Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday Night into Monday - August 18-19

Boring, boring

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Friend or Foe:

• Amanda is still irrationally ticked off because she thinks Helen and Elissa are trying to flip the house against her (and McCrae).
• Um. That's part of the game. You can't be Ms. Dictator and not expect the ones you oust or try to oust not to strike back. Sheesh.
• Amanda without McCrae to calm her down probably would have been out long ago. She rants too much when things don't go the way she wants.
• Meanwhile, as Amanda bristles, Helen tells her she loves her.
• Oh my.
• Amanda and McCrae continue to lie to Helen, leaving her to think there's a possibility she might stay.
• Helen told Andy she loves him.
• Meanwhile, the more Aaryn thinks, the more upset she becomes. 
• She honestly adores Helen and feels horrible that Helen will go because of her doing the dirty work for Amanda.
• She feels that Amanda had her do the dirty work and get out Howard.
• She feels that Amanda had her do the dirty work and get out Judd.
• Every HoH Aaryn has had has always been about Amanda.
• Andy tried to tell her that Amanda and McCrae will always be loyal to her.
• Andy thinks that it's better to stick to Amanda and McCrae in the game.
• He thinks getting rid of Helen, as much as they hate to do it, keeps them in the game without putting a target on their backs.
• Aaryn was able to drink when the booze came, so she felt a bit uninhibited as she lashed out at Amanda (who can't drink because she's a Have Not).
• Amanda lashed back.
• McCrae once again tried to calm down Amanda who then lashed out at him telling him she was sick of him not having her back.
• In another world, GinaMarie wants Aaryn to be her maid of honor at the big GinaMarie/Nick wedding.
• @@
• Aaryn, who has more insight into the game than Helen seems to have, told GinaMarie that she knows that she's the fourth and most expendable in the McCrae/Amanda/Andy alliance.
• Aaryn told GinaMarie that Andy told her that Amanda & Co. wanted to split them (GM/Aaryn) up and that's a blow.
• She's considering putting Amanda up on the block.
• But then McCrae would be after her and right now she's not on his target list.
• "This is the Amanda show," says Aaryn.
• She's right.
• She says that if Amanda continues to give her grief, she WILL put her up and they would have the votes to put her out.
• So, then Amanda and Aaryn had another "war of words."
• Amanda said it's because of her (Amanda) that Aaryn even is in a final four deal.
• Amanda denied saying that she wants GinaMarie out.
• Then Aaryn all of a sudden started to believe Andy is lying to her about the GM thing.
• @@
• Amanda told Andy that she knows he's believed in her even when McCrae didn't have her back.
• Aaryn is worried that Amanda will find out that she seriously considered backdooring her.
• @@
• I had hope Aaryn might go against the tide and force a Helen/Amanda showdown, but I think she's going to go with the Spencer nom and sending out Helen.
• Oh well, that's the way the BB ball bounces.

Steaming at Amanda

Cat fight starts in the kitchen

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - August 18

Aaryn is the neatest HoH this season

Greetings, hamsterfiends! Once again, Sundays tend to be quiet in the house with them sleeping late and no comps. The PoV meeting isn't until tomorrow. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Repugnant Rats:

• Elissa and Helen started the day off deep-cleaning -- with this bunch of slobs, it's desperately needed.
• That said, Aaryn seems to be just about the only hamster to actually make her bed daily whether it's the HoH room or another.
• Helen said that since America is watching, the house should always be clean.
• Um, it's a bit too late for that! It's like they don't even think of the live feeds, yet clean for the live show each week.
• This isn't the first season that that's the case, though. Season after season, they only primp for the live show.
• Elissa told Helen that she heard GinaMarie say that she was going to vote her (Helen) out.
• Elissa also pointed out that Spencer is acting like he feels really safe.
• Doggonit, Elissa, just tell Helen that they're planning on voting her out and get it over with!
• Helen told Aaryn that she doesn't want to be another Jessie and go out like that. She feels Amanda is targeting her.
• Ah, the wheels are finally cranking!
• Helen also told her that she thinks the others are trying to cause issues between her/Elissa and Aaryn/GM.
• She thinks that if she (Helen) goes home, Amanda will use Elissa to go after Aaryn.
• All said, she did give Aaryn plenty of food for thought. We already know that Aaryn personally likes Helen a lot more than she does Amanda, plus she's been pressured to make the noms.
• Helen has noticed that Amanda is treating her differently now that she's on the block. Oh my ... could SHE be the target?
• D'oh!
• Aaryn starts spilling some of the beans to Helen!
• She told her that Andy and Amanda have deals going with everyone in the house.
• While Helen thought Spencer was behind her nomination, Aaryn told her it was McCrae, not Spencer.
• Could the house be ready for a flip against Amanda? 
• After all, if Elissa takes herself off, Aaryn puts Amanda in her place, gets Helen, GinaMarie and possibly Andy or Spencer to vote with them to oust Amanda ...
• I think it's probably unlikely, but this is the first rumbling against the machinery in a while that may have credence.
• When Helen talks to Andy, he admits that he's always trusted her more than he does Spencer and that Amanda/McCrae are after her (Helen).
• Sigh. In a private talk, Andy and Aaryn said they need to remain loyal until the final four ... with Amanda and McCrae.
• Andy and Aaryn reported back to McCrae and Amanda.
• Sigh.
• Andy pointed out that they need to realize how loyal he's being to them (3am) as he knows Helen would have taken him to the final two.
• Yeah, right.
• There was a bit of a respite in the form of the photo booth opening.
• I dunno. I'm kind of tired of that. I liked the gypsy fortune teller better.
• Hey, aren't we ready for something to keep them awake all night? We haven't had any of those yet this season. There was the individual things with Amanda and Judd, but not the house.
• Aaryn's Clownie doll was found hanging in the shower yesterday. Today, he's face-down in the bathtub.
• Heh.
• Amanda got all ticked off because she thinks Elissa and Helen are trying to flip the house on her and McCrae.
• Oh, give me a break! They're ON THE BLOCK. What does she expect them to do? 
• McCrae tries to talk sense into her and calm her down.

A clean house is a happy house. Yeah, right.

Oh noes, what should I do?!?!

Not winning any comps, may win it all

Big Brother 15: Nominations Show Blog Party - August 18

One bad thing about the live feeds is that we'll have no surprises with this one. Oh, well. As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest news!

As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please keep things to a PG level there and remember I don't necessarily endorse any rumors or speculations that I don't personally post. It's just entertainment for me. It's not like I even want to know these hamsters! I'd rather just mock them and critique their gameplay instead. Pull up the comfy chair and let's get this party started!

Ah, they're showing the Amanda hiding behind the trash can crying because she "can't win anything."

SO much filler. We see that Aaryn wants to nom Spencer and Elissa, but that's not what Amanda wants. We see her HoH room. Amanda wants Helen and Elissa up with Helen the target. But she wants Helen to think Elissa is the target. Elissa's playing right into that by making Helen angry when she says she will walk out of jury.

Have/Have Not Comp -- GM doesn't want to be on the same team as Amanda because she's on a losing streak. They have to enter a black box with cobwebs and goo, retrieve a key. GM, Amanda, Helen and Elissa are the Have Nots.

Nominations time -- Key order is: GinaMarie, Spencer, Amanda, McCrae, Andy. Elissa and Helen are on the block. Power-duo who will come after her power-duo. Hmm. 

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 18, 2013

Good morning! It's Sunday morning, time for 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 television show or live feeds reports, you can find the latest at this link.

It's been another hectic week for me with my real day job and the BB season in full swing. I'll be thankful for September with a staycation and the wrap-up of another season of live feeds. I really feel like a zombie. I hope I don't look like one!

In my real life, I have a new boss at my workplace. Gosh, I hate breaking in new bosses, don't you? More seriously, it's always an adjustment period when this happens. I'm not particularly worried as I'm good at what I do and know my stuff better than most. But, still ... I can tend to be a bit change-resistant, especially when I enjoyed the previous boss. However, life goes on. C'est la vie. She does have a llama, a pig and other farm animals. I have Vincent the cat. So, we have some common ground. (Yeah, that's comparable, for sure!)

We had temperatures that I love for most the week, accompanied by rain for the first part of the week. I could have lived without the latter. But the walk to the train station early on the mornings when it wasn't raining was PERFECT. A bit of an autumn chill in the early morning air. I couldn't ask for more! The days are getting quite noticeably shorter -- sunset is before 8pm again. I know I'm weird, but I like that. I love autumn. It's supposed to be summer again by mid-week this week. Sigh.

On the home front, after not seeing him the first three months he lived here, I keep encountering the now not-so-new upstairs neighbor. He's always so pleasant that he could make noise and I wouldn't be mad. Yet, he's very quiet up there, even in his walking on the hardwood floors. Best upstairs neighbor ever in that apartment! Woohoo! He also seems happy here, so he may stay around for a while. It is a nice quiet neighborhood.

How was your week?

Onto the photos ...

Ladybug, ladybug

As one who is now sporting a HUGE mosquito bite on my forehead, I'm appreciating the innocent little ladybug more and more. They're kind of cute and they neither bite, nor sting. You go, ladybugs! Bridgewater, NJ

Sunflower avec bee

Don't you just love it when I toss in French words here and there? Avec means "with." That's a bee in the center of the flower. East Front Street, Plainfield.

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Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Late Night Saturday into Sunday - August 17-18

Aw, poor pitiful GinaMarie

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Better Them Than Us:

• Of course, none of us would be foolish enough to make fools of ourselves on national television and the Internet for three months with a slight possibility of winning a rather (in the long run) paltry sum.
• In my last little bulletin, I made the announcement that Elissa won the PoV comp and that it was this season's Otev variation.
• For those questioning the comp, it's the one in which a god type entity gives a clue about hamsters who have left this season, they all scramble down a ramp and search for whatever form the answer is (doll, disc, etc.) and return up the ramp with it. The slowest (or wrong) one in each round is eliminated. 
• It can get pretty cut-throat.
• And, apparently Elissa got to the ruthless point.
• Well, good for her. 
• Helen did her happy dances and seems genuinely thrilled for Elissa.
• Now, she thinks that Spencer will be put on the block in Elissa's place, he's the target and she (Helen) is safe.
• Um, that's not quite the plan.
• Yes, they plan to put Spencer on the block. But, no. He's not the target.
• GinaMarie is in a world of self-pity. Naturally, she's disgusted that Elissa won. That would go without saying.
• But she's even more upset that they didn't have any NICK questions in the comp, yet had Jessie and Judd questions.
• BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
• She thinks the producers slighted Nick and is more upset about that than the fact that her hated nemesis won the comp?!?! Is she for realz? (As the Staten Islanders would say.)
• This season's Otev comp has left them all with bruises and scrapes.
• Poor hamsters.
• All of them, except GinaMarie, have been going on about great Elissa did in the comp.
• Amanda thinks Elissa is more dangerous than Spencer and if she (Elissa) gets HoH, they need to make sure she targets Spencer.
• Aaryn thinks that Spencer is more dangerous than Elissa and he must go next week.
• Spencer pointed out to the others that he was hoping to vote this week for the first time in weeks. They laughed at him.
• They apparently (or some of them) got love letters from Otev and GM is upset she didn't get one from Nick.
• @@
• Aaryn said she's angry at Helen. When Amanda asked her why, Aaryn said it's because Helen says she (Aaryn) is working with them (Amanda, McCrae, etc.). She is, of course. Even Amanda found the "angry" funny.
• It's sad to see Helen has bought all the lies hook, line and sinker. She really thinks both she and Elissa will stay in the game and Spencer will go home this week.
• She's dead wrong.
• And, even though Elissa was talking about self-eviction this past week and on occasion before, I doubt that will happen. 
• GinaMarie cried, then went to the Have Not room to try to sleep.
• Aaryn laughed at McCrae because he was upset that he made a rather homophobic comment with her influence and he doesn't want people to think he's homophobic. She said she no longer cares what people think and they can slap any label on her.
• No worries there, Aaryn. They have! And it's all because of your own words and actions.
• Aaryn thinks the people who watch or follow the live feeds spout things out of context and are mean.
• Heh.
• McCrae told her that the online world is part of his own world and he knows when it's wrong to say something.
• Amanda thinks McCrae must be the most politically correct person in the world.
• Er, no. But he has been a lot more wise about what he says online. 
• Then again, he got into a huge showmance with the biggest villain in the house. If he loses the game, he will be mocked in BB circles forever. If he wins, everyone will call it shrewd gameplay.
• Aaryn might be surprised sooner rather than later to find that she's low person on the totem pole of the 3am Alliance. McCrae/Amanda will dump her before they get rid of Andy.
• Oh my.

He has THOSE socks on, biting his nails again

Bound to be block-bound again

Looking squirmy nervous a lot

Ms. PoV Winner