Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Into Tuesday Dawn - August 24

Missing some of their old toys, they have new toys.
Now if the pool table would go missing.

Matt and Ragan share tender moments.

Here are the happenings from the evening and overnight hours in that Big Brother House of Diabolical Demolition:

• It's odd how Matt is on the block, but so much is all about Ragan.
• Hmmm.
• When BB called an outdoor lockdown, Ragan was in the diary room and didn't come out.
• Of course, everyone theorized that he "pushed the panic button" to exit as he was so upset that Matt would be gone.
• Now, that's just ridiculous even if it is Ragan!
• Ragan had been shunning (a favorite word of Enzo's) Matt after his talk with Britney in which he found out that Matt was trying to get him (Ragan) nominated instead of Matt.
• Britney said that season 9 wasn't a good season. Y'think? Nine was the cupid one in the winter while the writers strike was on.
• She also thinks this season is full of "big characters" and should be popular.
• For me, it only turned interesting a few weeks back. I think the showmance with Brendon and Rachel turned me off for a long time. They focused too much on the couple and not on the rest of the house.
• Brendon is doing so much better without her in there.
• Heck, if she had been in there not in a couple and crashed and burned on her own, it would have been better than the never-ending focus on the showmance.
• While in the lockdown, they thought BB might be cleaning out (Kathy's) dead fish.
• But, nope. Not even touched although we got a "Back Soon" screen with the mechanical hand moving around coral (below).
• It turns out that Ragan was really just in the Diary Room after all.
• I pity the DR workers having to listen to him drone, fuss and whine for so long.
• Britney told Enzo that Matt said he (Enzo) hasn't been really trying in the game, thus throwing him under the bus.
• With Enzo, all you have to do is put the idea in his head that someone is talking against him and it sets him off.
• I think Britney knows that.
• Once they started talking, Ragan and Matt talked forever ... saying pretty much the same stuff over and over again.
• Ragan told Matt that he thinks from the feeling of the house that it's a done deal -- Matt will be going home.
• I believe that's definitely the case.
• Matt, now faced with the inevitable, has finally quieted down his cockiness.
• It's almost sad to see it all crashing down for him, but then I think of all his bragging about how great he is and the lie about his wife.
• I'm not saddened. Anyone who thinks they're so great at this deserves to crash.
• I know. I'm mean.
• Ragan has almost moved on. He's already trying to get his game together to forge ahead without his cuddle buddy.
  
• Although both Brendon and Britney seem to be fitting in with the Brigade Boys, they're not really.
• Right now, despite side alliances, it's Lane, Enzo and Hayden remaining loyal to each other and no one else.
• They want Britney, Ragan and Brendon out.
• As an observer, I'd say if Britney, Brendon and Ragan were to work together, they could easily win the comps over the Brigade Buffoons and take over the game to final three.
• But I don't see that happening.
• Instead, we might see three guys who have had nothing but an alliance and a social game in the finals instead of the three who actually try to win comps.
• Very odd.
• Lane also told Matt that he needn't bother trying to campaign to stay when Matt asked.
• Matt knows what's ahead for the diabolical super-genius of BB12 -- eviction.
• Hayden and Lane really want to be in the final two together.
• If that were the case, Hayden would get the votes due to his social game.
• But they don't know that. I do.
• Matt and Ragan talked more. Sigh.
• Matt told Ragan he had a big secret he wanted to tell him, that it wasn't a game-changer (at this point), but big.
• Ohhh ... the wife lie?
• Ragan says he'll vote for Brendon to win before he'd vote for one of the "three boys."
• I question calling each other "kids" and "boys." What's up with that? Aren't they men? Aren't these people supposed to be adults?
• Never mind. Those were rhetorical questions.
  
• Britney and Ragan talked about working together. They think if Brendon wins HOH, Ragan is his first target, she's the second.
• Little do they know, they don't have much chance with "the boys" either.
• Hayden, the one who broke a pool cue a few days back, broke a vase in the yard clowning around.
• "Who would have thought Hayden would be the one with anger issues?"
• Nah, not anger -- just tomfoolery.
• Enzo says he's becoming one with the penguin suit.
• Ragan told Matt he thinks Enzo and Hayden are the ultimate floaters in the game.
• He left out Lane. Hmmm.
• Matt told Ragan that Britney is the sneakiest player who will be left in the game.
• Of course, Matt himself was THE sneakiest.
• Matt didn't tell Ragan the wife lie ... yet.
  

Big Brother 12 - Monday Daytime Live Feeds - August 23

What? No silly smirk, diabolical super-genius?

Here's the news from inside that Big Brother House of Penguins and Crushed Cronies:

• Matt continued to campaign with both Enzo and Lane to talk Britney into putting Ragan on the block instead of him.
• Britney continued stuck between a rock and a hard place. No matter what she does, there will be consequences and her end game isn't looking too great.
• Matt cornered Britney and told her he was freaking out.
• Yep, he even pulled the wife card. After all he's gone so far in the game and to lose it all ... all he can think of is her.
• I so want to see their reactions when this wife lie is exposed!
• Britney mentioned that Matt and Ragan are much closer than she and Lane are.
• I'd say, as Rachel would say ... they're a pair.
• However, we all know that Matt is just using Ragan while Ragan is all star-crossed puppy dog love or something.
• Britney said she got nothing but punishments and no prizes in the comp, Brendon had the chum bath, forever slop and handcuffs even though he won POV and Enzo gave up all of his clothes to charity and is wearing a penguin suit.
• Matt insisted he didn't win anything.
• He didn't. Golden boy Hayden took the money and the trip!
• Brendon talked to Britney, too. They're seriously thinking of working together.
  
• She mentioned that if she puts Matt up, which will make enemies for her, it would be half of what he seriously wants out of the house.
• They think they'd be evenly matched in gameplay if they were in the final two together.
• They would.
  
• The only other person playing the game to any extent is Matt.
• But he's such a sneaky snake that he needs to go before they hand him a half-million based on the wife lie.
• I said that, not Brendon and Britney.
• Brendon told Britney he won't be coming after her and thinks they'd both do better working together.
• Then it was time for the POV meeting and the feeds were blocked.
• Brendon saved himself, naturally.
• And Matt is on the block.
• Matt ate slop all alone (pictured above), perhaps punishing himself for his own darn cockiness.
• Britney told Ragan about how Matt was telling both Lane and herself that she should put him (Ragan) on the block instead.
• She told him not to say SHE said, because he also told Lane and Enzo and probably Hayden the same. But she thinks he should know before he goes wild trying to campaign for him like he did last week.
• Enzo's feet are broken.
• His penguin feet, not his real feet.
• Enzo, Lane and Hayden are thrilled that Britney's doing their dirty work and getting Matt out of the house.
• @@
• Ragan studied the memory wall so he can do the morph comp better.
• They think it could be a double eviction week this week.
• Brendon told Britney if he gets HOH, she's safe.
• Lane got his phone call from home. His mother said that he has supporters all across the country and that a local restaurant named a burger after him.
• You know you've hit the big time when the local diner names a burger after you!
• Matt campaigned to Lane for a vote.
• I don't think the Brigade boys will vote for him. He's distanced himself too much with his Ragan Bromance.
• Enzo has done diddly with the exception of giving his clothes to charity, but he's kept in with Lane and Hayden.
  

Brendon has smiled more since Rachel left than
he did when she was here. That should be a clue.

Bayonne Bird

Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds into Monday Morning - August 23

Britney playing pool in her birthday dress.

Here are the late night into the morning happenings in that Big Brother House of Fools:

• Britney and Lane think they'd have a better chance in the final three with Enzo rather than Matt or Ragan due to the endurance comp.
• Well, duh.
• Britney is afraid if she goes with a Matt nomination (and he goes this week), the others won't be able to get Brendon out.
• Brendon grilled up some broccoli and it turned out very well.
• I'd probably burn broccoli if I tried to grill it.
• They had another pool tournament. Sigh.
• Brendon and Enzo trashtalked Ragan's crying.
  
• They're right -- Ragan is an emotional mess this season.
• The only other male to cry this season has been Brendon. He did a bit more than his share, too.
• Enzo talked to Britney about a final four with her, Lane and Hayden.
• He told Britney that Brendon is more worried about getting Matt and Ragan out than he is with her.
• Matt, knowing he's in danger, is trying to get his true blue buddy Ragan on the block with Enzo instead of himself.
• Ragan will probably cry when he finds out Matt betrayed him.
• Kind of like a Judas' kiss, eh?
• Hayden is still trying to convince Britney to put Matt on the block.
• Either Matt or Ragan would be good choices to eliminate power players in an endurance comp.
• The others have all shown little endurance strength.
• Matt and Hayden stayed up talking, just going to bed as I get this posted.
  

Big Brother 12 - Live Feeds Into Sunday Evening - August 22

Lane's pool duckie just needs a slight beard.

I think Britney's regretting winning HOH.

Here are today's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Suspicious Minds:

• Britney and Brendon weren't handcuffed for 24 hours.
• They were set free at about 1 PM their time and Brendon's chum baths ended.
• Enzo wants to trademark "Meow Meow."
• My cat Vincent might fight that in court.
• Recall Ragan holding up his hand when Kathy asked someone to watch the fish?
• Well, one's already dead.
• Hayden told Enzo and Lane that he's the one who took both the money and the Hawaiian vacation in the POV comp.
• So Matt is innocent (at least this time).
• And Hayden's a bit of a sneaky pants.
• Brendon thinks he, Enzo and Hayden all need to be on the same page and tell her Matt has to go up on the block.
• Enzo would be on board with that -- chances are that if he and Matt are on the block, Matt will go home.
• Enzo wanted to paint "Meow Meow" on his penguin suit, but BB told him "Stop that!"
• Ragan made an abacus out of candy to work on dates.
• Lane came in and thought an abacus was an advocate.
• I like the boy but sometimes question his mind.
• Matt finally cornered Britney. He told her that if he stays this week, he will target Brendon, not her. If he (Matt) goes up against Enzo, he (Matt) will be going home and she will lose someone who could further her own game as Brendon will target him (Matt) before he goes after her.
• He made some good points.
• I've been kind of taken with Enzo on an entertainment level, but the dude hasn't won any comps. He's all talk and swagger. At least everyone else is trying to play the game.
• Oh, wait. Hayden and Lane are doing just about the same thing. Hayden won the first comp by a team effort and has done nothing since.
• Ragan is sure that this week will be a double eviction week.
• He was sure last week and the week before, too.
• This time he's right.
• Ragan, all full of conspiracy theories, thinks the PoV comp was just a bit too convenient -- from who won to who she was cuffed to to who received punishments.
• Britney told Ragan that "everyone" is telling her that Matt won all the prizes.
• Apparently when all of Enzo's clothing went off to charity in the POV, their pool tournament bowl went with it.
• What a shame. I'm sure we'll be seeing it on eBay.
• The more Britney talks to people, the more it seems like she's getting sold on keeping Matt.
• If she puts Enzo and Hayden up, that's probably not a good thing -- although that's her thought at the moment.
• True, Enzo's useless and to some extent expendable.
• But if she's in a final three with say ... Ragan and Matt -- no good. Both could outlast her in the endurance. Plus Matt does have his sick wife lie and gameplay which might garner votes even if they all think he's a sneaky snake.
• And, if Enzo and Hayden are on the block and Hayden goes home ... oy! He's also dangerous at the end game as he's universally liked, but everyone would be mad at her.
• Enzo's ticked. He wants to go against Matt and Matt goes home. He says the costume is cursed. Everyone who wears it goes home.
• They kept blocking the feeds throughout the evening, sometimes for pretty extended times. I don't know what's up with that.
  

PlayDoh Hayden and Lane

Big Brother 12 - Nominations Episode Blog Party - August 22

Welcome back my friends
To the show that never ends
I'm glad you could attend,
Step inside, step inside ...

-- Emerson, Lake and Palmer from the "Brain Salad Surgery" album

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.

Enzo, Brendon and Hayden are the Have Nots.

After much thinking, she put Brendon and Enzo on the block.