Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday Night Late - August 11-12

Stuck with GinaMarie

Not a heck of a lot has gone down since my last report. But, anyway, here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Woeful Willies:

• Helen again said she thinks that GinaMarie will be America's Favorite.
• Andy thinks GM will be portrayed as nuts and not win the honor.
• He's more right than Helen. Even with the more favorable editing on the show than actuality of the live feeds, she comes across as a whacko.
• Helen and McCrae talked of never understanding what Howard meant when he spoke. He did tend to speak in circles and metaphors.
• Aaryn thinks Spencer is sketchy. 
• Andy pointed out that Spencer has no allies, so has little power to use his sketchiness.
• Spencer told GinaMarie that he trusts Andy.
• Um. Okay.
• Andy has a gut feeling that America was the latest MVP and that Amanda is being portrayed as a villain.
• Bingo!
• Although, there's no need to "portray" her as a villain ... she is one!
• Amanda and McCrae's fake wedding is set for tonight.
• Andy won't give them the HoH room.
• Good.
• Andy talked of two men being in love and Aaryn said that was "disgusting."
• @@ 
• Doesn't Aaryn realize that love is (or should be) the major component of ANY relationship?
• GinaMarie said she asked the Diary Room if she could beat up Candice in the jury house.
• They told her, "NO."
• I dunno. I bet Candice just might be able to do a job on GM.
• Not that I'm promoting fisticuffs, of course.
• The newly named ex-Goof Troop, now 3am Alliance, talked of various scenarios to get Helen out. 
• That would be Andy, Aaryn, McCrae and Amanda.
• Helen wonders if Jessie might have deals set with someone as she seems too happy.
• Maybe she's just happy she might be getting out of there!
• It was weird to see ALL of the hamsters hang out in the backyard for most of the late evening hours. Usually a few go off in seclusion.
• Helen got stuck with GinaMarie at the hot tub for what seemed like forever.
• She even worked her HelenBot throughout that, asking all kinds of questions. If Helen gets in one of those comps about knowing the other hamsters best, she should win hands down. She acts like she's all interested, but I bet she's filing all the knowledge away for future use.
• Amanda said that she's not racist because she's had sex with black guys.
• @@
• Nothing like promoting your promiscuity! (Don't care what color, just the idea of going on about guys with whom you've done da deed!)
• Amanda told Andy that Aaryn's more sheltered which is why she made the "disgusting" remark.
• I don't know. Even sheltered should have common sense.
• Right?
• Then again, perhaps the hamsters have to swear not to use common sense during the application process.
• Yeah, that's the ticket -- no common sense permitted!
• Later today, we'll find out if Andy uses the veto or not. I don't think he will and I believe it still will be Jessie walking out the door on Thursday.

Smokin'

Imbibing

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - August 11

At least she's not a Have Not

For the most part it's been a ho-hum Sunday in the habitrail. There's so much down time on Sundays that, except for the occasional brouhaha or cat fight, it might as well be nap time for all. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Horrors:

• Have to give her credit for trying -- Jessie told the others she thinks Spencer is really good at comps. (And implied that she's not and they should vote him out.)
• Lots of talk about how Judd did this and Judd did that. Judd pretty much did whatever others wanted him to do.
• Andy told Helen he's only lied to the people he wasn't loyal to.
• He's not lying about that.
• But, do note he didn't tell Helen he hasn't lied to her.
• GinaMarie was happy Andy won PoV as she thought she'd be the replacement nominee if veto was used.
• She would have been.
• Jessie thinks that Amanda/McCrae/Helen/Elissa have a final four deal. She doesn't know anything about Andy's involvement with any of them, or at least how strong his ties are.
• Both of the power couples work together, but things will end up with them pitted against each other.
• Helen keeps talking about getting Amanda out.
• Unfortunately, she's telling that to Andy, Amanda's puppet.
• Andy, who's been on the fence over which nominee he really wants out, told McCrae that he guesses Jessie will have to go as she told him she wants Amanda out.
• @@
• McCrae is worried that Amanda will betray him.
• Heh.
• They think Rachel might show up in a Pandora's Box.
• Andy and Spencer think they trust Amanda and McCrae more than they do Helen.
• Elissa, though part of that power pair with Helen, is easily dismissed.
• Spencer thinks Aaryn is a wild card. While her two HoH had the nominations controlled by others, he has no idea what she would do on her own.
• He has a point there.
• I'd say she'd just do whatever told by whomever.
• Now Helen, Andy and McCrae are in a final three deal.
• Whatever.
• I can't even try to keep these whacko deals straight.
• Although I do admit I wouldn't mind seeing that particular final three. I just don't think it's serious.
• McCrae said, though Amanda has sworn love and future marriage, he feels trapped and depressed. He called her a maneater (not to her face) and said he feels like the girl in the relationship.
• Good. Now he knows how some girls feel!
• Andy told Jessie he can't keep playing everybody's friend.
• He also told her that Spencer has lied to him.
• He didn't tell her that she's the target this week.
• Then Andy went off to be Helen's good friend.
• And on it goes ...

Symbolic of her life?

HoH entertainment

He DOES have Spock ears!

You can run, but you can't hide

Big Brother 15: New HoH and Nominations Show Blog Party - August 11

Here it is! The second HoH from last Thursday's whirlwind double eviction show! As it airs here on the east coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest. I'm putting this post up on time, but fear the show is delayed due to golf here. It should start about eight minutes late. (Grr ... but we have been lucky for several weeks, I guess.)

As always, the party is in the comments area. Come join us!

Recap. recap, recap. Some more insight into the Judd eviction.

Finally, halfway into the show, new news. The HoH comp has them "building" a sundae by rolling a ball (cherry) atop a huge sundae in a fake diner set-up. It's done tournament style. HoH will decide the Have Nots for the week.

Jessie won over Helen to move on.
Andy won over GinaMarie.
Amanda won over Spencer.
McCrae over Elissa.
Round one over.

Andy beats Jessie.
McCrae beat Amanda.
Round two over.

It's down to Andy vs. McCrae. ANDY is the new HoH!

He ends up getting volunteers for Have Nots -- Helen, Aaryn, Elissa and then GinaMarie.

Amanda is SO upset that McCrae didn't let her win their round!

Have Nots Vote: cottage cheese and cow peas, turnip and taffy, head cheese and habaneros (sp?) -- this would be for next week as this week they're already eating mung beans and whatever.

They skipped Andy's HoH room reveal and went to Helen campaigning to have Andy put up (his allies) Amanda and McCrae.

Nominations ceremony time. Key order: GinaMarie, Helen, McCrae, Aaryn, Amanda, Elissa. The nominations are Jessie and Spencer. He adores them both, strategic move to secure his own position in the game. 

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 11, 2013

Good morning! If you're looking for my Big Brother live feeds coverage, the latest post can be found right here at this link. This post is my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way.

Gah. As it is for many summers now, this is my time to be lacking sleep. Unlike some years when I was off from my real job due to knee surgeries, I'm working full time and covering the BB live feeds here on the blog. When I was actually working as blogger for AOL television, this was my cash cow season. Alas, not so much these days. While I do earn some money, it's nothing near the days when I could technically earn more than $100 an hour just writing on AOL. And, this year's cast is very wild, thus getting the Internet audience more worked up than usual. Me? I don't really care who wins the show, I'm just the messenger of the feeds and host of blog parties.

So, I'm in my zombie period at the present. Work, write, work, feed cat, write, work, pet cat, write, work. You get it.

Yes, if I have to ever have another surgery, I'll indeed schedule it in the summer for no other reason than I need the sleep. Local blogger Dan Damon even shouted at me as he drove by me on the street ... "Do you ever sleep?" Sigh. No. Not enough. Not lately.

Anyway ... onto the photos for the week ...

Dreary morning train

In this area, we continue to get more and more rain. Other years, at this time of the summer, most lawns are dried out, leaves are turning brown. This year I've seen green growing where I've never seen it before. That said, I've been enjoying the days without heat waves one after another. Plainfield Train Station

Everything's coming up roses!

Er, well. Maybe not. However, compared to many past years, life is doing okay by me here. I hope it is with you, too! Roosevelt Avenue, Plainfield.

**CLICK THE 'READ MORE' LINK TO SEE THE REST OF THE PHOTOS**

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Saturday Overnight Into Sunday - August 10-11

Match made in a habitrail

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of People Who Say LOL Out Loud:

• As you know from my last post, Andy won the Power of Veto.
• The theme of the veto comp was "Classic Big Brother." 
• The comp itself was named Blood, Bolts and Bandages. The players all have different colored t-shirts touting that.
• It was one of those comps in which they had to choose to stay or fold.
• There was a lot of candy in the comp, but they weren't allowed to bring any inside the house.
• Knowing BB's budget dollar store games and activities, maybe they want to save it for next year?
• Spencer seems particularly stressed after the comp.
• Aaryn told Jessie not to worry, she's safe.
• Hmm.
• Truth or fiction?
• Aaryn told Jessie if she did stay and won HoH, she could go after GinaMarie and that would be okay. After all, "GM is a sweet kid, but she's affecting my game."
• Heh. Now Aaryn is throwing GinaMarie under that reality bus to people with one foot out of the door!
• Aaryn told Andy that Jessie wants to put up Amanda and McCrae if she stays and wins HoH.
• They agree Jessie needs to go home.
• Ah, so the answer is .... fiction!
• Andy said he won't use the veto on his nominations.
• Andy thinks they should make both Spencer and Jessie feel safe this week.
• He does say that Spencer is shady.
• McCrae told Amanda she's "kind of insensitive."
• KIND OF?!?!?!
• Amanda thinks McCrae is just trying to start fights with her.
• @@
• She thinks McCrae blames her for EVERYTHING.
• I say, as it should be.
• Elissa said she doesn't want to go to jury with these guys. She feels traumatized.
• As would I. I feel traumatized just watching them at times.
• Andy told Amanda that, while he thinks he wants Jessie out this week, he feels he needs to weigh the options -- think of the pros and cons of keeping one or the other.
• Hmm. Not like he has a vote or anything, right?
• Amanda and GinaMarie have both tried out for American Idol in the past.
• Yikes.
• Right now, it still looks like the house will probably vote out Jessie.
• Bit it's a long time until Thursday.

Delusions of grandeur

Holder of power

Holder of three fingers

Yoga in a messy room