Pop. So it’s not the most exciting blog post? I can only find this at one store in all of Toronto, and believe me, I’ve been to ALL the stores here. All of them. Well, most of them.
Can’t you just taste it right now? So delicious. So full of artificial everything. Yummmm.
Ok, and confidential to Gillian and Laura (no spoilers, don’t worry):
Here’s how I currently feel about BBUK.
I’m angry with John James for being a baby. He’s all angry and miserable lately and I guess it’s because he’s been nominated and is stressed out but spare me the hissy fits, please. He’s slowly crawling his way down my ladder. My love ladder. I’m not so sure if it’s John James ftw.
I hope Rachel goes home tomorrow. I don’t like her. But then again, I didn’t like Corin in the beginning and now I do.
Corin. I want to hate her but I guess I don’t. Like Gillian said, the whole diary room “He’s fit, right? Fit? Not fit? Is he?” turned me around. And then the fake video on BBLB (I think or maybe the post or pre eviction show) of kids acting as various house guests and the little girl with orange on her face “I’m buzzin’!” killed me. I love her tragic back story and I super love that she’s very much aware of who she is.
Dave is still gross, I’d like the Baron to leave, Josie is always Josie, Andrew is a weirdo, JJ is fit, Jo and Mario are just boring and that brings us to Sam Pepper.
I’m horrified by this child. He completely revolts me. He is, like Josie said, a ratty little brother, but he’s 21. I hate that he’s from Kent, where my family lives. I’d probably want to murder him if I had to spend more than half an hour with him, I am really feeling sorry for Josie. And everyone else. I understand that he thinks he’s being honest but he’s got no tact and that’s a part of being an adult. Ugh.
I assume you are referring to the episode I watched this morning. JohnJames had fit after fit. and mostly he just seemed to be acting like a spoiled child who was put out that he got nominated. He has always annoyed me with this stuff though. He seems very childish about most things.
I also loved the Corin “He’s fit” rant. I love when she goes off on a tangent like that, bubbling with excitement.
I’m not really a fan of Josie anymore. Ever since she and JohnJames got so close she has been annoying. All the seemingly strong, intelligent, interesting things about her seemed to be abandoned in favour of giggling and snogging about/with JohnJames.
I don’t see anything that special about JJ. He seems nice enough, level-headed and diplomatic so far. But I don’t see what all the fuss is about him being so dreamy. He’s not someone I would look twice at on the street. Though, I don’t find JohnJames attractive either and everyone talks about how he is SO good looking. He has “the look” that is popular in bars etc….but I find that similar to the fakeness of Corin’s looks. 3/4 of the population could be that type of good looking with the right hair cut and clothes and makeup.
And yes, Sam Pepper is like the younger brother of your friend…the one whose house you stop going to because as you all grow up and your friend’s mother doesn’t teach her youngest child manners or social skills it becomes more and more uncomfortable to be around him. Though, for the purposes of Big Brother…I am just glad they didn’t stick in yet another boring person like Rachel and Laura and Steve and Jo. Why, why why do people go onto a show like this and then sit around doing nothing?!
The only shining moment for JohnJames, in my eyes, was near the beginning when he made the first Racheal cry by telling her to stop thinking she was special and going to come out famous and be the next Beyonce. I am always gripping about how people go onto this show thinking that they are going to come out and be SUPER famous and be these huge celebrities. When in actuality 90% of them come out, show their boobs on the cover of a magazine…then fade into obscurity within months.
OH and I also hope Rachel goes. She has one of those faces (and voices) that I just want to smash a cake into.
Yes, John James was a big crybaby all week, even Davina commented on that fact. I think being an only child-who still lives with his mum-he’s not used to peer rejection or not getting his own way. It’s a learning curve for him. I bet that being handsome helps him in real life to always be treated nicely and get what he wants but because the house is such a tiny microcosm of the real world, it’s tough on him too. Oh, boohoo poor John James, I know, but I bet it’s harder on him than anyone else! (And he’s Australian.) I agree with you, mostly, about his looks, I think he’s handsome in a white bread sort of way, but I have issues with men who dye their hair. At least he’s not a super groomer like JJ, men that shave their entire bodies also freak me out.
Obviously, body hair doesn’t bother me at all. I live with Captain Unkempt and I love every bit of him. (To be fair, he actually does groom his beard!)
What I really liked about John James was his fierce loyalty and obvious love (and serious difficulty with rejection from) Josie. I liked how torn he was (and I think still is) about his feelings for her. I really do wonder what his plan for their future is, or if it is just a showmance.
Ok. So, Josie, yes, has been boring lately. I laughed when her and John James were all, wow, we really DO spend too much time together when they were forcibly separated. I thought that punishment would go on for longer (it should have, and it should have also been that they weren’t allowed to talk at all to each other), so they could reconnect with other housemates but I bet the producers were like, no, JoJa and Josie are good for ratings. People WANT love. Even pretend reality show love, they want it.
Fair enough on Sam Pepper, I guess they needed a shit disturber like him to spice (haha!) things up a bit. I have a feeling he will last longer than Josie would like. And I have a feeling that Josie will wind up friends with him again. It is like a schoolboy crush he has on her, pigtail pulling and name calling. He totally singles her out (or so it seems, that’s the way the producers edit the shows!) I think he’ll be miserable after the show when he realizes just how hated he was at the beginning, and maybe all the way through. For all his proclamations of truth and honesty, I doubt anyone has ever sat him down and told him what he’s really like and how it can be hurtful. I think he’s more sensitive than he lets on. It seems he thinks he’s being funny and teasing but when Josie fires back, she’s dead serious and it’s clear it hurts him.
That must be her problem then? Why’s she so serious about him, why can’t she just tease him back and let it be done? Why does she have to get her knickers all wadded up in her bum?
Gillian will laugh at me (because originally I disliked her SO much) but I’m going with Corin ftw.
Also, I am totally psyched for the All Star BBUK. If that starts in a couple weeks (is that 2 weeks? Really?) then this one must end soon. It’s done so differently from the way they do it here, I have no idea. The US BB has never had anyone come out of the house and be famous. Not even remotely, not like Survivor, a show that consistently produces stars. Or…semi stars. They’re just really good at picking memorable A type people, that is the big difference.
I think Sam, like Shabby, is very much a person who can dish it out, but not take it. They genuinely seem to think that they are doing the world and their subject a favour when they brutally bash their self-worth….then when someone says even the slightest thing to them it threatens their entire being and sends them reeling.
Yeah, i have always found it weird when guys shave their armpits. just too weird.
August 7th best line of the episode:
In reference to Josie saying that John James breaths heavily and it reminds her of Darth Vader.
Corin: Why Darth Vader? Aint he a robot?
Josie: (long blank stare)
And then she goes on to ask if donkeys eat carrots. Wow. She’s amazingly dumb.
and yet, you’re still corin ftw? ;)
At this point, for me, she’s the only truly likable person. Although I am beginning to see that she’s dialed herself back. Maybe I dislike them all.
I have moments with Andrew where I think, this kid is great, and then others when I think he’s a complete psycho.
It’s so confusing!
Do we really believe Mario’s IQ is 154??!?
Heck no. Mario seems, to me, to be at about a 10 year old level. He is very child like.
He did so well on that moo baa screech game, I don’t know.
Corin, again, outdid herself as a horse/jockey. She might be mildly intellectually challenged.
And I’m warming up to Sam Pepper. How very typical of me!