BB19: Live Feeds into Friday Dawn - August 11

She can go. She really can.

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Odd Man Out:

• Well, he's still in there.
• But he's bound to be out. I think he feels defeated and won't even try at this point.
• I don't really blame him.
• Raven is all bent out of shape because Cody cast his vote to evict her.
• Horrors! 
• He had to vote for someone. It's understood by all that he wouldn't cast his vote for Jessica.
• Elena was Jessica's friend and confidante. 
• He, out of respect for that (apparently), wouldn't vote for her to go.
• It was obvious that it would be a landslide. His vote wouldn't even matter.
• Yet Raven is acting out, fussing that Cody promised her he'd never vote for her to go.
• Josh is going around loudly gloating -- even though his original target was Elena.
• Paul is going around retelling all of Jessica's bad decisions which inevitably led to last night's eviction.
• Of course, he takes most of the credit, throwing in a "we" now and then.
• Jessica had to interview herself via answering questions from an iPad. 
• Jeff had tweeted that "due to scheduling issues" he wouldn't be able to continue interviewing the evicted houseguests.
• Hmm. It has been odd timing how they've done it this season with rather impromptu interviews about a half-hour after eviction. Maybe that is it. Maybe he just wanted to wash his hands of this season. I don't know. I hope he's still involved in the backyard interviews at the finale. I like Jeff.
• When it came time for Alex's HoH room reveal, Cody actually went. I know they are made to go, but I was surprised he didn't balk.
• He actually mingled a bit and was quiet, but cordial enough.
• The only one who's really talked with Cody since the show is Kevin.
• The others talked about him a lot, though.
• It's the consensus of the house that everybody (except perhaps Mark) wants Cody out this week.
• Well, duh. I wouldn't expect anything else and I don't think Cody expects anything else.
• They think they've backdoored him once, they'll do it again.
• I personally think a lot of the fight is gone from Cody at this point. He's not going to be on his A Game for comps.
• We'll see what happens.
• In other news, Elena was once again all over Paul, then back to Mark.
• Give me a break!
• Cody is sleeping in the Have Not Room.  

Down, but at least Kevin is company

He needs to stop gloating

Jessica interviewing herself

Retelling all of Jessica's wrong moves

Who wants to see my HoH room?

BB19: Live Eviction and HoH Comp Show Blog Party - August 10

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! 

Here are the blog pool match-ups for easy reference tonight --

Alex Ow - jujufruit423, caela, Donna in FL, Nickelpeed
Christmas Abbott - Willie J, Rich from Buffalo, Glenn, QuixoticElf
Cody Nickson - MikesGirl, Chacha, Donna in NY, Delee
Elena Davies - Uncartie, Fred aka TwoBlackAces. Sharon N, chrob61
Jason Dent - Donna in Alabama, Cheryl in NC, jo Chapman, Marthalight
Jessica Graf - zombiehospice, Jean in Tampa Bay, Merilee
Josh Martinez - Petals, Stormy, Kelsey in NY, Dr_Celine
Kevin Schlehuber - elee86, aya, SueGee on the Left Coast
Mark Jansen - Buzzmaam, Judi Sweeney, Cheryl C, Sharon S
Matthew Clines - JonMD1267, T-Town Chick, Sharon C
Paul Abrahamian - Indiana Jane, Jackie, Brian, Marlo L
Raven Walton - Kristen from Ohio, David, Nora

Hamster watchers ready? 

"Tears, temptation and love torn apart. No, this isn't a soap opera. It's Big Brother," Julie tells us.

Into the recap. Julie tells us that Josh wants Elena out, Paul wants Jessica out. Who's really in charge?

Jessica is upset. Raven, on the block with her, not so much upset.

Kevin consoles Jessica. He tells us his plan was to lay low for five to six weeks, get along with everyone. He thinks it's time to make some moves. He tells Jessica he wants to work with Cody ... along with Alex, Jason and Paul. He wants the showmances broken up.

Jessica thinks there might be some merit in what Kevin is proposing. She talks to Cody. Cody doesn't want to work with Paul. He will go along with Kevin, but won't trust anyone.

Kevin proposes his plan to Jason and Alex. Alex is leery. So, Kevin is off to talk to Paul. Paul doesn't trust Cody. He knows that Cody doesn't trust or like him.

Cody tells Jason and Kevin that, if he wins HoH, he will target all of those who lied and betrayed him -- exactly the couples Kevin wants to target!

Jason isn't as enthusiastic about the plan and wants to do damage control. Kevin is the only one thinking there may be a Cody deal at hand. Not even Cody plans to stick to it. Paul is sure it would never work.

Ah, the kitchen brouhaha started by Jessica and aimed at Josh is being shown. She starts in on him not being smart. Cody joins in calling Josh dumb and fat.  Cody disarms Jessica as she breaks a wooden spoon pounding it on a can in Josh's face while calling him fat and dumb.

Josh cries. Thankfully, only to his buddies. Now he's on the Get Jessica Out Train. After he composes himself, he gets the pots, pans and goes with the circus music. Cody took off after him and probably the only thing that stopped him from hitting Josh was that Jessica stepped between them.

Obviously, Kevin's plan won't work now!

To the living room for the live vote and eviction.
Raven - Hellos to people, amazing summer, talks her diseases.
Elena - Planned speech, loves mommy and dog, thanks all.
Jessica - Thanks CBS, it's a dream, Cody made all worth it, took 15 of you and half the season to get me out, Paul is not friendship, bring me home, Julie.

The votes to evict:
Alex - Jessica
Christmas - Jessica
Cody - Raven
Kevin - Jessica
Paul - Jessica
Mark - Jessica
Matt - Jessica
Jason - Jessica

By a vote of seven to one, Jessica is evicted. Josh goes into circus music. Cody carries Jessica to the door.

Jessica cries and tells Julie that she is leaving her best friend. Most of the goodbye messages were kind of mean except Cody and Kevin. Josh's said (until he got nasty) that she wasn't the target, he wanted Elena out and how do you spell EVICTED? Julie confirmed to Jess that Josh wanted to target Elena. Jessica seemed a bit surprised and you could see she thought about it ... then said she couldn't trust anyone other than Cody.

HoH Comp - Hocus Focus. Watching performances, answer T/F to questions. 

First round - All right
Second round - Jason, Mark, Kevin and Paul out
Third round - All right

Second performance time. By the way, David and Danya are quick change magicians.

First round - Christmas out
Second round - Cody, Elena and Matt out
Third round - Raven out

ALEX IS THE NEW HOH!

Oh my. Julie tells them there were be no jury buy back. Next Thursday is a double eviction. Friday will be a "special bonus episode of Big Brother."

BB19: Live Feeds into Thursday Morning - August 10

Note Mark's body language ...

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother Halfway House:

• The extended live feeds block last night was due to their halfway party complete with pizza and a cake with their portraits on it.
• Elena stuffed herself. After all, she's been a Have Not for two weeks and is the ONLY Have Not this week.
• It sucks to be her.
• Right?
• Raven blames Cody for the fact they got no alcohol for the party.
• I would think with all her supposed medical and health woes, she shouldn't be drinking alcohol anyway.
• Right?
• Raven and Matt think they have a final three with Paul.
• I hope not.
• Raven irks me on the live feeds. Her main contribution to the house is cooking. Someone else could pick up that task. Heck, Cody can cook!
• Matt and Raven also think that they're on Easy Street -- Elena and Mark are sketchy, hanging out with Jessica and Cody too much and all.
• Ha.
• Meanwhile, Josh is telling Christmas how sketchy Matt and Raven seem to be!
• He also suspects that Alex and Jason have some kind of deal going on with Mark.
• I guess they'll all start feeding on each other soon.
• Jessica will go this week.
• They want Cody out next week.
• Then they'll all have to turn on each other.
• After breaking her foot, Christmas just wanted to make it to jury. Now she has sights much further into the game.
• Josh claims his loyalties are with Christmas, Paul and Kevin.
• And, he again said he had wanted to save Jessica this week. 
• That is, until she launched the attack on him on Tuesday.
• All bets were off at that point.
• After the party, Jessica and Cody exiled themselves again. I just can't watch them any more. I think the only couple/showmance I enjoyed watching on BB was Jeff/Jordan. They didn't get hot and heavy and were entertaining. Cody and Jessica are NOT entertaining unless you're into soft porn.
• Jason says that Mark and Elena want to win HoH, bring Matt and Raven into their group and go after "us."
• They also talked about the idea that Kevin might work with Cody. After all, he had been talking about that earlier in the week.
• However, at this point, Kevin just cannot support the idea of working with Cody -- he's become too volatile. Kevin won't abide by physical threats.
• They're still worried about a possible double eviction and have plans set up.
• There should be no surprises tonight -- it will be Jessica going home. 

Captive hamsters

Will his oust Paul plan gain momentum?

Raven can leave sooner rather than later

Broken foot but scheming for the win

BB19: Live Feeds into Wednesday Evening - August 9

Hoping for divine intervention?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Bad Examples:

• We've had fish cam for the last few hours. I don't know what's up with that, but decided to get this report up anyway.
• Not a lot has gone on.
• No brouhahas. Not even a kerfuffle.
• Surprise, surprise ... Cody and Jessica spent a lot of alone time together.
• They appeared now and then with the others, but it was limited and neither interacted much.
• Paul has made a song to memorize the order of the sounds that have been piped through the house. 
• Paul, Christmas, Alex, Jason and Kevin have been going over the sounds on and off all day.
• I don't think Cody even cares.
• "Oh, they played a baby sound as Jess and I had sex."
• @@
• Jessica is still pushing the idea that she's pregnant.
• She probably isn't.
• Mark is trying to get people to rally together to oust Paul. He says he only needs four.
• Hmm.
• I think the others will eventually go after Paul. But I think they want Cody out first, possibly thinking that Paul is the strongest weapon against Cody.
• There was another make-up party, this one featuring Matt.
• I really don't have much for you.
• The feeds are still blocked.
• Grr.

Fits in because he doesn't

You don't want to know

At least he does talk to the cameras (us)

Three amigos?

BB19: Power of Veto Show Blog Party - August 9

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! 

They start off showing Christmas accept the Ring of Replacement in the Den of Temptation. Recap of Josh wanting Elena out, Paul wanting him to target Jess and Cody. Into the temptation challenge. Recap, recap.

They will show the never crying Cody crying.

Josh really wants Elena out more than he wants Jess and Cody gone. As usual practice, all think they must win veto. Well, maybe not Elena.

Josh tells Jessica that he thinks Cody ruined her game. He wants to hint to her that she's not his target. Cody, in particular, doesn't want to listen to him. Then Jessica follows Cody's lead.

Paul suggests to Christmas that she uses her temptation if Cody is picked to play in veto. Paul tells us he also wants her to use it so she doesn't have that trick up her sleeve later in the game. She tells Josh about the temptation and tells him she'll back him up.

Cody and Jessica talk. Only two names will be drawn to compete. She really wants him to be in the comp.

Josh talks with Paul about his case for Elena going home and Christmas not using her power. Paul really wants Jess out. He points out that both Jess and Cody on the jury would be two votes against them.

Veto players pick. Josh picks Mark who, as a nominee, chose Alex. Josh then chose Cody. Josh delays his blinking okay to Christmas to make time for a commercial.

He gives the blink, Christmas explains the power and takes Cody's place. Cody then cries later with Jessica. 

It's the OTEV comp! Christmas isn't allowed to play, but Cody remains out. This OTEV has a little piggie looking for his mommy and daddy. 

OTEV turns into the Possessed Piglet and spits out green slime. Elena is out in the first round. Whoa! Mark JUST beat Jessica in the second round. Jessica is out of the comp. Mark is thinking ... he had the third round answer while Alex and Josh were still hunting. So, he made a stash of numbers for himself. Josh was last, Josh out. Alex beats Mark up, but lost her number sole on the way.  Mark wins Veto!

Jessica doesn't want to leave Cody. Of course, we get a bit of them looking lovingly sad at each other. 

Too bad, so sad. 

Matt tells Josh that he or Raven (she agrees) will go on the block as a pawn.

And, so it comes to pass.

In the veto meeting Mark saves himself. Josh puts Raven up, saying she agreed and knows the plan. Elena looks disturbed, probably because Mark didn't save her.

Jessica wants to cause drama and flip the house upside down before she leaves.

Paul is a happy camper. 

Josh still wants Elena out rather than Jessica.

BB19: Live Feeds into Wednesday Dawn, Kerfuffles and a Brouhaha - August 9

The Dynamic Duo ... bwahaha!

I think I've done it. I've totally exhausted myself. Last night I fell asleep at 7pm after work and slept for almost ten hours. So, I was up early catching up on the live feeds. Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Lackadaisical Louts:

• Talking with her boy Josh, Christmas thinks that after they get Jessica out this week, Cody needs to go next. Then they can concentrate on ousting Matt and Raven.
• Hmm. What about Mark and Elena?
• Christmas also doesn't buy Paul's claim that a show veteran can't win because Nicole won last season (over Paul, the then newbie).
• Hey, that's what I've been saying!
• Jason and Alex continued to explore the idea of a deal with Cody.
• Josh has actually been on fairly good behavior when it comes to Jessica and Cody. He apologized to Jessica the other day.
• But apparently Jessica and Cody are of the mind that it's "too little, too late."
• Both have been snapping at him and treating him poorly although they're getting along with everyone else without issue. They've been calling him a coward, making fun of how he enunciates words and Cody threatened to "destroy" him outside of the house.
• Well, when they're actually mingling in public they get along with others, that is.
• Josh and Jessica had a loud verbal kerfuffle.
• But he didn't do circus music.
• But he did go up to the HoH room and cry.
• Matt was there to comfort him, but Josh was in tears about all the personal attacks.
• Geez. Pot. Kettle. Black.
• Now, my heart goes out to someone who receives personal attacks out of the blue. But, has Josh forgotten what he's done to them, especially Jessica?
• Cry me a river.
• And, so he did. Christmas and others continued to comfort the poor abused boy.
• @@
• Kevin, while not seeming to have much sympathy over Jessica "personally attacking" Josh, did have issues with Cody's threats of physical violence.
• He thinks Cody needs to be out of the house, that he's dangerous ... not meaning dangerous as a comp beast, dangerous as a physical threat to others.
• Jessica told Cody that if he wins HoH, he needs to go after someone bigger than Josh. She says she made the mistake of going after Josh for personal reasons.
• Oh noes. Josh goes for the pots and pans,
• Maybe BB needs to take them away and give them paper plates, limiting them to using the microwave oven until this season is over.
• Mark ended up on the wrong side of the house when he claimed Josh started the latest kerfuffle.
• Paul says that Cody/Jessica went too far when they called Josh "fat."
• Are we in third grade here?
• Mark says he himself has been bullied (in real life and in the house) and has been gone after with the pots and pans (in the house) and it's harassment. 
• He's right.
• Back in the day, when Evel Dick went about with pots and pans, it was a totally different thing and certainly not repeatedly done whenever he was upset as it is with Josh. Dick's was more of a wake up call!
• Josh's actions are more of a child acting out because he's having a hissy fit.
• Despite Mark claiming that Josh isn't a victim and Paul pushing the case he is, they (Mark and Paul) got over it without resorting to childlike temper tantrums or crying.
• Cody and Jessica exiled themselves again. Cody thinks that the only regrets they really have is when they react to the others. Hmm. Well, reacting with name-calling and threats of physical violence aren't too cool in the long run. 
• Now, despite Josh being a childish jerk, it's Cody in the spotlight again due to his threats of physical violence.
• Oh. And for calling Josh fat.
• I didn't see the actual happening on the feeds -- they blocked some of the Josh/Cody brouhaha -- but a panel in the door was nearly damaged and Cody reportedly was the one who was at fault. Hmm.
• Since I'm older than Kevin, my main thought is ... "Is this the future of America?"
• EEK!
• Raven hopes that she will be recruited to be on The Amazing Race.  
• No. Just no. Please no.
• Elena, the only one on slop this week (heehee), is upset because she has no energy due to being a Have Not and BB won't let her nap.
• Poor Elena.
• Heh.
• Kevin told Paul he's abandoning his hopes/plan to get them working together after Cody's actions. He can't condone them and there's no saving Cody at this point because he's too explosive.
• Kevin said Cody is a nincompoop.
• Paul used more colorful language to describe Cody.
• As he always does.
• I think we need a BB season with fines taken out of the stipends for every time someone uses an F bomb without good cause like stubbing a toe or breaking a foot. How do these people function in the adult world? The corporate world? With their grandparents?
• Paul wants to move to New York City after the show. No, I don't want to run into him on the street even though I think he should have won last year and he's playing the best game in the house this season, too. Believing he's a good BB player is fine with me. Real life stuff? He's SO not someone I want to know!
• They continue to go over the odd piped-in sounds and announcements thinking that might be part of the HoH comp.
• Whatever the comp is, it can't be anything too intense construction-wise because the yard remained open.
• Mark and Elena are back to snugglebunnies.
• Gah.
• And, despite the thoughts that Kevin might work something out to work with Cody and Paul to take over the house, all bets are off now with the kerfuffle/brouhaha.
• Jessica should be going home tomorrow.
• No one will now work with Cody. If he stays in, he'd have to win HoH and/or PoV or the Temptation Challenge.
• I personally don't think I'd want to be in the jury house with him. He's bound to be an unhappy camper sans Jessica in that house.  

She wants to play comps

I'm ready for Hollywood fame!

My boyz

Cody has a facial hair thing goin' on

Just proof they're all bozos on this bus ... Jessica bangs a can with a wooden spoon so hard it broke ... right in Josh's face. This brouhaha between Josh and Jessica was not instigated by Paul. It was all on Josh and Jessica. This was before he got the pots and pans out. I realize that some folks "hate" Paul so much that everything is blamed on him. But these folks can be jerkfaces all on their own without instigation. If Paul told you to jump off the Empire State Building, would you do it? They're supposed to be adults.

BB19: Live Feeds into Tuesday Dawn - August 8

Birthday boy

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Follow the Leader:

• Not a heck of a lot has gone on since I last posted.
• They're sure the sounds and noises they've heard are tied in the the next HoH comp.
• Of course, WE know it's Fright Week (or whatever) this week in the house starting with that spooky comp.
• So, perhaps the noises are just to rattle them.
• Either way, they're studying and quizzing each other on them.
• Except for Jessica and Cody -- they spent as much time alone in the yard as they could before it shut down.
• I'm expecting ghostly figures to appear in the mirror windows.
• Aren't you?
• Mark and Elena are back on. Gah. I don't want to see them kissing. It's bad enough I have to change the feed I'm watching when Jessica and Cody go hot and heavy.
• What if BB had a season with NO showmances?!?!
• It's definitely more entertaining for me to see Alex and Jason pick on each other and fake fight.
• Paul told Keving that he (Paul) is basically playing for second place again because nobody will vote for a show vet to win.
• I don't know about that.
• First off, Nicole won last year over a newbie (Paul).
• Second, even his house enemies have said how well he is doing at playing the game. I suppose it's up to who he'd be sitting next to, but unless it's a bitter jury, Paul will win.
• Maybe if it's Kevin up there with him at the end, Kevin might win because he's so well-liked by all.
• Meanwhile, Alex and Jason still are wondering what Kevin might do outside the house. A mobster married to a nurse for 30 years? The Mayor of Boston?
• That's it for now. It should be quiet until all heck breaks loose with the new HoH comp on Thursday. 

Kitchen chatting

BB19: Live Feeds into Monday Night, Veto Meeting - August 7

Is that a holiday sweater? Christmas?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Radical Rats:

• Kevin is all excited about everyone sitting at the table eating dinner for his birthday. He wants some time with the game aside. He wants family time, it seems. I guess he misses his kids!
• Besides his dream of dinner together, Kevin also has another dream in which he, Jason, Paul, Cody, Christmas and Alex work together to be the final six.
• He might have to just keep on dreaming.
• Jessica, thinking she will be evicted this week, pep-talked Cody. She knows he can win comps and that skill just might save him.
• The PoV meeting went down, blocked to the life feeds.
• Mark saved himself.
• Phew!
• He might have been dense enough to use it to save his unrequited love Elena. I 'm glad he came to his senses!
• Raven, as planned, is the replacement nominee for Mark.
• If Christmas had her way, Cody would be going home this week. The animosity she feels towards him increases daily. It's to the point where just about every breath he takes near her will irk her.
• Hmm. I've had neighbors I felt that way about!
• Jessica mentioned to Cody that BB offers them therapy after they leave the house. 
• Cody says he doesn't need it.
• I think a punching bag might suffice for him.
• Some weirdness happened today. First, Kevin saw a Happy Birthday balloon over the wall. Then the sounds of a baby crying piped through the house with someone yelling to hush said baby.
• Oh my.
• Are they clues?
• Alex tried to warn Paul that others think he's spending too much time with Elena.
• Will he listen?
• Then there was a dog barking piped through the house.
• Hmm.
• A shot rang out! The maid screamed! 
• Oops. That last one was me.
• Alex isn't on board with Kevin's thoughts of keeping Cody.
• She and Paul agreed that keeping him could be a bad idea, especially if there's a double eviction.
• Kevin told Cody that he wanted everybody for dinner at 7pm. Cody told him since the yard would be shutting down, he had a date with Jessica. He agreed to come in for cake.
• Kevin also talked to Cody about possibly working with Paul. Cody said that Paul never lied to him, telling him one thing and doing another. He has others who he thinks betrayed him he would target first.
• When they starting singing Happy Birthday to Kevin, only Jessica was missing. And she had a good excuse -- diary room. Josh took part.
• Still not like a happy family ...



The morning walk and talk laps



He's playing the game and the others



Banana logic



She's obviously glued Cody's head on

BB19 Live Feeds into Monday Morning - August 7

Paul gets a make-up job

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of People You Don't Invite to Your House:

• Mark and Elena are over.
• Mark and Elena are back together.
• Mark and Elena are over.
• Elena is hitting on both Matt and Paul.
• Yet Mark is still lovesick.
• Christmas continued to plant the anti-Elena seeds in Josh's mind.
• Kevin told Josh that Jessica needs to go this week.
• That was it. Too much data and confusion. Josh's head blew up and he's out for the count.
• Okay, I made up the last part.
• But Josh's HoH reign that he claims is his own is actually a tug of war with Paul and Christmas both in his ear.
• He recognizes the Paul part and claims Paul's game is Paul's, not his own.
• But, what about Christmas? I don't think Josh thinks of her influence on him like he does about Paul.
• Aww, Josh offered Kevin his HoH room to sleep in alone. Kevin was touched, but declined.
• In a more lighthearted note -- the make-up lessons with Paul had everyone giggling ... even Jessica.
• Kevin's birthday was at midnight. Treats all around!
• Elena is the only Have Not this week because of her bad key pick last week.
• Kevin said all he wanted for his birthday was for everyone to sit and eat together.
• Aww. His children probably never prepared him for this house of fools!
• Now Mark once again wants to use his veto to save Elena.
• Yikes! Paul couldn't believe it and lectured Mark about why he shouldn't use it on her. Use it on yourself, but not on another person!
• Mark told Paul that Elena convinced him to use it on her.
• @@
• After all, she has so much she'd have to pack if she remains on the block and he doesn't have that much stuff!
• Oh, geez. 
• After a disbelieving Paul left the room, Elena was threatening Mark that if he didn't save her, their plans for after the show is over date are off.
• Now, that's just mean!
• She then claimed she was joking.
• But she was also "joking" when she egged him on to throw pickle juice mixed with hot sauce in Josh's face.
• To be honest, I think out of all involved, I'd rather Elena go home this week.
• But I do think it will be Jessica. 

Their last week ... or not.

Does she have to caress his feet?

Comp beast in hiding?

Pressure of the veto on his shoulders

BB19: Live Feeds into Sunday Evening - August 6

Friendship

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Wooly Bully:

• Sundays are usually one of the quiet days in the house. There are no comps to be played, no veto meeting until Monday.
• I've gotten so I really enjoy Jason and Kevin's morning laps in the yard. They talk game. They talk life.
• This morning Kevin told Jason that Matt said if he won HoH, he'd nominate Jason. Eep. He also said that while Cody hates Alex and Paul, he'd be willing to work with them (Kevin and Jason). Kevin would like to save Jessica.
• From the talking, it seems the comp was OTEV.
• Most of them think Cody would have won had he played.
• Yeah, very good chance of that, I'd say.
• Cody and Jessica, assuming that Jessica will be gonzo, talked about how nasty Cody should get. Jessica advised him not to get personal, but perhaps an Evel Dick level.
• Others mentioned that BB won't give them alcohol because they don't want to "set them off."
• They've had very little alcohol in the house this season compared to most. But this season has more guys who might actually physically fight than most.
• Josh thinks he might have the votes to evict his target Elena over Jessica.
• The votes he thinks he has mostly aren't really with him. Alex, Christmas and Jason all want Elena out ... but they seem to want to tackle Jessica first.
• Josh thinks he'll be a target if Elena stays.
• I'd agree ... IF either Mark or Elena win HoH. Anyone else would have bigger fish to fry.
• Alex, Paul and Kevin talk about switching sides and working with Cody -- Kevin is pushing the idea. Alex and Jason think sticking with Paul is a better bet -- he knows the game better.
• Matt and Raven talked the pros and cons of either of them going up as a pawn if/when Mark uses the veto. Mark said he'd rather be a pawn when he can play for veto. 
• Raven, knowing that this would be the safest time to be a pawn, said she's willing to go up.
• They will guilt trip Mark about having the "sick girl" take his place on the block.
• Raven talked about both her real and probably imagined health issues.
• Yawn.
• Jessica told Elena that she thinks Paul is playing a great game. She would vote for him to win if the finals were tomorrow.
• That he is. A few hiccups now and then and he's still obnoxious to watch or listen to on the live feeds. But he knows how to work people.
• Jessica also warned Elena that Christmas is not her friend.
• She told Elena that Paul would protect her, but Alex and Jason wouldn't. If sides flipped, Elena should stick with Paul.
• Well, I'd prefer Elena go -- she irks me. But Jessica's advice to her is pretty spot on.
• Meanwhile, Paul would like to get through the season without every being on the block.
• No, I doubt he'll be a Derrick.
• Both Paul and Elena told Mark to use the veto to save himself or not at all.
• That's the way it should be, I'd say.
• Now, as I close out this report, things seem to be swaying towards voting out Elena rather than Jessica.
• We'll just have to see what happens.

Awning duties

The morning laps in the yard

Mixing and mingling ... sort of.

Influencing Josh, easy to do.

Still in cahoots?

Talking pleasantly? Oh my.

Playing her own game

BB19: Temptation Challenge and Nominations Show Blog Party - August 6

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging and constantly updating this entry -- refresh the page to get the latest! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Come join in on the fun! 

Recap starts off with the Josh/Mark fiasco. Recap, recap. 

Mark is worried, but he and Josh have made up. Josh tells him he won't be provoking him again. Mark hopes all is cool with him. Jessica and Cody are (rightfully) worried. 

Paul points out how unhappy Mark and Elena seem to be with Josh's win. Alex points out to Josh in front of Mark that his "face was down" when Josh won. She has a long talk with Mark, starting out with an argument. She accuses him of playing both sides. He admits doing so to us.

Josh thinks he actually has four targets -- Cody, Jessica, Elena and Mark. Paul wants him to go after Jessica and Cody. Christmas points out that it's Josh's HoH, not Paul's. So ... it's to become Christmas's HoH? She wants Mark or Elena out because they're floaters.

A talk between Josh and Elena doesn't seem to help improve her standing in his book.

Paul thinks Jessica needs to go first out of the four targets. Christmas takes Josh aside and tells him she loves Paul, but don't do everything he says. She told him that he needs to be nice to all four.

Heh, Elena is definitely Josh's target. He thinks she's very influential to others while Jessica and Cody will always be targets. Josh thinks others don't see what he sees in the threat of Elena. 

The Den of Temptation voice speaks to them warning them the comp will be in the morning. Jessica and Cody think they don't have much to lose and will both play in the comp. They hope one wins safety, the other might win veto. 

Everybody except Christmas is drinking the potion to play. (No wonder the feeds were blocked for over ten hours for the comp!) 

They have to find three written clues in the haunted house that will seal the rift between two worlds. Evil scary things are jumping out at them as they do the challenge individually. Jessica's plan was to throw the comp so Cody could win. She does just that.

Mark 7.06
Kevin 3.11
Elena 12.31
Jason 12.07
Jessica 15.0
Raven 9.0
Cody 3.0
Matt 3.42
Alex 3.06
Paul 3.34 

Cody is safe. Jessica is the third nominee. Elena is worried that she will go on the block. Mark is just as upset.

Paul thinks they should target Jessica and not let her be saved with the veto. Josh still wants Elena out. Paul tells Josh to tell Elena it's a team effort and she's a pawn. Josh tells us again that she's his target. 

Elena doubts Josh's reasoning that she is a good competitor and that's why she's a pawn. Josh thinks she's throwing Paul "under the rug." So he brings Paul in on the conversation. She kerfuffles about it but he says she will go up as a pawn.

Nominations ceremony time.

Josh nominates ... Mark, then Elena.

Mark, not really familia. Elena, good competitor. Josh tells Jessica he's gunning for her.