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Big Brother 2006

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12:47 / 19.05.06

I have to say, I think a fair few 'lithers would look more than a tad whacky seen through the BB lens

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

13:03 / 19.05.06

Some of the tabloid coverage seemed a bit over-the-top in introducing just how kerazy they are- "this one only drinks SOYA MILK! Two of them SPEAK WELSH! And fucking hell, HE'S GOT A PET HAMSTER!!! Christ, where are they FINDING these people?"

13:26 / 19.05.06

Pete's my favourite so far, he is teh nuts. He's done a stand-up comedy course too. It seems to me that he's aware of the 'comedy value' of his tics, and plays up to them somewhat, but he's at least more interesting than most of the others so far.

Dammit, got sucked in again.

15:14 / 19.05.06

I've just been watching the repeated episode of last night's big event and eating broccoli (the broccoli bits completely incidental).
I see that they've taken out the bit where Davina (giving a run down of the first four entrants) reminds us of Pete with accompanying twitchy distressed facial expression in presumed mimicry of his condition. Hmmmm.
%Davina, dear, that was just splendid of you.%

Whisky Priestess

15:35 / 19.05.06

She's 100% class that woman. Haven't you seen the Garnier Nutrisse adverts?

15:41 / 19.05.06

I'm afraid I haven't Whisky, would they change my mind? [/laughing]

tea and biscuits

16:00 / 19.05.06

To the utter shock of all it has been revealed that Lea has appeared in a hardcore porn film. (mnsfw)

The Mirror also has a before and after shot of her, where unsurprisingly she looks much better before surgery.

19:11 / 19.05.06

Oh, fuck it. Having muttered darkly about lazy comparisons of gayer Housemates...

Shahbaz, with his overtactility, negligible boundaries and patronising "I'll protect you"s (to Pete and Lea so far) is horribly reminiscent of huuuge-headed Craig.

19:49 / 19.05.06

Oh, hush, I've met Davina and she's lovely. Adam Buxton did a good piss-take of that Nutrisse ad. I'll see if I can dig it out.

19:52 / 19.05.06

I've a sneaking suspicion that, when Davina's mother 'phones up to ask about her hair colour

*whisper it*

that's not really her mum...

20:01 / 19.05.06

Especially since her mum was a frenchwoman who fucked off and left her with her dad when she was a kid.

Watching Pete in a moment of repose and stillness and he's quite lovely. Hope there's more of that as he gets less stressed. And Richard seems very quick witted and sharply funny. Sezer is indeed a sexy little thing. Lisa seems quite earthy and gobby but not over the top.

Shahbaz, or Shebang as Richard calls him, is doing my fucking head in though and it's only the second day. Now he's immune to first round of nominations. Urgh.

20:04 / 19.05.06

Am I being hypersensitive, or are Housemates talking about Pete as if he's some sort of mascot?

20:21 / 19.05.06

Interesting the level of comfort with 'terrorism'.

That's true. I guess it's been added to the lexicon of "I'm X, I am!!!1!" audition hyperbole, another way of emphasising one's wackaday extreeemism.

21:22 / 19.05.06

Am I being hypersensitive, or are Housemates talking about Pete as if he's some sort of mascot?

Yeah, that's annoying me. I hate how the ones who are mainly doing that are all "oh, he's LOVELY" when what they mean is "oh, he HAS THE SWEETEST PROBLEM". I think, to be honest, when there are a few fewer people he'll open up. I've seen a fair few moments that could basically be described as "natural" and they're just, you know, really nice, but he's being smothered a lot which can't be nice for a grown up.

So, first thoughts having missed the opening night:

Lisa is frankly awesome, and I want to see her stick around; endearing to watch her diving into the free food, kicking her legs with glee. But she's ballsy, and I think she's got potential.

Similarly Richard, who's just refreshing for being fairly alpha and fairly comfortable. Looking forward to seeing how that develops.

God, Nikki, though. Eye-makeup remover. It's Sam all over again. I'm enjoying how BB-literate they are, though; brief discussion of "you've seen what happened before", which makes Nikki just seem dumb for thinking that they'd be really nice to her all the time.

Similarly, Shahbaz (who has already acquired various nicknames round these parts) is going to shit me a great deal, and he's already guaranteed to be in for two weeks. Not sure how long he'll last after that.

Other than that: let's wait and see. I don't think Lea is going to have a happy ending, though, and it'll be interesting to see how Dawn gets on with the others in the house.

Looks like a fun year, possibly the most fun for a while...

21:30 / 19.05.06

God, Nikki, though. Eye-makeup remover. It's Sam all over again. I'm enjoying how BB-literate they are, though; brief discussion of "you've seen what happened before", which makes Nikki just seem dumb for thinking that they'd be really nice to her all the time.

I thought that was funny and faintly endearing ("really?!" in response to the revelation that being called into the Diary Room may not be wholly positive). The Sam comparison is true but a superficial one: yeah, it's about make-up, but Nikki isn't the weirdly empty shell that was Sam, and the make-up in question doesn't have the same symbolic potential.

I don't think Lea is going to have a happy ending, though

Agreed. I love the Digital Spy headline, though:

Lea reveals hatred for cheese

and it'll be interesting to see how Dawn gets on with the others in the house.

So far, she seems to getting on phenomenally. Like Craig, the misanthropic audition video doesn't seem to be borne out. Perhaps, as with Craig, it'll take a mishap, quarrel or nomination to bring out the human-hatin'.

21:38 / 19.05.06

Hmm, according to the Digital Spy forums, Shahbaz is now threatening to leave, following his spat with Sezer. Drrrama. *yawn*

21:55 / 19.05.06

Searching the DS moment-to-moment threads, t'would appear Shahbaz started pulling Grace around in an even-more-inappropriate-than-usual mauling way. He was asked to calm down and instead got huffy and hissy, doing a variety of impressions and stomping off. Big Dick apparently followed him and told him to tone it down (because, weirdly, Dawn was crying - or something), Shahbaz claimed to be "acting" then shifted into passive-aggressive I'll-leave-then-and-you'll-all-be-better-off-without-me mode. Cue Household united against him, with Slezer fomenting the alienation.

22:10 / 19.05.06

According to the 'official' Digital Spy account, it was about Shahbaz not getting the appreciative audience he felt he deserved but also Slezer coming back at him about their earlier skirmish. He's not onscreen now. Presumably he's in the Diary Room or in bed.

22:19 / 19.05.06

Please forbid Slezer to laugh any more, BB. He sounds like Lulu with a small furry animal up her arse. It's detracting considerably from his sex appeal.

Tryphena Absent

22:36 / 19.05.06

Wait, what was the answer to Dawn's question about the body parts and the end? What was the ANSWER. Damn you advert break.

23:45 / 19.05.06

Irritating aftermath/post-mortem, now Shahbaz has returned from his marathon two-hour Diary Room stint. Still peddling a spurious "I've told Big Brother I'm leaving and that's being set in motion" line and pseudo-apologising while actually self-justifying and explaining why he's just himself and other people aren't getting him. Shahbaz has a deeply annoying habit of not allowing other people to finish their sentences, no matter how serious/important their message: he repeatedly either cuts across them or suddenly turns to someone else and starts a second conversation. He's staggeringly rude.

Slezer is doing a fantastic job of being patient and conciliatory with him while not abandoning his central point: that Shahbaz apparently had a problem with him and persistently refused to talk openly about it. Shahbaz is rotating through every excuse in the book, from "I come from a difficult place" to "I'm tired, I've had no sleep".

00:11 / 20.05.06

Wait, what was the answer to Dawn's question about the body parts and the end?

Here y'go.

09:13 / 20.05.06

Nikki screaming "Chicken Little!!!" in that quiz/game the housies were playing really endeared her to me. She's great, she seems like a really childlike character, like all her emotions are just under the skin level, waiting to pop out (a bit like Helen from BB days of yore I suppose).

09:57 / 20.05.06

Dawn seems to have all the little muscleboys dancing masochistically to her tune. Stern domme getting wide eyed compliance from the young bulls.

George's strange face, like a bust from the ancients that has been badly damaged over the centuries, is oddly attractive. His nose is flattened like Brando's and his lips bulbous and protuberant, like some Habsburg by-blow. Or one of Mick Jagger's lovechildren. He was quite patient with the irksome Shahbaz, I tholught, and finding soothing words even under severe provocation to tell him just to fuck off.

Someone (Richard?) has required Shahbaz to wear a gag this morning. Huuuuge improvement. Decapitation would have been my first thought. And Richard looks very familiar. Maybe he's a waiter in Balans or maybe he looks like somebody famous?

Most of the females blending into a sea of hair and scrunchies for me at the moment, as usual. I'll learn to discern them all soon enough but, so far, Grace seems to be ubiquitous and quietly working the crowd, being pleasant and useful. Excitakle Lisa has calmed down and even the orange woman with the footballs for breasts has become a bit less strident.

Liking the look of little Sezer more each time I see him and he hasn't been shaved. Hope his blades are in his missing case.

Wonder who's making the best early impression this time around? I seem to recall that Makosi was the runaway favourite in the early stages last year, before she became Public Enemy No 1. I get the feeling from BBLB and BBBM that Pete is very popular but, as Ganesh and Gumbitch have said above, maybe not for the most edifying of reasons.

Anyway, I am ashamed to be found watching it on a Saturday morning while I eat my toast, so shall now go and live my life for a bit and vegetate thus no furtheer.

Hattie's Kitchen

10:28 / 20.05.06

Xoc, I think Richard is indeed a Balans waiter, I recall being served in there by someone resembling him a month ago. I thought he looked familiar.

10:49 / 20.05.06

Xoc: Most of the females blending into a sea of hair and scrunchies for me at the moment, as usual

Hint! The awesome one is Lisa. I hope she doesn't turn evil, like Makosi did. Right now I think I could watch an entire TV channel devoted to Lisa. Between the hours of 1 and 5am, there would just be clips of her smoking in that awesome way she does.

10:51 / 20.05.06

She's nice enough, and I liked her ankle-swinging canape-scoffing - but "awesome"? Can someone smoke "awesomely"?

12:30 / 20.05.06

Can't you?

12:31 / 20.05.06

Liking the look of little Sezer more each time I see him and he hasn't been shaved. Hope his blades are in his missing case.

Maybe you and the Kaiser Chief should spend some quality time together, Mr X. He won't touch you ... much

Interesting, in the wake of the news about the film and so on, that on the first night Sezar mentioned to George that he thought he'd 'seen Leah somewhere before ... somewhere nasty'

He's one to watch, that little guy, or at least, the police and the social services should probably be keeping a close eye on him.

13:20 / 20.05.06

Can't you?

Well, no, I don't. I suppose it's a common enough fetish.

Hm. I suppose there is a certain panache there.

Jawsus-son Starship

13:53 / 20.05.06

Is Richard not teh best? he combines the best qualities of Dan and the blonde scottish massive muscle fella from a few years back - i.e. personality and muscles.

Why does big brother always highlight the mens over the first few days, while the women blur into one mulit-blonde-headed hyrda beastie?

14:44 / 20.05.06

Yup, Richard is our house favorite. And not just becasue he's got our North American vote.

I'm also liking Dawn a lot.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

14:51 / 20.05.06

Hah! Sucked RIGHT in there, wifey!

I've still only seen about twenty minutes, but I've been using the tabloids and Digital Spy for revision. I intend to immerse myself fully once my week off kicks in on Monday.

(Funnily enough, one of the guys at work- previously a huge BB freak- after watching the entry into the house, anounced he had suddenly had an epiphany and would never watch it again. I bet him he'd be well into it again before our next shift started. Stupid me- last night he spoke of little else).

15:32 / 20.05.06

Is Richard not teh best?

I don't know ... There's something about him that I don't really trust. Picture yourself meeting him at a party, or some such;

'Hello, I'm so-and-so'

'Hi, I'm Richard,' somewhat creepy attempts to establish who exactly was Top Dog in the conversation then possibly to follow.

Ok, he's on Big Brother to win 11!23!, and has made no secret of saying so, but IMVHO, there's something a bit disquieting about that sort of level of naked ambition. He's so far making a better fist of it, admittedly, (pun probably intended,) but his performance at this point reminds a bit of Makosi, that terrible guy with the thinning blonde hair and the surfer's physique who specialised in winking behind whoever's back from around series four (Stuart, possibly?), and, going waaay back in time, good old Nasty Nick.

Also, he wears a cowboy hat, but a black one do you see. I mean, please.

16:45 / 20.05.06

I don't think there'd be "creepy... Top Dog" jostling - and I don't think there's really any evidence to suggest that Richard's motivated by scarily clothes-free ambition any more than anyone else is. When he first entered the House, he had Shahbaz's face a couple of millimetres from his at all times, and he was pretty much forced into a corner in terms of asserting himself merely to avoid constant pawing. I can't see that he's attempted to establish himself as "Top Dog" with anyone other than Shahbaz; he's generally held back, been pleasant but not pushy, allowed people to come to him.

He's a big ol' Muscle Mary, certainly, but I suspect a fair amount of the Top Dog stuff boils down to the more, ah, muscularly-challenged of us projecting assumed superiority onto him. So far, I don't think Richard's said or done anything to indicate that he thinks he's All That. He seems a genuinely nice guy.

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