Big Brother 16: Live Feeds Monday daytime/PoV ceremony - August 25

He's got the power ... until he doesn't

Well, yeah. The Power of Veto Ceremony was today. Like much else as of late, it was predictable -- the nominations remain the same. Here's what other stuff happened today inside that Big Brother House of Watching the Grass Grow:

• Derrick hopes his wife doesn't watch the live feeds because he curses too much.
• He does. Mr. Potty Mouth needs to lose the F word from his vocabulary. That's a habit and he needs to break it!
• Derrick is also thinking of shaving his little beard-thingee he has growing on his face. He likes the look of it, but it itches.
• I can't imagine how Donny's beard must feel!
• Donny did his morning routine.
• Victoria says she's feeling somewhat better.
• Cody is kicking himself for going over memory questions with Frankie.
• After the veto ceremony, Donny pointed out that he's been on the block for most of the season.
• Alas, I think this is the time that will do him in.
• BB did him wrong from the get go by casting him as the sole older person, plus the country simple life background. He's had to fight to stay in the house from the start. If I were him, I'd be just about at rage stage right about now. He has nothing to do, nothing to read or watch, doesn't have a great social game although he's certainly a likable guy. He'll probably be personally much better off with Jocasta, Zach and Hayden.
• Derrick told Christine he sleeps because he's bored.
• She told him that she hardly ever sleeps and the house has made her realize she has a very active imagination.
• @@
• Christine being in the house make me realize that some married women can't keep their hands off men who aren't their husbands!
• I guess I already knew that.
• She just reinforces it.
• Victoria told Nicole that she's heard talk that Donny will be the target.
• Sigh. Yes.
• Derrick told Frankie he thinks their skit was good enough for the Team America mission.
• While I'd like Donny (and even Derrick) to grab another 5k, I don't think so.
• Of course, I don't want Frankie to get another 5k. I'd rather he just vanish from my monitor and my TV screen. Y'know, get abducted by aliens or something. Poof! Where'd he go?
• I'd like that.
• Christine also confirmed to Nicole that she's voting to keep her -- she's wanted Donny out since the first week.
• Victoria really worked to make a tofu dish for Donny and Nicole (Have Nots) to eat. They liked the flavor, but she couldn't do anything about the texture.
• Donny likened tofu to the suet you hang on trees for the birds.
• Lots of napping going on.
• Well, except Christine. She's always awake, always thinking, always creeping me out.
• Nicole hates being on slop and tofu. She doesn't want to eat. Donny told her she must force herself because the next comp could very well be "the wall." (Endurance.)
• YAWN.

Jury house would be better, really.

Cooking with Victoria

Time for a rummage sale

Cody won't let Frankie sleep in HoH

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds into Monday - August 25

Exciting

During the daytime hours yesterday, nothing really worth reporting happened. Since it was Sunday, no comps, nothing really to do except nap, outright sleep, lounge about, sunbathe and use the photo booth. As evening approached and these nocturnal hamsters came more to life, there was a bit of talk. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hamster Stew:

• As the norm for the season, Donny was up first and followed his usual morning routine of eating, exercise, cleaning and lounging.
• A few days back Derrick and someone else (either Cody or Frankie) talked about how OCD Donny's entire life is. They're right. Donny starts out each day with the same routine except if a lockdown prohibits it. And, in the past, he's described having a routine daily in his "real life."
• Of course, Caleb thinks it's because of Donny's past in special services.
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• Others are noticing that Caleb never does anything for himself -- doesn't do his own laundry, doesn't cook his own food.
• Team America worked more on their silly skit with each of the hamsters playing other hamsters doing diary room sessions. (Which is more bearable than Frankie's Broadway show idea.)
• Derrick and Frankie talked about how production doesn't seem too happy with their play idea.
• Nicole thanked Cody for the Scorpion showing he invited her and Donny to on Saturday night. They seemed to all like the show.
• But, since it's a new CBS show, they're not about to say they don't like it!
• There was more outsider yelling over the fence -- this one said Frankie was the Saboteur. They got sent inside.
• Donny's pretty sure that he'll get the boot this week.
• He told Nicole he'd like to go to college and be someone.
• Huh. He's someone already!
• Victoria is worried about how she's being portrayed on the show.
• Sentiment is finally turning against Christine -- both Cody and Caleb talked about how she needs to go even before Victoria. She floats from one side of the alliance to the other and could be more of a detriment to their individual games. Victoria is more of just there without a sneaky component to her actions.
• Of course, that could be remedied, I say! Cody! You could take someone down from the block and backdoor Christine! I'd love that! Many show fans would love it, too!
• Sigh.
• He can't hear us.

Chills and thrills

Sunday photo funday

Captivating!

You don't know where that hand's been

Looks like an escapee from an institution

Big Brother 16: HoH and Nominations Show Blog Party - August 24

Good evening! The show will be starting on time here on the East Coast. A miracle, I say! As it airs, I'll update this post with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest.

But you know where the party is, right? Let's head to the comments area!

Nicole is back. Donny is happy. He fills her in on some of the happenings.

A segment on Donny flashbacks talking to others trying to get them to flip, done in odd low saturation. Looks weird. Make them stop that.

HoH comp time, lace up your gloves. They're all in boxing gear. Boxing event over six rounds, figure out day event happened on. They punch buttons to come up with the correct day of the events. Punching for Days!

Nicole eliminated in the first round. Victoria out next. Christine out. Interesting, all three girls out in a row! Caleb out next. Derrick out. It's between Cody and Donny. Sigh. As we live feeders know, Cody wins.

Derrick is happy as Cody won't nominate his best bud, plus no blood on his hands. Nicole is devastated.

Who wants to see my HoH room? And blah-blah-blah ...

Nicole tries to talk to Cody. He wants Donny out. But he's not really taking the bait entirely. He files it away for future reference. In talking with Derrick, Cody tells him he'd honestly rather Nicole stay in the game than Christine. They both get off on an anti-Christine tangent. But neither suggest anything other than a Donny/Nicole nomination for this week.

Donny, in a bad move, wakes Cody up to plea his case. Donny warns Cody the others will keep Victoria over him (Cody) as everyone could win against her. He offers to work with Cody. Derrick tried to feel Donny out to no avail.

That's not to be confused with Christine trying to feel Cody up, of course.

Nominations time -- Cody nominates Nicole and Donny. Nicole, loves her, be amazing. Donny, lot of chatter, immediate threat.

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 24, 2014

Good morning! Welcome to my weekly off television topic post which reflects on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. There is no television content in this post and it's something I do weekly year 'round. If you're looking for Big Brother content, my latest can be found right here at this link.

Another week down. Another week with nothing really exciting going on -- just working, blogging and giving a certain cat his required devotion. Here's some quickie random thoughts on the week:

• I really really need a vacation. I have two four-day work weeks ahead of me. But that's not good enough. I want vacation.
• Without endurance comps and a predictable season at hand, BB isn't as financially good for me this season as in the past. Few people are motivated to donate via Paypal although the ad income is just about the same as other years. Yet I'm still working as much at it. Sigh. If I didn't enjoy the community I built, I'd be tempted to give it up. It's almost like having a full-time job atop a full-time "real" job. I'm so tired!
• It seemed to rain a lot this week. We had another one of those bizarre three-hour long thunderstorms on Thursday night. I don't recall having that long of a thunderstorm ever, yet we've had more than a few of them this year.
• I, for one, am enjoying a rather mild temperature summer. Alas, they're predicting a bad winter for around here. I can take the cold -- I know how to dress properly. I just can't deal with ice and snow on the sidewalks and streets!
• I still have no clue who the new upstairs neighbor is. Nor do I have any idea male or female. It seems to be one person -- always a plus in my mind! No kids (which I don't know why they let people with children in one bedroom apartments when their own rules say no more than two people in a one bedroom). I hear footsteps and occasional music. I don't recognize the music. It's not Mexican Polka, nor classic rock or classical. It has a beat. I'm thinking either pop or rap played rather low. He/she hasn't flooded my bathroom. All is good.

Onto this week's photos -- clicking on an image will lead you to my photobucket page of the image. From there, you can make the image larger twice by clicking on the magnifying glass at the bottom right of the screen.

Plainfield Train Station lamps

At sunset last night. The day was cloudy and drizzly but cleared up enough for a very nice sunset.

The I See Dead People saga continues

People really shouldn't sleep near me on the train! This guy is so cool that his bike has blue tires. I noticed his legs are shaved. I would guess for aerodynamics. Of course. I'm sitting in the vestibule level handicapped/bike/etc. section as I had a bunch of stuff I bought at Target with me and I didn't want to lug it up and down the train stairs. Although the seats are padded there, the seats in the main section of the cars are more comfortable. Raritan Valley Line, NJ Transit.

Hanging in there

A busy bee at the Bridgewater Train Station.

My ride home

It's Saturday evening and I'm home. Well, not really home. I might seem to spend a lot of time at the Plainfield Train Station, but I certainly don't live there!

To see this week's flower slideshow and the rest of the photos, click the 'Read More' link below!

Big Brother 16: Live Feeds into Sunday - August 24

Gotta know when to hold

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Card Sharks:

• Victoria is seriously having issues with her wisdom teeth. At one point, BB took her out and gave her an IV. She's on antibiotics and they've apparently notified her mother. Not only does she feel terrible, she feels terrible about being shown sick on the show.
• Victoria had passed out on the bathroom floor and was found by Nicole. Nicole immediately called Derrick to help her. Nope, not Caleb, Cody, Frankie or even Donny. She called Derrick to help without skipping a beat. That in itself kind of shows the reputation that Derrick has built in the house.
• Derrick later tried to make Victoria feel better by calling her his favorite chipmunk.
• It didn't work.
• No way does she want to leave. But she really wants to feel better!
• However, for a while there it looked like she might get pulled from the house.
• Even when (possibly IF) the PoV comp would be held got put on hold while Victoria's future in the game was uncertain.
• Donny didn't want the comp to go on without her.
• In other news, Team America was apparently given the next mission and we had nothing to do with it. They have to come up with their own (worthy) mission, complete it and then America will decide if it was worthy of a mission accomplished money win.
• Donny asked Derrick if he thought that keeping TA together would be enough of a task. In other words, keep Donny from going home.
• Well, that would be nice. But I personally don't think all of America would vote it as worthy.
• Of course, they were soon interrupted.
• I couldn't live in that house with people just bursting into rooms without knocking!
• Caleb said that if Frankie mentions his schools in Africa charity again, he'll say his own winnings will go to wounded warriors from the United States.
• He's a bit late in saying that as he's already said how he's going to spend a fortune on cars and the good life.
• BB has gotten to the point now they feel they have to tell this bunch o' slobs to clean the bathroom.
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• (Hoarders anyone?)
• Christine, Derrick and Frankie were the players picked for the PoV comp. I'm not sure if Victoria was even in the running for it although they brought her back to the house.
• Derrick told Frankie that Donny's been throwing them under the bus and needs to go.
• In a rare moment in which I agree with Frankie, he said they've been doing the same to Donny.
• Oh my.
• I agree with Frankie. I must be running a fever!
• The veto comp was the hold/fold one with a luxury prize for the winner and two guests.
• Nope, they can't leave the house.
• In the HoH room, there will be a screening of the new CBS series Scorpion complete with popcorn and beverages.
• Cody won and selected Donny and Nicole to be his guests.
• Aw, ain't that sweet?
• Nope, not really.
• It keeps them from talking game while Derrick can babysit Caleb, Christine and Frankie.
• Ill Victoria needs no babysitter.
• Now they're all (even Derrick) back to thinking that Donny is more than a mere groundskeeper.
• Much of the hours after the comp were spent rehashing the comp. Supposedly, once Christine and Derrick figured out Cody could win, they abandoned their own hopes of winning and played for him to win.
• Derrick had a long heart to heart talk with Donny about life and the game.
• He cried afterwards.
• That's Derrick crying, not Donny.
• He thinks it would sketchy for them (him and Frankie) to campaign to keep Donny this week when Caleb, Cody and Christine so want him out. Thus, Derrick is in a dilemma.
• Frankie wants to create a Broadway type play for the TA mission.
• Oh, geez. I hope not!
• Lots of miscellaneous conversations, but little game talk.
• Things aren't looking too good for Donny now.

I had to tell Donny what hold/fold means

Gotta know when to fold

One will leave this week

Caleb proves he's not a dim bulb

She needs to STOP caressing Cody!

Nicole talks about Hayden with Caleb

Is it winter? Is this a ski bunny?

Derrick cried after a long talk with Donny