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Wednesday, November 02, 2016
BBOTT: Weekly Show and Live Eviction - November 2
I'm putting up this post so anyone who wishes to do so can comment on the weekly show. I'm not going to live blog the show as we've already discussed all that happens. As it is with this online BB version, I will post about the HoH comp in the morning. Midnight starts for it are too late for East Coast people!
I will step back in for the live eviction, though. I've been swamped at work for several weeks and now have been sick since Monday. Danielle saved Whitney and put Morgan in her place. Shelby can/will negate the votes of three people. It's Shelby, Morgan and Scott on the block. Scott is acting like a Dead Man Walking ... and he most likely is.
Ah, not quite 11pm here and they've started their save me speeches. Gee, surprise -- Shelby prevented Justin, Kryssie and Jason from voting. Who woulda thunk that, huh?
The votes to evict:
Alex - Scott
Whitney - Scott
Dead Man Walking is outta there! America also voted to evict him. What a shocker!
Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen-X Blog Party - November 2
As Survivor airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging with the major events. As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun! Later on tonight, I will have a post for the BBOTT show/live eviction.
Here are the blog pool match updates from the Lovely Lifeguard Laurie:
Vanua - Orange
Chris Hammons - Cheryl in NC, Jennasmom, Lanell from TN
David Wright - Buzzmaam, MikesGirl, Sharon C
Michelle Shubert - Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed
Zeke Smith - Beachmom, monty924 , Glenn
Takali - Purple
Adam Klein - Brian, Kelsey NY, Sharon N
Jessica Lewis - Cupcake, Jean, Petals
Ken McNickle - Dolores in Hollywood, Margo, Russ
Taylor Lee Stocker - Donna in FL, Janice from GA, Stephanie in Baltimore
Ikabula - Green
Bret LaBelle - Brandi Peralta, Judi Sweeney, Skyriverblue
Hannah Shapiro - David, meb, Terry is a Texan
Jay Starrett - Becky, Jackie, Shayne
Michaela Bradshaw - Donna in NY, Krysta G, Pinky
Sunday Burquest - Brenda, Kristen from Ohio, SueGee
Will Wahl - Cheryl, Indiana Jane
OUT
x Rachel Ako
Mari Takahashi - cwcamper, Marthalight
Paul Wachter - ChickMc, PDX Granny
Lucy Huang - Delee, ML
CeCe Taylor - Anonymouse, Merrilee
Figgy Figueroa - Donna in Alabama, Laurie
Fourteen are left. Who will be voted out tonight? Survivor fans ready? Let's go!
Oh, geez. Taylor's world is grey without Figgy. While Adam thinks he made the right choice in voting her out, Taylor promises revenge.
On Vanua, David works on his trust with Zeke, tells him about finding the second idol. Zeke takes the trust seriously ... for the time being.
Time for the Reward Challenge! Work together to unwind, release three balls, push them through a tunnel, place all three on a perch. The prize is a chef cooking for them. Second, kebabs.
Vanua wins first place! Ikabula gets second place!
On Takali, Ken and Jessica are sizing up which is best for their own strategy -- Adam or Taylor. They think Taylor might be more honest.
On Ikabula, Michaela, worried about showing how strong she is in comps, works on her social game. Hannah thinks Bret is lying about being a funeral director. (He's a cop.) Hannah thinks he's a cop. She has her fellow Millennials also wondering.
Immunity Challenge time! Throwing coconuts into a net, flag with numbers drop, retrieve key with combination from flag numbers, sandbags, target.
Takali wins Immunity! Vanua takes the second Immunity! It will be the first tribal for Ikabula.
Bret and Sunday are sure that one will go because there are four Millennials against them. The Millennials plan to split the vote in case of an idol. On the second vote they all vote Bret. Meanwhile, Jay is realizing how big a threat Michaela is in the game and works his buddies to vote her out. But it might not happen. Hmm.
The tally:
Bret, Bret, Michaela, Michaela, Michaela, Michaela
She lit into Jay. Hannah goes all panicky.
I'm sorry to see Michaela go. She is one of the strongest most consistent players this season.
The merge is next week.
Monday, October 31, 2016
BBOTT: America's Nom, PoV and Halloween - Monday, October 31
OMG! It RAINED outside! |
They're the first hamsters in the BB house for Halloween. The least BB could have done is give one of them a hamster costume! Sheesh.
- America's nomination came through. Surprise, surprise ... it's Scott.
- (Not a surprise, not at all.)
- The real horror story of the day is that it rained overnight and all the stuff in the yard got WET.
- Horrors!
- The veto comp had them going through the house one by one looking for dead Clementine's belongings (or something like that). Thrills and chills abound.
- Danielle won the Power of Veto.
- It's kind of doubtful she'll use it. Shelby can negate three votes. It's more likely than not that Scott will leave.
- What a shame.
- Ha.
- In other news, Jason is out of cigarettes. BB gave him nicotine patches.
- But it's not the same.
Spooky veto comp |
Body language |
Studies package for 20 minutes |
Then does this |
BBOTT: Nominations and Stuff - into October 31
Needs to stop chewing her lips |
The hamsters are all excited about being the first ones to be in the BB house over Halloween. Of course, today is also the reveal of America's nominee and the veto comp.
- In the Safety Ceremony last night, Danielle made Scott, Morgan and Alex safe.
- So, as I surmised in my last update, the nominees are Shelby and Whitney.
- Shelby has her America's Care Package, but what good will it do her now?
- Well, if America puts Kryssie on the block, her side knows to vote that way and she could negate three of the Late Night Jamboree votes.
- And, if America nominates Scott, he should go barring a veto win.
- Of the two known nominees, it's more likely Whitney would stay over Shelby.
- Shelby has rubbed more the wrong way at times while Whitney cruises through not offending anyone and being as sweet as pie.
- Shelby said that she definitely will cancel Kryssie's and Justin's votes She's not sure of the third. But, of that bunch, the only vote she'd let go through is Jason's.
- Hmm.
- Jason was the main Shelby "attacker" just a bit ago.
- Nothing will be settled until America's nomination is announced later today.
Pumpkin pal |
Now she's got Whitney doing it |
Not a jamboree |
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - October 30, 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. This is a regular Sunday part of this blog in addition to the television posts. Right now I'm covering Big Brother: Over the Top daily -- you can find those posts at this link. I'm also live blogging Survivor episodes as they air on Wednesday evenings. Come join the blog parties!
Happy Halloween tomorrow to all! While many at my workplace are wearing costumes and their are costume contest prizes, I'm not partaking. I've had too much on my plate the last few months at work. Tomorrow will just be another day with too much I need to get done and not enough time to do it in. I won't have time to partake in any of the work festivities. However, I might snag some chocolate from the lunch room to keep me going!
In all the years I've lived in this apartment, I've never had a trick or treater even though children live in the building. First, I got to the point where I'd buy only Reese's peanut butter cups or, perhaps Butterfinger bars, because I like them and would eat them if no children came by. Some years went by that I bought no candy and no one came. This year, unless I pick up some tomorrow, I have nothing for kids. No kid better knock on my door!
Someone stole my Sunday newspaper. Grr. I went down relatively early for it and it was gone. I have gone several months with no Sunday newspaper thefts, now have had two in the past four weeks. Someone new in the building? If I didn't want online daily access, I wouldn't get a hard copy at all. And, subscribing to just Sunday's paper is the cheapest route, plus I can use the grocery coupons. I really hate thieves. I wish I could get them to throw the paper up on my fire escape. But, with my luck, they'd probably break the window with it or throw it onto the wrong fire escape.
AMC is showing all of the Halloween movies. I've had them on since about 6am. I wish I didn't have to work during their Stephen King marathon this past Monday. I like scary stuff although real life is a lot more scary. Speaking of horror ... wow, Walking Dead. Just wow. Rest in pieces, Abraham and Glenn.
While I don't really know any new tenants in my apartment building, some tenants (I also didn't know) moved out this past week. I can't believe the stuff people throw out when they move! They could have made several hundreds of dollars selling the stuff on Craigslist! They chucked a good condition couch and matching chairs. Now, I'd never trust that stuff due to bedbug scares. But I did grab a small metal (in brand new condition) baker's rack shelving doohickey. It perfectly fits between my table and refrigerator in the kitchen. And, it's perfect for my onions and potatoes on lower shelves, canisters on the top. Heck, I can even fit my toaster on a shelf and free up counter space.
That's about it. Onto the photos for the week! Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version.
The planters in downtown Plainfield are now sporting yellow mums. I'm talking light yellow, not the gold of the ones near my workplace. It's great to see the planters go seasonal in Plainfield -- I remember many years when they didn't have them. They're a nice touch for the aesthetics of downtown.
We have touches of color mixed in with the green leaves many trees are still sporting in my neighborhood. The acorns are coming down on rapid order, making squirrels happy little critters. Where I grew up, the trees are already barren by Halloween. Here, they haven't even hit peak yet. This year many of the trees were de-leaved with heavy winds for nearly a week, though! I'm still waiting for the trees outside my windows to turn yellow.
Even though there's been frost on the pumpkin a few times during the week, the ones adorning my workplace grounds are still looking mighty good! I've noticed some of the small pumpkins have gone missing (grr). But the large ones would take a few people to pick them up.
Happy Halloween tomorrow to all! While many at my workplace are wearing costumes and their are costume contest prizes, I'm not partaking. I've had too much on my plate the last few months at work. Tomorrow will just be another day with too much I need to get done and not enough time to do it in. I won't have time to partake in any of the work festivities. However, I might snag some chocolate from the lunch room to keep me going!
In all the years I've lived in this apartment, I've never had a trick or treater even though children live in the building. First, I got to the point where I'd buy only Reese's peanut butter cups or, perhaps Butterfinger bars, because I like them and would eat them if no children came by. Some years went by that I bought no candy and no one came. This year, unless I pick up some tomorrow, I have nothing for kids. No kid better knock on my door!
Someone stole my Sunday newspaper. Grr. I went down relatively early for it and it was gone. I have gone several months with no Sunday newspaper thefts, now have had two in the past four weeks. Someone new in the building? If I didn't want online daily access, I wouldn't get a hard copy at all. And, subscribing to just Sunday's paper is the cheapest route, plus I can use the grocery coupons. I really hate thieves. I wish I could get them to throw the paper up on my fire escape. But, with my luck, they'd probably break the window with it or throw it onto the wrong fire escape.
AMC is showing all of the Halloween movies. I've had them on since about 6am. I wish I didn't have to work during their Stephen King marathon this past Monday. I like scary stuff although real life is a lot more scary. Speaking of horror ... wow, Walking Dead. Just wow. Rest in pieces, Abraham and Glenn.
While I don't really know any new tenants in my apartment building, some tenants (I also didn't know) moved out this past week. I can't believe the stuff people throw out when they move! They could have made several hundreds of dollars selling the stuff on Craigslist! They chucked a good condition couch and matching chairs. Now, I'd never trust that stuff due to bedbug scares. But I did grab a small metal (in brand new condition) baker's rack shelving doohickey. It perfectly fits between my table and refrigerator in the kitchen. And, it's perfect for my onions and potatoes on lower shelves, canisters on the top. Heck, I can even fit my toaster on a shelf and free up counter space.
That's about it. Onto the photos for the week! Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version.
Downtown mums |
The planters in downtown Plainfield are now sporting yellow mums. I'm talking light yellow, not the gold of the ones near my workplace. It's great to see the planters go seasonal in Plainfield -- I remember many years when they didn't have them. They're a nice touch for the aesthetics of downtown.
Autumn in the 'hood |
We have touches of color mixed in with the green leaves many trees are still sporting in my neighborhood. The acorns are coming down on rapid order, making squirrels happy little critters. Where I grew up, the trees are already barren by Halloween. Here, they haven't even hit peak yet. This year many of the trees were de-leaved with heavy winds for nearly a week, though! I'm still waiting for the trees outside my windows to turn yellow.
Whole lotta pumpkin |
Even though there's been frost on the pumpkin a few times during the week, the ones adorning my workplace grounds are still looking mighty good! I've noticed some of the small pumpkins have gone missing (grr). But the large ones would take a few people to pick them up.
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