Big Brother 15: Live Feeds - HoH Winner - Thursday into Friday - Sept. 5-6

There's a new HoH in town. Oh my.

When we last left the show, we had no new HoH. Welp, we do now. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dwindling Days:

• The live feeds returned not long after the live show ended. But, the HoH comp was not underway.
• Instead, the remaining five were trash-talking Elissa as they mocked her belongings.
• Finally BB called GinaMarie into the Diary Room and told her to pack Elissa's stuff, not the guys.
• Mind you, while she made an effort to get everything, she does not (or did not) fold. All of it is wadded and crammed.
• But part of that is Elissa's fault -- she had things all over the place and a ton o' stuff! Spencer said she told him she had to pay $200 in overweight luggage fees traveling there. I believe it!
• McCrae isn't sitting about lovelorn and pining for his love Amanda.
• Instead, he's happy he doesn't have to share cigarettes with her anymore.
• McCrae even admitted that GM got the two worst "B's" out of the house -- Elissa and Amanda.
• The Exterminators did their pest control pump and spray dance at one point when McCrae was in the Diary Room.
• So, what do we have? A boys final four or an Exterminators final four?
• Hmm.
• Then we had over an hour of trivia as the HoH comp went down.
• When they came back on, it seemed like something had gone wrong.
• I'm SO confused!
• Wait ... wait ... it sounds like it was the morph comp!
• And, SPENCER is the new HoH!
• Oh my.
• There were punishments along with the win.
• GinaMarie and McCrae must be tied together for 24 hours.
• For 24 hours, whenever a drill sergeant barks out orders to Judd, he must do calisthenics as ordered.
• Andy has a "chance to win $5,000" but that hasn't gone down yet as of the time I'm writing this.
• They rejoiced more about Elissa being gone.
• @@
• McCrae got his HoH basket. He started crying as he read his letter from his sister.
• It's kind of refreshing, crying aside, that McCrae is actually a part of the house instead of being an appendage of Amanda. It's too bad he spent just about the entire season as Amanda's attached boy toy.
• Spencer told Judd that he'll put McCrae and GinaMarie on the block to "keep up the boys alliance."
• Hmm. I'm still a bit confused whether they're faking it with McCrae about the boys alliance or if it's real over the Exterminators.
• I guess we'll know before long.
• BB gave them all of four beers for the five hamsters.
• How generous!
• As I get this posted, Spencer hasn't gotten into his room yet.
• But he sure does have that key!

McCrae got a new shirt in his HoH basket

Judd has to do calisthenics on command

The final five

The bear shirt should have won HoH

GM and McCrae are tied together for 24 hours

Big Brother 15: Live Double Eviction/HoH Blog Party - Sept. 5

Everybody ready? Tonight is a live double eviction/HoH episode -- two weeks of the show in one night, as they say. As things unfold here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest!

As always, the party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! It's the 500th episode of the show and recap time.

Amanda campaigns to Elissa and gives her food for thought about keeping a bigger target in the house. Oh my.

Julie tells the hamsters about the 500th episode and double eviction.

Spencer names off people, expresses love, awesome summer, etc.
Amanda - you're all family, will respect and thank you.

Voting:
Judd -- Amanda
McCrae -- Spencer
Elissa -- Spencer
Andy -- Amanda

It's a TIE! GinaMarie, the HoH, must cast the tiebreaker. She votes to evict AMANDA! (Now maybe the silly internet rumors can stop ... please!)

Julie calls her out on the bullying. She hasn't called her out on the racist, etc., views. She says the relationship with McCrae is real.

HoH comp - "Go Fetch" - dig and retrieve two bones and bring to their bowl, get their key. First one done wins.

McCrae wins HoH!

Live nominations ceremony -- McCrae nominates GM and Elissa.

All play in the PoV comp. The BB 500. Race through a maze, first one through wins. Car race theme. Judd wins PoV!

Veto meeting -- Elissa - Really didn't know when you were backdoored, you promised. GM - Know I had your back, etc.

Judd does NOT use the PoV.

The live vote:
Elissa - Never lied, appreciate your vote Spencer, better to keep me.
GM - Loyal to the death, proof's in the pudding.

Votes:
Spencer - Elissa
Judd - Elissa
Andy - Elissa

Elissa will reunite with her wedding ring held by Amanda.

Heh. She thinks McCrae voted out Amanda, not Andy.

Next Wednesday, the final four will be decided. The HoH comp hasn't started on the show, will probably take place tonight (hopefully) on the live feeds. If that's the case and they don't wait until some ridiculous hour, I'll post on it. If I have to miss it, I will have the results up early in the morning.

I just don't know.

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - Sept. 4-5

The unicorn look?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Foolish Fools:

• Since GinaMarie has been HoH, Elissa has had her regular bed.
• GM wants the bed back.
• Judd is going through cigarette withdrawal and is moody.
• GinaMarie's foot has been bothering her.
• Elissa's back hurts.
• It's all a recipe for a future ... BROUHAHA!
• Spencer and Andy "hate" Elissa.
• Andy has been playing along with McCranda, so they're still sure they have his vote.
• Amanda continued her relationship with her new BFF Elissa by defending Elissa against Judd's bad mood.
• Ohh ... BB gave them dollar store play-doh!
• Next thing you know, Amanda and GM got into a huge brouhaha! They were insulting each other, calling each other names and it almost came to blows.
• MEOW.
• But cats would be insulted if you called it a cat fight.
• But it did get almost to the point of violence as they stood in each other's face screaming.
• Judd stepped between them.
• Eventually it faded.
• Amanda cried while GM fist-pumped.
• Amanda cried because Andy laughed during the fight.
• Amanda cried because McCrae sat there "like a pussy" during the cat fight.
• She told him there comes a point when he has to stand up and be a man.
• He didn't say much.
• As usual.
• She lit into him.
• He didn't say much.
• I personally think that while GM kind of started the brouhaha, Amanda is just as much at fault. Both of them went lower than I've ever gone in my life during a personal argument. Disgusting, the both of them.
• GM kicked off with the apologies.
• Then they fought about apologizing.
• Then GM gave McCranda the HoH room for the night as she had promised.
• @@
• Of course, that left the Exterminators along with Elissa.
• Elissa went to bed early.
• The Exterminators are playing cards.
• McCrae and Amanda are playing each other. 

Fill those chipmunk cheeks!

Amanda and McCrae hold court from bed

Pop that pimple!

Quad cam GM/Amanda fight

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - Sept. 4

At least she does her nails and doesn't eat them

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Sleeping Sloths:

• All day. ALL DAY. They slept ALL DAY.
• They didn't really get up for the day until past 2 in the afternoon ... their time!
• Argh.
• Amanda and Elissa are rejoicing that they'll blindside them all because Elissa will vote for Amanda to stay.
• The Exterminators are rejoicing that they will blindside Amanda because they have the votes.
• The Exterminators know that McCrae and Amanda have Elissa (thanks to Andy telling them).
• McCrae and Amanda think they still have Andy.
• Judd is getting increasingly ticked at Elissa or about Elissa. I don't think it's anything in particular that set it off other than her defecting to McCranda.
• She was all buddy-buddy with Judd, then dropped him like a hot potato.
• Hmm.
• GinaMarie had promised the HoH room to Amanda and McCrae tonight.
• Judd doesn't think she should do it.
• Nah, she doesn't want to anyway!
• Andy once again reported to the Exterminators -- this time that Amanda wanted to rub it in GM's face when she stays.
• @@
• As I get this posted, the Exterminators are studying and going over comps for an HoH win.
• Elissa is doing her yoga alone.
• McCrae and Amanda are in bed.
• After all, where else would they be?
• Maybe next season BB will place restrictions on living in bed while on the show.
• That would be nice.

I am SO sick of this

This is how I felt all day watching them

Big Brother 15: PoV Show Blog Party - Sept. 4

Are you ready to party? As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings in real time. Refresh the page to get the latest news!

But, as always, the real party is in the comments area -- come join us!

We like snacks.

Amanda is on a rant. Oh. Okay. I'm not sure how newsy that is! Meltdown time.

Veto players pick -- GM gets Elissa, Amanda gets Houseguest's Choice and picks Spencer, McCrae gets Andy.

The veto comps have them in tutus with bowling lanes. They have to challenge each other in head to head matches. Amanda chooses Elissa to challenge. Amanda beat Elissa in the first round. Andy chose Amanda to challenge. Amanda wins, Andy eliminated. GM chooses Amanda. Amanda wins, GM out. McCrae chooses Spencer. McCrae wins, Spencer out. It's McCrae vs. Amanda. Whoa! McCrae JUST won it by a second! BTW -- I didn't mention they had to spin first before bowling.

Veto Meeting time -- He actually lets Amanda do a speech. She cries. She says she won't ask him to use it on her. McCrae saves himself. All he says to Amanda is, "I'm sorry." GM puts Spencer on the block in his place.

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Tuesday into Wednesday - Sept. 3-4

Going over to the dark side

Oh my. My apologies for my lack of posting last night! I came home from work, caught up on the happenings (all were napping), so I decided to take a nap myself as I'm totally exhausted these days. Gah. I slept ten hours! I do know I needed the sleep as I've been running on empty between my day job and BB coverage, but I really didn't want to sleep that long! So, now I've been up for a few hours, flipping through the flashback on the live feeds and catching up. And, here you go ... the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Losers and Louts:

• When I last left you, McCrae had suggested to Amanda that she work on working with Elissa for the vote. Of course, they're sure they have Andy. So if they can get Elissa, Amanda would stay (as far as they know).
• Elissa drank the Kool-Aid.
• While she announced it shortly after a Diary Room session, going back in flashback, it is McCrae's idea.
• In a way, although they have no clue about the Exterminators, it's the best move for Elissa right now. If Amanda stays (in their thinking, she will), they'll have a strong alliance of four (because they think Andy is aboard). 
• Now, it's likely that Amanda will actually go.
• But even then, she'd have McCrae to work with and they think Andy.
• I give her credit for agreeing to work with someone that has caused her so many problems, but I couldn't do it. Someone who bullied and hated on me so much? I couldn't work with them! Not even for a half-million dollars.
• Of course, Elissa also doesn't like Spencer. So if she votes him out, that will work for her, too.
• Meanwhile, on the Exterminator front, Spencer and Andy have grown real tight. They plan to knock out Amanda, Elissa, GinaMarie and Judd ... not necessarily in that order.
• Andy knows if he's in a final two with Spencer, he's likely to get the win.
• A lot of napping and laundry was done all day. Yawn. That's what I came home to from work.
• GinaMarie got the HoH camera and went wild with it.
• Elissa and Amanda traded their rings on their deal.
• In their deal, Elissa will be protected if it's a double eviction.
• Hmm ... they don't realize that only McCrae and Elissa will be vying for that, do they?
• Elissa might not do that well if it's physical. She's complaining that her leg has nerve pain, thinks she might need surgery because she CANNOT HAVE PAIN in the line of business (the yoga).
• Huh. What's she going to do when she gets older and has real pain?
• She thinks it's from sleeping on the airplane seats during Have Nots.
• She claims she will outright refuse to do it if they have Have Nots again.
• @@
• Elissa thinks Andy might be shady. She thinks he's telling GM things about them.
• Amanda insists that he's loyal.
• Ha.
• Amanda and Co. keep confiding in Andy. But he is indeed running and telling the Exterminators -- the opposite of what he was doing in the beginning of the game. He's not saying anything about the Exterminators to Amanda and Company.
• So, I do think his loyalty to Amanda and Company is in the past.
• Judd made an attempt to play it like he's willing to work with McCrae.
• Amanda asked Andy to give her his organ shirt as collateral that he'll vote for her to stay.
• He did.
• At least she didn't ask for his cat shirt!
• Amanda profusely apologized to Elissa for all her vileness.
• Elissa forgave her.
• @@
• Here's where I would think too personal to play the game. I'd think "Off with her head!"
• Meanwhile, back at the Exterminators, Spencer is worried about solid Judd may or may not be with them.
• Andy insists Judd will vote out Amanda.
• Judd, who really was working on working with Elissa on the side, is really ticked off about her switching to the dark side.
• And on it goes.
• I guess we won't know until tomorrow night. But I'd say it's going to be a tie and GM will cast out Amanda.
• As for the second eviction? It's anyone's game.
• Now I must nap again.

Sleep all day ... a part of the night, too.

Makin' herself a pretty gangsta

Posing with her Nick for the HoH camera

Are the Exterminators in trouble?

Spencer wants a Magic Fingers hammock

Touche, McCrae. Probably won't work, but ...!

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Monday Evening into Tuesday - Sept. 2-3

Elissa tells Amanda she wants her to stay

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of What the Hell is She Thinking?:

• Judd has pretty much let it known that he's closer to Spencer than he is to Amanda. 
• Even so, McCrae told him he'd be willing to work with him (Judd) if he voted Amanda out.
• When Elissa told Amanda that she was very dramatic today (as opposed to other days?), Amanda told her she was depressed because of the veto ceremony.
• Oh, yeah. Her beloved just said, "I'm sorry." -- as he saved himself from the block and left her up there.
• Amanda also claimed she hasn't been taking her meds.
• Hmmm.
• Elissa and McCrae had a long, long talk. It was their first game talk of the season.
• McCrae thinks he's tainted by his association with Amanda.
• More than tainted, I say!
• Neither think Spencer can win at the end as he hasn't won anything all season (well, a veto).
• Uh-oh. They're bonding.
• McCrae told her that after Amanda goes, he's going to be on a clean slate and will be fair with everyone.
• He told her that they're both worried about a double eviction, so if she could vote with him and Andy, they could save Amanda. Then they'd have more votes (and, thus, power).
• Uh-oh.
• Now, Elissa's too smart to fall for that. Right?
• Right?
• GAH!
• She went and told Amanda that she wants to work with her, trusts her more than she does Spencer or GinaMarie!
• Where is this woman's mind?
• Then, thinking as McCranda does, that Andy is still with them, she told Andy.
• Andy told the rest of his Exterminators.
• Oh my.
• Even if it's a two-two tie, GM will have the tiebreaker.
• Andy says he'll try to frame Elissa for the second vote to keep Spencer.
• Of course, it is Elissa.
• She can be flaky.
• Let's see how she feels closer to eviction time.

McCrae without his leech

Judd doesn't take the news well

Andy tells Judd and Spencer about Elissa

GM gets the news from Andy

Slovenly pigs

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds, PoV Meeting, Monday into the Evening - Sept. 2

Did GM get a raise? Oh. Her hair did.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Poor Examples:

• The PoV Meeting was fairly early.
• As expected, McCrae saved himself and GinaMarie put Spencer on the block as the replacement.
• Remember, Spencer volunteered to be up there, so no betrayal on the part of GM.
• Amanda freaked and fussed because all McCrae said in his speech was that he's sorry.
• @@
• Amanda and McCrae curled up in bed for a good part of the rest of the day.
• In between cuddling and canoodling, she fussed about his speech.
• He's been even more quiet than usual.
• She said (over and over again) that she loved him.
• He said, "Mmm."
• She's still trying to work the angles. She thinks she needs Judd's vote only to stay in.
• She has no clue that the Exterminators exist.
• She thinks Judd is working with Elissa, GM is working with Elissa (but not with Judd and Elissa) and that she and McCrae have Andy and Spencer.
• What part of the day they didn't spend napping, the Exterminators sat around discussing grand plans and how whacked and clueless Amanda is.
• Elissa sunned.
• Elissa made chicken and dumplings for dinner as Judd said it's his favorite dish. Andy never had chicken and dumplings before.
• Although she so likes to trashtalk Elissa, Amanda surely helped herself to the dinner!
• It actually did look pretty good.
• Mmmm ...
• Spencer volunteered to wash the dishes.
• Wow.
• A thrill a minute.

Typical of today's excitement

J-U-Double D

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday into Monday - Sept. 1-2

It's not FAIR! GM is SO stupid!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Amanda's Last Stand(a):

• Well, I can only HOPE it will be her last. I'm tired of hearing the same rants over and over again.
• Andy and Spencer don't particularly trust Judd but are willing to see what happens when the Exterminators hit the final four.
• They both think that everyone overestimates Judd, thinking he's some kind of mastermind of the game.
• I do think Judd's game-sense is a bit overestimated. However, his strength lies in the fact that he usually knows when to keep his mouth shut. Sure, he opened it and made himself a bit of a fool when he suggested McCrae save Amanda. But, overall, he has a quieter way of playing than most.
• Which is great because he mumbles so much!
• Amanda kept at campaigning for Elissa to go up as the replacement nominee. It's her new obsession.
• GinaMarie listens sympathetically, yet sticks to her guns. 
• As she promised to tell McCranda whether she'll put up Elissa as the re-nom or not by 10 or 11 on Sunday night, she told them.
• She will NOT be putting Elissa up. 
• Ha!
• GM refused to tell them who she will be putting up, but Amanda guessed (correctly) Spencer.
• Her case is that all will be against GM if she (Amanda) goes home.
• Nope.
• The only one who might be mad would be McCrae.
• Watching his body language, I think he just might think it's best for his own game that Amanda go. He knows that the power duo would have to go in the past. And, unless he and Amanda made it as far as the final three and won, they'd take the game.
• GinaMarie's theory is solid -- it does level out the playing field if everyone is technically on their own. Even the Exterminators basis is founded on that theory.
• GM denied over and over that she's working with Elissa.
• She was telling the truth. She's cooperating with Elissa in this nomination because it's more vital to her game to break up McCranda.
• After that, Elissa and McCrae remain her targets. Which one would she target first? Whichever she can. Same with the rest of the Exterminators ... even though the guys want out Elissa first.
• One of the many reasons Amanda doesn't want to go yet is because the experience is life-changing for her.
• We can only hope.
• McCrae told Spencer he's sure that it's over for Amanda this week.
• He's right.
• One of the many times that Amanda pleaded her case to GM, GM brought up the fact that Amanda wanted her on the block with Aaryn so that Aaryn would stay last week.
• Oopsie. Amanda just went on a different tangent.
• Amanda blames her own demise in the game on Elissa winning HoH and Judd returning to the game.
• Well, then she should have won HoH then, right?
• That's the game of BB ... if you want control, it's best to win comps. It's amazing that Amanda was able to have control of puppets so long so far.
• Dr. Will did that, but people honestly liked him, didn't fear his wrath.
• When you rule by fear, there will be a coup sooner or later.
• And I'm not talking a BB-planned coup d'etat.
• By the end of the night, Amanda seemed to accept she's going. It didn't take McCrae as long to figure it out.
• So, later today, it's fully expected that McCrae will save himself. Unbeknown to McCranda, Spencer has volunteered to go on the block as the re-nom so there will be no anger about him going up.
• Come Thursday, Amanda will be gone. 
• Bells will ring and small children will sing.

Amanda still trusts him

An Exterminator dance

Elissa does backflips

McCrae zones out while picking at his nails

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday into the evening - Sept. 1

Oh my. It's like she's doing a GM with her hair

Here's what's happened today inside that Big Brother House of Is This Season EVER Gonna End?:

• GinaMarie's foot is still in bad shape. I hope it's in better shape come Thursday for the second HoH comp. I'm thinking that one will be physical and go past air time.
• Judd and Elissa went over some of the comps and dates thinking it might be a memory HoH comp.
• Both also agreed that Andy can now be trusted more as he chose Amanda to do something in the PoV comp (which was blocked to the feeds).
• Elissa told Judd that he's going to have to make McCrae feel safe so he won't try as hard to campaign.
• Elissa can't because she figures McCrae, although he's never said much to her, hates her just because of Amanda.
• Judd told Amanda that if McCrae saved her with the veto and GM put Elissa on the block, people would vote out Elissa rather than McCrae.
• Um.
• No.
• Ain't gonna happen.
• Amanda immediately told McCrae and Andy that Judd was trying to fish for information with that proposal.
• Oh, dear Mandy ... right now Judd is way more in the loop than you are. He's just pulling your chains. That's kind of like pushing your buttons, but a lot quieter.
• The Sunday photo booth came alive. Much of this week was Exterminator poses.
• Amanda and McCrae decided to pretend that McCrae would use the veto to save her in order to make a deal with GinaMarie.
• Andy told McCrae he's distancing himself from him just in case Elissa wins HoH -- so they won't go on the block together for being in Cahoots.
• Have you ever been to Cahoots? I think it must be near Ho-Ho-Kus.
• Now I'm just being silly.
• As you were ...
• Andy told McCrae that if it's a double eviction this week, he wants Elissa out.
• Well, that's no big secret. About the only one not privy to that info is Elissa herself!
• McCrae told GM that he thinks he might have enough votes to stay if he takes Amanda off.
• Okay, that plan is in motion.
• But GM isn't taking the bait.
• Even when Amanda outright begged and promised the world, GM just kept saying that she hasn't decided yet.
• Later she told Elissa that there's no way she'll put up either her or Andy and that Spencer will probably be the re-nom.
• Remember, GM also previously promised Judd she wouldn't put him on the block and Spencer volunteered.
• Despite lots of counterintelligence and dodging and feinting ... it looks like the Exterminators plan is still in effect -- one of them (McCranda) will be going home.
• And it should be Amanda. I don't think McCrae would ever be stupid enough to save her with the veto while he remains on the block.
• Well, I suppose that could happen if he was distracted by his fingernails.
• Once Amanda is out, the second eviction target seems to be McCrae when the Exterminators talk amongst themselves or Elissa when they talk around McCrae. 
• Either one of them is expendable to the Exterminators. Neither one is in their final four plan, so must go.
• We'll see.

Still safe? I think so.

Sunday is photo booth day!

Exterminator chickens

Exterminator HoH with a rat nose

STOP CHEWING YOUR STUPID NAILS!!!

Big Brother 15: Nominations and "Fun Comp" Show Blog Party - September 1

Ah, tonight should be fun to watch. Shh ... I won't spoil it for those that don't follow the live feeds. As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest news!

As always, the party is in the comments area. Come join us!

Dang! I forgot that the regular viewing audience (no feeds info) doesn't even know who won HoH. It seems like such old news to me. Oops. I should have put it in the blog entry title.

GM can't even get the name of her own alliance right! She called them the Terminators. It's the EXterminators!

GINAMARIE WON HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD! Spencer and Judd won the honor of wearing chicken suits for being the ones with the least eggs in the basket.

GM tells everyone except McCrae and Amanda that she's putting McCrae and Amanda on the block. Amanda and McCrae want her to put Judd and Elissa up. Ha.

Amanda keeps pushing her agenda on GM. GM keeps nodding, then hams it up for the camera. The HoH room reveal included another Nick photo.

After more Amanda hating on Elissa segment, the HG walk into the downstairs filled with huge balloon. A luxury comp with the winner to get ten grand. Spencer wins the money!

Nominations time. Key order: Andy, Spencer, Elissa, Judd. She kept her word -- McCranda is on the block.

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 1, 2013

Hey, all! It's Sunday morning, time for my weekly off television topic post reflecting on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. If you're looking for my latest post on the Big Brother show or live feeds, you can find that at this link. This off television topic photo post is something I do every Sunday year 'round. Thankfully, Big Brother isn't year 'round or I just might not survive!

Once again, I don't have all that much to report here. The weather's been muggy most of the week. I don't like muggy. I'd say I don't do muggy but I don't have much choice in the matter.

I do see some rest on the horizon -- I have two four-day work weeks ahead of me, then a staycation for my birthday week, the season finale of Big Brother and the start of Survivor. It's going to be amazing to not cope with only three or four hours of sleep a night. I forgot what that's like. And, today I can actually nap all day if I want as I'm off tomorrow for the holiday! Yay.

On the home front, all is well. No one stole my newspaper this morning, but it was delivered much later than it has been in the past. Usually it's out there by 5:30am. Today I found it on my fourth trip down at about 7:30. Maybe that's what happened last week. I might have given up on it too early and someone eventually did snag it. I don't use the front door of the apartment building, so it might have happened that way. Oh, well. At least during one of the trips I dropped off my rent in the secure mail slot doohickey for the landlord. It had that huge $5 increase for the new lease.

Onto this week's photos ...

Here's lookin' at you, kid

I ended up having a fantastic photo session with a praying mantis this week. More photos of her (I think her) after the jump.

A cacophony of flowers

These are going amok this year at the house on the corner of Richmond and East Front in Plainfield.

**CLICK THE 'READ MORE' LINK TO SEE THE REST OF THE PHOTOS**

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Overnight Saturday into Sunday - August 31 - Sept. 1

The cat hat is looking a bit ratsy

Oh, wait. That's ANDY. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Unlikeable Rodents:

• McCrae thinks that GM putting them (himself and Amanda) on the block was a good move, but that it would associate GinaMarie with Elissa when it comes to jury. He thinks it would have been better for her to work with them.
• Well, of course he thinks that way.
• Amanda claims she doesn't want to be blindsided, she wants to know if she's going.
• Oh, I think she knows. Whether she really believes it's going to go down is another matter.
• Amanda thinks McCrae let her down because he wasn't on GM every minute the day leading into nominations like she wanted.
• @@
• Her plan now is that they keep at GM to get her to re-nom Elissa when McCrae takes himself down Monday.
• Due to some event which could be heard from the yard, the hamsters were on indoor lockdown for much of the evening.
• Oh, I pine for the days of the early seasons when Miss Kitty, the megaphone lady, would cruise by the house, banner planes flew by, people threw stuff over the fence.
• Ah, BB memories.
• During the course of the evening, I heard Amanda TWICE reference to McCrae's stench (one time it was specifically feet, the other time overall stink).
• Did he go shower?
• Nope.
• Ew.
• Andy, still in his rat mode, told Amanda he threw the PoV to her.
• Hmm.
• What a little suck-up for jury votes.
• You can't throw a comp to someone who doesn't win.
• Oh, wait. Aaryn and McCrae BOTH tried to throw a comp to Amanda before and she screwed it up. Maybe the same kind of thing happened this time.
• Andy told Amanda he wants Elissa out, but Judd doesn't want her (Elissa) out.
• McCrae and Amanda worked on GinaMarie. She acts like she's considering their case.
• But she isn't.
• The plan is for McCrae to stick like glue to GM for the rest of the evening.
• If he doesn't shower, she might have to go out on a medical emergency from the fumes.
• They got booze.
• Amanda started drinking the wine straight from the bottle, then gave Judd a little.
• She refused to give Elissa any.
• @@
• Finally she gave her a glass with maybe a shot's worth of wine (pre-spitted and all) in it.
• @@
• The others watched. No one spoke up for Elissa. But they're sure noting this poor behavior.
• Then things became lighter -- they ALL got together for a card game in the kitchen.
• Elissa and Amanda wore almost matching Fedoras.
• Andy wore GinaMarie's pink cat hat and pink tutu (apparently from the veto comp yesterday). He wanted to wear one of the chicken suits, but BB told him no.
• I think I'd rather see Andy in a pink tutu than Amanda in a yellow tutu.
• Amanda apologized about the wine.
• Like that will make it all better ...
• During the card game, they decided that Andy had to dance every time they heard the BB voice.
• So, they kept breaking rules so BB would speak to them.
• On his last twirl, Andy said, "I'm a little princess." Then he changed back to his normal clothes.
• It was so weird seeing all of them actually getting along and having fun.
• Elissa, not always in game mode, went to bed as the others went out to the yard after it re-opened.
• As they chatted about TV shows, past hamsters this season and previous ones, Amanda did keep chiming in for Elissa to go on the block.
• When they talked of most memorable and recognizable hamsters from this season, GM said people probably won't recognize Helen as "all Chinese people look alike."
• Everyone called out GM at once for that one.
• Plus, I might add, Helen is Korean, not Chinese.
• Amanda and McCrae couldn't last the evening without being all over, McCrae funk or not. They left the Exterminators all by themselves to talk in the backyard.
• Judd, Andy, Spencer and GinaMarie re-confirmed the plan -- Spencer will go on the block, Amanda will go home.
• They feel that they'll probably be safe for the next week (they do think this week MIGHT be a double eviction) as McCrae and Elissa will target each other.
• The Exterminators are still up in the backyard talking. Amanda and McCrae are canoodling in bed. Elissa is sleeping.
• And I need coffee.

Fun was had by ALL

Elissa and Amanda in Fedoras

And then Amanda cried