Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Monday - September 14

Walking the Backyard of Broken Dreams

Well, this will be the last update until after the feeds blockage ending after tomorrow night's show. While the feeds shut down at noon here, it's 9am there and, unless BB wakes them up, they'll be asleep still when they go off. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Indecisive Incentivizing Indecisions:

• Obviously, the feeds are shutting down so that I can head into the city (NYC) to photostomp the Feast of San Genaro, sleep in tomorrow and celebrate my birthday without worrying about blogging BB live feeds!
• I know it must be all about me, not about them taping the eviction for tomorrow.
• Heh.
• Austin pumped Johnny Mac for the latest news and what Steve might have said to him.
• While JM was basically honest with Austin, telling him that he told Steve he needs to campaign and such, he didn't let on that there was any chance in heck that Steve would stay.
• Steve did try to campaign to Liz. 
• That didn't go over well.
• But the HUGE NEWS is that Vanessa called Johnny Mac in for a talk and told him she wants to make a big move ... and get Austin out.
• She wants Johnny to vote to keep Steve, knowing Liz will vote to keep Austin. She will then break the tie and vote out Austin.
• Of course, this is Vanessa.
• It's subject to change.
• Of course, this is Johnny Mac.
• It's subject to weirdness.
• We will see.
• No matter what, I won't miss seeing Austin literally shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth. He cooks up a half-dozen or so at a time, a few times a day and inhales them.
• No manners whatsoever.
• Whether he goes tomorrow or next week, he'll be off my monitor and TV screen forever more.
• Make sure you stop by tomorrow night 8pm ET for the show blog party!

Shoveling down mass quantities of eggs

As long as I don't go up!

I need to win HoH. I need to win HoH.

Thinking of end game.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Sunday into the Evening - September 13

Knows he's in serious trouble

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Too Much Talk:

• A banner is scrolling across the top of the live feeds which says they'll be "paused" from 9am PST tomorrow (Monday, 9/14) until 9pm PST on Tuesday, 9/15. Again, I'm wondering about why they think they're on Standard Time. The feeds themselves also list the time as PST. It should be PDT. Who error checks this stuff?
• Not a heck of a lot happened today in the house.
• They now know they're on an accelerated schedule and expect an eviction on Tuesday. But they don't know beyond that and assume the next show would be another eviction on Thursday.
• We know there will be shows on both Tuesday and Wednesday, no show on Thursday.
• Johnny Mac and Steve talked.
• JM admitted to Steve about his deal with Austin last week.
• He also pretty much told all about his conversation with Vanessa last night.
• JM admitted that he told Vanessa he'd vote out Steve (to save his own butt).
• He said that Vanessa will not be willing to go with them into the final three because she considers them a "couple."
• Like Austin/Liz isn't a couple?!?!
• Well, Vanessa thinks of Steve/John as a more dangerous threat to her own game couple. She thinks she would have a harder time winning over them and they'd take each other to the final two.
• Johnny Mac told Steve that Vanessa is all but positive the upcoming veto (after the HoH which she can't play in) will be hers.
• He also told him that he doesn't dare approach Vanessa to tell her he wants to vote to keep Steve -- that would be bad for his own game with her and she wouldn't go for it.
• He advised Steve to convince Vanessa to convince him to vote for Steve to stay.
• It sounds odd, but I see the sense in it if it can actually go down.
• It would seem like it's Vanessa's idea if Steve can convince her to convince JM to vote to keep Steve.
• I personally don't think Steve has the skills to bring it off, though.
• Oh ... and they got photo booth today. Woot. Woot.
• More in the morning ...

Back to looking like Liz

Convince Vanessa to convince me ...

Doing her nails surrounded by junk food

Big Brother 17: HoH Reveal, Nominations Show Blog Party - September 13

Good evening! Ready for a blog party? While many of us already know the results of the PoV comp, tonight's episode will focus on the reveal of the HoH winner from the Thursday comp and nominations.

The show isn't due to start here until 8:30pm ET tonight due to football and may even start later than that. I'll be posting this at the regular 8pm ET although word verification won't come down until it starts here. I'll be updating this entry with the major happenings as it airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest. As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

We're getting started ... the recap, the promise of the eggs-citing HoH comp and a once in a lifetime trip (ew, Frankie) ahead.

At the comp, Liz is doing poorly while the other three are more evenly matched. Vanessa has taken the lead. John is a close second. Liz, still doing horribly, goes for the luxury prize and wins it. Vanessa still in the lead with Johnny Mac on her tail.

VANESSA wins HoH!

She's worried because now she'll have to decide between her two different alliances. Steve thinks he's safe. Johnny Mac thinks he's safe. Austin thinks he's safe. Liz thinks Vanessa has been acting "sketchy" lately. 

The paranoia and interrogations begin. 

And on and on, the interrogations go. 

Vanessa says she's going to go with her gut, but it looks like her head hurts. I know mine does. 

Vanessa talks to Steve and indicates that Johnny Mac will be her target. Then she talks to Austin, tells him she's after Johnny Mac and gets him to make all kinds of deals with her.

Oh, geez. Frankie is in the house bouncing like Richard Simmons. The trip is to an Ariana Grande concert VIP experience and Liz can choose someone to go with her. They will be disguised by a professional. Austin points and Vanessa, so Liz takes her. 

Lots of hoopla. I actually think Liz looks much better made up with short auburn hair. 

Johnny Mac talks to Vanessa. She looks for deals with him. He thinks he's using reverse reverse reverse psychology and tells her if she wants, put up him and Steve. He's hoping her head explodes.

Time for nominations. Vanessa nominates Steve and Johnny Mac. Her head did NOT explode. She claims she adores Steve, respects Johnny Mac ... not personal, just strategy. She thinks their loyalty is to each other. (What about Liz and Austin?)

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - September 13, 2015

Good morning! Welcome to my weekly off television topic reflection of the past week in both words and photographs I've taken along the way; This post is a year 'round "feature" on the blog. If you're looking for Big Brother posts, they can all be found at this link right here. If you're not interested in this particular post, please feel free to skip on by it. I'll be posting a Big Brother blog party post coinciding with the East Coast airing of the show and, late this evening, another live feeds post. Stay tuned.

Yes, I'm finally at staycation! This week I do have a lot of things I want to get done. I have to choose photos to enter in the photo contest. I have work I want to do on a few old computers to get the information (and photos!) off of the hard drives. I have to consult a lawyer over some issues (not criminal, mind you). I need to watch all of the TV shows I've recorded. I want to organize stuff here at home and get rid of unused items and clothes that will never fit me again. I'd like to go into the city, perhaps tomorrow, to photo stomp the Feast of San Genaro and parts of Chinatown. The last time I went was on a weekend and it was packed. Monday might be better! I also want one or two mornings at the park now that kids have returned to school. Oh, and so much more planned for the week!

But I will indeed take time to rest and relax, too.

This past week at work was work although severely shortened in the number of days. Labor Day is a paid holiday for me and I took a paid vacation day for yesterday. So, technically, I had a three day work week. However, things change. I ended up going in for about three hours on Monday at an exorbitant rate of pay. Hey, they wanted me. I certainly didn't ASK to work!

The week was record-breaking heat (and humidity) at its start, then rain and a return to more seasonable temperatures. Once we get by iffy weather today, it looks like clear sailing and more seasonable.

In home life, things have been back to their normal quiet since last week's excitement. About the most disruptive thing is that I've decided the guy upstairs needs a new vacuum cleaner. He has wall-to-wall carpet and vacuums rarely or when I'm not at home. He vacuumed yesterday and I swear it sounded like a helicopter trying to land and moving around his apartment! Here I have hardwood floors throughout and Swiffer does the trick. My handheld vacuum can deal with the few small area rugs I have. I do have a good working real vacuum, but I'll hang onto it. I don't want to have to buy another one if the day comes that I'll need it. I doubt I'll live here forever.

Enough ... onto this week's photos! Clicking on a photo will bring up a larger version.

Vincent

He's looking all sweet and innocent. But, give him some catnip and all heck can break loose! Oh, wait. He's not sweet and innocent ... he's checking out the bird in the photo below!

A mourning dove

Perhaps in mourning; I didn't see its mate. I swear this one has been zooming out of the underbrush so quickly every day that I wasn't sure what it was. But, I caught it zooming then sitting one day. Like a pigeon, but not.

Cool old Thunderbird

I saw this car on East 4th Street in Plainfield, fantastic condition. Its windows were down and I didn't see an owner around. If it were MY car, I wouldn't take those risks. But, I'd bet a lot of today's car thieves wouldn't know how to drive it anyway!

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

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Sunday - September 13

Let's not tell them

Sheesh, even when her conversations go on and on, I should hold off posting until they finish. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Ten Days to Go:

• Okay, by the time Johnny Mac and Vanessa stopped talking, the target changed to Steve.
• Why is that?
• After telling him a gazillion different scenarios and possible outcomes, Vanessa asked, "Which way are you leaning?"
• "To evict? Steve, for now anyway."
• Gah! They're still too dumb to break up the obvious couple!
• Going into the final four with a couple is just too risky, methinks.
• One wise thing they did is decide not to tell them ahead of time.
• "Heh-heh, why do people always tell? It's against the rules and everything, heh-heh," according to Johnny Mac.
• They still don't know, although they're guessing, that the schedule will switch up or speed up to get everything in by the finale date.
• Steve mentioned to Johnny Mac that no star ever got their start in BB.
• JM brought up Frankie. Steve told him that BB might have helped, but was not the root of his fame.
• Meanwhile, both Liz and Austin have visions of sugarplums and open doors throughout the land waiting for them when they get out.
• Ha. Only BB fans will know them and both have been unpopular with the online fans.
• That's all for now. Things could change again. We won't know until we know, I guess!

I'm leaning towards evicting Steve

If we were BB2, we'd be out by now

Could I be going this week?

Bug Brother 17: Live Feeds into Saturday Night - September 13

Okay, need to regroup again

Johnny Mac's win of the veto sure put a monkey wrench into Vanessa's latest plans. Now she'll have to renom either Liz or Austin. Whatever will she do? Why, she could switch sides again. Yeah, that's the ticket! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Skittles Strategies:

• Scratch my LFT statement on this morning's update. Austin, Liz and Vanessa aren't the Likely Final Three.
• Not since Johnny Mac lives on another few days (at least).
• As usual, Vanessa held long revolving talks with each of her fellow hamsters.
• Liz was rather quick and adamant the Austin should go on the block instead of her. She's still angry about Austin's behavior and quasi-reliving her anger with him over the veto last week.
• While Johnny Mac was Vanessa's target (until now), she's worked to make him think he wasn't and that she'll remain loyal to him.
• She told Steve that she wants him to remain in the game.
• Johnny Mac went crazy trying to get everyone to tell him the name of the Scamper Squad.
• Vanessa finally told him, in front of all.
• Steve is actually very good about being on the block even before the veto. He's been betrayed by Vanessa but he never went into a groveling mess of humanity as did Austin some weeks back.
• This time, when Vanessa spoke to Austin about maybe/probably having to put him on the block, he was better about it.
• But, then again, he thinks Vanessa has his back. He also probably thinks he can get Johnny Mac to vote to keep him and/or Vanessa would break the tie in his favor if he can't get Johnny's vote.
• Johnny Mac told Steve he'd vote to keep him.
• But who knows with Johnny Mac?
• It's looking like Austin will be the renom.
• And, it looks like Austin is who Vanessa wants out this time.
• But, ya never know how these things will work out.

The Skittles strategics

Thinking hard. I expect steam from the ears.

This talk needs shades, no hat

I won the veto. Heh heh heh.

Austin needs to go on the block.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Saturday, Power of Veto Winner - September 12

A house is not a home ...

Since pretty much all that has happened today was the Power of Veto comp which blocked the feeds for hours, this is just a brief update.

• Johnny Mac won the Power of Veto.
• You heard me.
• It sounds like it was between Johnny Mac and Steve.
• Liz is so not happy. Either she or Austin will go on the block against Steve.
• All will probably hinge on the tiebreaker vote from Vanessa.
• Heh.
• Vanessa will have to decide something.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Into Saturday, Nominations - September 12

The likely Final Three talk

Well, instead of being down until merely the middle of the night here on the East Coast, the live feeds were down until almost dawn! Okay, about 5am ET they came up. Geez. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Scampering Scamperers:

• Vanessa chose a side despite her unwillingness to finally make up her mind.
• Steve and Johnny Mac are on the block.
• The big trip out of the house for Liz was a trip to an Ariana Grande show and hanging out with Frankie.
• Ick. Certainly not my cuppa! 
• Liz chose Vanessa as her guest, not Austin. They apparently had to wear disguises because they're just that darn almost famous.
• Austin was jealous. Oh, not about Vanessa. He was just worried that other guys might have flirted with Liz.
• @@
• Not too controlling and creepy, right?
• Johnny Mac is the likely target this week because of more than a few reasons -- he was already evicted and came back, no one can really figure out what he'd do in different scenarios AND ... he went and told Liztin that he'd throw the veto to Austin if he would blow Vanessa's deal. Um. This isn't the time to be doing that stuff! Of course, Liz and Austin went running to Vanessa with that news!
• Meanwhile, Steve has his own downfalls in their eyes. (By "their" I mean the most likely Final Three -- Austin, Liz and Vanessa.) He has been sneaky at times, he gets nervous and tries to cover stuff up and they think he's too popular with the jury.
• Just a side note -- Austin needs to stop shoveling food so quickly into his mouth. It gets all over his bottom lip. Thankfully his facial hair doesn't grow that close to the lip. It's really poor manners and quite disgusting.
• A lot will hinge on the Power of Veto later today.

On the block again

Dead man walking?

Ew, bottom lip grossness

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Friday - September 11

What will I do?

September 11 -- a day we'll never forget. Fourteen years have passed and the wounds don't heal. But, life does go on.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Indecisive Decisions:

• As you know from the HoH comp update post previous to this, Vanessa won HoH with Johnny Mac on her heels and Austin not far behind. Liz was so far behind the others that she took the luxury prize when she got egg #4 across.
• We don't know what that prize is yet. But, we can predict that if she can take a guest, she'll take Austin.
• Although Vanessa kept saying she didn't want to win before the comp, she said paranoia took over and she didn't want the chance Austin would win if Johnny Mac dropped an egg.
• Paranoia? Vanessa? You don't say!
• The Vanessa rounds were all about "incentives" and how Vanessa is "incentivized."
• I'm tired of that word this season. It can go away like the old "that's what she said" of a past season.
• In talking to Austin/Liz, she told them in the long run a bit of what they wanted to hear, but also confronted them with various betrayals (real and perceived) by Austin.
• In talking with Steve, she also brought up what she thought were some moments of weakness against her in his game, yet told him a lot of what he wanted to hear.
• In talking to Johnny Mac, she didn't mention betrayals and seems to be favoring him.
• With him, she talked about maybe putting up one from each side (for example - Austin and Steve) and letting the chips fall where they may.
• But the hitch is that only two people vote this week -- in her scenario, Johnny Mac and Liz would vote. Normally, Liz would keep Austin, JM would keep Steve. Vanessa asked Johnny Mac if he'd vote the way she tells him. He agreed.
• If she puts up one from each side and the other from each side votes their buddy, Vanessa would be the tiebreaker.
• She'd have to make up her mind.
• Oh noes!
• Then Steve comes in and Vanessa confides in him about all the bad points from her talk with Johnny Mac. 
• Hmm. 
• I do get the feeling that she's leaning more into going forward with Steve and Johnny rather than Liz and Austin.
• She claims to be in the middle of two couples -- Austwin and Rockstars.
• The Have Not room is shut down and some sort of construction is going on inside.
• They're also on an inside lockdown the house, so something is going on in the yard.
• There's a ticker going across the top of the feeds screen saying they will pause from 9:45am PST to 11:30pm PST. I would guess for 9/11, but I question the times. Unrelated, wouldn't be Daylight time, not Standard? Second, could it be 11:30am, not 11:30pm? The times just aren't making sense. I suppose it could be all day. I guess we'll find out.
• Back to Steve and Vanessa, they crunch numbers and scenarios.
• Now it's to Austin and Vanessa. She mocks her talk with Johnny Mac to him, telling him that JM said he hates him all and she will never win more than second place.
• Maybe she is with him.
• Heck, I have no clue what she's going to do. Every other time we've known clearly from the get-go who she wants out. This time the future is cloudy.
• I personally think she needs to get rid of Austin first as he's the most popular with everyone else in the house. But I'm privy to more private conversations and evicted hamster interviews than she is.
• At this point, he would need to go first. Then Liz. Then it's a toss-up between Johnny Mac and Steve because they both have detractors on the jury.
• But now, in her talk with Austin, it looks like Johnny Mac will be her target to go, then Steve.
• Gah.
• I guess we'll find out later today (or real late tonight if the scrolling marque is right time-wise).
• This will go 'round in circles until nominations.
• I'm getting dizzy.
• Maybe I should go bowling.

Steve overlooks all the quiet

Making the rounds

Making the rounds

Are those times right?

Maybe I'll put up one from each side

Big Brother 17: HoH Endurance Comp Updates - September 10

Once the live feeds return, this post will be updated with the happenings!

Austin and Vanessa tied for the lead with three eggs each. 10:10pm ET

All seem to be going for the HOH and saving the Luxury for last.

10:13pm ET - Vanessa has four, takes the lead. (Thanks to Steve for the announcements!) A minute later, Liz got her second egg in.

John now tied with Vanessa

Austin in pain and slowing down.
10:16pm ET - Vanessa in the lead again, got 5th egg.
10:17pm ET - Austin gets 4th egg in.
Fishcam interlude.

Counting the eggs before they hatch

Another fishcam break. Steve thought Vanessa was starting egg #7.

10:24pm ET - Austin 5, JMac 6, Vanessa 7
10:26pm ET - JMac gets 7, Austin up to 6, Vanessa is still a bit ahead of Johnny Mac. Liz might as well go for the luxury -- she just finished 4.

Vanessa's slight edge over John

10:35pm ET - Austin gets his 8th egg. But either Vanessa or John will have this.
10:37pm ET - Johnny Mac gets 9, but Vanessa is already on her way to ten.

10:38PM ET - VANESSA WINS HOH!
Liz, far behind, got the luxury prize.

Big Brother 17: Live Eviction, HoH Show Blog Party - September 10

Good evening! Ready for a blog party?

Before we get going, here's the latest update on the blog pool:

Austin - Petals, Tammy, marthalight, Dr_Celine

John - Sasha, lynn1, clover
Julia - No pool people due to being announced late in cast

Liz - Skyriverblue, jo Chapman, monty924

Steve - KelseyNY, Carrie, K

Vanessa - Chacha, Heather Reyes, T-Town Chick

JURY:
Shelli - Delee, Sharon N, chrob
Jackie - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Becky - Glenn, Jackie, Indiana Jane, Brian
Meg - Sharon S, Merrilee, MikesGirl
James - uncartie, Marlo, Jackie~juju, ML 

EVICTED:

Jace - Becky in TX, CherylinNC, JOKATS, CaelaXO

Da'Vonne - jessica UNderwood, SueGee, Ed in Ohio, Nickelpeed
Jeff - No pool people due to being announced late in cast
Audrey - David, Chase, Orkmommy, Nicole K
Jason - Witt, Sharon, WolfpackRed
Clay - FairieGoddess0714, QuixoticElf, DonnaNY, JonMD1267

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!

But, first ... previously on Big Brother ... 

Yes, Julia, we know Vanessa is running the house. The twins cry. Poor twins. Now the twins think it's their decision which one will leave. Both feel sorry for each other. Austin wants Liz to stay; Johnny Mac wants Julia to stay. Vanessa is thrilled to be the swing vote.

Austin and Liz talk about all of Vanessa's final two deals.

Now the twins and Austin have decided that Liz is staying. It's nice that they get to decide, right? Austin works on Vanessa. Vanessa thinks it might be best for her game -- less people mad at her -- and deals with Austin/Liz. She's asking the world. They agree with her (but won't follow through on the deals).

Julie shows up on the living room screen and asks questions, then shows videos of loved ones. Steve cries. 

Jury segment. Heh. James sneaks up and scares them. They're not happy to see him. Well, maybe Shelli is. Shelli thinks that Vanessa is playing a good game and deserves to win. James thinks Austwins are running the house. 

Eviction time:
Liz -- Obviously memorized speech about her sister. Love, love, etc.
Julia -- Same kind of speech.
@@

Votes to evict:
Austin - Julia
Vanessa - Julia
Johnny Mac - Julia

Idiots. They're keeping the bigger threat this late in the game. 

HoH comp time. "Under the Rainbow" - maneuver eggs through the course and over the rainbow into their holder. Ten eggs in wins. Also a luxury prize trip out of the house. Both HoH and luxury must be won before it all ends.

I have a separate post looming ahead to cover after the show airs and the feeds go live if it goes past the show. I'm assuming it will.

Austin and Vanessa in the lead. It's a net thing, similar to the chicken wire of the past egg comps. I'm surprised Austin's big fingers are doing this well. Austin has one egg in.

The comp coverage will be continued on this post linked here.

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds Overnight into Thursday - September 10

Practicing speeches

Wake up and smell the hamsters! Ew. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Dubious Deals:

• Steve proposed a deal with Liz that if he and Vanessa are on the block and she (if HoH) has to break a tie, she'd vote for him.
• She agreed.
• But she told Julia and Austin she has no intention of doing so.
• Austin also agreed and claimed he controls Liz's actions in the game, so it's all good.
• He also has no intention of honoring the deal or getting Liz to honor it.
• But, he did point out that maybe Steve would vote Vanessa out if Liz and Vanessa were on the block and he (Steve) was the sole vote. That is, if he thought he had a deal with Liz.
• Doesn't he have a deal with Vanessa?
• Hmm.
• The twins are acting like they've never been separated since birth.
• They don't live together in real life.
• They'll live.
• Julia said when she first saw Meg's Memory Wall photo, she thought Meg had to be really old ... like in her 30s or 40s.
• @@
• I'll be happy when one twin is out. They're way too loud when they're together. They randomly scream much too often.
• Austin promised to keep Steve next week if he's on the block with anyone other than Liz.
• Meanwhile, Steve lied to him and told him that Vanessa had nothing going with Johnny Mac -- the only reason she didn't put JM on the block is because she wanted to be sure Meg got evicted.
• Hmm.
• Steve and Julia roughhoused, Liz and Julia taking Steve's stuff and him trying to get it back.
• They played PotBall.
• Austin told a ghost story to the twins.
• He needs to keep his day job; he's no writer.
• Wait.
• He doesn't have a day job!
• Steve, alone in the HoH room, said he deliberately kept Austwins up late so they'd be tired for the HoH comp.
• Vanessa and Johnny Mac turned in early.
• Steve was up latest of all. But, then again, he can't compete.
• It still looks like they're going to be foolish enough to send Julia home instead of Liz.

Worrying

Twins beating on Steve

Big Brother 17: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - September 9

The twins pack

Oh, I'm so ready for tomorrow night to get this thing moving along! Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of One Twin to Go:

• Although they spent some time in the yard, it was shut down rather early to prep for tomorrow's HoH comp. 
• Of course, if they got up at a decent time in the morning, they could have enjoyed the amenities longer.
• Even though they're going to bed earlier these days, they still sleep about 18 hours a day like cats.
• The twins brought way too much stuff into the house! To give them credit, with the exception of the Loyola shirts, they don't wear the same things all the time. There has to be over a dozen bathing suits between them.
• Maybe two dozen.
• They both packed up everything and Julia vowed to make Meg give her back her little Zingbot robot.
• Austin claims that he saw her take it, but didn't realize what she was doing at the time.
• I didn't see her do it. I don't think the evidence would hold up in a court of law.
• The twins talked for some time about Vanessa and how she's been playing them all.
• Well, duh.
• It now seems like they've decided Julia (once again) would be the twin voted out.
• We'll see how Vanessa and Johnny Mac go along with that ... or not.
• Julia is thinking of blowing up Vanessa's game to Johnny Mac as she goes out the door.
• Hmm.
• I know Steve and Johnny Mac have talked about Vanessa. But it's hard to read Johnny Mac and how much he may or may not realize Vanessa is everybody's final two deal.
• Julia became the reincarnation of Audrey, draping herself in sunglasses and the grey blanket.
• However, she did it jokingly, not quite as bizarre as the original.
• The kitchen ants have had enough of this group of hamsters. They marched into the freezer and committed mass suicide.
• That's about it for now.

Johnny Mac awaits the yard closing

Jus' hangin' out

They're onto her, yet she remains

Julia calls up her inner Audrey

Big Brother 17: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - September 9

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!

Aw, Liz cries and cries. Life just isn't fair. Steve promises us we'll see him change into an aggressive player. Liz cries some more. 

lIz and Austin think if they throw the veto to Julia, all three will survive.

Time for the veto comp! Excitement abounds! They're in tutus, Bowlarina comp as we've seen before. Sigh. Jesse Godderz (Mr. Pectacular) -- gag -- is there in a tutu. Jesse is himself in a pink tutu. They spin around 15 times to get 15 seconds of bowling time.

Liz, Julia, John, Vanessa, Steve and Austin is the order of the players Jesse picks.

Liz challenges Steve. Liz wins. 
Heh. Vanessa whispers for Julia to pick Austin and SHE DOES!
Austin wins and Julia is out. There goes safety for three!
Johnny Mac challenges Liz. Liz is out.
Vanessa chooses Austin. Vanessa is out.
It's Johnny Mac against Austin. Austin wins, shouting stupid things about Judas being there and Austin is gone. He's acting whacko, probably to impress Jesse.

Austin tells us he's going to find out who set him up. Liz asks Julia why she chose Austin in the second round. Austin is sure everybody is trying to take him out. They are ... well, not the twins, but everybody else. Vanessa has to do damage control. Vanessa tries to convince the twins that Austin wants to break them up. Vanessa cries.

Austin just can't take off that PoV necklace, even as he goes to talk to Liz. He denies he wants one of the twins out. But, he says he had to play ball. Liz cries that she's over it and if it's her time to go, she will. More tears. 

Will Austin ever stop wearing that necklace? Then he argues with Vanessa. Liz an Julia "hate" him. Vanessa spins it to him that had Julia won, she would be up against him. He claims he loves Liz but he has to play to win. It's much later and he's still wearing the necklace as he tells Liz he loves her. She's cynical.

"I ruined my life for you! I left a girl at home for you!" he cries. Heh.

Julia asked him if he was going to wear the veto all day. He said, "Yes." She throws all his stuff into the corner and says how ugly he is while Liz watches and agrees. 

Oh geez ... they kiss and make up. Yes, feel free to throw up a little in your mouth. It's understandable. 

Time for the veto meeting. His heart tells him to save Liz, but his head tells him to save himself. Austin saves himself. Steve puts Julia up on the block. Julia cries. One of them will go home. Of course, they never should have been allowed to play together in the house. They had plenty of warning to stop that before it got in motion weeks ago.