Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Thursday Night into Friday - 7/11-7/12

I loved that kid!

Oh my. It was some night in the house. Celebrations! Catfights! Long talks. Tears. Jeers. Screaming. Hurt feelings. High school mean girls times ten. Where to start? I guess I'll start from the beginning. Here's the overnight escapades from inside that Big Brother House of Pitiful Pet Rats:

• Helen and the group don't suspect Howard of the hinky vote. Helen says she doesn't like disloyal people.
• They suspect the hinky vote was Jessie. Howard and Spencer have a lot to do with the suspicion cast her way.
• Helen danced a lot, as did Elissa.
• The house seems to be changing Helen. She's using the F word an awful lot as of late.
• GinaMarie, wearing Nick's blue cap, cried hysterically on and off all night. When she wasn't crying, she was sniffling. When she wasn't sniffling or crying, she was fighting.
• She used a pair of red shorts to blow her nose on, as well as whatever was in reach. Ew. Biohazard, I say!
• She honestly thinks she and Nick were going to be this great couple while admitting they hadn't even kissed.
• At over 30, she's acting about 14 and referring to Nick as "that kid."
• Most people at 30ish aren't kids in their own minds anymore. Sure, they can be kids to me because I'm older, but ...!
• Jeremy was the surprising one. Although, thinking of his gameplay, not all that surprising.
• He congratulated Helen and even told Elissa he admires her gameplay and strategic moves.
• He kept leaving his two concubines to hang out with the rest of the house.
• He acted duly mocking of his own self for getting the boot at the first question in the comp.
• He didn't threaten anyone.
• While he was around during the catfights, he neither got involved nor helped quell them.
• He was almost likeable and mature. Then I remembered he's Jeremy. Ew.
• Then there's Aaryn and Kaitlin -- the nightmare mean girl bullies of our junior high/high school days. It almost kicked me into PTSD over the mean girls who tormented me in my teen years to watch them ... especially Kaitlin.
• Aaryn did dumb girl stuff. She tipped over Candice's bed and just doesn't have a clue.
• Kaitlin claimed Jessie's bed that Jessie has slept on since entering the house.
• I still can't get the look of glee on Kaitlin's face off my mind as she tormented both Candice and Jessie. Even Jeremy distanced himself a bit from her.
• When Kaitlin heard at one point that Candice was crying, she burst into laughter and raised a power fist.
• Who does that, I ask? What kind of person thrives on upsetting another person just to upset them? 
• Howard ended up carrying Candice (who was oh-so-ready for a knock-down drag-out hair-pulling claws out catfight with GinaMarie) out of the room.
• Judd rescued Jessie, prompting cat calls from the mean girls about how she couldn't get anyone else, so she went for Judd.
• To be honest, although Judd seems to like the female attention, he doesn't seem like he's there for a showmance.
• Judd has moved up almost daily in my own personal hamster rankings. I don't think he'll win the show, but at least he's a halfway decent person.
• Judd told Helen he'd like to host the next PoV comp if he doesn't play. She said okay.
• He thanked her, "Mumble, mumble."
• I pick on that mumbling, but he can speak up and be understood when he wants. When he's talking game low, he's so hard to understand!
• Aaryn whined about the game not being fair. Heck, was it ever fair?
• Amanda again told Aaryn about the racist talk keeping people from wanting to get close to her.
• Every time Amanda mentioned the Diary Room questioning them about Aaryn's racist comments, we got fish.
• Aaryn is in disbelief. How can people say that about her?
• I say, "Pot, kettle, black." 
• I do think the race issues with this cast are a horrendous representation in today's world. I live in an area where more people are black or Hispanic than white while I'm white. I have friends of all kinds from all walks of life and from several different countries. Good people are good people, no matter race, color, national origin, etc. 
• Bad people obviously get recruited to be hamsters on Big Brother.
• I was dismayed that after Howard carried Candice away from the catfight, he told her that he's had to be tapdancing and shucking and jiving to keep in with the others. Now, is he doing that with his talks with Spencer? I don't think so.
• Dang. I just can't believe race is such an issue! My friends and I have good-natured joking occasionally about our differences, but nothing deep malicious. I recall a discussion on the train with a black male friend about great white egrets after we saw one out the window. He said he thought that egrets were black. I asked him why they'd be called great white egrets if they were black. Another black male friend nearby said, "Yeah, it's always about color, isn't it? And they're 'great', huh?" A nearby woman looked at us like we were all crazy. But it was all just in fun. If everyone was alike, this would be a boring world indeed. Around this area, I like to think most of us cherish our differences and we all bring something to the table of life.
• < / soapbox>
• Candice and Jessie were told by their friends they didn't want them sleeping in the room with the mean girls (and Jeremy).
• Helen offered to put them both up in the HoH room.
• Aaryn told Kaitlin that the way Jeremy is acting is going to push people away.
• Um. No. It might push the mean girls away, but he's acting the best of his side. 
• Amanda knows it was either Howard or Spencer voting the hinky vote even though those two are trying to blame Jessie.
• GinaMarie hysterically cried some more while saying she cooked and cleaned ... NO MORE!
• Jeremy giggled and said he never cleaned anyway. But we knew that.
• Aaryn told Kaitlin that Jeremy only thinks of himself.
• Yup. And right now Jeremy thinking of his own game is doing better than them being so horribly mean and vindictive.
• He will surely be a target, but they're both drawing bigger targets on themselves with their bad behavior.
• Jeremy told the Mean Girls that he was disgusted with America for voting Elissa MVP twice.
• He doesn't realize that, when the time comes that the votes don't go through for Elissa, they won't go their way. 
• GinaMarie said that Nick made her feel smart.
• Well, that's pretty dumb, I say. One should "feel smart" on their own merits, not with some sort of hyped-up pseudo-relationship.
• Aaryn and her crew figured out that Howard voted with them to save Nick.
• Unfortunately, Candice keeps telling her side that no way did Howard vote to save Nick.
• Candice is building her own personal pseudo-relationship with Howard, albeit a bit more real (just a bit) than the GinaMarie/Nick charade.
• Thankfully, Andy, McCrae and Amanda are pretty sure either Howard or Spencer made the hinky vote.
• I have to give Jessie kudos for going down from the HoH room reveal quickly to jump in her bed and defend her territory from the Mean Girls. I didn't think she had that much spunk.
• The game is getting to Howard. He broke down and cried after trying to calm down Candice for the longest time.
• That was very sad.
• Candice told the live feeders that whoever Aaryn's parents are, they did a horrible job raising her. Helen assured her the cameras see everything.
• I personally would say the same of Kaitlin. While Aaryn is pretty much just a pretty face dumb racist, Kaitlin has an unbelievable mean streak and takes too much pleasure in the suffering of others. She's mean just to be mean and then laughs about it.
• Jeremy won't defend his gals. He said they're all being catty.
• Meow.
• Aaryn is sure she's being called racist because she's from Texas with blond hair and blue eyes.
• @@
• Since Candice really really wants to sleep downstairs, not in the HoH room, Elissa and Jessie join her. Power in numbers, I guess.
• Amanda and McCrae join them.
• Aaryn says that because she's from the south, it's easier to portray her as a racist.
• @@
• Keep coming up with excuses, girl.
• McCrae told Aaryn her gameplay sucks because she won't make an effort to get along with others at all.
• Amanda told Aaryn that both David and Nick are gone because of her (Aaryn's) actions.
• McCrae told Amanda about the Moving Company.
• Helen still thinks Spencer was the vote for Nick to stay, not Howard. That's because Candice is in her ear about it and believes Howard.
• Kaitlin made some apologies to those she yelled at.
• I doubt her sincerity.
• Judd told Amanda that they'll need to vote out someone, but not necessarily the real obnoxious ones.
• Apparently he either feels the real obnoxious ones will have bigger targets on their backs or, if they make it to the finals, no one will like them enough to vote them the winner.
• Have I said Judd might be the best playing hamster in the habitrail?
• Howard lied to Helen again about the vote.
• Helen told him she doesn't like liars.
• I say, "Hey, it's BB!"
• Jeremy and Aaryn talked about karma.
• Yeah. Really.
• BHAHAHAHAHAHA!
• All are in bed now.
• What a night. Gotta say, the best live feeds in years!
• RIP -- The Moving Company, age 2 weeks.

Some are happy

Some are glum

She's worse than Aaryn, methinks

Howard-a-Day

HoH basket goodies

Territorial battles

Catfight! MEOW!

Big Brother 15: Live Eviction and HoH Comp Show Blog Party - July 11

Well, this is it! Tonight all the speculation in one of the hardest to predict evictions will be over. It could go either way as far as the vote. As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest! However, as always, the real party is in the comments! Bring your beach towel and a beverage, settle on in ... it's party time!

After some scheming, Julie talks to the houseguests. She goes into the showmance and want showmance topic ... talking to Jessie first. Loved the pause when Julie asked Aaryn if she was aware of the cameras at all time. Onto race issues ...again focusing only on Aaryn when we know she might be the worst, but isn't the only one!

The three nominees make statements -- Elissa - hoping not to be judged when she came in, America thank you, I'm a target, Nick a bigger threat. Nick - Great company, talks to some, odd speech. Helen - Blessed to be there with all, can't campaign against either Nick or Elissa.

The vote:

Jeremy - Elissa
Kaitlin - Elissa
Andy - Nick
GinaMarie - Elissa
Judd - Nick
Spencer - Nick WHOA!
Jessie - Nick
Howard - Elissa
McCrae - Nick
Amanda - Nick
Candice - Nick

Cool. Spencer flipped! Nick is gone! He took it well. GinaMarie freaked.

HOH comp -- Up in the middle of the night, memorizing items on an airport baggage carousel thing. It's called Overnight Delivery, true or false questions.

Out by question:
Judd
Jeremy

GinaMarie
Andy
Spencer
Andy
Elissa

To a tiebreaker --
# of BB cola cans delivered --
McCrae out

2nd tiebreaker --
HELEN IS THE NEW HOH!!!

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Overnight Into Thursday 7/11

Helen leads study class

It's been an active night for the hamsters in the habitrail. Well, for most of them anyway. Here's the overnight happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Frazzled Frenzy:

• Judd tried to talk Jessie into voting out Nick, telling her there's a guy alliance and they need to get them out before jury.
• Spencer told Howard that Helen isn't used to people lying to her. Howard agreed that she's naive.
• I have to agree with both of them. If Helen was a bit more leery of liars, she's smart and I think she could be a physical powerhouse in comps. Her daily workout almost gives me a heart attack to watch!
• Alas, now that Howard has been flirting with Candice, both Helen and Candice trust him.
• And he's loyal to Spencer (of all people!), MC or not. Those two are like a mini-alliance within MC.
• McCrae is thinking of jumping ship and moving to an Amanda, Judd, Elissa, Andy, Candice and Helen alliance.
• With such, they could run the house!
• The real shame is that two of the people on that alliance are on the block.
• They seriously think they can get Jessie to vote with them.
• So -- to vote out Elissa: Jeremy, Kaitlin, Spencer, GinaMarie and Howard. To vote out Nick -- McCrae, Amanda, Judd, Andy, Candice and possibly Jessie.
• The gap is closing.
• Howard told Nick that the last minute, he'll tell Andy that McCrae and Amanda flipped so that Andy and Judd will vote Elissa out "with the house."
• Howard's sure that it's going to be a landslide to keep Nick.
• Howard is wrong. 
• If Elissa goes, it's going to be very close.
• Both Aaryn and Kaitlin talked about previously wanting to be homemakers and now they want some kind of careers.
• Jeremy told them he'd love to be a stay at home husband.
• Why doesn't that surprise me?
• Then all heck broke loose as an air raid kind of alarm went off!
• A shot rang out!
• The maid screamed!
• (Sorry, I got caught up in the drama of it all.)
• The BB voice came over the loudspeaker telling them the lockdown was over.
• Now, that wasn't expected until the live show later tonight.
• Whassup?
• We got trivia on the feeds as we would intermittently throughout the night.
• BB sent them back in the house for another lockdown.
• It turns out there's some sort of airport luggage carousel thing in the yard.
• They're all studying the items passing through.
• Sometimes we have audio with trivia for it, sometimes we just have trivia and music, sometimes we have audio and visual -- but we can't see what the items passing through are.
• This kept up until past 8am my time here here on the East Coast!
• Hence, this late report. I kept thinking something more might happen.
• After a handful of times overnight, Jeremy apparently gave up and headed in while the rest of the house kept studying the items.
• They kept rehashing the items in little study groups.
• Except Jeremy.
• He either thinks that he knows it all or, more likely, is crushed because the comp will be memory and not something physical that he can win. Apparently if he has to work his mind, it just might go BOOM.
• Howard told Judd and Jessie that he has a photographic memory.
• We'll see about that!
• Jeremy does actually remember a lot of what he saw ... before he called it a night. Nick isn't good at it at all. Nor is Aaryn (but she can't compete anyway as outgoing HoH).
• Spencer tried to get information about Elissa from Judd.
• Judd said, "Mumble, mumble."
• Nick is worried about the vote.
• He should be.
• Candice told Amanda that Howard is voting out Nick, for sure.
• I wouldn't be so sure about that, Candice. You've been taken in by a hunky SEEMINGLY honest dude.
• While Spencer agreed with Andy that Elissa should stay, I don't believe him.
• I call this vote still up in the air.
• We won't know until the fat lady sings.
• And I don't know if I can sing until it actually goes down.
• So there!   

McCrae and Amanda memorize

Jeremy walks away, the rest stay

Candice says she's camera shy

Howard-a-Day

Studying, counting, memorizing

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Wednesday July 10 Into the Evening

My, Amanda has large feet!

Of course, that's in relation to McCrae's feet. My own feet are probably the same size as hers. Sigh. Here are the happenings from today inside that Big Brother House of _______ ________ (fill in the blanks; I'm pulling a blank):

• Argh! I can't really get a handle on this group. Usually it's clear-cut who will be evicted. This time not so much.
• I'm thinking it will indeed be Elissa.
• One moment people are saying they're going to vote for Nick, the next they're saying they will vote for Elissa.
• The real key is, for example, with Howard. He's been having all these really sweet heart-to-heart talks with Helen, Elissa, Candice ... they're lies!
• He goes right back and reports to Spencer!
• He certainly doesn't tell the girls of his talks with Spencer.
• So, that's the key right there.
• Jessie is wishy-washy and could go either way.
• I think Judd does have a soft spot for Elissa and just might vote to keep her.
• McCrae will probably vote with the MC, Amanda (not privy to the MC) might not. At one point, Amanda told McCrae he needs to vote Helen!
• Amanda tried to talk Jeremy into a Helen vote, as well.
• But then she tried to talk Howard into voting out Nick.
• Of course, Spencer and Howard have been on a Get Rid of Amanda kick the last few days. Her days in the house may be numbered right along with all the other women in the house.
• Hey, at least we don't have that pesky problem of unanimous votes so far this season!
• McCrae told Spencer that Andy and Judd are onto the MC.
• Not IN it, mind you. Onto it.
• Amanda told Nick she's voting for him to stay.
• He played her like a fiddle.
• Gah. There's so much possible waffling and lying going on that it's making my head hurt.
• MAKE THEM STOP!
• Right now.
• I want them to each take a turn privately talking to the live feeds so my head can stop hurting.
• Snap to it, hamsters!

Howard-a-Day

Pizza Boy Toy

Dig them shades!

Bandana covers the dark roots?

Big Brother 15: July 10 PoV, MVP Show Blog Party

I hope you didn't go looking for the show last night! Remember, tomorrow's live eviction show is scheduled to begin at 9pm ET/PT. Well, PT isn't quite as live, I guess.

As the show airs here tonight, I'll update this post with the major happenings. Refresh the page to get the latest. However, as always, the real party is in the comments area ... come join the fun! (But I do ask that things be kept on a PG-ish type level, thank you very much!)

Yup, Elissa got MVP again! It won't save her from the block, but she can put someone else up.

MVP nomination ... Jeremy!

Veto players: Elissa, Helen, Jeremy, Aaryn, Amanda, Nick, The host is GinaMarie.

Elissa told Nick she'd put him up in Jeremy's place if he doesn't throw the comp.

Time for the veto comp. Britney has a special message ... she's having a baby! They have to help her get her nursery together. They're wearing onesies. They have to each put together a giant mobile.

Jeremy wins. Sigh.

Time for the veto meeting. Jeremy takes himself off. MVP choice to replace him: Nick.

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Tuesday Into the Night - 7/09-7/10

Howard-a-Day, bonus (?) McCrae

Yesterday, these hamsters bored me. That's not a good thing. It's the same repeated scheming over and over again. But, loyal feeds reporter I am, here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Goofus and Gallant:

• Judd told Andy and Spencer that he likes Nick better than he likes Elissa. But he thinks Nick is too shady to keep around when they have a chance to get him out.
• Actually, from what I've seen of Judd and Elissa together, he honestly seems to like her.
• Not in a lecherous sort of way, mind you.
• I just wish he'd move his lips when he talks. It would make the "mumble, mumble" better if I could add in lip-reading.
• Andy said that they'd be dumb not to keep Elissa.
• Of course, neither Andy nor Judd are a part of the Moving Company, nor do they have suspicions about it.
• It's Candice who's pretty much figured that out.
• Jeremy wondered if Helen would be upset if they called her H-bomb, thinking of Hiroshima.
• Um. Um. Wrong national origin in the first place, dude! I'm sure some exist by immigration, but I've never met a Japanese Korean.
• But, even more ... Helen is American. To me, one of the great things about America is that our ancestries span the globe. 
• Howard told Andy that Amanda's a nutcase and he doesn't trust her.
• That's part of the Spencer/Howard campaign against Amanda.
• I do think McCrae is letting Amanda bring whatever personal game he has down. That's basically Howard and Spencer's problem with Amanda.
• That said, as I mentioned before, Amanda has highs and lows for me in the game.
• Yesterday Amanda actually approached Aaryn warning her to cool it with the racist talk. While she fluffed it off a bit saying she knows Aaryn is just joking, she made her point. 
• Naturally, Aaryn thinks it's all much ado about nothing.  She ended up thinking that Amanda told her that there is a minorities alliance in the house.
• @@
• Kaitlin is now (too late!) worrying about her mother watching BB. "I'm with Jeremy and he has tattoos. She hates tattoos."
• I don't know. I think my own mother would have been more upset that I was jumping into bed with ANYONE on national television and the Internet after knowing the man two weeks.
• I'd be upset with myself.
• Wait. I wouldn't do it. Problem solved!
• The HoH camera came out. Aaryn posed a lot.
• Andy said that the MTV reality shows just pick people who do drugs and screw each other.
• Well, look at this BB cast, Andy!
• A good long discussion with Jeremy, Spencer and Nick went on and on about smoking pot and drinking with a bit of coke thrown in!
• Although I had my own personal wild days in my yute (ala Joe Pesci) and now, decades later, I feel okay mentioning them a bit, when I was young and doing stupid stuff ... I never broadcasted it! Sheesh! This declaration here is about as much broadcasting as you'll ever see me doing.
• It's called common sense.
• The statute of limitations is well over for me! :-)
• As for Andy's other part: BB is famous for folks hopping into bed with each other. Not my favorite part of the action, but it's there every season.
• Interesting -- When Amanda told Nick he gets called into the Diary Room more than anyone else, he told her he gets called because he's the "narrator" for the season. The BB voice told him to stop talking about DR sessions.
• I think he's right. Let's watch the show tonight and see how much Nick narrates.
• McCrae told his MC boys he has no problem with Amanda going.
• The MC think their votes are solid to keep Nick.
• Amanda, Andy and even Aaryn think there's something going on between Spencer and Jeremy.
• No, not a bromance.
• Aaryn went to Howard complaining about Candice being the root of Amanda's racist discussion with her.
• "I'm not a racist."
• If the shoe fits, wear it, girl.
• I said that, not Howard.
• Howard, more diplomatic than I am, told her they were good and he knows she's not a racist.
• We all do know that Howard isn't against lying in the house.
• Helen thinks that Spencer needs to be backdoored. 
• McCrae lied to Amanda when she questioned him about there being a boys alliance in the house.
• Somehow, the Have Nots are being allowed to sleep in beds.
• They just have to decide which beds.
• Candice went to bed early and went to the Have Not room.
• Elissa worked on Jessie for the vote. Jessie told her that she's scared.
• As it stands, Elissa does have a solid group wanting her to stay, but then comes in the Moving Company. While, technically they're only four votes (Nick can't vote as he's nominated), Jeremy has been going around intimidating people.
• Unfortunately, though I'd rather she stay and I actually have very little against Nick other than the company he keeps ... I think it will probably be Elissa going.
• I'd rather it be Jeremy, Kaitlin, Aaryn or Jessie on the block. 

May the good times roll

Boy in Blue

They think I'm bigoted because I'm blonde

I'm the Queen of BB!

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Monday Night - 7/08-7/09

The bearded lady?

So, it's the wee hours of the night. Of course some of the hamsters are still running in their wheels. Usually that will get them nowhere quickly. What's been happening in that Big Brother of Going to Hell in a Handbasket? Read on ...

• Jeremy told Kaitlin and Aaryn that, once Elissa's gone, they should be winning MVP ... or Howard might.
• Now, I think Howard might have a chance. Aaryn or Kaitlin? BWahahaha!
• Jeremy also told Aaryn he'll be winning all the comps and MVP because "America loves a showmance powerhouse."
• Possibly, but not when it's Jeremy, I don't think!
• Nick pinky-sweared with GinaMarie again, telling her he's not playing her.
• Ha! He's playing everyone! I honestly don't think Nick is loyal to anyone unless they can be used for his gain. If he were a bit better at it, he could be a real player in the house.
• But his lies have caught up with him a bit.
• Not that he'll go home this week, mind you.
• Candice and Helen are working on Jessie to bring her around to their side.
• It might not work -- they're not male.
• But Jessie so desperately needs friends that it's possible she'll make the jump.
• Aaryn is still bothered with the thought that her alliance, Jeremy and Kaitlin, can't be trusted.
• Andy told Amanda that Nick is targeting Candice.
• Amanda told McCrae she'll go along with his decision in the vote.
• Gah. I thought she was an independent thinker!
• Andy is worried about Spencer and Howard.
• He probably should be. Spencer and Howard are always scheming.
• Amanda confirmed with Aaryn that she will vote Elissa out because she's in an alliance with McCrae and that's what he wants.
• Kaitlin told Elissa that she's not really dating Jeremy because he's too immature.
• Really, now. Why is she having sex with him in front of the world?
• Howard thinks Amanda is onto an alliance of the guys.
• He apparently doesn't know that Candice and Elissa suspected it long ago.
• The guys are on board for an Elissa ouster as of now. 
• Spencer continued his anti-Amanda talking. You can bet he'd go for her eviction if he ever were to win anything.
• Nick and Spencer talked about how faithful they are to the Moving Company, yet McCrae lets Amanda influence him.
• Candice is upset because when she asked Aaryn her middle name, she said, "Shaniqua." 
• Howard tried to soothe her ruffled feathers.
• Meanwhile, Amanda was saying she gets upset when someone (I'd say JEREMY) use the expression "Jew'd" to imply cheated.
• Howard talked about Aaryn's previous conversation about the fish being segregated by black and white.
• Candice, Amanda and Howard are right. I say it's called hate speech for a reason. But, in this case within the house, a lot of it is hurt speech. It hurts the others around the person saying it. It hurts deeper than Aaryn or Jeremy will ever know. In the long run, it will hurt them themselves.
• Nick told Aaryn he can't really get a handle on Spencer.
• Nick lies.
• Aaryn told him that Jeremy has a deal with Spencer.
• Well, duh. So does Nick!
• Alas, it still looks like Elissa will go.

Rub-a-dub-dub, extensions in the tub

Likes the white fish best

Play, Helen, play!

Howard-a-Day

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Monday daytime, PoV Meeting - 7/08

On the block

Today's big news from inside the house is that the Power of Veto meeting was held. Jeremy, of course, used the veto to save himself. Elissa went through with putting Nick up in his place. I personally think she just might have sealed her own fate with that choice. Now, I'm privy to alliances she's not, but I can't see him getting voted out by house majority. I also think people will tend to keep Helen over Elissa -- she's better liked.

Here's the skinny on what else happened today inside that Big Brother House of Grade School Bullies:

• McCrae told Amanda she's the only one he trusts.
• Yet he hasn't told her about the Moving Company.
• Last night the MC dudes were going on about their alliance being better than the Brigade.
• @@
• Amanda really wants Elissa to stay. McCrae won't commit.
• Amanda told Nick she refuses to be bullied by Jeremy.
• Amanda runs hot and cold for me as a feeds watcher. There are times I really like her, other times she makes me cringe.
• But Aaryn, Kaitlin and Jessie make me cringe all the time.
• She's really, really pushing the keep Elissa bit with: "She's like the queen in chess, we control her moves." and "If Elissa goes, Jeremy will have all the power in the house."
• Judd says he's good with Elissa staying. He gets along well with her, but they don't talk game that much.
• Well, maybe he mumbles game with her and I'm just not catching it.
• Amanda told Judd that Jeremy is lying when he tells Judd his name is being tossed around for nomination.
• Jeremy is lying. It's part of his entire bullying bit.
• Judd said Howard is shady; McCrae agrees. Amanda thinks Howard is on the level.
• I love me my Howard eye-candy and, while he's not a mean person or a bad person, he is indeed a bit shady. He's playing the game. That I totally understand.
• But Howard does pray before every meal!
• Amanda and McCrae made out under the blankets. Sigh.
• Helen did her morning workout with yard laps and hand weights.
• Howard watched her. He can bench press her, but can't keep up with her routine.
• Then the PoV meeting went down.
• Spencer warned McCrae that Amanda is becoming a target and he (McCrae), by extension will be one too if they don't cool it a bit.
• McCrae pretty much admitted to Jeremy that he can't control Amanda.
• Good for Amanda.
• But bad for Amanda because it makes her a bigger target.
• Andy hasn't been called to the Diary Room for two days. He wonders if he has to start a fight or something to get called in.
• Meanwhile, Jeremy used a derogatory slur for homosexuals and got called in the Diary Room almost immediately.
• It's going to be a long three days before the eviction.

Crunching Jeremy

Back at ya

Helen at the Memory Wall

Howard-a-Day

Big Brother 15: Julie Chen addresses Aaryn's racism on The Talk

Other than the fact that Helen is Korean, not Chinese, Julie calls it right. It's a shame that the others involved in the slurs aren't mentioned. Aaryn is the worst, but far from the only one.

Big Brother 15: Sunday Night Into Monday Pre-dawn - 7/07-7/08

So pretty, so ugly

As I get this posted, most are still up. Now, I know today BB isn't going to let them sleep in. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Foolish Follies:

• GinaMarie talked about her nose job.
• Andy told Nick the house wants Elissa out.
• No surprise there.
• GinaMarie hates slackers and fat people. Um. Okay.
• Aaryn fussed about Kaitlin and Jeremy always making out.
• Huh. For once I agree with Aaryn about something! The Jeremy/Kaitlin bit is just over the top!
• Aaryn pondered the thought of getting Kaitlin out of the house.
• She told GinaMarie that Kaitlin was bullying people to vote Elissa out.
• Um. No. That was more Jeremy.
• Jessie thinks Amanda has a lot of money -- she must because she's Jewish.
• @@
• Judd asked Aaryn what she thought about putting Kaitlin up.
• Aaryn turned that around to asking Judd what he thinks about her putting Nick on the block.
• Aaryn told Nick and GinaMarie that she thinks Kaitlin is ruining their chances (her alliance) of winning MVP by bullying others.
• Nope, that's not exactly why, Aaryn!
• Amanda went around wearing band-aids on her nipples.
• I didn't really need to see that.
• The BB voice told Amanda to clip her mic to her shirt, then ZING.
• Jeremy and Kaitlin went beyond making out. Great, now they've had sex on the internet. 
• Candice told Helen and Elissa that Howard is getting too close to Spencer.
• A little late to worry about that, I say.
• Howard convinced Elissa that they would have enough votes to vote Nick out if she were to put him up.
• That's not true. It would probably be curtains for Elissa.
• Helen and Candice said Jeremy is like Evel Dick. Elissa said he isn't. She said Dick was clever.
• And Jeremy not so much.
• Nick asked Elissa if she wanted to make a deal to keep him off the block.
• Elissa told him she was going to do what the house wants.
• Little does she know, but half the house is lying to her.
• GinaMarie cried when Nick told her he was probably going to be the replacement nominee.
• Nick told her that they'll just charm the others into submission and he'll stay.
• Of course, the Moving Company might have a little to do with the result.
• But GinaMarie doesn't know that.
• Aaryn thinks if Elissa goes, she might get MVP.
• Keep dreaming, Aaryn 

Mumble, mumble

Howard-a-Day

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Into Sunday Evening - 7/07

Sleeping in on quad cam

Sundays are generally rather boring in the house. The hamsters are in limbo -- the nominations and PoV have already played out and the PoV ceremony probably won't be until tomorrow.

Here's what's gone down today inside that Big Brother House of Hateful Hussies and Despicable Dudes:

• They slept in past 10:30 their time.
• That's past 1:30 where I live. 
• Of course, most were up past 4am (their time). Nick and Judd were up well past 6am.
• So, 10:30ish isn't a really long night's sleep for the hamsters.
• Andy thinks they should keep Elissa because America obviously likes her.
• Helen thinks they should keep Elissa, backdoor Nick.
• Alas, Spencer was in on the conversation.
• Helen and Andy are unaware of the Moving Company.
• Nick is a part of that alliance, so I don't see a Nick backdoor plan going well.
• Spencer said that he's worried about a McCrae/Amanda flip to the other side. He also said that Amanda is close to Elissa.
• Elissa told Judd she's going to put up Nick.
• Uh-oh.
• I hope this doesn't backfire and get Helen out of the house!
• Although I think Elissa is coming across as one of the nicer, more normal people in the house, I'd rather see Helen given a chance to keep playing the game as she didn't get there due to connections to the show.
• Judd said, "Mumble, mumble."
• Elissa told Helen that she thinks Nick is related to Dan.
• I actually thought that Nick wanted to emulate Dan's game when he started.
• But he's messed that up.
• Spencer keeps pushing for an Amanda nom.
• Helen keeps saying that Nick might be related to Dan.
• And on it goes.
• Aaryn told Andy that she thinks Spencer's word is good.
• Yeah, right. Bigoted and gullible, that's Aaryn!
• They played with the photo booth.
• They played pool.
• They played in the pool.
• They laid out in the sun.
• Kaitlin and Jeremy made out.
• Kaitlin hung all over Jeremy.
• Gah. 
• Amanda said she's a botox junkie. Well, Dr. Will might like that.
• The highlight of the evening so far was Andy scaring Jessie awake with Aaryn's clown doll and using a scary voice.
• Ho-hum
• I still can't tell exactly what Elissa will do for a replacement tomorrow. I fear she might put up Nick.
• Knowing what we know, the bells will probably toll for her or Helen for sure if she does that.

Howard-A-Day

Auditioning for Deliverance?

Photo booth fun

Elissa doing yoga

Pool time

Big Brother 15: 7/07 Nominations Show Blog Party

Now, those of us who pay attention to live feeds stuff will find this show a bit of old news. Also, those of us who pay attention to live feeds stuff will wonder throughout the show whether some of the things said in the house will be aired or not. My own guess is not. If addressed at all, I'd think it would be on the live show Thursday.

Oh. That brings up the thought to mention -- the show days switch around starting this week. It will air Sunday 8pm ET/PT (unless delayed by sports), Wednesday night 8pm ET/PT and Thursday 9pm ET/PT. The Tuesday/Wednesday bit is gone and the Wednesday/Thursday similar to past recent seasons is on again.

As tonight's show airs here on the East Coast, I'll update this entry with major happenings. You'll need to periodically refresh the page to see the latest. But, as always, the real party will be in the comments area. Will you be there?

Oh my gosh! I totally forgot those without live feeds information don't know who won HoH. So, this is the HoH, Nominations show party. Cyberdrink on.

Jeremy pulls the ball out of the jug first, so he or Aaryn will be HoH. They must decide together which one will reign. He gives it to Aaryn. She has to decide immediately on four Have Nots. She wants to know who voted out David. She makes Helen, Elissa, Candice (who protested honestly that she didn't vote for David to leave) and Andy to be Have Nots.

The HoH room horror happy reveal. Gah.

American chose liver and lima beans for the Have Nots.

Ah, Howard is mentioning Aaryn's hateful bigoted remarks! Sure CBS, leave it to Howard to bring it up. CBS aired her comments, but left Kaitlin, GinaMarie, Jeremy and Spencer comments out. I guess they felt they had to do something and let the hamsters themselves announce it.

The Have Not vote for next week is: coconuts and cabbage, grapefruit and guacamole, mincemeat and marshmallows.

Jessie is looking for love again.

Just a warning -- I'm under a severe thunderstorm warning here and I can hear thunder in the distance. If I vanish ... you know.

Although Jeremy pushed for an Amanda nomination, we only know for sure that she'll nominate Elissa. Well, we actually know, but ...!

The key order: Jeremy, Kaitlin, Andy, Nick, Judd, McCrae, GinaMarie, Spencer, Jessie, Amanda, Howard, Candice. She nominates Helen and Elissa. She blames Elissa for being the root of David going home. She said Helen is aligned with Elissa and should fight for veto. She wants Elissa gone.  

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 7, 2013

Good morning! Welcome to my really late off television topic photo post! If you're looking for a Big Brother live feeds update, the most recent one I posted is at this link. This here is my weekly reflection of the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. It has nothing to do with television. You've been warned.

I can't believe how late I'm getting this post up. I conked out after coming home from work last night, got up early to review what I missed and get the BB live feeds post up and now I'm here. Between being sick in the beginning of the week, extremely hectic workdays, the heat, the humidity ... well, I'm not at my best for sure.

On the 4th of July itself -- I always have the 4th off as my employer says no way no how will do they want to pay me double time and a half for the day (and I don't blame them; I wouldn't want to pay me that much either although I don't mind earning that much) -- I had the day off. Plainfield, because they don't want to pay their workers extra holiday pay, has the city celebrations on the Saturday after the holiday. I worked yesterday, so missed all but the set-up pre-parade. I have no desire to go to the city fireworks in the evening. It's not only hard for me to get there, but I'm leery of problems which might arise with some of the people attending. The Plainfield Police do come out in strength for the event there and it's probably safer than I think. But it's still hard for me to get there.

I decided to cap off the 4th holiday by having a nice relaxing bubble bath. I drew the water, filled the tub, then went to shut off the water. The hot water faucet broke off in my hand. Frantically I tried everything -- screwdriver, pliers, sheer strength -- nothing would turn off the water.

Fortunately, my newish landlord has a 24 hour repairs number to call. Unfortunately, the person who responded was over in Jersey City to watch the fireworks with his family. I bailed water out of the tub quickly and vigorously for over an hour and a half awaiting his arrival. Otherwise, not only MY apartment would flood, but so would the one downstairs from me. He came, used vice-grips to turn it off and put in new hot, cold and shower faucets the next day while I was at work.

My back and shoulders still hurt from the extended frantic bailing exercise. I feel bad that I ruined his family's night at the fireworks, but it was truly an emergency.

The three days I actually worked this week were just as exhausting. Wah is me. I would have taken yesterday and this coming week off for vacation if not for the fact that I'm going up to Albany next weekend for my high school reunion. So, I'm working Monday and Tuesday, off until I return to work the following Thursday (18th). It will be a mixed week of staycation and a weekend with old friends (and some not so much) and family. I've somehow worked a trip to Ted's Fish Fry, a place I miss so much living away from real fish fry places since 1977 or so, with my brother and his wife into a big family reunion of cousins from upstate NY and Vermont. That will be fun! A few of them I haven't seen since I was a young child, but we're reunited on Facebook.

Onto this week's photos ...

It must have been the 4th of July

Or the 6th of July as the case may be. This woman is always in this get-up, marching along with the parade. She WALKS (in high heat!) from downtown to the start of the parade a good mile or so away, then WALKS back in the parade. More power to her!

Move aside, bunny rabbit!

I encountered this one as I was walking to the train one morning. He was near the corner of East Front and Richmond Streets in Plainfield. I shooed him towards the lawn at Richmond Towers because he was in the patch of grass between the street and sidewalk. I must say, though, I haven't seen any roadkill bunnies. They must be pretty smart when crossing the street.

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Big Brother 15: Live Feeds Saturday into Sunday - 7/06-7/07

Ew. That's all I can say. Ew

I apologize for not posting a lengthy report last night. I was just zonked. Either the heat or the hamsters are getting to me. I was gibberish! A post I made, if I were to make one last night, would have sounded like Judd typing. You don't want that.

But I'm here now and here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Bad Representation of Today's Youth:

• Aaryn, Kaitlin and Jeremy continue to vilify Elissa. Now, I wanted to vilify her when I heard she was on the show. I never was a Rachel fan, not at all. 
• But, in this house, Elissa certainly comes off as much more decent than half of the other hamsters, maybe three quarters, maybe 90%! I wish the show would stop editing her as Rachel, Jr. She looks a lot like Rachel, but except for when she's joking and mimicking her sister, acts very little like Rachel.
• To rehash what I briefly touched on last night, Elissa was named MVP again, only told Helen this time. She nominated (in secret) Jeremy.
• The rest have figured out it was her again. That, of course, was a no-brainer.
• Having no brains, this crew of hamsters are natural at no-brainers!
• Heehee. I crack myself up.
• Ahem.
• Elissa ended up confiding in Nick (silly move) to try to get him to throw the PoV comp, promising not to put him up as a replacement nomination.
• Yes, if MVP's nomination is saved by the veto, the replacement is also chosen by the MVP.
• According to what the Diary Room told GinaMarie (when she asked), if the veto winner removes an MVP nominee, the veto winner could end up being the replacement nominee. Without the MVP scenario, the veto winner isn't eligible for nomination.
• I wonder if they're making up these rules as they go along.
• I'm assuming if the veto winner takes himself off the block, he can't just be slapped up there once again MVP or not.
• Rats. That would be great -- Jeremy: I choose to save myself! BB Voice: You're saved. You're now back on the block because the MVP really wants you there!
• Aaryn got all upset because someone told her that Elissa talked about her taking Aderall (sp?). (If I took it, I'd know how to spell it!)
• She said it's a rule that no one talks about others' medical conditions.
• My gosh, every year they talk about each other! Medical conditions affect gameplay, whether physical or mental.
• If she wanted it to be a secret, SHE should never have mentioned it.
• Helen, Candice and Elissa are kind of cast together by the tides of the house. 
• In talking, they said that when Jeremy comes down, Kaitlin will go up and they just might have enough votes to evict her.
• Judd and Spencer think that Jeremy is a huge competition threat and needs to go sooner rather than later.
• Well ... actually, Judd said: "Mumble, mumble."
• But I knew what he meant.
• Howard and Spencer think that Jeremy's harem is dependent on Jeremy to survive. Well, they put the harem reference a bit more crudely, but that's not how I roll.
• Spencer made another gay joke about Andy.
• Andy was very easily overwhelmed the first few days of the live feeds, but he's really toughened up a lot. He's working his way into all the little factions in the house.
• They don't trust him, but he's out there trying!
• Aaryn is realizing that if she sticks with Kaitlin and Jeremy exclusively, they would take each other to the end and she'd be cast aside.
• The end is a long, long way away.
• Will all three make it anywhere near the end? I doubt it.
• They're still speculating on Nick being gay. What difference does it make? I don't know.
• Aaryn told GinaMarie that Nick is probably interested in Andy.
• Sheesh. Even IF Nick were gay, why would one automatically assume he'd be interested in someone else just because they're there and gay.
• Oh wait. Maybe Aaryn is thinking just because she, Kaitlin and Jessie are willing to latch onto anything male, gay dudes go for anything gay.
• @@
• Gotta love how Aaryn keeps talking about all the "Wall Street" guys who leave their wives to go to work, then hook up with gay men.
• What does she know about Wall Street? She obviously knows little about normal gay men.
• Helen told Spencer that as long as Jeremy is in the house, he'll be winning comps.
• She's also worried that, if they vote out Elissa, America will think they're idiots and give MVP to the other side of the house.
• She might have a point there. While we on the Internet know what's really going on in the house, the Elissa/Rachel fan base and those who only go by the CBS edit of the hamsters, just might do that.
• Kaitlin once again fussed that Elissa called her a "whore" on national television.
• I say, "You made your bed, lie in it."
• Jeremy threatened Nick that he'll leave the Moving Company if the votes don't go his way -- that is, Elissa out.
• Hmm. He's already changed alliances, but they don't seem to know it.
• Kaitlin, obviously worried about her own demise in the game, trashtalked both Elissa and Candice.
• Jeremy told his gals that Spencer and Howard are in an alliance together.
• Well, duh. They obviously spend a lot of time together.
• Jeremy claims he will go after anyone who doesn't vote his way and will win HoH next week.
• Probably true.
• Jeremy and Spencer both think Helen got accidentally aligned with Elissa. Spencer thinks she has a good heart.
• She does.
• GinaMarie told Aaryn that she got a warning from Big Brother about threatening to kill people. She laughed it off as she "knows Mafia people." Stupid, stupid girl.
• Jeremy said he got a warning, too. I think he was referring to the Hatgate II warning.
• GinaMarie told Nick she acts more like a dude than he does. He agrees. 
• Helen, not knowing of the MC, told Elissa putting Nick up might be her (Elissa's) best chance of staying. Elissa is reluctant to put him up as he did indeed not win the PoV and she promised him if he threw it, she wouldn't put him up.
• Aaryn, still on the thought that Jeremy and Kaitlin aren't a good alliance for her in the long run, told Judd she had no one for a final two deal.
• Judd said, "Mumble, mumble."
• Actually, he proposed that they (Aaryn and him) try for a deal. He got called to the Diary Room, so we don't know if that will come to fruition.
• Jeremy keeps wearing his veto necklace more than anyone I've ever seen over the years.
• Amanda told McCrae that Andy said Jeremy said that if votes don't go his way (Elissa out), he'll come after her (Amanda) and McCrae.
• Actually, Jeremy isn't pushing for a McCrae ouster. He wants Amanda out, though.
• Heh. Elissa told Helen that Aaryn used derogatory comments about gay people right in front of Andy. Helen thinks they might air it (to show that side).
• We'll have to see this week's Aaryn edit without the David showmance.
• Aaryn thinks she and Jeremy will continue to rotate as HoH. 
• Yeah, right. Jeremy was a big part of her winning this one. That's not going to happen every week.
• Andy likes Elissa more than he likes Jeremy and Aaryn. He thinks Jeremy is a bully and Aaryn feels self-entitled.
• Well, duh.
• If I had to live with one of the three, it would be Elissa hands down.
• As long as she doesn't invite Rachel and Brendon over, that is.
• Helen told Candice that she likes Spencer and Howard the most in the house. But, she also said she wasn't there for a showmance. That didn't need to be said. We know that.
• Nick told Elissa she should put up someone who's more of a floater for a better chance to stay. He suggested Candice or Jessie.
• As it stands now, I really don't know what Elissa will do for the replacement. 
• I don't think Helen will be voted out.
• I seriously think that Elissa might go this week. Unless something major goes on between now and the vote, she's not in a good place in the house.  

MVP ... last time?

Superfan not playing as well as he should

Howard-a-Day

Stirring the pot, winning comps

True Staten Island

Big Brother 15: Live Feeds - MVP Nomination/PoV Winner Update 7/06

Elissa, the MVP, nominated Jeremy. Shh. It's a secret. Well, it's not a secret that Jeremy's on the block. It's a secret who done did the deed.

But then Jeremy won PoV.

Well, that was a waste.

Here's a Howard to make us all feel better ...