Big Brother 17: HoH Reveal, Nominations Show Blog Party - September 13

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? While many of us already know the results of the PoV comp, tonight's episode will focus on the reveal of the HoH winner from the Thursday comp and nominations.

The show isn't due to start here until 8:30pm ET tonight due to football and may even start later than that. I'll be posting this at the regular 8pm ET although word verification won't come down until it starts here. I'll be updating this entry with the major happenings as it airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

We're getting started ... the recap, the promise of the eggs-citing HoH comp and a once in a lifetime trip (ew, Frankie) ahead.

At the comp, Liz is doing poorly while the other three are more evenly matched. Vanessa has taken the lead. John is a close second. Liz, still doing horribly, goes for the luxury prize and wins it. Vanessa still in the lead with Johnny Mac on her tail.

VANESSA wins HoH!

She's worried because now she'll have to decide between her two different alliances. Steve thinks he's safe. Johnny Mac thinks he's safe. Austin thinks he's safe. Liz thinks Vanessa has been acting "sketchy" lately. 

The paranoia and interrogations begin. 

And on and on, the interrogations go. 

Vanessa says she's going to go with her gut, but it looks like her head hurts. I know mine does. 

Vanessa talks to Steve and indicates that Johnny Mac will be her target. Then she talks to Austin, tells him she's after Johnny Mac and gets him to make all kinds of deals with her.

Oh, geez. Frankie is in the house bouncing like Richard Simmons. The trip is to an Ariana Grande concert VIP experience and Liz can choose someone to go with her. They will be disguised by a professional. Austin points and Vanessa, so Liz takes her. 

Lots of hoopla. I actually think Liz looks much better made up with short auburn hair. 

Johnny Mac talks to Vanessa. She looks for deals with him. He thinks he's using reverse reverse reverse psychology and tells her if she wants, put up him and Steve. He's hoping her head explodes.

Time for nominations. Vanessa nominates Steve and Johnny Mac. Her head did NOT explode. She claims she adores Steve, respects Johnny Mac ... not personal, just strategy. She thinks their loyalty is to each other. (What about Liz and Austin?)

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 13, 2015

Good morning! Welcome to my weekly off television topic reflection of the past week in both words and photographs I've taken along the way; This post is a year 'round "feature" on the blog. If you're looking for Big Brother posts, they can all be found at this link right here. If you're not interested in this particular post, please feel free to skip on by it. I'll be posting a Big Brother blog party post coinciding with the East Coast airing of the show and, late this evening, another live feeds post. Stay tuned.

Yes, I'm finally at staycation! This week I do have a lot of things I want to get done. I have to choose photos to enter in the photo contest. I have work I want to do on a few old computers to get the information (and photos!) off of the hard drives. I have to consult a lawyer over some issues (not criminal, mind you). I need to watch all of the TV shows I've recorded. I want to organize stuff here at home and get rid of unused items and clothes that will never fit me again. I'd like to go into the city, perhaps tomorrow, to photo stomp the Feast of San Genaro and parts of Chinatown. The last time I went was on a weekend and it was packed. Monday might be better! I also want one or two mornings at the park now that kids have returned to school. Oh, and so much more planned for the week!

But I will indeed take time to rest and relax, too.

This past week at work was work although severely shortened in the number of days. Labor Day is a paid holiday for me and I took a paid vacation day for yesterday. So, technically, I had a three day work week. However, things change. I ended up going in for about three hours on Monday at an exorbitant rate of pay. Hey, they wanted me. I certainly didn't ASK to work!

The week was record-breaking heat (and humidity) at its start, then rain and a return to more seasonable temperatures. Once we get by iffy weather today, it looks like clear sailing and more seasonable.

In home life, things have been back to their normal quiet since last week's excitement. About the most disruptive thing is that I've decided the guy upstairs needs a new vacuum cleaner. He has wall-to-wall carpet and vacuums rarely or when I'm not at home. He vacuumed yesterday and I swear it sounded like a helicopter trying to land and moving around his apartment! Here I have hardwood floors throughout and Swiffer does the trick. My handheld vacuum can deal with the few small area rugs I have. I do have a good working real vacuum, but I'll hang onto it. I don't want to have to buy another one if the day comes that I'll need it. I doubt I'll live here forever.

Enough ... onto this week's photos! Clicking on a photo will bring up a larger version.

Vincent

He's looking all sweet and innocent. But, give him some catnip and all heck can break loose! Oh, wait. He's not sweet and innocent ... he's checking out the bird in the photo below!

A mourning dove

Perhaps in mourning; I didn't see its mate. I swear this one has been zooming out of the underbrush so quickly every day that I wasn't sure what it was. But, I caught it zooming then sitting one day. Like a pigeon, but not.

Cool old Thunderbird

I saw this car on East 4th Street in Plainfield, fantastic condition. Its windows were down and I didn't see an owner around. If it were MY car, I wouldn't take those risks. But, I'd bet a lot of today's car thieves wouldn't know how to drive it anyway!

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Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Sunday - September 13

Let's not tell them

Sheesh, even when her conversations go on and on, I should hold off posting until they finish. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Ten Days to Go:

• Okay, by the time Johnny Mac and Vanessa stopped talking, the target changed to Steve.
• Why is that?
• After telling him a gazillion different scenarios and possible outcomes, Vanessa asked, "Which way are you leaning?"
• "To evict? Steve, for now anyway."
• Gah! They're still too dumb to break up the obvious couple!
• Going into the final four with a couple is just too risky, methinks.
• One wise thing they did is decide not to tell them ahead of time.
• "Heh-heh, why do people always tell? It's against the rules and everything, heh-heh," according to Johnny Mac.
• They still don't know, although they're guessing, that the schedule will switch up or speed up to get everything in by the finale date.
• Steve mentioned to Johnny Mac that no star ever got their start in BB.
• JM brought up Frankie. Steve told him that BB might have helped, but was not the root of his fame.
• Meanwhile, both Liz and Austin have visions of sugarplums and open doors throughout the land waiting for them when they get out.
• Ha. Only BB fans will know them and both have been unpopular with the online fans.
• That's all for now. Things could change again. We won't know until we know, I guess!

I'm leaning towards evicting Steve

If we were BB2, we'd be out by now

Could I be going this week?

Bug Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday Night - September 13

Okay, need to regroup again

Johnny Mac's win of the veto sure put a monkey wrench into Vanessa's latest plans. Now she'll have to renom either Liz or Austin. Whatever will she do? Why, she could switch sides again. Yeah, that's the ticket! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Skittles Strategies:

• Scratch my LFT statement on this morning's update. Austin, Liz and Vanessa aren't the Likely Final Three.
• Not since Johnny Mac lives on another few days (at least).
• As usual, Vanessa held long revolving talks with each of her fellow hamsters.
• Liz was rather quick and adamant the Austin should go on the block instead of her. She's still angry about Austin's behavior and quasi-reliving her anger with him over the veto last week.
• While Johnny Mac was Vanessa's target (until now), she's worked to make him think he wasn't and that she'll remain loyal to him.
• She told Steve that she wants him to remain in the game.
• Johnny Mac went crazy trying to get everyone to tell him the name of the Scamper Squad.
• Vanessa finally told him, in front of all.
• Steve is actually very good about being on the block even before the veto. He's been betrayed by Vanessa but he never went into a groveling mess of humanity as did Austin some weeks back.
• This time, when Vanessa spoke to Austin about maybe/probably having to put him on the block, he was better about it.
• But, then again, he thinks Vanessa has his back. He also probably thinks he can get Johnny Mac to vote to keep him and/or Vanessa would break the tie in his favor if he can't get Johnny's vote.
• Johnny Mac told Steve he'd vote to keep him.
• But who knows with Johnny Mac?
• It's looking like Austin will be the renom.
• And, it looks like Austin is who Vanessa wants out this time.
• But, ya never know how these things will work out.

The Skittles strategics

Thinking hard. I expect steam from the ears.

This talk needs shades, no hat

I won the veto. Heh heh heh.

Austin needs to go on the block.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Saturday, Power of Veto Winner - September 12

A house is not a home ...

Since pretty much all that has happened today was the Power of Veto comp which blocked the feeds for hours, this is just a brief update.

• Johnny Mac won the Power of Veto.
• You heard me.
• It sounds like it was between Johnny Mac and Steve.
• Liz is so not happy. Either she or Austin will go on the block against Steve.
• All will probably hinge on the tiebreaker vote from Vanessa.
• Heh.
• Vanessa will have to decide something.