BB19: Live Feeds into Tuesday Dawn - Sept. 5

Ew, just EW

Here's the latest from inside this Big Brother House of Changes Need to Be Made:

• The plan is still to take out Jason, not Kevin.
• It's hard to imagine, but Raven is craving even more attention -- shrieking, talking, one-upping every story told by others, going on about her illnesses, now clinging on Paul, pining for Matt and on.
• And on.
• And on.
• BB, in the guise of POP TV, gave the hamsters a big barbecue and lawn games.
• They believe it's because of Labor Day.
• I think it's because they're so darn boring to watch.
• Hmm. Corn on the cob is one of those foods that many people (even those without gastro-whatever) find hard to digest.
• That didn't stop Raven. She also chowed down the burgers. I guess they're not the red meat she absolutely cannot eat.
• They are starting to go with Josh's thinking that it will be a double eviction this week.
• Paul wants to take Alex into his care so she won't try hard to win the HoH.
• Well, he probably wouldn't mind if she won this coming one because he will be catering to her and not have "blood on his hands."
• In reality -- unless the power shifts -- Alex is the next target. Then Raven, then Kevin.
• Ho-hum.
• And on it goes. Make it end, please. 

Playing games

Corn is hard to digest for many

Croquet, badminton, hula hoops

A temporary grill even ...

BB19: Live Feeds into Monday Evening, PoV Meeting - Sept. 4

Enjoy the yard while you have it

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Societal Misfits:

• As expected, when the veto meeting went down, Paul saved Alex.
• Christmas put Kevin on the block with Jason.
• The plan remains that Jason will be voted out.
• Paul keeps telling Kevin not to worry.
• But Kevin is thinking it's likely he will go home.
• When Kevin mentioned Alex won't vote against Jason, everybody else will? -- Paul nodded and told him to stop asking questions.
• That also puts Kevin in a bit of a predicament. He seems to think with the family and new baby on the way, Jason needs the win more than he does.
• Paul is working on his plan of getting close to Raven to throw the others off the idea he might be working with Christmas.
• Josh too is trying to convince people he's not working with Christmas.
• Kevin and Jason have both agreed not to campaign against each other and just enjoy the time they have left together in the house.
• I was thinking ... as deathly ill as she is, isn't Raven taking chances on her life going without a doctor's visit all summer? It's a wonder she hasn't passed right in the house!
• At times, her make-up job looks like she might have.
• Raven talked most of the day. Apparently she doesn't have any laryngitis issues.
• Christmas and Josh spent some time studying dates while Alex, for some reason (perhaps boredom) pored through the BB Rules book.
• And on it goes.  

Josh talking about being alone in the game

Paul's blow-up doll sprang a leak

Christmas and Josh not working together

Lost in a BB daze

Poor pitiful Raven has lost her accent

BB19: Live Feeds Sunday into Monday Dawn - Sept. 3-4

At least he can still smile a bit

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Catastrophic Casting:

• The Have Nots have ended. Thankfully Kevin won't get yet another week of it for throwing the HoH comp first.
• A friend of mine, a fan of BB in the early years, tuned into the show for a few minutes last night. She couldn't believe how stupid this cast is. As she says, "I try to never show my stupid in public and they're on national television showing their stupid."
• Raven told of more (fake) illnesses she has. She told Paul that she is hypothyroid -- but gives him the facts about hyperthyroid.
• Later on in the day, Alex listened to Raven go on ad nauseam about both her mother's and her own health woes.
• I have to give Alex some credit there. I would have burst into a case of the giggles.
• Oh. Raven's mother also has epilepsy. Raven has had to work since the age of 14 to support her because disability doesn't cover the bills. 
• Well, disability when you've hardly or never worked doesn't pay much. I'm beginning to doubt that her mother ever had a real job at all or for very long if she did. 
• But how can poor deathly ill Raven work so much to pay all those bills?
• It's a mystery.
• Oh. There are always Go Fund Me sites!
• Ha.
• Oh. And Raven apparently had to doctor shop to find one who would say she had the gastro-whatever.
• Gee, I wonder why?
• Raven's grandmother had to have surgery just when she was leaving to go into the BB house. A "full knee replacement." Um, that could very well be true. Many many folks have that done. I have two of those.
• Oh my. Raven also has acid reflux. The horrors just never end.
• Josh is upset because the latest plan, still to vote out Jason, is to save Alex with the veto. Kevin would be put up in her place but not voted out.
• Paul thinks that will gain Alex's trust and she won't try to win HoH -- she'd be willing to throw it to Paul.
• Josh thinks that the plan gives Paul more favor than them. Of course, he's the ONLY one thinking Paul needs to go. That almost redeems his circus music and pots and pans from the early weeks.
• Well, not quite. But ...!
• Josh stated his thoughts to Christmas, but she remains Paul-blinded.
• They don't seem to be thinking about double eviction ... except for Josh. He thinks it's coming this week.
• Josh even tried to tell Paul that the plan would expose himself (Josh) and Christmas.
• Christmas, Paul and Josh had a heated conversation about Josh's thoughts. The two dismiss Josh as "freaking out" and they know what they're doing.
• Josh even pulled his "superfan" card about double eviction coming this week and they pooh-poohed him.
• A bit later Josh alone talked to the camera. Hey, bud ... we all agree with you. The plan will only aid Paul -- he gets "no blood on his hands" and you and Christmas do. We see it. We've seen it since Day One and y'all let it get to this point.
• Josh is amazed that he's the only one who sees through Paul.
• So are we.
• Paul snapped at Josh telling him to never question his loyalty again.
• Oh my. Keep questioning it Josh, win something and put up Paul. The show fans will rejoice. You will go from zero to hero. Just do it!
• In other news, Christmas and Paul think that Raven is a mean girl and wonder if they should confront her about her behavior.
• I think all of the women in the house this season fit the mean girl description. If Paul weren't a guy, he'd be a mean girl in so many ways. Oh, not to your face, but ...
• Paul and Christmas stayed up until the wee hours. They still want the save Alex, put Kevin up with Jason, vote out Jason, Paul befriend Alex plan.
• Paul will now attach himself more to Raven because Josh might have hinted to her that Christmas/Paul are working together.
• Is this all going to end soon?
• Please?

Paul and Christmas into Monday dawn

Is he the only one with smarts?

Yeah, put the nasty feet by your drink

Will his fate be sealed today?

Close the refrigerator doors! Sheesh!

Suffering through Raven disease tales

BB19: HoH Comp, Nominations Show Blog Party - Sept. 3

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun!

Because of the rain delay on Thursday night, we'll see the HoH comp tonight.

But first ... the recap. 

Okay, finally the rain-delayed HoH comp. Paul has schemed to have Christmas and Josh to go for the win. He wants Alex to feel safe, so Kevin is once again the ruse. He talks to Alex about throwing the comp. Jason can't play as outgoing HoH. Kevin is reluctant to throw the comp. Paul tells him to trust him. He squares the throwing with Alex who agrees to do it if Kevin does it. Now it's onto convincing Raven. 

It's obviously a repeat of the Ready, Set, Whoa comp we've seen in the past. Christmas tells us she wants to target Alex and Jason. Alex tells us she won't drop out until she sees Kevin go. False starts seem to be the only way to throw this to Christmas on crutches. 

It all hinges on Kevin going out first. He's reluctant. But he does it. Alex tells us Kevin will get evicted this week because he trusted Paul. Then she throws it. She trusts Paul, too. Raven throws it. Kevin is all confused now. Paul throws it. Kevin thinks he has a plan. Y'think?

It's down to Christmas and Josh. Josh wants her to win. But she wants it to be realistic-looking. She doesn't like it looking so set-up. Josh throws it. Christmas wins by default. She's the new HoH.

Alex is a true believer in Christmas. Her childhood fantasies are going to fall hard this week. 

Raven realizes they're doing the same thing to Alex and Jason that was just done last week to her and Matt. Kevin is worried, though. Paul has to calm his nerves. Kevin trusts Paul. Or, at least feels he has little choice than to trust him. Paul doesn't want Kevin cluing in Jason. 

Now that Matt is gone, Raven thinks Paul is her new knight in shining armor. Gag.

Alex actually volunteers to go on the block. She thinks that if she goes up as a pawn with Kevin, no one will vote for her to go.

In their lap and yap, Jason tries to warn Kevin that he (Kev) and Raven will go on the block. Hmm. Kevin tells us he thinks he has to trust Paul on this one.

Now Raven is saying she's had surgery for "rough knee cap syndrome" and no cartilage. I'm a knee surgery of all kinds person myself. I have/had chrondromalacia patella which would sort of fit that description. She's lying. Now I have knee replacements, so the lack of cartilage isn't an issue!

A few fluff segments. Josh loved Elena. Alex hides to scare Jason. 

The Tree of Temptation shows for its final time. Christmas doesn't want anyone to go for it. They've edited it like Jason was going for an apple. But he can't take the chance of not playing in the next HoH and he knows it.  

More fluff -- Alex scaring Josh and Christmas workouts. 

Alex tells Jason that there should really be two pawns and a real backdoor of Kevin. She proposes it to Paul. She thinks Josh would be a great pawn. Alex goes to Christmas about it. 

Christmas and Paul talk about it. She doesn't want to take the heat. Paul suggests keeping the plan the same -- Alex and Jason -- but no backdoor on Kevin. I guess she'll have to face the music when the backdoor doesn't open! But it will be on Christmas, not Paul. Unless of course, Paul wins the veto ... 

Nominations ceremony time.
Christmas nominates Alex, then Jason. Jason pretends to faint. She says that Alex is a pawn. Jason, you are a triple threat, I must take out a strong male figure. 

Alex still trusts Christmas. Jason is suspicious.

BB19: Live Feeds into Sunday, Power of Veto - Sept. 2-3

Dead Man walking?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of So Fascinating I Fell Asleep:

• I worked late yesterday. I napped before the veto comp feeds block opened the house up to us again.
• Then I scouted out the day's feeds.
• I gathered some screen shots and noticed it was 4am. 
• I went back to sleep.
• Oops. Now it's very late!
• My real life work has been incredibly stressful and hectic as of late and I was quite ill about a week ago. I think it's all catching up to me.
• Enough about me.
• Onto the happenings ...
• Before the veto comp, it was all the figuring out scenarios with the what ifs -- what if Jason wins, what if Kevin wins (haha), what if Raven wins.
• Everyone played for the veto except for Josh.
• When the feeds returned, all of the guys (including Josh) had colorful suspenders and bowties, with short-shorts. 
• Kevin changed clothes almost immediately.
• Only Jason left his bowtie on for a while.
• Paul eventually took off his shirt but left the suspenders on and reminded me of Leather Boy from the old Craig Ferguson shows.
• As for the women -- Raven looked a heck of a lot better in her outfit than in the horrible nasty orange rag from Matt. Christmas was okay in her duds. Alex, like she is more often than not, had her chest hanging out all over the place. Sure, she can flaunt her chest ... but does she have to?
• Maybe I'm just a bit prudish. But low-cut versus all but exposed just ain't the same thing!
• Oh. Paul won the veto.
• He's wracking up the veto wins.
• And, I do suspect that if he weren't throwing so many HoH comps, he could be winning them, too.
• He could be the ultimate BB game player except for one thing ...
• ... he's so ruthless in his scheming and manipulating people that he's brought an overall state of cruelty to the game unlike we've ever seen before.
• And, mind you, I've watched and covered BB since the first season. I've seen much cruelty over the years.
• I've actually liked some of the hamsters who were known for some cruelty. I liked Evel Dick. But I don't think he was AS cruel in the long run as Paul. Perhaps he was just more open about it. He didn't pretend to be oh-so-caring to those he disliked or wanted out. He didn't manipulate others into doing his cruelty. For example, Jen knew Dick didn't care for her. He made the dislike blatant. But Paul acts like he's a friend and confidant, then uses other people for the meanness. Now, the other people used are almost as much to blame as is Paul. Why aren't they playing their own game?
• Of course, with Paul winning veto, even if Christmas had a thought of her own in her head about backdooring him (which doesn't seem likely anyway), she can't do it.
• The biggest component of the after veto talks was Jason or Alex, the pros and cons of each.
• It sounds like Paul indeed will not be using the veto. They all seem to think that both Alex and Jason could be much more dangerous as they can win comps.
• So, it looks like the only player who hasn't fallen into the spider's web (Kevin) will be safe for at least this week.
• They've written him off as a possible comp winner even though Raven keeps harping on how much Kevin knows about the show and he's playing dumb.
• If Paul doesn't use the veto, he's going to have to shift the blame for not using it to someone else.
• He doesn't want to alienate jury votes.
• In other news, the hamsters had a preview of the new CBS show Me, Myself and I along with a guest appearance by its star.
• Now they're all starstruck.
• While Kevin sat around trying to figure out the premiere date versus the finale of BB, others went on about how nice the guest was compared to how Derrick treated them.
• Ahem. Bobby Moynihan is touting his new show. Derrick is a BB person. One needs to put on a positive front. The other sees the poison of this season on BB.
• In scuttlebutt that might not change anything -- Josh (of all people) is totally onto Paul. He's trying to convince Christmas but she isn't hearing any of it.
• Paul is still working his anti-Kevin agenda. But he's also talking a lot with Alex -- telling her she's going to be safe no matter what.
• Hmm.  

Mickey Mouse ear hairstyle is NOT cute

EBK -- Everybody But Kevin

So innocent ... looking, at least

The lack of clothing is annoying (to me)

Another veto notch for Paul