Big Brother 12 - Live Eviction, HOH Episode Blog Party Post - Aug. 12

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.

The vote:
Enzo --> Rachel
Britney --> Rachel
Kathy --> Rachel
Ragan -- Rachel
Lane --> Rachel
Hayden --> Rachel

Unanimous, Rachel is gone.

No HOH by end of show, but not really an endurance. I'll open up a separate post for it and hope the feeds come up before they finish.

Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Into Thursday Dawn - August 12

Late night whisperings.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Day Camp Rejects:

• Ragan and Britney trash Brendon and Rachel at practically every moment.
• Then they go hide from them because they're scared of them.
• Apparently the cake they had during their feeds blocked halfway party had their pictures on it.
  
• Rachel saved the pieces with Brendon and herself.
• Britney mocked that move.
• Rachel told Brendon they have a once in a lifetime love.
• Yeah, right. Come back and tell us in a year what's going on.
• Hayden made programming decisions for his "Just the Tip" show he plans. Enzo is allowed a 30 second appearance, but is not allowed to take over the show.
• The Meow Meow thinks just by appearing on it, he will take it over.
• Rachel cried.
• They're in lockdown and wonder why it's so long -- usually the extended lockdowns are for endurance comp set-ups.
• I really hope it's not yet another endurance.
  
• Rachel gave Brendon all of her sentimental goodies from their relationship.
• She's sure she's leaving although the house is still trying to convince them that Brendon's going.
• Rachel and Brendon aren't even trying to fit in with the house, exiling themselves away most of the time.
• Matt cut Enzo's hair.
• Enzo should keep his hat on.
• Rachel went to the DR with her glasses on for the first time. We'll see if that makes it through editing.
• They did the 10 PM PT "Just the Tip" show. I'm not overly impressed. But at least they're talking to us.
• Rachel and Brendon practiced skills like dropping things straight, etc.
• The other quizzed themselves on past comps, dates, etc.
• If the backyard set-up is elaborate, it's not going to be a quiz.
• Enzo said that if Kathy wins HOH, he'll circumcise himself.
• Well, that might be interesting.
• Taking a break from trashing Brendon and Rachel, they mocked Kathy.
• The Brigade met up and decided if Brendon wins HOH this week, it isn't a big deal.
  
• They'll just send Britney or Ragan home and go after Brendon the next week.
• Lane, Enzo and Hayden discussed whether they'll reveal the Brigade at final six or seven.
• The three stooges were up most of the night, just heading to bed as I post this.
• Rachel should be leaving with a 6-0 vote tonight.
• Enzo and Hayden are going to tell Brendon the house pressured them.
  

Big Brother 12 - Wednesday Live Feeds - August 11

Brendon shows his love by painting Rachel's toenails.
Ew.

Today was SO uneventful ... well, except for a few things. Here's da skinny:

• Britney and Ragan complained about Brendon and Rachel's behavior.
• Brendon and Rachel complained that Britney hasn't washed dishes since she entered the house.
  
• I do seem to recall that she has, but not all that often.
• Britney and Ragan trashed Brendon and Rachel, mostly to each other but to whomever would listen.
• Matt got his HOH camera and he included Rachel and Brendon in his shots.
• Britney later talked tried talking him into deleting the photos of them.
• Ragan and Britney hatched a plan to move around things in the house to get Brendon and Rachel studying the wrong things thinking it's for the HOH comp.
• Ragan found out that if things are movable, they can do it. Things like the flamingos attached to the floor, no.
• Britney cried some. Rachel cried some.
• The Meow Meow didn't cry.
• There was another saboteur video message (blocked to the feeds).
• It said (along the lines of): True love conquers all. Don't sweat who goes home tomorrow, neither may leave.
• Of course, it's like the lifelong friends saboteur lie.
• But now they're thinking that Rachel is not only the saboteur but she might have a power like the coup d'etat.
• The feeds were blocked for their big halfway mark party and even Kathy could eat.
• The season's half over? Heck, it just started getting decent!
• Enzo, Hayden and Matt tried to make up a code for speaking but the BB voice said, "Stop that!"
• Brendon keeps encouraging Rachel.
• And we're back to Rachel crying yet again.

Matt's tats

Big Brother 12 - POV/Jeff and Jordan Return Show Blog Party - Aug. 11

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.

Just a quick live feeds note -- the feeds were boring and quiet today until another saboteur video occurred (blocked to the feeds). This one hinted that neither Brendon nor Rachel would walk out the door. I'm feeling it's a lie like the one about lifelong friends. It happened too close to the show for an actual post. I'll recap the feeds late tonight.

Kathy knocked Rachel out in the first round of POV. (Jeff and Jordan hosting.) Britney knocked Brendon out. After they were out, all had fun with Britney winning in the end. Drama, drama and Britney did not use the power of veto to save either of them.

Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Into Wednesday Morning - August 11

DRAMA IN THE HOUSE ALERT
DRAMA IN THE HOUSE ALERT

Enzo's reaction as Brendon screams at Ragan and Britney in back of him.


Brendon's talk to the Internet after he screamed at Britney and Ragan and then couldn't get to Rachel as she was in the Diary Room.


Putting on a show for the Internet explaining the recent brouhaha in the house. Alas, the view is from the back because the camera in the front would only focus on one at a time, not a group shot.

There. Have I whetted your appetite for the most recent brouhaha in the house? I hate to admit it because it really makes me a bit of a mean girl ... but my whole reaction to this dramatic event was a bit like Enzo's. I had to hold the giggles in. Here's what went down:

• It was a relatively peaceful evening in the yard, another pool tournament (yawn) in motion.
• Rachel and Brendon are still working on the "Vote out Brendon because he's a meanie-pants while Rachel is simply a dear heart who's so misunderstood. She deserves to be here!" plan.
• With that in mind, Rachel wants to smooth things out between herself and Ragan, Britney to a lesser amount.
• Now, Ragan isn't having any of the apology bit. He told her that he doesn't like the drama and that every drama in the house has a common denominator -- Rachel.
• Ragan isn't loud, nor really rude. Yet he definitely was condescending.
• Britney joined in to agree with Ragan as he continued.
• Rachel kept pushing them by claiming she never did the things they said she did.
• But she did laugh maniacally at Ragan the night before. She did. I saw it. The house saw it. Perhaps Ragan attaches too much dramatic significance to behaviors like this, but it happened.
• "Never happened!" said Rachel. The denial of things which had happened continued. Ragan told her that he wanted to be surrounded by fierce competitors in the comps, then be able to relax and play pool with them later.
• Ragan told her she was a poor sport when she wins, gloating it over everyone and a poor sport when she loses, crying and pouting. No one wants to be around her in either scenario. She needs to adjust her behaviors and she'd have less of a problem getting along in the house.
• He is right on that bit. Her mood swings are so predictable and she never seems to really get over things.
  
• Rachel teared up, apologized for EVERYTHING and said she was sorry for ruining his game. Then she ran into the house to the Diary Room before the tears overflowed and caused flood warnings.
• Brendon, only knowing that Rachel was upset and heard a mention of his name (Ragan mentioned Brendon calling him a "pussy" to Rachel), ran out to the hammock where Britney, Ragan and now Kathy were.
• He lit into them, really! He started screaming and yelling at them, full of expletives! WOW! I didn't know he had it in him.
• Ragan called him a "neanderthal."
• Brendon corrected his pronunciation.
• All the time Brendon was screaming at Ragan and Britney (Kathy had quickly jumped up and ran to safety), Enzo was probably less than fifty feet away by the pool table with Lane and Hayden. His back was to the brouhaha. It was all he could do to keep from guffawing.
• The glee in Enzo's eyes was priceless. It's obvious that he relishes this kind of thing in the house as it takes him totally off the radar.
• After screaming at them a bit more, Brendon headed towards the house with Britney on his tail.
• Towering over her, he sputtered something about her being three feet tall. She sputtered back at him.
• He went in and looked all over the house for Rachel, finally deciding she was in the diary room.
• The diary room wouldn't let him in.
  
• So he addressed the cameras pleading his case and explaining his outburst.
• He's in love and he KNOWS they picked on her (even though he really has no clue what was said by anyone).
• He's going to defend his love no matter what.
• She doesn't deserve such treatment and never does anything wrong.
• They're all so mean to her and she has never been mean in the house.
• Kathy came through to check for "libations" in the storage room.
• Since she's not Britney and Ragan, he didn't scream at her.
• Coming out with two bottles of wine and maybe five beers, he asked that she leave both bottles of wine for Rachel and him (Rachel still in DR).
• She left them on the kitchen island and headed out the door, letting Britney in on her way out.
• Britney snagged the bottles, said something about all of the liquor going outside and put them with the rest by the pool table.
• Brendon went out, grabbed the white wine and brought it back into the kitchen, took the corkscrew and opened it.
• Kathy came in for the corkscrew only to find out that Brendon hid it in his pocket and didn't want to give it to them. But he gave it to her without argument when she said something about sinking to their level.
• Rachel eventually came out of the DR. Brendon and Rachel went over the fight and how mean everyone is over and over again as they drank their wine in one of the bedrooms.
• Hayden, Kathy, Britney and Ragan put on an Internet show in the HOH room (and to Matt) reenacting the events of the evening, offered with a bit more relish just to spice things up.
• Enzo, Hayden and, to a lesser degree, Kathy, are sitting pretty in Rachel and Brendon's eyes.
• Ragan, Matt and Britney are cockroaches according to Brendon.
• He will squash them.
• Brendon is SO brainwashed by Rachel. While Britney and Ragan tend to exaggerate her behaviors, Rachel has a lot of serious emotional and people skills issues. Brendon, though his earlier "talks" with Rachel showed he knows there are issues, now is blind to anything she does wrong.
• Ragan also addressed the Internet on his own, explaining his stance. Now, he's beginning to remind me a bit too much of a know-it-all guy I know, so I should zip my lip.
• Suffice it to say that he's not perfect either.
• But Rachel's behaviors have been really manic, that I will say. She needs that house shrink they have on staff.
• That was about it for the excitement of the night.
• Finally, a brouhaha which lasted more than two minutes and really caught my attention. I wanted to go make popcorn in the middle of it for my viewing pleasure.
  

Hey, Rachel ... not that I'm one to give advice. But did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, it's those SOCKS? I'm jus' sayin' ...