Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Tuesday into the Evening - July 14

Jeff tries to sell himself

Vanessa never stops talking. Jeff never stops campaigning. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Lonesome Losers:

• Shelli thinks that there are too many alliances in the house this year and the large one she's in might be the butt of jokes like the Bomb Squad.
• Y'think?
• Audrey showed disdain for Clay and Shelli. Not TO them, though.
• Hey, gotta agree with her there!
• Audrey is back to doing her Audrey thing -- planting the odd seed here and there and seeing if it might grow.
• She's trying to cast suspicion on Austin to Chelli, saying he's in too many alliances. 
• Johnny Mac thinks his professional friends might be wondering why he's ruining his career being on the show.
• Heck, if his career has survived his voice and laugh, he has no worries. He's done nothing really stupid in the house.
• Johnny Mac just might be the dark horse in this race of rodents!
• I was disheartened to find out that I'm older than more than a few of these hamsters' mothers.
• Sigh.
• The HoH camera came out and they did the typical shots.
• Yawnsers.
• Chelli (Clay/Shelli) want to work more on building Steve's trust.
• I hope deep down inside he plays them for all they're worth. He was telling Vanessa that he thinks they (Chelli) need to be split up.
• Ha.
• Steve doesn't expect to be a celebrity of any type after the show.
• That's realistic. Outside the hardcore BB fans, the ex-hamsters are unknowns.
• Austin would like it if Audrey won HoH and targeted Jason.
• I don't think Audrey wants to win HoH. Despite the brouhaha around her a week or so ago, she's become more of a nonentity as of late. She knows she has people who will protect her.
• Of course, if she goes up on the block, she just might be voted out. James and Jason would both go for that!
• Vanessa told Austin that Steve would target Audrey. Well, yeah. But he also has his sights set on disrupting Chelli.
• They're thinking HoH might be endurance this week.
• We're probably due for one if the last few years are any indication.
• Austin thinks he'd suck at endurance.
• Yes, he's way too big.
• I'd say Jason, who weighs practically nothing, would probably win any endurance comp.
• Lots of voting talk. Lots of "indecision" when talking to Jeff.
• He should be able to read between the lines there.
• Lots of "if so-and-so gets HoH, who would they target" talk.
• Austin and Vanessa quizzed themselves on the order of the Gronk parties.
• Then Vanessa went into obscure things like how many drawers in the dresser in HoH.
• Uh, that might be a bit extraneous!
• Audrey tried (fake?) make amends with Jason.
• Hmm.
• Jason told her he was no longer holding a grudge.
• Hmm.
• Tonight is the big "date night" decided by Vanessa -- probably decided by BB to give the BBAD viewers some sort of content.
• Jeff is thinking the vote will be close.
• I don't think it will be as close as he thinks. I think the only two votes to keep him over James will be John (due to a prior deal/quasi-alliance) and Jackie (due to TAR).
• I could be wrong.
• He thinks Vanessa will vote against him.
• Yet he claims to know BB.
• Tsk, tsk.

Audrey, a complex mystery ... kind of

Steve sees they need to be broken up

Meg gets more gutsy as time goes on

Girls in shades

Girls not in shades

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Tuesday - July 14

Pretty in pink?

Will Jeff stay or will he go? The plan is to get him outta there. And, it looks like he'll be out. I don't think he has the time to pull a rabbit out of his hat. That would probably be Austin's hat. Never mind. I digress. Here's the latest skinny on what's been happening inside that Big Brother House of Betraying Buddies:

• Knowing that their prized hamsters are in a boring lull, BB told them they'd give them alcohol if they thought of drinking games for the live feeds watchers.
• Yeah, that's the ticket!
• Jason said that if he doesn't make jury, he won't be able to take the whole summer off. But if he does make jury, he's going to sleep all October and be poor.
• I doubt he'll be "poor" if he makes jury. The stipend he's getting is probably a lot more than he earns as a grocery stocker. Add on no living costs for three months and he can surely sleep a month!
• Jackie said she and Jeff split $4,000 in winnings from TAR. Now, $2,000 isn't a lot for a month. Hmm.
• Austin suggested they get a one week deal from James for voting Jeff out instead of him. He also wanted to throw Meg in the safety deal because he thinks James is "in love" with Meg.
• BB gave them warm beer.
• Yuck.
• They played a game of King's Cup. 
• They played another game of Truth or Dare.
• Hilarity ensued.
• Jeff dressed as a Chippendale, except with toilet paper fringes instead of something sexy.
• James licked whip cream off of Austin's chest.
• Steve admitted he's kissed five girls.
• Jason and Meg both stuffed cotton balls in their mouths.
• Vanessa decided that tomorrow night is date night and the dates must end with a French kiss.
• I'm wondering if that's production suggestions as I notice the new promos for the Wednesday show feature the kisses from the Truth or Dare the other night.
• They want to push the sex angle when the one "couple" in the house aren't doing more than cuddling.
• Steve talked strategy with Vanessa, prying for information whether he's in anyone's sights as a target.
• She told him he's pretty safe.
• She admitted that Audrey doesn't like Jason or James, but refused to say Audrey would actually target them.
• And on it goes ...

Delusions of grandeur

Inhaling cotton balls

Gag me with a spoon ... now!

Hilarity ensues

Vanessa talks; Steve listens

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Monday into the Evening, Renom - July 13

Gal pals (all three of them)

Y'know, if they had kept the choice for a renom quiet, we'd have exciting live feeds right now. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Loose Lips:

• They had some kind of Gronk comp thing this morning, blocked to the live feeds. Meg won a cruise with Gronk, Gronkette and the Gronklets (if they have any Gronklets).
• Vanessa, despite the fact that she and Austin have gone over her renom speech thoroughly and a gazillion times, worried about her upcoming renom speech.
• John told Jason that he's planning on voting to keep Jeff because Jeff has had his back.
• Hmm.
• Although he's on the block weekly, John really hasn't needed anyone to "have his back."
• The PoV Ceremony went down as expected -- John saved himself and Vanessa put Jeff in his place.
• John told Vanessa he planned to vote for Jeff to stay.
• Vanessa told him the long tale of the evils Jeff has done and why she put him up.
• Audrey thinks all of her betrayers -- Da'Vonne, Jeff -- are gone or going home, but it leaves Jason.
• She claims they all told lies about her.
• Um, not really.
• She's just bit touched in the head when it comes to truth versus lie.
• Yeah, that's it!
• Lots of small talk.
• Since Jeff was already in the know about being the renom, no brouhahas. Not even a kerfuffle. 
• Sigh. 

Open wide

Still on the block, but more optimistic

"That Jason needs to GO."

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Monday Dawn - July 13

Chelli on the hammock

Gronk. Gronk. Who wants a party? No one, really. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Pooped Partiers:

• Y'know, I can appreciate Vanessa's game moves and her plan. I understand why she's targeting Jeff and not Audrey.
• BUT SHE NEEDS TO SHUT UP!
• She also needs to stop with the "at the end of the day" phrase. If I never hear that on Big Brother again, I certainly won't miss it. 
• Where her big problem with me is that she keeps on talking and talking. First, why bother even letting Jeff know he's a target? Just slap him up on the block. Second, when talking to people (if she feels she must), just state the case once. If there's no chance the other person will change her mind, move along.
• Didn't I say 'ad nauseam' before? I say it again. (I love showing off Latin phrases.)
• It was so bad that I found a teeth conversation with Johnny Mac, Lizia and Steve more interesting.
• Steve brought his retainer, but hasn't been wearing it.
• Don't you love all these insider bits?
• Heh.
• Austin has been playing the "I didn't know Audrey wasn't her target" bit with Jeff.
• But his relationship with Jeff has broken down nonetheless as it's been brought up that Jeff talked about backdooring him.
• Although Jeff denied throwing Austin under that reality bus, it's there. 
• More fuel for the Oust Jeff Movement.
• Vanessa told Shelli she doesn't think Steve knows about the twins.
• Duh. Everyone in the house knows!
• And, what about them taking Steve into their alliance? It shows that he's really not IN with them. (As I knew all along.)
• The Gronk Parties partied on.
• As decided by online fans, they played a game of Truth or Dare.
• Johnny Mac came up with a unique strategy for nominations -- he'd set up in the bathroom and the first two people who didn't turn the Occupied sign around get nominated.
• I'm liking him a lot more than I thought I would. He doesn't take these things so seriously and he is comic relief at times. Despite the way he talks, he does seem to know his dentistry and is generally pretty smart and observant.
• Nothing of any great consequence happened. I think we'll still see Jeff being named as the replacement nominee for John at today's PoV ceremony.
• I wish they hadn't decided to "tell" him -- they didn't come out and blatantly say it because that's against the rules, but they "told" him anyway. 
• I would have preferred a true blindside brouhaha tonight!

They're still Lizia to me

Gronk Party noisemakers

Has she got a ruthless side?

Such delicate painted nails

Talking teeth

Gronk Party, dudes!

Superfan's expectations destroyed

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - July 12

Not quite a puppetmaster

Gee, another fun Sunday in that Big Brother House of Harried Hamsters:

• Meg and James came to the realization that, once again, Audrey is not going to go on the block.
• James vowed to nominate her and get her out if he can get HoH.
• At this point, Audrey should be able to float through to the end as the biggest target who never gets nominated.
• That said, I'm fine with Jeff going. 
• He bugs me.
• He says "dude" too often. He regularly picks at his shoulder pimples.
• Gamewise, he's too cocky. He plays pretty much everyone in the house, telling lies and doesn't think anyone notices.
• Wait! It's the next twist! Jeff IS Audrey!
• Ahem.
• The various Gronk Party takeovers continued with dancing, conga lines, hot tub, etc.
• If they don't join the party, they're Have Nots next week.
• At least, that's the threat.
• After Vanessa lit into Jeff, he now realizes he's in deep doo-doo this week.
• Aw, poor dude.
• He keeps thinking he can reason and/or apologize his way out of trouble with Vanessa.
• Vanessa says that there's nothing he can say to change her mind.
• Although they're not letting on to Jeff, most of the house know he will be going on the block and we're probably going to end up with yet another house vote.
• So darn exciting, these practically unanimous votes.
• Not.

Look into my eyes

Don't look at my eyes or my teeth

The kid has facial hair stuff going on

The smartest dumb guy in the house

All is catching up with Jeff

He needs to stop picking at pimples!

Gronk Party or die

Bug Brother 17: Nominations, Battle of the Block Show Blog Party - July 12

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

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. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

The show is actually starting on time despite golf. Recap time for the opening.

Austin vows that Judas is the HoH. Vanessa is thrilled that she and her ally Austin are the dual HoH ... for now. And the twins talk goes on. Lizia hopes to work with Vanessa for safety. Julia reveals herself to Vanessa. Of course, Vanessa wants to work with her supposed buddies, Chelli, and tells them about the twins.

Austin, the closest friend of the twins in the house, is dumbfounded that they're twins. They hope to keep them in for a six person alliance once both are allowed to play.

Meg thinks the target is sure to be Audrey. She doesn't want to be a pawn again. Jason too is sure Audrey will go. Jeff thinks it will be Audrey while James is worried that he might be in trouble.

Austin and Vanessa think that Jeff might be a better target.

Who wants to see my HoH room? False thrills.

The twins switch and Liz reenters the house to her new allies -- Austin,Vanessa, Shelli and Clay. Foolishly, they decide to try to keep fooling the rest of the house that there aren't twins. They already know! Sheesh.

Johnny Mac, a dentist by trade, notices that one twin has a crown on her number nine tooth. Jeff runs to Austin to tell him that rumor has it that Liz is a twin.

Austin thinks they should backdoor either James or Jeff. They discuss putting pawns up. They offer him a safety deal through to ten people. Of course, he's asked to throw the comp once again.

Nominations time! Austin wears his Judas hat. He nominates Meg and Jason. He says that Meg was called out by Da'Vonne and needs to prover herself, Jason save yourself. Bigger plan. Vanessa nominates James and John. James, a game move. Johnny Mac, crush the competition.

Meg is SO MAD. Poor pawnie gal. Austin talks to them both. He tells them that Audrey is the backdoor plan. Austin wears his Judas hat.

Battle of the Block time -- Gronk's Amazing Foam Party. The spectators have alcohol. They have to retrieve party people's clothes from a maze inside a huge pool of foam. Then they must match up the item to the person. James is doing so poorly that John really doesn't have to work at throwing it.

Meg and Jason win BoB, Austin is dethroned.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Sunday Dawn - July 12

Not presently a target, for now

Good morning, hamster watchers! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Can You Limbo Lower, How Low Can You Go?:

• Oh my gosh, just put him up on the block and tell him, "It sucks to be you or to be around you. You're on the block!"
• The whole night was spent with Vanessa talking to one person after another when all she (and Austin) want to do is put Jeff on the block to replace John when John takes himself off with the veto.
• Ad nauseam  
• I bet you thought I didn't know my Latin, huh?
• Lots of heart to heart full of game strategy talks.
• Jason says that the game is a lot more fun to watch at home than to be in the house. The game is their lives while in the house.
• Well, duh.
• That's why most people with common sense would never go inside there!
• While a bunch of them bad-talked each other (Audrey talked about Jason betraying her, etc.), Jeff is still the focus.
• As people are being individually talked to in the HoH Room, Jeff continued to trash Audrey.
• He thinks Audrey is the target.
• She's not.
• Jason said to others that it really doesn't make any difference to them that Audrey's transgendered -- there are a million of them around -- but her gameplay makes them want her out.
• Steve is relieved that there's no one like Nicole this season. He wouldn't want a crush on a girl in the house.
• Austin told Vanessa that he thinks there might be a special deal for Jeff and Jackie due to TAR.
• Jeff is the target, yet the pussyfooting around went on most of the night.
• Vanessa did do some strategic talking, for sure.
• She told Clay that Jeff had been working against him while supposedly working with him.
• Later, when confronted by Clay about it, Jeff claimed it to be a strategy move to expose others.
• @@
• There was a Gronk Party alert ... they had to make togas for a toga party.
• Woot woot
• Jason thinks he's the "straightest gay man" ever on Big Brother.
• Oh, give me a break.
• The questioning went on and on.
• And on.
• Another Gronk Party alert! It's a Limbo Party!
• Woot woot
• Finally, Austin and Vanessa talked to Jeff, bringing up the lies and how he's thrown Austin under the bus. And, Clay, too.
• I don't care about Clay. He can actually go away.
• I'm not really thrilled with Austin. I expected better gameplay from him.
• The PoV Ceremony shouldn't be until tomorrow.
• Although Jeff is trying to talk his way out of his woes, I cannot see him NOT going up in place of John.
• We'll see.

Twins twist fail

I want to know how cold it really is there!

Audrey is so color-coordinated

Johnny Mac can indeed relax

Limbo party!

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - July 12

Good Sunday morning to everybody! I hope the sun is shining and it's not too hot for comfort wherever you might be. This is my weekly off television topic reflection on the past week in both words and photographs I've taken along the way.

If you're looking for Big Brother television show or live feeds content, you can find all of those posts at this link right here. I have a live feeds report from the overnight happenings in progress and expect to be posting it shortly. This particular off television topic photo post that you're reading right now is posted every Sunday morning throughout the whole year. BB is only three months. (Although sometimes it seems like an eternity!) You can feel free to skip this post. My feelings won't be hurt.

WAH!

Er, never mind. I was just doing that for attention!

It's been a rather typical July week here in New Jersey -- heat, humidity, rain, rinse, repeat. Today is supposed to be over 90 degrees with high humidity. Ick. I have no plans to go anywhere. I'll stay in my air conditioning, thank you very much!

The past week was rather uneventful. Work, work, work. Sigh. That's another reason for no real plans today -- a day of relaxation, reading, music ... I have excellent restful diversions at hand. Plus, maybe even a nap!

About the only real thing I can think of to report from the past week is that the Plainfield Police finally seem to be cracking down on the drinking homeless, transient, bums, street people (although I'm sure many do have somewhere to be other than drinking in public) at the Plainfield Train Station. I saw one cop telling those using the electric outlets on the platform to charge their cell phones to move along. And, twice I've seen them yell at the drinking bunch on the benches to move along. Yay!

Without further ado, onto the photos for this week. Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version.

Japanese beetle up close and personal

I didn't realize until I watched this one that they cut or rip strips of the leaf off and then eat the pieces. I always thought they just chomped directly on the leaves.

Eek! A wild animal headed my way!

Is it a BEAR?!?! No? Perhaps a COYOTE!?!?! No? Oh. It's a rabbit. Cancel the alert, please. East Second Street, Plainfield.

**CLICK THE 'READ MORE' LINK TO SEE THE REST OF THE PHOTOS**

Big Brother 17: Live feeds into Saturday Evening, PoV - July 11

Mutt and Jeff (not THAT Jeff)

Here's the latest skinny from inside that Big Brother House of Twinnie:

• My apologies for the above. I've had a long, tiring day. 
• The twins from The Amazing Race will NOT be showing up!
• Becky is paranoid about being backdoored.
• She has more of a chance of being hit by speeding locomotive and living to tell the tale.
• Oh, wait. That has happened.
• She thinks that she's unintentionally floating and needs to pick an alliance to join.
• They're all still abuzz about twins.
• Vanessa told Austin she doesn't think Clay is loyal.
• Y'think?
• It's sad that BB has to tell the hamsters to clean the bathroom.
• Austin is ticked that Lizia has been hanging around James, sleeping in his bed.
• (No, no hook-ups in the house so far.)
• "Sleeping with our two biggest targets!"
• It's actually Liz who's bugging him. He told Julia all about it when they switched.
• They were able to drink in yesterday's BoB comp and there were some kind of technical problems which forced them to re-do it.
• The three chosen to play with Vanessa and the nominees for veto were Audrey, Austin and Shelli.
• Audrey is paranoid.
• Oh, wait. She said she was paranoid before.
• She still is. She's an odd duck.
• The feeds went down again for the PoV comp.
• Guess who won?
• That Johnny Mac again!
• Now the big dilemma is how to gracefully put Jeff on the block and get him voted out.

Breakfast of champions

All made up, nowhere to go

That smile needs to be wiped away!

How to handle this now ...

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday - July 11

The Chess Kings

Well, it's Gronk Week in the house. Here's the latest from that Big Brother House of "Life's just a party and parties weren't made to last" (thanks, Prince):

• That feeds block for the Battle of the Block was exasperatingly long last night. Was that length necessary?
• After the feeds finally returned, the outcome was one which had been planned all along -- John and James lost and remain on the block while Vanessa remains the HoH.
• Meg and Jason are safe.
• Technically, Austin isn't safe. But he's safe nonetheless as he's working with Vanessa. She wouldn't put him up as a replacement nominee. At least, not at this point in the game.
• Once again, John says he really didn't have to work to throw the comp as his partner (James this time) did so poorly.
• While blocked to the live feeds, we do get bits and pieces about the comp from conversations. This one had something to do with a maze and bubbles.
• Austin has now decided that Clay must be a twin and is trying to come up with small differences.
• @@
• It seems the hamsters were given alcohol during our blocked feeds. Jason mentioned they didn't get any alcohol at all last week.
• Aw, poor little rodents.
• Jason, knowing he's now safe, really doesn't want to be chosen to play in the Power of Veto.
• Audrey, thinking she could be the target despite reassurances from Vanessa that she's not, wants to play. If she wins it and doesn't use it, she'd be safe without a worry.
• Jeff thinks Audrey's the target.
• Unbeknownst to him, HE himself is the target.
• I don't mind that at all.
• Steve told Lizia that it's a waste to try to pretend not to be twins at this point.
• He's right.
• Everyone knows.
• Steve might just have found himself an alliance home -- working with Vanessa and Austin.
• Vanessa told him that Audrey isn't the target, despite the rumors they're spreading through the house.
• Jeff is the real target with James as the alternate Plan B.
• I myself am a bit leery about Austin working with Steve. Prior to this, Steve was one of his pet peeves.
• His new alliance is already lying to him about when both twins can enter the house.
• And, after Steve left them along, Vanessa warned Austin to be careful what he says because Steve catches and remembers everything.
• So, we have a shaky alliance. Maybe it will improve. At least Steve isn't the lone wolf cub anymore.
• He doesn't seem old enough to be a lone wolf. He must be a cub.
• Audrey told Jeff that she's a martyr, not a villain. 
• Oh, the drama of Audrey! The more I see of her, the less I see evil. I see drama. It's a good thing she works from home in real life.
• Austin, the big mastermind of "conceal the twin twist," doesn't think Lizia is working hard enough at it.
• Doesn't he realize EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE KNOWS?!?!
• Sheesh.
• So, there ya go.
• May Jeff nor Audrey win the Power of Veto ...!

Wanted a relaxation week

Definitely not the Meow Meow

He thinks he's cool

Jackie, but not ME, so not me.

Trainwreck

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds BoB Update - July 10

As planned, John threw it.

Austin was dethroned.

Vanessa remains HoH, John and James on the block.

As planned ...