LAST EDITED ON 07-24-11 AT 07:38 AM (EST)

Believe it or not, it's actually easier if you don't have the feeds than having them... I tried watching the feeds two years ago, and while there was interesting stuff that I got to see... More often than not, things got annoyingly loud or extremely boring. It may not have helped that was the season of the cliques, and was annoying at tons of times... but there was also frustration, especially when the competition was to carry over into the feeds and it then took at least half an hour to even get a glimpse of what was going on... Mainly due to either the signal crapping out, or my computer sputtering at the connection point...

After that season, I found it easier to just go back to hanging around Jokers/Hamsterwatch... Let them do the work for you.

I'll just google "Big Brother 13 Spoilers" (setting the filter to last hour or last day) and check the bylines if there is anything new (HoH, PoV) or newsworthy (catfight!). If there is, I'll pop into two or three of the sites posting these spoilers to check out the details. As such, I get it in very small, selective doses without all of the brak-a-brak and tedium of the live feeds.

What exactly did Lawon do to Kalia? He's her one and only eviction topic, and she seems to have been holding court on it since the moment the feeds went live. Nominate us and get rid of him. Let us go to singles so I can become HoH and get rid of him. I'll give you any promise you want if you just promise me you'll get rid of him. Was there a major incident which never made the show? Did he do something untoward during the original HoH competition? (The events of the ant costume would irritate nearly anyone, but this seems to predate that.) Where did Lawon go wrong? Or if he didn't, what triggered Kalia's Happy Fun Standards Of Doom this time?

And in the CBS Can't Do Anything Right department, Hamsterwatch captured this shot of Cassi's online interview.

http://twitpic.com/5ub55c

I'm wondering if it was the lack of coming to her defense during Keith's week 1 tirade against her...

Well, she & Lawon were the last people paired up and she wasn't happy about that -- I know that for a fact. I think she felt like they were oil and water, which doesn't mix well. That may be why she began trying to get rid of him, but his failure to come to her defense with Keith (most likely because he was aligned wtih Keith) may have added fuel to her fire.

LAST EDITED ON 07-25-11 AT 04:22 AM (EST)

For those who have fallen asleep or are losing interest, I have some good news for you!

No, the BB season is NOT over yet. However, the backstabbing for real has begun.

Danielle told Dom about the mystery (Shelly's) vote. Dom is shocked and pissed off. - -
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15522131&page=4&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Dom is SHOCKED. Keeps saying "OMG! OMG!"
Dani says "oops, see you know I trust you totally if I slip and tell you everything"
Dom says he already knew Kalia was the one vote but never thought Shelly was the other"
More talk about it and Dom calls Shelly a "b1tch".

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J/J/B/R are trying to keep from Dani that Dom is now their target. Dani has told Rachel that if Dom is evicted, she will be pissed off. - -
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15520403&page=6&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Dani: "Evicting Jeff is the better game move, but I don't care if Adam goes home. But if Dom goes home...I'm gonna be pissed."
Long silence. Rach seems to be thinking hard. They're both so still that it seems like the screen froze.

After the pause Dani says Dom talked to Shelly but didn't make a deal with her. Rach says Dom said he would come talk to her but hasn't. Dani goes downstairs and seems annoyed.
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15519401&page=7&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Dani says Jeff is going around behind their backs so how can you trust him, and Dani has been doing everything she can for them. We take Dom as far as we can like top 5 or 6 and then we cut him loose.
Brendon says he doesn't want to shoot himself in the foot by cutting Jeff up too early.
Dani says Jeff is openly getting others on his side against them.

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J/J/B/R are pissed off that Dani is pushing for Jeff to be evicted. - -
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15515728&page=11&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Brendan is pissed at Dani and Jeff and him are talking majorly about Dani! Jeff: She was up here every second and then she would leave if they were alone. The last seven days or so.

Brendan: Now we have to think about how to get Dom out and not have her compete for HoH.

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Shelly is getting annoyed with Rachel (I think just on principle, who wouldn't?). Then talked with Dani and it read like they were digging for info from the other and they both were not happy with the outcome. But Shelly did report back to J/J on the conversation, NOT B/R. She hasn't reached the pissed-off level yet. - -
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15516028&page=9&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Dani to Shelly: What got me in trouble last time is I get emotional. Friends only get you so far in the game too. Shelly: You have something else. You are competitive. With Brendan and Rachel and Jeff and Jordan, where are you?

Dani: I don't know.

Shelly: you don't have to tell, but you're awesome at this game, but i don't want you to feel left out.

Dani: Whether they say it or not, I imagine they want to go to the top 5, but this is BB and the power will shift eventually. I'm not stupid. I'm at the bottom.

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Just some highlights from the last several hours, which was filled with many, many twists and turns. Even Kalia did some plotting. What's next - anyone caring that Porsche's actually in the house?

I know the current plan is to undercut Danielle's hopeful power base by removing Dominic, but can the boomerangs be sure of the vote total? By themselves, they have three. (Danielle can hardly be counted on here unless she decides to work back in and hope no one noticed the absence.) They should be able to wrap up one vote and let Rachel tiebreak -- unless the newbies pick this week to grow a shared spine. Keep Dominic over Adam? You have to put up with the Legendary Snoring, but Dominic may have an improved chance in some of the competitions. With the fresh meat desperate for an HoH win, they need to keep their odds as high as they can. Adam's knowledge of game operations doesn't mean much until someone gets into a position where they can play. (And it hasn't done Adam much good anyway.)

But... Porsche goes with the wind (from Rachel's mouth), Shelly is trying to play so many people that it's hard to be sure if she can keep track, Kalia may refuse to do it just because someone asked her to, and the plan requires Lawon to be awake. How do you like your chances?

The countdown to the return of Danieeeeeeeeelle has begun.

That's what she gets for trying so hard to get Radon to backdoor Jordeff. Did she honestly believe they wouldn't compare notes? Never mind -- she probably did.

Anyway, she would've been better off trying to push for Adam's eviction once Brendon won the POV competition. That would've gotten better results for her.

According to Brendon, these were Danielle's first words in the cage:

"I'm okay with getting my dad out the first week."

But didn't she say that all the way to the F2 last time?!

And here nearly everyone thought she was working with a new strategy.

It took all day to build up, but it finally happened. The couples are trying to convince Dani to stay with them; Jeff was trying to get her to admit to being the one that started the "backdoor Jeff" idea. He has been angry most of the day.

From Jokers:
http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=bbusaupdates&Number=15553784&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&rc=&fpart=1

Brendon says the vets' relationship isn't perfect, but nothing is in BB. The vets should be able to mend their bridges because if they don't, the newbies will come up and pick off the vets. Bren says they have the opportunity right now to control what happens in the game from now on, they don't want to be sitting in the jury house in two months wishing they had done something differently.

Brendon says they need to act as a cohesive unit.

Jeff says he still doesn't trust Dominic because a) Dominic didn't tell him he was throwing veto and b) the way Dominic talks to Jeff.

Jeff correctly deduces that the whispers of Jeff and Jordan going up as backdoor noms if Dom won the veto had to come from SOMEWHERE but stops short of acknowledging it was Dani.

Jeff: "No one knows where it came from, so I must be crazy, so I'll swallow my crazy pill and move forward in this game. Don't get me wrong, I'm here to be competitive and I'm here to go to war. And I want to go to war with people who will go to war with me. I don't want to lay my heart on the line and then have it pissed on. I'd rather someone say, 'Hey, ***** you,' then I'd say, 'Hey ***** you too, let's dance.' I'd have been cool to keep Dominic before all this s--- happened. But all this did happened and you have to give me this much: I want Dominic out here. I just want to put all my s--- on the table. I understand he's your (Dani's) friend, but do you want that friendship or do you want to win?"

Dani: "I've already stated, Jeff, that I'm fine no matter whether Adam or Dominic goes home."

But let's not neglect Brendon going on a 'those who can't do, preach' rampage by making a mini-cage round to tell people why he's the Greatest Player To Ever Not Even Come Close To Winning, they are stupid, and here's why they are stupid, in exacting detail. (Primary victims: Adam & Porsche.) So this is the part of the relationship where the couple starts to take on each other's personality traits...

(Rachel was oddly quiet during all this confrontation. Maybe her fight meter was reading quota.)

Danielle's admitted she may have been playing too much too early, but her insistence (to herself) that it's time to step back isn't being reflected in her actions. Feed watchers seem to think she's moving in on Kalia. (Major hint, Danielle: she'll do anything if you just get rid of Lawon. And 'get rid of' may be a rephrasing.) But she's being watched now. If it looks like she's getting too close there, Kalia will turn into the next target. The boomerangs want to keep her with them instead of looking for a substitute member, and that means keeping her weak.

Meanwhile, Dominic has been made perfectly aware that he's the victim here -- loudly -- multiple times -- mostly by Jeff -- and has rocketed through the stages to wind up at resignation. (Oddly, he's not blaming Danielle for this: instead, he's placing the fault on himself. Rare around here.) He's also making side detours into Defeat Means Friendship, making up with Adam for cage-real and helping his effective-former partner memorize house trivia. Avenge me! Given that the cage normally runs on vengeance, we've got to get some eventually, so let it be Adam's. If he cares that much.

But not to worry, Dominic. Danielle will take revenge for you. By losing Kalia next.

The plan makes sense. Somewhere.

Blaming himself is rare around here! And indeed, Dominic is mostly to blame for his own eviction. But Daniele sure didn't help his cause any.

What would Dom's Mama Do? She's pretty much had his life in her hands, I'm sure she's got the feeds trained on her little boy.

OH NO!

LAST EDITED ON 07-28-11 AT 07:20 AM (EST)

http://www.hamsterwatch.com/ , as per usual. (Not PG-13, but neither was the day. And faux-Rachel's blogging again.)

Note the suspicion of an endurance all-nighter (baring volcano) lurking in the wings. But it's amazing how none of the hamsters seem to be talking about the chance of splitting back to singles play...

ETA: At this point, Thursday pretty much has to show something from all this. I just don't know how much they'll have time for -- or what Grodner wants to sell.

Who is she with?

When she and Brendan were fighting about backdooring Jeff, was she mad at Brendan? Was she on Jeff's team?

Jokers has conversations with Kalia, Dani, and Dom. I thought Kalia didn't like Lawon.

Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie

You're My Partner, So We're Allies: Lawon

I Will Do Anything For You If You Get Rid Of Him: anyone who isn't Lawon

Newbies Forever!: Porsche, Lawon, Adam, Dominique

Gosh, That Key Looks Good Around Your Neck: whoever's HoH

I Can Make This Idiot Tell Me Anything: Jordan (part-time -- Jordan is now wary about Kalia's approaches.)

She's So Friendly All Of A Sudden!: Danielle

Me? I'm Harmless: the boomerangs as a whole

Kalia's One Unbreakable Alliance Of Ultimate True Love: the refrigerator.

LAST EDITED ON 07-28-11 AT 08:40 PM (EST)

You have nailed her 100%.

Kalia = stress eater.

I am a bit uncomfortable watching her because I recognize the species. *reaches for salad to compensate*

There's been a few (fake? maybe not, but that's the way to bet) tears from Kalia, wondering if her 'friendship' with Jordan can survive their being on different sides -- but otherwise, it's been a few 'I won't put you up if I win' lies here and there plus a little bit of voting discussion. The feel is that it's still Dominique, but it may not be a shutout.

Several hamsters have theories on what's going on challenge-wise: many of them are dressing for endurance. (Protective gear as brought in or improvised, some degree of water blockage, possibly gloves.) The majority (which doesn't seem to include Porsche) is looking at a long night.

I think we are overdue for an endurance challenge and there are clues that an evicted player is coming back but there hasn't been any request for a fan vote so this is what I'd do: Have the 4 evicted players participate in that endurance challenge alongside the present players. The evicted player that stays the longest is back in the game and, if he happens to outlast everyone else, then he wins HOH. If the last standing evicted player is outlasted by one of the present player, then that player wins HOH.

It's a decent idea, or as decent as any RI can be. (And therefore, it will never be used in any season.) It would be three, though -- Dick wasn't sequestered.

Yeah, I'd rather there wouldn't be any returning players but it seems a certainty.

ED can't return? Then why even bother? The returning player will be U-turned just like Matt.

Because -- Production is stupid?

But players have to be sequestered if they're going to come back in. Imagine someone going home and getting full feed access plus Internet reviews for a couple of weeks before reentry. 'And you're allied with her, and she's stabbing him in the side, and that one rid the turtle. Chaos time!' Leave the DR with some hints to drop.

For sure, players have to be sequestered but I don't know that ED wasn't sequestered.

Which Matt? The one from Season 9? IIRC, I think James was the one who got the chance to return that season. However, I agree that the returning player is likely to be U-Turned like Kaysar in Season 6 -- unless the returning player wins HOH.

Estee had compared my proposal to Redemption island so I was talking about Survivor 22 Matt. But Kaysar will do.

LAST EDITED ON 07-28-11 AT 09:04 PM (EST)

Endurance cometh.

Porsche will goeth first.