Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into the Evening - August 4

The loving couple and squirrel head

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap:

• James got his HoH camera today. He first went around sneaking up on people taking shots of them sleeping before they went to the posed photos.
• Austin couldn't figure out how to use the camera. With those huge paws, I'm surprised he could actually hit the tiny shutter button!
• Vanessa and Becky both complained how how messy the house is.
• Living like pigs! 
• Hmm ... would those be guinea pigs, a relative of the hamster?
• Clay apparently thinks it will be Shelli going home.
• Shelli doesn't think so!
• As I mentioned before, Shelli has been playing a much better social game and is likely to stay when the votes go down Thursday.
• To be honest, although she's not any kind of favorite of my own, I'd just as soon see her stay. I've been thinking about it. What I disliked the most was the one-sided winning. I hate when, in a divided house, one side dominates and wipes out the other. I like ups and downs and power struggles. 
• If Clay stays, it will end up one-sided once again. He'd be pretty easy to boot.
• Jason isn't the only one in the house still living with his parents -- so is John. He has heavy duty student debt. I don't believe he's living in the basement, though.
• Austin, working for the Save Shelli cause, told Julia that if Clay stays in the house, he (Austin) will be Clay's number one target.
• James and Meg told the twins that both Clay and Shelli want Shelli to stay because she's more likely to win the whole thing.
• And, of course, they're so deeply in love that they'll take the after tax quarter million and ride off into the sunset on horses from Clay's mother's ranch.
• Shelli asked Steve if he was still voting for her to stay. Of course, he is.
• Shelli cried some more.
• Are you surprised? It's kind of like a daily thing these days.
• Heh. Shelli actually thinks the reset Julie mentioned might mean everyone goes to jury? She could be with the love of her life!
• Blech.
• No way, anyway.
• They got to order take-out food. Or, to be more accurate, delivery food.
• Plus they got the usual minimal amount of alcohol (when you consider how many people imbibing).
• Tomorrow's show should be more interesting than tonight's live feeds.
• I hate lulls in my kerfuffles!

Look! They got a booze delivery!

Who's this? No hat, can't be Vanessa!

Sneak with the HoH camera

Meg having sun issues

Oh. The Hat is back.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Tuesday - August 4

Has no one to buff her armor

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of A House Divided:

• After some sort of kerfuffle (unknown to us as the feeds were blocked) during the PoV ceremony, things remained calm in the house.
• For the most part, Clay and Shelli stayed away from the rest of the house.
• Shelli mingled a bit more than Clay. She explained that Clay just needed some time away from people.
• Austin told Shelli he tried everything he could to make James change his mind and use the veto, but he knew it was a no go.
• Although James really wants Shelli out, I don't think that's going to happen.
• She's more of a threat for the win because she's smart and can win physical challenges. (That's why he would prefer she goes.)
• But, she's also a lot more social than Clay is in the house.
• I think both will get votes, but she probably has the edge to stay.
• The majority of the evening had small groups with small talk, lots of pool games.
• The big excitement was discovering a praying mantis they named Perry.
• It was boring.
• I wanted a brouhaha!
• Vanessa is continuing to work the Keep Shelli In Here program.
• As Becky has been some sort of self-appointed double agent, trying to play both sides. However, when it comes down to it, she'll be on the side of Shelli/Vanessa and Co.
• Meg, James and Jackie still don't realize she's doing this.
• Clay lamented that floaters will win this year.
• Aw, poor Clay.
• Had he not latched onto Shelli (or vice versa), he'd be a little lost lamb in the game.
• Both Clay and Austin continue to crack their necks. Make them stop.
• Again, Steve stayed up past the others, pacing about the yard reciting the comps and such.
• He said that James knows that's he's been playing both sides and, if he (Steve) wins HoH, not only will Meg kiss him, but he'll put Becky and Shelli on the block. Hmm.
• While he was out there, Clay and Shelli emerged and hit the hammock.
• Shelli and Steve talked.
• Clay probably wanted Steve to go away. He grunted a few times.
• Clay finally joined in when Steve and Shelli started talking about the pre-season interviews with Rachel and others.

Puckering for a kiss from Austin? Heh.

Drama free evening for the gals

All about the drama for this gal

Is he bitter? Yep.

Vanessa continues to support Chelli

Late night small talk

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday Daytime, PoV Meeting - August 3

Talking periodontal stuff

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Future Psych Patients:

• Vanessa swore her allegiance to whomever stays if the nominations remain the same.
• Which, of course, they did. James stayed true to his word and Shelli/Clay remain on the block.
• Shelli cried.
• There apparently was bad behavior from either Shelli or Clay (or both) at the veto meeting.
• The feeds are blocked for that, so we have to depend on what they say in the house after the fact.
• Austin, Liz and Julia all agree that they don't trust either Shelli or Clay. They want to keep Vanessa and Steve around, though.
• It sounds like it's going to be a bit of a toss-up which one will go home.
• James wants Shelli out because she's the stronger player and a larger threat for the win.
• On the other hand, Shelli has played more of a social game with those on her "side" of the house and it looks like most of them want to keep her over Clay.
• Vanessa is going to work on getting votes to keep her.
• Again, they're worried about a double eviction this week.
• Again, I doubt that will be this week -- too much stuff which has to be addressed in both shows, Wednesday and Thursday.
• After the veto meeting, Clay and Shelli exiled themselves and have been sleeping most of the day.
• I can't really blame Shelli -- she went through that grueling knight sword 2400 times within 24 hours stuff, then was up past dawn trying to talk James into using the veto.
• At least Clay got up to eat Meg's chicken and/or chips. I haven't seen Shelli.
• That's it for now! 

He's chosen a side

They didn't throw that hat away. Grr.

Will the Save Shelli movement work?

Stuck to his guns

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Monday Morning - August 3

Will he waffle?

They made up for the lack of game talk during the veto punishments yesterday by going at it all night. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Tense Turmoil:

• Clay and Shelli have played such an honest game, y'know.
• Just ask them.
• Wait, no need to ask them! They'll tell you without any prompting!
• They're scrambling.
• That's what they are.
• First they try to throw Vanessa under the bus.
• It's not like James is thisclose to Vanessa anyway. Yeah, he's willing to work with her, but he's smart enough to not really trust her 100%.
• Next, they go for Steve.
• Now, the Steve bit has been ongoing, but James and Meg have planted a few seeds to see if it would grow.
• James has told Steve he will not put him on the block.
• And, that's a promise he's going to keep.
• As the night progressed, their latest target became Austin.
• Oh, gee. They're giving James the option of definitely breaking up the power duo, hopefully sending the brains of it (Shelli) home against a huge doofus who's probably not got a chance of winning a comp.
• Before the present as I post this meeting between Clay, Shelli, James, Jackie and Meg, James and Meg had both claimed the nominations will remain the same. The plan is to just let them talk, gather any info they'll give and keep the nominations as they are.
• Even though Shelli spills about Judas/Austin, I doubt James will change his mind.
• James is really good at this stuff. He's not making any promises. He's just saying he wants to make sure the person who goes home needs to go home. He won't say one person made worse decisions than another at this point. 
• James thinks show fans probably don't like him now because he put Clay and Shelli on the block.
• Au contraire, silly James! From what I can tell, the sentiment has gone overboard in approval even.
• Despite how much they lie about playing an honest game, despite who they throw under that proverbial reality television bus ... as James says, "The train has left the station. One of them must go home."
• Heh. He ain't no Vanessa.

Making promises, telling lies.

I just don't know.

Steve plays the hammock strings.

Sad Shelli

Better in a shirt, thank you.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - August 2

Shelli workin' that sword!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Kinda Sorta Medieval Times But Not Quite:

• I've made it clear that I'm not a Shelli fan. Oh, I don't hate her or anything like that. She's just not someone who'd be a friend of mine in real life, I don't think.
• But I have to give her credit where credit is due. She rocked that punishment! (Which, by the way, was given to her by James who then took the veto away from her.)
• To give her even more credit, whomever runs her official Twitter is following my Twitter -- first hamster account to do so. Hey, maybe we could be friends in another life!
• 2400 times in 24 hours, she had to walk a triangle in the yard. First she had to hit a hanging punching bag with her sword, then put the sword through a target, then knock a bar down with it.
• She did it, finishing about two hours shy of the 24 hours she had.
• Meanwhile, Clay has been little but a bad example of a recruited player.
• He's going around saying that people should vote him out and let Shelli stay in the game.
• True, she has a better chance of winning it all than he does.
• That's why James and Company want her out instead of Clay.
• Clay isn't much more than an interfering oaf who thinks he's all that and a bag of chips.
• Steve even apologized to the camera, saying that he's sorry that Clay took a space instead of those who would really play the game and want to be there.
• You don't throw away a chance to win a half-million dollars for someone you met a month ago!
• Julia had an interesting talk with Meg and James. She totally gets that Shelli is the more dangerous player and why James made the nomination choices he did.
• I only wish she didn't come with the baggage of Austin and Liz. If they offed Austin, Liz would probably be better off. But I do see why Julia is the "nice twin." She's also the smarter one, I think.]
• Clay seems to think being on the show is his ticket to Big Time Hollywood. Silly boy.
• Vanessa is still worried that she'll be backdoored.
• @@
• I think Vanessa is paranoid a bit too much. She too would drive me crazy in real life.
• Hmm ... when I think about it, I believe all of them would get on my nerves. Don't let me in that house with a sword!
• A skywriting plane flew over the house merely writing "I <3 --="" a="" didn="" it="" li="" love="" name.="" specify="" t="" you="">
• They all freaked out. 
• Huh. This morning's wake-up music (blocked on the feeds) was 'Psycho Killer' by the Talking Heads. Appropriate.
• They had photo booth today. Whoopie.
• The time came for Vanessa to stop shining Jackie's knight armor, but Jackie is still stuck in the armor for the week if I'm not mistaken.
• Hey, at least she won't be on the block in it!
• There ya go!

Jackie in shining armor

Leave 'em both on the block!

Willing to give up his game

Steve apologies to us for Clay taking space