BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - September 8

Make her go away. Please.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Monotonous Mice:

• Oh, wait. They're hamsters.
• Hmm ... there might even be a rat or two in there.
• Rodents!
• It's almost painful to watch the feeds.
• After sleeping away half the day, Natalie is keeping James up all night talking.
• Doesn't she realize that he needs some sleep so he can compete in the HoH comp?
• Not that the others provided any late night amusement for us.
• Now, I watch the live feeds. My TV cable company dropped POP, so I don't watch BBAD at all. During other seasons since BBAD it bothered me that the house hamsters acted like the BBAD airing time was the only time they were being watched and did all kinds of stuff during those hours. 
• This bunch? Not so much. I can just imagine someone channel surfing wondering why one channel has people sleeping via night vision cameras.
• They sleep away a good portion of the day, too.
• Well, they should be well-rested to return to the real work-a-day world.
• Not that many will, of course.
• They all talk globe-trotting or, at least visiting each other in various states. I guess money grows on trees somewhere. Of the ones left, I think all still live at home with parents except James, maybe Natalie.
• I'm very tired of hearing Natalie blow her own horn. I had to listen to how she is what makes one charity and she is the best at this, best at that.
• I don't go around doing that. Even when I think I'm good at something, I just let the results speak. At least I hope so.
• (I do have the best bunch of people hanging out on this blog ... but that's not just me!)
• Let's see ... what else happened?
• Um. They played poker with Starburst candies as poker chips.
• That was exciting.
• Not.
• I think BB took away their dominoes when they gave them the cards.
• What would have been better would have been BB giving them tons of dominoes and challenging them to create falling dominoes stuff around the house to see who can make the most fall.
• You know what I mean.
• In other news, it seems extremely likely that James will be staying. Nicole and Corey want to work with him and they're two of the three votes.
• Paul and Victor even think they might get him to work with them. That's the third vote.
• Nobody has told Natalie that she's no longer a pawn, but a target.
• Yet, her erratic behavior, her constant talk of going to jury and her speech ... she knows.
• James keeps being patient with her.
• One thing has changed, though -- James is no longer trying to convince her that he's the target.
• She needs to let him go to sleep! 
• He is a much kinder person than I would ever be in those circumstances.

Late night PB&J cravings

Talking about the PoV comp with James

If he goes next week, we never cared

This SHOULD be his response to Natalie

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - September 7

Breakfast cooking at 1:15pm their time

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of a Pernicious Pom-Pom Pal:

• Yes, breakfast was being cooked there well into the afternoon here ... almost early evening!
• These are the sleepingest (yeah, that's not a word, but I never cared) bunch of hamsters ever.
• BB gave them a deck of cards.
• Goody goody. Now we can watch them play cards, play dominoes or play chess.
• I'd rather puppet shows by Victor with Baldwin!
• James is still just lurking around with Natalie.
• Hasn't he been hurt enough?
• For the most part, those two remain segregated from the rest.
• Natalie has been acting weird ... almost like she's high on something although that is improbable, to say the least.
• Paul is all antsy.
• At one point he kept running around peeking in the windows until the BB voice shut that down with a "Stop that!"
• I really wish James wouldn't mumble so much. I turn up the feeds volume to hear him and then the others shout.
• Supposedly, Natalie and James agreed to be just friends.
• I still think he's hurting. She pulled off some rather mean moves and he has been nothing but thoughtful and considerate to her.
• Yet he remains patient and kind to her.
• It still looks like James will stay out of the two.
• I need for her to go.
• She's irking me.

James packs

Paul is acting up a lot today. "Stop that!"

Lost in thought? Or, just lost?

Oh boy! We can watch them play cards!

Yet James still hangs with her

BB18: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - September 7

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!

But first ... a recap.

We pick things up after the nominations ceremony. Victor vows to do the same with James as he did with Paulie. Natalie knows she's the pawn, but doesn't want James to go.  

Nicole cries in the Diary Room because she feels guilty that James is on the block after James saved Corey last week.

Paul overhears Natalie being all cheery about being on the block and he sees no friendship there. He wishes she hadn't been told that she's the pawn. Natalie thinks that Nicole set them up. She seems to be blaming James for their previous decisions (like she had no say in the matter).

Natalie decides, since she "betrayed" Paul and Victor, she needs to talk to them. She apologizes and throws James under the bus! She told them they had her back and she shouldn't have trusted James.

WHAT!?!?! 

Paul, especially, sees right through her and neither he nor Victor like that she threw her "ride or die" under the bus. Paul and Victor go right to Nicole and Corey about the talk. Natalie lies to James or at least omits the part that she threw him under the bus. 

Veto comp time -- all play because they're down to six. It's a McGyver related comp tied in to promote the new CBS show. They have to each escape "the compound" using MacGyver ways. The one in the shortest time wins. The winner also wins a trip to the MacGyver set in Atlanta. (Ah, that's why someone won a trip to Atlanta!) 

Natalie: 9 minutes, 6 second. Since she has completed her mission, she is allowed to watch Nicole (next one) on a monitor. Nicole isn't doing as well. Heh. The clock went over Natalie's time and the compound "blew up." Nicole is out. Victor is up next. He almost got it!

James is up. He does horribly in the comp. Corey is up. He takes over the veto from Natalie with a time of six minutes, fourteen seconds. 

Paul's turn. He does poorly. Corey won the veto.

Oh, geez. James tells Natalie that he's going to tell the others to vote him out. He said that had he won veto he would have taken her off the block.

The others talk about which one needs to go. Victor wants James to go because he's the one who got him evicted. But Natalie is stronger at comps, smarter (?) and more. Which one? 

James goes to Corey to ask they vote him out. Yikes. Corey is noncommittal.

Natalie asks James if the threw the comp, then asks if he has a final two or three deal with Nicole. Showing a lot of distrust there, girl. She tells him she will never talk to him if he works with them. She says she's going to go home because she trusted him. James is really hurt. He would never do that to a friend.

Paul and Victor want to talk to James about Natalie throwing him under the bus. Maybe James will realize she's no "ride and die" for him! 

Veto meeting -- each talk for a moment, James won't campaign against Natalie. Takes blame for himself being on the block. Corey does not use the PoV.

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday - September 7

Mmm! A half-gallon of ice cream!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Loquacious Louts:

• Still no fisticuffs.
• But there was a bit more excitement in the late night hours than there was all day yesterday.
• BB gave them alcohol, a rarity this season.
• Not that they gave them enough to really do any damage. It was like a six-pack of beer and a couple of bottles of wine for six people.
• Unless one person hogs that all, there really isn't much to get excited about!
• The big excitement started with someone outside the yard and a megaphone.
• Ah, memories of Kitty, the Megaphone Lady of BB2 (if memory serves), memories of fans throwing candy and notes over the fence, memories of banner planes ... the good ol' days of Big Brother!
• We got fish and then into Jeff highlights loops.
• From the context of what little was said without being interrupted by fish or Jeff, it was something about James and Nicole in an alliance.
• Well, WE knew that they did have one. But is there too much water under the bridge since the beginning? Are they deep down that loyal to each other to be such good actors? Hmm. They were friends outside the house before going in together. Hmm.
• The other big news is that James finally woke up and realizes that he and Natalie will never be a couple.
• Well, duh.
• She went off to bed to sulk while James talked everything out with the rest of the hamsters.
• Interesting.
• So, James keeps (whether it's his intention or not) working his way into the midst of the others while Natalie continues to alienate them.
• Yet James keeps caring about her and doesn't want to see her hurt.
• Gah!
• Natalie told James she never threw him under the bus.
• I say, "Did too!"
• I have to admit that she does seem to be a bit torn between wanting to stay and wanting to go.
• She told James she wants him to stay and can't campaign against him.
• Yet, we know she has.
• I have a personal bias in this because I think James is an honorable truly nice kind of guy. But I also don't think Natalie ever really intended this to turn into such an infatuation on his part. She's looking for friends and good times. He's looking for the love of his life.
• At this point, they're both hurting in different ways.
• It seems the latest Natalie crisis had to do with the megaphone and an Nicole/James pre-show final two deal.
• Hmm.
• I don't see Corey getting all up in arms about it.
• But we did see Nicole tell Corey she wants the final three to include James with them.
• Hmm.
• The Natalie/James "discussion" went on for HOURS and isn't really resolved although by before dawn she was scarfing down ice cream while he joked around in the kitchen. 
• She even wanted to self-evict at one point. James "shattered her heart," y'know. 
• I hate to quote Paul but, "Go ahead. Never cared."
• Of course, James apologized to her.
• Sheesh. She should be apologizing to him!
• But that's how James is.
• It's looking quite possible that he will stay this week instead of Natalie.
• I think Nicole wants him to stay (final two deal?). Corey will vote whatever Nicole decides. That would be all he needs to stay. Paul is likely to vote with the other two.
• I hope that's the case even though I've been very disappointed with him this season.

Most likely to remain a couple afterwards

So, this is my neck?

I won't miss these two.

I've invested too much in her. (D'oh!)

Whazzat? I hear something!

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday Evening - September 6

Boring

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

• I really have almost nothing for you today.
• If there was any game talk, it was off camera.
• There were no kerfuffles, fisticuffs or brouhahas.
• Victor got his HoH camera.
• And fun was had by all.
• One interesting note is that Natalie and Nicole talked.
• That in and of itself is a bit unusual these days.
• But they weren't talking game.
• They were talking marriage and children.
• Nicole wants both before she's 30.
• Natalie isn't interested in either marriage or children.
• Things that make you go, "Hmm ..."
• I wish I had more.
• Maybe there will be fisticuffs overnight.

Boring

Bored