Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Monday Daytime, PoV Ceremony - August 12

What the heck is with the hair?

I love how some of these gals spend forever popping their pimples and applying make-up, then just shove their hair up in knots. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Messy Locks:

• Heh. Amanda said you don't have to backstab to play the game.
• Yeah, Amanda said it.
• Really.
• Of course, she who hasn't won anything technically has no "blood on her hands."
• BUT ... at other times she's very quick to mention that she (and McCrae) have dictated all the nominations and evictions.
• So, she has backstabbed. Perhaps she wore a disguise, but she did it.
• Jessie feels that Helen perhaps isn't paying her enough attention. She was fussing about Elissa being wishy-washy yet at Helen's side all along while she wanted to work with her.
• Jessie noted that this morning was the first morning with a noticeable change of weather -- it was overcast. She's not used to Southern California.
• Jessie thinks that Aaryn is getting really touchy (not like touchy-feely, touchy as sensitive to things) because she's midweek on slop and it's her (Aaryn's) first time as a Have Not.
• That could be it. She went off on the BB voice in the house which directs them to Diary Room, fix their mics, etc.
• One of the new sayings this year is "Shut it DOWN!" when they're doing something they shouldn't.
• Helen likes to shop at TJ Maxx and Nieman Marcus. Talk about opposites!
• We had trivia -- example below -- while they had the PoV ceremony.
• As expected, Andy did NOT change his nominations.
• Spencer and Jessie remain on the block.
• Jessie remains the target although everyone is acting like she isn't so she won't pout for three days or be crushed.
• Helen said she told Amanda that if she wins HoH, it's too soon to go after anyone other than pawns. 
• Helen considers pawns to be Spencer, (Jessie should be gone), GinaMarie and, to a lesser extent, Aaryn.
• Both Helen and Amanda have talked to Andy about taking each other out.
• He's stuck between a rock and a hard place.
• Oh, what a quandary for everybody's friend!
• In the long run, I think it depends on which power player has the power first and makes the move. If it's Helen, he'll drift to her. He's more loyal to Amanda, but time is dwindling. He'd be happier if Amanda got out Helen, I think.
• Amanda STILL thinks Judd was MVP.
• @@
• McCrae is worried that GinaMarie and Spencer are in an alliance.
• Elissa held a yoga class with GinaMarie. 
• GM did better than I would.
• Mind you, that's not saying much. I'd be horrible at it.

 

Oh, poor little Amanda

Trivia!

Quick. Elissa, throw GM on her face!

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.

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