Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday pre-dawn - August 15

The Hat Attack

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Grassy Knolls:

• Oh noes! Johnny Mac ate a cookie and he's a Have Not!
• He said he completely forgot and even offered to BB to throw it up.
• He's very upset, said he really didn't need the problems it presents now.
• It doesn't sound like it's going to result in a penalty vote. I guess we'll see.
• The target was shifting towards backdooring Vanessa when I last posted.
• Well, that seems to be gone now.
• They've really decided, with so many wanting Vanessa out, it's not necessary for them to act.
• Steve is in heavy with Austwins.
• Johnny Mac is definitely the pawn, Becky the target.
• Liz is worried about "blood on her hands." Becky is a relatively safe target for her as she's drifted back and forth.
• Of course, Johnny Mac is still worried that he'll go out. And, his strange ways -- sitting staring and thinking -- tend to make him a bit suspicious to others.
• Vanessa went around bad-mouthing Steve.
• She knows he's in more with Austwins than she is. Hey, she tried to get Austin backdoored. People don't forget those things.
• Much of the HoH room discussion centered around how they don't want the veto to be used and who Johnny Mac should pick if he gets Houseguest's Choice.
• Steve really, really doesn't want to play veto.
• But, then again, he didn't want to win HoH last week, either.
• They seem to be counting on ANYONE other than Becky winning the veto. 
• If someone wins and saves Johnny Mac, it's possible James may go up -- still a pawn, supposedly.
• Austin did a long talk with live feeders basically pondering what to do if the veto is used ... said that they (Austins) are safe and in a good place right now -- they're in with Meg and James, they're in with Steve. He wishes he could tell Steve about Meg and James being with them, but is worried too many people would "sketch him out." They want to replace Vanessa in the group with Johnny Mac. Austin is very upset that he had to whine and grovel to save his butt because of her.
• He said they can't take out Vanessa because she would blow them (Austwins) up.
• But they need to decide what to do. If the veto doesn't get used, no problem. Becky goes.
• He rants more about Vanessa and her "ultimate betrayal" when she tried to get him and Liz both on the block.
• Can't put Steve up. We've promised too many people too many things.
• We'd have to put up Meg or James. Keep Meg. James? Send home Johnny Mac. James? Send home Becky.
• We're in a bad situation. Made too many promises.
• Are we the good guys or the bad guys?
• This season, everyone has been working every angle.
• Really like Meg and James.
• Vanessa has gone off and done a lot of things on her own we don't like.
• Steve saved us and has worked with us all along. We want to continue to work with him.
• Becky and James. Hmm.
• Both have targets who aren't us.
• Lie to the one who has to go home.
• Could we betray Vanessa and let her go nuts for the week?
• Then, if she goes, who will be targeted? If she comes back in, she would kill us.
• James would be our best choice for the renom as it would be the least amount of blood on our hands.
• If it's James and Johnny Mac up, JM would go.
• Ahh.
• Okay, I'm sick of transcribing.
• When veto is played, we'll know. But they don't really have a good contingency plan if Becky wins it.

True love, for sure

Strategy mask

I sit and stare a lot

In with Austwins

That rat tail beard looks silly

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Friday Daytime, Nominations - August 14

Listening to Vanessa brain freeze

Here's today's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Perplexed People:

• Okay, I lied. They're not people. They're hamsters.
• I personally don't mind the twins so much in the game. But their voices and screaming have to be evicted.
• This morning Liz freaked out over ants in the kitchen. I certainly hope she doesn't live in an apartment with shared walls. If I ever heard a neighbor screaming and carrying on like that I'd call 911. Have they never had any home training?
• After Johnny Mac rescued Liz from the ants, he asked her if he does go up, to please not make him a Have Not.
• She said she wouldn't.
• Austin nixed that one on her right away.
• I guess he's the HoH, after all.
• Austin preached an anti-Vanessa sermon to Liz and Liz admitted she doesn't really like Vanessa. (But not to the point that Austin was trying her to get to.)
• Vanessa, Austin and the twins discussed how depressed Johnny Mac has been lately. Vanessa thinks it's been a couple of weeks.
• Austin thinks it's been because he thinks Becky and Johnny Mac are hiding some sort of deal or alliance and things went awry with Becky's plan last week.
• I guess Austin is finally thinking, eh?
• The feeds were blocked for the Have Not selection -- Liz chose Vanessa, Steve and ... Johnny Mac.
• Well, that's the way to improve his spirits!
• They have pork slops this week, so it won't be a bad week. They can eat actual pork chops.
• Unless, of course, they're vegetarian or of a religion forbidding pork!
• Liz feels bad about making Steve a Have Not. She says she really loves that kid. Hmm.
• Meanwhile, Johnny Mac is worried that he's the target.
• He has a heart to heart talk with Vanessa.
• Or, more like a never-ending fast talk while he dazed out with Vanessa.
• She told him that she doesn't think he's the target and will ask them if he is.
• She pointed out (truthfully) that while she is close with Austin and the twins, she is the fourth one and not in that inner circle of the three.
• I would go further even in saying that it's an inner circle of two and the twins will stick together when they're through using Austin.
• The Vanessa/JM talk kind of ended with JM remembering something Vanessa said and Vanessa denying it.
• Oh, it's the Audrey within them all this year!
• Now there's yet another named alliance in town -- The Brass Tacks -- Austin, the twins, James and Meg.
• @@
• Liz and Austin both say Becky opened their eyes about a lot of what Vanessa's been doing.
• But, will they target her and bring Becky aboard their crazy train?
• Nah. Even though she has experience with trains, she's going to be left on the platform this time.
• Liz promised Steve she won't put him on the block.
• And, she seems to mean it. She told Julia that she thinks of him like a little brother. I don't think Julia feels quite as sisterly to him, but hey.
• They decide that they won't target Vanessa because someone else will take her out.
• The nominations went down -- Johhny Mac and Becky
• Liz thinks Johnny Mac gets called to the Diary Room often because he's popular with America.
• Well, kind of, sort of. He gets called because his DR sessions are funny.
• (Didn't you love his "What do you want?" he barked at Julie last night when he went in to vote? I cracked up!)
• Sigh. Johnny Mac went from acting depressed to acting out.
• It gave Vanessa material to claim he's "volatile."
• Steve backed him up and has been trying to figure ways to calm him down.
• Johnny Mac's behavior may do him in even though, on the whole, it's Becky they feel is sketchier.
• Liz says JM scares her.
• But now Austin is really, really pushing his anti-Vanessa kick. Combined with Johnny Mac's anti-Vanessa "rage," it might turn into a Vanessa backdoor although they've mentioned James as a backdoor.
• A lot is going to hedge on the Power of Veto.

The hat remains the same

Sad Johnny Mac

Twins with wine, sans Austin

This year's Victoria

Will she still be smiling on Thursday?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Friday, 2nd HoH - August 14

Pensive

Well, that was something, wasn't it? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Topsy Turvy:

• After the live show ended and the feeds returned, everyone was a bit subdued.
• Steve went around apologizing to appropriate parties.
• He also got very antsy checking to see if his HoH basket was in the storage room yet.
• The basket is about all he gets for his reign in the house.
• Becky, naturally, is not a happy camper that the "Mad Hatter" remained in the house and her grand backdoor plan backfired.
• Johnny Mac isn't overly thrilled with the nominations that Steve made but thinks he (JM) did what he had to do ... not use the veto.
• Meg, occasionally teary, doesn't think she can play dirty enough to play the game.
• Well, duh. We know that.
• She also can't win comps.
• Becky and Meg think that Vanessa all but brainwashed Steve.
• They don't know that, albeit be a strange one with Vanessa holding the cards, Steve has been aligned with Vanessa all along.
• As much as Steve can be aligned with anyone, that is.
• He's a bit of a lone wolf.
• Or, more accurately, a sad puppy tied out in the rain in the yard.
• Becky and Meg are sure Austin's been throwing comps while playing summer camp with the twins.
• Meg and Becky told Steve he should have gone after Austin because Austin and the twins have just been using him.
• Steve isn't handling things well. He got mad at himself for the nominations he made and realized the twins had been being nice to him solely for their game ... according to Meg and Becky, that is.
• He threw his HoH key (which does him no good anyway because the first HoH in a double eviction doesn't get the room at all anyway -- it's purely symbolic). The key broke. Must be a BB Dollar Store key!
• The feeds got blocked for the second HoH comp.
• Oh my.
• LIZ won HoH.
• That's not quite what I was expecting.
• Does this mean I'll have to listen to high-pitched twin squeals and those voices all week?
• For the second time I've seen, Steve says he wants his mother. Poor kid. 
• He also wants his basket with his letter!
• Vanessa thinks they should work to get Becky out of the house. In a worse case scenario -- if Becky remains and Jackie comes back, they'd work together.
• Talk of Johnny Mac going up as a pawn.
• Austin thinks Becky is an easy target because she's offended everyone.
• Well, I agree she's an easy target, but I don't think she's offended all in the house. She certainly offended Vanessa, but ...!
• Liz is personally leery of Johnny Mac -- she thinks he's been getting too close to winning HoH comps and thinks he might target her.
• The Have Nots ended and Meg and James could finally eat real food. James had been holding up fine, but Meg not so much.
• Steve finally got his HoH basket!
• Heh. Becky said her family would only send old photos because they don't want to be tied in with the show at all. I doubt we'll see a Becky family segment this season!
• Austin is still grumbling about the "stinky" comic of him -- he showers! He said now he's obsessive with cleaning and deodorant. Others tell him he doesn't smell, not to worry about it.
• Becky approached the HoH Trio (Liz, Julia and Austin) and once again began her anti-Vanessa campaign.
• Same old stuff she was saying last week, this time portrayed using M&Ms.
• BB told them they couldn't use Freaks and Geeks as their alliance name, perhaps copyright issues? They sat around trying to think of a new name.
• Austin thought that Becky made some valid points.
• But I personally doubt that he would push for a Vanessa ouster until he's cornered.
• They decide on the Scamper Squad and even have a little dance.
• It's looking like they're probably going to target Johnny Mac.
• Oh my. 
• Johnny Mac is talking to Liz as I get this posted. She seems to like him. 
• We'll see.

Sad

What's gonna happen now?

Look! No hat!

This didn't go too well

Steve apologizes

James and Steve are good

You didn't think I could do it, did you?

Big Brother 17: Live Double Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? Tonight is the big live double eviction, HoH comp show! 

IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOW IN THE NYC METRO AREA, YOU CAN FIND IT THIS WEEK AT ITS NORMAL TIME ON WLNY 10/55 -- WCBS2 IS AIRING AN NFL GAME. IF YOU DON'T GET WLNY, WCBS2 WILL AIR IT AT 11:35 PM.

Before we get going, here's the latest update on the blog pool:

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl

Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

EVICTED:

Jace - Becky in TX, CherylinNC, JOKATS, CaelaXO

Da'Vonne - jessica UNderwood, SueGee, Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed
Jeff - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K
Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed
Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

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. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Julie announces the double eviction to us and tells us the hamster who remain are two steps closer to winning. Sorry, but they're not -- it's already been said that a jury member will return. 

Recap time. 
The first two members of the jury will be tonight's evictees. Aw, Vanessa is hurt and confused. She thinks Becky gave her word that she wouldn't be put on the block. Becky said she pointed at her and tried to force her word. Then she walks away. "I don't know why you're being so venomous to me!" Steve thinks Vanessa will go either way and he should vote for Shelli to stay to be good with the house. Vanessa thinks Steve is personally betraying her.

Drama, drama.

Vanessa is scrambling, says she ALWAYS keeps her word. She tells James that Becky has said that he's her target. Meg, Jackie and James talk that Shelli might be better to send out.

DE revealed to houseguests.

Shelli -- Happy birthday, Jason! Love family, miss Clay. ATEOTD, I can get back in the game.
Vanessa -- Quotes a long quote that I can't type quickly.

The votes to evict:
Austin - Shelli
Steve - Shelli
James - Shelli
Meg - Shelli
Jackie - Shelli
Julia - Shelli
Johnny Mac - Shelli
Liz - Shelli

Unanimous vote, bye-bye Shelli. She, like Clay, didn't answer the love question posed by Julie. She said if she gets back in she wants to work with Johnny Mac and Steve. No goodbye tapes shown.

HoH comp -- Time to Get Loopy -- videos on the memory wall showing moments so far. They have to study them. The winner immediately names two for eviction. Becky can't compete as outgoing HoH.

True or False questions. Wrong answer, eliminated.
All right on first question.
James, Liz, Meg, Jackie out on the second question.
All right on third.
Julia and Vanessa out on fourth.
STEVE WON HOH!!! 

They're talking about the questions and no one's talking to Steve! Into commercial. 

Steve nominates Meg and Jackie, nothing personal. John, James and Vanessa were randomly drawn to play with them.

POV - Slippery Slope, roll a ball down a ski slope, three holes, one ball in each hole, must sink in numerical order.  It's actually a table maze thing.

Johnny Mac wins the PoV! Steve and Johnny Mac had a brief conversation we didn't hear.

PoV Meeting - 
Meg - Hi, surprise! Honest, loyal game so far, want to stay, fun, trust you, John.
Jackie - John, never gone after you, played honest.

John does NOT use the veto, says he wouldn't know which one to use it on. Steve goes all emotional just before break.

Live vote:
Final pleas:
Meg - Crying, up against good friend, please keep me.
Jackie - Love you all, hope to come back and see you, (Sounds like she expects to go)

Votes to evict:
Vanessa - Jackie
Becky - Meg
Johnny Mac - Jackie
Austin - Jackie
James - Jackie
Liz - Jackie
Julia - Jackie

With six votes against one, Jackie is evicted.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Thursday - August 13

Goblins meeting

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Why Don't They Go To Bed Already:

• Various and sundry groups studied, quizzing each other on the videos they saw on the Memory Wall last night.
• Jace was represented in the videos although the show has replaced his photo with Julia's on the wall.
• He does exist.
• Apparently.
• Vanessa advised Julia that one of the twins need to win HoH so it won't look like Austin is carrying them.
• Huh. Now, Austin could probably physically carry them, but he's having trouble carrying himself in the game. If not for Vanessa's rescue efforts, he might not even be in the house right now!
• Vanessa pleaded not to be blindsided on national television. Hmm. It's not a blindslide if you have a clue it's coming.
• Besides that, it still looks like they're going to keep her and boot Shelli.
• It's not for the lack of trying on Shelli's part, though. She keeps making her rounds trying to convince them they need to oust Vanessa. 
• She promises that, if she gets HoH, her targets will be Austin and the twins.
• Becky, of course, is still pushing for Shelli to stay.
• After all, it's Vanessa she wanted out all along.
• Becky claims that if Vanessa stays, she'll put Meg on the block.
• Um. I have a feeling if Vanessa stays, it's Becky who'd feel the heat.
• Meg thinks Austin and the twins need to stay in because they're easy to beat.
• Says the woman who just might be easier to beat.
• Steve tried to get information from Jackie as to what's going on, but he's not really getting much. Not that he's shunned; it's more like he's a ship lost at sea.
• Jackie does think they should study with Steve. After all, they think he has a photographic memory and they obviously have a memory test coming up.
• Yeah, just use and abuse Steve.
• The Goblins (Jackie, James and Meg) think that the only person who will benefit from keeping Shelli over Vanessa is Becky.
• So, after so much more talk (talk, talk, talk) ... it still looks like it will be Shelli walking out the door tonight.
• For the first eviction, that is.
• The second one could be anybody's guess.
• But I wouldn't be surprised if it was Becky.

Chess diversion

Shelli (again) pleading her case

Juggling - an apt metaphor for BB

Listening or acting like she's listening

Working her mojo

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Wednesday into the Evening - August 12

This isn't going quite how I planned

Argh. I didn't file an update this morning because it was same-old, same-old. Both Vanessa and Becky nattering on and on for their own causes. Ack. But now I feel guilty. So here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Never-ending Loops of Talk:

• So, the original plan flipped and everyone knew about it except Shelli, Johnny Mac and Becky.
• Now they all know.
• Commence more scrambling.
• Shelli even talked to her nemesis James. 
• There were no fisticuffs.
• No changed minds (yet) either.
• Shelli denied she'd go after them.
• No changed minds (yet).
• Becky is looking worse and worse. Kind of like a train hit her.
• Johnny Mac is getting caught in the crossfire. Now he's acting all kinds of sad and told both other sides of the house that he was a man without a team.
• Vanessa cannot understand why Jackie "hates" her, though.
• To be honest, I don't think the majority of them "love" her. I think it switched more because they fear Shelli more in comps.
• Steve remains conflicted. He can't tell both of them that they have the vote.
• "Oh, live feeders, what do I do?"
• I dunno, Steve. It might be best for you to win HoH and temporary safety.
• It's looking like just about everybody but Shelli has turned on Becky.
• The feeds went Jeffish for a while and it sounds like they saw videos of themselves on the Memory Wall. Study groups are breaking out. Hmm.
• And the beat goes on ...

These twins are too LOUD

Big talk, little gameplay

We're screwed

One of us is out with a double eviction

What changed things?

Now I'm staying!

Big Brother 17: Power of Veto Show Blog Party

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

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. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

A side note before we get going: If you live in the NYC Metro viewing area (as I do), tomorrow night's live double eviction show will be airing on WLNY 10/55 instead of WCBS2 due to NFL football. 

Let's get this party started! 

Recap, promise of the BB comics veto ahead. And Steve vows he'll win the veto and make Becky his target next week. Vanessa is upset because Becky won't talk to her. 

Jackie gets to take off her armor. Yikes, that seems to have happened so long ago when you watch the live feeds! 

Vanessa gets Shelli to agree to choose her if she gets HG choice for the veto player pick, then gets Steve to agree to it, too. Johnny Mac is in the oust Vanessa camp due to his lack of allies in the game.

Johnny Mac talks to Steve, tells him they will send Vanessa home. He told Steve that he has to pick him (JM) for veto if he gets HG choice. Then he tells Steve that he would save Shelli. Steve bemoans the fact that his two closest allies hate each other ... to the camera, not to Johnny Mac, of course.

Gah. Liz tells us in the DR that Austin is growing on her. Ick. 

Veto Player pick time! Becky draws Austin, Shelli gets HG Choice and goes for Vanessa, Steve draws Meg. Johnny Mac hosts.

Veto comp time! Comic book covers featuring the hamsters. 17 new superheroes, sneak into the studio via zipline, memorize the comics order, put them in correct order. The one in the shortest amount of time wins.

The times:
Meg 15:37
Becky 17:02
Shelli 25:31
Austin 21:20
Steve 13:57
Vanessa 21:44

Steve wins the Power of Veto! 

Vanessa is very worried ... par for the course for her. She tried to corner James but he escaped. She corners Becky with fast talk. Vanessa thinks Becky owes her for getting Jason out instead of her. Becky tells us she owes Vanessa nothing. 

Time for the veto meeting:
Steve saves himself, Becky puts Vanessa on the block saying it's a personal decision for her own game. Doesn't know who she's with, who she's against, drops people like that when they don't benefit her game, etc.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into the Evening - August 11

Seeking Divine Intervention

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of How I Spent My Summer Vacation:

• Okay, let's blindside Vanessa this week.
• Plan set.
• Set-up accomplished; we've got her on the block.
• No! Wait! Maybe we should get Shelli out instead!
• Gah.
• I realize that in BB you can't trust anyone. I know that.
• But this constant second-guessing is making me dizzy!
• Meg now thinks that Shelli is the more dangerous player and has been working with Becky.
• Oh, no! Shelli will target US! Shelli will target James!
• If Meg thinks anyone wants to target her because she's a dangerous threat, she's got another think coming.
• But her strategy might get her to a Victoria position at the end if they don't notice she's there and needs to go away.
• That, of course, would be why Becky is pushing for a Vanessa eviction when last week most figured Clay would go one week, Shelli the next.
• Yet, Becky has spoken valid reasons for evicting Vanessa.
• We should probably make note that Vanessa might have had a hand in this sudden epiphany of Meg and James -- she told them about Becky playing both sides. At the time told, they didn't seem to care. Now it seems to be sinking in.
• Now James's "gut" is telling him to not trust Shelli.
• But can Vanessa be trusted more?
• TRUST NO ONE, YOU FOOLS.
• Oh, no! Becky has been working to get STEVE on her side, too!
• (Of course, this is the same Becky who told Steve that he needs to talk game more with James and Jackie and get to know them better.)
• A side note: If I were in charge of the BB wake-up music, every morning I'd blast (Paranoia the) Destroyer by the Kinks.
• James and Meg now think they need to watch everything they say in front of Jackie. After all, she's tight with Becky who always planned to keep Shelli and they're getting Steve in the fold and ... and ...
• You get it.
• Austin and James talked about getting everyone on the same page ... going for another "house" vote.
• Ick.
• I prefer suspense. It's no skin off my nose who goes home. I want kerfuffles and brouhahas. I want entertainment!
• Vanessa talked to James. She's a straight-shooter, y'know. It would behoove him to keep her in the house.
• @@
• Oh, then some tears.
• Haven't we seen this before?
• She tells him that Becky had previously named him as a target.
• Meanwhile, Jackie and Meg are talking -- they think the twins need to go before Austin and Jackie thinks Shelli needs to be out first.
• So, they're all thinking they should save Shelli.
• Then they talk about how, if they don't get Shelli out this week, they might never get her on the block again.
• My head hurts.
• Vanessa blames Steve for her being on the block. She thinks he sold her out and gave information to Becky.
• Gosh, if she could see how distraught Steve is. If she could see that he actually gave some thought (before wisely deciding against it) of not using the veto because he knew she'd go on the block. While he, at the end of the day (heh), did betray her with Becky, it was so hard for him -- probably the most conflicted I've ever seen anyone in the BB house.
• Shelli tried to work on Steve, but he said he has to vote for Vanessa to stay.
• We have nearly two more days of this before eviction.

Cut-throat player. Bwahahahaha!

Steve is having a ball

That look ages her

A conflicted Steve talks to Shelli

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 11

Girls from the block

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Whispers Abound:

• Steve went to talk to Vanessa and Shelli. He apologized for it taking so long.
• We know that he would probably prefer to put off a talk forever!
• Vanessa grilled him about what was being said about her.
• Shelli finally said something about how she (Vanessa) turned on people.
• Vanessa vehemently, I say VEHEMENTLY, denied she ever turned on anyone.
• Shelli brought up the Austin thing.
• "I never turned on Austin, the twins or Steve!"
• Gah. I guess if you lie to yourself enough you might just believe the lies are the truth.
• Vanessa continued to defend herself saying that Becky was fine with blindsliding Austin.
• Steve suggested that, after things calm down, she might want to go talk to Jackie.
• Vanessa has no desire to get a "verbal smackdown" from Becky again.
• Heh. That was no smackdown. It was whatever and walk away down.
• Like a broken record, Vanessa went on about Becky being a flip-flopper, a hypocrite and such.
• Yawn.
• Again, she pressed Shelli to find out if she (Shelli) knew the blindside was coming. Shelli denied it.
• But we know she did.
• Meanwhile in the house, Shelli has been going around taking clothes James supposedly appropriated from Clay and James is going around saying his clothes are going missing.
• Vanessa told Julia that she has a plan, not to count her out yet.
• Hmm.
• A lot of talk about "If I win HoH, I'll put up ..."
• Of course, most of the talk is coming from people who haven't won anything.
• Liz thinks James is trying to get close to Steve.
• Well, unbeknownst to them, Becky advised Steve to get together more with James, Jackie and Meg. She said that they would trust him more if he talked more with them.
• James and Liz tag-teamed to scare Julia in quick succession.
• It worked.
• EEK!
• EEK!
• Then James hid in her bed and scared her again.
• Oh, those rascally hamsters!
• Uh-oh. Becky may stick to her guns, but what about her people?
• James, Meg and Jackie think it might be best to get Shelli out instead of Vanessa.
• Yipes. That throws a monkey wrench into the works.
• Jackie thinks that if they don't get rid of Shelli now, she stands a good chance of winning HoH in a double eviction.
• Shelli has done better than Vanessa in comps.
• They could be right.
• Maybe.
• Maybe not.

Steve and Becky compare notes

Two for tea and tea for two

Liz disses Austin's cooking talents

Everybody lies to me!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday, PoV Re-nom - August 10

Has good reason to smile

 Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of No Waffles This Week:

• Shortly before the veto meeting, Becky filled in Austin on the plan to blindside Vanessa.
• And, during the veto meeting, as expected -- Steve removed himself from the block and Becky put Vanessa (the real target) in his place.
• Now, it's not really a total blindside because Vanessa is no dumb bunny. She knew Johnny Mac and Becky were close and doubted he'd be the renom as people were saying.
• She knew eventually her paranoia would come to fruition!
• She confronted Becky telling her she can understand a game move explanation, but the things she said were out of line. She told Becky that now she had a pissed-off juror and there was no need for it.
• Becky brought up the time, in the HoH room with the decision to oust Jason, Vanessa just pointed at her saying she was in the deal without her being able to commit or not commit on her own.
• Then Becky walked away.
• "Why are you being so venomous towards me?," Vanessa called out.
• Becky didn't answer.
• Now, Vanessa thinks Steve lied to her.
• No, he didn't lie. He didn't know of the plan until AFTER he had his talk with her.
• Plus, what was he to do even if he knew days ago? Pull a Marcellas? 
• She warned Austin and the twins that they're next.
• The other side -- James, Meg, Jackie and Becky -- smiled a lot.
• Johnny Mac was his usual Johnny Mac self.
• Steve was subdued.
• Shelli, who knew yesterday about the plan, showed sympathy to Vanessa, but didn't 'fess up to knowing the blindside was coming.
• I don't blame her.
• Vanessa hasn't really exploded, but I swear I saw her simmering.
• It may yet come.
• We still have a few days before Thursday!

Why are you being so VENOMOUS?

Quietly eating his SLOPpy Joe

One tough cookie, no waffling here!

Keeping with getting bad screen caps.