Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into the Evening Sunday 8/02

Will Ronnie EVER shut up? He knows that he's likely to be evicted this week yet continues to rehash the same stuff over and over again. Chima seems to be the only one really listening to him. I think that might be because her own ally situation is a bit precarious in the house. She's low on the totem pole in her alliance.

Here's what's been going down in that Big Brother House of Pontificating Posers:

• Ronnie told Natalie that he knows Michele has a deal with someone in the house and that he told her if he's evicted those who like him will go after her.
• I don't like Ronnie. Is there a way I can send Michele some thank you flowers?
• Lydia went around pretending she had the wizard powers and saying everyone had to wear spandex unitards. Natalie's would be brown.
• It reminds me of my faked Jessie HOH rule about the color-coordinated shirts and cups.
• Ronnie said he's going to stare Michele down when the vote to evict him finishes.
• Then why is he still rehashing and campaigning?
• Shut up, Ronnie!
• Kevin was given an extra day of slop by BB in punishment for munching grapes.
• Natalie and Jessie had schemed to lie to Russell by telling him that Michele wants him out.
• They think the lie worked.
• It didn't.
• Russell told Jeff and Jordan that Natalie and Jessie are worried because they're not friendly with anyone outside of their little circle.
• Russell is not pleased with Natalie's lies about himself and Michele.
• Chima is also irking Russell.
• He wishes BB was all guys because the girls create so much drama.
• Russell broke the elliptical machine.
• And Ronnie is STILL going on to Chima.
• I can't respect Chima at all because she's sitting there listening and sympathizing with Ronnie.
• What kind of blogger is she? Sheesh!
  

Big Brother 11 August 2 Show Blog Party Post

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated as it airs, but the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is welcome, bring your own snacks and beverages! Later tonight my show review will be posted on TV Squad. I should be posting the day's live feeds late tonight.

Kevin out of the HOH first, got $5000. Lydia second, got a 42" flat screen TV. Ronnie out, Natalie sick. Natalie out. Heh ... Ronnie and Natalie got boxes of NOTHING. Jordan out, mad about it. Jordan's prize is being a HAVE for the week and choosing three to be HAVE NOTS. Chima out.

Michele down ... after hanging suspended for a bit. Russell and Jeff made the deal that Jordan and Jeff are safe. He swore on his ill father who just had an operation on his neck ... but they didn't show when he told Jeff he was the Casey vote. (Did I miss that?)

Jordan's Have/Have Not choices - Natalie, Kevin, Jessie (no showing of the Jeff choice).

Russell and Jeff decide to team up together.

Nominations time - key order --

Jeff, Jessie, Jordan, Chima, Michele, Natalie, Kevin

Lydia and Ronnie nominated.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Sunday So Far 8/02

The hamsters have a quiet day ahead of them. Well, maybe Ronnie will go berserk! That would liven things up! Here are the events of the day so far in that Big Brother House of Squishy Squiddy People:

• A lot of the talk today has been Ronnie bashing. Why is that not surprising me?
• Ronnie told them that he admired Hitler for being a powerful speaker who led others with his words.
• Ronnie told them that his (Ronnie's) words were not the problem, it was their fault for following him.
• Would you like more Kool-Aid now?
• Lydia told Michele that she yelled NO twice in her sleep last night. I swear that gal should have that checked out. It sounds like some sort of trauma is manifesting itself in her sleep.
• Maybe Michele is dreaming that she has to move back to New Jersey.
• Russell and Jordan say that if Ronnie wins the wizard power, the game is rigged.
• Well, yeah.
• Ronnie worked on Chima some more telling her that Russell probably has a deal with Jeff and Jordan (which would not be to her benefit).
• Russell and Michele both talked of Ronnie's poor pitiful crying pleas to them last night.
• They laughed.
• I laughed.
• Lydia sucked up to Michele. I don't see the need for this at all.
• Lydia isn't as close with Jessie ... oh, wait! She's a power wench who knows Russell isn't too fond of her.
• At least Lydia knows when people aren't fond of her.
• Ronnie doesn't.
• Ronnie said that Michele can't be persuaded because she's "too socially awkward."
• It didn't enter his mind that she might not be persuaded because he's such a lousy excuse of a human being whom she despises.
• It still looks like Michele will not use the veto at the meeting (which should be tomorrow). The house consensus seems to be with Ronnie leaving. Jessie and Natalie seem to be the only ones not aboard the Get Ronnie Out Train. Lydia is almost relaxed.
• Natalie and Jessie (but mostly Natalie) are trying to scheme to save Ronnie.
  

Please stop back for the show blog party post which will be up at 8:00 PM ET!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was 8/02

It's time for reflection and some photographs I've taken of the week gone by. If you're looking for Big Brother show stuff, wait for the next post or check back on the previous one. Or, just use this Big Brother blog tag!

It's been humid and stormy most of the past week here in New Jersey. The state even had a tornado which did quite a bit of damage on Wednesday. I'm nowhere near where that was (or I would have taken some cool photos!).

I've had a rather subdued week -- some issues at the workplace nagging at me, an empty apartment without my cat, Verizon FIOS irking me to no end coming in while I wasn't home making a mess installing their junk I don't want in my apartment (I refuse to get FIOS and wish I could have barred them from coming into my home), fighting a $50 late rent fee when the check posted on June 2 (I have until the 5th each month, usually mail it before the 1st). Argh. Maybe I'd be better off in the BB11 house! Oh! And Verizon FIOS idiots also left my apartment not secure by not re-locking my deadbolt! The regular door lock is flimsy -- anyone could have forced the door open. Grr.

Let's see ... there had to be some plus points for the week. Um. Um. Well, the elevator in my building is finally working. It's only been out of order since January. I felt like I was living in The Big Bang Theory. The slumlord landlord also installed a new intercom system, but it's not functional yet. Gee, maybe he'll get those fire extinguishers tagged 2005 attended to next, as well as get the fire alarm for the building operating again. That would be nice.

I also received word that I'll be getting nearly a year's worth of retroactive pay on a raise which never came at my workplace. That I can use. But it will be in a lump sum, so taxes are going to whack it. Yeah, I know in these economic times I should be thankful to have a job. But I've never not had a job (or two or three) and have nearly thirty years invested in the company. All I ask is to be treated fairly when it comes to benefits and salary reviews. I shouldn't have to fight for what's supposed to come my way on schedule.

Oh, well ... onto this week's photos. I don't think I had any really fantastic images this week although I came across a few good local finds. Clicking on an image will open it larger in a new window.

No Loitering

I've been trying to get a picture of this public bench near the Plainfield (NJ) courthouse for weeks, but people are always loitering on it. Um ... what other purpose is there for a bench other than loitering? It's actually a bench for the bus stop. However, the issue is street people doing their thing loitering which seems to be the problem.

Street Art in Plainfield, New Jersey

I took a walk down a street I don't normally travel and came across this find in the parking lot for the YMCA buses. I couldn't get real close as I was photographing it through a fence. Now, I'm not an advocate for plain old graffiti, but I do like the more artistic doings. This was tagged by the NYC X-Men who hit the train station with tags a while back but no real art.

Plainfield Street Art Continued

It looks like they first painted their canvas black, then went to work. I wonder how long this took them to do?

More Plainfield Street Art and the fence between us

See! I told you there's a fence! I guess I could have walked around the block to get better shots.

Abandoned

This little office (?) is part of an abandoned garage on a lot owned by the city of Plainfield, NJ.

Flowers never bend with the rainfall

"So, I'll continue to continue to pretend that my life will never end and flowers never bend with the rainfall" - Simon and Garfunkel. Photo taken on East Front Street in Plainfield, NJ.

Goldfinch (?) on a dead tree

I spotted this bird on the same dead tree where I previously photographed a woodpecker. I believe it's the New Jersey State Bird -- the goldfinch. I could be wrong, though. Birds aren't quite my area of expertise. Bridgewater, NJ.

Plainfield NJ Train Station in sepia tones

I'm in a Simon and Garfunkel mood right now ... "Sitting in the railway station, got ticket for my destination...."

Living in America

This group of (possibly) homeless (probably) undocumented guys were enjoying a patch of shade in yesterday's one day of sunshine. The one guy obviously wanted his picture taken when he saw the camera, but two others scooted away fearing their images being captured. Plainfield has a large number of men like this -- day laborers who tend to live in apartments by the dozen, abandoned buildings, some handmade shelters along the railroad tracks. I know there are a lot of social ramifications, but their presence doesn't really bother me. And, I'm taller than all of them!

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into the Dawn Sunday 8/02

I'm playing a bit of catch up here today. Zoetawny created this Chima image a week or so ago when Chima just wouldn't shut up! Things have changed a bit in the house. However, when Chima gets on the subject of Chima, a piece of duct tape might just do the trick! Thank you Zoetawny!



I'm also including the CBS video interview with Casey and fan questions. What I find the most interesting with this is his take on Russell. As I watch the feeds and the show, I've found my own opinion on Russell changing. At first I thought of him as a bully thug. Now not so much. True, he can bully. But he's kind of a stand up guy who's playing the game with at least a semblance of integrity. I don't expect any of them to be honest all the time -- that's just not Big Brother. Do I want him to win it all? Nah, not at this point.

Onto the late night and overnight feeds scoop (or lack thereof):

• Blog reader Petals from comments wants to know what college Natalie attended -- Arizona State University. No, I don't know the degree if any exists. After all, she's only 18. @@
• Between Kevin and Jessie, lots of squid has been tossed out. I think BB should take the cost out of their stipends.
• Michele drank a wee bit too much last night. In a way, I feel sorry for her -- she's a bit of an outcast, not really in with either group in the house.
• Ah, but she has the power of veto.
• Chima told Natalie that she (Natalie) won't get the wizard powers.
• I don't know how Chima can really say that, but I'm sure she's right. I bet Natalie is way low on the totem pole with the viewer votes.
• Not only did Russell get shorts from Casey, but Jeff did too. He put 'em on and declared they felt "mingly." (Casey's DJ name is Mingle Mixx.)
• I don't think I'd wear used shorts, but that's just me.
• Russell and Michele think they're both in the same boat -- on the periphery of the basic house alliances. Neither have anyone really close close for protection.
• Russell told Michele he owes Chima nothing and really isn't impressed with her or her lifestyle.
• They will work together, Russell and Michele.
• That boy does have game! He has Jessie, Jeff and Jordan, and now Michele.
• Ronnie has been trying to pretend he has the wizard power.
• Since voting ends Tuesday, no one knows. But the hamsters don't know when -- they were just told some sort of magic power would be bestowed this week.
• Natalie told Russell that Lydia and Kevin said they wanted to get the stronger players out next week.
• Natalie would actually rather Lydia go this than Ronnie.
• Russell seems to know Natalie's anti-Lydia bias.
• He isn't thrilled with Lydia, but wants Ronnie gone this week more.
• Michele once again said she won't be using the veto.
• I really think Michele is not going to use it -- she despises Ronnie.
• Ronnie went to the HOH room and tried to plea his case with emotion and all.
• Ronnie might have a new career ... Oscar-winning actor. He apologized, he threw the entire world under the bus ...
• Did Russell buy it? I don't think so. I don't think Russell is that naive.
• Ronnie then pulled his act once again with Michele.
• Did Michele buy it? Nah, i doubt it. She's set in despising him and there's not much he can do to change that.
• They're all sleeping as I get this posted.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Saturday Into the Evening 8/01

Jordan is telling Jeff that her dream job would be to be a dental hygienist because they work regular hours and earn good money -- she wouldn't need a man to support her if she got a divorce. Um, lofty goals. For me, a dream job isn't something which is entirely doable.

My dream jobs: Bestselling novelist, working with big cats or doing studies of wild animals in a faraway land. Oh, maybe I'll just be a ballerina!

Here's what's been happening in that Big Brother House of Turning Tides:

• Jessie whined a lot that his neck has been bothering him. He blames the problem on having to look up so much during the HOH comp. @@
• Kevin told Jessie his goals in life are/were: get on Big Brother, work for an ad agency, and have a family.
• Chima denied anything is going on between her and Russell. After all, he's only 25. Oh, five or six years difference. She's not even old enough for it to be cougar lust.
• Ronnie kept trying to be Michele's buddy and confidant.
• She doesn't seem to be buying what he's selling.
• The veto players were chosen -- Jessie, Kevin, and Michele.
• Jessie fears that if wins the veto and saves Ronnie, Russell might put Natalie on the block.
• Kevin told Michele she yelled NO in her sleep last night. She's done that before. Hmmm ... maybe she thought Ronnie was sneaking into her bed or something.
• They've all been talking about the secret power and calling it the wizard. Jeff said America hates him and he's not the wizard.
• I think he's wrong and lying.
  
• Jessie, out last year in the fourth week, is scared someone will use the wizard power and get him evicted this week (week 4). He wants Russell to throw the veto to him so he can keep the nominations as they are.
• Jessie told Michele everyone is sticking to the plan to vote out Ronnie.
• We know how well these folks stick to a plan!
• Chima is the host for the PoV comp. She comes complete with a toga.
• I guess now that they've graduated, they can have a toga party.
• TOGA, TOGA, TOGA
• Ahem. Just reliving the 80s for a bit.
• Michele won the veto and had Ronnie at her side begging her to save him almost immediately.
• He told her she can prove she wants to be a part of the five by using it.
• The comp had something to do with counting (feeds were blocked) rats, graves, feathers, etc.
• Not feeling really successful, Ronnie worked on Chima to go work on Michele to save his butt.
• Natalie told Jessie he should go to the diary room to complain about Kevin eating grapes while a Have Not.
• Michele told Jeff she won't be using the veto.
• Michele really, really doesn't like Ronnie.
• Michele and Jeff talked and talked ... more than they've talked so far in the game.
• Jeff said that unless she was on the block with Jordan, he wouldn't vote for her to go home.
• New alliance in da house! Jeff, Jordan, Michele ... with a bit of Russell on the fringes.
• I think Russell will remain loyal for the most part as long as he can with Jessie. But I don't think he has any loyalty to Natalie, Lydia, or Chima.
• So, there you go. I think we'll see the noms remain the same this week. At least until the coup d'etat.
  

Big Brother 11: Live Feeds Bulletin - POV 8/01

Late once again (I wish they'd do this later on Saturdays as I'm just getting in) -- Michele won the power of veto.

More later!

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into the Dawn Saturday 8/01

Oh, geez. Jessie and Natalie apparently are too good for the Have Not room. They refuse to sleep in it. Now BB won't let them sleep anywhere else but the bedroom at night, so they're up all night. Is this going to go on all week?

Here's what's been going on in that Big Brother House of People of Suspected Vampires (most are still up when it's going on 4 AM there):

• Jeff is great in the kitchen. Chima keeps telling him he should try out for Hell's Kitchen. I think he should just take over Jackie's Kitchen ... maybe in a cute little pool boy toy outfit. Oops, I digressed.
• Chima and Natalie are upset that Russell put Ronnie on the block. They think Russell was unnecessarily mean in his speech. But they will put on happy faces because they fear going on the block if he gets himself off.
• They both think if the veto is won, it can't be used as one of them or Jessie might go up.
• Natalie says sleeping in the Have Not room will ruin her chances at PoV. Jessie says the food will upset his system and ruin his chances at PoV.
• Aw, poor babies. It's a shame that they're the first ones in this position, eh? After all, no one else has had to eat slop (and squid and squash), take cold showers, and sleep in the Have Not room. It sucks to be the first, huh?
• They did their little Jessie and Natalie Show (which I've tried to ignore before) making a plea for votes for the secret power.
• Jessie told Natalie it might be time to distance themselves from Ronnie.
• Lydia told Russell he didn't have "the balls" to put up Jessie or Natalie.
• Russell told her she'll be safe, he only wants Ronnie out. Lydia said that if Jordan was on the block she could just sit there and look pretty once again and Ronnie would go.
• Russell's intent on getting Ronnie out this week -- before the first hamster is sent to the jury house.
• Ronnie and Chima think whoever is portrayed as the underdog will win the power -- they say that's why Kris Allen won American Idol.
• Jeff said he's a sucker for voting for the underdog.
  
• I say it's because Underdog fights Riff Raff and I don't like no Riff Raff (Jessie and Natalie!).
• Michele told Ronnie she thinks he's a liar.
• You don't say!
• Russell told Natalie and Jessie that everyone in the house wants Ronnie out. He wants them to go with the flow.
• Ronnie campaigned with Michele for her vote. He told her his loyalties are with Jessie, Natalie, Chima, and her.
• Michele still doesn't trust him. Good.
• Ronnie told her if he leaves this week, Russell will flip the alliances. Now, would that be a bad thing? Not for me, no. And, actually not for Michele. She's a peripheral player at the best. She can be peripheral for either side and the target (or lack thereof) wouldn't change one iota.
• Chima wants Lydia to go home this week, but says she'll vote the way Russell wants.
• Jeff and Jordan miss having Casey in the house. He was entertaining.
• Jordan told Jeff, "Surely they (America) won't vote for Jessie (for the secret power)." Heh. She thinks that this coming Thursday could be the "night of their lives." Methinks she's right. I think Jeff has it in the bag.
• Chima and Russell joked that if Jordan wins the power, she won't know how to use it and will ask Jeff for advice ... thus losing the power.
• Kevin told Natalie that he hasn't heard Ronnie specifically say anything bad about her but that he stirs up trouble in the house on the whole.
• Kevin said that if he wins PoV, he won't use it. He shook hands with Jessie. Ronnie is the one who will get voted out (as long as the nominations remain the same).
• Jessie, for all of his great intentions when first being a Have Not, fussed on and off ever since becoming one.
• Ronnie is sure that America will vote for someone who can think out the power ... you know, someone like him.
• Now Natalie and Jessie have flipped. They want to keep Ronnie.
• @@
• Jessie fussed about how he was portrayed last year and how America's Player did him in.
• As I post this, Jessie, Natalie, and Chima are still up scheming. They want to keep Ronnie now and go against Russell's wishes.
• They think if he can win over Michele's vote, they'll have the majority.
  
• We'll see.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Report - Nominations 7/31

After a long feeds block, we're back. Now I'm just waiting for confirmation of the nominations.

Sounds like Ronnie is on the block, Jessie and Jordan are safe. I will update this post when I hear for sure.

Okay, confirmation -- Lydia and Ronnie are on the block. Lydia is supposed to be the pawn. She is NOT happy. Ronnie is nowhere in sight.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Friday Daytime 7/31

After a night of being rained on, swung in circles, and being thumped by a disintegrating foam rubber covered diploma, many of the hamsters are licking their wounds and being a bit subdued today. Here's what's happened in that Big Brother House of Exorcist Projectiles today:

• They've been speculating a lot on the "secret power." I know as I listened, this morning someone nailed the coup d'etat exactly. But I can't recall who it was.
• I plea sleep deprivation.
• Ronnie and Chima think the stray vote to keep Casey was Jeff.
• Oh, c'mon. Jeff is so sweet on Jordan that their thought is ludicrous.
• Natalie doesn't think it's fair that the Have Nots started a day early this week.
• I'm sure she wouldn't have a problem with it if she was a Have.
• Russell told Jeff that Jordan put his name in the cap for Have/Have Not and that he was chosen to Have Not, only saved when everyone said he had the comp so rough he deserved a break.
• Jordan only put his name in there because she didn't want people to think she was playing favorites. She had decided it wouldn't be fair for the Brains (including Ronnie) to be on slop two weeks in a row, so left them out.
• Jessie told Jeff he owed him one (or two or three) for going on slop after they threw Jeff's name out.
• America chose squash and squid for the Have Nots.
• Russell reiterated to Jeff that he wants Ronnie out this week and that he will be keeping his word.
  
• Russell says he himself is a Christian and he was offended by Ronnie swearing to God and on the bible for lies.
• He considers it an insult to his religion.
• Jeff and Russell create their own secret alliance -- The Hot Guys Alliance.
• @@ (Well, Jeff maybe. I wonder what Russell looks like with hair.)
• Jessie got all grumpy about his food (or lack thereof).
• Jeff thinks that Jessie should be glad that he has the squid and squash, not just BB slop.
• Ronnie keeps campaigning for a Lydia ouster with Russell, Jessie, Natalie ... anyone who will listen to him.
• I think it's behavior solely to deflect the target away from himself. I believe he might have vibes that Russell's not too keen on the dorkapotamous.
• Ronnie told Russell that he's afraid that if he goes on the block, he'll go home.
• I say, "It sounds like a plan!"
• Ronnie threw Jordan and Jeff under the bus, too.
• I think if we give him enough time, Ronnie would offer up his wife as a sacrificial lamb.
• Russell told Ronnie he doesn't need to worry this week.
• Russell told Michele that Ronnie's going home this week and she's the first person he's telling.
• Lydia told Russell that his now ex-clique mates had said they were going to put him on the block.
• Natalie and Chima trashtalked Lydia.
• Same old, same old.
• The nominations should be later tonight.
• I do think Russell's ultimate target is Ronnie. How he'll going about doing the deed, I don't know. I think he'll put up Ronnie and perhaps Lydia.
• But don't quote me on it.
  

Big Brother 11: Live Feeds Into Dawn Friday 7/30

This is going to be rather quick and to the point as I just finished writing up two articles for TV Squad and have to get my butt in gear to face the day --

• Kevin won the five grand.
• Jordan won the ability to choose the have or have nots for the week.
• Russell has said he will keep his word to Jeff.
• He plans on putting Ronnie and someone else on the block.
• Russell told them he'll talk to people tomorrow.
• Russell and Jeff are both in rough shape.
• Lydia is making a spectacle of herself. She might end up going on the block if she keeps whining about going on the block.
• Russell said he won't nominate Jessie, Jeff, Jordan, Chima or Natalie.
• He should take Natalie off that list.
• It leaves Michele, Kevin, or Lydia on the block with Ronnie. I think it would be one of the girls.
• Gotta go!
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Have Have Not

Jordan is in charge of choosing Have Have Not. She's put the names of the hamsters in a graduation cap. Those on slop last week aren't in it. She chose Natalie (I won't take a shower for a week), Kevin, and Jeff. They told her not to use Jeff. Jessie told her to throw Jeff's name aside. She chose Jessie. He joked a redo and lost again.

Lydia said she'll go on slop in his place. He refuses. He said he lost fair and square. Natalie said she could go and use her slop pass.

Big Brother 11 HOH Endurance Comp Updates 7/30

Sigh. Congratulations, Russell. I do think he'll keep his word. You saw his vote on the show tonight. He had promised Casey he wouldn't vote to evict him and he didn't.


12:25 AM ET - Jeff dropped. Russell swore that he and Jordan are safe and he wants to get the letter from his ill father. He once again said they want the same person out.


12:18 AM ET - I'm getting dizzy watching them. Lots of foam came off the diploma in the last wild go-round. Jeff and Russell hanging in.

12:00 AM ET - They're dealing. Russell says they want the same person out (Ronnie). He tells Jeff the vote for Jordan was him because he kept his word. They want to talk alone ... hamsters brought food out, but they're making them go back in. Jeff says he doesn't trust Jessie with it. Russell says he told him his secret, will uphold his word.

Neither want to drop. Jeff again offers rock/paper/scissors. Russell wants a letter from home, so does Jeff. Jeff trusts Russell, but says he's too low on the pole to give it up. They promise not to put each other up, but neither is dropping.

11:51 PM ET - Jessie's been called to the diary room. Maybe BB will offer them deals to come down.




11:34 PM ET - Michele definitely out. It's between Jeff and Russell.


11:32 PM ET - Feeds stayed back only shortly. Now blocked for a while. Back -- Russell and Jeff definitely still in. Have to switch feeds to find Michele. Jeff suggested rock, paper, scissors so she might be out.

11:20 PM ET - Feeds back. Russell, Michele, Jeff still in it. I wish Michele would stop making noises.

11:11 PM ET - Chima's down.

11:03 PM - I think Michele MAY go down soon -- she's having a rough time. Michele, Russell, Chima, and Jeff still in.



10:45 PM ET - Part of the diploma is out but Jeff, Michele, Chima, and Russell remain in.


10:35 PM ET - Feeds back. Jeff, Russell, Chima, and Michele still in it.


10:28 PM ET - Jordan is down. Feeds blocked.

10:20 PM ET - I think it's Chima vomiting as she spins. I wish the camera would stop focusing on Russell and give Jordan or Jeff airtime.

10:15 PM ET - Chima, Jordan, Michele, Jeff, and Russell still in the comp.




10:00PM ET - Jeff, Russell, Chima, Michele and Jordan still up.



9:55 pm et - Natalie is shown sitting on the sidelines.


9:52 PM ET - RONNIE IS OUT


9:51 PM ET - Feeds up, Russell still up.

9:45 PM ET - Feeds still re-blocked.

9:38 PM ET - Someone is deathly ill and it's gross. Feeds blocked again. Natalie, Ronnie still up. Not really sure who else.


9:30 PM ET -- EEK! Is that Jeff? Feeds basically blocked except quick shots of this.

9:35 PM ET - Kevin is shown out. Ack -- Ronnie is still up! Kevin, Lydia definitely out.


9:30 PM - Brief feeds -- one of the guys is down. Not sure who. Reddish sleeveless shirt.


As I get this posted, the live feeds are still blocked. Once they come up, this post will be updated with the most recent screencaps and information at the top of the post. Unless they hang in there for a lot longer than I give them credit for, I should outlast them. Keep coming back!

9:25 PM ET -- Feeds still blocked.

Big Brother 11 Live Eviction Show Blog Party Post 7/30

The show has started here on the East Coast. This post will be updated as it airs, but the real fun is in the comments section. Everyone is welcome, bring your own snacks and beverages! Later tonight my show review will be posted on TV Squad.

Julie announced the cliques are over and they'll all be out for themselves.

The voting to evict:
Jeff --> Casey (sadly)
Ronnie --> Casey
Natalie --> Bitter Banana Casey

Into commercial

Chima --> Casey
Russell --> Jordan (staying true to his word)
Michele --> Casey
Lydia --> Casey
Kevin --> Casey

Casey is gonzo. Mingle Mixx has left the house.

New America's Vote -- Coup D'Etat - can overthrow the nominees at live eviction. Only good for the next two weeks (can be used once -- HoH winner, for example, wouldn't use it this coming week).

HOH comp is endurance --- sitting on ropes on a carousel being whapped by a huge sort of hard sponge diploma. I will do updates in a new post after the feeds go live.

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into Thursday Pre-Dawn 7/30

Kevin tries to get Lydia to open her eyes about Jessie.

It's been basically a snoozefest in the house of hamsters. In the past 24 hours, about the biggest news has been Russell accidentally hitting Lydia in the head with a ball. And, that wasn't even the big news -- her reaction to being hit in the head would be the scoop.

Here are the bits and pieces which caught my attention since my last live feeds report:

• Russell thinks Ronnie has been talking game with Kevin and Lydia. He reminded him that he took part in saving him this week and doesn't want to think it was a mistake to trust him.
• Ronnie ran to Jessie and company telling them what Russell said.
• Of course, Ronnie does these things to make Jessie and company think he's more valuable to them than Russell is.
• When Russell told Jessie about the conversation, Jessie didn't like the idea that Ronnie "swore on the bible" that they didn't talk game.
• Jessie thinks Kevin is a bigger threat than Lydia. Well, duh.
• Russell said that if he gets HOH, he wants to nominate Ronnie and Lydia. Um, okay. I'll believe it when I see it.
• I think someone, anyone, should nominate Natalie.
• Natalie would like to get Russell on the block. But Jessie told her that since he thinks he's fooling them (false loyalty), it would be better to go after Lydia and Kevin.
• Jessie's mother actually washed his mouth out with a bar of soap when he was young while Jordan's parents used the paddle. Now, I know I don't like Jessie, but I bet he's polite to strangers and holds the door open for others.
  
• Jeff thinks only sloppy people wear Crocs.
  
• Grr. I bought some not-Crocs last year for my surgery recovery. I don't wear them often, but ... dang, they're comfortable.
• Jeff and Casey have both worked for UPS in the past.
• Not together, mind you.
• Michele is still not allowed to use the computer in her parents' home because they caught her looking at porn as a teenager.
• Michele also talked about um ... pleasuring herself daily.
• Who woulda thunk it?
• Lydia made trash bag pants and top for Natalie.
• Kevin almost made it onto Survivor. He got booted in the finals.
  
• Ronnie is sure that America loves the cliques twist.
• Ronnie is a doofus.
• Russell told Chima that Lydia wants her out. I really don't think she does so much other than process of elimination. She's not thrilled with Chima, but she isn't a big target either.
• Jordan and Casey packed.
• Casey couldn't find his suitcase and said he'd pack a trash bag.
• Apparently production misplaced his suitcase.
• I personally would say that means he has to stay!
• Jessie and Natalie had a pillow fight. He accidentally hit her hard on the leg and she cried. He thinks she overreacted but got her an ice pack. He was worried that BB would be upset with him for hitting her.
• Lydia continues to throw Kevin under the bus to Jessie and Natalie.
• Jessie, Natalie, and Lydia are in the HOH room STILL awake as I get this typed up.
• Jessie is droning on and on.
• And on.
• Very little game talk.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Daytime Wednesday 7/29

I so long for this eviction to be over, a new HOH in place, and whatever the big announcement is. I'm assuming it will be the disintegration of the cliques or, at the very least, some sort of shuffling. Here are today's happenings from that Big Brother House of People I Don't Want Living in MY House:

• Natalie thinks Lydia and Kevin will vote to keep Casey just to keep their clique together.
• Small talk, breakfast prep, some exercise.
• Boring.
• Boring.
• Lydia got mad because Russell accidentally hit her in the head with a ball.
• Jessie got his HOH camera, lots of muscle posing and fake smiley faces.
• Ronnie pointed out to Jessie that Russell really has no enemies in the house.
• Russell has improved in that aspect. If others decide to go against the athletes (ever), they'll go for Jessie and Natalie first.
• More small talk -- if people will recognize them when they get out of the house, who's popular or not (Ronnie thinks people will love or hate him -- he's half right).
• Jessie and Natalie think Ronnie is more loyal to them than Russell.
• They're probably right.
• A whole lotta nuthin; going on today.
  

Big Brother 11 Live Feeds Into the Dawn Wednesday 7/29

I apologize for the lack of an update last night after the show. I'm experiencing keyboard issues. You would think I'd be a little more careful with my Coke Zero (my latest addiction).I found out my back-up keyboard likes to type "zzzzzzzz." But I'm all dried out and good to go now. Thankfully, it hasn't been a thrill a minute with earth-shaking developments in the house! Here's the scoop from that Big Brother House of Poop:

• I mentioned before that Michele has what she calls night terrors in her sleep. Before dawn yesterday, she screamed out NO loudly while sleeping. Scary.
• In their late-night early-morning talk, Lydia threw Kevin under the bus to Jessie -- telling him that Kevin is scheming against him and trying to turn the vote around. Argh. Here I thought the Lydia/Kevin double agents for good bit was true and she was really disloyal to Jessie.
• Jessie told Natalie of the Lydia developments. Natalie told Chima.
• Sigh. I had high hopes of Kevin quietly scheming his way through to the end.
• Natalie confronted Kevin about working against them. He denied it and asked where she got her information. She didn't tell him Lydia via Jessie.
• Kevin tried to deflect the blame on Ronnie (who, for once, had nothing to do with anything).
• Chima and Jessie got ticked at Natalie for talking to Kevin about things.
• So Natalie talked to Kevin again, petulant little child she is.
• Kevin told her he's seen Russell and Ronnie scheming as he keeps trying to deflect the attention from himself.
• Casey told the others that people sleep too long in the house. They don't. What they do do is stay up too late. Unlike drunken stay up lates from previous seasons, these folks stay up until 6 AM their time sober half the time. No wonder they sleep late.
• Casey campaigned for Russell's vote. Successful? I doubt it. I think Russell will vote the way Jessie wants him to because, as he says: "I gotta do what daddy says." Double-ew! Jessie as a father figure!
• Casey really worked Russell, concentrating on how he doesn't HAVE to do what Jessie wants. Jessie can't win HOH this coming week and the votes are anonymous in the diary room.
• Their bond (Casey/Russell) grows. After all, they were never enemies in the house.
• Casey wants Russell to flip the house.
• Will it work? I don't think so. I think Russell feels alone in the house -- he personally has no close ally like Jessie or even Natalie does. He only has his clique.
• Casey thinks he has Kevin and Lydia's vote.
• Kevin told Russell he's not voting for Casey to stay.
• Kevin thinks Russell told Jessie and Natalie that he's going after them.
• No, it was his best bud Lydia.
• Russell told Kevin that he doesn't pass on information. In a way, he's right. Russell is more of a listener in these cases than a talker. He occasionally runs to Jessie with info, but others do it more often.
• Natalie told Lydia she won't tell Kevin that she's (Lydia) the one who told her that he's targeting her (Natalie) and Jessie. She said she'd blame it on Casey.
• Casey told Jordan he's campaigning to stay, but he won't say anything bad about her. He honestly likes her and she likes him. But he so wants a chance to stay and get his game on.
• There's friction between Natalie and Chima because Chima thinks Natalie stirred up a lot of trouble with the Kevin talks.
• A minor verbal brouhaha went down as Michele's name got dragged into things as far as spreading rumors.
• It's all a ball of confusion. No one really trusts anyone in the long run.
• The votes could technically go either way. But I think we're still going to see a Casey ouster this week.
• It should have been Ronnie. That little slime is almost invisible with all of the new turmoil within the house. Maybe he IS a good player -- that benefits his game while all the others have new targets for eviction.
• Casey called out Ronnie as a liar again. But really ... it's nothing that everyone doesn't know already. That they haven't acted on it will be their own downfall. Casey should have taken the PoV comp seriously -- if he had, Ronnie might have been on the block.
• They got a golf game with Nerf-type balls. Fun, fun in a house of misery and distrust.
• Russell lied to Jessie and Natalie telling them that Ronnie was throwing them under the bus.
• For once it's someone lying about Ronnie, not Ronnie lying to the world. Ronnie has not been talking about targeting Jessie and Natalie.
• Although it's a strategic move, it casts doubt on Russell in his clique more than it does on Ronnie.
• But maybe ... just maybe ... it casts more of a bad light on Ronnie.
• These hamsters are driving me up the wall. Alliances, false alliances and mysterious bus accidents, oh my.