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What time does the show tape tonight, so I can figure out when to start checking boards to see who was evicted and who is the new HoH since there's no live feeds until tomorrow.

3:23PM BBT Jeff's Reels still on. 4:42PM BBT Jeff's Reels still on. [We're at three and a half hours and counting for the PoV comp now. Decently long. Seems like it would be enough time for maybe the face matching comp? Comics? - BBLP] 5:42PM BBT Jeff's Reels still on. [Four and a half hours for the PoV comp so far.] 6:09PM BBT Jeff's Reels continue their leggy run.

10:22AM BBT Lights out still in the house. Corey and Nicole crashed out in the HoH bedroom. Paul, Vic, and James each slumbering in a bed in the UKBR. HoH fish are the only thing active in the house right now. 11:08AM BBT Lights on in all rooms, but all houseguests still crashed out in the same places. 12:06PM BBT Corey still in bed, awake. Nicole in HoH WA doing makeup, telling Corey before coming back to the show she did brain exercises to help her get smarter and improve her memory and it actually made her memory worse in the house. Sudoku, brain exercises recommended by an ER doc...nothing worked. She thinks her anxiety is what blocks her memory in the house. 12:08PM BBT Vic, Paul, and James still crashed out in the UKBR with the lights on.

1:41PM BBT Nicole and Corey sleeping in HoH bed. Tight shot of Corey's face as you hear the sweet relaxing sounds of Vic taking a leak in the HoH bathroom - door open. BB cuts the audio part way through. 1:44PM BBT James sitting on the couch watching Corey and Nicole sleep, listening to Tay-Tay on the headphones, and thinking about broken relationships. Vic also had climbed into the bed after emptying his bladder. 1:47PM BBT Paul in the WA picking hair out of a hairbrush, then walking into the shower with his slippers on and collecting products to take to HoH bathroom. 1:51PM BBT Corey, Nicole, Vic crashed out in bed, James still getting his religion from Tay-Tay through the headphones as he sits on the couch opposite. Paul wandering around HoH bathroom.

Why would Nicole tell Corey that she wants the F3 to be her, him, and James if she didn't intend on getting Paul and Vic out at the first chance? No one else was around when she said it - it was just to Corey, and it was just yesterday. Natalie can go, though. The issues that have come up from time to time are only getting worse by the minute. Poor James.

4:50PM BBT James and Natalie in the back yard on opposite ends of the hammock. James has his foot in her armpit and his hand on her upper calf. Natalie is telling her the #1 test for guys she dates when they go away on vacation. She tells them to just bring back a little sand or a rock, leaf or grass and NONE of them do it, but sometimes they do the second time. James says he'd bring back the cutest jar of sand for her. They talk more about relationships for a while, then Natalie goes back to saying she doesn't know if she's ready for another relationship. 4:55PM BBT Nicole, Corey and Paul playing dominoes in the back yard couch area. Nicole wins the current game. Corey says it's luck. Nicole reading the dominoes instructions, discovering that you can play on any side of a double and excitedly shouting this minutiae to Vic inside. 4:59PM BBT Flush with satisfaction from her dominoes discovery, Nicole wanders over to snuggle with Corey on the couch (who has slid down into a semi-reclining position). She puts her head on his bare chest as he casually palms her butt like a basketball. Paul announces that if he had a beer right now he'd be the happiest person alive. Paul wonders if live feeders are still watching now. Nicole says family and friends, but she doesn't know who else. 5:02PM BBT They comment on one of the camera across the yard that's seeking non-stop. They say it's malfunctioning, then we get FotH. 5:03PM BBT Nicole comments on how strange it is that Paul lives so close to the BB House in real life. Vic says his parents can just drop him off at the lot like he's going to school. 5:06PM BBT Paul pipes up and says he'd swap himself out now for Jozea just to see Nicole go, "fuuuuck!" when she saw him. And...FotH. 5:08PM BBT Nicole playing with Corey's hair behind her head and she says, "is my bun in your face?", to which Paul says "he wishes" and cackles. All the guys laugh. FoTH again. 5:09PM BBT Feed comes back with Nicole talking about the number of days left and Paul says, "that's like your period and a week" (Clearly Paul and the guys are on a specific level at this end of the yard. The two ends of the yard could not have more different conversations - BBLP) 5:10PM BBT Nicole's had enough and leaves to refill her glass inside. 5:12PM BBT Paul confesses that he wonders every day if someone will get hurt enough to have to leave the house, just to expedite the process, then jokes about putting olive oil on the stairs to help things along.

2:16PM BBT Vic and Paul joking calling different things "sluts" or "whores" in Spanish. Vic says "Puta la potato," then Paul says "Puta la el diablo," then they laugh, and a beat later Corey opens the slider and walks in and Paul mumbles "puta la Corey" but Corey doesn't react. 2:19PM BBT Cuts back to the backyard where Natalie is talking about how now that she's 26, it's such a question mark if she gets married. She wants to know if she will get married and have kids like her friend Lauren, who is 26 also and getting married to mike/mark (?). Nicole says she has no doubt she (Nicole) will get married. 2:20PM BBT Camera cuts back to the kitchen where Corey is asking what bodega means. Paul says it's Spanish - Vic says he doesn't know (??? seems unbelievable to me - BBLP). They talk about coming to LA for Halloween horror nights then a little more small talk. Corey says "you know what would be funny as shit?" and it immediately goes to FoTH, depriving all of us from ever knowing. 2:24PM BBT Paul and Vic are going on about how they have been unloved by America and wonder if the fans like them. Paul explains why the others have had an easier time and speculates that maybe America just likes seeing him and Vic struggle. Vic mutters "puta la care package."

2:06PM BBT Nicole, James, and Natalie sunbathing in the back yard. Natalie is talking about the importance of family and how she's had to miss so many family functions because of work, but now she will concentrate on family. She says she's going to Boston first to see her girls (Katy and Cassie (Kathy?)), then she'll go to Venezuala. Nicole asks what her last name is. Natalie says it's Negrade (Negradi?). 2:08PM BBT Paul comes over and asks if they're hungry. Vic is inside cooking something. Corey seems to be in the pool table area that Paul walks back to. 2:10PM BBT Paul starts serenading Corey and we get FoTH. 2:11PM BBT Natalie talking about the definition of a perfect person, which is her friend Lauren "who got her Masters [degree] in like one year!" (From which diploma mill?! - BBLP) A little more personal friends talk then another FotH. 2:14PM BBT Camera comes back to Vic and Paul in the kitchen where Paul is talking about wanting to win the next HoH. Vic says to win the next HoH and then do a "dope-ass HoH blog post about how we're still here."

4:11PM BBT Paul and Nicole chatting in the back yard couch area. James and Natalie chatting on the backyard hammock. Nicole is whining about not being ready for another relationship when she's "frikkin' drowning in her real life." James trying to be the voice of reason, but Natalie enjoying her pity party too much. 4:13PM BBT Vic has joined paul and Nicole at the BY couches. 4:19PM BBT Nicole joking with Vic asking how he and Paul cuddle. Vic says he slept on top of the covers until he woke up in the middle of the night. Paul says he got a good 10 hours of sleep last night and he needed that. 4:21PM BBT Nicole figures out it's Sunday and tries to see what the schedule for the upcoming week might be. Paul is confused. Corey comes out and says he hears BB music and what is that, and we get FoTH. 4:38PM BBT Still FoTH 4:59PM BBT Nicole explaining to Corey in bed that when you feel comfortable in the game is when crap happens. She's stressed because she needs to stay on her toes. She want's to make sure she's given 100% of being aware all the time. Corey silently thinking about that sandwich he had for lunch while his eyes dart from place to place. Nicole reiterates over and over that she's stressed and Corey says nothing. 5:00PM BBT James and Natalie still on the hammock. Paul and Vic playing pool.

9:11PM BBT Feeds are back, Corey won. All the HG clothes are shredded and dirty. Apparently the HG were sequestered as each one did the comp one by one. Natalie's took longer than the others because they had technical difficulties. 9:14PM BBT James and Natalie leave the HoH and the other four immediately start freaking out in celebration that they won. Nicole drops the idea that Natalie should go because she's a wildcard in comps and James has been predictably bad.

8:35PM BBT Still Jeff's Reels. Going on 5 hours now. Must be some veto comp.

7:35PM BBT Jeff's Reels still on. A larger loop would be nice for these extended blackouts. At almost 4 hours since this started, we should be seeing the feeds come back soon.

2:52PM BBT Natalie and James in Kitchen. Natalie sitting at the raised table. James is standing next to her making what looks like a turkey and mayo sammich on toasted bread. Natalie upset that one of the guys is treating her badly and has said something to upset her just now. She says if you mess with her, she'll attack. She says she can be forgiving, and he can't. She also says she's done being fake with people that don't like her. James listens dutifully. Seems like Natalie and James have been self-segregated from Nicorey and Vaul since this morning, except for the short interaction that set Natalie off. 2:56PM BBT Natalie still talking about being treated like crap. She says she's done faking being nice to people that treat her badly. She says they better hope she doesn't win that HoH (upcoming). She says he (whichever guy this is) has been shitting on people since day one. She likes to give people a taste of their own medicine sometimes. 3:00PM BBT James telling Natalie if he goes out, just use the couple days she has to get her mind right and work out. She'll see him and the others in Jury soon enough. Natalie says "God knows what they've done to me and as long as God knows, that's all I care." James says he will be trying hard to win the veto. It will be bittersweet for at least a day if he wins. 3:04PM BBT James advising Natalie not to engage, but to be the better person if they say bad things to her. Just walk away. Natalie says she's tired of being shit on all season. Natalie says "they're still hammering" and hopes it's not too physical of a VETO comp because she's not going to go nuts killing herself. She has resigned herself to going home and wants James to win the veto and take himself off. 3:06PM BBT James fills his water glass, then comes and gets Natalie's and fills that, too. 3:07PM BBT Natalie reiterates that "he" has been shitting on people since day one and stopped shitting on them only last week - not even. James says he can't believe she eats "this." Natalie says she likes Zucchini. James makes a game of playing with it and gets her to handle his zucchini. 3:09PM BBT Natalie invites James back to bed, and they head off to get horizontal beneath the relative comfort of their covers.

12:20PM BBT Nicorey and Vaul are in the HOH playing dominoes and have been for a while. 12:21PM BBT James sitting and Natalie laying in bed talking about how James didn't have a problem going to a gay bar, and Natalie would think anyone who had a problem going to a gay bar alone would be strange. James said he flirted with the guys at the gay bar and has more fun at gay bars. Natalie says she loves going to gay bars with her gay sister. Despite the extended gay bar talk, Natalie says she's not a clubber - at 26 she's done enough of that. James agrees he isn't a clubber, either. 12:29PM BBT James and Natalie briefly compare chicken wire cuts on their hands from the HoH competition, saying they still hurt when they wash their hands. 12:30PM BBT Talk drifts to strip clubs, and James talks about his strip club experiences, and Natalie says she's a big girl and has been to a strip club once. James says he went to one recently for his birthday on May 22nd.

So even if they open all the remaining sealed tickets on live TV to prove that there really was a Round Trip ticket in the bunch it still could have been planted yesterday and the gimmick was just a safety for the producers. I hope they don't repeat this. The game's become less of a real game every year and more controlled by the producers.

Paulie - mine might be a good number. It was the only one in the same spot as when it started. I'll put Faith in it. Corey - I feel good. Also that rewind song. That's like a sign. It's like a rewind week dude. Nicole - they have played it every week Corey. Corey - twice in one day. Paulie - I don't know. All I'm saying is there may be chances for me to come in. I think Paulie was "calmed down" from his pathetic whining and crying and threats to leave the jury house when he slipped into the diary room at 3 in the morning and disappeared for a long time. Production either told him he has the round trip ticket or said they'd give him another shot to return from the jury house. My money's on the round trip ticket because he seems a lot calmer and less pathetic after hanging out with the producers all that time early this morning. Or, maybe they drugged him. (shrug) All I know is he's no Corey. Instead, he's one of the most annoying BB players to watch in a long time. I literally fast forward most times he's on now, and I didn't buy feeds this year - first time.

I really have been wondering if the Round Trip ticket thing this year is just a scam by producers to get the houseguest they favor back in the house in case they're eliminated. Think about it. Everyone has their envelope, but NO ONE in the house knows what's in theirs. ALL of them could be one-way tickets, and if a houseguest producers want to see kept is about to be evicted, they can replace that houseguest's envelope with one that looks EXACTLY the same on the outside, but has a round-trip ticket inside. They have plenty of opportunities to make this switch on eviction day. It seems like it's a gimmick tailor made to give production even more control than they already have over the outcome of the show, which kind of stinks.

****FINALE SPOILERS**** 7:11PM BBT Steve has won HoH and will choose who goes with him. 7:14PM BBT Steve complements Vanessa profusely and seemingly can barely breathe, then ejects her. Vanessa tersely says "okay, good game", and is clearly pissed Liz says "oh, my god steve, thank you so much! I need this so bad. I need the money so bad." [delusionally thinking Steve did it for HER, not HIS game - BBLP] 7:16PM BBT Steve calls Liz to the memory wall to watch Vanessa go gray. 7:16PM BBT In the interview, Vanessa admits she would not have brought Steve if she had won. Julie teases the upcoming jury voting, calling them "bitter" 7:37PM BBT Voting is starting. 7:41PM BBT Voting is done. From the comments made as votes were placed, it seems like Steve has the edge. 7:54PM BBT STEVE WON! (Vanessa, still bitter from just being ejected by Steve, voted for Liz as did Julia/Austin - all others went to Steve) EDIT: Anyone know why they had to edit two completely different versions of announcing James' win? It's edited very closely, but is clearly a reshoot from two versions of the same announcement. [i'm out until next year - BBLP]

Feeds are back. 11:10 PM BBT Steve won Round 2. His time was 28 something to Liz's 31:11. Sounds like a word scramble keyed to a series of events from the summer. So a clue, then a jumble of letters that form the answer when unscrambled. The Audrey one screwed Steve and Liz up. There was also one clue that was simply "Male houseguest". Steve called this comp a more elaborate version of the spiderweb comp. 11:15 Vanessa and Steve hug. She reminds him not to hurt her still-sore neck, even though she finally got a muscle relaxant and feels a little better. Steve and Vanessa are celebrating final 2. Vanessa says "fuckin' exciting, bro."

9:30PM BBT Discussion about how things will go, interrupted by FoTH a few times. Vanessa has PoV. Liz will be replacement nom, then Vanessa chooses final 3. Not looking good for Jmac.

Morty can't receive any PM's cause his box is full, so I'll put this correction here: On the main page, it changed what Liz said to "I'm Screwed", when she said "I'm SCARED" in a tweety-bird little girl voice (scawed). I tried to approximate that with the spelling and it got mis-communicated. Liz isn't scared at all, just a little nervous for how she'll do in the comps.

(VERY approx. times based on BBAD and where the feeds went out this AM) ~9 AM BBT JMac and Steve in the kitchen looking over the T-Shirts for dying. JMac says he needs a Medium, no way he's taking a large. Steve seems surprised. He tells Steve the shirt he has on is a small. Steve says "oh, wow, you're tiny!" pauses for a beat, then says, quizzically, "how much do you weigh?" Jmac responds "130". Steve repeats, "ooh, you're tiny." Looks stunned, then interrupts Jmac with "how...how do I outweigh you so much?!" Jmac replies "I dunno - a lot of people do, though." ~9:03 AM BBT Austin is called to the DR. Steve says "dammit, he doesn't like me" [i think referring to whoever's running the DR - BBLP]. JMac says "Did they call you??" Steve "Nooo, I was trying to get 'em to, though." ~9:05 AM BBT BB tells Steve and JMac to "Please check the storeroom." They go with an immediacy that would make Pavlov burst with pride. Austin gets to the SR first, realizes it's only instructions for the shirts, and leaves. ~9:13 AM BBT Vanessa comes out from HoH and calls down saying she probably needs a medium shirt, but maybe a small if they're men's sizes. ~9:15 AM BBT Liz is immediately bitching about the quality of the "heavy cotton shirts" - Steve tries to point out that the shirts are good quality. Vanessa tells Steve he could be large. Steve, offended, says "Are you calling me fat?" ~9:23 AM BBT Austin comments from the WA "They're really going to town out there" [constructing the next set] Cut back to the KA where Steve is saying "I'm not as well endowed as some people, as you...[blank] yesterday." to Vanessa. Vanessa changes the subject "You guys, why are we wait...are we doing goodbyes??" Steve replies "I don't think the eviction is til tomorrow." [if he only knew - BBLP] Vanessa says "So it's a regular DR, it's not a goodbye?" Steve says "I mean, the suitcases aren't even in storage." ~9:25 AM BBT Vanessa says she's nauseous. Steve says "Vanessa has morning sickness" Vanessa says "I do" (surprised steve) and continues "I get morning sickness." Steve says there's a joke in there. Vanessa says they're hooking them up with games, and asks Steve if this happens every season. Steve doesn't know. ~9:28 AM BBT Van, Jmac, Steve, Liz are discussing the weird thing of being forced to get up and dye shirts. Jmac says "Wake the fuck up and Tie Dye!" Everyone still whining about wanting to go back to sleep. The only party with less energy than this one was the Gronk Toga party. All HG are now in the Kitchen area. ~9:35 AM BBT Steve is back in bed. Liz and Austin head back to bed, too. ~9:40 AM BBT Liz is called from bed to the DR, and proclaims "I'm ready, I'm ready" and rolls over Austin, kissing him and heading out of bed, then heads to WA for self-wardrobe and makeup before entering DR. ~9:55 AM BBT Liz is back, in bed making out with Austin. Vanessa is called to DR. ~9:56 AM BBT Liz says to Austin, looking for reassurance, "so you think it will be Wednesday if the luggage isn't in there?" Austin says, "fuck, I hope not" then says "Why are they already building?" [starting to get the clue - BBLP] Austin decides it's definitely tomorrow, but maybe they'll load the luggage later. He decides if it was wed they wouldn't need to accelerate the schedule that dramatically. He's quiet then says "today's just the last calm before the storm." Liz says "I'm scawed" in her cute girl voice. Austin asks why. She says it's gonna be crazy. ~10 something AM Vanessa comes in to the bedroom where Austin and Liz are snuggling and talks about the games they're getting, including Jenga. Austin says he feels like this "get you up early for DR and tie dye" is a trick [ding ding ding-BBLP] Vanessa says "it is a trick." Uh, oh. Maybe Vanessa isn't set on Austin going home. She's back to playing with skittles in the HoH for game strategy.

Whoever did the time on the main update page is wrong. The POV isn't over at 3 something BBT. They used East Coast time.

3:26 PM BBT Vanessa and the twins in the WA, Austin in the Kitchen. Liz says Austin knew Steve and Johnny Mac were going to split them up and that's why he was acting cool as a cucumber. 3:27 PM BBT Liz saying "I just literally like never want to talk to him [Austin] again." because she doesn't seem to understand that there can be only one winner in the game, and her boyfriend wants to win, too. Vanessa is really laying it on thick with the twins trying to make jury points with them because she knows they're both probably on the way out. 3:28 PM BBT Vanessa says to Liz, "Oh, did you think he was going to use the veto on you?" Silence. Vanessa - "Liz?" then Liz says "Mmm hmm...maybe" and starts to get tearful again.

2:39PM-3:35PM BBT Jeff's highlight reels. Noms? It's been a long time just for noms... 3:42PM BBT Video's back. It was noms. Meg and James are nominees (and have-nots, which James calls salt in the wound). 3:46PM BBT Meg is in HN room saying she knew they were going up last night because Austin and the twins were acting weird to them. 3:48PM BBT James tells Meg he believes he is the target, and Meg says "right behind you, baby" 3:49PM BBT James says if he wins the veto, it puts him in a tough spot. Meg asks why. James demurs... 3:50PM BBT James says he can't understand how JMac isn't the target anymore and he and Meg moved up on the list. 3:51PM BBT Meg is crying again. She says to James, "either I go home, or I have to stay here without you" - James is trying to comfort her. Meg says "I dunno, one of us is going home." James says "oh, yeah." 3:53PM BBT James heads out of HN room as Meg says "It's funny that we kept her." - James says "I know" and walks out. 3:54PM BBT Vanessa comes in to HN room to play with Meg's pretty little head. FOTH. 3:55PM BBT Vanessa putting all the bad stuff in the house on Austin and the twins. James walks in to HN room.