BB18: Live Feeds into Monday Evening, PoV Meeting - August 15

Can you bake an apple pie, Charming Paulie?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Pitiful Paulie:

• Despite his initial refusal threats with the pie baking punishment, Paulie's has been reluctantly baking pies.
• I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't thought of spitting in them.
• He is so not a happy camper.
• Before the veto meeting, Paulie went on to Paul how, if saved, he would play his game to help him, lay down on the grenade if need be, sick aunt, and blah-blah-blah.
• Pretty much the same talk he kept going for with Victor, except he wanted Victor to remove Corey from the block and put up Natalie.
• Paul got his swimming Secret Agent Man costume -- it looks like they just cut the sleeves and the legs off the suit.
• The Veto Meeting was held early.
• Guess what?
• Victor didn't use the veto and Paulie and Corey remain on the block!
• How's that for a surprise?
• Paulie thinks by approaching everyone begging for one more week and telling them it will be good for their games will work.
• Um.
• No.
• Nicole went and told Paulie that she thinks Victor should have taken his deal.
• Please don't encourage him!
• Victor doesn't want to hear it anymore. His patience is wearing thin.
• Paulie is still saying he won't stay in the jury house.
• Paulie approached James and Natalie, making the same offers of working for them, will lay on the grenade when they tell him to, sick aunt, etc.
• Victor got a notice from the Diary Room, gathered everyone together for an announcement.
• The feeds were blocked for it, but we find these things out from later conversations anyway.
• There's going to be a Ziggy Marley backyard concert for them!
• (There's your Friday night show fodder.)
• Uh-oh. Natalie hurt her neck or back in the shower somehow.
• The feeds were blocked for the concert.
• When they came back, Paulie's still begging.
• Corey is ticked that Paulie is playing the sick aunt card.
• And on it goes ...

Waving his flag while the pie bakes

The tailor must have made alterations

The Candy Corn Safety Witch

If he asks me one more time ...!

It's a game, Paulie, a GAME.

BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Monday - August 15

He leads a life of danger

Here's the latest from that Big Brother House of Imminent Idiocy:

• While Pathetic Paulie made his first BB pie on demand, he balked on the second.
• After all, "Can't a man work out?"
• Well, obviously, just judging on his behavior lately, he's yet to reach the "man" threshold. Yeah, boy, go make that pie!
• He made a show of ignoring the BB voice and requests.
• This SHOULD result in penalty votes.
• Not that penalty votes will matter when there's no chance for him to stay this week and he keeps alienating people more and more.
• Even Corey seems to be growing weary of trying to talk him into behaving like an adult instead of a spoiled little child who didn't get his way.
• Corey, like James before him, reminded Paulie it's a GAME. He said he knows that unless he wins HoH, he's the next target. Corey told him the show fans don't want to see him acting this way.
• (Actually, evil mean person that I am, I'm kind of enjoying seeing the meltdown.) 
• I think Corey talked more to pep Paulie up than I've seen him talk all season.
• Paulie eventually made the second pie, waving his little flag for the entire time it took to bake and fussing that no one ate the first one.
• Of course, Paulie's disobedience of the BB production got them all talking about it. 
• "You are NOT allowed to talk about production!"
• Okay, I won't.
• Paulie thinks he can convince Victor that he wants to put James up if he (Paulie) wins HoH.
• What part of YOU WON'T WIN HOH BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING EVICTED THIS WEEK does he not understand?
• Paulie's latest thing, other than he wanted the win money to pay off his parents' house, is that his aunt has cancer.
• @@
• No one believes him.
• As a matter of fact, it's giving them even more ammo against him.
• Michelle gave Corey kudos for convincing Paulie to do the second pie.
• We'll see how the future pies go.
• Paul is having a ball with his secret agent punishment.
• But, to give Paulie a wee bit of credit, the secret agent gig is more fun than making pies.
• That's all the credit he gets from me. Bake those pies!
• Natalie, Victor and Paul talked about Paulie being a sore loser.
• Y'THINK?!?!?!
• Paulie revolves from saying he's "checked out" of the game, won't stay in jury to he's playing the game for his sick aunt.
• We have another three days of this ahead.
• The veto meeting is today.
• It's just about 100% that the nominations will remain the same. 
• For those who don't know the Secret Agent Man lines I've been quoting, check the song out. Paul would get a kick out of the song, too!

The crying jags have stopped

Baldwin's beak comes in handy

Paulie Pie Boy also has a flag to wave

I gave him more of a chance than he gave me

BB18: Live Feeds into Sunday Evening - August 14

Ready to serve at any time

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Face It, You Got Got:

• For the most part, it was in many ways a typical boring Sunday in the house.
• Sundays have nothing going on except the anticipation of the upcoming PoV meeting tomorrow.
• That anticipation doesn't really exist this week as the entire house expects Victor not to change his nominations.
• The recurring theme of the day was Paulie begging.
• He wants Victor to take Corey down and put him against Natalie.
• Not gonna happen, Jersey Boy!
• Everybody, especially Victor, is sick of Paulie's behavior. He went from being quasi-aggressive to sulking to begging.
• Victor remained very reasonable with him, pointing out that changing Natalie for Corey would reap the same outcome -- Paulie would go home.
• Paulie claims it would give him hope because he wouldn't be there with his "best friend."
• Give me (and Victor) a break!
• You got got, Paulie.
• Victor reminded Paulie that he was given a chance to play for veto and he lost. Victor didn't have such a chance when Paulie blindsided him.
• Apparently the stipend is a big thing for Victor. He mentioned it a few times that had he gone home when evicted, the "paychecks" would stop while Paulie continues to get paid through jury.
• Victor vented a bit to the HoH room camera that he's really getting sick of Paulie's begging.
• Paulie told James that he'd only stay in jury a few weeks, if that long.
• After all, he has claustrophobia (that doesn't affect him in the smaller BB house setting) and needs to be free to go wherever he wants.
• Paulie told him that he came into the house fully expecting to win. 
• Now, everyone going into the house hopes to win. But most don't really expect it to just happen.
• I guess he's never lost anything in his life!
• In other news, Paul's secret agent rounds are a hoot. But I bet he's going to get sick of them long before they're over.
• Corey found Nicole's lost earring after she told him he's no good at finding things. How's that for excitement?
• Along with saying that he wouldn't go to jury, Paulie said he wouldn't make pies (part of the veto punishment he received).
• He's making a pie. Thankfully, in addition to a chef hat and apron, they gave detailed instructions and all the supplies.
• At least it stops him from whining and begging for a while.
• Paulie went quickly from Powerful Paulie to Pathetic Paulie. Had he not made such a high pedestal for himself to begin with, he'd have more sympathy.

A kiss from Baldwin

They've given him a number, taken away his name

She wasn't expecting mean people

At least it stops the fussing for a while

BB18: Second HoH, Nominations Blog Party - August 14

Hamster watchers ready? For those without the live feeds, we've been promised some of the brouhahas going into last week's double eviction!

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!

Okay, the recap's over. Let's get into this!

After Bridgette goes, Michelle cries. Nicole claims she never wanted a deal with her -- she just wanted to see where she was so she could make some decisions. Paulie is mad at Natalie because she told Zakiyah that she was being played by him. 

Natalie told all the dirt on Paulie, so Zakiyah went to Paulie (obviously before eviction). He lies to her face. He tells Z that he doesn't like Jersey Girls and that's what Natalie is to him. Yet, Natalie knows he's gone further than flirting with her. She tells James about it. He's not happy. 

Paulie is so smug as he tells Natalie she's going home next and makes nasty sexual comments about her chest. She tells Paul, Bridgette and James. That's not behavior James can abide by! Bridgette, Paul and James talk to him. Zakiyah left the room soon while Corey sat there with his vacant-eyed look. 

This is showing how Paulie has been all along on the live feeds -- smug and arrogant. He ends up left in a room with Paul, Victor and Bridgette just staring at him. Paul decides to ditch him. He tells us, not Paulie.

James tells Paulie, Nicole and Corey that he's voting Z out. Paulie is in shock. He runs to Paul and accuses him of knowing that Z is going. Paul denies knowing anything about the flip. Paulie continues going on his rant. When James tells him he's an aggressive person, Paulie threatens that he's next out.

They sort of make up, Paulie and James. But, not really.

The HoH has Benny the BB Squirrel, Hollywood Squirrel. It's done in rounds, seeing a video presentation and answering questions.

Round 1
Michelle against James. James wins 

Round 2 picked by James --
Paul against Nicole. Paul wins, Nicole eliminated

Round 3 picked by Paul --
Victor against Natalie. Victor wins, Natalie eliminated

Round 4 picked by Victor --
Paulie against Paul. Paul wins, Paulie eliminated

Round 5
James against Victor. Victor wins, James eliminated

Round 6
Paul against Victor. (Paul tells us he'd rather Victor win.)
Victor wins HOH!

Paul wants Victor on the block. Paulie wants the girls targeted. Paul and Victor talk, Paul tries to convince Victor he even has a good reason to put Paulie on the block -- it was Paulie who backdoored him. Paul is Victor's social game, going to talk to James about Paulie and Corey going up. James is on board with the plan.

The care package has arrived! It hit Natalie as it landed! It's for Nicole. She has the power of Super Safety - safe from the block this week. She has a costume and everything.

James tells Natalie that Paulie and Corey will be nominated. She talks to Victor and Paulie, promising to get Michelle in with them. 

Nominations ceremony --
Victor nominates Paulie and Corey. Paulie, strongest competitor, has to go for it. Corey, guilty by association. 

Paulie cries in the Diary Room. So sad, huh?

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 14, 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 late 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 thought the heat and humidity that has been visiting us for most of the summer was bad. It was nothing compared to this past week's temperatures and accompanying humidity levels. It's been unreal around here. I'm still having sciatica issues and now the weather is against me, as well! Help! Help! Whine! Fuss! How bad is the heat and humidity around here, you ask? It's so bad that they're saying NYC cockroaches will be able to fly! Now, I know that they (palmetto bugs) do that in the South. But it's bad enough they scurry all over the place here. We don't need them flying, too!

Disclaimer: I personally have no cockroaches in my apartment. We have a monthly exterminator coming in to keep it that way. Vincent would get them anyway if I did have them!

I've noticed that all of the street peoples' baby carriages of their life stuff have disappeared from the Plainfield Train Station and the groups of vagrants there are being moved along more regularly. However, they still gather under the trees on the westbound platform side, throwing their beer cans all over the lawn. And now I'm seeing some right up on the platforms taking benches from actual passengers PRETENDING they're train passengers. Sheesh.

I really don't have much more than the photos to share with you. For the first time ever, after leaving home or getting out of work, my camera lens covered with condensation due to the change in temperatures. Gah. It was that hot and humid! I'm used to my eyeglasses doing that, but not the camera!

Clicking on an image will open a larger version.

Just after sunset on Monday

With my unusual weirder than normal work schedule this past week, I arrived back home in Plainfield not long after sunset. I was both surprised and pleased to hear and see several bats flying around. Years back, I used to see a lot of them in the hours around dusk. When white nose syndrome decimated the population and most of their vacant buildings habitat around the Plainfield Train Station were torn down, I wasn't sure they'd ever return. Yeah, I like bats. They're good for the environment and are actually kind of cute in a mouse with wings kind of way! Plus, they like to eat mosquitoes. Yes! Plainfield Train Station.

The 59 bus

The day I took this shot, I was tempted to jump on the bus and head back home! I was on my way to work and the heat was unreal. Of course, I don't live in Newark. But that bus gets me within a block of my apartment in Plainfield. Gavett Place, Plainfield, NJ

Tuesday night's moon

As seen from the Bridgewater Train Station

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