BB18: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 31

Hamster watchers ready? Let's get this show going! 

As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be constantly updating this entry. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please join in on the fun there as we watch the show together!

Sitting through the recap. (I'll be sitting through the whole show with a sprained ankle.) 

Michelle didn't cry for the nominations. She's so proud of herself. Nicole wants Michelle gone, but seems uncertain which side she'll flow with after this week. James thinks that Paul is Nicole's target. She does nothing to let him know otherwise.

Corey is suggesting that he could bribe the veto winner, but he has no clue what he's going to do with the bribe. 

Have Not announcement time! Slop. seaweed and squid. The first two who fell in the HoH comp -- Corey and Victor -- are the lucky ones.

Veto player picks:
Natalie draws Victor.
Paul draws Houseguest's Choice -- Corey
Michelle draws James  

Michelle is suspicious because Paul picked Corey to play. 

Paul and Victor hang out in the HoH room, sealing the deal with Nicole/Corey. 

HoH Comp has a Christmas theme with live reindeer and all! They're elves who have to count everything in Santa's storerooms. They can stay or fold with their answers. They have to earn three candy canes to win. If they fold, they don't get a candy cane. If they're the furthest off, they're out.

Paul and Corey both fold. Victor out. James and Nicole each get a candy cane.

Corey, Paul and Michelle fold. It's between James and Nicole. James out. Nicole gets her second candy cane.

Corey throws it so Nicole can win ... answers a billion to names on list. Michelle earns a candy cane and Michelle gets her first candy cane. 

Paul folks, Nicole wins her third candy cane and wins the power of veto in the last round! 

Nicole is worried about keeping the best two competitors (Paul and Victor) in the house. 

James is concerned that Corey and Nicole voted out Victor last week and now they're buddy-buddy.  

Michelle has a pity party while Natalie applies make-up. 

Paul tells Nicole that he's okay with being on the block and trusts her. But then he makes a proposal that Natalie goes up in his place. Nicole wonders if he really trusts her or not. 

Veto meeting. She gives them both a chance to talk.
Michelle - Congrats on first veto. Do what you want.
Paul - Putting me on the block, not friendship. Taking me off, friendship

Nicole does not use the veto -- Paul and Michelle remain the nominees.

BB18: Live Feeds into Wednesday - August 31

I'd rather be with the boys

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Manic Depression:

• Once again, not a heck of a lot going on.
• These feeds need to liven up!
• Corey and Victor are the Have Nots this week. They went to bed.
• Nicole went to bed in the HoH room.
• That left the bizarre quartet of Paul, Michelle, Natalie and James up most of the night talking.
• While I don't think Paul is personable at all, he's definitely playing a good game.
• He has the other three convinced that he has no clue whether he's staying or going.
• We know that, unless James goes to Nicole and convinces her to vote Paul out somehow, Paul is staying.
• Nicole's dislike of Michelle will make that scenario very unlikely.
• But it wouldn't hurt James to try!
• While I, as a viewer of the feeds, have no problem with Michelle going -- she adds very little entertainment and is no real "superfan" of the show -- ousting her instead of Paul should be the wrong choice for anyone remaining in the house except Victor.
• The combination of Victor and Paul is dangerous for all of the others.
• There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

Convinced all he has no clue he's staying

Snacking in bed

Smiling until her next meltdown

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday Night - August 30

Having fun mocking Paul

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Unrequited Love:

• Same old, same old once again today.
• Nicole is insecure with her relationship with Corey.
• She seems to be shallowly basing the whole "love" on his looks. Sure, he's responded with some affection. But he originally went to the veterans in the beginning as a bit of a parasite, thinking they knew the game and he didn't. He didn't go because he fell for Nicole. I don't think he ever fell for her.
• Then there's Natalie.
• She's insecure, period. 
• And, she snaps at James often taking her frustrations out on him.
• I do think she likes him a lot, but not quite in the way he had hoped.
• I have a feeling James has many girl friends. Not girlfriends, mind you.
• He's incredibly patient and caring when someone is upset.
• But he's supposed to be there to play Big Brother!
• Oy.
• Natalie is worried that CBS will portray her as a villain.
• James told her they wouldn't because she's tied in with him and CBS would never ... FISH CAM.
• She told him she feels like the whole house has picked on her. He told her that while no one in the house picks on him, he had been picked on all through school. I don't doubt that.
• The only slightly interesting live feeds today had Victor doing his Nature Watch, analyzing all of the fellow hamsters with a fake British accent.
• Game talk?
• Very little of that today. 
• Or, as Victor put it to Paul, "Literally, no game talk today."
• Well, there was teensy bit of game talk. Corey and Nicole lamented that James hasn't even tried to approach them because he's too tied up with Natalie.

How many hours can a man sleep?

BB life is definitely easier on the singles

How I feel right now

James consoling Natalie once again

BB Nature Watch with Victor Arroyo

BB18: Live Feeds into Tuesday - August 30

Up all night with ... Paul

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Lackadaisical Loons:

• Well, Nicole has come to the realization that she and Corey just might not be the true love match she's been seeking.
• So, she cried a lot.
• Corey told Victor that he doubts he'll pursue the relationship outside of the house.
• Are you surprised? I'm not.
• In the James/Natalie lovefest there were also a few bumps in the road.
• With them, it ended up pretty much as I've said all season -- he's looking to settle down, she not so much. But, the difference between them and Nicole/Corey is that I can see them remaining dear friends for years to come.
• Natalie told him there are times she needs to be alone and that really has nothing to do with him.
• I can identify with those feelings!
• He told her that, if she gets angry at him, just to let him know.
• They ended up just about where they were before the discussion -- friends and confidants.
• Oh, and Nicole fell into Corey's arms once again. @@
• She's just setting herself up for heartbreak. While it's sad, she should have known not to have another showmance and not to expose herself to this once again.
• When is she going to realize that she doesn't NEED a man that bad? Wait until the right one comes along who cares as much about her as she does about him.
• Yeah, like I'm one to give love advice. I'm not. But it bugs me to see women who could stand on their own two feet in life so desperately seeking husbands. When they stop looking, a guy will come along for them.
• And, it's most likely not going to happen on a reality television show!
• In other couples news, we have the Odd Couple of the overnight hours -- Paul and Michelle.
• No, no kissyface or anything like that.
• They just stayed up and talked (amicably) most of the night when the others were in bed.
• Most of it was boring small talk, with Paul's grandiose ideals thrown in for good measure.
• I wish guys wouldn't address women they're talking to as "dude."
• A dude is male.
• Do they not teach that in school these days?
• If Paul ever called ME "dude" to my face, I'd just stop and say, "Excuse me? What did you call me? Do I look like a dude?"
• Sheesh.
• Maybe I'm just a bit grouchy. I fell last night and I'm full of aches and pains today. 
• I'll just take it out on Paul! That's the ticket!
• Back to them -- Nicole thinks Corey is just grumpy because he's on slop.
• Yeah, probably so.
• But he's just not that into you! Open your eyes!
• Corey did try to console Nicole's just about out of control sobbing.
• She cried because she can't cuddle with him at night (he's a Have-Not) to relieve the stress.
• Give me a break! 
• She thinks Michelle will taint the jury against her.
• While Michelle, James and Natalie get that Victor is always in HoH kissing butt with Nicole and Corey, they continue to do nothing about it. They could approach Nicole and Corey themselves, y'know.
• James and Company still think Paul is the target.
• Michelle isn't as certain as the other two. She's ready to go.
• Paul continued to say he's worried about staying or not in his long late night talk with Michelle.
• And on it goes.

Up all night with ... Michelle

Relationship later? Maybe.

Relationship later? Nope.

BB18: Live Feeds into Monday Evening, Veto Meeting - August 29

Eating while bored

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Bored Bums:

• Due to personal circumstance, this is going to be a bit short and sweet tonight.
• Well, short anyway.
• This bunch is far from sweet.
• The veto meeting made them get themselves up before noon.
• As expected, Nicole did NOT use the veto -- Paul and Michelle remain on the block.
• Nothing plan-wise seems to have changed. Nicole really, really wants Michelle out. 
• As pointed out before -- Victor/Corey will vote to evict Michelle; James/Natalie will vote to evict Paul. Nicole will be the tiebreaker, sending Michelle home.
• Paul knows Nicole is using him as a pawn.
• James and Natalie do not know that -- they think that Paul is the target.
• All have suspicions.
• Victor is practically living with Nicole and Corey.
• James and Natalie have noticeably not approached Nicole.
• That's all for tonight!

Bored

Bored

Talking about James & Co. not even trying