Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Wednesday into the Evening - July 1

Clay finds Jackie intriguing?

It was the night before Eviction and all through the house, Jace was scurrying just like a mouse. Probably more like a hamster. Here's what's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap:

• Jace roamed the house alone in the dark hours before the dawn. He was fussing about being backdoored and how he never got a chance to play the game. He built some sort of little shrine and apologized to his whole family.
• Aw, poor Jace. 
• Heck, he deserves to be backdoored for his bully ways if not for generally being annoying!
• After the rest of the hamsters started stirring, Jason decided that the people in the house aren't human. Nope. They're hamsters, a type of rodent. He should know that.
• They're hamsters there for our entertainment!
• A lot more Audrey talk going on. Jason is sort of leading the charge against her.
• However, Audrey did it to herself. And now she keeps making things even worse sitting in bed.
• She's Amanda with swinging arms and no boy-toy.
• Jace told Vanessa about his bullying, er, conversation with Steve. He admitted he made up Geek Squad McGee to her.
• Steve hasn't mentioned the bullying, er, conversation to anyone that I've seen.
• After some sun time, they had to go on indoor lockdown.
• Jace continued to campaign after he said he was stopping. He thinks they can flip the vote.
• James and Jeff think that if they can oust Shelli, they can get Clay on their side.
• Da'Vonne said they'll get off slop at midnight tonight. Hmm. I thought it was tomorrow. I'm mistaken. Oops. What kind of superfan am I?
• Jason practically chain smokes whenever he's outside. He's surely going to run out of cigarettes if he keeps it up.
• At times, Becky seems to look a bit like a more attractive Sandra Bernhard. Maybe it's just me.
• While Jace is campaigning, his best bro-buddy Austin is telling Liz that once Jace is gone, they can get more people working with them.
• Liz thinks the budding relationship between Shelli and Clay is ridiculous. After all, Shelli is OLD. Hey, she's 33, for gosh sakes!
• Aw, isn't this too sweet ... the kids are having an indoor prom tonight, special snowflakes that they are!
• Audrey talked to Jace about working with him. She asked if he would be willing to pin a lot of turbulence on Jeff.
• Hmm. Audrey's so all over the place with telling people stuff, directing people and self-imploding, that I'm not sure whether she's part of a Save Jace Bit or just patronizing the dude.
• Then she goes on to tell James that Jeff is after him.
• I'm sorry. I just can't figure this woman out. I'm at a loss here.
• I think all of those around her are at the same loss.
• Audrey hit Meg up with the anti-Jeff talk, too.
• Of course, it's the TAR Jackie on the block, not Jeff.
• Jace, campaigning to James, told him he'd remain loyal to him if he worked to flip the vote.
• Meanwhile, prom prep is going on.
• Steve's date is Jackie and Clay gave him a makeover.
• He looks really good except that he's upset with a pimple on his forehead.
• They told him he needed a new name for his new persona.
• They said, "The Fonz!" 
• Steve, "Cool name. But, where did you get it from?"
• I feel so old.
• As far as I can tell, despite all the campaigning and pseudo-promises, it should be Jace out the door tomorrow. His best bud Austin has already written him off.

Quiet for once

Getting weirder and weirder

Not quite like a poker game

No romance in the hammock

The "cookie air" diet?

Clay does the Steve prom makeover

It's the Fonz, a new Steve!

Big Brother 17: PoV Show Blog Party - July 1

I imagine, in addition to the Power of Veto comp, we're going to see the food comp. Gosh, that's not going to leave much time for all the drama that's been going down in the house! These hamsters came in swinging! Figuratively, that is.

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I will be updating this entry with the major events. Refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun!

After a recap, Steve is lamenting his BoB loss. Johnny Mac is super-ecstatic about it. He's almost as pumped as he was in his Jeff interview. The main crew - James, Jason, Audrey, Da'Vonne - are working on gathering numbers for the Jace Backdoor plan. Now Meg is in. Clay is excited about working with James. The alliance is formed, although Da'Vonne is calling it temporary and shaky.

We got a blurred version of the Jace streaking. Trust me, you didn't miss much. I saw it on the live feeds unblurred. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Austin, who says Jace is his boy, notices that Jace is getting on some people's nerves. You don't say!

Heh. Jace told James he shouldn't get blood on his hands. James's response? "I like blood. I use it like warpaint."

Jace and Austin approach Audrey. She hints that they need to get Jason out. Hmm.

Time to pick players for veto! James draws Becky. Jackie gets John. Steve picked Jason as Houseguest Choice. James chooses Austin to host the comp.

Da'Vonne walked around counting things and drew suspicion from Jeff, Clay and others. She picked up on the fact that Clay was hanging out with that crew. Now it's lead into a verbal kerfuffle between Da'Vonne and Clay. Da'Vonne breaks down a bit in front of Audrey. Audrey thinks that Da'Vonne is going to end up being a major liability to her (Audrey's) game. Meanwhile, after Audrey gets Clay to really apologize, Da'Vonne tells us that Audrey is a puppetmaster and she knows what she's doing.

Have Not time -- James has to name the first four Have Nots of the summer. He chooses Liz and Austin because they were saved, as well as Vanessa and Da'Vonne. It's a dentist office room, throwing Johnny Mac into seventh heaven.

PoV comp time -- Setting is Nosa Scotia. They have to dig for gold nuggets in giant noses with a letter which has a point value, then spell a word.

The words:
James - Lifeguards
Becky - closest
Jason - zones
Jackie - sludge? (I may have that wrong)
Steve - trombonists
John - boogers

Steve wins Power of Veto! His was worth 12 points. The others are all agog at his genius.

Audrey snags Shelli and Jeff into their alliance. That kind of irks a few that she's taken control. James, Jason and Jeff are a bit leery of Audrey's takeover.

Time for the veto meeting! (This should be priceless!) Jace thinks he's aligned with James. Ha.

Steve saves himself. James puts Jace on the block, said it's only his decision and he must look out for himself in the game. Austin is stunned and realizes people are lying to him. Jace is just sitting there in a daze and then tears up in the Diary Room. Too bad, so sad.

The BB Takeover will feature Kathy Griffin tomorrow night.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday Night into Wednesday - June 30/July 1

Her arms are all over the place!

One of the things other than Audrey chewing gum in her Jeff pre-season interview, other than her coming across as pushy, that I didn't like was the fact she talks with her hands ALL THE TIME. As I've been watching the feeds, it seems it's worse than I thought. She can't talk without using her hands and arms. I don't think anyone can actually sit near her without be whapped by a swinging arm!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Mama Told Me Not To Come:

• Austin and Audrey talked. He told her that he's sure he's the next target after her. 
• But are his attempts to work with her sincere?
• Bwahahaha!
• He thinks his underground revolution could use Audrey against the "other side." Keyword is USE.
• Jason thinks that Audrey could probably be hated by America.
• I'm not so sure about that. It would be hard for the show only viewers to actually see what we've seen on the live feeds. While she's reminiscent of Amanda Zuckerman, she gets out of bed more and isn't glued to a guy. Also, they're onto her early, so there's more drama all about it. I'd just as soon she stay!
• Audrey might have gained Austin but she might have lost Clay and Shelli.
• They, Clay more vocally, told Audrey they can't trust her due to the lies she told.
• Clay was hearing none of her defenses -- "You can't justify a lie!"
• In the middle of everything, Jace declared he will do no more campaigning to stay.
• Liz is worried that she is now a target since she was connected with Jace.
• Audrey told Austin about the eight person alliance going on.
• She told him that he would be safe going with them as he has offered to work with her.
• Austin reported all back to Jace.
• My head is spinning.
• In a private talk, Audrey told Jace that the backdoor plan for him was straight from the beginning. 
• She told him he needs to find a creative way to use Da'Vonne because she's an emotional player.
• She also told him that he needs to get people to campaign for him rather than campaign himself.
• Audrey's baaaack!
• Meanwhile, Vanessa is confused.
• Jace cried some more to Vanessa. He keeps saying his parents will be embarrassed and disappointed with him.
• Um. Okay. If he says so. Other than acting like a jerk, he certainly hasn't done anything totally reprehensible -- no hate speech, nothing that has the internets in a buzz. He's just majorly immature and likes to try to intimidate. Chances are he was that way before he came into the house. His parents already know.
• Clay is still mad at Audrey. Now he thinks BB will give Audrey answers for HoH comps.
• @@
• I'm not sure why he aligned and TRUSTED her in the first place when the rest of the house called her out.
• Sure, Jason allied with her at first. As did Da'Vonne. As did many others.
• But never really trusted her.
• Clay is indeed naive.
• Audrey told Vanessa she had targeted her because she was overly-sensitive.
• Well, that's kinda mean, right?
• Jace thinks he's the laughing stock of America.
• Geez, Jace. We don't care enough about you to make you the laughing stock. We have politicians for that purpose!
• Heh. I crack myself up.
• Ahem.
• Jace told Audrey she can't trust James.
• Well, he's right with that. 
• But can she trust anyone? I don't really think so. I believe she's burnt her bridges within two weeks of being in the house. She played too hard, too soon.
• Then Jace went after Steve. Sigh.
• He told Steve that he was the reason that he's going home and he was the rat.
• Say what?
• The only part Steve has taken in any of this was winning the veto and taking himself off the block. 
• Steve has only been a peripheral in all of this drama!
• Hmm. Maybe not laughing stock, but certainly emotionally stunted and grasping straws there, Jace.
• Oh my gosh! Jace is really lighting into Steve. Poor Steve.
• But, with stuff like this going on, there's no way Jace will ever stay. You can't go around bullying and trying to intimidate rather innocuous folks to win friends and influence people.
• He told Steve others call him "Geek Squad McGee." @@
• After berating him, Jace told Steve he has a plan for him (Jace) to stay. He said the conversation needs to remain private and he likes him. He said he was bullied at school, too. Steve told him he likes him, too. They shake hands.
• Jace told Steve he would show his commitment to him by keeping the conversation confidential.
• I'M SO CONFUSED.
• I do know that Steve wouldn't ever trust Jace. I believe he shook hands just to make him go away.
• What the heck was that all about?
• Shelli seems like she still wants to by Audrey's buddy. I'm not sure if it's sincere because her other buddy, Clay, is definitely on the outs with Audrey.
• Austin mentioned he's a Claymate and likes Clay Aikens. Somehow I didn't see that one coming.
• This is some cast they got going on in there. I'm actually glad there isn't one poor mature person. They would be ready to be committed.

Amanda-Audrey wears shades

Vanessa, rarely seen, often talked about

Forget it, I want to go home!

Can Steve hang in there?

Shelli remains a minion?

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday Daytime - June 30

And, laying a finger aside his nose

As I was trying to wrap up this morning's live feeds report, an enhanced kerfuffle was going down. It didn't quite get to the point of a brouhaha. Here's what's been happening in that Big Brother House of Nobody Likes You:

• Jace decided to call out Audrey in front of Jason, Da'Vonne and a few assorted others.
• "You're a manipulator! You planned the backdoor!"
• "No, everyone is scared of you!"
• "No, they don't like you! No one likes you, Audrey!"
• "You need your head examined! You have no self-awareness!"
• And on and on.
• No fisticuffs, though.
• Now, WE know that Audrey's "allies" are now onto her playing everyone and being the source of information leaks.
• But Jace and Audrey don't know.
• And, it's gotten to the point in the house that just about everybody is skeptical of everyone else.
• I personally doubt they'll let Audrey rule from her roost as long as Amanda did in BB15. At least Audrey occasionally gets out and mingles.
• Jeff and James would like to get her out next week.
• I'm not sure it's going to be all that easy.
• Jace still wants to have a house meeting.
• Yeah, like that will solve everything.
• It's all but set in stone that Jace will go this week. Anything that comes up from a house meeting might be used against Audrey (or others) in the future, but can't save Jace's butt this week.
• Austin and Jeff know that Clay is telling Audrey everything she might miss otherwise.
• That probably won't bode well for Clay's game in the long run.
• Liz told Austin that they're probably better off in their own games without Jace in the house. She also said that they can't be the only two who vote for him to stay or they'll be the next targets.
• Jace told Steve that Audrey is a lunatic and he should avoid her.
• Hey, at least all this drama takes the photo off my little buddy, Steve!
• Then came the second wave of drama. This one came almost to the point of a brouhaha.
• Da'Vonne pretty much got everyone going calling out Audrey.
• Shout!
• Roar!
• You started all the rumors!
• Jason joined in ... you started all the distrust!
• And then Audrey cried.
• Well, they did gang up on her.
• She told Shelli that Vanessa was the mole, not her.
• But she didn't defend herself until after Da'Vonne left the room.
• Hey ... wasn't there something about a girls alliance this year?
• Oh.
• Never mind. Cancel that alliance.
• Shelli and Clay seem to be the only ones willing to still work with Audrey.
• Hmm.
• Jason said Audrey is Amanda.
• Too late. I said that days ago.
• Jace once again tried to intimidate/shame Clay into going to his side.
• Maybe he does indeed need his head examined.
• Lots of pointing fingers about who the "mole" in the house.
• Lots of distrust.
• As it should be ...

Cowboy Clay Candy

John's mingling more

And the claws come out

Don't save the drama for your Mama!

Bug Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday Night into Tuesday - June 29-30

Audrey and Clay whisper ... a lot

Jace needs to go home. I have had enough of Jace. He's trying every angle and he's trying my patience. Had he not been the backdoor plan before, he's pretty much only reinforcing the thought he should go. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Begging:

• Like every other season, BB went through their clothes and took some away. I know they don't like white or clothes that might "strobe" on camera. They're also picky about anything which might be construed as advertising. That's why we so often see the college shirts from their local areas -- no product or brand names.
• You say you want a revolution? Oh, yeah. Austin keeps working on his underground movement revolution plan -- to oust Audrey.
• At this point, Austin pretty much considers saving Jace a lost cause.
• Not that he's telling him that.
• Jace is still running around to everyone all but on his knees and begging.
• He definitely is going for the guilt trips.
• I don't know. If someone emphatically tries to guilt trip me, I'm more likely to not do what they want.
• His begging is coming off as really annoying and sometimes quasi-intimidating.
• Clay and Jeff told him that they had to vote with the house (against Jace) if they didn't want to be targeted next week.
• Jace insisted if he had them, he'd stay.
• On and on.
• And on.
• They're still up as I post this. 

What? Have I got leprosy?

He's the Steve's knees

This is my expression as I watch the feeds

Not Audrey's best look

She looks like Minnie Mouse or something.

But I could win HoH and save you!

But you were my friend!

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday Into the Evening - June 29

Jeff originally wanted to be on BB

Yes, Jeff said that the other day -- he originally wanted to try out for BB while Jackie had wanted to be on TAR, not BB. You can see the differences in their gameplay. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Discombobulated Denizens:

• James had an epiphany ... he realized that Audrey was the one who leaked info to Jace about a song he planned for his eviction.
• Well, duh.
• He's not saying anything to her about it so she won't suspect that he's onto her.
• He told Jason and Meg. though.
• Clay told Austin that Liz told him that she's trying to distance herself from him (Austin). He said to watch her.
• Of course, it might have been Julia saying that.
• Who knows anymore?
• Clay also told Austin that Vanessa is trustworthy.
• But, is Clay trustworthy in saying all this?
• The jury is still out on that.
• Steve tried to explain Evel Dick to John and James.
• Well, that's just silly.
• Who can really explain Evel Dick? Is there a plausible explanation for Evel Dick?
• Lots and lots of small talk today -- conversations about previous seasons and previous houseguests, people falling in the pool, 9-11 (as in their lives and in the BB house), etc.
• James and Meg want to let Da'Vonne in on what they know about Audrey's talking and letting secrets out.
• An interesting bit -- while mug shots of Audrey, Jace and James hit the internet, Jason said he didn't think he'd get on the show because he was arrested for "dumb stuff."
• Hmm.
• Not a heck of a lot went on today.
• But I suffered, as you must also suffer.

Clay makes a point?

Vanessa must be cold

Dr. Demento?

Look! Becky has bunny slippers!

I think Meg is expendable

Cheap sunglasses

Johnny Mac sighted AGAIN

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight Sunday-Monday - June 28-29

Late looks at the Memory Wall

As the hamsters finally sleep, I will finally post. Here's the latest from the live feeds inside that Big Brother House of Loquacious Lumps:

• Jace, now up on the block in Steve's place, threatens that he'll expose everything if he goes out on Thursday.
• He's still talking about how embarrassed his family will be.
• Of course, family embarrassment didn't stop him from streaking or acting the fool, did it?
• Austin told Jace that he thought Clay was behind the Jace backdoor.
• Um, no. It was mostly Jason, James and Audrey.
• Jace told Lizia and Austin that Audrey is "ruining the game" and needs to go.
• He's kind of right.
• It should be "RUNNING the game," though. Not ruining.
• Jace again went around, even to James, pleading to stay this week.
• Steve said he never watched BBAD because he had the feeds.
• Same here. I tried BBAD but prefer to make my own camera switches to the room I want to watch. Plus, there's some seconds lag between the two. If I turn on BBAD, I have an echo-echo-echo.
• Steve also joked that he's sure he's being portrayed as the sex symbol of the show.
• I do like the kid. I just wish he didn't come off so Ian-like in looks with the eyeglasses and all. The hamsters think he's Ian II.
• Shelli tried to make Audrey realize that, in their meetings, she (Audrey) doesn't give others the chance to talk.
• "In all our talks, I don't think I've talked for even five minutes."
• Audrey, talking over her, said that's just not so.
• The High Rollers/HoH Group think that someone must be telling the others conversations. 
• James thinks it's Jackie, Clay or Jeff.
• Audrey and Meg doubt it's Jeff.
• Lots of "rat" and "mole" talk going on. Some think they should confront Jace and see who's giving him info.
• That was pooh-poohed by Audrey.
• Audrey herself is the biggest mole or rat, planting the seeds and watching her minions go frantic.
• Jason claims that this BB17 is like, "Big Brother on methamphetamine, like no other season before."
• He's right.
• One positive that I can say about this cast, though -- no one is coming across as close-minded or racist.
• That's a good thing.
• Psychotic, narcissistic, paranoid, etc. -- but not racist or close-minded.
• Audrey doesn't know it, but most of her minions now see through her and know that she needs to go.
• But will they act on it before she dictates her way through to the end?

Jason's skinny legs get oiled

Meanwhile, the spider sees all

Oh! Johnny Mac mingling!

Becky talks exchange rates. Yawn.

Liz. Or Julia. One or the other.

Shelli trying to make a point to Audrey

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Sunday Evening - June 28

She's too ON all the time for me!

Another day in Hamsterville. Here's today's happenings from inside that Big Brother House of Confusion:

• Since there was a group who stayed up well past 6am their time this morning, I didn't expect much action first thing.
• And I didn't get much, either.
• This bunch of hamsters have more alliances, side alliances, you name it going on that I'm in a constant state of confusion.
• Austin and Vanessa talked about working together. She advised him to just let Jace go if he gets backdoored this week, not to put his game on the line.
• Vanessa told Austin that she's sure that Clay and Audrey are working together and they're going to be hard to get out.
• She thinks house meetings are risky and never end well.
• She's right with that one.
• Meanwhile, Audrey thinks that Vanessa told Austin about the backdoor Jace plan. She's brought Shelli and Clay into her web, like moths to a lamp.
• Also going on -- Jeff and Da'Vonne talked about how Audrey needs to go but they think she has Jason and Clay brainwashed.
• Now, we know that Jeff and Jason talked in the wee hours about how Audrey was running things and needed to be taken down.
• Jace told Jeff he knows he's going to be backdoored.
• Knowledge ahead of time didn't cool his reactions any.
• After Steve saved himself at the PoV ceremony and James put Jace up, there was heck to pay.
• He lit into James for betraying him, said he was embarrassing him in front of the world, his parents and well, the Universe.
• James handled it well, didn't admit it was the plan from the get go and didn't implicate anyone else in his decision.
• Jace cried to Shelli who cried to him. (It breaks her heart, y'know.)
• Boohoo. SNIFFLE
• For more than a few hours, Jace kept causing the feeds to go to fish as he kept deliberately singing and such.
• Then he started making the rounds to plea his case to stay over Jackie.
• He figures going to Jeff is a lost cause as Jeff won't go against Jackie.
• Audrey called out Vanessa for repeating things said in confidence.
• Like that never happens in the house.
• Jace told Audrey he doesn't understand why she has so much pull in the house and people are scared of her.
• "What? Little old me? I don't know what you're talking about."
• Oh, geez. Jace wants to call a house meeting to see who threw him under the bus.
• It's going to be a long four days ahead.

Nail polish almost gone

As Jace is laying into him

Happy their plan played out

Boohoo, Jace

Clay Candy

Big Brother 17: Battle of the Block Show Blog Party - June 28

Hey, there, fellow voyeurs! Later on tonight, I'll be posting the latest in live feeds including the PoV meeting results which won't surprise anyone who watches or follows the live feeds. But, right now it's time to blog party through the newest episode! I'm putting this post up on time. However, I think that the CBS programming might be running a few minutes late due to golf.

First, here's a reminder of the blog pool match-ups (thanks, ORKMommy!):

Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian

Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

Da'Vonne - jessica UNderwood, SueGee, Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed

Jace - Becky in TX, CherylinNC, JOKATS, CaelaXO

James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML

Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl

Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

I'll update this blog entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please stop on by!

Okay, a few minutes of recapping and we're finally into the show opening. They just showed the Phil teaser which ended Thursday's episode. All the hamsters are speculating what will be up for Da'Vonne and Vanessa.

Jace is going on about his bromance with Austin and their bro-codes.

The HoH Room reveal is for both James and Jason. Of course, it will be down to one HoH after the Battle of the Block. They chat. Jason doesn't care for Steve and doubts that John is really a dentist. James is a bit more quiet.

Takeover alert! It's Phil. He tells them of the Fast Forward in TAR -- now a BB Fast Forward Twist -- neither Vanessa nor Da'Vonne can be evicted this week. They can each take one houseguest with them, those people will be safe, too. They have thirty minutes to decide. Da'Vonne saves Liz while Vanessa saves Austin. Da'Vonne got some heat from both Audrey and Shelli because of their girls alliance.

Da'Vonne thinks that Shelli needs to be on the "edge" of the alliance because she's getting too close to Clay. Audrey wants to get in with Jason to better her chances. Da'Vonne and Audrey both want to work on the HOH's to get them on their side and target Jace.

Steve thinks he has an alliance with Da'Vonne. Not sure how that will play out. James and Jason tell Audrey she's safe. They told her they want an alliance with her and Da'Vonne. They plan to target Jace via the Backdoor.

James searches for pawns to put on the block and talks to Jackie. Jason does the same with John. They both talk to Meg. They talk to Steve -- Steve's afraid that he's a target. Steve knows the history of pawns sometimes going home. Poor Steve. He's being pressured.

Nominations Today is on the screen. The plan is for the Backdoor for sure. No key box again this year. I miss the key box. Jason nominates John and Becky. He gives a BS speech about strong competitors. James nominates Steve and Jackie, saying he's sure they'll get themselves off the block.

Audrey is glad everything worked out the way she planned it.

Volumes about Amanda, er, Audrey right there.

Battle of the Block time -- They're above the city of DuBoB, must build a new skyscraper by bringing 26 pieces across a beam and assembling it.

John and Becky win! James remains HoH and Jason is deposed.

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - June 28, 2015

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, it's time for my off television topic reflection on the past week in both words and photos I've taken along the way. If you're amongst the folks here for my Big Brother television show and live feeds coverage, you can find those posts at this link. That show only lasts three months; this blog is here all year and this off topic post will appear every Sunday morning. Please feel free to skip it if you wish!

Now that that's out of the way, some random happenings from my week and an observation or two:

• I'm tired. So tired. I'm coming off having a bug that ran rampant through my workplace and the BB17 blogging hit full blast this past week. Those darn hamsters need to sleep more!
• Maybe I need to sleep more. Huh. No "maybe" about it -- I am lacking sleep.
• My work week at my "real job" was chaotic once again. I hate chaos. I prefer to have a plan and not be torn in a gazillion directions at once. You get a gazillion things half-done and not a one thing done well. It's so inefficient and stressful. Something has to change.
• Last night (during pouring rain storms) there was a woman on my train home who had fallen asleep and woke up to being alone in an empty train in the rail yard. She found her way to the last station on the line by walking on the tracks and caught the train. That will teach her to fall asleep on the train! And, here I thought my taking "I see dead people" photos of sleeping people on NJ Transit trains was a punishment for sleeping on trains!
• My landlord sent me my new apartment lease "we're increasing your rent" letter. Another $5. That's so much better than the previous crook landlord who's currently serving time for federal ponzi scheme kind of charges. He used to up it $50 a month yearly.
• That's about all I have for you. This past week has been full of stormy weather, stormy workplace, BB17 starting off at a gallop rather than a trot and a certain cat who thinks I need to have him on me for comfort. My apologies for posting so late this week.

Onto the photos -- clicking on an image will bring it up in a larger version.

Another workday done

At least I arrived home to grey skies but no rain on this day. Yet I had to carry my umbrella as I have had to do for most of June. I don't want to hear there's any "water deficit" around here! Plainfield Train Station.

Pretty planters

Hugo's Bar on Church Street in Plainfield always has pretty hanging flower planters. I've never been in the bar, though. 

Hibiscus bloom head on

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