At The End Of The Day...

Confession time: I did not watch tonight's episode, as I kept updated through twitter (and then later read Scott's recap) and instead fired up the feeds because...NO MORE BATTLE OF THE BLOCK! Whoop whoop! Which meant that tonight's HOH competition was endurance and I could watch it play out on the live feeds!

DIE Battle of the Block! DIE AND NEVER COME BACK! :)

Confession time: This update may read a little bit disjointed and/or out of order. I was so excited to be watch an actual endurance comp that seemed to be lasting longer than 30 minutes that I mostly spent my time watching and tweeting rather than taking any kind of decent notes to prompt my memory. Feel free to correct anything in the comment section if you notice that I've gotten anything wrong. :)

The competition involved some fun stuff; storms, lightening, wind, leaves and flying eagles. Honestly, the flying eagles were the best part of this whole thing. I laughed every time they came out.

Fly like an eagle!!

Steve and Austin are the first to fall, followed by Julia and Meg. Becky, Jackie and Liz are next to bail along with Clay. This leaves John, James and Shelli as the final three. Shelli begins to initiate some deal making just as John falls. Shelli asks that James not put up her/Clay as initial nominees OR as back doors; James agrees, included JohnnyMac in that deal and Shelli agrees to take the fall. And so JAMES is now the current HOH.

Worried Austin on the left, Jackie congratulating James on the right.

Cue the scurrying, plotting and planning! As the houseguests are cleaning up we get a few glimpses of the worry some of them are feeling. Shelli does some quick explaining to Vanessa as to why she only requested safety for herself and Clay. Liz and Julia spend some time catching up. There is such a honest dynamic between the two sisters that makes them really fun to watch as the interact. Liz spent a lot of time saying "I'm so scared! This is the worst thing that could happen!" while Julia was saying things like "I don't give a fuck about anyone in this house. I hate Austin." Have I mentioned how much I like Julia? ;)

 

Meg and Jackie and Becky all go off to sleep (of course) while everyone else is making the rounds waiting for the HOH reveal. Austin, Liz and Julia spend some time in the comic bedroom catching up as Julia unpacked. There's a super funny comment by Julia about her sleeping with Becky because she doesn't want to be a 'cock block' for Liz. I think it's just hitting Austin that having Julia in the house is NOT going to be good for his romantic game; he spends a lot of time following the twins around and you just know he's dying for some alone time with Liz, haha. Clay and Shellie spent some time in the Have Not room, but I didn't listen to their conversation at all. Shelli spent some time alternating between looking worried to looking stern, so I'm sure she was extolling the difficulties of that comp and how she feels bad for almost winning it. Or something.

 

There's a bathroom conversation with Julia, Steve, JohnnyMac and Shelli in which they spend some time trying to get to know Julia specifically. You see the glimmers of Steve's crush on Julia come out a bit here as well. Shelli claims she has been able to tell the difference between the twins for a long time now and they go over some of the differences (besides the tooth, which Julia hit in the fourth grade by running into a pole chasing a boy btw) such as height, nose bump and eyebrows.

 

Getting to know Julia.

James spent some time eating and staring at the memory wall by himself. Eventually he's called to the DR and we all know that means HOH reveal time is coming soon. Sure enough, he exits DR and we get the HOH reveal. I won't bore you with the details as they're not really important.

 

After all the usual fakeness, Meg, Becky and Jackie remain in the HOH with James, and ever more surprisingly, here's where things start getting interesting. I know, I know, I was shocked as well! ;) Becky (who may or may not be acting as a double agent for Clelli-we wont really know until we see her next conversation with them to see how much she divulges) leads a conversation with them about what the plan should be for this week. She apologizes for distancing herself from them last week but claims she did it for survival mode. She mentions that JohnnyMac asked her to give him some space as well because he thinks they're being viewed as a couple and he doesn't want that target. She thinks John is playing a very independent game and that we'll see a very different JohnnyMac once double eviction night is over. She uses gawd damn freaking skittles to lay out the alliances in the house. She talks about trifectas, who's where, who's loyal, how she thinks things went down last week in how/why Jason went up and out. Why I found this all actually interesting (since it's Becky) is because she was totally LEADING this conversation and because we don't know whether she'll report back to Clay and Shelli.

 

It comes to light that James is NOT married to the idea of keeping his deal with Shelli (YAAAAAY!) but he wants to do 'some investigating.' Feisty Jackie (the one who occasionally flashes with game) makes an appearance and she's 100% on board for breaking the deal "They did it to us last week!" Meg accurately points out that Vanessa is terrified of Jackie but Jackie doesn't understand why. (Jackie and Meg both think the Dark Moon alliance was actually legit for a period of time and have not grasped that it was fake on Van/Clelli's part). Jackie is fired up though, and ready for James to make some biiiig moves! ;)

 

This crew spends the next little while throwing out ideas for nominations, and contingencies for POV. James stated at first that he was 'for sure going to put up Steve' until it was realized by all of them that if Steve is still up come evection day, he will most likely be voted out. They really want Liz to be up as their pawn; they know Austin and Julia will never vote her out and along with Becky/Jackie/Meg votes, whoever is the final target beside Liz will definitely go home. They just can't figure out how to accomplish that. Do they put up Liz as an initial nom? Do they put up Vanessa? Shelli? They're definitely at risk of overthinking everything and that will be their biggest issue at this point. Vanessa eventually heads in the HOH room and requests some time with James.

 

Liz is in the red sleeved grey shirt, Julia has her back to the camera.

I cut out at that point in order to write this update so I'm not sure exactly what happened in their conversation. Currently, Vanessa is now in the lounge room with the twins guiding them on the pitch they should give James on why they shouldn't be the target and Austin in the HOH room with James. We all know what Austin's ultimate goal is, but I'm curious as to where Vanessa will eventually fall. Is she more loyal to the twins/Austin or to Clay and Shelli?

 

So, what do you all think? Does this week have some potential for drama? Who do you think James will put up? Who will be able to influence him the most-his own alliance (who are admittedly not the brightest bulbs) or Vanessa? Will he keep his deal with Shelli? Will Julia be able to keep her dislike of Austin under wraps?

 

As usual, you can follow me on twitter @Shienara33 if you'd like.

 

****Just as I was polishing this off, Becky went running to Clay and told him bits about the upstairs conversation. She's a total double agent! Argh! Clay is showing some loyalty to Becky though; he's currently conversing with Vanessa and telling her he just 'has a gut feeling that James won't keep the deal, that he'll try to back door us'.  Vanessa is quick though, she is already suggesting that they turn on Becky (would that be to dirty?-Vanessa) or gauge how close he is to JohnnyMac.****

 

Ok, I seriously have to go to bed now. I have no idea what'll happen while I sleep, but hey, at least things are buzzing. James could pull off a big move if he keeps his big boy underwear on, or he could be the next Howie and allow himself to be talked into targeting someone not in his best interests. (although at this point, with what we now know, it would actually behoove him to get rid of Becky.) G'nite!! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

 

To Sum Up...

Alrighty everyone! Two things: I'm going to semi-phone it in tonight as I missed a portion of the evening due to going to a Passion Party. Not to mention, nothing much of note occurred, ha! The second thing is, I've decided to name these semi-regular evening blogs a standing, ongoing title. For obvious reasons, I didn't want to use Ash's title of The Night Owl-she truly was a night owl and would stay up much later than me and give you all very detailed posts. My fingers are still crossed that she comes back next year! :) Since I've been giving more summary type updates, and I'm not very creative in coming up with nightly title posts, "To Sum Up" it is! ;) If you can think of anything else fitting and clever, let me know, I'm not married to the name and would happily change it. :)

Much of tonight's feed watching could be summed up as follows: #AudreyWatch

Audrey has spent the last day/night holed up in the Have Not room. She rarely emerges. These screen caps were taken when she had gotten up, grabbed a bag from the grey room, ate an apple, paced around, took some deep breaths, turtled on the floor, then returned to the dentist chair.

Early on this evening Shelli spent some time telling Clay how one of the times Audrey emerged Vanessa asked if Audrey was ok. Audrey apparently did not look at her, respond to her or even acknowledge either of them. Vanessa replied with "Ok, well you were more than willing to talk with me when i had the POV." Shelli is confused and doesn't understand why Audrey is being this way. Clay mentions that she had said she was going out with integrity, "so much for that." Their talk switches to ice cream and eggnog and I switch cams because I hate eggnog.

Meanwhile, in the backyard Austin, Liz, Jason, James and Meg along with Steve are just general chit chatting, going over comps. Jason says the pumpkin smashing in the BotB is his clown shoe competition.

They eventually move inside for dinner. Jackie and Becky join them. Jason gives a shout out to the Boys and Girls Clubs, and so now I have to do so as well! Side note: I work for my local Boys and Girls Club; they are indeed a non-profit organization that works within communities to provide support, care, activities and direction to the children, youth and families we work with. They're GREAT! :)

I had to leave for a couple hours at this point, but my alternate entertainment wasn't as entertaining so I was back soon enough! haha

When I returned, there was an outside discussion regarding décor and living and cleaning regimens. Apparently Becky, Jackie ad Shelli all demand their men have headboards and no posters in their living quarters. Clay hates the way his mom does laundry (GASP! She mixes the pet towels with people towels and it grosses him out. But, peeing on the shower floor is ok I guess.)

It was at this point that Audrey watch went on high alert as this was the point she got out of bed to grab her bag, change under covers, take a pillow, eat an apple and then pace, take deep breaths and crouch. I will say it reminded me very much of the time I spent with a friend who was in the throes of a legitimate anxiety attack, and I'll just leave it at that.

She eventually goes back under covers and James and Jackie go into the HN room to talk b/c Jackie wants to nap. They end up discussing the bad sleeping habits the chairs create, how the food/slop break them down and all the wondrous things that come with being a have not .

They do get a booze delivery, which excites most of them. Because Steve/James have been involved in prank wars the last couple of days though, when James initially tells them, they don't believe him. The delightful squealing when they found out he was telling the truth was mildly funny. There's a whole crew in the kitchen after that drinking.

John continues working out while Becky goes for a swim (they're both have nots) and Steve joins them. They have a brief discussion; there's some teasing of Becky by Steve.  They end up having a discussion about past seasons. Becky admits to being basic, she doesn't like when people have dramatic exits, she didn't like BB15 etc, etc. None of this surprises me.

Other random things to note:

• Meg stated in a conversation with Vanessa that the DR indicated to her that what was going on with Audrey wasn't serious, so Meg is sure she's playing it up. Becky made Audrey pizza last night after I signed off; James made her an omelet and brought her orange juice this morning. People have been randomly checking in on her and are either ignored or brushed off with an "I'm ok."
• Clelli are in a pretty good spot right now, love em or hate em. No one on the 'other side' (you know, the one Meg is on but doesn't even know exists?) is thinking of targeting them. Jason's all about taking out the twins and has even been talking about it in front of Clelli. Clelli have a sort of sense of entitlement to safety for next week since "We did what the house wanted and got Audrey out." like it wasn't something they wanted to do in the first place.
• Vanessa, Austin/Liz/Julia will be the likely targets next week if James, Jackie, Jason or Meg win HOH. JohnnyMac is still floating along.
• Austin still can't tell that Liz really just is not that into him. Reading body language apparently is not his forte, despite being a wrestler. I've tentatively decided I like Julia better than Liz.

And with that, I'm signing off for the night. I have a legitimate dental appointment in the morning with a dentist who once told me I have sexy molars. It wasn't JohnnyMac though, so alas, it had no meaning. ;) Wish me luck!

 

 



The First Night In The Big Brother 17 House

Its just after midnight and the feeds have been on for all of three hours.

We already know so much that won't be revealed until Wednesday at the earliest.  And some things that may not be revealed for weeks. 

Here are the basics as I know them.  For me its 3:30 in the morning so excuse me if its a bit sloppy....

The HGs are getting ready for the POV competition tomorrow or Saturday so we need to catch you up on who is where and won what.  It turns out James nominated Jackie and Steve and Jason nominated John and Becky.  Then apparently John and Becky defeated Jackie and Steve in the Battle for the Block so they were saved and James became the official HoH.

Today James got to pick the Have Nots and it looks like he selected five (these 5 are definitely not in the big alliance that has appeared to form): Jace, Austin, Vanessa, Liz and Davonne.  The Have Not room is designed to look like a dentist office and the Have Nots have to sleep in dentist chairs.

The Power of Veto competition will take place Friday or Saturday.  It turns out that the majority of the house wants Jace gone. Jace appears to be clueless and thinks that the house is going after Steve - or if Jace has his way - Jason. 

It appears to me that the house currently (loosely) shakes out as follow if I had to divide them up.

Jace and Austin seem to be very tight - over the top tight.

Liz, Vanessa and Davonne are also have nots and all Have Nots seem to be NOT in the main alliance.

Steve is nominated and if Jackie is to be believed he is the more likely to be voted out before her.

Not sure where John falls or Becky.

Jackie and Jeff are working together.... and Jackie appears close to James, Shelli, Jason, Clay, Audrey and Meg

Thats all 16.... We will know much more in the next day or two.

(Follow up - Davonne was in a HoH conference with many in the big alliance so looks like she might be a part of that alliance too)

Jace and Austin are so overconfident in their situation.  If things go as expected Jace will be stunned and Austin really mad when Jace is voted out - assuming he gets nominated.

On the mystery twin front -  I am now solidly in the camp that thinks its Liz (and her twin Julia) - I think they may have even switched tonight as I noticed Liz's bandanna completely change (I realize Liz may have just reset it but we are looking for any clues.

Here she is on the left around 9:20pm and then about two hours later. Could this be two different people?

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