My name is Mellifluous Dark and I watched Big Brother last night.
And by the time the third person – or was it the fourth? – trotted down the stairs, I had favourites. Oh dear.
I can't remember all of their names but the ones that immediately spring to mind for being instantly annoying are:
• The Leo woman (Alexandra?) who thinks she is 'it' (and gives a bad name to us Leos)
• Dale the 'ruthless' sex maniac
• The dancer bloke – just seemed really desperate
And the (initially) interesting ones:
• Luke, the teetotal student who doesn't swear
• Sylvia from Somalia – there's something about her I find interesting
• Rebecca the excitable lass who really should be irritating but is infectiously happy, and that's no bad thing; I do fear she'll go up and down in the mood stakes though
• Rex – he will cause fireworks, which will be interesting at any rate
• Mohamed – I am intrigued to see what he's like in the house
• Kathrey – OK, so she's utterly nuts. But I like her.
The rest? Well, we'll see. I can't remember their names. But, as you can see, I have taken a) the trouble to watch the show and b) the time to write this post.
Whooosh – that's the sound of the summer flying by...
(But seriously, no, I am not going to watch every night. If the weather is crapological then I might. But I intend to watch now and then (probably for all the evictions and maybe a night or two on top), but that's it. I am a journalist. I need to be well-versed in popular culture. Innit?)
Hey Mell, I am looking forward to your commentary as once again I have a ban on my own blog from even mentioning BB. I wasn't goin to watch (yeah, yeah, yeah) but then find myself - like every other year - horribly fascinated.
ReplyDeleteThey are all still a blur, but the ones I like are Luke the student with suit, and Sylvia, and Mikey, the blind Glaswegian - what the hell was he wearing?
I found myself worrying he would be isolated and left out, but of course he seemed fine.
The Vicki Pollard one, well she makes me feel utterly sordid for watching, why would you want her in your head?
Let the addiction begin!
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Addiction is right. I watched again last night, even though I had pretty much seen all the action in the house from opening night.
ReplyDeleteDo come into my house for BB fixes!
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Hey Melodious Shoe, how are you doing?
ReplyDeleteLook, I'm not saying that you two (hello, NMJ) are weak-willed losers with grubby TV habits or anything like that, no - but I would like to point out that I haven't watched one single second of this latest BB. Such is the level of my virtue, in fact, that I'm inclined to have a tilt at being the next Pope (must quickly join super groovy Nazi organisation, however, and then claim it was all a big mistake, obv, but I do feel I'm in with a shout.)
Seriously, how do you live with yourself, Shoe? I'm noble, you're corrupt - and that's just a fact. I am a little bit intrigued by this news of a blind guy in the house, though. That may be my downfall, right enough, because I might just have to see him for myself. For the time being, however, I remain strong and clean. Heady days.
Kind regards and holy blessings, sinner...
TPE
Hey TPE, welcome back to the madhouse. I think we all know (that's me and NMJ, obv) that you have tuned in so that you can dip your toes into the Brother Big Thing? You may well pretend that it is all below you but really, we know. We know. For starters, you know about The Blind Guy. Word.
ReplyDeleteSo... what did you make of the Alex situation? And what do you reckon to the embarrassing Sylvia-Stuart goings on? Eh? I know NMJ will have opinions... and I am sure you will want to argue with them, no?
Come now. Get thee to C4 pronto!
Good tidings,
Hackettefluous Dark
Stop right there, Hackettefluous - and yes, I smiled (thinly) at that, well done. I only knew about the blind guy, however, because NMJ mentioned him in her comment. You'll be feeling horrified, of course, by the nature and scale of your mistake, but there's no need to send cash compensation for sullying my name - a simple and grovelling apology should suffice. Mended.
ReplyDeleteAnd BB is not, in fact, beneath me. It is exactly my level, unfortunately, which is why it requires such Herculean strength (of will) to resist it. I have plans for this Summer, you see, and BB has a nasty habit and history of making my Summer evenings disappear.
So, to recap: we're all pretty much in awe of my efforts here, especially me.
Hey Shoe, I've been looking at your pics and enjoying the description(s) of your recent break. Are you a foxglove fan? I hope so. Please note the bee within the bottom right flower. I remain nauseatingly pleased with myself that I managed to get so close, even though I'm pretty much a girl when it comes to buzzy, stinging things (esp. wasps.) Praise me, praise my new camera.
Anyway, I give myself a week before I give in and watch Big Brother. This will mainly be your fault, of course.
Hope you're okay, Melodious.
Kind regards and staggering self-regard,
TPE
(PS. Is that even a foxglove? I know nothing - nothing - about flowers.)
Ah, now don't you go blaming NMJ for this. I bet you watch BB over your shoulder with a hand mirror aloft, as was the way the mad Victorians used to look at mountains. Hmm. Such is the power of the BB that you are there already. Reading blogs and commenting on the matters of Mikey (the blind chap) and Hercules (I think you mentioned him, no?) tells me (and NMJ) all that is needed.
ReplyDeletePmph.
Apologies schmapologies, BTW. Really. And you know your summer's gone. Blink and it will be August *shudder*. This is what happens.
Ah, now. That pic of the foxglove and bee is lovely. How on earth did you get the bee to pose so close up? Well done you and the new camera. Tis fabbo.
Well, you say a week. I give you three days. You'll be watching the eviction this week, now, won't you?
Good wishes and summer sunshine,
Mello Darch