Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Since Eviction, July 29

It's poetry in motion
She turned her tender eyes to me
As deep as any ocean
As sweet as any harmony
Mmm - but she blinded me with science
"She blinded me with science!"
And failed me in biology
-- "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby

I begrudgingly admit that Rachel can play the game well, especially when her back's to the wall. That doesn't mean I like her. She thinks she's a Janelle and she's not. I wasn't a huge huge Janelle fan, but Rachel is foul-mouthed, jumped into bed with Brendon within days of meeting and wants to control who can even speak to her man. I don't like. But she's the new HoH. Sigh.

Here's what's gone down in that Big Brother house of Misguided Misfits since the live show:

• Rachel and Brendon's new kick is "This one's for Andrew!" Um, how does Rachel's goodbye message fit in here?
• She's saying it more than Brendon. Can you say two-faced? I thought you could.
• Rachel is still all hyper and excited.
• Brendon tried to calm her down.
  
• Before the feeds returned, we seem to have missed a fight. Brendon apologized to Hayden.
• Kathy told Hayden that "people like that have no morals and just want the heat off of them." She also went on about people whose strategy is to lie, lie, lie.
• I have no clue.
• And I'm not lying about that.
• Hayden went to talk to Rachel. It was long, it was boring, it didn't accomplish much.
• Rachel still despises Kristen, but likes Hayden. She also said she's leaning about putting them both on the block but hasn't made up her mind.
• She keeps going on about Kristen putting her up in the HOH comp every single time she could.
• But she's hurt more that Hayden pitted Brendon and her (Rachel) against each other when he said he wouldn't put them up.
• What? He said he wouldn't put them on the block! She isn't computing the difference.
• They didn't scream. They didn't fight. But now Hayden's one scared Animal.
• Hayden told Rachel that every single person in the house would have put Brendon and her on the block.
  
• Brendon tried to apologize to Kristen for the fight we missed.
• Apology not accepted.
• Matt told Ragan he didn't feel safe. Yeah, sure.
• Rachel told Hayden that Kristen wasn't even her target until she said she was gunning for them.
• Brendon doesn't want Rachel to put Hayden on the block.
• Brendon and Rachel think Matt and Ragan are on their side.
• They're not, but I'm sure they'll let them go on thinking that.
• Kristen is as mad at Rachel as Rachel is at her.
• I need a cat fight. Meow meow.
• Rachel tried to apologize (at Brendon's urging) to Kristen.
• Bwahaha! Like that will work! Kristen isn't buying it at all.
• Britney said that Andrew's swearing in his speech will cost more than his stipend in FCC fines.
• Rachel is worried about how many times she swore on the live show.
• It won't keep her from swearing on the live feeds!
• Enzo thinks Julie Chen has a crush on him.
• Maybe Andrew wasn't so off-base with the intelligence talk (or lack thereof) regarding Enzo.
• That's it for now.
• Meow.
  

Product placement

By tomorrow night, those nails will be down to the quick.

Project Runway Talk - Season 8

The show begins tonight and here's your discussion post! I'll gussie it all up a bit later.

Big Brother 12 - Live Eviction Show Blog Party - July 29

The show is about to start on the East Coast. As it airs here, I'll update this post with the major events. Later on, I'll be writing up my full review of the show for TV Squad. Everyone is welcome to party, er ... hang out in comments and share your thoughts!

The vote:
Kristen --> Andrew
Rachel --> Andrew
Britney --> Andrew
Commercial break
Enzo --> Andrew
Brendon --> Andrew
Lane --> Andrew
Hayden --> Andrew
Ragan --> Andrew (Institutionalize and evict)

Andrew is gone.

Rachel is the new HOH.

Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Into the Dawn, Thursday July 29

"I'll cry. I'll cry, cry, cry ... 96 tears ..."
- a nod to Question Mark and the Mysterians

A new showmance? Say it ain't so!

Okay, it ain't so on the romance. It is so on the Andrew crying scene although that's changed, too. Here's the scoop from last night in that Big Brother House of Manic Andrew and the Ship of Fools:

• First, not really in the house, my review of last night's show is up on TV Squad. Give it a like on Facebook! :-)
• Andrew cried about his inevitable exit all because Matt made him a pawn.
• Enzo has been having severe constipation problems due to the two weeks of slop and its related extras.
• While the others made dinner, Enzo begged for ExLax and went into graphic details of his woes.
• Andrew contemplated eating as they can't penalize him anyway as he's surely going out the door.
• Rachel talked about dates with rich men, going off to Hawaii or Aspen with them, then dumping them.
• Britney knew those kind of dates but her dates tend more towards The Olive Garden.
  
• Kristen does not have dates like Rachel.
  
• I hope that Britney and Kristen's dating history is more the norm. I'm just glad I'm not in the dating scene.
• Rachel claims she doesn't sleep with those dates.
• Suuure.
• Enzo finally went. And went, and went.
  
• Britney told Lane that she would go after Kristen next week, not Rachel and Brendon.
• Lane told her the rest of the house would be angry at her if she did that.
• Rachel would like liquor. Some things never change.
• When Matt asked Lane why he shaves his arms, Lane said that's what Texans do -- wrestle in back yards, shave each other's arms, and carry guns.
• I thought New Jersey had bad representation this season. I stand corrected.
• Lane lied to Enzo, telling him that if she wins, Britney will put Brendon and Rachel on the block. Hmmm ...
• Andrew called a big house meeting, but unlike Rachel's previous meeting, there were no fireworks.
• He apologized to Brendon and Rachel for saying he'll target them, apologized to Kristen for yelling at her, then cried and told everyone how much he loves them.
• Then he went to his Have Not room to pray and cry some more.
• 96 tears is probably a low estimate.
• Later he would turn into Happy Smiley Boy. His manic behavior is starting to get me on edge.
• The hamsters think he's way too volatile and unpredictable to keep. They're probably right.
• But Kathy is boring. As a viewer, I find Andrew more entertaining.
• Ragan wants to protest a day longer on slop than other week's.
• Brendon suggested a strongly worded letter.
• I can't help but think I might like Brendon if he wasn't glued to Rachel.
• Enzo thinks his fan base had to increase with The Amazing Enzo shown on the POV show. Meow meow.
• They're all asleep as I post this. I don't really expect things to change today -- it still looks almost unanimous for an Andrew exit.
  

Karma, karma, karma chameleon

At least Matt didn't wear the funky pajamas all evening.

Bayonne's best ... not saying much about Bayonne, eh? Well, he is better than the last BB hamster from Bayonne, the expelled Justin from season two.

Eww! Eww!

Big Brother 12 - Episode 9 Blog Party - July 28

The show is about to start here on the East Coast. As it airs, I'll post important updates in this entry. But the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is invited to join in with your thoughts! Later tonight (or, worst case scenario, early in the morning), my full show review will be posted over on TV Squad.

Lane's the first out in POV. Matt is out. Kathy is out. Brendon and Andrew tied at 2 points. Rachel none. Three points to win. Brendon won POV - house will be taken over by Brenchal.

Brendon didn't use the POV to save anyone as Rachel would go up.