BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Sunday - July 3

Beauty fades; obnoxious might be forever

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of The Ants Come Marching In:

• I don't have a heck of a lot for you.
• As I mentioned in the last update, Paulie won the Power of Veto, thus his plan should go down as planned.
• What was that plan?
• Backdoor Victor, of course.
• Earlier he thought he'd warn Victor just before the ceremony.
• Now he thinks he probably won't.
• He sincerely wants what will make it easiest for the rest of the house.
• Victor has a temper. 
• As of right now, Victor doesn't have a clue. He doesn't even know what a backdoor is.
• Well, he probably knows what one in a house is. But we're talking a backdoor plan as in reference to Big Brother!
• Paulie plans to take Paul off the block and replace him with Victor.
• Lots of small talk.
• They've been in indoor lockdown overnight due to clean up from the PoV comp.
• It was a messy spelling a word comp. Technotronics!
• Ah, well. Even though a group stayed up really really late (for a change), it was mostly small talk. Frank, Zakiyah and Paulie talked about how unrealistic it is for Jozea and Victor to think the show will bring Hollywood knocking at their doors.

Talk about under the radar ...

It was a messy PoV comp

Paulie and Nicole celebrate his win

Zakiyah plays with Paulie's hair

Toasting with water in chalices

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 3, 2016

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, it's time for my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. If you're here for Big Brother news, everything I have for you can be found at this link. I'll be posting another live feeds report tonight as well as live-blogging the aired show. But this ain't that. This post is a year-round regular "feature" while Big Brother is a summer obsession. Or, something like that.

I'm finally on a staycation, my last one until September. From what I can see, a heat wave is due to be taking up a good half of my week. Grr. I'm not a summer person unless we're talking staying inside with air conditioning. That's what I'll probably do for a lot of the week. I have the BB live feeds, some other summer TV shows, a couple of new books to read and plenty of diversions.

My three and a half day work week this past week seemed to last a good ten days. I believe I'm actually pining for the day I can finally retire. Yeah, you heard me ... pining.

About the only good thing work-wise which happened this past week is that I received my catalog to choose my recognition award. Every five years of employment at the company gets to choose an award. Since I'm up there in years, I have some pretty decent choices. The last time (five years ago), I got a flat-screen LED television. This year, if I had a car, I'd be tempted by the cool kayak. If I had a lawn, I'd be tempted by a very nice charbroil gas grill or the smoker/grill/roaster one. There are a few cameras catching my attention, a larger HDTV set, a home entertainment system, a quality cookware set ... oh, decisions, decisions. Several watches and pieces of jewelry are in the catalog, but they're really not my thing.

Onto the photos I took this week:

Little green apples

I took trash out to the dumpster in the back of my apartment building's parking lot. I happened to notice a small half-eaten green apple on the ground. I looked up and saw the apple-eater with another one in his paws.

Flower of an hour

Thanks to Bernice, I now know what these beautiful flowers which are usually closed are! You can tell that they're a hibiscus type flower. These just sprouted up like weeds near the Bridgewater Train Station. After the jump, I have a photo of the plant itself.

My town (Plainfield, NJ) had its 93rd Annual 4th of July Parade yesterday.  If you want to check out the photos I took or the "story" below won't work for you, the actual slideshow on my Photobucket account can be found at this link. The link to the album is right here. It was great to see all the children from the city schools involved this year! While the Plainfield HS Marching Band is usually in attendance, the younger kids got involved with their Drama Club (do they still call it that?) doings.

**CLICK THE 'READ MORE' LINK TO SEE THE REST OF THE PHOTOS**

BB18: Live Feeds into Saturday Evening, PoV Winner - July 2

Sloppy berries

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Wayward Boys and Girls:

• BB woke them up and had them all gather in the kitchen.
• Aha! Bowls of slop and berries filled the table.
• Paulie had to read a statement, "Do I read this now?"
• Since the Big Sister team did the worst in the HoH comp, they're the Have Nots this week.
• That would be Paul, Zakiyah and Da'Vonne.
• They picked the players for PoV -- in addition to Paulie, Paul, Bronte and Tiffany, it will be Da'Vonne and Zakiyah playing.
• Frank is still pushing to get Paulie in their alliance and Tiffany out.
• One of his reasons is that she's close with Natalie and Bronte.
• Wasn't it FRANK who hinted to Natalie that Jozea would be voted out and thus spoiled a perfect blindside?
• Hmm.
• Meanwhile, a rift is developing between Frank and Da'Vonne. Da'Vonne says that Frank called her a "slut," supposedly joking but it still went too far. I personally didn't hear that one. 
• Anyway, both Da'Vonne and Zakiyah now want Frank out before jury.
• Da'Vonne is upset about the latest happening because she had been thinking a great final three would be herself, Zakiyah and Frank.
• Oh, well.
• When Nicole came upon Zakiyah and Da'Vonne, the conversation changed. I guess it's not in Da'Vonne's plans to even think of Nicole in her final three scenario?
• Da'Vonne told Nicole that, if she wins PoV, her plan is to take Paul down so Paulie can put Victor on the block.
• Frank and Paulie are a bit worried about the "girl thing" going on in the house.
• Much of today was a waiting game, awaiting the PoV comp.
• Paulie told Tiffany that if she wins PoV, she cannot use it to save herself as the goal is to get Victor up and out. Since she's the Road Kill nominee, it's Victor who would name her replacement. She must lose. He guarantees her that she's safe.
• I've been dilly-dallying on this report awaiting the feeds to return as the PoV comp started more than a couple of hours ago.
• I'm running out of things to say that aren't repetitive.
• Gee, it's a beautiful day here on the East Coast. 
• We don't know how the weather is at the BB house because they've been in indoor lockdown.
• I'm really tired of this Jeff clips loop. I used to like the plain old theme music with trivia better. I could minimize it, nap and let the voices wake me up when the feeds came back on.
• Now it's all voices.
• And Bronte's squealing every ten minutes.
• I really don't want to have a separate report just on the PoV winner. 
• I guess I'll stop rambling and quietly wait for the live feeds to come back on.
• Are they on again yet?
• No?
• Okay, Paulie is wearing the PoV necklace!
• PAULIE WON THE POWER OF VETO!
• He has told both Tiffany and Frank that he plans to let Victor know just before the PoV ceremony that he'll be going on the block.

They look so comfortable ... for a toddler

Corey has a friend

I hate watching people play chess

I hope she likes berries

BB18: Live Feeds into Saturday Morning - July 2

He won Road Kill and told everybody

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Boastful Boys:

• The more I see of Victor, even sans Jozea, the more he annoys me. Despite his good looks, he's an obnoxious child who thinks he's all that. He wants to dictate what people do, what they eat, make them work out and derides anyone who's not in tip-top shape.
• He's also not very bright and has no clue about the actual doings of Big Brother.
• Paulie had nominated Bronte and Paul for eviction with a plan to backdoor Victor.
• Victor came along, winning Road Kill. He blabbed it to the house and put Tiffany up as the Road Kill nominee.
• Now, that doesn't really change Paulie's plan to backdoor Victor -- if one of the nominees come off the block, Victor should go up and get Evictored.
• But ... Tiffany has been wearing on some folks in the house, herself. I don't find her as obnoxious as Victor because I guess I don't like his smugness more than I don't like her paranoia.
• She's starting to show some of the worst traits of her sister -- paranoia, emotions, etc.
• Both Frank and Da'Vonne would just as soon she get out of the house.
• Hmm.
• James had figured Victor would put him on the block because of their dust-ups.
• But Frank and Da'Vonne both would like Tiffany out and flip Paulie into the 8-Pack. Hmm.
• Victor might think he's in with them because he's doing their will.
• But he ain't.
• My personal opinion is that if they can get Victor out on a backdoor this week, they should. While he's obviously an idiot about the game, he could be a threat in physical comps. On the other hand, Tiffany isn't a strong player. The only real threat from her is her freaking out and possibly telling Bronte and Natalie stuff she shouldn't be telling. It probably would make the 8-Pack stronger to have Paulie in it rather than her. It should be fairly easy to get her out at any time, though. 
• I guess I just don't know what's best. 
• Of course, Tiffany cried ... again ... and more.
• Paulie claims the target is still Victor. He says that he and Frank have worked to make Paul and Victor feel comfortable.
• I feel this is going to be another long week.

Telling Tiffany she's safe

Almost as good as TV, it's FISH!

Natalie and Bronte still tight

James mingles well with the girls

BB18: Live Feeds into Friday Evening - July 1

What? A prankless day?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Funky Funsters:

• BB woke them up early this morning.
• Good.
• And we spent most of the day with the live feeds blocked, first for the nominations, then apparently it was Road Kill time.
• Last week we never saw the timing of the Road Kill comp because the schedule was all askew and the first few shows were taped. 
• But, judging on this timing, it's going to cram all the comps -- HoH, Road Kill, PoV all within a few days leaving comparatively extreme down times from Sunday to Thursday for them.
• While the nominations were blocked to the live feeds, the results became known fairly quickly and were no surprise.
• Paul and Bronte are on the block.
• Victor is a back door plan.
• Paul has no clue what a back door plan is. I doubt Victor knows.
• Bronte doesn't think she's the target, but has had fun in the game if she is.
• She's not. She's A target, but not THE target.
• There was a murder in the house ... one of the fish ate another. Gee, I'm glad cats and dogs don't do that. It would be disgusting.
• Gosh. With my feeds minimized to write this up, Tiffany sounds like Vanessa all over again. That voice is the SAME. I know two other sisters who sound that much alike.
• I'm glad my voice doesn't sound like my brother's!
• They were on an indoor lockdown as prep (Road Kill?) was done in the backyard.
• Both Victor and Paul tried to chum it up with Paulie (to no avail).
• Paulie can't believe that they had the gall to act like best buds to him when they actively campaigned to get him out of the house last week.
• Welp, that's Big Brother for you.
• Corey claims to be 6'5" -- I believe him. I always thought Frank was a tall guy and he's a good half-head taller than Frank.
• Then you put them next to James.
• Heehee.
• Hmm ... in Road Kill (blocked to live feeds), it seems Victor won.
• At least, that's the word on the street.
• Both Frank and Corey congratulated him.
• He says he's working with Paulie.
• We'll see about that.
• If he did win, he's stupid to be telling people. At least Frank only told the veterans and it remained secret from the rest of the house.
• In a way, it won't matter if he did indeed win. The third nominee is chosen before PoV. Since it's secret, the Road Kill nominee can be put up on the block to replace a nominee. Road Kill isn't safe.
• As I get this posted, I don't know who was nominated by Road Kill. When I know, you'll know. 

At least it's not a beanie

"Whenever I was ..." It's WHEN, Frank!

Does he even KNOW about a back door?

Everybody's tired. It's been a day.

If I go home, I've had a good time.