Sunday, July 22, 2007

Big Brother 8

More from the Big Brother front...

- I'm liking Evil Dick more and more. I appreciate anyone who has a zero BS tolerance. He's smart enough and observant enough to win this thing... if it wasn't for his abrasive manner. Unfortunately, that's going to keep landing him on the eviction block.



- Looks like the Big Brother Twist for 2007 -- sleeping with the enemy -- fizzled out pretty quickly. The first two evictions removed two of the three pairs of enemies and nary a tear was shed. The remaining pair, Dick and Danielle, seems to be steadily moving away from enemy territory and into an actual reconciliation. It was nice to watch a distraught Danielle turn to the one person she could trust - her dad. Even if neither of them wins this season, they'll be the biggest winners in the end... hopefully!

- Is it me or is this whole "America's Player" concept pretty dull? Who should Eric vote for? Snore. Who should Eric campaign against? Yawn. The only part I find remotely fun is the weekly "What practical joke should Eric play and against whom?" challenge. It's not Eric's fault the concept is dull though. He's a likable guy, though I wish he'd give the Mr. Spock/John Belushi raised eyebrow a rest when he talks to us.

- Jen proves you don't have to be blond to be a bimbo.

P.S. - I Googled "Evil Dick" to get a picture of Dick for this post. Guess who's picture came up the most? Dick Cheney. Hahahahaha.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Big Brother 8

It's time again for America's Favorite Televised Fishbowl.



Big Brother is something I could never do. It has nothing to do with being televised. I can act the fool right along with the next person. However, I don't know if I could handle the crippling boredom for $500,000. And as houseguests get bumped off week-after-week and the house gets quieter and quieter, the boredom must get worse and worse.

A few observations:

- Is Les Moonves padlocking the fridge? Julie Chen is looking awfully undernourished. It might be time to place an intervention call to Sally Struthers. I'll donate my 30 cents. Pretty soon there won't be anything left to put the body glitter on.

- How 'come only three houseguests had to pair up with their enemies? I would have loved to have seen a 50/50 split. Maybe that's a hidden surprise - if an enemy gets voted out, a new enemy enters the house.

- If "America's Player" wins, do I get a cut of the winnings?

- The helium sucker award this season goes to Jessica. If the current voice actress for Minnie Mouse ever retires, Jessica's a shoe-in.

- Is it me, or is Joe more a caricature of a gay man than an actual gay man?

- I feel very bad for Danielle. Yes, casting her estranged Dad as her enemy makes for good television, but yikes! If I were her, I would swear Mom had an immaculate conception. In fact, I'd love the show to allow us to meet Mom, because that's gotta be where Danielle got most of her genes from.

- I watched a few minutes of Big Brother After Dark on Showtime. If you're way into people puttering around the backyard for hours at a stretch, you're gonna LOVE this broadcast!

Right now I have no favorite to win. After a few of the weaker ones get bumped off, then I'll know who I'm behind. Hopefully there's a latent Dr. Will in the house ready to start acting like a puppet-master. THAT makes for good Big Brother watching.

I'm Gonna Blog EEEEEVERY Day

I'm also going to...

- Eat my weight in popcorn every day.
- Swim to the sun.
- Learn at least two dead languages in the next month.
- Sprout wings.
- Age backwards.
- Look up "committment" in the dictionary.