Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Sunday Night Into Monday - Aug. 5-6

Safe this week?

Guess what? Now they're changing their minds once again! Sheesh. What's wrong with having a plan and actually sticking to it? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of You're Making Me Dizzy:

• Boogie and Frank talked about being in the house with a bunch of dumb people.
• Frank can't wait to make his goodbye tape to Janelle.
• They think the boot Janelle plan is still on.
• Danielle and Britney tormented Fran by messing with Big Ted, the big Teddy Bear.
• Dan talked with Frank.
• Boogie told Dan that Janelle would go after him if she doesn't go this week.
• Janelle, lying, told Boogie she wants to work with him (after Frank goes).
• Boogie, not lying, told Janelle he doesn't want to work with her.
• They had a coaches meeting.
• They're not a cohesive bunch.
• Janelle said they could get together after Frank leaves.
• Boogie doesn't want to lose his Frankie Boy.
• Boogie told Dan he wants to sit next to him (Dan) in the end.
• @@ Sure, Boogie.
• Now, Dan has drunk the Kool-Aid.
• He's on board with the backdoor Janelle plan.
• He told Boogie he'd "try to sell the plan to Danielle."
• Heck, it's what Danielle WANTS!
• Britney feels like a bad person because she's lying to Janelle and she's not mean like that ... or she used to be.
• Britney is crying, tired of lying to Janelle.
• In a group vote, they decided to go with the backdoor Janelle plan.
• Dan told Ian he's part of the core group, but Boogie and Frank are part of a secondary group that he (Ian) isn't a part of.
• Okay. As long as Ian's name isn't up there for eviction!
• Danielle discussed with Dan her speech bits for the veto meeting during which she plans to remove Wil from the block and put Janelle in his place.
• As the hamster house turns ... 

Girl talk

Give me a hug. I need a hug.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Sunday Into the Evening - Aug. 5

His Spiritard zipper is still broken

Surprise, surprise ... all has been re-waffled since my last report. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Indecisiveness:

• Ian loved sleeping in his doghouse ... probably his best night's sleep in a month.
• Frank decided he can't work out in his Spiritard because he hasn't another one to change to if he gets sweaty and it "blasts his junk."
• Ian got on the show the old-fashioned way. He went to a casting call.
• As opposed to Jenn who somehow got picked by her Facebook page and didn't have a clue about the show.
• No, BB ... don't even LOOK at my FB page. I'd rather mock hamsters than be one!
• Danielle thinks that she and Shane are powerhouses like Brendon and Rachel.
• @@
• As Britney, Dan and Danielle sat in the HoH room, Britney once again said she thinks they ought to boot Frank this week.
• As opposed to the late night boot Janelle plan that Danielle and Shane loved when Boogie proposed it.
• Of course, we know that Dan wants to keep the coaches to help maintain his own safety.
• Dan once again pointed out that if Frank goes, Boogie becomes virtually powerless. They have Ian, Boogie doesn't. Jenn, basically worthless anyway, also isn't a Boogie fan since he ignored all but his boy Frankie.
• Boogie told Shane that there's no way he can work with Janelle if Frank leaves.
• Oh, goody!
• Ahem.
• Boogie is still trying to work Shane for the Janelle backdoor plan.
• Boogie also told Britney that he doesn't want to work with Ian or Jenn.
• Well, they don't care all that much for him either.
• Ian has a bit of a soft spot for the guy, but knows he hasn't been treated with any kind of respect from Boogie.
• After talking with Boogie and deciding that he's just trying to protect his own game (and Frankie Boy), Britney and Dan once again bring up the issues with the Janelle boot vs. Frank boot to Shane and Danielle.
• They do realize that Janelle wants Boogie out just about as much as Boogie wants Janelle out.
• Danielle said she had enough. The nominations will remain the same (Wil and Frank) and Frank will go home.
• Janelle is now working her way into the current HoH gang ... once again.
• Both she and Boogie are playing smarmy this season. Either could go. Boogie isn't AS bad as he was in previous seasons -- he's not anything like they're showing on the show, Diary Room must be instigating that. But Janelle is SO much different than in previous seasons. :-(
• Dan and Britney are pretty much the same as they ever were.
• They've decided, because of the blindside move last week, they will hint to Frank that he's probably going.
• They can't outright tell him as that's against the rules.
• But, of course, nothing will be said or done until after the PoV meeting tomorrow.
• Ian was released from his dog garb and ways.
• Frank has to wear the Spiritard for a week ... or, up until his (probable) eviction on Thursday night.
• In the latest talk, Britney is a bit ticked at her boy Shane as he told Frank that it was Britney pushing to put him up last week.
• Well, it was. 

Ian's costume is HOT, not HOTT

Who's the HoH this week? Dan

Ian's hiding in the shade in his doghouse

Danielle at her finest

Big Brother 14: HoH Results, Nominations Show Blog Party - Aug. 5

Welcome aboard the Good Ship Blog Party! Now, if you've been following the live feeds and/or the reports I write up here, you already know who won the HoH Endurance Comp on Thursday night. If not, you're in for a surprise!

As the show airs here in the Northeast, I'll be updating this entry with the major happenings. However, as always, the real fun is in the comments area. Come join in with your comments!

After the inevitable recapping of previous events, it's to the HoH endurance. We all know that all but Boogie hit the button, but Britney and Janelle are denying it. Britney tells us she hit it because she had no chance to win as a coach with one player left. Janelle told us she just wants to win. Dan loves to play the game. Boogie just wanted to coach this year.

Boogie jumped out first. Then Jenn. Then Joe. Then Ashley at near two hours. Dan shortly after. Frank out. Boogie told him that Dan had told just before the comp that Frank had been the target.

Danielle promised to keep Wil safe. Wil and Shane jump at the same time. Janelle jumped figuring Britney looked solid and would have her back. Over three hours into it, Ian jumps after being guaranteed safety, then Britney the same. Danielle wins HoH!

She wants to put Boogie and Frank on the block so that one will go home. Dan, thinking of himself wanting all the coaches in still to make him a lesser target, is pushing for a Wil/Frank nom.

Nominations time! The key order: Britney, Ian, Dan, Janelle, Jenn, Shane, Ashley, Joe, Boogie. She went with Dan's nominations -- Wil and Frank.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Report into Sunday Morning - Aug. 5

Bubble bath time!

Are you ready for your Sunday morning waffles? What started out as a funny but rather boring costumed after PoV comp night took yet a new twist. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Changing Tides:

• Ian is still taking to his costume well. He needs to be kept on the leash whenever outside of his little dog house enclosure in the yard.
• Frank proved too busty for his Spiritard. The back zipper broke and no one is on staff to fix it until Monday morning.
• Thus, Frank is in a half-Spiritard.
• But that's not the big news.
• The big news is that Boogie got out of his slump and into the game once again.
• Y'see, both he and Janelle excel at mind tricks and deception.
• Britney and Dan, on the other hand, are more into figuring out mind games and deception than they are at practicing it.
• But, like the Godfather himself, Boogie offered up a scenario which is hard to refuse.
• His idea? Join forces, Danielle use the veto to pull Frank off the block and ... wait for it ... wait for it ...
• Put Janelle on the block and get her out this week.
• Dan is skeptical of the plan as he knows how Boogie works.
• Shane and Danielle have drank the Kool-Aid and feel that Janelle would definitely target them next week.
• Britney doesn't really trust either Boogie or Janelle.
• There do seem to be more good points to this plan than bad -- Boogie and Frank working with DSDB is safer than them working against them.
• Danielle really dislikes Janelle.
• Janelle is playing super shady with her lies and mind games this season and isn't loyal to anyone but herself.
• Boogie is right when he said he's stuck to his alliances.
• Janelle stands a better chance to win a comp than either Frank or Boogie, neither of which has performed all that well in comps.
• Dan, although skeptical of Boogie, decided they need to add Ian in the mix. Ian was NOT brought up by Boogie in his HoH talk with them.
• But Dan is really gung-ho on getting Ian aboard.
• So they (DSDB) talked to Ian. His role is more of a double agent within a single alliance. DSDB will be more faithful to Ian than to either Boogie or Frank. Ian will be privy to the inner circle of the group and not share with Boogie or Frank.
• They plan to talk to Boogie and Frank to tell them they want Ian aboard with them for more numbers, but nothing about how in he really is with the group.
• Ian already has a name planned for the alliance, but we got fish.
• Dan is still worried that Danielle is playing personal (due to her dislike of Janelle), but is slowly coming aboard.
• If they do team up, they would control the vote to get Janelle out.
• Also, if they do team up, the peripheral players -- Wil, Joe, Jenn, Ashley -- would be easily expendable in the coming weeks.
• Will they waffle again before the PoV meeting?
• It's really looking like Janelle may be out the door early.
• Dan is worried.
• However, I'm privy to stuff Dan isn't. I saw Boogie and Frank talking. Boogie is apparently on board with the alliance. It isn't just a mind game -- in the end he would be betray them, but not until then.
• I just don't know. 

Ian can eavesdrop from his enclosure

Joe takes Ian to the fire hydrant

Who arrives in HoH immediately after the new waffle?

Boogie revived

Not allowed to roam off leash

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 5, 2012

Happy Sunday morning, world! If you're looking for Big Brother live feeds content, those posts can be found at this link right here. I posted one late last night and another will be posted later this morning. This post is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken. If you're here for the show, you may feel free to stay and read this ... or not.

Once again we had an incredibly uncomfortable weather week here in Plainfield, NJ. Humid, hot, sticky, rainy, stormy and just bleh! I'm SO not a fan of hot and humid weather. I hate standing still in the shade yet sweating profusely. And, no. I don't glow. I sweat. Wah! Although, I'll admit, I do enjoy a cool thunderstorm as long as I'm not caught out in it and my power remains on.

On the home front, I mentioned a week or two ago that it probably wouldn't be long before someone stole the video cameras the new landlord put at the entrances. Welp, the one from the side entrance went missing Thursday sometime between the time I left for work and returned home. The front door one is still there and I didn't bother checking the back door. I hope the jerk who stole it didn't realize it's being filmed in a locked room in the basement. I blame the riff-raff from the front section of the building.

In between going a bit bonkers between work and the BB14 live feeds reports on the blog, I've been going over my photos to submit for the Plainfield Library Photo Contest. You can submit five and I have a pretty solid four chosen so far. It's not the easiest theme for me -- Plainfield, Dining In or Dining Out. I see so many cool restaurant shots I could take through windows. But I don't want people to think I'm a creeper.

I think this weather is putting a damper on my photo taking inspiration. I didn't get many shots that I really thought were good this week. Here's the best of the ones I took:  

On a limb

Although many limbs are still down from a storm the previous week, I believe this one on the lawn of the Plainfield Quaker Meeting House was actually cut.

Up close and personal

Yes, there was rain. Sigh.

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