Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Overnight Into Monday 8/31

Yikes, they're snacking again! Not only will they gain weight, but it's really annoying listening to them chomp and chew all the time. Here are the evening's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Oral Fixations:

• Natalie told Kevin not to bother talking to Jeff anymore -- he's going home.
• Jeff told Jordan that Michele was lying about everything. They think she's losing it.
• Michele had been crying again. It's got to be rough being alone, but she's a stronger competitor than either Jordan or Natalie, for sure.
• BB gave them alcohol again. Sheesh, I swear the show wants to create alcoholics. Who drinks booze every night?
• Natalie said the day they entered the house, BB did her make-up for her.
• Jordan thinks she can talk Natalie into keeping Jeff.
  
• Jordan is still willing to give up her chance to win for her man Jeff.
• Jeff and Jordan think they'll both wear black for the eviction.
• Jeff wondered if there's more to the Pandora's Box and the key he found.
• BB hasn't told them the money amounts or what the key means.
• Kevin and Natalie plan to team up with Jordan after Jeff leaves.
• After they get Michele out, they'll target Jordan and be the final two.
• That's their plan.
• Michele may just muck it all up. She's a very determined woman.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Through Sunday 8/30

Jordan is wearing a New York shirt. I bet she's never been to New York City. It would be a hoot to see her reactions to the city.


Basically a whole lot of nothing happened today. Here's the scoop:

• Jeff and Jordan are pretty resigned that Jeff will go home.
• Jeff is bitter about it and warned Jordan not to trust either Natalie or Kevin as he's sure they're playing her too.
• Michele is much more stable and doesn't need to cry. She has the power ... until Thursday when hell starts all over again.
• Jeff doesn't think Jordan can trust Michele either.
• They slept a lot.
• Kevin thinks Jeff has to go because he'd be after him (Kevin) if he stays.
• Jordan and Kevin both think they're about the same with the jury votes.
• Kevin thinks that Natalie has lots of jury votes.
• They're all going to gain more weight if they keep eating and sleeping all the time.
• Natalie and Kevin think Jeff is doing himself in with his behavior. Both talk about he could save himself. I honestly don't see either of them keeping him, do you?
• I think they're upset that he's not sucking up to them.
• If I were Jeff, I probably wouldn't be sucking up to them either. That way, when they stab you in the back, it's not as traumatic.
• On a side note, there have been lots of sirens around the BB house yesterday and today.
  

Big Brother 11 Sunday 8/30 Show Blog Party Post

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated with the major events 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.

Kevin wins HOH and deserves the win!

Kevin told Jeff he has to put him and Michele on the block. If he puts Michele and Jordan on the block, Jeff wins PoV, he'd have to put Natalie up and doesn't want to do that. He assured Jeff he'd be safe.

Nominations -- Key order -- Natalie, Jordan

Jeff and Michele nominated because it's strategic, not personal ... they're the two strongest players.

Survivor: Samoa Begins September 17

Although we're still very tied up with Big Brother and the live feeds, I feel I've been remiss not to mention that CBS has the new castaways on the Survivor: Samoa website.

As I have time, yet before the season starts, I'll be doing a breakdown on my thoughts of this latest group. It looks like an interesting bunch and there sure are a lot of them -- 20. Yikes! I can't help but wonder with that number if it's going to be multiples going home right in the beginning.

I'm including a video here with Jeff Probst's first impressions of the castaways. Now, keep in mind that this (supposedly) was shot in the beginning of the season and he had no clue who made it to the final two. Or three, whatever they're going to do this year.



Survivors ready?

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was 8/30/09

Yes, it's Sunday. You know what that means -- it's time for my off topic ramble through the week in thoughts and photographs I've taken. If you're looking for Big Brother 11 news, head to the BB blog tag. If you want to take a walk with me, stay right here.

We've had yet another week of muggy and often stormy weather. Even on the days when the temperatures were fairly low, the humidity was right up there. I want it to end. I want crisp clear autumn weather ... and I want it now. Do you think that will work?

I really don't have any excitement for you. I, once again, didn't win the Mega Millions. But I did only spend a dollar on each big jackpot. I suppose that made the odds go way against me. However, I didn't want to throw away more than a dollar on it. You see, I'd never be a good one to go to Atlantic City or Las Vegas. It bothers me to throw away money.

I worked all week as I'm wont to do. My life outside the day job is still tied up with all the Big Brother doings. While I enjoy the excitement in the blog and the freelance TV Squad writings during the live feeds, I'm always ready for them to end when it comes time. More than four or five hours sleep is so welcome.

While I'm here and off topic, I want to give a shout out to Bernice of the Plainfield Plaintalker and Dan Damon of Plainfield Today and Clips. Thanks go to Bernice for bringing up my blog once again. Thanks go to Dan for adding my link to his Clips blog. You both rock! Although my own blog tends to focus on television, I always read those blogs to find out what's going on in the city around me. I find this city very interesting and a friendly place in which to live. Plainfield often seems to have a bad reputation, but it's a place where almost everyone greets me with a friendly hello when I'm walking on the sidewalk. That just doesn't happen everywhere.

Onto the photos for the week - clicking on them will open them larger in a new window:

Feral cat at the Plainfield (NJ) Train Station

He looks hefty in this photo, but he's pretty thin when he stands. This one, or one who looks like him, has been around for more than a year. I feel sorry for him, but he doesn't trust people at all.

A slice of sky

Plainfield Train Station with a double-decker in port. Um ... in track. Something like that. At least the rain stopped for a few minutes.

Is it autumn yet?

The poison ivy in Bridgewater (NJ) is starting to pick up its first hint of fall color. That is, the leaves not attacked by the poison ivy leaf gall mite.

Same bees, new flowers

The flowers the carpenter bees were on last week have passed, so they're on these now. I was taking shots as it started to rain and the bees started to come after me like it was my fault that it was raining. Eek!

Planning to overthrow democracy

I know they're up to something. Something sinister would be my guess. Bridgewater, NJ.

Moth in the wind

I haven't seen too many butterflies this year. It should be Monarch season soon. However, this yellow moth was willing to pose for me until the wind flapped its wing. That irked it and it flew away.

It IS a stinkhorn!

I was reluctant to outright declare the shot I took in last week's post as a stinkhorn mushroom as the colors weren't just right. I took this shot earlier in the week this week and the colors match the website information I found. Supposedly the tip smells like carrion. I'll take their word for it.

The stinkhorns yesterday

They droop over next. Minds, gutter ... I know.

Scott Drugs in Plainfield

I used the illustrator mode plus sepia in this photo. It's too bad they misspelled "neighborhood" on the awning, eh? I believe that's been there, misspelled as it is, since I moved to town eight years ago.

Waiting on a train

Bound Brook Train Station, New Jersey

Eek! A spider!

This little guy (maybe a half-inch) was zooming around building a web. I took dozens of shots, but in most he was just an orange/red blur. Such a busy guy ... he makes the ant look lazy.

Now defunct Telephone Building in Plainfield

I imagine at one time this building was full of Ernestines. Nowadays, the front doors are padlocked. I can't help but wonder what this town was like 70 years ago.