Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - Sept. 9

Messy hamsters!

Gaming-wise, things aren't changing a lot in the house. What else has been happening inside that Big Brother House of Dastardly Dan? Read on ...

• The big house happening isn't even happening in the house today.
• Shane won a luxury prize when he won the veto. All he really knows is that it's a trip out, he gets to take someone and the theme is "A Night With the Stars."
• Um, okay.
• They could be going to a planetarium for all we know!
• Of course, his date is the lovely Danielle.
• With only the three in the house, there's been very little game talk.
• Ian's done a lot of hammock rocking.
• I'm waiting for that thing to crash.
• Jenn went on and on to Dan about her band and stuff.
• Dan and Jenn both think Shane is lying when he tells them he has no money.
• I believe Shane. Perhaps not NO money, but just enough to squeak by with a low cost of living in Vermont. He wouldn't be able to afford a room by the week around here.
• Ian and Jenn talked about their individual experiences in regard to 9/11, possibly smoothing Ian's previous offhand comment about the day (using it as a time measure).
• After all, he was ten.
• Ian went think-rocking on the hammock alone in the yard again.
• The new hammock is now so loud that it's hard to make out his occasional mumbles.
• He was definitely mentioning Dan and wondering if he could trust him.
• He was saying something about pawns going home.
• He was saying he has to win two more vetos.
• Get to stepping.
• Open book.
• It sounds like he might be considering putting Dan up in Jenn's place. But would either Danielle or Shane vote to evict him? All he would need is one and he's the tiebreaker.
• As I get this posted, the star gazers haven't yet returned. 

Really messy hamsters!

Danielle gets ready to go with Shane to the mystery thingee

He even has the alligator in his mist

The house finally made her go bonkers

Ian even keeps his HoH room bed made

Big Brother 14: Second HoH and Nominations Show Blog Party - Sept. 9

The show is delayed a bit more than a half-hour here on the East Coast due to tennis. While I'm putting this post up on time, nothing will be happening unless your local stations didn't carry tennis.

Once it starts, I'll update this post with the major events as it airs. Refresh the post to get the latest! However, as always, the real fun is in the comments area. Come join us!

8:33 PM ET AND IT STARTS ...

Will Dan target Ian? He tells him he wants to put him up as a pawn. Ian doesn't like the idea. His target was Ian. Yikes! After Ian won PoV, he wanted Shane out but Danielle fussed.

The HoH is a trip down Memory Lane -- they have to remember dates and events mixed with rolling a ball down a lane. Ian and Shane tied, they go to a tiebreaker. Ian wins HoH! Dan uses his mist to keep off the block.

Pandora's Box once again. He's tempted by words of encouragement from someone who loves him. They show a picture of his parents. But the video is Rachel! The others get real videos from real loved ones.

Time for nominations. Key order: Danielle, Dan. The mist worked -- Jenn and Shane are on the block.

There will be another eviction on the Wednesday show, expected to be taped Tuesday.  

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Saturday Night into Sunday - Sept. 8-9

They've blindfolded him. When will he walk the plank?

Okay, so Shane has the veto. Will will the Dense Dude do with it? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Quazy Quackers and a Jenn:

• Jenn apparently wasn't just bummed because she didn't win the veto. She got sick during the physical comp, passed out and was bummed.
• All of them are sporting aches, pains and some little cuts or abrasions on their hands.
• With the way Danielle and Dan (aided by Danielle) have guazed up their hands and fingers, you'd think it was a chain saw massacre.
• Once the yard was opened up, Ian went to the hammock.
• As he rocks it violently, it looks like his mind is moving faster than the hammock can rock.
• He muttered a lot of things, most inaudible over the hammock noise.
• "They're going to cut me."
• "Renegades, renagades."
• "Quack Pack forever."
• "The mist ... the mist ... the mist."
• Hmm. He knows of the Mist, Dan's own little Kool-Aid he passes about. But will he act?
• Shane keeps joking that he'll use the veto on Jenn.
• Of course, he's not telling Jenn that. He's telling Danielle that to push her buttons.
• When Dan joins in on the button pushing, Danielle gets even more flustered.
• Shane does intend on saving himself even though he's been assured that he's safe. Boogie told him what "pulling a Marcellas" means and does.
• Dan, on the other hand, wants to try to convince Shane not to use the veto.
• With winning the veto, Shane also won some kind of luxury prize. He won't know what it is or do whatever until later today.
• As she's been doing for a good part of the summer, Jenn didn't hang out with the others, this time not really at all.
• The Quack Packers put on their own "food challenge" by mixing various beverages, blindfolding and then guessing the mix.
• Dan won over Danielle.
• As in real life, too.
• Danielle is seriously worried about being evicted if she goes on the block.
• Why that would mean Shane or Dan or both of them would vote her out.
• And Ian would be the tiebreaker if only one voted her out.
• Oh my. Wouldn't that be horrible? NOT!!
• Oh, I doubt it would happen, but I can dream. Can't I?
• Shane told Danielle that she thinks Dan and Jenn might have a final two deal because they talk to each other too much.
• Salt on the wound, gasoline on the fire there Shane.
• He also told her that he thinks if Dan had won the veto, he would take Jenn off the block and vote him (Shane) out.
• If Shane would just talk to Ian, they may come out of the mist!
• Not that I begrudge Dan a second win. But I'm amazed at the gullibility of all around him. 
• Earlier in the evening, Jenn seemed to sneak a candy. It doesn't seem like anything was done about it.
• Well, at least she's not wolfing food like Enzo did when he was on slop!
• Ian thinks they should tell Jenn about the Quack Pack out of consideration for her.
• The others nixed the idea.
• Danielle and Shane slept in separate beds. Not Danielle's doing, I presume.

Jenn, you've slept too much already this season

Ian does his thinking rocking violently in the hammock

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 9, 2012

Good morning, world! Or, at the least, a little bit of the world. I don't think I'd want the whole world here anyway. I'd have to get out of my fuzzy slippers. This is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. If you're looking for Big Brother content, you might want to skip this post and head here instead.

Thinking back on the week, it wasn't really all that remarkable in the greater scheme of my life. Yes, it was a four day work week at my day job and I did have an extra day off. But, with the BB live feeds coverage going on, a day off doesn't necessarily mean a day off. However, the end is in sight -- the finale is September 19. The live feeds cut down drastically before then.

The weather here hasn't been cooperative in light of my photo taking, either. It's been immensely humid and/or raining half the time as I made my commute back and forth. Since I didn't really go elsewhere with my camera(s), my photos this week are a bit limited.

A few random thoughts from the week:

• It's bad enough that some high school age kids called me "ma'am." But when an Emminem thug lookin' wannabe in his mid-20s wearing a "wife-beater" shirt called me "Ma'am" ... GAH! I feel suddenly OLD.
• I got hit on by a drunk Mexican man downtown. Why? Very annoying. I pretty much had to turn him around and give him a push to make him go away. He didn't respond to "Shoo!" with my hand motions.
• Vincent hasn't done not a thing around the house. I would expect he'd at least do the dishes now and then or Swiffer up his own cat fur. 
• One morning on the train, I saw two deer and a snowy egret. Alas, the train was going too fast for clear photos. But I like to think it's a lucky day when I spot wildlife on my way to work.
• I should clarify -- the deer and egret were not ON the train. I saw them out the window.
• Once the leaves start falling, I'll be able to see more. In a way, summer makes my train ride more boring as it hides things with all the leaves.
• The days seem to rapidly be getting shorter even though we aren't anywhere near losing Daylight Savings Time yet.
• I like the new angles from the sun, especially in the mornings.
• Starting today, the oppressive humidity we suffered through for most of the week should lessen. Good.
• We were under tornado watches for several hours yesterday. I had my camera ready, but no tornadoes here -- the closest one struck in Brooklyn.

That's just about it. Onto the photos -- clicking on an image will open it in a new window, clicking again will result in a larger image. Closing out that window will return you right here.  

Lonesome dove

I believe he (she?) was indeed lonesome. I believe mourning doves pair up and are  monogamous for life. This sole dove perched atop the flag pole in front of the Plainfield Police Station, observing traffic and probably thinking, "Look at those silly humans."

Man vs. Nature

The skies were spectacular one morning. You'll see that I took advantage of that for several of my photos this week. This one was taken looking through the parking lot fence at Union County Community College on Church Street in Plainfield.

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Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Power of Veto Update - Sept. 8

Danielle's picked-at pimple crater won the PoV!

 

Who woulda thunk it?

Er, no. It appears Shane won the Power of Veto. No one has come out and said it although there were some "it's a good feeling" references by Shane. The veto necklace was hanging on the side of the Memory Wall near no one's photo per se when the feeds returned.

Danielle was upset. Jenn seemed down and climbed in bed. Ian, Shane and Dan acting normal.

Although no one has come out and said it, I'll call Shane the winner. If he isn't, I'll correct this.

Now, if he takes himself off, Ian is likely to put up Danielle as per earlier discussions. Jenn would remain the target.