BB19: Megan's Exit, Pendant of Safety Show Blog Party - July 2

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Those of you with the live feeds know there were some happenings in the house today. I'll be posting a full report a bit later tonight and ask that you not post spoilers from the live feeds in comments on this show post. Some of the people reading or taking part on the show posts don't know (maybe don't want to know) spoilers. Thank you!

On with the show ... 

Okay, we have to get through the "previously on Big Brother" bit.They end it with the fact that there will be a shocking revelation. Although it's technically a spoiler, it's isn't really -- it was all over the internet.

Finally we pick it up at the end of the ceremony. Paul is shocked he didn't go on the block. Jillian cries. Megan is upset that Cody made a personal attack when he put her up on the block. Josh attacked her. She's never been so anxious in her life, doesn't know if she can take it.

Josh and Jillian bond. A Mark/Elena showmance is starting and leads us into the Jessica/Cody showmance. Raven and Matt? Hmm. Josh is emotional.

Time for the Have Not selection! Cody chooses the first five Have Nots of the summer. He asks for volunteers -- Josh, Ramses, Megan, Jillian, Paul volunteer. The Have Not room has spiky egg carton kind of beds. There is a Have Not Escape -- only if they give into Temptation. The first to the DR to ask for a key needs to choose between two colored spikes, wrong one extra week.

Into Megan telling Alex that Jessica called her "panda." It all blows up. Jessica denies it. Alex blows up at Megan. Megan cries in the Diary Room and says no one trusts her and she "can't do this."

Now the other hamsters are talking about how long Megan has been in the Diary Room. Kevin is thinking fatherly about the situation. Finally Cody comes and gathers all in the living room.  He has an official BB envelope -- "Due to a personal emergency, Megan will not be participating in the game."

Cody has to put someone else on the block the next day. His crew is pressuring him to put Alex on the block. He tells us that he likes Alex and thinks she's one whose game he respects. 

Paul tells them he's taking the Have Not Temptation. They gather in the HN room. He takes the Orange spike and gets it! He's free from being a Have Not.

They all go to the living room with a video of the Den of Temptation -- each week America will vote to give someone a temptation, if someone takes the temptation, a consequence will be unleashed.

One by one, they go into the room. All get envelopes. Paul gets a glowing table with a pendant. The Pendant of Protection will protect him from the next three evictions. He only has to reveal if he's nominated. It also said that someone will be in jeopardy the next three weeks. He takes it (of course).  

One of the hamsters will be cursed from his random pick of a bottle. He doesn't know who he's picking. 

The Den video appears. It tells them the Temptation has been taken. The consequence will be unleashed in "due time." Be worried the next time you're called to the den. 

America's Vote - The Ring of Replacement is this one coming up.

Cody bonds with Alex, tells her he wants to work with her. 

Nominations time again ... has to name someone to replace Megan. He nominates ... Alex. (Probably because she told him that she wanted to break up his group. He wants her to compete in the PoV.)

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 2, 2017

Good morning! Since it's a SUNDAY morning, this is my weekly off television topic post taking a look at the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. This weekly post is done year in, year out. Big Brother, the main draw for so many of you, only lasts about three months -- although sometimes it seems to be a lifetime. If you're here solely for the BB posts, please feel free to skip this post. You can find my latest BB19 posts by using this link.

Some of the big news of the past week is that BB19 indeed did start, so I'm bound to be more exhausted than I usually am. Maybe by this time next year, I'll be retired from my real job and able to do all I want to do in covering the show and live feeds!

I started my staycation Friday evening. So, for now, I'm doing fine. 

I finally bit the bullet and went for Amazon Prime. As they remind me when I sign on, I've been a customer since 2003. I tried Prime when they first came out with it and wasn't impressed. However, I do love Amazon.com. Over the years, I've had deliveries come to my workplace as I went for the longer no exact date free shipping -- there's always someone at my workplace to sign for packages even if I'm not there. But I have been limited to ordering only things I didn't mind lugging to the train station, on the train, etc. And, I found that if I ordered for at home during a staycation, USPS would sometimes just leave a package without ringing the intercom! There are about 40 apartments in my building. Packages get stolen!

But, now with Prime, there is free two-day shipping and it's UPS. They ring the intercom. They guarantee the delivery date. So, I can order big stuff and know I'll be home for the delivery. My past two orders, set to arrive on my day off (and they did) were a nice new spinner mop and bucket -- much needed -- and a tower fan -- love it!

Yesterday I went online and ordered me some bath salts, bubble bath, two different body sprays and some new towels as mine are really showing their age. I also ordered something I've needed for YEARS -- a new computer desk chair. The one I use is about 24 years old and lost its arms years back. I noticed that the computer chair free shipping has it arriving either the 5th or 6th ... that's fine. I can track it. I didn't notice the towels, bubble bath and bath salts were free shipping NEXT DAY delivery. The two very cheap body sprays are free shipping two-day delivery. I had thought the chair and the other things ordered would be two separate deliveries, but it's three. Oh, well. I don't mind.

So, now as I type this up, I've already had the delivery of the towels and the bath goodies on a SUNDAY morning! I love it! Vincent has a new nice-sized box and I'll have a leisurely either bath salts or bubble bath while trying out Not Your Father's Ginger Ale (hard ginger ale I bought last week or the week before but haven't tried yet), maybe listening to some jazz. Now, THAT is a staycation! 

I also have, from my Wednesday grocery delivery, a GIANT watermelon roommate I've named Mel. I thought I was ordering a personal size watermelon but must have clicked the wrong button. It was reasonably priced, but it's huge! I plan to cut into it on the 4th and hand out slices to neighbors watching the parade go by while keeping a more suitable amount for myself in my refrigerator. Right now it's sitting on a kitchen chair. I'm tempted to draw a face on it.

In more regional kind of news, there's a New Jersey government shutdown going on here. Just in time for the big vacation/holiday week, all the state parks and beaches are closed. State courts and motor vehicles are also shut down. While none of the things shut down affect any of my plans for this week, I feel so bad for families who have vacations planned, monies laid out and such. What a horrible time to to pull that ____!

Onto this week's photos ... I really didn't have a good photography week, but ...! 

It's MY private train car!

A lot of people must have had this past week off. I was all alone in the top level of my train car Monday on the way to work. I don't mind that, not at all.

The hour is up!

This is what the Flowers of An Hour look like when it's not that hour.

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BB19: Live Feeds into Sunday Morning - July 2

Is this thing really comfortable?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Talk Shows Gone Wild:

• Again, there's not all that much to report.
• The big thing is that they put on a talk show -- Dominque interviewed two hamsters (Kevin, then Mark), asking questions regarding being in the house and such.
• Kevin wore his favorite suit and looked spiffy indeed.
• He, as usual, was funny.
• They better keep him in the house at least most of the summer, if not all. He's the most entertaining hamster we've seen in years.
• Plus, we know we won't have to endure a showmance with him -- he would NEVAH!
• The second guest, Mark, wore his favorite workout clothes. A lot of his questions were regarding his showmance with Elena.
• Oh my.
• All during the "show" Paul and Christmas were together, often caressing each other's arms, legs and such.
• Ew! Ew!
• I thought Christmas had more sense than that!
• Jessica and Cody were noticeably absent from the studio crowd. Alex didn't seem to be there either. Nor was Josh.
• The plan is to have these "shows" on Sundays and Wednesdays from now on.
• Jason apparently wears his cowboy hat all the time not just because he's a rodeo clown, but he's pretty bald.
• He should embrace his baldness!
• Alex told Jillian that she thinks that Kevin would vote to keep her over Cowboy.
• They know that Paul has safety for this first week.
• They don't know he has it for the next three weeks.
• Thanks a lot, TV only watchers. YOU don't have to listen to him dominate every single conversation, peppering all with profanities, when he's in a room.
• I honestly think he can't say a sentence without cuss words thrown in.
• While almost all in the house tend to potty mouths, he's the worst case scenario.
• Cody is still keeping his replacement choice to himself.
• But they're all thinking it's Jason.
• Cody thinks it's every woman''s dream to be with a Marine.
• Gah. 
• Cody, when questioned by Jessica, told her that whenever Paul and Christmas are in a room, the atmosphere changes.
• Jessica told him that Paul is to her like Alex seems to be to him (Cody). Paul saved her with the friendship bracelet and she feels the need to protect him a bit.
• Mark told Paul that Elena might be playing him with the showmance and he knows Alex is coming after showmances. Will he give Elena up? I don't know. But he is definitely having second thoughts about getting involved.
• Paul told Mark that Kevin can be trusted.
• I'm not sure when the PoV ceremony will be. When I know, you'll know.

In hostess mode

Wearing his favorite outfit

Wearing his favorite outfit

Ew, Paul is tainting Christmas!

Paul offers to be Megan on the show

BB19: Live Feeds into Saturday Evening - July 1

You guys on 19 are so much better for me!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Social Butterflies:

• Oh my gosh ... a whole lotta nuthin' happened.
• No brouhahas to speak of.
• Not even a real kerfuffle.
• So, this is mostly observational tonight.
• I watched Jess and Cody talking alone in the kitchen -- just talk about school sports they took part in and stuff. He came across as almost normal until ...
• ... the BB voice told all the hamsters to go into the house. All of a sudden he became Mannequin Man, just sitting and staring. 
• It's not like he doesn't know these people by now.
• He makes my reaction in crowds look normal.
• Paul is still Paul. He's overplaying his social game, methinks. He was telling them how much better they are than the BB18 cast.
• Hmm.
• He's definitely bitter over the vote last season even though he told them he liked Nicole the best of all in the house -- even over Victor.
• He and Victor have grown apart since the end of the season. No surprise there!
• Then there's Josh. He has calmed down and now seems to be scrambling to try to redeem himself.
• Too late. He's already proved to be a loose cannon.
• No, I don't know why Kevin told Paul he took the money. Perhaps so that Paul might have some kind of loyalty to him for getting him back in the house.
• But, we know that if Kevin had hit his buzzer, most of the others tried.
• He would have made it back in just as he did.
• In the strategy arena -- Alex told Cody she'd save Jillian with the veto if he would protect her and put Jason on the block. Cody does seem to have something to prove with his loyalty to Alex, said he will protect her until they get to jury.
• Hmm.
• We still don't know how Alex ended up on the block in Megan's place.
• Alex thinks Cody threw the PoV to her.
• How did he end up putting her on the block? Gah! It's driving me bonkers.
• There ya go ... 

Mannequin Man!

I'm ready for my close-up

Roaming Ramses carrying deep knee squats

Showing his sensitive caring Josh persona

BB19: Live Feeds Overnight into Saturday - July 1

No changes at the pool/hot tub

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Hungry Hamsters:

• Heh. Apparently (blocked to the live feeds), Kevin was a mermaid host for the PoV comp. 
• I was wondering the thinking behind putting him in this cast, but now I definitely get it. His kids got him to apply. He doesn't know the show. He's old enough to be the father of his fellow hamsters. The guy IS funny. Plus, in a way, he's a breath of fresh air being so unfamiliar with the show and actually admitting it. We've seen so many recruits come in oblivious and pretend they're experts. I am entertained by him. He's very different from what we see most seasons.
• Just to bring you up to snuff if you've been living under a BB fake rock -- Megan and Jillian were the nominees. Megan exited the house on her own volition. Alex was put on the block in her place. Alex won PoV. Jessica and Cody are the first showmance of the season.
• Although she'll be safe this week with the PoV, Jessica and Raven want to target Alex next. They think she's too good at comps and also believe that Cody has a soft spot or wants to protect her.
• Christmas also doesn't care for Alex -- she thinks Alex is too aggressive with everyone in the house.
• Now, I myself am surprised by Alex. I had the impression of "bimbo" in her Jeff interview and she's turning into anything but a bimbo. She's truly a competitor. I like that. But, of course, if I were a house hamster, I'd think of her as a threat to my game.
• Meanwhile, Cody told Mark that his loyalty to Alex is just a ploy to show the others that he can be loyal to anyone.
• Um. Okay. 
• We know Josh is weird, but so is Cody.
• Just a different kind of weird.
• Cody's bro-alliance doesn't seem like they're going to stay all that loyal to him.
• He seems to have a fixation with his combat days in the service. Hmm.
• Jason knows he's being considered for the replacement nom.
• Even those closest to Cody aren't sure what he's going to do. He's very tight-lipped.
• Cody is odd. He told a story about going to Ferguson during the riots "just to see if I would survive." Say what? 
• Plus, he sits there like a robot half the time. He creeps me out more and more.
• A staring robot.
• A lot of them are sporting bruises, pains and scrapes from the veto comp.
• They all went to bed early last night.
• While I haven't heard the exact words from his mouth -- I had to skip all around the flashbacks to catch up on the feeds -- I do think Paul has the three weeks of safety. Someone was talking about it, but didn't exactly come out and say "Paul." but that seemed the case in context.
• More later! 

If I go, do I get paid for two weeks?

Social game bonding

Looking somber, turned to hijinks

Picture him as a mermaid