Hi, everyone!

Forgive me for the briefness of his update but today has been kind of crazy day for me.  When I got off of work, I discovered that I had TWO flat tires!  So, I’ve spent most of today getting those tires replaced and we’ve also had a guy out at the house, inspecting our air conditioning unit and — well, it’s just been crazy.

Fortunately, not much is going on in the house.  John has been trying to make a deal with almost everyone but I don’t think it’s going to do him any good.  Austin and the twins seem to be determined to get rid of him.  Bleh.

Anyway, tonight, we’ll get to see Zingbot and I know a lot of people will be excited about that.  (I can NOT stand Zingbot but I’m in the minority.)  So, I’m putting up this post so everyone will have a place to talk about tonight’s zings!

Also, Austin posted his HoH Blog and it is just as bad as you would expect.  I’m going to post it below so that y’all can have fun ripping it apart!

AUSTIN’S BLOG (He Actually Wrote This Crap): 

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? I have often answered this question with the word no, but perhaps I should have been asking a much larger question… what is a sound?

My time in the Big Brother house has been full of insightful life lessons. It sounds silly, but playing a game for money on TV has forced me to confront aspects of existence that I never thought I would. A sound is only a word and it is our responsibility to breath life into each and every one of them.

In the Big Brother house it is so painful to realize the power of words. It is all that we have. Or is it? I’ve seen many of the strongest players in this game go home because of the words they spoke. Some used too many, some not enough, some were careless with their word choices, and others were victims of misinterpretation and manipulation.

So how have I navigated the waters of this fabricated reality where language shackles us in the prison of paranoia, to somehow become the HoH with only eight people remaining? The answer is faith. Not of a religious kind, but of a humanist trust that I had to embrace from the start.

I started this game by having fun and trusting my bro, Jace. This kept me away from words, away from deals, and away from betrayal. Once he left, I was an afterthought and the people who played this game without faith in each other started to turn on one another. At this point, something unexpected happened for me, something that will change the course of my life even after this game is long over… I found Liz.

I came into this experience wanting to give my entire heart to the game. I wanted to leave here with no regrets to have accomplished everything I set out to. But I never imagined that I would entertain the idea of having a showmance. But here I am two months into the show and I have not only found a showmance, but a real life romance.

Liz has changed the meaning of this experience for me. As a medieval historian, it must have been the three spinners of fate who weave our life threads together somewhere in the night’s sky that brought us into each other’s lives. Since my feelings for her became apparent in my heart, I have been playing this game for both of us… well, all three of us actually.

Hiding her twin secret, keeping her safe from conspiracy, and waiting for her to come back to me every three days when she switched with Julia was devastatingly painful. It has been a crazy ride, but now it is all paying off. We are together and making the most of our back-to-back HoHs. I do want to take this time to tell Liz and Julia’s family that I am looking forward to meeting you.

I will do whatever it takes to keep your daughters safe and happy the rest of the time I am here.

As far as this week is concerned, I had a difficult decision. I was aligned with everyone… whoops! But I choose to run with Meg and James over Johnny Mac. I’m sorry Mac fans, but I just have more fun with James and Meg.

Is that sound strategy? Probably not, but, hell, this is not just a TV show—I have to live here 24/7 and damn it, I like having fun.

It’s time for me to address my real other half… Judas!

Judas is not evil, he is the part of me that has been brokenhearted. He is the part of me that was told he isn’t good enough to be a wrestling superstar for the biggest company. He is the realist while Austin in the dreamer. Judas came here to win and prove people wrong. Austin came here because he loves Big Brother and this is his dream.

Together, I hope that we have entertained and surprised some people out there, especially all of my insane friends and family. Mom, Gman, Allison, Amy, Gabby, Nikki, Eli. I hope you are watching 24/7.

Shout out to the Live Feeders.

With much love I bid you farewell… for now,
Austin and Judas

Well, what can I say about that other than … BLEH!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Well, since the house is kind of a snooze right now, I thought I would take a few minutes to address something that I get asked about often.  Like a lot of Big Brother viewers, I really like Johnny Mac.  And I occasionally get asked just why I like him so much.

Because, let’s be honest.  John is not a very good player.  He makes dumb alliances.  He trusts the wrong people.  Even though he is one of the few people to really understand just how dangerous Vanessa truly is, he’s never pushed hard enough to get her out of the house.  He regularly throws competitions, even when he knows that he’s in trouble.

So, why do I like Johnny Mac and why do I dread the thought of him being evicted on Thursday?

Any other season, I probably wouldn’t be as worked up over John.  Any other season, I would probably just say, “Well, John should have played a better game…”  But this is not like any other season.

Instead, this is season 17 and it features one of the worst casts in Big Brother history.  We’ve had bad casts in the past.  Personally, I think that the Season 15 cast was a hundred time worse than our current cast.  I wasn’t a huge fan of the Season 16 cast as well.  But, still, there is just something so uninspiring about the Season 17 cast.  For the most part, they are a collection of creepy weirdos and dull-witted narcissists and they’re amazingly uninteresting to watch.  The Big Brother editors have been working overtime to try to make the cast look interesting on the CBS show but those of us who have seen the live feeds know better.

And that’s where Johnny Mac comes in.  He’s not a good player but he is, at least, interesting to watch.  I know that a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this but at least he has the potential to be unpredictable.  At least his diary room comments are occasionally amusing.  At least Johnny Mac turned out to be totally different from what most of us were expecting him to be.  When I saw John describes as being a “superstar dentist,” I assumed that he was going to be a Will Kirby wannabe.  I was prepared to dislike him.  Instead, he turned out to be goofy and fun.

This is a season that could use a little more goofy and fun.

Want to know why it upsets me that John is on the verge of being voted out?  Let’s imagine the house without John in it.

First off, you’ve got Austin wandering around without his shirt on and talking about how Liz is his girlfriend and no one gets to talk to her unless he’s standing somewhere nearby.

And then you have Liz, tossing her hair and talking about how hot she is.

And then you have Julia, tossing her hair and talking about how hot she is.

And then you have Steve, walking in circles and talking to himself.

And then you have Vanessa, talking a million miles a minute and randomly crying.  (I’ll admit that I sometimes do the same thing but it’s not the only thing I do.)

And then you have Meg, sleeping all day and laughing about how she’s incapable of doing anything.

And finally, there’s James, hiding in closets and scaring people.

So, with the exception of James, there’s nobody around to keep things amusing.  Instead, you’ve got a collection of humorless simpletons, all talking about how famous they’re going to be once the show is over.

Seriously, Big Brother dropped the ball when it came to casting this season.  And, if John is voted out on Thursday and doesn’t come back, it will finally be obvious just how much they dropped the ball.

So, let’s hope that Vanessa either decides that she can’t trust Steve (and she’s pretty mad at him right now) or that Austin and the twins decide that Steve is the bigger target (but that won’t happen because Austin and the twins really hate John and, hilariously, seem to think that the rest of America agrees with them).

Or, if John is voted out, let’s hope he gets right back in.

Otherwise, it’s going to be a long month until the finale!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

So, here’s what’s happening on this Monday.  Because Monday is always crazy and manic for me, I’m going to keep this update brief and then turn it over to our wonderful commenters!

So, they had the POV ceremony today and guess what?  Even though she, as usual, spent a lot of time obsessing on whether or not she should use the veto and try to get either James and Meg backdoored, Vanessa decided not to use the veto.

So, Steve and Johnny Mac are still on the block.

Yesterday, it looked like Steve was the target but apparently, the focus has shifted back over onto John.  So, it looks like John is going to be evicted and, unless he wins the right to re-enter the game, I get the feeling that a lot of viewers are going to leave with him.

And, for those of you who were wondering about Austin’s girlfriend, Jen — she has officially reacted!  Apparently, they were having troubles even before Austin entered the house but he promised her that he would remain “loyal” to her during the entire three months.  He wrote her a long letter — which has now been posted on Facebook — in which he explained that the only reason he was doing Big Brother was too make business contacts so that he could then have the money to allow him to live a “travel-filled and adventurous life” with her.

Well, his Jen has been watching the live feeds.  She has officially declared herself to now be single.  She also gathered up all of his stuff and apparently tossed out all of his stuff.

Meanwhile, in the house, Austin has asked Liz to be his girlfriend.  Liz asked Austin about Jen.  Austin lied and said that he broke up with her before moving into the house.

So, of course, Liz said yes.  And Austin says that, as soon as this season is over, he’s moving to Los Angeles so he can be with Liz.

BLEH!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Well, it is was a long, long night.  The veto comp took forever.  Apparently, it was a face morphing contest, which means that each player was timed and it depended on who got the shortest time.  Both Julia and Meg were playing in the veto and since those two aren’t exactly the sharpest HGs in the history of the game, I’m going to assume that they’re the ones who are responsible for the veto literally taking forever.

But anyway, the results are now in and…

VANESSA WON THE VETO!

Vanessa is probably going to keep the nominations the same, though you can never be totally sure with her.  It’s probably going to depend on who she’s the most angry with before the veto meeting is held.  Right now, she is suddenly very angry with Steve.  For reasons that I’m still trying to figure out, she no longer trusts Steve.  As well, Steve said that he didn’t want to be a pawn this week so now Austin and the twins are convinced that he can’t be trusted.

(How many times have Austin and the twins volunteered to be a pawn?  Expecting someone to be okay with being nominated is stupid.)

Also, Meg apparently broke down crying after she lost the veto.  So, again, Austin and the twins are wondering whether or not they can trust her.  With the way this season is going — and considering how fragile Austin’s precious little feelings appear to be — that could always lead to Meg getting backdoored.

But probably not!

This could all change but, as of right now, it looks like Steve is the new target and that he’ll probably be sent to jury on Thursday.  Of course, as soon as he’s voted out, he’ll have a chance to get back into the game.

Lisa Marie

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Well, what can I say?  I was planning on not updating until we found out who won the veto but it looks like that could take forever and I’m about to go out for the night.

So, here’s a new post so that, whenever we do find out who won the veto, we’ll all have a place to discuss it!

Here’s a quick recap of what has happened:

Austin did consider nominating Vanessa but he didn’t.  (Vanessa talked to him before the nomination ceremony.  As soon as Vanessa finished making her point — i.e., that John was more of a threat than she was — Austin was called to the Diary Room.  Steve, who was waiting to talk to him after Vanessa, never got a chance to plead his case.)  Austin nominated John and Steve for eviction.

Who is Austin’s target?  It appears to be John but sometimes, it appears to be Steve.  At this point, to be honest, it appears that Austin is more interested in making out with Liz than in actually talking strategy.  But, if I had to guess, I would say that John is definitely the target.

Austin has also said that if either John or Steve wins the veto, he will use either James or Meg as a replacement nominee.  In other words, Vanessa is safe for another week.  Being the biggest and most obvious target in the house is working out for her.  Austin and the twins know that if Vanessa is ever evicted, everyone will then start to focus on them.

Anyway, I’m not sure if John understands that he’s the target.  We all know that John has to win this veto if he wants to stay but John doesn’t seem to quite understand that.  To be honest, if John throws this veto comp then he pretty much deserves whatever happens.

And, as of right now, they’re playing for the veto and we’re still waiting to see who is going to win it!

If I’m home when the comp ends, I’ll post the winner in the comments section below.

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Forgive the shortness of this post.  I woke up not feeling well and having to write about Austin is not going to make feel any better.

But, unfortunately, I have no choice to write about Austin because, after Becky was evicted last night, Austin won the HoH competition!  So, yep — it’s going to be another week of Austin and the Hate Twins in charge of the house.

And I have to be honest — at this point, I really wouldn’t be shocked to see Austin and the twins get into the final three.  They are currently the only truly solid alliance in the house and the three of them could easily trade the HoH back and forth until the game ends.  Austin and Julia would both take Liz to the final two.  Who would Liz pick?

But that’s a question for the future.  Right now, the main concern is who is Austin going to nominate.  Last night, for a while, it looked like Austin would do something smart and try to get rid of Vanessa.  In fact, Austin was bragging about how it was time to make a big move and shake up the house and maybe get rid of the strongest player in the house…

And hey, that all makes sense, right?  Good thinking, Austin!

Well, unfortunately, Austin is an idiot who is being advised by morons.  Julia is paranoid because she heard John doing one of his trademark yells in the Diary Room and she’s convinced that means that he’s part of a twist.

(By the way, the producers of Big Brother are too blame for a lot of this.  At the start of the game, they promised the HGs a twist a week.  Then, after three weeks, they changed their minds but they never bothered to tell the HGs.  As a result, quite a few evictions have been due to the fact that the HGs are still under the impression that there are hundreds of twists going on inside the house.  Thank you, Big Brother Producers, for once again screwing things up for no good reason.)

Liz spent most of last night telling Austin that he should let Vanessa survive for another week.  Instead, Austin should nominate John and Steve and try to keep the nominations the same.  And, this morning, Austin told her that was what he was going to do.

(Austin is also apparently going to dress up like his stupid alter ego for the nomination ceremony.  Austin is even thinking about wearing a clown nose, which would be appropriate.)

As of right now, it appears that the target is going to be John.  Bleh.  I’m not quite as enamored with John as I once was.  Yes, he’s amusing and fun to watch but it’s getting harder to ignore just how bad he is at playing this game.  But still, I’d like John to stick around for a little bit longer.  So, here’s hoping that the target shifts over to Creepy Steve!

The nominations are later today!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

Sorry for the delay in getting the Diary Room open!  Big Brother Blogger keeps changing the location of the key.  But I found it and now we are ready to do this!

Cast your vote in the comments or over on the right side of the page!  

Do you vote to evict…

BECKY, who survived being hit by a train but may not survive the infection of her big toe

Or

JOHNNY MAC, the superstar dentist

Cast your votes below!

Then watch tonight so to see who joins the jury and who becomes the HoH!

And then check back here tomorrow and let’s all hope that there’s something more interesting going on in the house than just Becky’s toe trouble and Austin and Liz’s gross relationship!

As for me, I vote to evict …. BECKY!

Lisa Marie

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Hi, everyone!

So, it all come down to this.  There is so little going on in the Big Brother House right now that I have been reduced to writing a post about Becky’s big toe.

If you’ve checked into the live feeds today, you witnessed Becky in pain.  Apparently, Becky injured her toe a few days ago.  (I’m assuming that it happened during the veto competition.  She either broke it or seriously sprained it.)  This morning, she woke up and discovered that her big toe was swollen.  Becky says that it’s twice as big as it usually is.  Becky, who survived being hit by a train, claims that the toe pain is the worst pain that she’s ever experienced in her life.  She has literally been moaning in constant pain.

Now, reaction on twitter seems to be split between people who feel sorry for Becky and people who think that Becky is overdoing it and attempting to get sympathy from the house.  Personally, I don’t know.  I’ve dealt with my share of toe and ankle injuries and they ARE PAINFUL!  At the same time, I would hardly blame Becky for trying to get some sympathy during what might be her final day in the house.

You know who doesn’t have any sympathy for Becky?  Julia and Liz.  Julia said that if Becky survived getting hit by a train, she should be able to survive this.  Liz (at least I think it was Liz) pointed out that Becky has already won $5,000 and she can use that to get toe fixed when she gets out of the house.  If anything, Becky’s injury seems to have made Liz even more determined to get Becky out of the house.

Which is pretty stupid, to be honest.  With her injured toe, Becky is no longer a threat to win comps.  If her toe gets worse, she might even be removed from the house for her own well-being.  So, really, voting to evict Becky is kind of a waste of time because, if her toe really is as bad as she says it is, then Becky’s game is pretty much over.

But, regardless of logic, it still appears the Becky and her big toe will be sent to the jury house on Thursday.

Lisa Marie

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BLEH!

And, on that note, hi, y’all!

So, listen I’m not going to get all graphic about what went on with Austin and Liz last night.  In fact, if there was anything else happening in the house, I wouldn’t mention it at all.  Unfortunately, there isn’t much going on in the house.  Liz did not use the veto.  John and Becky are still on the block.  Becky appears to be the target, though that could always change between now and Thursday.  Steve is wandering around muttering to himself about how he has to get James out next.  Same old same old…

And then, last night — well, let’s just say that Liz and Austin entered into a new stage of their relationship, one that involves Austin’s fingers.  And — unlike almost everyone on twitter, I am not judging.  They’re both adults, everything was consensual, and everyone has needs.  Liz has recently said that she is starting to like Austin.  Some people are complaining about them fooling around while on camera but again, there are cameras all over the house and, judging from some of her comments, Liz truly does not seem to realize that she’s basically on camera 24 hours a day.

(Liz has never seen the show before and doesn’t seem to understand what “live feed” means.  In other news, Liz isn’t extremely intelligent.)

With all that in mind, I still have to say, “Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!  Gross!”

Seriously, Austin is so disgusting.  I can barely even stand to look at him, with his unwashed hair and that ugly beard of his.  I just look at him and I get the feeling that he probably reeks of body odor and axe body spray.  

Seriously — BLEH!

Anyway, right now, the house is pretty much Austin and Liz’s castle.  Liz did her HoH earlier and Austin told her that she needs to write about him and their relationship.  Liz replied that she didn’t want to bore everyone to death.  “That’s what they’re interested in!” Austin replied.

Memo to Austin: NOBODY IS INTERESTED IN YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIP, OR YOUR STUPID ALTER EGO!

Anyway, as far as I can tell, Austin has yet to wash his fingers but he’s still been in the kitchen, sticking his hand into all the food and … no, seriously.  Austin is just too disgusting to write about.

But write about him I will because Austin actually made me cheer for Steve.  Earlier today, Steve was taking a selfie with Liz.  Austin, of course, was standing about two feet behind them, with his arms crossed.  

Austin said to Steve, “Be careful where you put your hands, boy.”

Steve replied, “I’ll put my hands where I want so you shut up.”

YAY, STEVE!  Seriously, that tells you how disgusting Austin is.  He makes Steve look good by comparison!

Finally, one other thing to note today: Meg was talking to James and she told him that she is so sick of Becky.  Why?  Because all Becky wants to do is talk game.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME, MEG!?  IT IS A GAME!

If there was ever a time to talk game, now is that time.

Lisa Marie

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