Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 29, 2012

Good Sunday morning, folks! Welcome to my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photos I've taken. If you're looking for Big Brother content, you can find all my latest posts right at this link. I posted a live feeds report last night and will be submitting one with the late night and overnight happenings in a few hours. You might want to skip this post, but you're indeed welcome to stay!

It was another Super Summer week here in the NJ/NYC Greater Metropolitan Area. I'm SO ready for the summer to end. Heat and humidity? I'm not a fan. Oh, sure ... I love a way cool thunderstorm now and again, but not if it knocks my power out. 

On the Jersey 'hood front, the Demon Hello Ice Cream Truck is still terrorizing the streets. I still have not bought any ice cream from it. I fear I'd start shouting "Hello! Hello!" and start beeping and making farm animal noises.

Speaking of farm animal noises, the urban rooster in the 'hood no longer crows. No, I don't think his goose (rooster) was cooked. I believe the entire Deliverance Family has up and left. For some reason, I think they probably rented out that house and lived there long enough to get evicted for non-payment of the rent. 

On the apartment building front, they finally have all of the video cameras filming the three entry doors to the building. I pretend I'm on Big Brother and peek at them out of the corner of my eye as entering or leaving. How much do you want to bet that someone will eventually steal the cameras?

Once again, I didn't have a great photo-taking week. I got a few decent shots, but I was hot and sweaty or it was raining or I seemed to be running late for the part of the week. Work itself was a bit less hectic, but I'm not getting a lot of sleep due to the BB live feeds reporting atop of trying to lead a normal working life.

Here's what I took to share with you this week:

Lightning bug up close and personal

Once again, a lightning bug was in the hallway. This time it was up on the wall allowing for a better shot. The windows by the elevator have no screens (although they do have child guards) and people keep opening them as the corridors have no AC. Thus, bugs come in. Look! He has little HANDS!

The 'shroom family

Obviously heading out for a day of summer fun. Bridgewater, NJ

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Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Saturday Evening - July 28

What the heck is with that hair?

Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. Glad you could attend, step inside, step inside. (Apologies to Emerson, Lake and Palmer) Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Brain Salad Surgery:

• Joe fussed about the Have Not bed. Oh, poor guy.
• It's Wil's 25th birthday. Eh.
• Ashley told Frank that Wil and Joe told her that he (Frank) wants her out because she's a floater. He denied it.
• Oh, but I know that Joe, Boogie, Shane, Janelle and more have definitely talked about the floaters in the house -- Jenn, Ashley, Ian and Danielle.
• Frank told Ashley if she got Houseguest's Choice in the PoV pick, she should choose him -- he'd keep the nominations the same and Joe would be going home, not her.
• Well, duh. Joe will probably go home no matter who he's against!
• Ashley says she only trusts her team.
• Wil and Joe?
• Oh, my ... seal your own doom, girl. They won't save you!
• She ended up drawing Wil for her PoV pick.
• Frank and Danielle also played for PoV with Wil, Ashley, Joe and Shane. Jenn is the host.
• Ashley really wants Ian, Shane and Frank out of the house.
• She better step up her game then, eh?
• Shane told Danielle he only trusts her.
• Gag me now.
• Janelle told Wil that Frank is just like Willie and needs to go.
• Huh. Frank isn't like Willie at all. If anything, JOE is a bit like Willie.
• Ashley also thinks that Danielle listens too much and it scares her.
• Ashley is a nut!
• Joe asked Frank to take him off the block if he wins.
• Frank just schluffed it off saying that his ears have been burning the past few days. Joe really shouldn't talk about people, then want them to help him!
• Janelle tried to pep talk her team.
• Her team looked like the saddest most worried people on the face of this earth.
• Rah-rah.
• Shane said he promised his Mom that he wouldn't have a showmance.
• So ... why is Danielle all over him?
• The feeds were blocked for the veto comp.
• But Shane won AGAIN!
• Joe thinks it's obvious he will be going home.
• Obviously!
• Britney told Janelle that her team left them high and dry two weeks in a row.
• Yep.
• Janelle told Britney that Boogie's team is running the game and that isn't right.
• But, gee ... when Janelle went to the Dark Side joining forces with Boogie, it was alright then, eh?
• Ashley talking about Frank being mad they couldn't backdoor Shane during Frank's HoH: "When Willie got executed or expelled ... whatever ..."
• Ashley is more frightened of Ian than she is of Frank.
• @@ Did I mention nutty?
• Now, instead of cigarettes, Janelle's offering up her wedding ring as a bribe? Sheesh!
• Joe said the "royal breakfast" for Shane wasn't his idea -- it was suggested by the Diary Room.
• Go figure.
• Janelle and Co. think they have convinced Shane to put Frank on the block.
• I say they're dreaming.
• Joe is even playing the "my kids future" card.
• They're going to be having a sushi party (won by Britney in the coaches comp) soon. 

Snugglebunnies?

Yep, she sure did bruise well!

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Bulletin - PoV - July 28

A day late a dollar short ...

But, here's the news -- Shane won the Power of Veto AGAIN!

A full report will be filed later!

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Saturday Morning - July 28

Janelle trying to coach Joe

Well, well, well ... it's been quite the night in the Hamster House. By targeting Janelle's team in his (Shane's) nominations, the lines have been redrawn once again. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of As the Hamster Turns -- like sand through the hourglass, these are the days of their lives:

• With the coaches comp on Fridays and the HoH awaiting the results from that, it doesn't seem like they have time to really prepare for nominations as much as in previous seasons.
• Shane pretty much made the HoH a revolving door quickly talking to each hamster before he was called to make the nominations.
• I swear some got about two minutes tops. 
• He was telling them to state their cases in 30 seconds!
• Not in a mean way, mind you. More in a hurried way.
• Janelle and her BFF Wil really, really want Frank out.
• Shane not so much ... he has his deal with Frank even though last week, had he not won the veto, he (Shane) would have gone home.
• Joe is more antsy than usual as he's not only nominated (and knows he's the likely target), but he's also a Have Not.
• Too bad, so sad, Joe.
• Maybe if he shaved that stupid thing growing on his face, I'd have more sympathy.
• Hmm ... probably not. He's a bit like a Willie Hantz with slightly more education and cooking skills.
• Wil thinks Shane and Frank are working together.
• Y'think?
• Danielle is upset about the nominations. She was expecting to hold power as the swing vote this week as she thought Shane would nominate one each from Boogie's and Janelle's teams.
• Britney and Dan now trust Boogie more than Janelle. They think he's a lot less sneaky than Janelle is.
• They're probably right. I hate to admit it, but I actually like Boogie on the feeds more than Janelle this season.
• Boogie on the live feeds is a lot less egotistical than he is on the actual show.
• The Have Nots have cereal and salmon this week. That's probably the most filling/healthy of the choices that could have been.
• Janelle tried to talk Shane into going against Boogie's team.
• Alas, Boogie's team has been more honest with Britney's team (Shane) than has Janelle's.
• Janelle should have thought of that prior to aligning with Britney in the beginning, then jumping ship, now trying to jump back aboard.
• Danielle was worried that she might be backdoored, but Shane and Britney insist that she's safe. They also told her that Boogie's team will keep her safe next week if they get the power.
• Joe is claiming his anger level and heart rate both went up when he was nominated.
• Good. We need a new decent brouhaha!
• Janelle has huge bruises on the outsides of her thighs from the coaches comp.
• Joe told Shane that he wants Frank gone this week and he won't come after Shane.
• How does it feel to want, Joe?
• Somehow, in the coaches comp, Ian won $3000. I might be getting this wrong, but it sounds like Boogie won money and split it with Ian.
• Good, the college kid probably has bills to pay.
• Ian said his mother told him (when she found out he was going into the house) that she hopes he's the first one out. She probably said that because Ian is so far from worldly and she's worried about him.
• It's like throwing a lamb into slaughter.
• But he's holding his own and I'm cheering him on from here.
• Janelle and Wil think that if Janelle hadn't saved him (Wil), he'd be going home this week.
• They're absolutely right.
• Wil has done little other than clinging to Janelle like some sort of shadow.
• Is the Diary Room telling Janelle stuff?
• Janelle told Wil that there will be a twist with the coaches coming into the game this week as per America's Choice. She also said she and Boogie are fan favorites.
• Hmm.
• Most of the people I've seen who follow the live feeds (including myself) DO NOT WANT THE COACHES IN THE GAME.
• And, many Janelle fans (such as myself) aren't liking her gameplay so much this season.
• I'm on the Britney Train for now ... although that's subject to change.
• Janelle thinks Boogie wants his boy Frank to win.
• I think Boogie is probably leaning more towards his boy Ian -- it's Ian he kept safe, it's Ian he gave the money to. I'm just sayin' ...
• It's Wil's birthday today. Ho-hum.
• The PoV comp will be later today, too.

Danielle upset to not be nominated?

Janelle is WAY bruised up from the comp

Eek!

A man and his bear

Big Brother 14: Nominations Bulletin - July 27

Summit meeting?

Shane's nominations are in. He drank the Boogie/Frank Kool-Aid. He nominated two from Janelle's team -- Joe and Ashley.

Big Brother 14: Coaches Comp Bulletin - July 27

Janelle won the coaches comp ... Wil is safe for the week (of course).

Although the nominations are not in yet, they're obviously leaning towards Joe and Frank. Joe is the target.

Have Nots are unclear, though Joe has been mentioned.

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Friday Afternoon - July 27

Shane and his HoH key are inseparable

How are the hamsters doing with a new sheriff in the town? Oh, wait. It's just Shane. He's obviously good at winning comps, but he's no PuppetMaster! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Quivering Quahogs:

• The early risers of the day, Boogie and Joe, complained about how messy the house is getting.
• Like that's anything new!
• Joe made his fancy bribe breakfast for Shane.
• At least he admitted to Shane that it was is apologize and "kiss ass" time.
• But, still. I call sleaze!
• Joe thinks Ian wants to make a record for the longest on slop.
• Chicken George holds that record at 35 days.
• Boogie is ticked that Britney never washes dishes.
• Well, he rarely washes his hands after using the bathroom!
• So there.
• They speculated on what the coaches comp might be.
• Shane told Frank that Joe told him he should put him (Frank) up.
• Shane also told Frank that his main target is Wil.
• But he won't be making any decisions until after the coaches comp.
• Britney warned Shane to keep tight-lipped about things.
• When Boogie asked Frank how he would feel if he used the save on Ian. (Assuming he wins the coaches comp.)
• Frank doesn't like the idea.
• Not at all.
• Janelle started looking all around the arcade room, unzipping the pillows, etc. She seems to want to get into the ball machine in there.
• The ball machine reminds me of the previous fortune teller.
• But it isn't as ugly.
• Trivia came on, so I'm guessing the coaches comp is underway. 

Somebody take a razor to that thing.

Foot in your mouth, Wil. Not in front of ...

Pure excitement in the house

Looking for a clue

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Friday Morning - July 27

Celebrating victory with Froot Loops

So, the power has changed hands once again. Now Shane is Da Man and Britney can breathe easier for a week. What's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Men With Bad Hairdos? Read on ...

• A tip of the hat (or, more likely a jeer) to Willie Hantz as Shane chowed down Froot Loops shortly after his big win.
• Dan advised Danielle that she should team up with Shane -- he'll always be a bigger target than her.
• Ian is the sole Have Not ... for now.
• Danielle told Dan that Shane told her that she had nothing to worry about this week. He had voted to keep JoJo out of loyalty to his team.
• Of course, he's a team of one now -- just like Danielle.
• Jenn feels bad about her performance in the HoH comp.
• She should.
• But Mr. Posturing Joe should feel worse.
• Joe thinks that Shane will nominate himself and Wil.
• Boogie thinks, if all goes right, the nominees will be from Janelle's team.
• Just don't touch my little Ian! (That's what Jackie says.)
• Joe told Jenn that JoJo gave him the cigarettes anyway even though he told her it wasn't worth it to go against the house and vote to keep her.
• But she took the lighters! Bwahahaha!
• Joe ended up rigging the toaster oven outside to light cigarettes.
• Wil and Joe are worried. They think Shane might have a deal with Frank.
• Y'think?
• Joe wants to make a "royal breakfast" for Shane.
• Can you say "suck up"? I thought you could!
• Shane got his HoH room ... complete with Dunkin Donuts!
• Britney, Dan, Danielle and Shane plan to work together.
• But, then again ... they don't know Shane has a side deal with Frank.
• Joe tried to convince Shane he should get rid of Danielle.
• Heehee ... Dan overheard Joe telling Shane that.
• Shane seems to be leaning towards putting one up each from Boogie and Janelle's peeps -- probably Frank and Wil.
• That is subject to change, mind you.
• Plus, he could just be saying that. He might keep loyal to his deal with Frank.
• Then again, he may not.
• Confused yet?
• Britney told Shane that they should work a wedge between Janelle and Boogie this week, pitting them against each other.
• That's it for now! 

HoH crew

Oh noes! The pool is covered!

Come see my HoH room!

Britney reads her letter from home

Big Brother 14: Live Eviction Show Blog Party - July 26

Come one, come all! It's the live eviction show! If I seem strangely silent, it's because I've lost power. I setting this to automatically post, but my power has gone out twice already with severe storms passing through.

If I keep power, I'll update this entry with major news. The real fun is in the comments, though. Come join the fun!

I'm HERE, the power remains!

Cool. Will Kirby is going to make an appearance!

Dr. Will on the coaches! Thinks Boogie is doing well, worries about Boogie's ego. He thinks the other coaches are lackluster. Kermit the Frog and Ryan Seacrest had a baby, it would be Dan. Britney -- put your coach hat on, players evicted for violence. Is Janelle good at strategy? If she loses, three time loser. He thinks Ian will win the game.

America's Vote will be a chance for us to change the game. I predict voting either Kara or JoJo (expected to go go tonight) back in the game.

The nominees speak, then it's time for the live vote. JoJo up first, came planning to lie but that's not who she is, really loyal, making a mistake because they won't make a big move. Danielle loves all y'all, I'd be a great assett, etc.

The vote to evict --
Wil -- JoJo
Joe -- JoJo
Ashley -- JoJo
Commercial time
Shane -- Danielle
Ian -- JoJo
Jenn -- JoJo

I know from the feeds that Shane had already told people he was going to give JoJo a loyalty vote.

Buh-bye, JoJo.

A peek at the HoH comp reveals a winter backyard with the hockey set-up we saw them practicing on in the feeds. "On Thin Ice" has them hitting a hockey ball into numbered slots. Highest number wins.

Shane is the new HoH!

Want to give the coaches the opportunity to stop coaching and put them in play for the half-million dollar prize? It's in your hands.

Sigh.

You can vote by texting, info is online as well as free voting. Texting is a dollar a vote. 

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Update/Willie Hantz Arrested - July 26, 2012

Sleepy hamsters

I hope you're sitting down. The shock might be too much for y'all. Are you ready? Willie Hantz has been arrested. Yep, TMZ has the scoop and the mug shot. Who woulda thunk it?

There's been more action outside the house than inside. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Reality Rejects:

• JoJo is trying defend her actions sticking by Willie last week by saying he's a sociopath and he brainwashed her.
• Of course, the point is moot. She would have to have a brain.
• I know. I know. I'm being mean. I'll stop it.
• Everybody seems to be telling Danielle she's safe.
• Nobody is telling JoJo she's safe.
• They're just kind of nodding their heads and being non-committal with her.
• They piped the BB theme music with suffer with during the feed cuts throughout the house.
• The hamsters had to suffer with it, too.
• Good. It builds character.
• And, we need some kind of characters on the show this season, for sure!
• Dan told Frank he holds Britney responsible as Willie's coach for not putting a muzzle on him.
• I don't think any of them could. She really tried her hardest. Willie should never have been allowed in the house in the first place.
• They cleaned.
• The feeds kept going to trivia and the control room on and off all day, as well as the theme music drowning out some of the conversations.
• Stop back later for the live eviction show blog party! The post will go up shortly before 9pm EDT. 

 

Love is in the house

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds into Thursday - July 26

The girls did Ian's hair

Well, well ... another hamster goes home tonight. Or, more likely, goes into sequester. Here's what happened into the wee hours of the morning in that Big Brother House of Smokes for Safety:

• Janelle wanted to start drama by telling Danielle that JoJo was talking about her.
• Danielle didn't want to confront JoJo because she (Danielle) would cry. She's not good at confrontation.
• As JoJo had earlier said nasty things about Janelle, Janelle trashtalked her.
• Janelle thinks JoJo is a lot like Willie.
• Different accent, though.
• Danielle started to get upset and just shy of crying.
• Frank told her not to worry about JoJo as she'd (JoJo) would be gone in 24 hours.
• As Janelle is talking about JoJo, JoJo is talking about Janelle.
• Meow.
• The indoor lockdown ended and the hamsters found a huge hockey-type platform in the yard.
• They have oversize hockey sticks and balls to try to put in three pockets.
• JoJo had taken her cigarette vote barter back from Joe saying that she wanted to make sure she's here and Janelle doesn't smoke the cigarettes.
• But then she gave them back to him.
• Frank told Joe it will ruffle feathers if Joe sells his vote for cigarettes.
• Joe said he'll give them back, but maybe JoJo will accept some memorabilia instead of a vote for them.
• Janelle thinks Ian might throw this HoH comp so he can win the next one, likely an endurance comp.
• JoJo and Janelle had a "talk." Janelle denied telling everyone she wanted JoJo out of the house. JoJo told her why she should stay in the house.
• Rats. No fur flying.
• Laters!  

JoJo confronted Janelle

Danielle practices for HoH

Dan coaches her on

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Wednesday Evening - July 25

Oh my

Oh my gosh. I almost wish Willie was back. I need some sort of excitement! Here's what's been happening (or not) in that Big Brother House of Keep This Up and Ratings Will Plummet:

• Joe and Shane have decided they trust each other more than they trust Frank.
• I wouldn't trust Joe. But, hey Shane ... go for loose cannon paranoid dude. Ain't no skin off my nose!
• Shortly after that conversation, Joe agreed with Wil that Shane or Ian have to be out next.
• Wil will be 25 years old this Saturday. I forget how young these hamsters really are.
• Except for Ian. You can't look at Ian without thinking "child."
• JoJo is getting quite evil in her trashtalking Janelle's looks and surgeries.
• Now, I could do that because I'm not in the house with them.
• But, even though I'm not liking Janelle so much this time around, it's mean.
• Plus, Janelle has power in the game, something JoJo is seriously lacking at this point.
• JoJo once again tried to convince Frank she's good to keep this week over Danielle.
• Britney warned JoJo that she's seen Danielle and Janelle hanging out together a lot this week. She thinks the plan is to get her (Britney) and Dan down to one player each.
• Maybe they're hanging out because Danielle and Janelle rhyme. Did anyone ever stop a moment to consider that?
• Oh? No?
• Danielle asked Jenn what lesbians do during sex.
• Really.
• JoJo worked on Ian. While he said he doesn't know how keeping Danielle could benefit him, he didn't promise anything.
• Frank told Boogie he thinks Dan is throwing all of the coaches comps.
• He is.
• Janelle is ticked because she found out Joe sold out to JoJo for two packs of cigarettes and swore on his kids to her.
• Frank found out that someone indeed go through his bag way back when because they wanted to find proof he was not unemployed.
• I know it was Joe.
• That's it for now!

JoJo, the Undead ... for now

Three's company

Ian is very aware of the cameras

Big Brother 14: Nominations and PoV Show Blog Party - July 25

Now, tonight's show should be good! I'll update this entry with major events as they air here. However, as always ... the real fun is in the comments area. Come join us!

Nominations key order -- Jenn, Ian, Joe, Wil, Danielle. Shane and JoJo were nominated because they "aligned with Willie."

PoV Player Picks - Frank -- Ian, Shane -- Ashley, JoJo -- Wil. Frank chose Joe as the host.

The PoV was like a fiesta. The competitors were dressed like tortilla chips. They had to go through salsa and dip finding menu items to match a BB menu. Observers had margaritas. Shane wins the Power of Veto!

America's choice for the Have Nots: cereal and salmon, garbanzo beans and giblets, lima beans and lemons.

Veto meeting time -- Shane saves himself (duh). Frank nominates Danielle in his place.  

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Report into Wednesday Morning - July 25

If Joanne Worley and Goldie Hawn had a love child

Another fun-filled night in the hamster house! Ohhh ... alcohol, chess and hot tub parties. I don't know if I can stand the excitement! Here's what happened last night in that Big Brother House of Social Rejects:

• Danielle is definitely following her coach Dan's advice to get out there and mingle with others.
• When the alcohol arrived last night, it was decided that Boogie, Danielle, Joe, Britney and Jenn would partake.
• BB doesn't really give them enough for the whole house to really bother drinking, plus those who are Have Nots, Can Not.
• It seems Joe drank the most -- he had a whole bottle of wine to himself.
• He said he likes drama (and I say he likes to cause it) and getting drunk was his drama for the night.
• Britney and Danielle took a bubble bath together in the HoH bathroom.
• Of course, bathing suits were worn. I don't know about Danielle yet, but Britney is not an exhibitionist!
• (It would be interesting if Shane was an exhibitionist.)
• Ahem.
• JoJo wants to use her cigarettes to buy safety with Janelle (her influence, not her vote as she has none).
• @@
• She gave Joe two packs for his vote.
• @@
• She got Shane to promise he has her back.
• That was easy as he already talked to Frank and Boogie and they know he'll be voting to keep her due to team loyalty.
• They're okay with it as the other votes will surely oust her.
• Ian has figured out they earn $107 a day with their stipend monies.
• Multiply that by ten and I may consider applying.
• Janelle's starting to waffle a bit on voting out JoJo. She thinks that it might be a good thing to get Dan out of the house.
• Wil told her if Danielle won HoH, she wouldn't nominate him.
• Yeah, like Danielle could win HoH! Janelle thinks like I do -- Danielle is rather unlikely to win any comps.
• Joe thinks Shane should be targeted next week.
• I'd like to see Joe targeted. He's a loose cannon and I want some drama in the house!
• Janelle thinks Ian is a huge threat.
• HEY! Leave my favorite little hamster alone!
• Joe thinks Ian is hiding things.
• (Says Joe who hid the nicotine patches ...)
• As I get this posted, the hamsters are all still asleep.  

I don't like chess in the house, so they made it bigger

Hot tub party

Jenn and Wil

Joe got drunk for the drama

Danielle is mingling with others

Janelle and her buddy Wil point fingers

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Tuesday Evening - July 24

Beers are here

It's still two days away from the live eviction show. What's a hamster to do? Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Repetitive Rodents:

• They awoke to being on an indoor lockdown. Caged hamsters!
• Joe would like a cooking show on TV. Hopefully he'll learn not to lick his fingers and stick them in the food.
• Not much game talk going on at all during the lockdown -- movies talk, murder trials talk, etc.
• They are unaware of the killings in Aurora, CO.
• JoJo made up Shane's eyes and curled his hair.
• He fussed and said it made his eyes look even deeper into his head.
• I don't think Shane will continue the practice of make-up.
• It still seems like JoJo is still targeted to exit this week.
• She doesn't know that, though.
• Once they were let into the backyard, they found no luxury comp.
• It was one of those unknown kind of lockdowns.
• They all ate dinner.
• BB gave them two bottles of wine and some beer.
• Woohoo. 

Reflective Jenn

JoJo gives Shane a makeover

Big Brother 14: Live Feeds Into Tuesday Morning - July 24

The bear is almost as big as Britney

Hey, hamsters! Shake things up a bit, please! Once again the between-comps doldrums have hit the house. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of People You Wouldn't Ask Over For Dinner:

• Apparently JoJo's outfit for the PoV Meeting was a silk robe and heels.
• That doesn't surprise me. She has the "all that and a bag a chips" persona.
• Janelle told Dan that Boogie wanted him out before, but now they think it's best the coaches band together ... thus JoJo will GoGo, not Danielle.
• Ashley cried. She's having second thoughts about evicting Kara.
• Well, it's a bit late for that, girl!
• She also thinks that Frank and Ian have a final two deal.
• Ohh ... BB gave them BEER. Now, that's different!
• Not.
• Jenn asked Ian about the final two deal with Frank. He denied it and claimed that Kara started that rumor on Day 4.
• Jenn let on that it was Ashley saying it now.
• Oh my.
• Ashley is talking up the Oust Ian bit with Shane and others.
• She thinks Ian is sneaky.
• Ashley doesn't trust Joe at all.
• Well, she's right about that one. One out of two isn't bad.
• Ashley thinks that Janelle only cares about Wil.
• Okay ... two out of three.
• Britney is another who knows that Joe keeps lying and instigating.
• Shane thinks they should tell Frank they saw Joe going through his bag just to create a brouhaha. Joe did go through the bag hoping to find evidence that Frank has a job.
• Shane didn't say brouhaha. I did. I like the word.
• Ian wishes they had a fellow hamster in his/her 50s who could tell tales about the olden days.
• Yikes! I feel SO OLD.
• Ashley thinks Janelle is obnoxious, plays dirty and is mean.
• Jackie ain't too thrilled with Janelle so far this season, either. I'm liking Britney much better.
• C'mon, hamsters! Do we need to bring Willie back?
• Oh ... they also spent time trashing Willie. Not unexpected, but the feeds kept cutting out when they talked about things which already obviously happened. @@

Frankly, my dear ...

What? Gunk in the hot tub?

Floater alert!