Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Wednesday Dawn 8/26

Oh, I am so cheating today. I'm giving you more screencaps than words! Why? Because these hamsters haven't given me much to write about, not much new anyway. You'll notice in the screencaps I'm posting that I now have a second one of Russell with yet a different hanger. I don't believe we've ever had a hanger-fixated hamster before.

Here's the biggest happenings of the evening and overnight hours ... and enjoy the purty piktures!

• Natalie and Kevin now have two covert operations -- Operation Sleep Deprivation and Operation Hide Sh** (let's say Stuff).
• Russell moped around by himself a lot, then later talked anti-Jeff with Michele and the Covert Kids.
• They played cards.
• They played pool.
• Kevin told the tale of the only time he ever stole anything. It actually boiled down to the store didn't charge him for things rather than him actually stealing things with intent. He wouldn't make a good criminal.
• Russell claimed that he sneaked out to a sushi bar while they were in pre-show sequester.
• They talked about what accompanying foods voted by America were best with the slop.
• Natalie and Russell bonded.
• Ew, just the thought.
• Russell, Michele, Kevin, and Natalie stayed up through the wee hours while Jordan and Jeff retired for the night.
• Now, do you see why I'm bored?

Big Brother 11 Show Blog Party Post 8/25

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated as it airs, but the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is welcome, bring your own snacks and beverages! Later tonight my show review will be posted on TV Squad.

Finally the PoV -- a fun one with Casey as the voice of Otev the ape. Jordan out first. Natalie out. Russell out. Kevin out. Jeff beats Michele and wins the power of veto!

The back door has opened. Jeff took Kevin off, put Russell up. Target Russell.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Daytime Tuesday 8/25

Tonight's show should be more interesting than the live feeds today. I want to see the look on Russell's face and the Jeff/Russell testosterone battle! Here's the skinny on today in that Big Brother House of Fools and Their Money Are Soon Parted:

• Jordan told Jeff she won't feel that they're safe next week unless she wins HOH.
• She doesn't really trust Michele, Natalie or Kevin.
• She shouldn't.
• Jordan told Natalie that she told Michele that she "better not" vote for Russell to stay.
• Gee, what if she does?
• When Michele talked about Russell campaigning and singling her out for derision, Jeff freaked out saying he was sick of Russell.
• Jeff, gorgeous as he is, does have quite a temper and quite a [bleepin'] mouth on him.
• Kevin and Natalie talked about getting Michele in an alliance with them.
• Kevin said he doesn't like any plan which includes Michele.
• I don't blame him. Michele has to be one of the flakiest allies I've ever seen in the house.
• Kevin and Natalie play their roles well. They've been reporting everything Russell says to them to Jordan.
• They think Russell will have an epic elimination speech.
• Lots of them this season, huh?
• Really, a lot of nothing so far today.
• Remember to stop back for the show blog post party tonight at 9:00 PM ET -- there will be a new post and snacks. You bring the beverages!
  
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Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Tuesday Dawn 8/25

Russell, driven to the brink of insanity via the backdoor, tries to off himself by shoving a hanger up his nose.

Or not.

Here are the happenings from the Big Brother House of Foolish Follies:

• Supposedly Michele cried after the PoV ceremony -- this was what Kevin told Jeff anyway. I didn't see tears, but wouldn't be surprised.
• Kevin also told Jeff that Russell's going around saying he has Michele's vote and just needs one more.
• Kevin told Jeff what a good little loyal puppy dog he can be. After all, he stayed loyal to his pals Chima and Lydia.
• Jeff and Kevin bonded some more.
• On a purely platonic level, of course.
• Natalie tried to make nicey-nice with Russell, probably thinking of the jury vote. After all, her hands are clean in the latest.
• As far as Russell knows, both her and Kevin's hands have no blood.
• No, there's been no murder. I'm talking figurative blood.
• They all discussed The Amazing Race. I should mention I did NOT try out for TAR yesterday when they had the casting crew around here.
• Jordan moved all of her belongings to the HOH room because she's scared Russell will do something to them.
• Jeff thinks Kevin is acting strange after he took him off the block. Jordan insists he's grateful.
• Neither Jordan or Jeff trust Michele but feel they need to keep working with her.
• Jordan is scared she will be on the block next week.
• Russell, Natalie, and Kevin hung out together talking.
• Natalie once again mentioned she can only go to Indian casinos because she's so young.
• She doth protest too much -- there was no need for her to mention it again.
• But Russell isn't bright enough to pick up on it.
• I think Kevin's filing all of this age suspicion away in his mind, though.
• No more brouhahas.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Monday Evening 8/24

Jeff and Jordan putting Q-tips into the bottles. Don't ask.

Natalie's all smiles.

Here are the events into the evening from inside that Big Brother House of Roads Not Taken:

• Natalie assured Kevin that Russell "walks the walk, but doesn't talk the talk" when he's mad. He'll get into a girl's face and scream at her, but he yells at a guy from a distance.
• Natalie thinks that Russell is going to try to convince Michele and Jordan that he should stay.
• Aw, Russell and Natalie talked things out and hugged.
• I'm deeply touched.
• Russell told Natalie she should work to keep Michele in the house for her own game.
• Russell believes he never attacked Jeff or Jordan. He and Kevin talked about Chima's terrorist comments and now all is hunky-dory between them.
• Or, at least Kevin has stopped hiding in fear of being punched.
• Jeff and Jordan are proud of Jeff's move. They say Russell was a yo-yo, with them one day, plotting against them the next.
• Russell mentioned that Natalie is only 18 and she's an amateur poker player in casinos?
• She claims she can't get into most casinos but can get into the Indian casinos where the age to enter is 18.
• Jordan and Jeff continue to count and study the house.
• That's what the Q-tips are all about.
• I'm sure you were wondering.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Monday Daytime - PoV Meeting! 8/24

If looks could kill ... look at those dagger eyes on Russell! Yep, it happened. The PoV meeting was today and Jeff did what he said he was going to do. He saved Kevin and put Russell on the block with Natalie.

Here's how the day went down:

• BB woke up the hamsters early today -- around 8 AM. Of course, most of them were up into the wee hours. They're going to be sleepy.
• Jeff told Jordan he was going to take Kevin off the block because he'd be more likely to win (and put Michele up). He's going to tell Natalie and Kevin he drew a playing card to decide which one gets saved.
• Kevin and Natalie are way nervous. They don't want to look desperate, but want to just confirm the deal with Jeff and Jordan one more time.
• Natalie and Kevin have already decided that if either of them win, they'll put Jeff up. They'll tell him he's a pawn, of course.
• Then, if/when Jeff gets voted out, they'll explain to Jordan that the opportunity came up, he's such a strong player, blah-blah.
• Natalie thinks Ronnie was totally right about Michele.
• Kevin thinks they should give Michele a break because she's been through so much.
• Um, okay.
• Natalie claimed she hasn't won anything because she hasn't had to win anything. I think I've seen her trying ... she CAN'T win comps is the issue!
• The PoV meeting went down.
• Michele said that this will put her loyalty to Russell on the line.
• Jeff hadn't told Michele he was going to backdoor Russell although the thought has certainly come up in conversations.
• Kevin and Natalie are going on about how their last minute lie saved them.
• But they don't know their lie was actually the truth, just not witnessed by them.
• Russell reminded Jeff about swearing on families. He's mad.
• Jeff told him he had to know it was a smart move on his part.
• Remember, Russell was telling US in the diary room that Jeff should put him on the block. Now that he's there, it's all about betrayal.
• Almost violence! Russell warned Jeff that he's had it if he goes to the jury house. He'll "mop the floor with him."
  
• Russell also brought up that Jeff said he'd kill the families of anyone who breaks the final four agreement. (He did, but was obviously joking when he said it.)
• Russell shouted at Jeff.
• Jeff shouted at Russell.
• Macho, macho man ... oh, I want to be a macho man.
• Kevin and Natalie just looked amazed at their handiwork.
• Fight, fight.
• Threaten, threaten.
• And on.
• And on.
• No punches thrown.
• No maids screamed.
• Then it all went sort of calm.
• Kevin is scared Russell will punch him and went in hiding.
• Natalie is sucking up royally to Jeff and Jordan.
• Wait until she stabs that knife in his back.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Overnight Into Monday 8/24

Jordan and Jeff talk while watching the spy screen.

Here are the happenings since I last posted about the hamsters in the Big Brother House of Dudes and Dudettes:

• It was not a thrill a minute. Don't expect excitement over your morning coffee.
• Jordan and Michele worked out. Unlike many in the house, Michele has lost weight.
• Michele asked Jordan if she and Jeff thought something was up with her.
• Jordan told her they did.
• Michele claimed that Russell is just getting on her nerves.
• Kevin thinks Russell will play the "bro card" on Jeff -- he's hanging out with him doing guy kind of stuff.
• Kevin told Natalie he thinks she's going overboard by being too nice. He thinks they'll catch on because she's overdoing it.
• Jeff and Jordan memorized house facts for comps.
• Michele told Jeff that Russell needs to go.
• Michele told Jeff that she often felt that Russell wasn't on her team. He questioned what team that was -- going after the final two deal between Russell and Michele.
• Russell walked in on them.
• More card playing. I'm SO tired of watching them play cards. Take the cards away!
• Jeff once again talked with Russell. Russell claimed that things get twisted and what Jeff hears isn't what really happened.
• Jeff and Jordan went back to quizzing each other on house counts and facts ... all the while watching the spy screen.
• Natalie and Kevin played pool and continued to scheme away.
• Russell's been laying low and Michele refuses to take a cold shower before bed.
  
• The indicators are that Jeff is likely to use the veto tonight to save Kevin and put Russell on the block with Natalie.
• If that happens, we'll have some sort of excitement with Russell's reaction.
• We'll know by tonight.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Sunday Into the Evening 8/23

Blech. Sundays are the most boring day of the week in the BB house. Natalie said she likes them because they let them sleep in. Personally, I call getting up at 9:30 or 10:00 AM every morning sleeping in. Here's the non-events of today in the Big Brother House of Dreadful Doldrums:

• Michele's eyeglasses are broken. She thinks they were first damaged when the giant diploma in the HOH comp hit them. I'm wondering why she wore them for that.
• Jordan told Michele that she's always worried that Jeff might evict her similar to what Drew did to Diane that season. Showmances vs. money, money usually wins.
• Michele told Jordan she trusts her and Jeff 100%.
• Jordan told Michele that if Russell wins HOH next week, it would give him the perfect opportunity to get rid of Jeff.
• Jordan also told her she doesn't trust Russell, nor does she think he's all that grateful that Jeff saved him with the "wizard" power.
• Well, he's more grateful than Lydia was!
• Jordan reported her talk to Jeff. They think Russell will go berserk when backdoored.
• Natalie and Kevin continued to suck up to Jeff and Jordan.
• Michele is grouchy -- her glasses are broken, she thinks her partner in crime might be in danger, she thinks she herself might be in danger, and she's on slop.
• Kevin is scared that Jeff won't use the veto and the backdoor plan will be thrown out the door.
• Jordan would like Jeff to try to control his use of the f-bomb.
• That's just about it. Nothing but doldrums today.
• We need a brouhaha!
  

Big Brother 11 Sunday 8/23 Show Blog Party Post

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated as it airs, but the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is welcome, bring your own snacks and beverages! Later tonight my show review will be posted on TV Squad.

Jeff wins the HOH while the two in last place -- Michele and Russell -- are the have nots for the week. Kevin and Natalie continue to plants seeds of suspicion with Jeff and Jordan about Michele and Russell -- more specifically Russell.

Jeff nominated Kevin and Natalie, but plans to backdoor Russell. He had told Kevin and Natalie that he would be putting them up.

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was 8/23/09

Welcome to my weekly off TV topic look at the week behind me and what caught my attention (and my camera's attention) here in um ... I guess it's called north central New Jersey. If you're looking for Big Brother live feeds news, just head to my BB posts here. If you want a ramble through the week and a peek at some things I saw and experienced this past week, read on.

We started the week with the first official heat wave of the summer -- highs in the 90s and high humidity levels. When it went down into the 80s, the humidity went up even more. That is, when it wasn't storming. Some terrific storms came through, but it's still just hot and sticky. I don't like sweating. Make it stop.

I actually saw Roofus the Cat from the Plainfield Train Station two separate mornings this week. One day was overcast, the other was horribly hot. I don't blame him for staying off the hot tar roof in the summer.

My week isn't much to write about:

• Write up BB11 live feeds reports and show posts for here and TV Squad.
• Watch BB11 live feeds.
• Work.
• Eat.
• Sleep a bit.
• Sweat a lot.
• Turn up my air conditioning in my apartment.
• Rinse and repeat.

Here's some of what I saw during the week -- clicking on an image will open it larger in a new window:

Roofus and the people below him

Yep, people are in three of the four windows below our beloved Roofus the Cat ... and they don't even know he's up there! I messed around with editing this photo to highlight the windows a bit more. Since Roofus is a black and white cat, there's not much I can do to highlight him. This photo is probably best viewed larger.

Hey! He buzzed me!

Cicadas do NOT belong indoors. This one was in the laundry room. Eek. He came out of nowhere and I thought it was a teeny helicopter attacking me. You know, with teeny aliens and all.

When good sunflowers go bad.

This one is the size of a dinner plate. Some of those leaves are longer than my forearm. East Front Street in Plainfield.

It must be love -- the US Open

I prefer this normal NJ Transit bus advertising over their tendency to shrink-wrap advertise. When they do that, it's hard to tell if it's an NJT bus and, if you sit looking out the window, you're looking through dots. I hate looking through dots. I'm a window sitter and observer and dots make me go dotty! Plainfield, NJ

Roofus the Cat before the roof gets hot.

Obviously, this was the sunny morning I saw him. North Street, Plainfield.

Goldfinch in flight

I really need more shutter speed. Bridgewater, NJ

Goldfinch on the rocks

Sounds like a tasty beverage, eh? Just mix it in the blender ... heehee! I also need a better zoom. One of these days, when I win the Mega Millions, I'll get a fancy-shmancy camera with all those cool lenses. Bridgewater, NJ

Walking in black and white

Urban image I took as I sweated in Plainfield, NJ.

What? The Yellow Cab Company went yellow?

The Plainfield Yellow Cab Company has always had puke neon green cabs. Well, they have all new yellow yellow cabs now. Yikes! They compete with orange, red, blue and other cab companies in town. Taking a cab here is very different from taking one in the city (NYC). About the only thing in common is that you might share a cab with strangers these days.

Red sky at night

This was no sailor's delight as it was Friday evening over Westfield, NJ, after a tremendous storm passed through. It rained all day Saturday.

Two in the door!

A friend and I went to the new Five Guys burger place in Westfield, NJ. I could never work there. They're all too energetic for me! But they do have good burgers and great fries.

Yay! A bat in Bridgewater!

I know the image quality isn't the best, but this is important to me. For years there have always been several bats up in the corners and eaves here from May until October. I've taken some amazing photos of them in the past right at eye level. This week I saw not one, but two, back at home. I feared white nose syndrome had gotten to them all. Yes, I like bats. I don't like them in my apartment, no. But they're really neat animals who eat evil insects and they have cute little faces.

The pit bull is waiting for the train

Sigh. This poor dirty pit bull was hanging around the Plainfield Train Station the other day. He's either lost or abandoned. While he wasn't vicious, he was very shy. Another commuter and I tried to give him water, but he slunk away from us and hid behind a trash can.

I got very nervous when he was on the platform as the train was arriving. However, he just waited amongst the crowd and tried to board the train. The conductor said he didn't have a ticket, so he couldn't ride. Maybe he just wants to get out of town. I hope the poor doggie finds his way home or some kind of help.

Get your minds out of the gutter!

It's a MUSHROOM. I think it's a stinkhorn or, as it's more officially noted, a member of the phallus family of mushrooms. I'm not kidding.

Reflective bling on the train

I actually wanted more from this photo when I took it. It does look a bit like the giant watch is over the Dunellen NJ Train Station, eh? What got me was the guy with the bling watch had the dirty t-shirt and jeans of a day laborer. The bling was so incongruous!

Roofus' downstairs neighbor at the window again

I'm not sure why this woman is always looking out the window. The apartments in the building tend to be seasonal migrant sort of folks. No screens, no air conditioning, and across the street from the Plainfield Train Station. I couldn't live there. But I bet some nights it's better than watching TV ... but I wouldn't be hanging out the window!

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Sunday Dawn 8/23

Talking, talking ...

Kevin works his matchmaking mojo guessing Jeff's type of gal.

Okay, it's official. I would like Natalie's head to blow up the next time she calls someone, especially a woman, "dude." I've had it! If someone called me "dude," I'd probably go into my Robert DiNiro Taxi Driver character mode ... "Are you talkin' to me? Are YOU talkin' to ME?" Bam!

I live in a very urban mean streets kind of area (well, not so much right in my neighborhood) and I don't hear the women her age call other woman "dude." I saw a guy address an NYPD cop as "dude" once. I thought the cop was going to go all Taxi Driver, but he just lectured him.

Here's what's been happening in that Big Brother House of Underlying Psychosis:

• Jordan didn't realize the "90210" part of Bevery Hills 90210 was the zip code.
• Jordan and Jeff are seriously considering backdooring Russell.
• Jeff said he'd take Kevin off the block and put up Russell. He didn't tell Kevin, of course.
• Jeff, Jordan, Kevin, and Natalie trashtalked about Jessie.
• Kevin said that Jessie was the hated fool last season and should have expected it this season.
• Russell and Michele are both bothered that Kevin and Natalie are spending so much time with Jeff and Jordan.
• Jeff brought up Russell's vote to keep Jessie. Russell once again said he promised him.
• Russell told Jeff that he keeps his word.
• Jeff told Jordan he's a bit worried about trusting Kevin and Natalie because he really hasn't talked to them much since the start. He thinks they'll owe him big time if he saves them and backdoors Russell.
• Kevin and Natalie are already talking about knocking Jeff out next week if one of them get HOH.
• But Jeff doesn't know this.
• Of course, Russell and Michele are talking about taking Jeff out, too.
• The only one not talking about taking Jeff out is Jordan.
• Bless her heart.
• Jordan feels uncomfortable around Russell. She thinks he used them to get Chima out of the house.
• Jeff made a deal with the devil ... er, Natalie. Oh, and Kevin.
• Yep, the final four deal is that he saves them this week by backdooring Russell. Natalie promised not to put him on the block.
• Kevin said (if he won HOH), he'd put up Natalie and Michele and they'd vote Michele out.
• Jeff is doing this thinking they'll honor the deal as he would have saved them twice now.
• I don't think honor is a part of the BB backstabbing greed.
• Then, after all that, Jeff told Jordan he's not 100% sure he'll use the veto.
• Waffles, anyone?
• Ohh ... Natalie and Kevin discussed game strategy in Spanish and got busted for a rules violation.
• Heh.
• BB apparently went as far as to tell them they could be expelled from the house for the violation. Oh, big time crime! They're both mad and Kevin is blaming Natalie.
• Natalie wants to find it in the rule book.
• Kevin said just not to do it again.
  
• Kevin told Natalie she should work on being more positive around Jeff. He pointed out that he's stopped doing things he know annoy Jeff like complaining about things in the house, etc.
• Then Natalie and Kevin once again schemed to get rid of Jeff next week.
• In English, mind you.
• Lots of small talk and laundry doing ... apparently the PoV comp really did a job on their clothes.
• Jordan was surprised when Russell referred to her and Jeff as the showmance of the season. She thinks they're good friends who hang out a lot together.
• Kevin still seems to think Natalie's older than she says she is. He's right, of course. The only people who knew her real age are gone (Chima and Jessie).
• Russell and Michele talked some more. Russell claims he likes Jeff and Jordan but feels they're (Russell and Michele) getting played.
• Russell and Michele think Jeff wanted Kevin to win the PoV so he would have "no blood on his hands."
• Jordan thinks Natalie sounds sincere.
• I think Natalie is only sincere when she's sleeping.
• Russell told Michele he'll unleash holy hell if he gets backdoored.
• Oh, my. Russell is so ... so ... Chima-esque!
• Jeff told Jordan that he thinks Russell would keep him (Jeff) next week, but not Jordan. He thinks Jordan is more safe with keeping Natalie and Kevin.
• Yikes!
  
• To be honest, I think at this point, any scenario is dangerous for Jeff and Jordan. I think Russell may actually have Jeff's back to a point due to giving his word. But all bets are off with the others -- Michele, Kevin, and Natalie.
  
• Jeff and Jordan are going to have to keep having the power as they're the main targets in the game now.
  
• No one wants to be with Jordan in the final two (except Jeff). Her niceness paints the bullseye smack dab on her back. Since Jeff has started winning, it's all that much more important to get him out.
  

Russell worries. As he should.

Michele takes off her slippers and puts on her socks to go to bed with Russell. I don't think her husband has any worries.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Saturday Daytime 8/22 - POV

Well, since I'm running behind today, I'll start with the big news -- Jeff won the power of veto. I like to think this is karma for the folks who thought he's been dead wood and was given the coup d'etat for doing nothing. He's got game!

Here are the happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Regional Accents:

• Jeff made the best breakfast sandwich ever this morning. He's still talking about it going into the evening.
• Michele asked Jeff who he wanted voted out this week (Natalie or Kevin). He told her it depends on the PoV, but Kevin is stronger player than Natalie.
• In other words, Kevin.
• Jeff and Michele discussed the blow-up ball of confusion spool of lies between Russell and Michele.
• I'm the one calling it a ball of confusion spool of lies, not Jeff.
• Michele's latest is that she's a bit deaf in one ear and doesn't always hear right.
• Yeah, sure.
• Thankfully, Jeff is still talking of getting Natalie out next week if someone from their own side wins HOH.
• Russell is paranoid, nothing new.
• Natalie is all of a sudden a social butterfly ... sort of a street gang oriented one, but one nonetheless.
• Then the feeds got blocked for the POV. We're talking more than a couple of hours.
• From what they said, Jordan was the first one out.
• Russell is not a happy man between losing POV and his paranoia demon.
• The comp had a taped Casey and something to do with bananas, a slippery banana peel lined track, and done in rounds.
• I guess you have to see it.
• Which I haven't.
• Natalie said the track was hot.
• BB swapped out for a smaller kitchen table.
  
• Russell is laying around moping. And Kevin is ... well, look at the screencap below.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Saturday Dawn 8/22

Then numbers are dwindling in the house and Jeff's nominations are in. Kevin is a poor lost soul who's looking each moment like he would go for a do-over and pick a different alliance in the beginning of the game. Natalie, on the other hand, spent the first part of the season sleeping all the time with Jessie (while plotting, but still avoiding the rest of the house). Now she's out there mingling and playing her game. The dynamics are changing, but Jeff and Jordan are a constant. As Jeff says, "We're stuck with each other."

Here's the latest from the Big Brother House of Loquacious Louts:

• Jordan has gained 10 pounds while in the house. She's still stinging from the "fat" comment Lydia made about her.
• I don't think she's skinny, but I surely wouldn't call her "fat."
  
• Russell has also gained 10 pounds. But since he's a have-not this week, some of that should go away.
• I think Jeff has lost weight. He was more muscular in the beginning of the season.
• He's still a cutie-patootie.
• After nominations went down, Russell told Jeff he once again owes him -- he won't put him on the block or vote for him to go.
• I think he'll keep his word. But I also think he wouldn't mind if someone else did his dirty work for him. cough:::Michele:::cough
• Kevin tried to make Jordan think that Michele and Russell are bigger threats than he is. Michele and Russell have won comps!
• But, guess what ... Kevin has won, too. He's also often right up there in second place. Compare his record with Natalie and he should be perceived as a greater threat than her. That's basing on comps only.
• I want Kevin to stay merely for his diary room takes on people on the show. In the house, he's nowhere near as insightful or humorous.
• Kevin said his target all along has been Russell while Natalie claims hers was Lydia.
• Neither claim to have ever in their lives been after Jeff and Jordan.
• Jordan's period finally came. You needed to know that.
• Jeff and Jordan argued, she blamed her period. He said he wants a divorce.
• He wants her to focus on her game so they'll go to the final two together.
• They're a hoot when they fight. They'll get snapping at each other, then both will crack up.
• Russell and Michele talked. Russell claims the HOH comp was geared for Kevin to win because it needed a delicate and precise touch. Russell says he himself is a bit clumsy with anything that precise. Michele said they knew she's scared of heights.
• Russell thinks the producers wanted a Kevin win to shake up the house again.
• But Kevin didn't win. Almost doesn't count.
• Jeff thinks they should keep Natalie because she's the weaker player of Natalie and Kevin.
• He probably has a point there although I'd personally prefer Kevin to stick around.
• But they didn't ask me.
• Jeff and Jordan are still talking the possibility of backdooring Russell if the veto is used. I doubt either of the would use the veto, but if someone else wins and either Natalie or Kevin are saved.
• In that scenario, I think they just might vote out Russell.
• Jeff warned Jordan about getting too close and trusting Natalie too much.
• Jeff and Jordan think they need to get Michele in tighter with them and away from Russell.
• As they should because Russell and Michele are still talking about targeting Jeff.
• I'm sure Michele will lie, get flustered, and forget about the most recent Jeff target talk if confronted.
• They're all asleep as I get this posted. Sometime later today, the POV comp will take place.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Bulletin - Nominations 8/21

As he said he would, Jeff nominated Kevin and Natalie for eviction. Natalie is taking it all in stride, but Kevin is really down. More later. (Long day even the feeds haven't been all that exciting.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Friday Dawn 8/21

Duh. I kept Natalie in the house. Duh.

I had to do something with the expression on Jeff's face in my screen cap! He won HOH last night, but sheesh ... he kept Natalie over Lydia in the house. What kind of gameplay is that?

My show review and HOH spoilers posts are up over on TV Squad. But, what's been going on lately in the Big Brother House of Benevolent Hohs?

• Heh. Kevin mentioned how stingy with prizes the show is and that caused a feeds blockage. They're so touchy!
• Apparently in the comp, they announced that Kevin was in the lead and he didn't realize how close Jeff was.
• Somehow, they could pause people in the comp. Kevin paused Russell and they claim that's what made for a Jeff win.
• "So, I helped you win. I should be safe," Kevin joked (although probably with hope).
• Natalie told Kevin that Jeff told her she was safe yesterday and she indeed was.
• Russell and Michele are definitely have-nots. Don't ask me why or how. It went down with the blocked live feeds in the comp.
• Jeff was going on an adrenalin rush, but most of the others just wanted to nap last night.
• Lucky Jeff, Michele kept him company!
• Jeff hopes his HOH music is Bob Marley. Hmmm ... not quite what I would have figured him to enjoy.
• Russell told Kevin that being a have not without candy or alcohol is going to kill him. Me? I'd be fussing about the FOOD.
• Well, well. He got his Bob Marley in the HOH room. We jammin.
• One childhood photo with a bowl-cut made Jordan say he looked like the character in Dumb and Dumber.
• Ahem. They kept Natalie. Jordan and Jeff may qualify for the roles in the movie.
• Everyone thought he was a cute child and fun was had for all. And blah, blah, typical HOH room reveal stuff.
• Natalie worked on Jordan. She told her how nervous she already is about going on the block again.
• Jordan questioned Kevin about the physical aspects of gay sex.
• Oh my. I've known so many gay guys over the years and have never, would never, ask.
  
• Natalie told Kevin he should try it with a girl. Now, who's to say that has never happened?
• Jeff and Jordan discussed his nominations. The early plan (always subject to change) is Natalie and Kevin on the block, backdoor Russell if veto is used.
• Not unexpected.
• Michele told Russell she felt threatened by Jeff and Jordan last week -- that's why she said all the stuff about him.
• Um, I thought she didn't remember.
• Michele told Jordan that Russell is acting crazy and paranoid again.
• Ah, so it starts all over once again.
• Will she claim not to remember when she gets confronted?
• What the heck is really going on with Michele and Russell?
• I think they're both sketchy and couldn't tell you which one is sketchier!
• That's it for now. I don't see anything on the schedule except nominations today since they combined the have-have not with the HOH.
• Seize the day!
  

Big Brother 11 HOH Comp Update Post (Live Feeds)

As I get this up, the feeds are still blocked. We know they only have an hour (or to 24 cans). I'll update when we're unblocked.

9:14 PM ET - Feeds on red and another (maybe green) (?) tubes almost full. Argh. Feeds blocked again. I THINK Kevin's tube was one of the ones almost full.

9:33 PM ET Feeds still blocked. The one almost full tube glimpsed was definitely Kevin's. As a commenter pointed out, the other almost full one was the second from the end. -- Russell's.

9:34 back on. Everyone's inside. Not sure who won. Hmm ... they're talking about shutting each other down in the comps. They could use the gold cans, too.

Is that an HOH key JEFF is wearing? Or is it his mic? False alarm ... mic. Still no reveal. It's not Kevin, though.

YES! Jeff just said he won HOH!

Big Brother 11 Live Eviction Show Blog Party Post 8/20

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated as it airs, but the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is welcome, bring your own snacks and beverages! Later tonight my show review will be posted on TV Squad.

Lots of filler -- 8:25 PM POV starts. Russell sits out. It's down to Jordan and Michele. JORDAN has won the Power of Veto! She did not use it. The live eviction is next.

The voting to evict:
Russell --> Lydia
Michele --> Lydia
Jeff --> Lydia
Kevin --> Natalie

Lydia is evicted.

HOH is on ... NOT an extensive endurance as many expected. They're dropping cans in tubes. The first to 24 or the one with the most at the end of the hour wins. I'll be updating with a new post from the live feeds when they go on.

Project Runway Blog Discussion Post

You asked for it, you got it! This is your place to discuss Project Runway. I don't watch the show myself. However, a lot of the commenters do. The show airs on the Lifetime network Thursday nights at 10 PM ET/PT. The official show website is right here.

Enjoy!