Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Tuesday into Early Wednesday - Aug. 28-29

#SleepOftheInnocent / #NoConscience

Grr. Yesterday there were all kinds of live feeds issues. Malware? The live feeds are malware? Well, I suppose if you think of the house and its hamsters on the wider scale of representing humanity ... yep, malware. The utopian world gone awry.

Here's what's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Pernicious Peeps:

• It's getting way confusing.
• They're all lying and it's hard to predict who's actually with whom.
• Dan and Frank are going to be the final two.
• No, wait ... Joe and Frank will be the final two.
• Oh no, I'm in error ... It's Frank and Jenn in a final two deal.
• You see the common denominator there, right?
• All these deals. It's likely to crash right down on him. 
• Frank can't work out in is carrot suit. Aw, too bad.
• Frank thinks Ian needs to be gone before long because many of the later comps are more geared to him -- puzzles and quizzes.
• Frank thinks that by Dan remaining in the house, he's taken the largest target off himself and put it right on Dan.
• Joe has perfected the art of cooking slop cookies -- both Jenn and Dan are loving them.
• Jenn, who's on slop for the remainder of her days in the house, cannot eat the additional foods voted on by the viewers.
• Britney continued being very vocal about Dan's game strategies. She pointed out that Dan and Frank are working together.
• Shh ... that was supposed to be a secret!
• Similar to the nice/evil Dan bit she did Monday, Britney did a hashtag Dan routine.
• #DanGheesling = #noloyalty and so on.
• They got the HoH camera and fun was had by all.
• Or, like the reveal of the HoH room, they tried to make it look like it was all fun and giggles.
• Joe seems to want to lean towards saving Britney. Hmm. She has Ian. If Joe and Shane would come over to her side ...
• Both Joe and Shane really seem to be in a quandary. It might not be an automatic Britney evict.
• Meanwhile, now Danielle is going around talking with a hoarse voice to go with her neck hives.
• Perhaps she has an allergic reaction to not being the center of attention?
• Britney threw around Frank's stuff and beat up Big Ted the stuffed bear.
• She then hugged Ted.
• She didn't hug Frank.
• Frank is a bit worried. He had a long talk with Joe and Shane to reinforce that they need to vote Britney out.
• Danielle is also a bit worried.
• Shane told Britney he's undecided.
• Shane told Danielle that he and Joe will tell Britney tonight that they won't be voting for her (Britney) to stay.
• :-(
• Shane denied to Danielle that he and Joe made a guys final three deal with Frank.
• They did.
• But who can keep track of all of these deals? I need a spreadsheet here!
• Joe is having knee issues and had to be seen by the doctor. Bursa problems. I guess that can scratch him out of physical comps.
• Oh, wait. I'm talking JOE. He can't win comps anyway!
• Shane told Ian he's definitely voting to keep Danielle.
• Ian told Britney that Joe and Shane will be voting to keep Danielle.
• :-(
• BB gave them alcohol.
• The whole bunch kept encouraging Britney (and Ian to a lesser extent) to drink, chugging the booze down.
• Britney got drunk. :-(
• Ian told her that Matt (in her season) called her a succubus.
• Britney said, "I'm not the succubus. Danielle is."
• Danielle: "What's a succubus?"
• Heh.
• Britney finally almost ran to the bedroom and collapsed under the comforter.
• Frank and Joe are still up playing games in the yard as I get this posted.
• It looks like #byebyeBritney on Thursday. 

A future treasured memory

No, Danielle is the succubus

Danielle boring Shane to naps

Drunk Ian almost fell asleep while standing

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Monday Evening into Tuesday - Aug. 28

What a tangled web we weave ...

As sand through the hourglass, these are the days of their lives. My gosh, better them than me. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of the Emotionally Damaged:

• Ian told Danielle that she won't have his vote to stay.
• Well, duh. She knew that. She told him she's okay with it.
• Dan told Frank that he needs to make sure he has the votes for Britney to go -- it's not necessarily a done deed.
• He thinks Joe will vote what Frank wants, but feel he might be a wild card.
• Oh, he's a card alright ...
• Frank is sure he has both Joe and Jenn "in his pocket."
• Hmm.
• Britney, in between her Dan attacks (most of which were actually funny), told Frank he was duped.
• Frank hates being duped.
• Ian and Frank made two separate references about keeping up the act that they hate each other.
• Hmm.
• Britney actually heard it one time.
• Dan and Britney had a long talk. She apologized for the hateful things she's been saying in anger, told him it was okay, he made a move to save himself.
• Britney says she has a cute dress she wants to wear if she's going to be voted out on Thursday. She didn't get to wear it on her birthday last Thursday.
• Joe told Britney that Jerry was right when he called Dan "Judas" in his season.
• Well, yeah.
• Joe told Ian he'd really like Britney to stay.
• Ian and Joe know they'd have to talk Shane into it.
• Hmm ... while Shane and Danielle do have a quasi-"thing" going on, that's more her than him.
• But Shane did pinky-swear with her for a final two.
• We all know the importance of the pinky-swear in the BB house and the weight it carries.
• Then again, he has loyalties to Britney, too.
• And she's nowhere near as high maintenance and needy as Danielle.
• Speaking of which, at one point during the evening Danielle claimed she wasn't needy.
• Britney, in the event she goes, reminded Danielle that Ian doesn't really want her (Danielle) out. He just wants Britney to stay and there's a difference.
• Danielle fussed more about the hives on her neck.
• After all, she can't let Britney get all the attention!
• After drinking five beers, Ian went into severe rocking, making noises and mumbling to himself mode.
• It looks like his mind is going a mile a minute trying to piece everything together and plan when he does that.
• Shane misses his dog (at home). Danielle doesn't fill that void.
• Jenn and Ian were the last up, not really talking to each other.
• Jenn looked lost in thought while Ian did his Ian thing.
• I personally would crack if I were in the house. I'd be pushing the panic button.
• But that's just me. 

Can this carrot be stopped?

Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat!

Split ends, split alliances

Pretty, I'm so pretty.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Monday Daytime - Aug. 27

Aw, I hate to see Britney sad

I can't say I'm thrilled at how all of it went down. But, I'll admit ... it's what makes watching the live feeds all worthwhile. Not a once last season did we have live feeds as interesting and addicting as they have been for the past week. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Devious Dan:

• It's no secret that I really enjoy Britney in the game and had hoped she'd make it to the end.
• But, in the end, it's a game. I'm not personally involved. It really doesn't matter to me who wins or loses. It's not like I'm in the running for the half million.
• What Dan did was underhanded.
• But that's how to play the game. It was a shrewd move for him and it saved him this week, if not longer.
• Okay ... to the news of the day ...
• Dan got up early for the first time this season. He sat outside and addressed the live feed watchers.
• He told us why he did what he did and how he was worried that Jenn wouldn't take him down with her veto.
• He said if it didn't work, he'd accept the fact that he'd be walking out the door on Thursday.
• He really wants to WIN the game (again).
• He also said he'd remain true to Jenn, Frank and Shane.
• I reserve judgment on that. He'll do what's best for himself.
• Nothing much happened once the others woke up.
• Oh.
• Except that Danielle thinks she has shingles.
• She's got something, for sure. It's not shingles, though. I've had them. They concentrate along the nerves generally on one half of the body or around the eyes. She has what looks like hives on both sides of her neck. The "I'm not a doctor, don't even play one on TV" in me says that it's probably hives from being so super stressed yesterday. Either that or she ate something to which she's slightly allergic.
• Later Shane and Britney also thought it was stress related or she might have an allergy to the paint used in the veto comp.
• As an afterthought, Dan told Frank about the Headhunter Alliance with Joe, saying he wanted full disclosure.
• As expected, Frank wasn't overly surprised.
• Joe always floated back and forth to the power.
• Then the PoV meeting came down, blocked to the feeds.
• It went down. Dan's Kool-Aid worked. Jenn saved Dan and Frank put Britney in his place.
• Wah.
• After the meeting, Ian tried to suck up to Frank (not knowing Dan outed his Secret Squirrel doings) and tell him he'd work with him until the end.
• It turned into a screaming match.
• Oh well. Ian got a bit too big for his britches there.
• Frank had given Shane a heads up before the meeting as to what would happen.
• After his fight with Frank, Ian grabbed all of his own HoH beers out of the HoH refrigerator.
• And proceeded to start drinking early.
• Frank told Britney she's the target.
• Britney has cried on and off since the meeting.
• :-(
• Danielle has cried and she's not the target.
• But, it is all about her. It always is.
• Ian continued to lie to Frank about being Secret Squirrel which made Frank angrier with him.
• Ian kept saying he had panicked with everybody pulling him in different directions.
• He'd be better to 'fess up.
• Joe told Shane that Frank told him that Ian was the rat.
• So now Joe knows that the Headhunters was just a silly thing.
• At times, Britney seems at peace with going home.
• She told Jenn that Dan told her he felt most comfortable in the house when he's hated.
• He actually said that to us live feeders just this morning, too.
• Britney is outing all of Dan's gameplay, but not blaming Frank or Jenn.
• She says it's just a game.
• But Dan will not get her vote if he makes it to the end.
• She did a bit which I SO hope makes the show ... it had me in giggles. She put on a "nice" voice being Dan, then turned into the wicked witch as Dan changed persona --
• "Thanks Britney for cleaning the Have Not room for me" - Nice Dan
• "Tomorrow I kill you." - Evil Dan
• She gave a good ten examples and I was sitting here giggling. She has such a quick wit. I'm going to miss that in the house.
• Frank, like Ian, has been early drinking.
• Both are a bit buzzed.
• Frank actually went after Britney to get back at Ian. He couldn't go for Ian as he had the veto ball.
• The other outright humorous moment today was the BB piped through the house/yard voice that tells them to go to the Diary Room, get new batteries for their mics, etc.
• This was a new one -- "Ian, are you wearing someone ELSE'S microphone?"
• Um. I guess they're labeled? 

Dan explained everything to the feeders this morning

Then she turned a bad situation into comedy gold

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Power of Veto Meeting Results - Aug. 27

As expected, Ian did not use his veto. As expected (see recent reports), Jenn saved Dan with hers and Frank put Britney up in his place.

Dan is definitely the Man with a Plan.

A full report on the day will be posted later this evening,

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Report Sunday Night into Monday - Aug. 26-27

Danielle cries some more

What a night! If you haven't read what came down in the evening, first read this, then read this. Then come right back here and read THIS! So ... what's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Dan Dan the Man with a Plan? Read on.

• Of course, like anything in this house, this latest is subject to change.
• After talking to Frank, Dan went back to Danielle and explained things blow by blow as per his Frank talk.
• He told her he had to say be mean for full effect earlier.
• He admitted to her that he ratted out Ian and threw Britney under the bus to further their game.
• He didn't tell her that he really doesn't trust her like he trusted Memphis.
• He told Frank that, though.
• Ian, Jenn and Joe meanwhile were hating on Dan for what he said to Danielle.
• Oh! I forgot ... when I talked about what he said to her, I didn't mention what he said to Shane.
• He told Shane he'd find a nice girl in Vermont.
• Heh.
• That was yet another part of Danielle's freaking out.
• After Dan left HoH and went to talk to Danielle, the army (Jenn, Joe, Ian) all went to HoH.
• Frank lied to them about his meeting with Dan.
• Frank had bought everything Dan was selling, hook, line and sinker.
• Dan and Danielle are going to go with the story that he apologized to her (citing his mental stress from solitary), but she's still mad at him and the relationship is forever damaged.
• She bought everything Dan is saying -- hook, line and sinker.
• Especially the sinker, I think!
• Frank talked to Jenn alone, telling her Dan's proposal.
• No, Dan didn't ask him to marry him. He just wants him to drink the Kool-Aid.
• And, isn't that beverage mighty tasty?
• Jenn agreed to use the veto to save Dan.
• Then Frank will put Britney up and they will vote her out.
• Next should be Ian.
• My two favorites gone before I wanted ... but I've had a sip of Dan's Kool-Aid myself.
• It's why he's a master.
• And, if he pulls this off and gets to the final two, I daresay he can sit up there with Dr. Will.
• Joe ... remember Joe? ... was all upset when Dan was in his big talk with Frank. He was worried that Dan was outing him and the Headhunters.
• Bwahahaha! Like that was any kind of alliance! Dan never even brought that up! It was the QUACK PACK and Ian that was the big rat out to Frank!
• Britney, not invited to sip Dan's Kool-Aid, is feeling all kinds of sorry for him and his apparent mental breakdown.
• Sigh ... little does she know.
• The PoV meeting should be later today. Ian won't use his golden veto ball, Jenn should save Dan.
• Then Frank will put Britney on the block and she'll be the target.
• Sigh. I have been enjoying Britney this season.
• But it is great gameplay on Dan's part. 

Dan, the man with a plan, might have saved himself

Yes, Jenn is still in the house

Secret Squirrel has been outed and he doesn't know it

Jenn will use the veto to save Dan

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Special Bulletin: Dan's Funeral at the Game - Aug. 26

What did I do?

Now we know Dan's Plan. He asked for a house meeting after they ate dinner. He said it was his funeral as a gameplayer and that he just wanted to enjoy his last few days in the house. He said he wouldn't have time to address everyone Thursday, so wants to do it tonight.

Oh my.

He went through each houseguest, saying great things about them. He saved Danielle for last. Everyone was teary. Danielle looked with anticipation ...

He said he was looking for someone to have his back like Memphis. She's no Memphis. She's dead to him in the game.

Oh my.

He told Frank he wanted to discuss something privately with him. Danielle is a quivering crying fool right now. Jenn thinks Dan planned it all to hurt Danielle's game.

In the HoH room, Dan is explaining that Ian was in with them. He told him how tight Ian and Britney are. He's obviously working on Frank to get Danielle out and stay. Then get Ian out. If he can turn Frank his way ... which might be possible now that he knows the Ian connection and he might just stay. Apparently what she did was throw the veto comp.

He's telling Frank they would make a good final two.

Hey, Dan may still have the magic in him.

Eek! Now their plan is to have Jenn use the veto, get Britney out and for Dan to explain/apologize to Danielle.

NOOOO!!! Get Danielle out, I beg of you!

Now Dan is telling Danielle it was all a scheme to get them both (Danielle and him) to the finals.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Sunday Evening - Aug. 26

He thinks he's a cool carrot, eh?

What's been happening today inside that Big Brother House of Carrots and Captives? Read on ...

• Frank had to continue taking chum baths whenever the signal blew. He lost most of his audience as they headed to bed.
• Dan was still bombarded with techno music and flashing lights in his solitary confinement.
• He seemed to actually sleep now and then.
• Frank thinks his only chance to win in a final two is with Shane.
• His "perfect" final five is himself, Shane, Danielle, Joe and Jenn.
• He wants Ian out next.
• Oh noes!
• Meanwhile, Dan kept ignoring people at his door.
• Jenn and Ian told each other they wouldn't use their vetos to save Dan.
• In the Have Not room Dan told us he's not a quitter and plans to take them out one by one.
• Um. Okay. I'm not really seeing a way out here for Dan. But, let him go for it.
• After a round of trivia, the feeds returned to Dan released and Britney and Danielle unshackled.
• They're on indoor lockdown (extended) due to music which can be heard in the yard.
• What's Dan the Man's plan?
• Play psycho. He mumbled, said his head was wrong, laid down with a washcloth over his face.
• Meanwhile, he went into the storage room, smiled at the cameras, gestured that he's fine and gave us a thumbs up.
• From under the washcloth on his face, he grinned and winked at us.
• But he's playing it all up well -- seeing spots, having to go to the Diary Room, possibly seeking professional help.
• I'm really not sure what this will do for the vote, if anything.
• Danielle thinks it's all her fault.
• It is always all about her, y'know.
• Everybody said the Have Not room smelled of vomit.
• Dan said he doesn't remember vomiting.
• I don't remember seeing him sick. But, then again, I couldn't watch long when he was in there because the music drove me crazy.
• Everybody is worried about Dan.
• But I still don't see where the act is going to better his chances of staying Thursday.
• Frank is upset because once the yard opens up, the chum baths will play out as planned.
• Joe made slop cookies for Jenn and Dan.
• I don't think the veto will be used (either one) tomorrow.
• But nothing is written in stone. 

Dan suffering

Dan released and smiling at us

Dan winking at us

Big Brother 14: Second HoH, Nominations and More Show Blog Party - Aug. 26

In the amazing news front ... the show is starting on time here in the NYC viewing area! Woohoo! As it airs, I'll update this post with the major events. So, please refresh the page to see the latest.

However, the real fun (as always) is in the comments area. Come watch the show with us and join the party!

Finally, the recap is done at 8:12pm. Sure, a bit of new footage -- the last minute scheming before the second nominations, Frank blowing up afterwards. But, sheesh.

The HoH game, "Pull Some Strings." It's the upright board with ball holes using strings to raise balls. Dan out first. Jenn out. Britney out. Danielle out. Joe out. Shane out. Frank beat them all in individual rounds. He won HoH.

The new HoH gets to choose one person to be a Have Not. He chose Dan ... someone who's never been on slop in any season.

Frank finds Pandora's Box in the HoH room. He can win up to ten grand. He gets to choose three $ cubes. 1.05, 7.11 and then 3333.33. Now he's trapped while the others go wild. They get a clue that a second veto is somewhere. They need to find 50 cents (to play the game in the arcade room). Dan is bullying and lying through the comp. Oh my. Ian got the golden veto ball.

Britney thinks if he puts up Dan and Danielle up and one of the Quack Pack wins the second veto, they can take them both down. She told Ian if he uses the veto, Frank will put her up instead. She doesn't want to go on the block.

Nominations key order -- Jenn, Ian, Joe, Britney, Shane. Dan and Danielle on the block.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Overnight Into Sunday - Aug. 25-26

It looks like Dan's days are numbered

It's crunch time for the hamsters. They know it. Yesterday's reward/punishment comp results are in full bloom. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of You Wanted to be a Hamster:

• Previously on Jackie's TV Blog ...
• Jenn won PoV, but has to be on slop for the remainder of her time in the house. She also had to burn the skirt she's been wearing all season.
• Frank got disqualified (thus allowing Jenn to win), supposedly for some sort of cheating. He said he was sorry and shouldn't have said anything to her. (?) He has to wear a carrot costume for a week and take chum baths at BB request for 24 hours. He also can't compete for HoH this week or next. This week as he's outgoing, next week due to the comp.
• Britney has to be shackled to Danielle for 24 hours. She could choose the hamster and they're leg shackles with perhaps three feet between them.
• Danielle got "painted" and, of course, is shackled to Britney.
• Dan is in solitary confinement with industrial/techno disco beats and music pumping. He has cake, matzo and water. The music stops now and again, but the disco lights keep going.
• Shane apparently did absolutely nothing in the comp. He has no punishments, he won no veto.
• There. That's your recap. Onto the newest happenings ...
• In between music blasts and through the door, Dan apologized to Britney for letting her down in the comp. Danielle thinks he's mad at her. Huh. He didn't even respond to her, so maybe he is.
• He also said the Diary Room called him "emotional." That's not like Dan.
• Loud, animated, perhaps. Emotional, rarely if ever.
• The ONLY reward in the comp was the veto. No prizes for anyone. It worked on a point system for what they agreed to do.
• Frank told Danielle and Britney that Jenn won't be using the veto.
• He also told them he wants Joe and Dan out.
• Meanwhile, both Joe and Jenn are not surprisingly floating to Frank.
• Whichever way the wind blows for those two, eh?
• Through the door, Dan told Joe that he was okay with how things went down. He didn't think Frank should have been disqualified and wouldn't have felt right winning it that way.
• Joe told Frank he has his support through his two weeks of no HoH comp playing.
• Frank and Joe had a long talk about Ian. Frank is already pondering "when to cut him loose" and Joe likes Ian just about as much as Ian likes Joe.
• One thing which bothers me when Frank talks game with others -- he always projects himself as the winner. Others just talk final two and don't go there.
• He says that no one should be able to win against him in the final two.
• Joe encouraged that and said he'd be happy with the 50 grand.
• Joe confronted Ian about all the "cuss words" he said on the live show.
• Now, that's the pot calling the kettle black.
• The only ones WITHOUT potty mouths in the house are Britney, Danielle, Dan and Shane. I'm talking current hamsters.
• Frank and Ian, it's about every other word.
• Not cool, I say. I realize it's a habit, but they need to drop that bad habit like a hot potato.
• Speaking of speech patterns, it annoys me every time Frank calls another guy "son." He called Boogie that and Boogie is older than him. I find it condescending. You might call a small boy son, but not your co-workers or fellow hamsters. Knock it off, Frank.
• There's no time pattern I can discern with Frank's chum baths, unlike Brendon's hourly ones last year.
• This year the chum is red smelly goop.
• Joe's been hoarding his beers thinking he could use them as a bribe to stay off the block or for a vote.
• He was the one who wanted to trade his vote to JoJo for cigarettes.
• Dan started ignoring people at the door. I feel sad for him.
• Ian needs to calm his ego down, go back to rocking on the hammock. He's attracting too much gaming attention.
• Frank thinks that once Dan is gone, the target will be off him.
• Um. No. Everyone will want him out because if he does make it to the final two after the game he's been through, he'd probably unanimously win.
• At one point, Britney and Danielle were unshackled at the table. Danielle said something about having to go back to the Diary Room to be reshackled before the live feeders blow up.
• Hmm.
• Joe seems to think he's getting buff. Yet he doesn't work out with the boys.
• Nor does Ian, per se. He walks with the girls.
• Britney told Danielle she doesn't think Frank could win in the final two.
• True, if they're not voting for who played the game best, he couldn't. 
• Although I'm not really a Frank fan, I'd say if he made it to the final two, he'd deserve to win. The guy has really been up against all kinds of odds and beat them all.
• But if BB had not interfered and let him stay when he was voted out the week of the coaches into the game, he wouldn't be here today.
• Aha, now Britney is agreeing with me -- he'd be the most deserving.
• I feel redeemed.
• Joe thinks he's safe this week. I'm not as sure about that as he is.
• Joe told Frank he's worried about Ian winning another HoH. "The boy's got Hitler in him. The boy's got the devil in him."
• Frank went through nearly five hours without the chum signal. But then it got fairly rapid.
• He begged BB to let him rest an hour without it going off.
• He should have slept during the first rest, eh?
• Unbelievably, Dan looks like he's actually sleeping with that music and the lights.
• Not well, but at least napping.
• There ya go ... 

Shackle Mates

In many primate species, grooming is done for fleas

Time for a chum bath!

Yes, Jenn is still in the house

The comp turned Danielle into a cute little doggie

Cruel and unusual punishment, for sure!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 26, 2012

Good Sunday morning to you! Since it's Sunday morning, it's time for my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken. If you're looking for the latest on Big Brother, you can see all of those posts using this link. I'll be writing up the overnight events soon. If you want to stick around, feel free to do so. If you're not interested, I totally understand.

The weather has been what summer should be instead of tropical. But we really can't forget (in this area) that we're coming up on the anniversary of the Hurricane Irene hit. Last year I was recovering from my knee surgery and, other than being without power for a few days, the hurricane didn't personally affect me so much after the waters on my street receded. I hope this hurricane season goes easy on everyone. 

A side thought -- who was the genius who planned the Republican Convention in Florida at what's usually the height of the hurricane season? Duh!

Although we've had little rain this past week, the mosquitos are out and about. I haven't been bit by one for a good ten years locally (in the Outer Banks last year, I was their daily meal), then a bite on the wrist a few weeks back. Now, in one evening, I have a bite below the elbow and one on my butt. Yes, you read that right! I seem to be having really bad reactions to the bites as far as inflammation and swelling go. Not cool. It's like I have a second elbow! And ...

"Does this mosquito bite make my butt look big?"

Couple that with the fact that I saw a dead bird on the sidewalk by the Union County College Campus, I'm leery of the mosquitos. Supposedly, dead birds can be indicative of West Nile Virus. This bird didn't look like it suffered any trauma from an automobile or hawk. I was on my way to the train station and hope that, since it's a college, they had it tested. Since there has been nothing in the news, I'm guessing they just threw it away or did have it tested and it tested negative. No, I'm not feeling ill. I'm fine. I just have a second elbow on my right arm and a big butt.

Other than that, it's been life as usual -- work, BB live feeds reports, sleep very little, eat (probably more than I should), rinse and repeat. For some reason, most of my photos are bugs this week. They gave me the best fodder. I met two different butterflies in the same spot two days in a row, thus I have two butterfly series in this post. 

Eastern Swallowtail

I met this male Eastern Swallowtail butterfly yesterday on my way to work. I know it's a male as it has very little blue on the wings. Yes, I Googled them. Bridgewater, NJ.

Monarch

The day before (Friday), I met a Monarch butterfly in just about the same spot on the same bush. 

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

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds PoV Bulletin - Aug. 25

Frank is a carrot

The feeds finally came back after the PoV comp block. It was the reward/punishment comp.

• Frank is a carrot.
• Dan has to be in solitary for 24 hours in the Have Not room
• Britney and Danielle have to be shackled together for 24 hours.
• Dan's Have Not has an electronic "solitary" techno music thing pumping a beat, industrial techno music and disco lights.
• He's not allowed to talk to anyone ... but us and BB. He has cake. He has a portable toilet.
• He told himself (and us) he has 24 hours to figure out how he's going to spin this (stay).
• OMG.
• JENN won the Power of Veto.
• :::fainting:::
• Jenn says she will NOT be using the veto.
• Frank won't play in the next two HoH comps (first one because he's HoH, second due to the comp).
• Jenn is on slop for the rest of her time in the house.
• Frank also had to take chum baths.
• Frank was disqualified (cheating?), so Jenn won.

 

Dan in his techno industrial disco digs

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Friday Evening/Saturday Dawn - Aug. 24-25

Eek! She sleeps in those eyes!

As he said earlier in the evening, Frank nominated Dan and Danielle for eviction this week. Not a surprise at all, I must say. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dysfunctional Decadence:

• Dan is worried that Joe and Jenn might have picked up on what he said to Ian during the Pandora's Box comp (re: ratting him out).
• He's also regretting acting out badly, unlike himself.
• Britney noticed that Ian's barely talked to Dan since the comp, if at all.
• They kept encountering messes they made while ripping the house apart looking for quarters for the ball machine.
• Frank told Britney he could work with her and Shane, maybe Danielle.
• Oh, please. Not Danielle.
• Ian and Dan did end up talking.
• Ian told Dan he didn't want to use his Veto ball to save anyone as Frank would put Britney up.
• Ian is definitely the most loyal with Britney.
• Ian told him he doesn't want to rock the boat more.
• Yeah, Ian's been rocking the boat and vote for weeks now. He probably could use a break.
• Britney tried to point out to Frank how "schemy" Joe has been and how he can't be trusted.
• Frank still thinks Dan tried to take his "dream" (winning the show) away from him.
• Yeah, like no one in that house has that same dream.
• Perhaps many were recruits and not show fans to begin with, but now that they're in the %#$ deep, they ALL have the "dream."
• I bet no one has the "dream" any more than Ian who's faithfully watched the show since he was ten years old.
• What's a ten year old doing watching this show?
• Never mind, I digress.
• Dan had a talk with Frank, pre-nom. He told him he understood totally that Frank will probably put him on the block. But, if he survives the week, no hard feelings -- he won't go after Frank.
• As a matter of fact, if he survives, he'd like to work with him and no one would suspect a thing if they kept up the enemies act.
• Dan is good. He knows he won't be able to talk Frank out of nominating him. But he's preparing for survival if he makes it through next Thursday, covering his bases.
• Britney told Frank she doesn't want to make any long term (final two) deals until she sees how the week pans out.
• Frank thinks Ian trusts Britney more than he trusts him.
• Ian does.
• That worries Frank.
• It should.
• Dan thinks that the Diary Room has been hinting to Ian that he shouldn't use the veto ball.
• Perhaps. But we also know that Frank threatened to put Britney on the block if Ian uses it.
• Britney is Ian's strongest ally in the game.
• Ian told both Britney and Dan the DR tried to talk him out of using the ball.
• Made up or fact? We really don't know, I guess.
• Jenn told Dan that she wants Danielle to stay.
• Sigh.
• Dan hasn't tried much to work his social game on Jenn. Now it's coming back to bite him.
• Britney complained that they never get any new choices in their groceries, same old stuff every week.
• Oh, too bad. I look at her put away the junk food and wished I could remain under 100 pounds with that appetite.
• Frank just about passed out in the HoH room. He's had a rough week, y'know. BB even let him ignore/sleep through Diary Room calls and skipped to the next hamster.
• Ian told the Quack Pack that the Diary Room wants him and Frank to work together.
• Fact or fiction?
• It could be an Ian lie to cover working with Frank or appearing to do so. 
• Or it could be real interference.
• Either way, we got the fish cam.
• Ian told Britney that Frank is entertaining the thought of putting up Joe or Jenn if Dan wins veto -- thus showing a good faith gesture.
• Ian and Britney don't think it would be horrible if Dan does go this week as it would allow the Quack Pack to work more with Frank without the huge Dan Target focused on them.
• Kind of like the witch cackling, "I'll get you and your little doggie, too." -- Frank wants Dan out and focuses his target on the group to hurt Dan if he doesn't get him.
• Joe told Britney he thinks Frank is going to backdoor Shane.
• Um. Okay, Joe.
• Shane and Danielle talked, decided they want Dan out, then put Ian and Joe on the block if one of them got HoH.
• Oh my.
• Danielle thinks that if Britney lasts until the end, she'll win because she has good personal relationships with everyone.
• It's called a good social game.
• Not that it helped Britney win in her own season, but ...!
• Britney told Danielle she has a deal with Frank to keep her (Britney) and Shane safe.
• Danielle ran and told Dan.
• Dan and Danielle agreed they need to get Shane and Britney out.
• Will it go 'round in circles?
• Dan said that if he doesn't win PoV, he's out this week.
• I'd prefer Danielle go.
• Please!
• They think the PoV comp might be rewards/punishment.
• In the wee hours, Jenn was up to some sort of strategical doings, using the balls from the Pandora's Box and studying the Memory Wall.
• "It will be a bloodbath and no one will know what hit them," she murmured before settling in to sleep.
• Hmm.

Duh. I'm still here. I can win comps!

Danielle's bookends

Britney is on game this season

We could have been adopted by NORMAL people!

Floaters conference

Big Brother 14: Friday Live Feeds Quick Update - Aug. 24

He has a ball

Okay, the feeds were blocked too long to be early nominations. Instead, it was Pandora's Box.

• Dan yelled at Ian or threatened to "rat his ass out."
• Britney and Frank said Dan was only interested in himself.
• They searched for quarters for the machine (with the ? cube) in the arcade room.
• Ian has a ball which says VETO and will not be eligible to play in the veto comp tomorrow.
• Frank got $3,000.
• Frank says he's going to put Dan and Danielle on the block and, if Ian saves one with the veto, Britney goes up.
• Ian said he won't use it.
• Dan is embarrassed because, as he told Danielle, he's never acted like that.
• Ian is upset because he's been such a liar and deceitful for 48 hours.
• Nominations should be later.
• Jenn and Joe seem to be floating through this one.
• Danielle can go home. 
• That's okay with me.
• :-)

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Report, New HoH - Aug. 24

Will it go 'round in circles?

 What comes around, goes around. It's enough to get one dizzy this season! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Deja Vu All Over Again:

• Yes, of course. Frank won the Head of Household.
• Oh my. This throws a wrench into the works.
• Frank told Joe he wouldn't put him up.
• Memories can be really short in this house of hamsters.
• Knowing that Ian is back in with Frank, Britney told Ian he needs to try to keep her off the block.
• "Get him to put Dan up and we have the votes to save him."
• Britney also said that Ian should go along with the "Dan in his ear" bit.
• She's also thankful that she's been planting seeds with Frank for some time.
• Britney and Ian vow to have each other's backs.
• Oh, yeah. Thursday was Britney's birthday. They made a cake.
• Britney and Dan talked about him probably going up and whether they'd have the votes to save him.
• Dan is the only Have Not. Frank had to pick one person.
• Dan volunteered because he's managed not to be one so far.
• Dan was very matter of fact over the PoV -- "We had our chance for the veto, six against one, and didn't get it done."
• Dan is sure he will be nominated and thinks his best chance is to go up with Joe.
• Joe is inept. He most likely wouldn't win veto.
• Plus, against Joe, Dan would have the votes to stay.
• Thus, Frank's plan would go awry.
• Frank is still on the All Dan's Doing kick.
• Despite Ian's actions.
• Ian got a letter from his mother in his HoH basket. The basket is all he has of his short reign.
• Dan told Joe that he hopes Ian goes on the block with him.
• But we know otherwise.
• Dan told Ian he won't sell him out.
• That's a bit of a moot point now, I think.
• Joe told Britney and Danielle that Frank told him he's safe if he has his vote (Frank's way) ... otherwise he's up on the block with Dan.
• Danielle, as always thinking it's all about her, is sure she will be put on the block with Dan.
• Frank and Britney talked. He has to trust someone ... he seems to be going for Ian and Britney in his corner.
• He might be able to trust Joe, but Joe has no game.
• Nah, wait. He can't trust Joe anyway.
• He's really grasping at straws. No one in the house is really an ally.
• Frank says he doesn't like Dan's game because he always has someone else do his dirty work.
• I quietly look at Britney and whistle.
• Shh.
• Don't let Frank realize it.
• Nominations will be later (much later) today.

"Fun" in Frank's HoH Room

Ian's HoH Basket