BB18: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 17

Hamster watchers ready? Ready for some zings? 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 -- please join in on the fun there as we watch the show together!

Recap, recap. ZingBot is back! But we knew that.

Victor tells us that Paulie is his target, Corey is just guilty be association. Paulie cries. He's a champion, y'know. He says it's full on beast mode from now on. I guess he can't come up with anything original. Both Paulie and Corey confront Victor. Heh. Paulie argues and Victor holds his ground. 

Nicole is worried that she and Corey are both guilty by association and feels scared. Paul tells Paulie he had nothing to do with it. Paulie figures out he's all alone in the house. Too bad, so sad.

Then Paulie cries to Corey. Literally. Tears and all. He never wanted to put Corey in harm's way and tells him he'll use the veto to save him. Yeah, right.

Veto player picks time! Victor draws Paul. Paulie draws Houseguest's Choice. He chooses Nicole. (She tells us she will take Corey off the block.) Corey draws James. Natalie will host. 

The others decide to rattle Paulie up before the comp -- Paul, James, Michelle -- so he won't perform well. They decide they'll call him out on things. Paul tells him that he doesn't think he (Paulie) never really had his back. Michelle calls him a manipulator. Paulie gets all defensive. Michelle tells him he's never going to be like Cody and Derrick. James called out Paulie on sexist comments. Heehee -- Michelle walks behind him making explosion noises and gestures to symbolize "blowing up his game."

ZingBot arrives and gets them all out of bed. 

Corey - What do you call a man who sweeps Nicole off her feet? Hayden.
Victor - Called a douchebag in Spanish.
James - You love to scare people, the ones you scare the most are Natalie's parents.
Paulie - Less attractive, less charming, lesser person than Cody.
Big Meech - Sleeps all day, cries all night and can't stop throwing up.
Natalie - Not the brightest bulb, lack in smarts make up for in armpit hair.
Nicole - Watching you on BB16, threw game away for showance, no chance of winning ... wait that's BB18.
Paul - You have a lot of catch phrases, here's one everyone will get behind -- shut up! 

ZingBot tells them he's running for president and to meet him outside for the veto comp. "Make America Zing Again." All patriotic. United States of Zing. Series of rounds, catapulting a beanbag to a zing map for votes. It's the one they can take away prizes from the others.

Paulie -- 32 votes
Corey -- 28 votes
Paul -- 8 votes
James -- 31 Votes
Nicole -- 25 votes
Victor -- 18 votes

Paul is eliminated, wins Power of Veto

Second Round 
Corey -- 27
James -- ?
Nicole -- 1
Victor -- ?
Paulie -- 10

Nicole out. Wins secret service duties. She trades with Paul.

Round three -- I won't announce the scores because I turn my head and Natalie doesn't announce them!

Corey is out, wins a vacation to any American destination. He takes the veto from Nicole.

Round four --
Paulie overshoots and gets a zero. He's out, wins a Patriot-tard. He takes the veto from Corey.

Final round --
James overshot, got a zero. 

James won $5000. He holds onto it.

Victor wins apple pie baking all summer, he trades it for the veto from Paulie. More tears from Paulie. 

Paulie is "devastated" and says he won't be baking apple pies.

Corey gets his patriot-tard, complete with a bald eagle hand puppet.

Paul got a suit, shades, and every time he hears the red alert, he has to pat down each of the others, then clear five checkpoints. He has fun with it.

Paulie gets his pie alert. He has to wave a ZingBot flag all the time it cooks. He's NOT having fun with it. He cries more in the Diary Room. Sobs even. He cries to Natalie and Paul, saying he wants to go home.

Cry me a river, Paulie boy ... then bake me a pie!

Veto meeting time. Paul's secret service red alert goes off during the meeting. What a shocker! Victor does NOT save either of them.  

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday - August 17

Long boring Paul/Paulie talk.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Boring Bakers:

• ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
• Most slept.
• There were long small talk sessions with Paulie and Michelle, Paul and Paulie, Paulie and both Michelle and Paulie.
• Michelle asked Paulie what he thinks about make-up on girls.
• Michelle and Paulie talked about towns with the same names in Michigan and New Jersey.
• Paul and Paulie talked about running businesses -- Paul's "fashion" one and Paulie's gym.
• You get where this is going, right?
• Nowhere.
• Hopefully things will perk up today. 
• We know tomorrow night will bring me some new fodder!

Michelle screws up cookie baking.

Nicole is worried, but he feels secure this week.

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday Evening - August 16

Enjoying the pool before lockdown.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Both Bored and Boring:

• It was so boring in the BB18 house today!
• How boring was it?
• I actually watched Victor clipping his fingernails, mesmerized by his preciseness and wishing he had shown the camera a close-up of the finished product.
• Well, maybe I'm embellishing a bit.
• But I did watch him clip his fingernails for a couple of minutes.
• It was either that or James napping.
• They snacked.
• They napped.
• Victor and Paulie talked about how much more fun it could be if they all stayed awake more.
• Paul did his secret agent rounds in between naps.
• Paulie baked his pies on order.
• Lots of small talk.
• Natalie is worried that she won't be able to do the HoH comp on Thursday because her neck hurts more today than it did yesterday.
• I still don't quite know how she hurt her neck in the shower.
• Paulie and Victor worked out.
• The others did not work out.
• They need their rest, y'see.
• They're not allowed to talk about the concert the other day. 
• James started to try to make a pie with Paulie's supplies and BB yelled at him to stop it. 
• So he went to nap some more.
• Paulie made a pie dressed only in his apron.
• The sight almost gave Michelle a heart attack. She quickly retreated.
• Paulie's begging has calmed way down.
• But he did take the time to tell James he could stay if he had his and Natalie's votes.
• Ha.
• He'll have their votes, alright.
• Votes to LEAVE, that is!
• Victor did a puppet show using Baldwin, Corey's patriot-tard stuffed hand puppet eagle.
• I don't think my heart can take more of this excitement tonight.
• In the morning, I'll bring you a new breathtaking live feeds report!

Day napping. The struggle is real.

The smaller table has arrived

What if he has the round trip ticket?

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 16

Block bros

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Pies and Spies:

• Well, that was a boring late night.
• Most went to sleep early, with a small snack crowd of James, Natalie, Paul and Paulie enjoying chips and pie in the wee hours.
• It seems like Paulie has finished making his rounds of begging.
• For now.
• Victor will be really well-rested for the upcoming HoH comp (in which he can't compete) if he keeps sleeping so much in the solitude of the HoH room.
• Nicole thinks that she and Corey have been unfairly targeted -- they've never done any of the manipulating and have won practically nothing.
• Paulie can't understand why James went for the $5,000 instead of the veto because five grand is nothing!
• Um, maybe it's a large sum to James. He doesn't earn a fortune, has a daughter to think about, pays for the roof over his head ...
• ... and maybe, just maybe Paulie ... he did not want to win the veto! Why would he want to put himself in that situation knowing whatever he did with it, somebody would be mad at him?
• Paulie also railed James (to Nicole and Corey) about knowing about the blindside in the double eviction and not telling them.
• So, I guess everything is back to being James's fault in Paulie's twisted way of thinking.
• Nothing is his fault.
• He didn't win too many comps, putting a target on his back.
• He didn't use a showmance as a mockery.
• He didn't use his friends to put people on the block who threatened his game, not theirs.
• Paulie once again extolled how great he can be at any comp they throw his way -- mental and physical.
• After all, Victor's win this time was a crapshoot comp.
• Paulie's latest mood of the moment is that he realizes he's going home, so he needs to "coach" Nicole and Corey.
• Hey, if he can't influence the rest of them to do his bidding, maybe he can have success with the two.
• Nicole told Michelle that she met Paulie once before the season. Apparently he made no real impression on her at the time. We got fish.
• Michelle told Nicole that Paulie asked her to open her ticket envelope. She refused. They know that the last ticket will play on Thursday. I would guess it's probably safe for anyone not on the block to open theirs ... but not advisable and they're probably not supposed to open them before then. If she has the return trip ticket, Paulie would never leave her alone!
• It sounds like the backyard concert/whatever had prizes and Paulie won some "cool crap" during it.
• Maybe that's why he's not moping as much.
• Michelle and Nicole discovered they only live about an hour apart.
• Paulie doesn't like Jewish kids from North Jersey.
• Y'see, you have to understand New Jersey is a bit odd. It's not a huge state, but it is the most densely populated one. Most of that population is in Central and North Jersey. South Jersey is like another world. Paulie is from Monmouth County, kind of shore/southish away from the main population. He's from the land of the shore and thoroughbred horse farms. North and Central Jersey are more metropolitan and more diverse. Yet Paulie's New Jersey is his world rather than the majority of the state.
• Oh, well.
• We're one day closer to eviction!

Paulie giving advice

Every pie gets better!

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man ...

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.