameplay. He came across as a decent guy and was good in challenges. While Hantz and his various relatives have gone on to unduly inundate our television screens, this is the first we've heard of Swan since his season. I'm definitely interested in seeing how well he can do. He's 45 years old now and still full of muscles.

Jonathan Penner -- This is actually a third shot for him. He was on Cook Islands, finishing sixth. Then he was on Fans vs. Favorites/Micronesia in 2008. It was in the latter season he was hauled away with an infection in a wound on his knee. I'm not as keen on him getting another shot at this as he's already been on two seasons. But, the dude can be entertaining, witty and is intelligent. Thus, I'll allow him to return this season. Yeah, you know it's all up to me. Right? He's 50 now, no spring chicken.

Mike Skupin -- Now, there's a blast from the past! It was eleven years ago in the Australian Outback when Mike passed out in the campfire suffering severe burns and smoke inhalation. It was only Day 17 at that time. He's someone who, without a doubt, deserves another shot at the game. He was also the one who speared a wild pig and drew outcry from so many folks. Nonetheless, I want to see what he does with his second shot at the game. He's 45 now and probably still bears the scars of his last attempt.

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And then we take the good, the bad and The Facts of Life ...

While I think Jo would be better at roughing it in the woods than Blair, we get Blair. She says that she's been a super fan of the show since its inception. I'm of two minds about her appearance as a castaway. It will be interesting to see a child actor grown up without an arrest record. But, then again, I'm already a bit leery about her being a bit too religious. Mind you, I have nothing against religious folks ... except when they constantly live and breathe religion on competition reality shows. We'll see. She's no school girl any more at 49 years old.

Jeff Kent, retired baseball player

Okay, I don't know him, not at all. I'm not a big team sports follower and only "know" players on local teams such as the Yankees or Mets. But I'm including Jeff Kent here as I'm sure somebody out there would consider him a "familiar face." He's retired, but only 44 years old. I would think that he'd be great at the challenges where they have to throw stuff or bat stuff!

Another thing I like about all five I've listed in this post -- they're not kids! It's great to see that people over 40 do exist.

I know we exist in the real world.

What do you think of these castaways? Like the ones coming back? Have you a clue who the baseball guy is? 
 

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Friday into Saturday - Sept. 14-15

Ian makes a final two deal

Yep, it's that time of the season. It's time to watch the paint dry in the house. While this season's dynamics are a bit different due to Dan's Mist and his rather radical moves, it's still watching paint dry for the most part. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me; Fool Me a Gazillion Times and I'm Just a Simple Fool Tool:

• Just to remind you -- both Ian and Danielle dropped in the endurance, allowing for a Dan win.
• Danielle definitely dropped due to Dan's Mist.
• Dan is taking credit for the Ian drop. But I'm not so sure Ian didn't drop of his own volition thinking he could nail the next two rounds.
• With Danielle, we saw an obvious, albeit incredibly stupid, deal with Dan.
• Oh. And, before you ask ... I have no clue when Part Two of the final HoH will be held. I'm figuring sometime today, but don't know day or evening.
• Okay, back to the house now. 
• BB woke them up early yesterday and then blocked the live feeds with trivia.
• Oh my! A secret game is being played? The HoH comp continues?
• Nope.
• It was a champagne breakfast and, I imagine, reflection on hamsters wished to the cornfield.
• Ian is going hammock cold turkey. He hasn't had backyard access since the day before the live show.
• Thus, he flogs his shoulders with his stuffed snake instead of wild rocking.
• It isn't the same.
• Danielle cried some more after re-reading her HoH letters.
• Dan didn't seem affected.
• Ian seemed genuinely sympathetic and offered her his teddy bear.
• Dan seriously wants to convince (or have Danielle convince) Ian to throw the second part of the HoH comp to Danielle.
• If Ian does that, I'll have to revoke his privileges in the Jackie's Favorite BB Hamsters Club.
• That would, of course, give Ian NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER to win the final HoH.
• I don't think he's misted that much, do you?
• Dan told Ian that he's mad that Danielle is being so "sour" over the Shane move. After once again telling Ian that he wants to be with him at the end, Dan said he'd like to be the one to evict Danielle (as HoH winner).
• Ian said he's sorry, but that's not going to happen.
• In other words, he will not throw the comp to Dan.
• Good.
• Both Dan and Ian think that Frank is probably one of the most bitter jury members ever.
• Y'think?
• Unfortunately, I do think that both Danielle and Ian still believe that Dan will take them (respectively) to the final two.
• I'm thinking he'd go for Danielle over Ian, then tell the jury how he played for both of them and should win.
• With Ian, Dan doesn't have as strong as an argument for the win.
• As he's done all season, Dan will do what's best for Dan.
• Danielle told Ian she'd like to be the one to vote Dan out (as HoH).
• C'mon Ian ... don't fall for either of them. PLAY for the win, don't throw anything. You know better!
• Sorry. I got carried away there for a moment.
• Danielle also told Ian she "carried Dan all season."
• Um. Okay.
• Ian seriously thought he was going to get evicted instead of Shane. Well, yeah ... we could tell by his hyperventilating!
• There were some electrical problems in the house with the refrigerator down, the storage room door not opening, etc.
• Ian thought perhaps a zombie apocalypse had gone down and they were abandoned.
• Oh my ... that would make a good movie ... reality show contestants locked away from the world as the world ends and they don't know it!
• They napped.
• They toilet-papered Ian like a mummy.
• Dan put Ian and Danielle in boxes.
• They napped.
• They argued over whether Britney pushed the reset button.
• They mocked Frank.
• They played odd question games.
• They napped.
• Dan played Robot and did many strange things.
• Danielle asked Ian if Boogie said she was ugly.
• Oh, come on, Danielle. Get some self-esteem. While I'm not a Danielle fan, she (with the exception of being so gullible to Dan's Mist) isn't bad at the game. She can pull off wins. She is pretty -- would be prettier if she'd get rid of those incredibly fake arched eyebrows and stop picking at pimples -- but she is indeed a very pretty young woman. Maybe she should go Jenn's route and stop living for approval from men. I don't know.
• She deep down knows Dan has played her like a fiddle, yet the Mist still works on her.
• Sigh.
• On a side note -- if I were Dan's wife and he ever looked at me quietly with that smile on his face, I'd bonk him over the head with a frying pan.  

They slept (note Ian's ally bear in bed)

They slept some more

They slept even more

Oh noes! The bear and snake have been nominated!

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Final HoH Round One - Endurance Comp Updates - Sept. 13

Since THIS is the post that most normal non-nocturnal folks want to see, I'm leaving it first for the daytime hours and will just make a few notes on what's happened since the comp end:

• Danielle lied to Ian and said she slipped.
• Ian went to Dan and asked him how he got her to drop.
• Dan just laughed, said he misted her and said they'd talk later.
• Ian went on mumbling about the mist.
• Danielle cried.
• Dan told Danielle they need to think of a way to have Ian throw the second round to her.
• I certainly hope Ian doesn't fall for that!
• Danielle cried some more.
• Although Ian is upset about it, I think the name of the comp is perfect for the situation and what's led up to it: Hook, Line and Sinker.
• Heehee.
• Ian told Dan he threw the comp and just said his foot got caught in seaweed.
• Apparently this is news to Dan and not a misted Ian.
• I can only think he threw it because he figures he'll do better on the questions round.
• Dan told Danielle that Ian told him he would take Danielle to the final two.
• Danielle proceeds to tell Ian how much she hates Dan.
• Keep in mind, Ian knows Dan got her to drop.
• I'm not sure when the second round will be, but enjoy the action from the first round ...

Dan misted Danielle into dropping, he wins round one

12:24 AM ET -- Danielle drops. Stupid, stupid of her. Dan wins Round One.

12:20 AM ET -- Dan swears on Chelsea. "It's about duty. It's about being a coach. It's about bringing you to the final two so you can win."

Dan trying to mist Danielle into dropping

12:15 AM ET -- Dan asked Ian for four quick minutes.

12:12 AM ET -- Producer sent Ian in the get his mic. Dan is trying to deal something to Danielle. She shook her head no. I can't hear what he's saying whispering with the machinery. He's trying to mist her in the fog! He keeps staring at her and she's basically ignoring him.

12:10 AM ET -- Dan and Danielle still in, both looking fairly strong. Danielle seems to be taking more hits on the wall face or side on while Dan is taking them with his back. That might hurt her in the long run.

11:56 PM ET, Dan and Danielle left hanging

11:49 PM ET -- Ian out. :-(

11:47 PM ET - Cool. It not only rains on them, slams them against a wall, but it dunks them in a moat, too. All three still in. All have heavy duty gloves.

11:35 PM ET -- The feeds finally came on. All three are in the comp, hanging in the rain, slamming into a wall. I will update this post as the comp continues, so refresh the page to get the latest!

Finally ... the feeds are up!

Big Brother 14: Live PoV Meeting, Eviction & HoH Round 1 Start Show Blog Party - Sept. 13

This is it. Well, to be honest, it's the start of it. Tonight's show will show Danielle's nominations, the PoV, the eviction leading to the final three and the start of the final HoH, Round 1. 

That should be an endurance comp. After the show ends here on the East Coast, I'll set up a post following the endurance comp live as it plays out on the feeds. Everyone is invited to join and/or peek in.

Hopefully tonight's TV only viewing audience can expect the unexpected. I hope I can see what I hope to expect to see. :-) That's all I have to say about that. As the show airs here, I'll update this post with the major events. So, please refresh the page to see the latest. Of course, the real fun is in the comments area. Come join the party!

Cool. They're going to have a jury house segment wedged in tonight!

Dan wants her to put him and Ian up. Okay. She does. Key order: Shane. (Duh)

Jury house, Ashley is Zen. She has a dream board where she put Frank as HoH. Ha. It's Britney! Then Frank arrives! He and Britney argue.  Joe's there.

Power of veto comp time. It's science related with a molecule puzzle and houseguest pictures. Danielle wins the power of veto!

Dan mists Danielle. "Hey, save me with the veto." Zoom. He has a final two deal with both Danielle and Ian. He swears he'll save Shane.

Veto meeting -- Ian praises the Quack Pack and asks to give this dog his day. Dan talks coaching. Danielle chooses ... personal game, SAVES DAN! Dan is the sole vote.

Ian and Shane get to talk. 

Dan votes to evict SHANE!

Danielle is in shock. Ian is dazed and confused.

The final three are Danielle, Dan and Ian.

Whoa ... where's the HoH comp part one? Hmm ... if they have it on the feeds, I'll set up a separate post.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Quickie - Sept. 13

Now it looks like Danielle will indeed use the veto to save Dan. Shane will go up in his place and ...

... get this ...

... it sounds like Dan (the sole vote at that point) will vote out SHANE. I only quickly went through flashbacks of today. I didn't catch if Danielle knows Dan's plans. I don't believe she does, but I might be wrong on that.

Oh my. Too good to be true. But that's what he told us. Dan knows he can't lie to US. The mist can't go via modems.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Noms, Power of Veto Update - Sept. 13

All the power is in her hands

Yep. Danielle is not only the HoH, she won the power of veto. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Quack Pack Peeps:

• Danielle put Ian (naturally) and Dan on the block.
• Then she went and won the power of veto.
• Shane is the sole vote this week.
• I doubt Danielle will change her nominations.
• Although Shane might lean towards getting Dan out, he will probably do whatever Danielle tells him she wants.
• They're on an indoor lockdown, all gathered in the living room talking.
• Shane hasn't given any indication of who he will vote for.
• But it's not looking good for Ian.
• :-(

UPDATE: When they finally split up, it sounds like Danielle might take Dan down forcing him to make the decision (to vote out Ian).

In other news, Wil has the second part of his trilogy up --
 

Big Brother 14: Not So Live Eviction Show Blog Party - Sept. 12

We're getting down to the wire here for those adorable (cough) hamsters. Tonight's show will have the not-so-live taped yesterday eviction which many of us know all about. That is despite the fact that the live feeds have been blocked since early yesterday.

As the show airs here, I'll update this entry with the major events. So, please refresh the page to see the latest news. However, as always, the real fun will be in the comments area. Come join the party!

Julie announced to them the surprise eviction.

The veto comp has them flying about to complete a puzzle while continuously giving themselves more time on the clock. Ian was eliminated first. Then he helps Shane from the sidelines. Shane wins the Power of Veto and a luxury prize.

The luxury prize is that Shane and a guest will see some of the biggest stars of the summer. They're off in a limo to see ... the Fierce Five Olympians.

Veto meeting time. Shane removes himself from the block. Ian puts Danielle up in his place. He says he wants to break up the couple votes this week.

They announce the voting open for fan favorite voting.

Shane votes to evict Jenn. Dan votes to evict Jenn. Danielle stays, Jenn goes.

HoH comp -- Ian has to sit out as outgoing HoH. Photographic Memory. They saw photos earlier in the day, questions based on those. Tiebreaker for Dan and Danielle. A number, closest without going over wins. Danielle wins HoH!

Big Brother 14: Eviction, HoH Bulletin - Sept. 11

Jenn was evicted with a 2-0 vote (as expected).

Danielle won HoH (not quite expected, but not bad).

Now if Ian can only win the veto ...!

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Report Tuesday - Sept. 11

Before getting into the non-events of today in the Habitrail, this is what happened eleven years ago in the house ...

Thankfully, today was a much better day as we reflect on the tragedy. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Fast Forwarding Fools:

• As I get this typed up, the live feeds are blocked with trivia.
• I expect them to be blocked possibly until after tomorrow night's not-so-live eviction show.
• They're blocked due to the eviction, of course.
• However, I do expect to be able to find out who gets evicted (likely Jenn) late this evening and will post when I know.
• Okay, back to what happened since I posted last night ...
• Danielle fussed, cried and moaned in her own little pity party.
• After all, Jenn is walking around smiling and talking with Dan like she doesn't have a care in the world.
• Meanwhile, Danielle has to keep up the act that she's still mad at Dan (for the funeral thing).
• Like no one has figured she's still close with him.
• @@
• She can't be consoled. 
• Poor pitiful Danielle.
• She told Shane she was upset because she's on the block and, get this ... Jenn cooked french fries for Dan. Horrors!
• Shane told her that Dan would keep both of them over Ian and she shouldn't worry so much.
• She told Shane that Dan's crazy and will do anything to win.
• Shane said Ian, her or himself would win over Dan in the final two.
• I'm not so sure of that as time goes on.
• I think he might win over Jenn, Shane or possibly Danielle. But Ian would give him a run for the money.
• Dan's crazy like a fox.
• Danielle told Dan she's "emotionally drained."
• Who knows? That could be her normal state of mind!
• He told her it's good for the soul and she'll be fine.
• She disagreed.
• Poor pitiful Danielle.
• Dan told Danielle that he might have to pull "something crazy" to make sure she's in the final three.
• I believe he's talking a Shane eviction, but he didn't specify.
• Danielle killed the evil sock monkey.
• :-(
• Ian seems to be seeing through Dan's mist, yet not doing anything about it.
• On a side note (because I just remembered I didn't post it) -- Yesterday Dan was spraying ants on the kitchen counter ... which had food on it. Poison anyone?
• Jenn went out in the middle of the night after all were in bed. Before she went back in, she mentioned it was 9/11 and she wished she was home in NYC. She also talked about how fragile life is -- "Do something good for yourself today. Then do something good for a stranger. You never know how long you have here. Here one day, gone the next. Do something good."
• When BB woke everyone up, they were in an indoor lockdown.
• Oh noes! Something must be happening!
• They haven't a clue even though Ian mentioned recently that Britney was evicted on a Tuesday. D'oh ... could it be a fast forward?
• Ian got the HoH camera, which Dan ended up taking for a gazillion shots.
• They used the self-timer to take the photo I posted here as a screen cap.
• Then Dan hung the flag backwards from the railing by the HoH room.
• It's dawning on them that someone might be evicted today.
• "On 9/11? That's horrible!"
• Oh, geez. Give me a break. Work goes on, BB is your "job" and has a schedule to keep. Thankfully ... life goes on and is more than a reality show.
• That's pretty much the last of the hamsters we'll see until tomorrow night.
• Check back later for my eviction announcement!

Remembering 9/11

Eleven years ago ....

Your regularly scheduled blog will return this afternoon.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds into Monday Evening - Sept. 10

Jenn is still in the house. At the moment.

I realize that we're all just armchair quarterbacks here, but the gullibility levels inside the house are unbelievable. Isn't it blatantly obvious after what Dan did to Britney that he will do anything to anybody in the game? Why aren't these silly hamsters talking to each other about all the final two deals? All season long, they were willing to run with the latest news or rumor, but not now. Sigh.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Write Dan the Check Now:

• Mundane and boring start to the day. Yawnsers.
• Then they had the PoV meeting blocked to the live feeds.
• At least Shane had enough brights to remove himself from the block with the veto.
• However Dan escaped the block. Ian put up Danielle in Shane's place.
• Ian told Jenn they needed to break up the couple.
• @@
• The real couple in the house (besides Ian and his stuffed snake) is Danielle and DAN, not so much Danielle and Shane.
• Jenn accused Shane of working with Ian to get her out.
• Shane played dumb.
• He's good at that.
• Danielle is once again very worried to be up on the block.
• Dan told her that she shouldn't worry, she's safe.
• Danielle asked him if he was going to tell Jenn she's safe.
• He was a bit evasive on that one.
• Huh.
• Jenn apparently thinks she might have a chance because Ian told her "the honeymoon is over" for Shane and Danielle if a tie were to happen.
• Like that will happen.
• Dan later asked Ian what he said to Jenn, if he let her know that she's the target.
• Ian told him the vote needs to be 2-0 to evict Jenn so he won't be put in the position of breaking the tie.
• Danielle told Dan he's being paranoid because he keeps mentioning that she will go with her showmance instead of him.
• Danielle once again vowed loyalty.
• Blind faith in motion.
• Dan is worried. He really is. He told Chelsea's photo that Shane needs to go.
• Like she can do something about it!
• Dan is the chef tonight.
• Not much else going on. Tomorrow will be a different story.
• Although Ian mentioned that Britney was evicted on a Tuesday in her season, no one seems to know there will be an eviction tomorrow.
• Of course, it will actually air on Wednesday.
• Unless they block the Wednesday feeds, I'll know the outcome. 

Danielle will be queen of the hamsters soon

Dan ponders frozen meat while Shane is fruity

Ian MUST win the next two PoVs, MUST

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds PoV Meeting Update - Sept. 10

Sigh. Ian fell to the mist. He put Danielle on the block in Shane's place. A full report later today ...

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Sunday Night into Monday - Sept. 9-10

Hamsters reminiscing about departed hamsters

The "star-gazing" couple has returned to the Habitrail. And, no. It wasn't like in the years before when someone jetted off to the MTV Awards or Sheryl Crow played in the backyard. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Roaming Hamsters:

• Before the loving couple (cough) returned, the three in-house hamsters (Jenn, Ian and Dan) reminisced about hamsters who are now gone.
• When talking about Jodi, the BB voice announced, "Jodi, you have NOT done your Diary Room session today!"
• When talking about Willie, the BB voice said, "Willie, smoking is NOT permitted anywhere but in the patio area."
• Apparently the BB voice dude is as bored as the hamsters and feed watchers are. Kudos to him for spicing it up for a moment or two.
• Ian cleaned the windows in the backyard. The BB voice thanked him very much.
• Ian said he applied for Survivor and never heard back.
• Oh, I can't see him doing too well on that show. Can you?
• They said BB found Joe on YouTube. Dan wondered what search terms they used. Heh.
• Shane and Danielle returned, bearing cereal boxes.
• Okay ... two hamsters from the final five met the Fierce Five (from the Olympics).
• They went to the tour show of Olympians.
• At least they set up personal visits with the Olympians and hamsters.
• Both Shane and Danielle were surprised that some people recognized them and called out their names.
• Of course, with a camera crew filming them, they were noticeable.
• Ian decided he's going to drink up all his HoH beers.
• So much for "never drinking again."
• Danielle told Dan that she would keep him in the house and boot Ian.
• But we already figured that.
• She told Ian she would understand if he puts her up instead of Dan.
• Ian told her that's probably best.
• NO! No, Ian! It's not best! Put up Dan or you will never make the final two!
• Even putting up Dan, you'd have to sell Shane on voting him out.
• TALK to Shane. You each know that Dan wanted the other of you out -- one when he couldn't get the other on the block.
• Oh, silly hamsters under the Mist ...
• Danielle thinks she's going to need to take three months off after spending three months in the house.
• I'd need the rest of my life off.
• Danielle told Jenn that all their names will be listed in Wikipedia.
• They already are and some jokesters have already listed Ian as the winner, then hamsterwatch.com as the winner.
• No. That Dingo did not list herself. It was an unknown jokester.
• No. It wasn't me. I would have listed Danielle's Picked At Pimple as the winner.
• Dan, Danielle and Shane took some time to tend to their comp cuts on their hands.
• We got to see Dan do his, "Peroxide, I hate you" dance once again.
• Danielle and Shane are in the bed together again. Aww, ain't that just ducky.
• Quack.
• Dan told Shane and Danielle that Jenn was kissing up big time while they were gone.
• They're all in bed now. The PoV meeting will be later today. We will find out if Ian has broken free of the mist.
• Alas, I don't think he has.  

They returned with cereal, woohoo!

Danielle did look pretty - she needs more natural eyebrows, though

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - Sept. 9

Messy hamsters!

Gaming-wise, things aren't changing a lot in the house. What else has been happening inside that Big Brother House of Dastardly Dan? Read on ...

• The big house happening isn't even happening in the house today.
• Shane won a luxury prize when he won the veto. All he really knows is that it's a trip out, he gets to take someone and the theme is "A Night With the Stars."
• Um, okay.
• They could be going to a planetarium for all we know!
• Of course, his date is the lovely Danielle.
• With only the three in the house, there's been very little game talk.
• Ian's done a lot of hammock rocking.
• I'm waiting for that thing to crash.
• Jenn went on and on to Dan about her band and stuff.
• Dan and Jenn both think Shane is lying when he tells them he has no money.
• I believe Shane. Perhaps not NO money, but just enough to squeak by with a low cost of living in Vermont. He wouldn't be able to afford a room by the week around here.
• Ian and Jenn talked about their individual experiences in regard to 9/11, possibly smoothing Ian's previous offhand comment about the day (using it as a time measure).
• After all, he was ten.
• Ian went think-rocking on the hammock alone in the yard again.
• The new hammock is now so loud that it's hard to make out his occasional mumbles.
• He was definitely mentioning Dan and wondering if he could trust him.
• He was saying something about pawns going home.
• He was saying he has to win two more vetos.
• Get to stepping.
• Open book.
• It sounds like he might be considering putting Dan up in Jenn's place. But would either Danielle or Shane vote to evict him? All he would need is one and he's the tiebreaker.
• As I get this posted, the star gazers haven't yet returned. 

Really messy hamsters!

Danielle gets ready to go with Shane to the mystery thingee

He even has the alligator in his mist

The house finally made her go bonkers

Ian even keeps his HoH room bed made

Big Brother 14: Second HoH and Nominations Show Blog Party - Sept. 9

The show is delayed a bit more than a half-hour here on the East Coast due to tennis. While I'm putting this post up on time, nothing will be happening unless your local stations didn't carry tennis.

Once it starts, I'll update this post with the major events as it airs. Refresh the post to get the latest! However, as always, the real fun is in the comments area. Come join us!

8:33 PM ET AND IT STARTS ...

Will Dan target Ian? He tells him he wants to put him up as a pawn. Ian doesn't like the idea. His target was Ian. Yikes! After Ian won PoV, he wanted Shane out but Danielle fussed.

The HoH is a trip down Memory Lane -- they have to remember dates and events mixed with rolling a ball down a lane. Ian and Shane tied, they go to a tiebreaker. Ian wins HoH! Dan uses his mist to keep off the block.

Pandora's Box once again. He's tempted by words of encouragement from someone who loves him. They show a picture of his parents. But the video is Rachel! The others get real videos from real loved ones.

Time for nominations. Key order: Danielle, Dan. The mist worked -- Jenn and Shane are on the block.

There will be another eviction on the Wednesday show, expected to be taped Tuesday.  

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Saturday Night into Sunday - Sept. 8-9

They've blindfolded him. When will he walk the plank?

Okay, so Shane has the veto. Will will the Dense Dude do with it? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Quazy Quackers and a Jenn:

• Jenn apparently wasn't just bummed because she didn't win the veto. She got sick during the physical comp, passed out and was bummed.
• All of them are sporting aches, pains and some little cuts or abrasions on their hands.
• With the way Danielle and Dan (aided by Danielle) have guazed up their hands and fingers, you'd think it was a chain saw massacre.
• Once the yard was opened up, Ian went to the hammock.
• As he rocks it violently, it looks like his mind is moving faster than the hammock can rock.
• He muttered a lot of things, most inaudible over the hammock noise.
• "They're going to cut me."
• "Renegades, renagades."
• "Quack Pack forever."
• "The mist ... the mist ... the mist."
• Hmm. He knows of the Mist, Dan's own little Kool-Aid he passes about. But will he act?
• Shane keeps joking that he'll use the veto on Jenn.
• Of course, he's not telling Jenn that. He's telling Danielle that to push her buttons.
• When Dan joins in on the button pushing, Danielle gets even more flustered.
• Shane does intend on saving himself even though he's been assured that he's safe. Boogie told him what "pulling a Marcellas" means and does.
• Dan, on the other hand, wants to try to convince Shane not to use the veto.
• With winning the veto, Shane also won some kind of luxury prize. He won't know what it is or do whatever until later today.
• As she's been doing for a good part of the summer, Jenn didn't hang out with the others, this time not really at all.
• The Quack Packers put on their own "food challenge" by mixing various beverages, blindfolding and then guessing the mix.
• Dan won over Danielle.
• As in real life, too.
• Danielle is seriously worried about being evicted if she goes on the block.
• Why that would mean Shane or Dan or both of them would vote her out.
• And Ian would be the tiebreaker if only one voted her out.
• Oh my. Wouldn't that be horrible? NOT!!
• Oh, I doubt it would happen, but I can dream. Can't I?
• Shane told Danielle that she thinks Dan and Jenn might have a final two deal because they talk to each other too much.
• Salt on the wound, gasoline on the fire there Shane.
• He also told her that he thinks if Dan had won the veto, he would take Jenn off the block and vote him (Shane) out.
• If Shane would just talk to Ian, they may come out of the mist!
• Not that I begrudge Dan a second win. But I'm amazed at the gullibility of all around him. 
• Earlier in the evening, Jenn seemed to sneak a candy. It doesn't seem like anything was done about it.
• Well, at least she's not wolfing food like Enzo did when he was on slop!
• Ian thinks they should tell Jenn about the Quack Pack out of consideration for her.
• The others nixed the idea.
• Danielle and Shane slept in separate beds. Not Danielle's doing, I presume.

Jenn, you've slept too much already this season

Ian does his thinking rocking violently in the hammock

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 9, 2012

Good morning, world! Or, at the least, a little bit of the world. I don't think I'd want the whole world here anyway. I'd have to get out of my fuzzy slippers. This is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. If you're looking for Big Brother content, you might want to skip this post and head here instead.

Thinking back on the week, it wasn't really all that remarkable in the greater scheme of my life. Yes, it was a four day work week at my day job and I did have an extra day off. But, with the BB live feeds coverage going on, a day off doesn't necessarily mean a day off. However, the end is in sight -- the finale is September 19. The live feeds cut down drastically before then.

The weather here hasn't been cooperative in light of my photo taking, either. It's been immensely humid and/or raining half the time as I made my commute back and forth. Since I didn't really go elsewhere with my camera(s), my photos this week are a bit limited.

A few random thoughts from the week:

• It's bad enough that some high school age kids called me "ma'am." But when an Emminem thug lookin' wannabe in his mid-20s wearing a "wife-beater" shirt called me "Ma'am" ... GAH! I feel suddenly OLD.
• I got hit on by a drunk Mexican man downtown. Why? Very annoying. I pretty much had to turn him around and give him a push to make him go away. He didn't respond to "Shoo!" with my hand motions.
• Vincent hasn't done not a thing around the house. I would expect he'd at least do the dishes now and then or Swiffer up his own cat fur. 
• One morning on the train, I saw two deer and a snowy egret. Alas, the train was going too fast for clear photos. But I like to think it's a lucky day when I spot wildlife on my way to work.
• I should clarify -- the deer and egret were not ON the train. I saw them out the window.
• Once the leaves start falling, I'll be able to see more. In a way, summer makes my train ride more boring as it hides things with all the leaves.
• The days seem to rapidly be getting shorter even though we aren't anywhere near losing Daylight Savings Time yet.
• I like the new angles from the sun, especially in the mornings.
• Starting today, the oppressive humidity we suffered through for most of the week should lessen. Good.
• We were under tornado watches for several hours yesterday. I had my camera ready, but no tornadoes here -- the closest one struck in Brooklyn.

That's just about it. Onto the photos -- clicking on an image will open it in a new window, clicking again will result in a larger image. Closing out that window will return you right here.  

Lonesome dove

I believe he (she?) was indeed lonesome. I believe mourning doves pair up and are  monogamous for life. This sole dove perched atop the flag pole in front of the Plainfield Police Station, observing traffic and probably thinking, "Look at those silly humans."

Man vs. Nature

The skies were spectacular one morning. You'll see that I took advantage of that for several of my photos this week. This one was taken looking through the parking lot fence at Union County Community College on Church Street in Plainfield.

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Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Power of Veto Update - Sept. 8

Danielle's picked-at pimple crater won the PoV!

 

Who woulda thunk it?

Er, no. It appears Shane won the Power of Veto. No one has come out and said it although there were some "it's a good feeling" references by Shane. The veto necklace was hanging on the side of the Memory Wall near no one's photo per se when the feeds returned.

Danielle was upset. Jenn seemed down and climbed in bed. Ian, Shane and Dan acting normal.

Although no one has come out and said it, I'll call Shane the winner. If he isn't, I'll correct this.

Now, if he takes himself off, Ian is likely to put up Danielle as per earlier discussions. Jenn would remain the target.