BB22: Season Finale Blog Party - Oct. 28

 

Yes! I know it's only been 85 days but this season really dragged on! I haven't even updated the live feeds the past few days because the three remaining hamsters have been so boring!

Oh, as a reminder -- SueGee has updated the blog pool and these people are the only ones remaining: 

Nicole Franzel -- Micaela, Sally, Defnotadoge, Deirdre 

Enzo Palumbo -- dia, Glenn Allen, Rbennie, Dolores 

Cody Calafiore -- Shannon, Chacha, Jackie <--- YES! I'm still in it!

Tonight we will see the taped Part Two of the three-part HOH final comp. It will be Enzo against Cody. The winner of the second part goes up against the winner of the first part (Nicole) in the live Part Three on the show. The winner of the third part chooses who will go to the final two with him or her. 

I don't know how they're going to work the jury questioning. I'm assuming that it might be video. The Final Three have already gotten the word that, due to the pandemic, their families will not be in attendance. It's all gonna be very weird.

I will update this entry with the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please feel free to join in on the fun!

Previously on ... yawnsers. 

The jury is seated spaced apart however they've all been together in the jury house!

Ohh ... Julie is showing off her shoulders tonight! 

Part Two of the HoH comp is starting. All previous hamsters, balance beam. Vacation, set up cardboard cutouts, take a photo of evicted HG matching with correct clue, camera hogs while on balance beam cannot be in photo. It's called Camera Hogs. Enzo went up first, made some errors. Cody seems to have a decent plan.

The times ... Enzo 37.38. Cody 4.49 --- CODY REALLY WINS THE SECOND PART OF THE HOH! Enzo is not taking it well. He feels he let himself down as well as anyone supporting him. He says he's ready to go, take his third place and head home.

Julie points out that the final three have made many promises. Enzo is sure the game will go to Cody and he will take Nicole. He's having a bit of a hissy fit. It's not aimed at Cody, more at himself. Nicole questions Cody to see if he will take her if he wins.

Now we're into Enzo trying to make Nicole think it's a better idea to take him to the final two over Cody.

They have family videos cheering on the hamsters.

The jury discusses the final three. Christmas arrives at the jury house. Da'Vonne thinks jury management is a big thing. Perhaps bigger than comp wins. Da'Vonne is taking Nicole's actions seriously. Dani speaks up for Nicole. The consensus is that they think Enzo and Cody don't think a previous winner can win. They have a lot of good things to say about Enzo. Memphis and Kevin talk about Cody's bad jury management.

Time for the third part of the HoH comp -- Nicole versus Cody. Vinyl Exam, watch a video, three statements. Eight questions. True or false on three statements. Asked which one is false.

1. Cody gets a point

2. Both score

3. Both score

4. Both score

5. Both score

6. Both score

7. Both score

8. Both score

CODY WINS PART THREE AND IS THE FINAL HOH!

He has to choose between his final two deals. 

Nicole - Ride or die since the start, would not cut you

Enzo - From day one, bro. Everything I did was for you.

Cody evicts NICOLE!!!!

She's crying to Julie. She was sure Cody would take her and didn't see it coming at all. She seems in shock. 

So, the Final Two are the Jersey Boys -- one is my blog pool pick and the other lives not really far away from me.

Jury questioning from the backyard --

Nicole joins them. Julie tells them that Cody won the final HoH.

Tyler - Cody, well-rounded game and how? Comps and social game and alliances, multiple final deals to play differently. Not saying anything bad about Enzo.

Ian - Enzo, same question. Used Cody as a weapon. I didn't have to win anything. Played awesome. Never on the block. Social game. Some comps.

Kevin - Cody, benefited from alliances, three things you can take ownership of that we don't know. Ian going home. Having Tyler target Dani, then target Tyler right after.

Da'Vonne - Enzo, outside of social game and winning comps. Strategy? Make everyone love me and not target me. Never!

Christmas - Cody, all star did your game evolve from the first time? Yes, had the social aspect and no strategy the first time. Actually planned strategically this time.

Memphis - Enzo, same question. Won only one comp last time. Won three comps early in the first 23 days this time. Mixed with social game.

Dani - Cody, outside of HoH weeks, how did you influence what happened in the house? Advised Tyler, shifted focus to Da'Vonne over Kevin. 

David - Enzo, goodbye messages told us you wanted us to stay. Why didn't you own it? Whoever stayed, I was in an alliance with or had an agreement with. 

Nicole - Cody, why? Contemplated taking you, both were crucial to my game. Went back and forth. You won before. Not an easy decision. 

The speeches ...

Enzo - I finally made final two. Indebted to Cody. I used him to get there. I was not a target. Proud. Kids are proud. Did it for Pop Dukes. Means a lot to me.

Cody - Enzo did sit on the block in the final two. I did not. Had to change my game completely. Strategy, relationships, allies. Three of my final twos in the final five. Played well-rounded. More deserving than the first time I played.

Time to vote:

Ian, Da'Vonne, Kevin, David, Dani, Tyler, Memphis, Christmas, Nicole..

The pre-jurors join them next.

Julie asks questions.

Kaysar - Committee members why couldn't you get those not in that alliance to band together? Wanted to get people to shake things up. Went after Cody because Cody opened up the game.

Tyler - Slick Six was it real? Or done to keep numbers away from Janelle and Kaysar? It worked for as long as it could.

Bayleigh - Slick Six? Should never existed. She didn't trust it.

Kevin - Biggest regret? Not winning stuff and not working with Janelle and Kaysar.

Janelle - Who were the ones you knew you had to target? Enzo and Cody. Wrote it down even.

Ian - Biggest shock? Dani nominated me.

Memphis - Same question? The triple.

Dani - Shocked at triple? Blindsided more that she left than the triple itself. Good move that Cody took out Nicole.

Keesha - What surprised you the most? Cody does not know my name! He says it was a joke.

The votes to win:

Ian - Cody

Da'Vonne - Cody

Kevin - Cody

David - Cody

Dani - Cody 

CODY WINS BB22!

They are greeted by the jurors when they walk out. All were in the "BB Bubble."

Julie tells us the vote was unanimous, the second time only (Dan).

AFP - Top two are Tyler and Da'Vonne. Da'Vonne gets it!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - March 26, 2017

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, this is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photos I took along the way. If you're here for Survivor -- you can find any Survivor posts I make at this link right here.  Remember-- The Amazing Race season premiere will be THIS Thursday, March 30th! I will be live-blogging the show and there will be blog parties!

Let's see ... what's new this week?

Well, the weather still isn't new -- we're still having winter temperatures for the most part although (thankfully) we've had no more snow. Yesterday was the first day with temperatures above the 40s. Today we're back to high in the 40s. March is often like this. But that doesn't mean I have to like it!

On the apartment front: I think Joe, my neighbor across the hall for fifteen years or so, is moving out. I stopped some kids I saw lugging things out during the week. I've never seen kids visiting him. Joe is one who will come out and yell at kids playing in the corridors! Since these were very young black kids I didn't know and they were taking stuff to the dumpsters, I just asked them if Joe was okay. He's in ill health and I thought he may have passed and relatives were clearing out his place. The oldest boy, about 12 years-old, told me Joe was fine, they're his great-nephews and they were just helping him by bringing stuff to the dumpster. Okay, sounds good. Until today ... when I took a bag of trash to the dumpsters. Uh-oh. I recognize furniture out there and the dumpsters (with the exception of one with closed lids and the recycle one) were over-fllled. That's JOE'S furniture! Yeah, he's alive, I guess. But he's moving, perhaps to an assisted living place, I would think. I wonder what the new neighbor will be like. Sigh. Joe and I always got along well. He has even offered to loan me his car if I ever needed it for something.

In other apartment news, the idiot ... um, guy with the loud thumping stereo upstairs has been quiet all week. Good.

In workplace news, a two-year nightmare has ended. It's like a weight off my shoulders, fresh air ... but I still want to retire as soon as I can. In health news, I really have no new news. I haven't been on my feet as much during the workdays and my leg issues feel a lot better. But I still have to have that vascular surgery done.

Onto the photos from the week. It's a bit gull heavy. We've had bitter cold temperatures and strong winds most of the week. So, I only took photos at certain times and some days I didn't want to kill off the camera's batteries with the cold. Clicking on an image will open it in a larger gallery window.

NJ Transit Plainfield Train Station

The main building off of East 4th Street is (of course) on the Newark/NYC bound Track Two side of the station. With NJ Transit, anything train or bus has better shelter on the side that heads in that direction. They're under the false assumption that people wait only on that side and just head home without having to wait on the other side.

Things are looking up?

Well, at least this ring-billed gull is looking up! Corner of Gavett Place and North Avenue.

Hmm ... another one

Perhaps they're waiting for the Rapture? I don't know.

Oh noes!

Snowstorm white and yellow daffodil victims in Plainfield. How sad is this?!?!

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Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - March 19, 2017

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, this is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photos I took along the way. If you're here for Survivor -- you can find any Survivor posts I make at this link right here. A word of warning -- The Amazing Race season premiere will be Thursday, March 30th!

Around here the biggest news of the past week is the snowstorm (or blizzard) that hit us Monday night through into late Tuesday afternoon. Because Plainfield had a couple of inches of sleet in the middle of the storm, our snow totals were only about a foot. Many areas along the shore had rain and ended up with very little, if any, snow. Further north, it remained all snow and some totals were more than twenty inches.

Unfortunately, unlike many storms this late in the season, the temperatures didn't warm up and help rid us of the snow. Instead, we had days hovering right around the freezing point and bitterly cold nights. Looking at the forecast, we're going to be stuck with this for a while. Meanwhile, the warm temperatures last month brought out buds on trees, daffodils and some tulip activity. Not anymore! 

I went for the follow-up on my tests on my legs this week. The surgeon wants to do both about two weeks apart. The worst one, he wants to treat with injecting a foam which will close down the great saphenous vein and its affected branches. The other leg, he wants to do with more traditional laser treatment. He claims that other veins in the leg will take over for circulation. In researching about it, I found that the great saphenous vein is the one used when someone has a heart bypass. I better not ever need one of those down the line! Now it's just a waiting game for insurance approval and scheduling. It probably won't be happening until May.

In apartment living news, I ended up calling the police on my upstairs neighbor's blasting music late last night. I thought those days were over when he moved his speakers up off the floor. But, then came last night. He turned on his stereo at about 9pm, extremely loud and thumping. At 11pm, I went upstairs in the elevator just to see how loud it was from there. Sure enough, it was blasting through the whole hallway and was very loud from the elevator door. I don't want to confront him. I went back downstairs and, at nearly midnight, I called the police. Since the Plainfield Police changed over to an encrypted radio system, I can't hear them on the scanner anymore. But I did hear them pounding on his door about 15 minutes after I called. The stereo went right down. He continued to play the lowered stereo for about two hours more. I could hear it, but it wasn't all that loud. The damage was done, though. I ended up not sleeping most of the night.

As I'm typing this now, he has turned it on loud again. I'll give him a half-hour until I call the police again. Obviously he has no consideration for others.

Onto the photos -- clicking on an image will open it in a larger gallery version.   

Tomorrow is SPRING!

So this can all go away. Now. Tonight, overnight. Vamoose! Be gone, damn snow! Corner of Watchung and North in Plainfield.

Me and my shadow

It's not me, though. He and his shadow? The low angle of the winter morning sun caught this just right and I had to shoot the guy. (With my camera.) East Front Street, Plainfield.

Have a seat!

Most of the city street benches are buried in (now very dirty) snow. You need to take a bus? Chances are you'll have to stand in the street or take the risk of climbing over a huge snowbank. Back in the day, the climb wouldn't be an issue. Nowadays, I'm fearful I'll fall under the bus! Looking towards the Park Madison building from East Front Street in Plainfield.

Monday tree buds

Despite a few days of bitter cold arctic temperatures, I saw these buds growing on a tree at the Bridgewater Train Station on Monday before the storm hit. 

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Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - February 19, 2017

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, this is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photos I took along the way. I will continue posting cast entries for Survivor: Game Changers this week -- you can find any Survivor posts I make at this link right here.

Not a great week for me this past week, but not the worst in my life, either. I had the appointment with the vascular surgeon. This coming Friday I'll go to the hospital for more intensive testing to determine the best surgery options (and to make sure I'm good for the surgery). While I've been focusing on the right leg which swells so rapidly when I'm on it and hurts so much, the other leg is in rough shape, too. The doctor told me that I probably didn't really notice because the right one is so painful. My blood pressure was also high once again. Hmm. I never really had a problem with that before this year. I guess I'll have to have that looked into this year. Heck, I might as well meet my out of pocket maximum on my health insurance and have all my health woes done!

The weather here this week has been fluctuating between record high highs and bitter cold with lots of wind. I can deal with the cold, but the wind was killing me earlier in the week! After a cold morning, yesterday's temperatures hit above 60 although I was inside work and didn't get to enjoy it. Today, it's supposed to be even warmer. Alas, I'll probably stay in for the day anyway. I'm really not feeling well enough to go out and roam around if I don't have to go out to go to work. I'll compromise -- I'll open my windows this afternoon and sit in the recliner chair by the open window!

I'm thankful for the local friends I have! One friend, originally a train friend for years, now has a car on the road and, when our work schedules permit, she's been giving me rides in the morning to work. Another, originally a blog then Facebook friend, has offered me transportation needed for medical doings (and did take me to the ER when I went)! Yay! There are really good people out there, more so than evil ones, for sure!

Oh, well. Enough about me. Onto the photos I took this past week -- clicking on an image will open up a larger one in a gallery format.   

Tunnel tile art -- it's the bee's knees!

At least, when the rehabbed the tunnel at the Somerville Train Station, while the previous murals went away, the tile art pieces remained. Why a beekeeper, I don't know.

Can you strike a pose, pretty pigeon?

How's this? -- A pigeon atop the Chotola Apartment building on North Avenue in Plainfield.

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BB18: Those Season Finale Backyard Interviews

Julie Chen didn't only show up for Jeff in the backyard, she also talked to Rob Cesternino -- did you realize there's going to be an online at CBS All Access Big Brother season coming up soon? I thought I'd let you know if you hadn't heard!

Heh.

Onto some of the action in the backyard after the season finale ...





More to come!