BIG BROTHER 18 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Hello All,

Last week I wrote a post talking about what I'm currently up to (Read it here). One of the things I talked about was about my love for Big Brother. Where I also mentioned that I wanted to able to share my love for Big Brother but wasn't sure how to. After thinking about it for a while decided that I would write a short weekly post where I will chose a player of the week (A small section from my original recaps) and explain why I chose them as player of the week. Since I decided to start this about 3 weeks in I figured I would do a quick post explaining why I chose the first 3 players of the week. 

*This post may contain spoilers from any episode that has aired before Thursday, July 14, 2016***

Week One:

This week is always the longest week because I consider the first week every episode up until the first live eviction (So, up until Jozea's eviction). This episode didn't have a traditional HOH competition. Instead the losing team for the first 4 comps had to chose one of their 3 remaining players to be HOH. Each team this season consists of 1 vet and 3 newbies. The losing team would lose one houseguest and one would become HOH. The losing Team had Nicole (BB16), Corey, Tiffany (Vanessa from last season's sister) and Glenn (Who got evicted). Nicole worked hard to convince her team to make her the first HOH by making her team believe it was their idea to make her HOH while still pretending she didn't want it. Once becoming HOH Nicole used a lot of the other players to get her information from all sides of the house and put up Jozea the leader of the "other" side of the house, who was gunning at her has his number one target. That nomination is what eventually sent Jozea packing, making Nicole my first player of the week.

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Week 2:

The power of the alliance of the house (Nicole, James, Da'Vonne, Frank, Corey, Michelle, Za'kiyah and Tiffany) knew their main Targets consisted of Jozea (who was evicted last week), Victor and Paul. For whatever reason they believed the only way to put up Victor and get him out of the house was to backdoor him. They decided to manipulate Paul to get him to go up as a pawn. Paul agreed to be the pawn. Throughout the week he played both sides of the house by keeping the peace with the power side and agreeing to almost everything they said and keeping what they agreed upon a secret while still dropping subtle hints to his ally, Victor. Although Victor didn't pick up on a single one. Paul picked up on the fact that he was in danger and switched up his game plan to make sure he kept himself safe. Which worked and made Paul my player of week!

Week Three:

From the moment that Bridgette won HOH everyone knew that she was going to the puppet to Frank's puppet master. Frank's primary target was Tiffany who has been rubbing Frank wrong the since week two pretty much. At first the rest of Frank's alliance, the 8-pack, was on board to evicted one of there own. With Frank rubbing Da'Vonne the wrong way, Da'Vonne decided to attempt to flip the vote, but soon met resistance from Paulie who saw Tiffany has a pretty big target. But on Wednesday (according to the live feeds) Michelle realized that by keeping Tiffany in the house there was always going to a bigger target, than herself and her allies, in the house. Using that fact Michelle was able to flip Nicole, Corey, Za'kiyah and Da'Vonne's vote which was enough to safe Tiffany and shake up the house. Because of her success in flipping the house, Michelle is my player of the week!

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And those are my first 3 players of the week. Do you agree with me? Who are you currently rooting for? Let me know in the comments below. 

-P.S. You can live tweet with me on Thursdays during the live evictions!

Big Brother 17 Weekly Recap {Week 2}

Hello All,

Introduction to be written at the end of the week

Sunday, June 28, 2015:

This episode started out with the house guest learning what reward Da'Vonne and Vanessa got for sitting out of the first HOH competition. Well they got to fast forward through the week meaning that they couldn't be nominate nor evicted (obvi) this week. But not only that, they also go to take a player along with them. They each got 30 minutes to make their choice and every house guest pitched themselves. Vanessa who had no obivious alliance was able to hear everyone out and chose Austin who was the opposite of her and more of physical threat making it a good move for her to team up with him. 

LtoR: Vanessa and Austin on the live feeds
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Da'Vonne on the other hand was worried because she already had a "solid" alliance with Audrey and Shelli. She became worried that the house would suspect they were working together if she chose one of them. Which pissed both Audrey and Shelli off. Ultimately Da'Vonne chose to bring Liz into the next week with her.

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After the BB Fast Forward twisted itself into place the talks about who would be nominated started. Right off the bat it was decided that they would attempt to backdoor Jace. Which is crazy, who attempts to backdoor in the first week? After that was decided the HOHs Jason and James went to informing all the houseguests that if they went up they were only going up as pawns. 

Jason got to pick his nominees first and chose to nominate Becky and John. Then it was James' turn and he nominated Jackie and Steve. The two sets of nominees battled it out to see who would get to hop off the chopping block. In this competition they had to walk across balance beams with foam blocks in order to build a skyscraper. Becky went out in this competition in complete Beast Mode with John nibbing at her heels. The other pair didn't seem to have the same luck. Steve had a very hard time keeping his balance. And although Jackie bragged about being a dancer she took quite a few tumbles herself. 

In the foreground is John and Becky. In the background is Steve and Jackie
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Ultimately although it was close Becky and John came out victorious and won the competition. Meaning that Jason was de-throned as HOH and James became the offical HOH. And Steve and Jackie would remain on the block.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015
This episode was explosive to say the least. It opened with Austin and Jace trying to make an alliance with HOH James and Audrey. What they didn't know was neither Audrey nor James were taking it serious.

With alliances on everybody's mind the house started making mistakes that were seen in last season by creating a 8 person alliances. Which includes, Meg, James, Audrey, Jeff, Da'Vonne, Jason, Jace and Shelli who were getting ready to work with each other. Although at 4 AM the night before the POV ceremony (sorry I'm jumping around a little) to seal their alliance. One by one she went down and got each of the members and to "talk". Needless to say no one was that happy with this meeting which caused some major tension.

Another moment of tension arised in this alliance when Da'Vonne was counting trying to prepare for a possible counting competition. She went into one of the rooms which caused Clay, Shelli and Jeff to become suspicious. This caused a few a lot of necissary drama that left me thinking....what the        just happen?

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This week's POV was the spelling competition. This year instead of just spelling the longest words they also had to have the highest point value per word. The house guest who played in this competition were James, Jason, Steve, Becky, Jackie and John. The majority of the house guest scored around 6 points. But Steven blew the rest of the house guest out of the water with I believe a 12 point word of trombonist.

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With Steve having won the POV it became obvious that he would be taking himself off the block. This excited the Big yet rocky 8 person alliance because it meant that they could backdoor their major target, Jace. I'm still not sure why they were convinced he was a major threat but that's what the house saw. For a second James thought about playing a major twist and back dooring Audrey but ultimately he follow his alliance and nominated Jace.

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Making that at the end of the episode Jace and Jackie were up on the block getting ready to go home tomorrow night.

Thursday, July 3, 2015
The first eviction episode of the season episode aired this season. Before the eviction we watched Jace try to campaign for votes although Big Brother didn't give use enough time to really know what had happened in the house but more of a crash course in Jace's campaign.

Before the vote we were officially introduce to the twins. And the internet was right in guess that Liz was inside the house playing with her sister Julia.

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Finally it was time for eviction. Liz and Julia made Big Brother history by casting one vote to evict and they evicted Jace. Everyone else with the exception of Audrey also voted for Jace to leave making that Jace was the first player evicted from Big Brother 17.

Jace with Julie Chen after his eviction
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In Jace's post eviction interview he said he knew that he was going home and had asked his allies (Liz/Julie and Austin) to vote him out in order to keep peace in the house. He was also told about the twin twist which means that Jace is officially out of the house and will not get a chance to re-enter this house.

After Jace's eviction the audience learned about this week's twist. Throughout the week Kathy Griffin will be calling the house guest. Every time the phone rings the house guest, in true Big Brother fashion will race to pick it up. Who ever picks up the seventh phone call gets to choose 3 house guest who don't get to vote in next week's eviction ceremony. I am really excited about this twist. I do hope that they call the house more then 7 times so it isn't a obvious for house who gets the power.

Julie and Kathy Griffin
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The episode ended with the HOH competition. In this competition they had re-build a movie sign for Kathy Griffin's new movie Ginger Fever. They played the game in two rounds. The first HOH is Becky and the second HOH is Shelli. I can tell you in my personal opinion I'm not a huge fan of either of these HOHs but it's still early in the game and about million things will change before next week.

Emma's Player of the Week
This week I wasn't 100% sure who I wanted to make my player of the week. Like a said earlier its still early in the season so there big game moves aren't big in the grand scheme of things. With that being said let's talk this week's player of the week.

So, this week's player it player who since the beginning of the summer has a little bit of target on their back because they remind the other house guest about a past player. And although they didn't win the BotB competition they got creative and tried their best. They also were able to save themselves in POV and pulled out a win using the word, "Trombonist". And because of that Steven is this week's player of the week!

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So, until next week this was my Big Brother recap. Check back here next week for a new weekly recap. In the in between check me out on Twitter where I live tweet every episode.

Spring Break 2015 Pre-Trip Post! {Post 2 of 2}

Hello All,

Happy Thursday! AKA travel day! On Tuesday I posted the first part of this post which you can read here. Today I'm going to talk about the final four days of our trip and make a little mini announcement & some social media housekeeping about the trip. So, when we left off it was Thursday so let's get into the weekend part.

Friday:

We will be venturing to the park that we haven't gotten to yet (at least in the plans) which is EPCOT. As of right now we have 2 days planned for EPCOT. I'm thinking we might spend the majority, if not the whole day in Future World on this day.

The main reason I'm thinking that we'll spend the majority of the day in future world is that our dinning reservations are located at the Living Seas, at the Coral Reef Restaurant. I believe I have eaten at this restaurant before but it has been years. I have heard really good things about it and I'm excited to go back! 

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After dinner Mandi and Hannah might watch Illuminations, although I'll probably leave before they start. 

Saturday:

Saturday we will once again be hitting up the Magic Kingdom. But since we've been all to the park at least once, we'll probably sleep in. And possibly park hop on this day. Basically just play it by year. Eventually though we will make our way to Magic Kingdom because we have dinner reservations at the Crystal Palace.

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The Crystal Palace is a character meal that features Winnie the Pooh and friends. I have only been to Crystal Palace for breakfast so dinner will be a new experiences. After dinner I believe that we will be heading over to Bay Lake Towers to the Top of World Bar. There we will be meeting my Father so that we can see each other while I'm down there. While at the Top of the World Bar we will get to watch Wishes and it was of the coolest experiences ever! 

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After that we might to head to Downtown Disney or hang out at the pool bar, so that at midnight I can get my first legal drink, first drink in general because I have never had a sip of alcohol! 

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Sunday:

This is my 21st birthday! The point of the trip was never my birthday. The idea was always to go over spring break, it just happen (as it almost always does now that I'm in college) that my birthday is over spring. We'll probably take this day pretty easy. I'm hoping to get almost all my packing done before we head out for the day because its our last day. 

Ideally this is a day that I would like to park hop. I would really like to go to the Magic Kingdom and see Princess Tiana on my birthday because she's my favorite. But we will eventually make our way over to EPCOT. 

This is the day we'll probably spend the majority of our time exploring World Showcase. For dinner we will be eating at Via Napoli. I have never been to this restaurant before but I'm really excited because I LOVE Italian food!

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After dinner we will probably slowly make our way out of the park. Maybe stop in so shops and head back to the hotel. 

Monday

Unfortantely Monday is the morning we go home. Our flight leaves Orlando at around 5:20 AM, meaning we'll probably be leaving Disney Property at around 3 AM via the Magical Express. Let's just say getting out of bed will look more like this one this on Monday Morning.

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We once again have a layover somewhere, I think Atlanta. Once we're home its time to re-enter reality, go back to school and get homework done. Okay let's me real, I'll probably lay on my couch telling my roommate all about the trip. Or possible editing pictures. 

And that's what a rough look of my Spring Break Disney trip. I am so excited and can't wait to share the trip with you when I return. While I'm away I will be Tweeting, posting some pictures to Instagram and once again posting my picture of the day to The Blog's Facebook page. If you aren't already following me and want to take part in the magic then follow me. (Sorry for the awful self plug). Also there will be 3 post schedule to go live on my blog so keep an eye out for those post.

And FINALLY the mini announcement. For this trip I have officially decided to....

Vlog!

This is the first time I have ever vlogged a trip and I am so excited. It will be a whole new way to share the trip with you guys and work on giving some major TLC to my Youtube channel. 

Disney at Christmas 2014: The Best Tweets of the Trip!

Hello All,

Its Thursday and that means its time to talk about travel!

If you follow me on Twitter then you probably know that I LOVE to tweet! And being in Disney doesn't stop my love to tweet. I decided I want to be able to remember these tweets and would share them on the blog! Some are funny, some are cute and some are just random. But they are all Disney-fied!

Day Before Tweets:

You guys should have seen how excited Mama J was the day before the trip! It was so cute!

Yup that's right, I didn't pack until the last minute, but in all honesty I never pack until the last minute.

3:45 AM was the first time my alarm went off, I got up around 4 AM.

And in all seriousness, who can sleep the day before vacation? I know I can't!

Thursday (EPCOT Day):

Need I say more?

There were 2 Dunkin' Donuts in my home airport but no Starbucks. What is that craziness?

Need I say more?

That is just one of the many reasons that I am grateful that my parents both became DVC members.

It was a long day but beyond worth it!

Fun Fact about me. I hate and I am scared of fireworks. Watching them and hearing them give me an anxiety so after watching the Candlelight Processional it was only 10 minutes until the fireworks were going to start. I literally ran out of the park while dodging strollers.

Friday (Hollywood Studios Day):

Hollywood Studios is my favorite park and I'm always happy to go there!

Watching that character meet and greet was honestly the cutest thing I ever saw in the whole world. I'll be talking more about it in an upcoming post!

I don't remember what I was watching but I do love people watching.

That is so accurate, like I honestly just babble and stutter and get completely star struck and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Saturday (The Day I Was Sick):

Gah! There is nothing worse (the heat, the lines, etc...) at Disney then being sick.

I don't want to even think about the day that was suppose to be Saturday. I was so excited for it!

Sunday (Going Home)

I'll be back at the Magic Kingdom soon but its still weird to not going to the castle, its like you aren't really amerced in the magic.

I had some time to kill between getting back from Downtown Disney and have to catch the bus to the airport. So like any good blogger I started planning out post!

And getting on the Magical Express sucks but when it a bus that normally drives people to the cruise ship makes it 10x worse!

And that's what I tweeted while I was in Disney. If you don't already follow me on Twitter then follow me. I update there almost daily!

Currently I Am....Plus Some Pretty Pictures

Hello All,

Since I've been kind of MIA on the bloggy recently I figured I'd do one of those kind of popular among blogger post where we share what's currently going on in our lives. So, let's begin.

Currently I am...

...working really hard in school

...spending a lot of quality time with my roommate Megan and Grace

...planning two super awesome and exciting trips to Disney (More details to come soon)

...getting excited to see Wicked again

...constantly tweeting (if you want update updates on me you follow me here)

...missing having the time to blog a lot

...having a much better year then last year

...craving buffalo wings

...thinking I want to work in social media when I grow up

...obsessed with the apps snapchat, timehop and yik yak

...I'm getting more excited for the Christmas season (I've never really been a Halloween person)

...getting a burst of inspriation for blog post, hopefully I can get some great post up soon

...thinking more about my future career and getting an internship

...really happy with where I am in life and super excited to see what else happens this school year!

On another note, I went home this past weekend and spent some quality time with Mama J. On Sunday we went with one of her friends to look at a location for a crafting retreat they are hosting. It was right by the beach and absolutely beautiful. I took some pictures and I wanted to share them with you guys!