Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Monday into the Afternoon, PoV Meeting - Sept. 9

No pillow to hold?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of So Many Issues it's a Magazine:

• McCrae and Judd talked about the racial comments made by Aaryn and GinaMarie.
• McCrae thinks Aaryn's comments were due to her parents and friends (nurture, not nature) than due to where she was from.
• Hmm ... almost like he knew she blames it on Texas! Maybe she used that as a defense with him when she was still in the house.
• McCrae also thinks GM's comments are more childlike and not as serious, but that she'll be ripped apart for them once she's outside the house.
• I think McCrae might be right on both counts.
• The PoV ceremony, blocked to the live feeds, went down as expected. 
• McCrae is no Marcellas.
• He took himself off the block and Judd went up in his place, also as expected.
• GM told Spencer that if she stays, she would definitely keep him over Andy.
• Judd tried to plead his case with Spencer that if McCrae wins HoH, he'd go after him (Judd) rather than Spencer because they had a kerfuffle.
• Judd didn't say kerfuffle.
• I did.
• If Judd said kerfuffle, it would come out "mumbleble."
• That kerfuffle was the "doing something crazy" Judd warned McCrae about.
• Apparently he threw a fit at the veto ceremony so it would look like he and McCrae are fighting, not working together.
• Meanwhile ... GM is also working with McCrae, studying for questions on comp dates.
• Judd thinks of Spencer as the big brother he never had.
• And he really adores Andy.
• Oh, gag me now.
• Of course, he's looking for Spencer's tiebreaking promise.
• Spencer promised nothing.
• When the BB voice told them that their (GM, Judd) luggage was in the storage room, it dawned on them there will be an eviction tomorrow.
• Remember, that will be aired on Wednesday.
• Andy is hoping they'll make a gag reel of all of GinaMarie's accidents and injuries.
• Well, yeah. That could be funny, especially when GM tries to make light of it herself.
• When the HoH camera came out, they did their Exterminator spraying poses in front of Elissa's photo on the Memory Wall.
• Judd will NOT give up asking if he's going or staying. He claims he doesn't want to be blindsided like last time.
• Heck, I'd vote him out just because he's like a little kid asking "Are we there yet?" a gazillion times in the car.
• Judd also worked on Andy for the stay.
• Spencer and Andy really haven't had much alone time today.
• Their alone time is the only time I can really tell how the votes might go.
• Spencer was pretty solid that he'd rather keep GM.
• Unless Judd's persistence is swaying them ...

Judd packs his bags

Ew! Food on the floor when they have ants?

GinaMarie and Nicky sitting in a tree ...

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Into Monday - Sept. 8-9

Oh my gosh ... clean white socks!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of People You Don't Want Over for Dinner:

• Spencer still wants the vote to be unanimous for someone to go home.
• He wants that someone to be Judd.
• Oh, yeah. If you're not up with the news -- McCrae won Veto, so they'll be putting Judd up in his place.
• Of course, that hasn't happened quite yet. The veto ceremony will be later on today.
• McCrae said (reluctantly) that he would vote for Judd to go.
• Andy said they'd all need to agree that NO ONE tells Judd that he's a target because of his off the wall behaviors.
• Meanwhile, Judd (who tends to be nervous anyway when it comes to evictions) is jumpier than usual. It's like he knows he shouldn't have quit on the veto comp and then had a tantrum.
• But it's too late to take that stuff back.
• Judd told McCrae he has a plan and "might do something crazy." He doesn't want McCrae to get mad at him.
• Hmm.
• McCrae said he doesn't care as long as it doesn't affect his game.
• McCrae actually does want to move in with Amanda.
• Oh, silly boy. Life as he knows it would change immediately.
• Andy hopes that he can get his server job back as the teaching won't be open until January.
• I don't know. I heard that instead of the standard for years stipend of $750 a week, they're getting $13,000 for the season this year. If he doesn't win and has that nest egg upon getting out, he could just take the time off until teaching.
• But then again, I'm older and thinking lazy. ;-)
• GM got busted by the Diary Room for making a necklace cheat sheet for comps dates.
• Andy and Spencer came up with a new idea -- get McCrae to save GM with the veto, convince him they'll vote Judd out. That way the Exterminators can stay intact when they blindside McCrae.
• Oh geez ... they actually think McCrae will fall for that?
• Spencer thinks they would need to convince McCrae that they'd throw HoH to him (including GM) if he goes along.
• Meanwhile, Andy prepped GinaMarie with the plan and what to say.
• McCrae, no BB dummy, thinks that if he uses it on GM, he will be blindsided.
• He's no Marcellas!
• Then he talked to GM.
• Hmm.
• She did talk a great deal and McCrae seemed to buy it.
• But I honestly don't think he's dumb enough to fall for it.
• I personally think that he will save himself, Judd will go up and Judd will go home.
• Doesn't matter ... someone else will be soon to follow.

GinaMarie, wounded knee

At least he didn't give his cat shirt to Amanda

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - Sept. 8

GinaMarie naps heavily made-up

Another lazy Sunday in the habitrail. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Are We Almost There?:

• Nope, I didn't post an update this morning. Much of the night was Elissa bashing with a few others thrown in for good measure. I'm growing weary of that and don't feel like adding fuel to the hate fire both within and outside of the house.
• So, I'll talk about some of the other things that happened.
• Apparently Ian told them that the about five years of annual Las Vegas partying after the season wrap has been canceled due to lack of funding.
• I think that perhaps the possibility of mayhem might have aided the lack of funding.
• There was a cake with Elissa on it in the refrigerator. Oh, just great. We needed that.
• After a brief time of the yard being open last night, they had to head inside again because of some concert in the area.
• They've been locked up inside the house itself for days now with little respite.
• Spencer actually thinks he's a good representative of North Arkansas.
• Um. 
• For this crowd, they were all in bed early -- around 4am their time.
• Of course, that didn't mean they need get up before 2pm their time.
• @@
• Judd is very worried about going up on the block in McCrae's place.
• GM is less worried, but in more pain.
• Judd's knee "scarred for life" injuries seem to be deep scratches and perhaps a bit of swelling.
• GM needs to keep her knee with the nine stitches wrapped up.
• The house is filthy.
• The fish in the refrigerator expired many days ago and is stinking.
• GM, even with her newest cut thumb, washed dishes.
• The weekly photo booth went down.
• GM was practically the only one excited about that.
• Right now it looks like they're still leaning a bit to keep GM over Judd.
• But nothing's written in stone.

McCrae smokes ... will he smoke the game?

One of Judd's big life-threatening knee scrapes

Play-Doh!

Big Brother 15: New HoH and Nominations Show Blog Party - Sept. 8

Although I'm getting this post up at the scheduled time for the show, that doesn't mean that the show will go on as scheduled. This time it's tennis. Grr. It appears the show will be airing almost an hour late. Grr.

Once the show finally starts, as it airs I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest news! But, as always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join us there!

McCrae is on the spot with his impromptu HoH. He decides to put up GM and Elissa, thus sparing Andy even though he suspects Andy of voting out Amanda. Judd won PoV. But we know all of this already! Judd does NOT use the PoV and Elissa gets the unanimous boot.

BUT WE ALREADY KNOW ALL THIS STUFF!

Finally, HoH comp time. PacMan themes abound. They get pixelated images of comps, have to figure who won and complete puzzles. Andy eliminated in the first round. Judd out next.

SPENCER WINS HOH!

Don't ya love it when I go all caps for emphasis?

Spencer gets to give each of the others a "gift." Two get the gift of friendship -- GM and McCrae have to be tethered together for 24 hours. Gift of wealth to Andy -- chance to win up to $5,000. Gift of health -- 24 hours of hearing the drill sergeant and do exercises.

Who wants to see Spencer's HoH room? Judd gets a command in the middle of Spencer reading his letter from his girlfriend.

Andy gets to choose three piggy banks from dozens available. He wins all of $94.83. Heh.

Nominations ceremony time -- Spencer has already warned them ahead of time who's going up. The drill sergeant interrupts. Key order -- Judd, Andy. McCrae violated his trust, GM put him on the block.

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 8, 2013

Good morning! It's Sunday morning. You know what that means. No, it doesn't mean a camel is going to walk around the office on hump day. It means it's 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 my latest news on Big Brother TV show/live feeds happenings, my posts for there are at this link ---> Horrid Hamster House. Heehee. I'm just finding this bunch of them on the whole as rather unlikable this season despite fairly solid strategical moves.

At least we had better weather this week with a few days of absolutely PERFECT thrown in for good measure. I'm loving the cool evenings and the fact that we've seen the sun for most of the week for a change. The children around here started school this week and, while I have none of my own, I rejoiced. This means that if I go out and about on my weekday off to a park in Westfield or something, I'm not inundated with teenagers. I don't have to hear kids running around and misbehaving daytime in stores. No kids screaming in the hallways or parking lot of my building, at least during the daytime hours. Yay.

I had a four-day work week this past week due to the holiday. But then I went and ended up working extra hours just due to circumstance. (Grr.) This week I also have a four-day work week coming up as I'm taking a vacation day for Saturday leading into my next staycation. My boss asked me if I wanted to work my normal weekday that I usually have off instead. Oh, silly man! NO. I said I wanted vacation time for one day. That means I want my regular days off PLUS one vacation day off. I really need the rest!

Not too much happening on the home front this week. Vincent the Cat is still super spoiled and I wish I had never introduced him to Temptations cat treats. He's become an addict. I can't open a bag of anything without him running thinking I'm going to give him cat treats.

And, last night it was midnight before the Plainfield Police succeeded in shutting down the huge party with the live Mexican polka band right in back of my building. This time the police weren't all that happy that they were starting the music up again as soon as the police drove away. But, hey ... their backyard is about thirty feet from the bedroom windows of my next door apartment neighbors and about 100 feet from mine. Live bands playing (badly) all day and into the night are not acceptable under city ordinances for a reason! Bring it inside, rent a hall, whatever. There's a reason I would never live over or next door to a bar.

Oh, well. I've fussed enough. Onto the photos I've taken this week ...

Glorious morning!

Might as well start it off with a morning glory blossom! These are still growing along the back fence of my apartment building's parking lot. Blooming every morning, closing up at night. Kind of like ME!

Google this!

Ohhh! Plainfield's Google Street View map is going to be updated. I was walking along East Front Street when it sneaked up in back of me. Yep, it had all the Google markings and the camera globe set high atop it! By the time I got my camera out and shot it, it was already a half-block away. Cool. Although now I suppose I'll be on the map. I hope they blur and slim me.

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