BB18: Live Feeds into Monday Evening, PoV renom - July 18

Shiny happy hamsters

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Riff-Raff Rats:

• I did something different with the screen caps this evening.
• I captured happiness.
• Well, Tiffany's smile was actually as she talked how she never wants to see any of them outside of the house.
• But it's a smile!
• Today's Power of Veto Meeting (blocked to the live feeds, but results come through) went down as expected.
• Corey removed himself from the block with the veto. He was the Road Kill nominee.
• Tiffany (secretly) put Da'Vonne in his place.
• So, up for eviction this week, we have Da'Vonne, Tiffany and Natalie.
• I predict Natalie will be vote-free on Thursday.
• Speculation that a hamster will return continued.
• Now, if Bronte hadn't been voted out last week, she could have done the math easily for them to realize someone must come back in.
• Heh.
• Apparently, during the PoV meeting, there was some kind of kerfuffle and nasty words back and forth between Da'Vonne and Tiffany. 
• Tiffany said that Da'Vonne "assaulted" her with her braids.
• And, now she's scared of her.
• @@
• Tiffany supposedly tried to flip her hair back on Da'Vonne, but it's too short.
• I don't know. I do hope they show it during the show!
• Frank thinks Da'Vonne's going to lay low and try to make sure she has two votes less than Tiffany. She doesn't want a tie.
• Frank told Tiffany that Corey is on the fence with the vote. 
• Frank wants Da'Vonne out.
• Before jury.
• Natalie flirted some with Paulie today.
• Zakiyah was not happy about it.
• And, of course, Michelle ran to James about it.
• @@
• Michelle got mad at James for calling her a "mean girl."
• Hey, the guy's honest. She was telling him to shun Tiffany.
• James is the kind of guy who talks to everyone. And, no one, can tell him not to talk to people.
• Plus, in his previous season and in this one, James is the one who people can go to to vent or use his shoulder to cry on. When someone's down, James is the least likely to kick him/her.
• James thinks it will be Tiffany going home. He's not in with the group that think otherwise.
• He ended up apologizing to Michelle and saying he was out of line.
• Stupid nice guy. She IS a mean girl!
• Oh geez. Nicole isn't playing a great game already and now she's grown REALLY smitten over Corey.
• James and Natalie had a long talk trying to figure out where they stood with each other.
• She claims she's upset because he tells other people his grievances before he tells her.
• He claims he's always had her back.
• Now he's slightly crushed. He says it's over.
• I say it probably never should have been in the first place.
• But, wait ... it's not over!
• She has feelings for him and claimed that rubbing Paulie's leg wasn't flirting.
• Hmm.
• Things seem to be up in the air again regarding the vote.
• Frank and Bridgette (his Cabbage Patch Kid) will vote to evict Da'Vonne for sure.
• Tiffany and Nicole seem to be backpedaling about taking out Da'Vonne this week.
• As for Da'Vonne, she pretty much expected to be put up because word was out that Tiffany won Road Kill.
• I guess it's a waiting game.

Smiles

Smile

Smile

Even a Tiffany smile

BB18: Live Feeds into Monday Morning - July 18

Category 4 weak link who thinks she's not

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Turning Tides for Tiff:

• Da'Vonne just might be in a lot of trouble this week.
• What's that you say?
• She isn't even on the block?
• Well, that will surely change today when the PoV meeting goes down.
• Corey, the PoV winner, is slated to take himself off the block, leaving Natalie and Tiffany as the nominees for eviction.
• Of those two, Tiffany would definitely be gone. Natalie creates less drama in the house ... MUCH less drama.
• Plus, Natalie doesn't have a sister named Vanessa.
• Since Corey was the Road Kill nominee, that means that Tiffany (Road Kill winner) will (secretly) be the one to name the renom.
• And, that renom will definitely be Da'Vonne.
• Tiffany has been workin' it. She has gone to just about everybody and anybody -- except to Da'Vonne -- spilling all kinds of stuff about Da'Vonne, mostly truths but some embellishments, too.
• Da'Vonne's BB habits of planting seeds, blabbing a bit too much and being too cocky are likely to catch up to her this week.
• As it stands now, Tiffany has Frank, Bridgette, Corey and Natalie as votes to keep her and oust Da'Vonne.
• She just might have Zakiyah, too.
• Paulie claims that he's on her side when he's talking to her and has mentioned it would be a good opportunity to get Da'Vonne out.
• But he doesn't seem fully aboard. If the vote comes to a tie, he'd be the tiebreaker this week. His vehemence over Tiffany might end up in him saving Da'Vonne to save his precious male "always right" ego.
• Michelle wants Tiffany out. Maybe that's because Da'Vonne never thought her important enough to give her the time of the Day (heehee) and she doesn't have much to do with her while Tiffany has had more interactions with her.
• As Tiffany is making the rounds to push her anti-Da'Vonne campaign, Michelle is making rounds to push her anti-Tiffany campaign.
• Da'Vonne isn't making rounds ... yet. She's not on the block, y'know.
• I'm not really sure of Michelle's motivation in all of this. Like Paul deciding he's going to be a double agent, I can see this biting Michelle on the butt down the line.
• If she's not in a close alliance with Da'Vonne (which she's not; Da'Vonne doesn't trust her), she would do better just to be quieter and observe it all.
• She thinks she's swayed Corey and Natalie, but I don't really think they're swayed. I think they'll still go to vote out Da'Vonne instead of Tiffany at this point.
• At least this week's doldrums early week period should have kerfuffles going on!
• The PoV meeting should be later today.
• Then we should see some good scrambling topped by emotional outbursts.
• Yeah, it sucks to be them. But they wanted to be on TV. We didn't!

I didn't realize Da'Vonne was so against me

Tiffany put him up, he will take himself down

SEEMS to be getting along, always a target

Still playing rather low-key

BB18: Live Feeds into Sunday Evening - July 17

Perpetually congested

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Lying Lilliputians:

• It's Sunday.
• Sundays are boring in the BB house.
• BB even lets them sleep in.
• The only redeeming value to today for the hamsters is that they once again have the yard open.
• They don't even have Photo Booth this year to go silly.
• If they want silliness, they must create their own.
• And, this bunch isn't being all that creative.
• Paul got bonked in the nose while raising one of the awnings in the yard.
• The dude seems chronically congested. Now it will make him worse. Maybe he'll sound like Felix Unger on the original TV series The Odd Couple. Honk! HONK!
• James thinks that eventually the two big dogs, Frank and Paulie, will go at each other.
• I think that will happen only if others don't off them first.
• Well, not really off. I'm not promoting violence here. I'm talking eviction.
• Paul tried to gather alliance intel from Zakiyah and Nicole re: girls alliances. He didn't get much cooperation and gave it up.
• He's still thinking he's a huge double agent for the Paulie side of the house, gathering intel from Frank and Bridgette and reporting back.
• I think that's gonna bite him in the butt. 
• Huh. Zakiyah doesn't know how to swim, but she surely knows how to wear a bathing suit!
• Bridgette and Frank still think Paulie voted for Bronte to go.
• Frank wants Da'Vonne out this week, Nicole next.
• Paulie wants Tiffany out.
• I'm thinking it's probably go to be Tiffany out rather than Da'Vonne. Natalie probably won't even get one vote.
• Tiffany continues to spill alliance beans to Frank.
• And then Bridgette.
• And then she even talked to Paulie.
• I don't think it will do her any good. 
• She might get Bridgette and Frank voting to keep her. But the rest want her out more than they want Da'Vonne out at the moment.
• Tiffany told Bridgette and Frank every secret she knows and some that she's just heard about.
• She told Paulie that she's sure she's going so she's telling all.
• Paulie continues to lie to her, saying that she wasn't his target last week and he thought it was Bronte going all along.
• Yeah, right.
• As she did with her Frank/Bridgette talks, she's painting a picture of Da'Vonne to be the Instigator of All That's Evil in the World.
• Now Paulie is in on the Get Rid of Da'Vonne Train ... but not this week. He wants Tiffany out this week.
• Paulie and Frank compared their Tiffany notes. 
• At least the ones concerning Da'Vonne.
• The general consensus is that Tiffany goes this week, Da'Vonne next.
• That is ... unless they can get Frank out.
• The drama goes on.

Does he wear those socks and sneaks in real life?

James hasn't been pranking lately

Tiffany is making the rounds, telling her stories

Making the rounds ... still

BB18: Nominations, Road Kill Episode Blog Party - July 17

Hamster watchers ready? Let's get this show going! 

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be constantly updating this entry. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area!

But first ... let's have recaps of what's happened.

After HoH, Frank goes off on Nicole, blaming the girls for the voting flip. Everybody is denying responsibility for saving Tiffany. He's freaking. Natalie's crying because her BFF Bronte is gone. Wah. Bridgette is upset that her buddy Bronte went home on her HoH.

Tiffany confronted Frank and told him she was never coming after him. Frank told her Da'Vonne told him that she started a five girl alliance targeting him. So, now he confronts Da'Vonne.  

Da'Vonne realizes she's blowing her own game and tries for damage control with Frank. He's not really buying it. He's still her number one target, she tells us. 

Paulie wanted Tiffany out last week. So, this week she's his target as HoH. 

Now, the whole crowd who saved Tiffany is regretting it. Tiffany walks in the room and everybody shuts up and slowly leave. 

Natalie, who voted for Tiffany to go, is the only one reaching out to help her in her time of need. She cries. She cries some more. 

Tiffany goes to talk to Frank ... crying. He tells her he was against her because Da'Vonne told him she was targeting. She decides she want to work with Frank and, if she goes out, she'll go out with a bang. She spills the beans on everybody to Frank -- Paulie and Corey want him out and on and on. 

Da'Vonne walks in on them, then walks out. She reports back to Paul and Nicole.

Da'Vonne meets up with Tiffany alone. They're talking in circles at each other. Zakiyah walks in. Tiffany goes off on them about being alone in the game. She cries some more. Paul eavesdrops outside.  

Nominations time! Tiffany and Natalie. He says that he, Frank and Bridgette wanted her out last week, cited similarities between her and Vanessa and that she's dangerous. He said he has never really connected with Natalie. 

The Road Kill RV is there! The smells inside are disgusting. Must eradicate the odor by hanging up the most air fresheners possible in a color order. If they fall, cannot rehang. "Gasping for Air." They have to hang them on certain ropes, climbing over and under them. 

Time for the secret reveal ... and ... TIFFANY WINS ROAD KILL! 

It's a secret. Shh. She tells Da'Vonne and hints she's safe. She tells Frank and Bridgette. She wants Corey. Frank suggests Nicole.

Time for the Road Kill reveal -- it's Corey who's nominated!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 17, 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.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate heat and humidity? During my staycation, I practically barricaded myself inside with air conditioning to avoid the weather. I wish I could have done the same this past week (and, I'd like to do it next week, as well). We had another week of horridly hot and humid weather and next week looks pretty much the same. I'm dreading my electric bill because I've been running the air conditioning so much. Yesterday, I think I might have even had signs of the beginning of heat exhaustion when I arrived at my workplace. I was sweating profusely, dizzy and suddenly nauseous. It went away after a few hours, but ...!

Other than going back and forth to work, sweating a lot and blessing air conditioning for any time I can spend inside ... it's been a rather dull week. I think I got a few decent photos despite sweat dripping down into my eyes. And, on a positive note, living in this area, I won't have to invest in a sauna.

I wouldn't mind if my apartment had a pool, though. I have decided that, if I ever were to come into enough money to go wild, I'd buy a house with my own INDOOR personal pool that I could enjoy year 'round. For now, I guess I'll have to make due with my bathtub. I'm not into going to the public pools or down the shore where everybody is. I like solitude or just close friends, not crowds or a gazillion kids running amok.

Onto this week's photos ... clicking on an image will open it in a larger version.

Flower-of-an-Hour (Hibiscus trionum)

Thanks and a shout-out go to Bernice for telling me about these way cool flowers! This is the first year they're growing in a patch of rocky dirt near the Bridgewater Train Station. After the jump, I have a short series of their various incarnations at different times of the day.

Oooh! A pet for Vincent!

A sign outside of Pete's Fish Market on East Second Street in Plainfield.

Monday night's moon

Hibiscus Tree blossom

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