BB18: Live Feeds into Thursday - September 1

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Paul and Victor:

• I seriously have nothing new to report except that Corey decided what to do with his bribe he got in the care package.
• He's going to give it to Victor in return for voting out Michelle tonight.
• Um.
• Um.
• I guess that it doesn't matter that Victor was going to vote out Michelle tonight on his own volition anyway.
• I don't begrudge Victor the gift. But I do see it more of a gift than a bribe.
• It will top his winnings this season nicely ... because so many hamsters have played like dolts this season!
• If the two couples don't come to their senses, it will be Paul and Victor in the final two.
• If those two are the final two, Victor will be Victorious.
• And that 5 grand will help him buy a car with air conditioning atop of paying off student loans and helping out his mom.

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - August 31

I don't know how he even fits in there!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Whatever, Dude:

• Once again, I don't have much for you.
• And, the not having much has nothing to do with my current condition of a sprained ankle.
• It's not me.
• It's them.
• Again today, they pretty much divided into two camps - Corey, Nicole, Victor and Paul in one group; Natalie, James and Michelle in another.
• Sure, they met up all together around the table in the kitchen for a while.
• But, of course, that's not the time to talk game.
• Paul reported to Victor/Nicole/Corey on his long late night talk with James, Natalie and Michelle.
• He embellished it a little when he talked about James being resigned and wanting to leave.
• But he did tell them the truth that he had held to his lie that he doesn't know how the vote will go down this week.
• Now, Victor mingled with all. But James seriously needs to mingle with Nicole! 
• Corey is still clueless what to do with his won bribe money.
• Hopefully tomorrow night's eviction and HoH will liven these hamsters up some!

Communal mouthwash? Ew!

Victor's togetherness with Corey & Nicole

BB18: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 31

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 -- please join in on the fun there as we watch the show together!

Sitting through the recap. (I'll be sitting through the whole show with a sprained ankle.) 

Michelle didn't cry for the nominations. She's so proud of herself. Nicole wants Michelle gone, but seems uncertain which side she'll flow with after this week. James thinks that Paul is Nicole's target. She does nothing to let him know otherwise.

Corey is suggesting that he could bribe the veto winner, but he has no clue what he's going to do with the bribe. 

Have Not announcement time! Slop. seaweed and squid. The first two who fell in the HoH comp -- Corey and Victor -- are the lucky ones.

Veto player picks:
Natalie draws Victor.
Paul draws Houseguest's Choice -- Corey
Michelle draws James  

Michelle is suspicious because Paul picked Corey to play. 

Paul and Victor hang out in the HoH room, sealing the deal with Nicole/Corey. 

HoH Comp has a Christmas theme with live reindeer and all! They're elves who have to count everything in Santa's storerooms. They can stay or fold with their answers. They have to earn three candy canes to win. If they fold, they don't get a candy cane. If they're the furthest off, they're out.

Paul and Corey both fold. Victor out. James and Nicole each get a candy cane.

Corey, Paul and Michelle fold. It's between James and Nicole. James out. Nicole gets her second candy cane.

Corey throws it so Nicole can win ... answers a billion to names on list. Michelle earns a candy cane and Michelle gets her first candy cane. 

Paul folks, Nicole wins her third candy cane and wins the power of veto in the last round! 

Nicole is worried about keeping the best two competitors (Paul and Victor) in the house. 

James is concerned that Corey and Nicole voted out Victor last week and now they're buddy-buddy.  

Michelle has a pity party while Natalie applies make-up. 

Paul tells Nicole that he's okay with being on the block and trusts her. But then he makes a proposal that Natalie goes up in his place. Nicole wonders if he really trusts her or not. 

Veto meeting. She gives them both a chance to talk.
Michelle - Congrats on first veto. Do what you want.
Paul - Putting me on the block, not friendship. Taking me off, friendship

Nicole does not use the veto -- Paul and Michelle remain the nominees.

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday - August 31

I'd rather be with the boys

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Manic Depression:

• Once again, not a heck of a lot going on.
• These feeds need to liven up!
• Corey and Victor are the Have Nots this week. They went to bed.
• Nicole went to bed in the HoH room.
• That left the bizarre quartet of Paul, Michelle, Natalie and James up most of the night talking.
• While I don't think Paul is personable at all, he's definitely playing a good game.
• He has the other three convinced that he has no clue whether he's staying or going.
• We know that, unless James goes to Nicole and convinces her to vote Paul out somehow, Paul is staying.
• Nicole's dislike of Michelle will make that scenario very unlikely.
• But it wouldn't hurt James to try!
• While I, as a viewer of the feeds, have no problem with Michelle going -- she adds very little entertainment and is no real "superfan" of the show -- ousting her instead of Paul should be the wrong choice for anyone remaining in the house except Victor.
• The combination of Victor and Paul is dangerous for all of the others.
• There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

Convinced all he has no clue he's staying

Snacking in bed

Smiling until her next meltdown

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday Night - August 30

Having fun mocking Paul

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Unrequited Love:

• Same old, same old once again today.
• Nicole is insecure with her relationship with Corey.
• She seems to be shallowly basing the whole "love" on his looks. Sure, he's responded with some affection. But he originally went to the veterans in the beginning as a bit of a parasite, thinking they knew the game and he didn't. He didn't go because he fell for Nicole. I don't think he ever fell for her.
• Then there's Natalie.
• She's insecure, period. 
• And, she snaps at James often taking her frustrations out on him.
• I do think she likes him a lot, but not quite in the way he had hoped.
• I have a feeling James has many girl friends. Not girlfriends, mind you.
• He's incredibly patient and caring when someone is upset.
• But he's supposed to be there to play Big Brother!
• Oy.
• Natalie is worried that CBS will portray her as a villain.
• James told her they wouldn't because she's tied in with him and CBS would never ... FISH CAM.
• She told him she feels like the whole house has picked on her. He told her that while no one in the house picks on him, he had been picked on all through school. I don't doubt that.
• The only slightly interesting live feeds today had Victor doing his Nature Watch, analyzing all of the fellow hamsters with a fake British accent.
• Game talk?
• Very little of that today. 
• Or, as Victor put it to Paul, "Literally, no game talk today."
• Well, there was teensy bit of game talk. Corey and Nicole lamented that James hasn't even tried to approach them because he's too tied up with Natalie.

How many hours can a man sleep?

BB life is definitely easier on the singles

How I feel right now

James consoling Natalie once again

BB Nature Watch with Victor Arroyo