Enter the Void....

I've just gone Firefox. It's kinda cool. And I got to change my home page. And its underlining my spelling mistakes! (Yes yes I know. I've made a mistake.)

Anyway. I'm off out tonight. Just polished my shoes and about to Tux up.

Ten points for anyone who spots me on Telly

I was watching the news and was impressed by this article

A US television news presenter refused to lead her bulletin with the latest Paris Hilton story, then screwed up, shredded and attempted to set fire to the script on air.

Mika Brzezinski, co-presenter of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, refused to read out the story of the celebrity socialite's release from jail ahead of items on Iraq and developments at the White House.

In a scene reminiscent of Paddy Chayefsky's classic film Network, it shows Ms Brzezinski repeatedly refusing to read the Hilton script and arguing with her co-presenters about its place as the lead item.

She told viewers: 'I hate it and I don't think it should be our lead.'

Hasn't the news gone doolally if an item about Paris Hilton is the top story... above bombs in Iraq.
And in this country, what with car bombs in London, we can still be celebrity obsessed. Rightfully, the car bomb news is top story in the papers!!! But I cant help wondering if this is because the Celebs havent done anything newsworthy of late. I wonder how the celebs feel about that. No Paris Hilton on the front Page?

One Paper had the lead question..... "Where is the next bomb?"

Perhaps Paris Hilton will wear one just to get back on the front page! (And will anyone miss her?)

I was outcast but now I have returned to the fold.

And it's all thanks to the man with skills of biblical proportions, the Mighty AJ. He managed to find out what was wrong. Apparently the cheeky fairies that live in the magic box on the wall put a magic spell on my silver typrewriter so thst when it spoke all that came out were 'Moo' noises. But AJ waved his mighty weapon and slayed slew the fairies and sent them to them back to the magic Faraway Tree (which I think was in Ireland).

Actually, he used other words, but I am pretty sure thats what he meant

Did anybody miss me?

Writing this at work under cover of ...er... the fact that no-one comes near me anyway.

I can't blog at home for some reason. My computers wont let me.

I will be thinking of you all when i am trying hard to understand why its not working.

Maybe one day I will return.

HELP!

Amanda is my favourite Twin
By CJ

Amanda is my favourite twin
She is so pink and bubbly
And if I could work out which is which
Then it will be Luvverly Jubbly

That's it! After watching tonights Doctor Who, I have decided that I am definietly a Time Lord.

That is the only way I can explain why no-one at work talks to me... they can't see through my perception filter!

It's not that they don't like me after all

I am a little suspicious now. I have been reading reports that Scary Spice has had a DNA test from her daughter to see if Eddie Murphy is really the father. And it appears he is! And now he has to pay £10million in child support. That actually sounds like an awful lot of money.

And then I read anotehr report that all of the Spice girls are going to get £10million pounds each. Is this really because they are reforming..... or have they found out that Eddie Murphy is actually the father of all the Spice Babies!

Don't tell David!

I'm off out tonight with my mate. And have we got a lot to catch up on!

And I dont have to go back to school until Thursday.

It's Thursday night, so I got bathed and dressed and headed out for my weekly dancefest. Only to find it had been cancelled! Of course I didnt go last week to find out. SO I am at home blogging

And th Big Bother news of the night, Ziggy has dumped Chanelle, this is after reports that last night Ziggy got Jiggy! C4 have denied it but the bookies have paid out!

But it's not the Zigyy Chaniggy moves that impressed me, it's what Liam did to Amanda that I was impressed with.

Liam entertained Sam and Amanda with magic tricks this afternoon.
The tree surgeon was praised as a magician by the twins as he seemed to make small objects disappear and then reappear.

And if I hd the opportunity I would make a small object disappear and reappear with Amanda too

"Where did it go?" asked Sam, as she checked both sides of his hands.

You're looking in the wrong place love!

After making objects reappear she asked: "Can you make my best friend appear?"

I dont see why not, he made his best friend disappear and reapear!

I must say, Amanda is by far my most favourite twin..... Now which one is she again?

As most of you know, I am a red dwarf fan (as are some of you) and this is one of my favourite quotes

CAT: What? Am I the only sane one here? Why don't we drop the defensive shields?
KRYTEN: A superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws. One, we don't have any defensive shields, and two, we don't have any defensive shields. Now I realise that, technically speaking, that's only one flaw but I thought it was such a big one it was worth mentioning twice.

In fact, I tend to use a variation of it at work, like I did yesterday. There is a naughty boy in my class that I asked to move. When he said 'Why?' I replied. "For two reasons. 1) Because I said so and 2) because I said so. Now I know technically that is the same point, but I thought it was so important I thought it worth mentioning twice"

he then shut up and did what I said.

After reading this news item today it got me thinking

Card fraud 'is not investigated'

The government has been accused of "effectively decriminalising" routine credit card fraud, after new rules were introduced in England and Wales.
After the changes, fraud complaints are now handled by banks, which now decide whether to refer them to the police.

If it's going to be the policy to report crimes to public places instead of the police, where else should you report other crimes?

Perhaps fiddling the books should be reported to a library, car theft to be reported to the local Renault Garage or even prostitution to be reported to 'Madame Whiplash'
Soon the police will be made redundant... however I can imagine that there will be plenty of openings in the sperm donor business!

... now that Liam has been given £100,000 by the three nominees, I am gonna fight for him myself.

I need a new car.

After my rather cantankerous meeting re job, I came home and was a little bit more cantankerous with a Cold Caller. A bank decided to try and sell me Health insurance, and I let them try. The poor guy sounded quite young and a bit inexperienced. He started off telling me about the product and I was like 'ooh yes that sounds good' and then half way through he started to stumble and hesitate. "You don't normally get this far, do you?" I teased. He laughed. Then he carried on a bit more, trying to sound quite jovial- even though he was talking about cancer and serious illness. "And we will give you a lump sum for you to spend however you want, you can buy a car or go on holiday...."He said quite cheerily... and then her realised what he was trying to sell me and added (in a more sombre tone) ".. to help you through this terrible time" Pause. "How do you feel about that?" I have to admit I did laugh at him a bit at that point

I then told him that the package sounded good but it was not as thorough as the one I already have. And he stumbled a goodbye.

Ain't I a stinker

I saw this and thought of you

Today has been warm. And now the grey clouds have come and the weather is muggy. It is still warm.

And now my ears are popping and I have a headache.

There be a storm a coming and no mistake. Mark my words

So what should the caption be?

"Ziggy is so wet, that Chanelle had to wear a swimming hat"

The Kinder surprise egg. Surprise? You must be kiddin. Inside the litle egg there is a little toy. Thats not much of a surprise.

You want a real surprise, fill it with slugs!

So it is sunday, and it is time for my weekly rank. I SAID RANK!

Warning a big brother post!

Since last week we have dropped one (oo-er) as Shabnam became the first evictee. But she wil be fine as long as she gets her deals And four new bids have entered. Billi the model- and I suppose someone has to model welding masks, Jonathan the old codge with the massive wadge, Liam a tree surgeon and Brian who seems to be a bit dim.

But what about the all important ranking.... (in brackets is last weeks position)

at number 1 (3) for me is Nicky. I still enjoy her stressy arguments over cooking and food. I think she has her heart in the reight place and is kee for everyone to get a good meal. Shame not everyone has the same thoughts.

IN second place is Tracey (1) who is still a good HM, but is not getting a lot of airing on the highlihgts shows. Hope there is more from her soon

In 3rd is Carole (2) who is also doing a great job at being a mummy but still showing that he has a fun side.

At 4 is Gerry, who I have been quite impressed with so far. Still early days though.

At 5 and 6 are the twins (4 and 5). Still cant tell them apart. I can see that there is a difference, but if they are not standing next to each other then I have no idea. Luckily they are never apart. I love the way they look bemused, like, all the time.

at 7 its...... Charley! (9) she is a nightmare and in the real world I would have murdered her by now, but she is more entertaining than most.

at 8 its Liam (New entry). Nothin from him yet, but he looks good.

at 9 it's Jonathan (New Entry) good that a normal looking old guy is in. He reminds me of Chris Moyles. However his wealth may attract more people. Loved the way that the other HM's tried to get him together with Carole straight away.

at 10 it's Chanelle (11) I am hoping that she will ditch Ziggy soon. There should be more fun from her. Go for one of the others, get Ziggy Jealous

At 11 it's Laura (6). Where the hell has she gone? I was expecting more from her. More arguments please and more picking on Ziggy.

at 12 it's Seany (10). He has an awful sense of style, and is quite irritating for the most part. His hair is getting more bizarre, but he does have an interesting relationship with Gerry that's worth keeping an eye on.

At 13 it's Ziggy (12). He is still irritating me. Still cant stand the way he dominates Chanelle and acts like he is the alpha male. And he is only ahead of the other two because I hevent seen much of them yet.

At 14 it's Brian. HE claims his is 19, but we both thought he was over 40! I caught some live footage on Friday night and he sounds so dense. He even made the twins sound intelligent!

At 15 it's the Silliest hair in there. Billi. He cant even spell his own name right. Vain, Vacuous, a model apparently. And stop wearing your sunglasses inside... it makes you look pretentious!

There you go. I wonder how the new boys will cope with Charley.

KEEP CHARLEY IN!

Sunday morning and we had a nice lie in this morning, after getting in at 12:15am last night.
The show was very very good. Alistair McGowan was excellent as the sadistic dentist (even though its hard to picture anyone except Steve Martin in the role). I especially enjoyed the 'Now (its just the gas)' song- which wasnt in the film. Hysterical stuff. Sheridan Smith and Paul Keating were also excellent as the hapless Audrey and Seymour, but as you'd expect, the big plant was the star of the show (voiced by Mike McShane of 'Who's line is it anyway' fame). Great tunes, great acting- also from the three singers, and an unexpected ending!!! Good stuff all round.

click the image to visit sexy plant dot com!

Now I'm not particularly tall, nor short. But there was a young kid with an extremely loud mouth behind me when I sat down. And the first thing I heard him say (loudly) was 'Oh now I can't see' so there was the huge kerfuffle behind as he swapped places with his sister so that he was behind an empty seat. And then a really tall man came and sat in that seat and boy did he moan again. 'I'm gonna have to stand up all the way through.' Actually I felt sorry for the tall man as he looked a little bit embarrassed. But I blame the noisy Northern kid! Not very discrete.

And back to this morning. And we watched last night's Doctor Who! Wow, what a cliffhanger! And the Master is back! (Did anyone doubt it?). And what a great way to bring all the ideas together, except there are a few things that don't make sense. Why did Professor Yana call himself that? I get the idea the YANA was taken from the words You ae not alone, but how did the Master know what the Face of Boe Said? And wasn't the Master sucked into the eye of Harmony in the Tardis? Perhaps it will tie up at some time in the future, like so many elements did last night! But what a show. Woohoo! And I say keep John Simm as the Master. What a Coup!

Enough said. I've got to try and write a 1-2 page application for an internal post. I can see an increase in font size coming up. And how can I sound enthusiastic about a position when I am not convinced it's a good idea? And do I want to enslave myself to a position that may not be all I want it to be? Any suggestions?

All dressed up? Check
Tickets? check
Video set for Doctor Who? Check
And we are all set for 'The little Shop of Horrors'. Weedkiller at the ready.

(I didnt need the dentist soon did I?)

We were just watching the end of 8 out of 10 cats ready for the next session of big brother...... and what do we think of the new housemates? IS Billi the worst thing ever? SILLY HAIR SILLY HAIR SILL HAIR!.

Anyway we saw an advert for the friday night project with Sharon Osborne and my OH said "That sharon used to have loads of weight. fat and frumpy"
I replied "Yes she's had work done"
OH: "Yes, she had a band put in"
Me: "What, like Queen? I wondered where they went? And they said Freddie Mercury died. So thats what the song 'I want to break free' was about"

... this month goos to Big Brothers very own Charley because of this....

Charley has told Nicky that she thinks Ziggy is rude and constantly snaps at people when they talk to him.

Can you believe it?

She said she doesn't like how he answers "what" and often says: "What did you say?" Charley told Nicky that she thought he was being particularly rude to her.

I often can't understand a word she says. She speaks too quickly and contradicts herself. And, she always ends a criticism with 'only joking' when she is clearly not!

However, Nicky offered a higher opinion of the producer: "He doesn't mean it in a rude way." She said she had at first thought the same thing as Charley but now thinks it's just a harmless character trait.

I like Nicky

Charley agreed that she might be taking Ziggy's remarks the wrong way and said: "I reckon out of here I would have gotten along with him."

Yes and together the two of you can fly off on those winged pigs and join Chanelle in a and of Utopia.

As you may have guessed, I am in tonight... I have not gone dancing! And the reason is not because I was unwell yesterday.

Because today my OH had her hospital appointment. It was an outpatients appt, but it was still worrying for her. She had to go in early and have an angiogram, which involved having something inserted up her groin. She is OK, but she needs looking after for a day or two, just in case something the size of an egg appears on he groin. And we wouldnt want anything huge and embarrassing appearing anywhere near her groin! So I am here with her to make sure she is okay.

But apparently this angiogram is not the end. She will have to go to Brighton to get a thing placed in her artery. Why Brighton? Becase apparently Hastings hospital hasnt got a licence to do the operation!

After quite a stressful day, which I will blog about later, I came home only to find that I couldnt log into anything.
I sent an SOS to Sminchin who kindly said hello to you all from me, just in case I was left out in the cold for ever.
And the A knight in shining Plymouth came to my rescue. Stupid computery thing downloaded updates and it made my internet explorer go Kerplunk! But thanks to some great advice, I reset the system to yesterday.... and it really felt like I was flying back in time. There were wibbly lines and everything.

And now I am back. I can log on and everything. I wonder if everything went back in time?

So can I ask? What day is it?

By the Old-Spice Girls

Let me tell you what you want, what you really really want
I'll tell you what I wants what I really really want
I wanna I wanna I wanna I wanna bitta Ziggy Shag hah!

If you wanna win Big Brother
You gotta get with Chanelle
When they lock the bathroom
Tracey starts to smell
Shabnam wears bad makeup
And Charley's just a slag
So if you wanna win Big Brother
Chanelle's the one to shag!

.. that I totally missed out on the numpty awards.

I tell ya, there's a village missing it's idiot somewhere

Here is a new entry or the baby competition.

My entry into the baby competition.
I have had a hair cut since then though

A baby competition? Is the prize a real baby?

After readin Sminchins post a while ago about the new Take That Stage musical... and how much the cast dont look like the boys, I was wondering if there could be other famous groups that could be cast badly.

See here is my casting for my stage show 'The Carpernters: The Musical'

I think it will be a hit

I was quite irritated last night, because I missed Big Brother on Channel 4. As far as I am aware every night it has been on at 10pm, so I turned over at 10pm just to catch the end! Can't believe it. But I didn't want to miss New Tricks, which has been a breath of fresh air. I have never watched it before this series but I have found it quite entertaining. Although last nights episode was weird, what with the witchcraft and the Green man. I'm not sure I completely followed the resolution at the end- but the love potion scene was very entertaining!!!!

I did manage to catch up on BB this afternoon. And I have to say I am still liking Nicky. SHe may moan and whinge, but I think she is great! . If I was in there I would be probably mixing with her and carole- And maybe admiring the twins from a distance

I'm glad Lesley has gone- there wa something a bit 'Notes on a scandal' about her, dont you think?

Blah Blah Blah. Just writing things for the sake of writing them now.

Bradley and Stacey, please get back together!

I have been shocked at some of the comings and goings in blogland! AJ burst Subs' rubber and now she is covered in ball hair! I am stunned

I am so tired, I can hardly believe I've just had a weekend. My OH is busy playing with her new iPod thing. She's singing loud;y and badly. I think it's Katie Melua- actually i know it is, because I had to download it for her. She seems happy though.

As for me, another day at the office. Some of my sixth form came in for exams today and they came and said hello- it was nice to have someone to talk to for a change.

I was checking the weather forecast for the next few days and I am a bit concerned about Tuesday. PMT storms do not sound good! I think I will be avoiding the women I work with

If I had a time machine I would go back to the mid Eightees, buy a packet of Monster Munch, bring it back and give it to the Monster Munch makers and say "Now that's what they used to be like, so sort it out!"

What would you do?

Warning. A big brother post.

Last Sunday, I wrote a post listing the BB housemates and what I thought of them. And seeing as it's Sunday again, I'm going to do it again, and lets see who has gone up in my opinion, and who's been going down! And since last week there have been two exits- Emily got bboted out for a racist comment and Lesley walked

This week my top housemate is still Tracey- so she still holds top spot for me. I like the way that she is so natural, with a great sense of humour and is not playing up to the camera or in front of the boys.

In second place it is Carole- who still seems to be enjoying her time in there. So she has climbed one place.
In third place is Nikki, climbing 5 places from last weeks number 8. Last week she ‘ really made an impact, but I am loving the way she is level headed and trying to maintain order on the food situation. She is also quite pretty!

In fourth and fifth are the Bubble twins, Samanda (Climbing one place). I still can't tell them apart, but they are like sugared candy. Totally addictive and bad for you. And sometimes I cant understand a word they say.

In 6th place is Laura. Doing Okay but occasionally she is difficult to understand.

In 7th place and a new entry is Gerry. Out of the two new housemates he seems the most interesting. Could he be a Gunkeek?

In 8th place and rising from the bottom is Shabnam. She is still quite irritating, but I loved the 'if I go will I still get deals' comment in the diary room. And I thought she took her enforced punishment quite well - even if the first thing she said to new housemates was "I'm not wearing any makeup even before an introduction.

In 9th place (climbing from 11) is Charley. She calmed down a bit so is now not after Ziggy- which is a plus. She did go a bit over the top after the 'n' word incident, but she does like being centre of attention. A very entertaining character though.

In tenth place is Seany. Another new entry and, even though we haven’t seen much of him, I thought his entrance was awful. He told Charley about the 'get Charley out' chants and how it ruined his entrance. Plus, why does he wear the contents of Erasures 'Chains of Love' video around his neck?

In 11th place (dropping from 7th) is Chanelle. Is only entertaining when she is arguing with someone else. Damn I miss Emily for that! Perhaps Charley will give her a good argument. I can't stand all the 'coupling' with Ziggy. I don’t think it's 'real'. It just looks sad to me. Hopefully she wont spend all her time with him and come out of her shell

IN 12th place (Dropping form 9th) is Ziggy. In my opinion he is loving all the attention and is coming across as the lord of the manner! I wish they'd brought in a straight guy to knock him off his perch. The whole 'Chanelle' thing seems so contrived. I don't want to watch highlights of the two of them playing cuddly-wuddly bunnies with their soft toys. THe ssoner he goes the better!

And ther you go- I wonder if the positions will change next week. I wonder if the housemates will change next week.

SO yesterday seemed to go well. My OH enjoyed her birthday. I got her a clock- one she'd seen on T'internet with a big red display that you see on the side of bombs. An Ipod, some bathroom cabinets, some DVD's, some chocolates, and four tops she likes (As in clothing, not the old group the Four Tops). Oh and half a fridge freezer.
I did make one tiny mistake, when I went to get the indian food from Sainsbury's, I didn't check the box to see if it said 'Hot and Spicy', which we're not keen on. And guess which one I picked up. Well, I promised her some hot and spicy action, but I dont think that's quite what she was expecting.

Last night we watched Doctor Who. Don't Blink!!!!!! Excellent stuff. Then the Joseph thing, just to see if we like the person who is going to play the lead, seeing as we've got tickets for next month. Then we switched over and saw some of the new Simon Cowell search for talent thing. Did anyone see it? That Michale Jackson Monkey puppet was very good!!

Other news..... My face has arrived. It is now on display with the other geeky figures I've got.

... my OH and I are on our way out. It's a casual do we're going to

Do you remember last week I mentioned a funeral that was attended by Paparazzi? Well I have found out who it was. It was Chris Leppard, who made the news here.

The news of his funeral is reported here.

So there we go. Mystery solved.

It's Mrs CJ's birthday.

I've got her all things I think she wants..... a new vacuum cleaner, a set of dusters and a year voucher for Washing Powder.

Ain't she lucky

Only kidding, as you know I daren't stray from the list. I haven't actually seen her wear those shoes you know

I am playing Tomb Raider Anniversary and at my last save point I had just entered this huge room with the four rooms (with Poseidon and Atlas and so on). I had just spent the past two hours getting through all the four rooms and collected all the keys when the game crashed! And now I have to go back to that last save point! Aaaaaargh!

This is how I feel when I go dancing!

Warning! A Big Brother Post!

So tonight they are (supposedly) going to put two more men into the house. I wonder if they would have done this anyway or is this to try to keep viewers due to the fact there will be no eviction. I don't know, but I think more men would be useful, if only to stop Ziggy coming across as if he is the king of the castle!
But what type of men should go in? I would like to see a man who is 'more' of Chanelle's type than Ziggy is. And then let him flirt with her and steal her off him. That would make me laugh.

Oh and for the second man, I want a Gunkeek.

Thursday night and I have just come back from dancing. Although I almost didnt. It seems that Tiger ady was not going to let me go without giving me her number . Well not her own number, but the number of an other dance class that she is trying to get me to go to. As normal, I didnt say what I was thinking ("Go away Halitosis woman, I would rather be ripped to shreds by a real panther) but I nodded and smiled and took the number.

Ooops, I lost it.

Oh and I am still reeling of the shock of Emily's eviction from the Big Brother house. What a silly bitch she was.

Well, nothing major, but I have changed my profile pic. Hope you likey

And we did visit the cottage down the road to see if we would like it to rent. It was very nice. Plus it is local and it would mean we would be out of here (which we would need to be anyway) However we are seeing another thing tomorrow, and these places are snapped up quickly. We shall have to wait and see.

Well that was tiring.
After all the hassle last night trying to get windows live messenger only for it not to work- only to download the patch which did work eventually- only to find that my OH couldnt talk to her brother because he uses windows messenger and not live messenger, I have just spent the last hour trying to talk my OH through talking to her brother how to get live messenger on his.

Remember, this is the guy that took 15 hours to drive home after getting lost travelling SouthWest and ended up near Birmingham!

It really was stressful.
Me: Can he see your name listed
OH: Can you see my name listed
Him: What name
OH: My name
him: all I can see are horses
ME: What can he see
OH What can you see?
Him: Theres a window here
OH: Whats in the window
Him:two horses
OH: all he can see are two horses
Me: Oh that's the default icon
OH: That's your default icon
Him: My what?

and so on.....
OH: Can you see the window
Him: I can see a red box
OH: Thats good. You should have a red box
Me: No he shouldnt, thats on my screen because I was trying to figure out what he did.
Oh: Thats not good. You don't want a red box.
...
...
...
It all seems to be working now

{Waits for the next call for help}

We got our tickets for Little Shop of Horrors today. I noticed when I booked them that there were loads of dates cancelled. I expect this is due to poor ticket sales. When I was at work, they had booked tickets to take the sixth form to see Hound of the Baskervilles. I had told them it was good and they were looking forward to it. But they cancelled the show. Looks like that is cutting short its run due to poor ticket sales.
I really fancied going to see the Sound of Music, but couldnt get tickets for any of the dates I wanted. I did get tickets for Joseph though in July. Apparently there is a whole TV show about it, but i've not heard anything. I bet you're all thinking that all this theatre going is extravagant. But we decided at the beginning of the year to do more stuff, like go to the theatre. It's an attempt to get more out of life.

Well have downloaded the bloody patch to get windows live messenger to work on the new lappy, and it worked!

Now I have a question. Is WIndows Live messenger different to WIndows messenger? Because it wont let us video message between the two lappies if we are using one of each program

New paltop has arrived, to replace the one that went Kaput during half term. It has Vista on it and already it is causing problems. It wont let us use Windows Live Messenger, which the OH uses often to chat to her brother.

Oh well New Lappy calls

It is Sunday and Half Term is over. Back to work tomorrow. Yippee! I managed to get two applications out this half term, but they are not my best work so I am not holding out much hope. I am considering promotion within the school I'm in. AM I MAD?

There are a couple of Adverts on at the moment that I want to mention.
Firstly the new Irn Bru advert, with the Goths who drink it and then suddenly become life loving fun junkies at Blackpool. I really should talk about stereotyping, but I think it is such a funny ad. Especially on the rollercoaster. There is something amusing about Happy Goths.

The other advert is the one about Spiderman Monopoly. THe way thye promote it, it makes it sound all new and exciting. But take away the trendy picture on the board and the figures (Both highly promoted in the ad), what do you get? It's Monopoly. But is this the way forard forward for board games? Lot's of movie tie-ins? What will be next? Pirates of the Caribbean Cluedo edition. "Aaaaaah It be Captain Mustard with the Cutlass in the Ballroom" What about Connect Fantastic Four? or Ker-Plunkett and Maclaine? or Uncle Buck-eroo? or Snakes and Ladders on a plane? Who knows?

'Never judge a book by it's cover' they say, and I am a firm believer of this. Plus you should always get to know someone and not to go on first impressions...... that is unless of course you are a big brother contestant and that means you are fare game for me to say whatever I like about you

And that's what I'm going to do. Here are my thoughts and rankings of the dirty dozen as of everything I have seen up to now. (Obviously favourites might change)

At the top of my list at the moment are: (1) Tracey and (2)Laura.
I didn't think I would like Tracey, as when she came in she appeared to be like another Pete. But her indifference to the guy coming in and her determination not to be a 'babe' holds her in good stead. And she has been quite caring and has held intelligent conversations. Laura has also come across very well.

Then is (3) Carole, who seems to be thoroughly enjoying the experience, despite her age. Good for her!
Then is (4)Emily, who had to put up with a tirade of abuse from Charley last night who accused her of having an offensive face. But she didnt get drawn into any arguments over it.
Then The Bubble twins, (5 and 6) Samanda. I think they are great. I want to dress them in little dresses and put them in my pocket. I think they would make a fantastic doctor who villain!
Then (7)Chanelle, who has moments of level headedness and then goes and spoils it all by acting all WAG.
Then I suppose there is (8)Nicky, who hasnt really registered with me yet.
Then (9) Ziggy. Poor guy, stuck in there with that lot. He's not impressing me with the way he is acting with the girls, but I suppose that's not really his fault- given the situation he's in. He is predictably flirting with Chanelle WAG, but is trying hard to fight off the advances of Charley and Shabnam.
(10)Lesley is close to the bottom. I thought she would be more mature, but she is acting a bit childish with her stirring, although some of the results are quite entertaining to watch.
And at the bottom is (11) Charley and (12) Shabnam, who are coming across in the worst possible way. Charley is acting up now there is a boy there and I think Shabnam is just pleased to have lathed on to someone. Shabbers needs better make up tips, and Charley needs some manners.

Still it's early days. I would imagine that if Ziggy had to choose two people up for evcition it would be Charley and Shabbers

That was amazing. (Human Nature/Family of blood) so much drama and emotion. Jessica Stephenson was amazing in it. And the script was brilliant. And I dare anyone not to feel moved by the end scene

... in the big brother house. And the weird thing is he is the spitting image of me!

Well, apart from the blonde hair of course.
Apart from the Blonde hair, he is the spitting image of me. That and the rugged good looks. Apart from the blonde hair and the rugged good looks,he is the spitting image of me!

And the muscular body of course. Apart from the blonde hair, the rugged good looks and the Muscular body, he is the spitting image of me.

Oh, and the arrogant, self -obsessed, self-important attitude. So, Apart from the blonde hair, the rugged good looks, the Muscular body and the arrogant, self -obsessed, self-important attitude, he is the spitting image of me.

It's like looking in the mirror (Assuming that someone has actually removed the reflective bit)

I wonder who will try to make a play for him. My money is on... Chanelle, Charley, Sam and Amanda, Emily, Laura and Shabaz. And possibly, Tracey and Nicky.

After watching Pirates of the Caribbean...

"Where's it set then?"

Coming back from town I saw a strange sight. I pass a cemetery and I saw a group of youngish girls, all wearing mourners black hanging around the cemetery gates. Not unusual I hear you say, but they weren't standing like mourners stand- but how I would imagine teenage fans would stand waiting for a pop star!
And then I saw a security guard by the gates, to stop people going in. And further inside the cemetery I saw several bodyguards. And then I noticed some figures hiding in the bushes. And they had cameras- not the silly little family photo kind- but eh professional telescopic lens kind!

SO that is intriguing! Paparazzi, Security and Fans! They must have buried someone famous today! I wonder who. (Fingers crossed for either of the Oasis boys)

Last night, the dance lessons started again. I was umming and ahhing as about whether to go, but I decided to, and glad I did. It was good to get back in there.
I went for both sessions again, however the beginners course was practically empty. Where have all the people gone? Perhaps due to half term everyone is away, and they may be back next week. There were so few people that I was even pleased to see.... the tiger lady! Yes, she was back! And she was just as moany as ever. However due to my pleasure in seeing someone I recognised, I think she may have got the impression that I actually liked her, and now she says she is going to look into more dance classes for us both !!! GULP!!
But the improvers session went well- I can say that because I could do it this week. And that spoilt brat woman (who told on me to teacher) wasn't there. The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse were there though but they seem to be getting better. However one of them did ask me NOT to look at her whilst dancing. Perhaps she finds my magnetism intimidating The horsewomen are better to dance with than the tiger lady, because they are short! Tiger lady is quite tall and it is difficut swinging my arms over her head! And the tiger lady just whinges everytime there is a pause for instruction. I just want to say to her "Listen lady, If you want to go and hunt some Gazelle and rip it to shreds, then go ahead. But I want to listen to what we are supposed to be doing" But what I actually do is nod and smile.