Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Sunday Evening - July 19

Such a bad liar

Now, this was a good day in the Big Brother House. No, not necessarily for the hamsters. I'm talking us. I love a good kerfuffle! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dastardly Deceptions:

• The day of turmoil started out quietly enough.
• Steve talked to us while alone in the yard. He said his targets are Audrey, Meg, James and Becky. He also said that if he wins HoH, he might have to put John up to cover their alliance.
• Well, John is used to that, I would think.
• But, I haven't personally witnessed a huge alliance between Steve and John. Did I miss it?
• John and Jason talked about the differences between the twins.
• I'm really not seeing why people aren't seeing they need to target them. Of course, their "side" has been in power. 
• Clay sucked up to Johnny Mac, telling him how much they enjoyed how he played the game.
• What? By being their permanent pawn?
• Sheesh.
• The day soon deteriorated ... for Audrey, at least.
• It started out with Clay talking to her about how she alienates others and then WHAM.
• No, no fisticuffs.
• Audrey's so many lies and betrayals have caught up to her once again.
• Shelli and Vanessa had just been talking about how paranoid Audrey has been.
• What's that saying? It's not paranoia when everybody's out to get you?
• Heh.
• But it's her own fault.
• People are expected to lie in the house. But you can't go around deliberately planting seeds throughout and not expect someone to confront you about it.
• Vanessa confronted Audrey. 
• Audrey tried to switch to a Steve ouster conversation.
• Shouting ensued.
• A shot rang out! The maid screamed!
• Er, well. I made up that last bit.
• The whole afternoon was Clay, Vanessa and Shelli exposing Audrey's lies to her.
• And, Audrey denying they ever happened.
• In another case, this might be construed as bullying. But, in this case, Audrey has brought the whole house down on herself.
• "Why are people saying I said these things?" 
• Because you did say them, Audrey!
• Audrey's pretty much sealed the deal that Vanessa will save Jason with the veto and she will go on the block with Johnny Mac.
• Even Jason is in better graces with the HoH crew than is Audrey.
• Audrey cried.
• Audrey went around telling everybody not in the HoH alliance about the alliance.
• "You can't undo what's been done," she said.
• "But you can make it even worse," I say.
• Vanessa is trying to convince James that he needs to distance himself a bit from Audrey. James is totally onboard with a backdoor Audrey plan when he found out that Audrey has betrayed his own trust.
• James is now a lot more in with the in crowd.
• As Audrey is much more out with them.
• The photo booth opened up. The Whackstreet Boys had to get in on it.
• Audrey told Vanessa she still wants to work with her.
• Bwahahahaha!
• As if!
• Johnny Mac warned Shelli that Vanessa is a very emotional player and might end up being a liability.
• Shelli did not run back to Vanessa to tell her.
• See, that's the sort of thing that has done Audrey in.
• Vanessa feels betrayed on a personal level by Audrey because she thinks Audrey exploited the LGBT card with her.
• Jackie told Jason, Steve and Becky that Audrey told her the big argument with Jeff was staged so they could backdoor him instead of her (Audrey).
• That's actually a truth. But Jackie isn't sure it's truth.
• And on it goes into the night ...

Whackstreet at rest

Have Not naps

There's someone named Meg there?

Clay confronts Audrey

Shelli confronts Audrey

Big Brother 17: Nominations and Battle of the Block Show Blog Party - July 19

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!

Let's get this party started!

Recap and Girl Power in the house. Liz tells us they (the twins) only have to get through two more evictions to both play in the house. Austin is suspicious of the two hinky votes to keep Jeff. Liz tells Diary Room that she voted that way because she never made a connection with James.

Jason thinks he's alone in the game and they'll just keep throwing him on the block -- if he ends up going home, no one will care. He tells Audrey of the twins. Duh. She would be the only one in the world who wouldn't know.

HoH Room reveal. Shelli got photos of her dog. Her letter is from her dog. @@ Johnny Mac reads clues into Liz's letter from her mother.

They do the musical they actually did last week.

The HoH crew -- Austin, Vanessa, Clay, Lizia and Shelli -- talk about possible nominations. Jason, Audrey, Jackie and Becky are brought up as possibles. They think Audrey would have to be backdoored. Shelli isn't keen on that because, if Audrey doesn't go, it would look suspicious that both she and Vanessa kept her safe.

Jackie tries to buddy up with Austin and remove herself from being related to the ghost of Jeff. Austin hopes to make her a personal ally. She talks to Shelli. She tells her that Austin said Liz might put her up as a pawn. Not cool, Austin, says Shelli. Austin and Shelli both told Jackie she's safe from going home this week.

Shelli warns Vanessa that Austin has a big mouth.

Shelli has the nerve to tell us that if Liz remains HoH this week, Austin will run HoH. Pot, Clay, Kettle.

Clay asks Johnny Mac to pawn with Jason.

Audrey campaigns to Shelli to get Jason on the block and out of the house.

Nominations today. Liz nominates James and Jackie. No connection with them. Shelli nominates Jason and Johnny Mac. Her pool of people is small. Has been told Jason would come after her.

Liz tells Jackie she's not her target and will be safe.

Jason talks to Shelli. She tells him that the lies told about him that he would go after them came from Audrey. "I am all alone in a house full of serpents." She tells him she doesn't want to go home -- dethrone her.

The twins swap out.

Audrey thinks Jason is blaming her for his being on the block. Oops. She lies to Shelli. Not a good move.

Battle of the Block time! Grunge band theme. Alice is tied in chains, they must unlock the padlock and bring her to Nirvana. The location of the four keys reference Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and such.

John did not throw it. Nonetheless, Jackie and James won the BotB. Liz is dethroned.

Jason, John and Liz have to form a boys band.

As a side note: There was a lot of action and kerfuffle in the house today. My live feeds report will be up in a few hours!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 19, 2015

I hope everyone is having a fine Sunday morning! Since it is indeed Sunday (and even still morning), welcome to my weekly off television topic reflection on the past week in both words and photos I've taken along the way. If you're looking for the latest Big Brother postings, they can be found via this link right here. The show and live feeds only last three months while this off topic weekly post is year 'round. You are free to skip over it if you wish!

It's really hot, hazy and humid here this weekend although we had a few beautiful dry and reasonable temperature days during the week. Once again, my windows are closed and the air conditioning is on. It was nice while it lasted! Today we're back to heat advisories and air quality warnings. I believe I'll stay in all day.

I saw my downstairs neighbor for the first time since the Screaming Child Thumping Family neighbors moved downstairs next to him. He says they're horrible. I knew that. I doubt their lease will be renewed in February. He also complained to me that they raised his rent $40 more a month. Hmm. I didn't tell him mine only went up $5 again. I think they want him out, too. I find it disturbing that he told me he had a kitchen fire due to leaving food cooking on the stove -- a grease fire that destroyed his cabinets over the oven and damaged the wall. I didn't know about that. He doesn't have renter's insurance (which we're supposed to have) and the landlord is suing him for $3,000 in damages. He also keeps sneaking in dogs against the No Pets rules; I have special grandfathering for Vincent. To be honest, if he's getting that careless (he's had a stroke, heart issues and more and yet likes his alcohol a bit), I'd rather he move.  His case worker is working on finding him a new place. Mind you, he's a few years younger than I am and hasn't worked in the ten years or more that I've known him!

That said, I myself have set off the smoke/carbon monoxide detector in my apartment while cooking. But there was never any fire! It's just a touchy alarm! And, I've never set off the main building fire alarm! The only thing I ever leave cooking while I'm not in the apartment is my slow cooker on low. They're made for that kind of thing and I make sure nothing is near it on the counter. I do have renter's insurance but have no desire to use it.

Onto this week's photos -- clicking on an image will give you a larger version.

Islamic Center at night

When I arrived at the Plainfield Train Station very late on Monday night, I saw the Islamic Center on North Avenue was all lighted up and folks were coming and going. Ramadan ended on Friday with Eid al-Fitr -- thus breaking the month-long fast from sun up to sundown for Muslims.

Plainfield Train Station busker?

I didn't see any obvious place to leave tips, so he might not be a busker. Plus, the Plainfield Train Station is not a good place to earn tip money. Yet, there he was, playing his keyboard and he was actually pretty decent. It was kind of refreshing to get off the train to peaceful organ music and not walk through a crowd of drunken bums using the outlets to charge their phones.

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Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Sunday - July 19

Will he stay off the block?

Despite last night's PoV comp, won by Vanessa, and the uncertainty it brings about, there was some fun overnight in the BB17 house. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dancers and Pranksters:

• After everybody cleaned off the paint from the PoV comp, they were summoned to the HoH room.
• It's Have Nots again after a week's respite!
• Jackie, Becky, John and Audrey are the unlucky ones -- none of them have been Have Nots before.
• They get gravy with their slop, lucky devils!
• As a punishment from the BotB comp -- John, Jason and Liz have to do song and dance routines (while wearing white) as a bad 90s boy band.
• And, yes, they're so bad.
• But it's funny.
• Much better than watching Shelli cry.
• Audrey thinks Vanessa won't use the veto and the nominations will remain the same. 
• Of course, that goes with her hope that Jason goes home.
• Jason thinks that Vanessa will do whatever Shelli wants her to do with it.
• Of course, he's thinking he'll be saved and Audrey will go on the block.
• Meanwhile, Vanessa definitely wants to use the veto to save Jason.
• Now we just have to see if Shelli has the guts to put Audrey up.
• Jason thinks the only "ally" he has in the house is Meg and, if he were voting between himself and Johnny Mac, he himself would vote to keep Johnny Mac.
• Confuse you with that one?
• No?
• I'll have to try harder.
• Audrey thinks that, if Vanessa does use the veto, the replacement nominee will be Steve.
• Gosh, I hope not!
• I personally would prefer Jackie going, but she's safe from nomination this week due to winning the BotB.
• If I were in the house, I'd probably move to get either Audrey or Lizia out. With the latter because it's two for the price of one and that much closer to a win for me.
• As the night waned on, James and Audrey pulled pranks with James in the trash bag in the storage room.
• First, Audrey called in Lizia and felt she had to tell her that James had such a crush on her. Thankfully, Lizia reacted with "Oh, he's so adorable," not "That ugly little creep! I hate him!"
• Then he made his trash bag move! She spilled her drink and everything.
• Then he got Steve really good while Austin was in there.
• Jackie didn't fall for it as well as the others. She didn't get close to the bag and he accidentally moved.
• Remember kids ... trash bags are not play toys! James could suffocate!

Pranksters Audrey and James

Whackstreet Boys

Performing live in the BB House

Jus' restin' his eyes a moment

Table for one, please

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Saturday, PoV - July 17

Meg with fruit

Here's the latest from today inside that Big Brother House of Froot Loops:

• Clay is pushing a Jason Off the Block, Audrey Up Movement.
• Shelli cries.
• And cries some more.
• Sheesh. If she didn't want to win HOH and have the responsibility, why didn't she throw it?
• Audrey wants Jason out. Still.
• Audrey cried.
• Austin did not cry. At least, not that I witnessed.
• Chelli is a bit leery of Austin, but don't think it's time for him to go. Yet.
• Shelli cried some more.
• After a feeds block, they had to get into white costumes for some sort of punishment from the Battle of the Block. 
• BB doesn't allow them to have white clothes.
• They're contradicting themselves!
• Shelli cried some more. She and Clay (Chelli) talked about how "pissed" Vanessa is.
• Hmm.
• They said Shelli has to do what's best for her game.
• Hmm.
• Ah, it's because Shelli apparently agreed to Clay's wish of putting Audrey as a backdoor.
• Commence waffling now.
• "If you don't do it, I'll do it next week," says Clay ... as if he actually wins anything ever.
• Playing for veto are Lizia, John and Jason along with Meg, Vanessa and James. Steve is hosting.
• Before the feeds were cut for the PoV comp, Shelli was still waffling over the Audrey backdoor. She called it a "mob mentality" going after Audrey.
• Shouldn't that be good for her own game? As in no one other than Audrey would be upset?
• Finally, the feeds are back after the comp.
• Vanessa won the Power of Veto! And, it was messy. It sounds like the blowing up bombs and get paint all over you redone.

Lizia, actually Julia right now

Are we boring you, Austin?

Waiting on a comp

I think it's Johnny Mac

Cleaning up after PoV comp