Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Monday Dawn - July 13

Chelli on the hammock

Gronk. Gronk. Who wants a party? No one, really. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Pooped Partiers:

• Y'know, I can appreciate Vanessa's game moves and her plan. I understand why she's targeting Jeff and not Audrey.
• BUT SHE NEEDS TO SHUT UP!
• She also needs to stop with the "at the end of the day" phrase. If I never hear that on Big Brother again, I certainly won't miss it. 
• Where her big problem with me is that she keeps on talking and talking. First, why bother even letting Jeff know he's a target? Just slap him up on the block. Second, when talking to people (if she feels she must), just state the case once. If there's no chance the other person will change her mind, move along.
• Didn't I say 'ad nauseam' before? I say it again. (I love showing off Latin phrases.)
• It was so bad that I found a teeth conversation with Johnny Mac, Lizia and Steve more interesting.
• Steve brought his retainer, but hasn't been wearing it.
• Don't you love all these insider bits?
• Heh.
• Austin has been playing the "I didn't know Audrey wasn't her target" bit with Jeff.
• But his relationship with Jeff has broken down nonetheless as it's been brought up that Jeff talked about backdooring him.
• Although Jeff denied throwing Austin under that reality bus, it's there. 
• More fuel for the Oust Jeff Movement.
• Vanessa told Shelli she doesn't think Steve knows about the twins.
• Duh. Everyone in the house knows!
• And, what about them taking Steve into their alliance? It shows that he's really not IN with them. (As I knew all along.)
• The Gronk Parties partied on.
• As decided by online fans, they played a game of Truth or Dare.
• Johnny Mac came up with a unique strategy for nominations -- he'd set up in the bathroom and the first two people who didn't turn the Occupied sign around get nominated.
• I'm liking him a lot more than I thought I would. He doesn't take these things so seriously and he is comic relief at times. Despite the way he talks, he does seem to know his dentistry and is generally pretty smart and observant.
• Nothing of any great consequence happened. I think we'll still see Jeff being named as the replacement nominee for John at today's PoV ceremony.
• I wish they hadn't decided to "tell" him -- they didn't come out and blatantly say it because that's against the rules, but they "told" him anyway. 
• I would have preferred a true blindside brouhaha tonight!

They're still Lizia to me

Gronk Party noisemakers

Has she got a ruthless side?

Such delicate painted nails

Talking teeth

Gronk Party, dudes!

Superfan's expectations destroyed

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - July 12

Not quite a puppetmaster

Gee, another fun Sunday in that Big Brother House of Harried Hamsters:

• Meg and James came to the realization that, once again, Audrey is not going to go on the block.
• James vowed to nominate her and get her out if he can get HoH.
• At this point, Audrey should be able to float through to the end as the biggest target who never gets nominated.
• That said, I'm fine with Jeff going. 
• He bugs me.
• He says "dude" too often. He regularly picks at his shoulder pimples.
• Gamewise, he's too cocky. He plays pretty much everyone in the house, telling lies and doesn't think anyone notices.
• Wait! It's the next twist! Jeff IS Audrey!
• Ahem.
• The various Gronk Party takeovers continued with dancing, conga lines, hot tub, etc.
• If they don't join the party, they're Have Nots next week.
• At least, that's the threat.
• After Vanessa lit into Jeff, he now realizes he's in deep doo-doo this week.
• Aw, poor dude.
• He keeps thinking he can reason and/or apologize his way out of trouble with Vanessa.
• Vanessa says that there's nothing he can say to change her mind.
• Although they're not letting on to Jeff, most of the house know he will be going on the block and we're probably going to end up with yet another house vote.
• So darn exciting, these practically unanimous votes.
• Not.

Look into my eyes

Don't look at my eyes or my teeth

The kid has facial hair stuff going on

The smartest dumb guy in the house

All is catching up with Jeff

He needs to stop picking at pimples!

Gronk Party or die

Bug Brother 17: Nominations, Battle of the Block Show Blog Party - July 12

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

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. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

The show is actually starting on time despite golf. Recap time for the opening.

Austin vows that Judas is the HoH. Vanessa is thrilled that she and her ally Austin are the dual HoH ... for now. And the twins talk goes on. Lizia hopes to work with Vanessa for safety. Julia reveals herself to Vanessa. Of course, Vanessa wants to work with her supposed buddies, Chelli, and tells them about the twins.

Austin, the closest friend of the twins in the house, is dumbfounded that they're twins. They hope to keep them in for a six person alliance once both are allowed to play.

Meg thinks the target is sure to be Audrey. She doesn't want to be a pawn again. Jason too is sure Audrey will go. Jeff thinks it will be Audrey while James is worried that he might be in trouble.

Austin and Vanessa think that Jeff might be a better target.

Who wants to see my HoH room? False thrills.

The twins switch and Liz reenters the house to her new allies -- Austin,Vanessa, Shelli and Clay. Foolishly, they decide to try to keep fooling the rest of the house that there aren't twins. They already know! Sheesh.

Johnny Mac, a dentist by trade, notices that one twin has a crown on her number nine tooth. Jeff runs to Austin to tell him that rumor has it that Liz is a twin.

Austin thinks they should backdoor either James or Jeff. They discuss putting pawns up. They offer him a safety deal through to ten people. Of course, he's asked to throw the comp once again.

Nominations time! Austin wears his Judas hat. He nominates Meg and Jason. He says that Meg was called out by Da'Vonne and needs to prover herself, Jason save yourself. Bigger plan. Vanessa nominates James and John. James, a game move. Johnny Mac, crush the competition.

Meg is SO MAD. Poor pawnie gal. Austin talks to them both. He tells them that Audrey is the backdoor plan. Austin wears his Judas hat.

Battle of the Block time -- Gronk's Amazing Foam Party. The spectators have alcohol. They have to retrieve party people's clothes from a maze inside a huge pool of foam. Then they must match up the item to the person. James is doing so poorly that John really doesn't have to work at throwing it.

Meg and Jason win BoB, Austin is dethroned.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Sunday Dawn - July 12

Not presently a target, for now

Good morning, hamster watchers! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Can You Limbo Lower, How Low Can You Go?:

• Oh my gosh, just put him up on the block and tell him, "It sucks to be you or to be around you. You're on the block!"
• The whole night was spent with Vanessa talking to one person after another when all she (and Austin) want to do is put Jeff on the block to replace John when John takes himself off with the veto.
• Ad nauseam  
• I bet you thought I didn't know my Latin, huh?
• Lots of heart to heart full of game strategy talks.
• Jason says that the game is a lot more fun to watch at home than to be in the house. The game is their lives while in the house.
• Well, duh.
• That's why most people with common sense would never go inside there!
• While a bunch of them bad-talked each other (Audrey talked about Jason betraying her, etc.), Jeff is still the focus.
• As people are being individually talked to in the HoH Room, Jeff continued to trash Audrey.
• He thinks Audrey is the target.
• She's not.
• Jason said to others that it really doesn't make any difference to them that Audrey's transgendered -- there are a million of them around -- but her gameplay makes them want her out.
• Steve is relieved that there's no one like Nicole this season. He wouldn't want a crush on a girl in the house.
• Austin told Vanessa that he thinks there might be a special deal for Jeff and Jackie due to TAR.
• Jeff is the target, yet the pussyfooting around went on most of the night.
• Vanessa did do some strategic talking, for sure.
• She told Clay that Jeff had been working against him while supposedly working with him.
• Later, when confronted by Clay about it, Jeff claimed it to be a strategy move to expose others.
• @@
• There was a Gronk Party alert ... they had to make togas for a toga party.
• Woot woot
• Jason thinks he's the "straightest gay man" ever on Big Brother.
• Oh, give me a break.
• The questioning went on and on.
• And on.
• Another Gronk Party alert! It's a Limbo Party!
• Woot woot
• Finally, Austin and Vanessa talked to Jeff, bringing up the lies and how he's thrown Austin under the bus. And, Clay, too.
• I don't care about Clay. He can actually go away.
• I'm not really thrilled with Austin. I expected better gameplay from him.
• The PoV Ceremony shouldn't be until tomorrow.
• Although Jeff is trying to talk his way out of his woes, I cannot see him NOT going up in place of John.
• We'll see.

Twins twist fail

I want to know how cold it really is there!

Audrey is so color-coordinated

Johnny Mac can indeed relax

Limbo party!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 12

Good Sunday morning to everybody! I hope the sun is shining and it's not too hot for comfort wherever you might be. This is my weekly off television topic reflection on the past week in both words and photographs I've taken along the way.

If you're looking for Big Brother television show or live feeds content, you can find all of those posts at this link right here. I have a live feeds report from the overnight happenings in progress and expect to be posting it shortly. This particular off television topic photo post that you're reading right now is posted every Sunday morning throughout the whole year. BB is only three months. (Although sometimes it seems like an eternity!) You can feel free to skip this post. My feelings won't be hurt.

WAH!

Er, never mind. I was just doing that for attention!

It's been a rather typical July week here in New Jersey -- heat, humidity, rain, rinse, repeat. Today is supposed to be over 90 degrees with high humidity. Ick. I have no plans to go anywhere. I'll stay in my air conditioning, thank you very much!

The past week was rather uneventful. Work, work, work. Sigh. That's another reason for no real plans today -- a day of relaxation, reading, music ... I have excellent restful diversions at hand. Plus, maybe even a nap!

About the only real thing I can think of to report from the past week is that the Plainfield Police finally seem to be cracking down on the drinking homeless, transient, bums, street people (although I'm sure many do have somewhere to be other than drinking in public) at the Plainfield Train Station. I saw one cop telling those using the electric outlets on the platform to charge their cell phones to move along. And, twice I've seen them yell at the drinking bunch on the benches to move along. Yay!

Without further ado, onto the photos for this week. Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version.

Japanese beetle up close and personal

I didn't realize until I watched this one that they cut or rip strips of the leaf off and then eat the pieces. I always thought they just chomped directly on the leaves.

Eek! A wild animal headed my way!

Is it a BEAR?!?! No? Perhaps a COYOTE!?!?! No? Oh. It's a rabbit. Cancel the alert, please. East Second Street, Plainfield.

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