So there it was. One word. One little word and bang. I was dreading hearing it, actually. It was a hiding-behind-a-cushion moment. But Charley was right. Words like that don't 'slip out'. Words like that are either in your vocabulary or they're not. A part of your life, or not.
In a way to me it seemed less bad than the transcript. But my boyfriend thought it was worse than he expected. It wasn't really joking. It was to put her down a little bit. I don't think she meant to be cruel. But I don't think she realised the power of the word.
The fact is, Emily has constantly considered herself above everyone in the house. She is intimidatingly beautiful, well-spoken and up until now, smart. Her own arrogance was her downfall.
If you're on the fence as to if Emily should have gone, take a look at the shock on Charley and Nicky's face straight after it was said. They were stunned and hurt. There was something really human in Charley's wounded face that she couldn't hide with words. Emily looked like she didn't give a shit, almost bullying them to shut up and forget it. I don't buy the 'everyone says it round my way' thing. It must have been heavily mentioned in the application process, too. Emily was extremely foolish, if not intentionally hateful.
How weird was it when Charley and Emily rounded on Shabnam? Charley whispered the gossip in Shab's ear, then acted like she hadn't. That was super strange. Charley was clearly scared of Emily and taking it out on Shabs. The way they rounded on her (the weakest person) was plain frightening. It's interesting how both Charley and Shilpa before her tried to cover up for their antagonist.
The bedroom scene where Charley denied that the comment had been racist was very intruging. It took ages for Ziggy to cotton on. (His crying didn't move me either, he's just as bad as the girls, then blames them for making him bitchy) Charley could go far from this whole situation if she plays things well. I'm not sure if she will, though, but I've certainly seen a more vulnerable and likable side to her (for now).
Nicky, miserable as she is, is coming out of things very well. She seems extremely level headed and sensible and fair. She should go a long way.
And so a sleepy Emily was dispatched. I enjoyed seeing the shock on her face when she realised that she couldn't wiggle out of it by going 'It's not fair!' or 'You've edited it wrong'. She did say sorry though, which was to her credit, but I should hope so, too. I feel sorry for her a bit. She is not on the same scale as Jade, or Jo, or Danielle. There was no vitriol in her. Just ignorance.
Emily will be missed by me; her face when something disgusts her, her red lipstick, even her skinny jeans, dammit. I did respect the bitch in her and she's more interesting than at least five other housemates in there. I think she genuinely did like Charley, she just thought she was better than her. Ultimately, she wasn't. Not a nice girl, not a lovely person with a good heart. Good luck avoiding the poison arrows, Emily. You'll need it.
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Big Brother 8: Jade's legacy
*My computer was meant to be being picked up today for a repair, but last night I was struck down by tonsillitus for the third time this year, so I couldn't get to work (where it was being picked up). Last night I felt too ill to blog BB although I did watch it (I enjoyed Tracey's mini-rave). Haven't watched The Apprentice yet though, and trying to avoid news about that on TV today is tricky!
So after tomorrow I may not be blogging because my computer is going away for 'seven to ten days'! It's a bit of a bummer as I wanted to blog the whole of BB. Oh well. I'll do a bit at work if something amazing happens.
So anyway. Last nights BB seems redundant as I just discovered Emily has been booted out of Big Brother for saying 'nigger'. So the producers finally woke up.
During Celeb BB I sat at this very computer and watched a clip from the live streaming of E4 of the most offensive language I had ever heard. I saw a deranged woman, face contorted with hate for a woman who had done nothing to her in return. I saw two similar dim-witted people back her up, and some other people who should have known better stand there listening like lemons (which was just as bad). This is Jade's legacy. And the producers did nothing. I was shocked. I genuinely believed they would punish them. Instead the helped Jade. Protected the thick bitch. The bond of trust with BB was gone from that point.
Apparently Emily said something like 'push it out nigger' when Charley was dancing. Word on the net is these are the words to a song. I don't know, I don't listen to puerile music like that. Either way, Emily is paying for Jade's sins. Of course she is. But it is more complicated than that.
Emily claimed to be an intelligent housemate. She has shown snobbery in the house, crass vanity, but no semblance of intelligence. She picked a fight with Ziggy the night before he nominated. Now this. Did she not SEE Celebrity Big Brother? Does she not understand the implications of using this word? On TV, for God's sake? Intelligent she is NOT. Does she think she is just above the rules us commoners adhere to? It's mind-boggling.
There is a wider discussion around this, of course, about the sort of language that is used in rap music, and I noticed Jay-Z was promoting something recently to kick the 'n' word out of rap, as well as the many derogatory words about women. Because it's true, it does make them more acceptable, when it should NEVER be acceptable. It's not like reclaiming the word 'cunt' in my eyes. 'Nigger' is a powerful evil.
The trouble is, when people like Emily say words like this, you get this image of them sitting round Mummy and Daddy's house, saying worse. It's like a poison that infects people and you wonder what is at the core of them. Emily has fucked up big time, far worse than if Chanelle sleeps with Ziggy. In fact, Chanelle will probably be considered a hero if she does. Emily meanwhile, will be known as a racist until the end of time. And we thought we hated Grace. Bloody hell. So well done Emily, for not kissing any boys. Your parents will be so proud.
Yet I still feel had, because Emily was a good housemate. I liked her scheming and shit-stirring. She brought out Ziggy's angry side and we needed to see that. That charming thing is just not convincing. I liked it when she pushed him. But she proved she couldn't play by the rules by tricking his nomination out of him.
More than ever we are seeing in Big Brother what goes on behind closed doors, and if people can't even behave themselves on TV, I realy do dread to think what people say in the privacy of their own homes. It's really disappointing. But not suprising in the slightest. This one is going to run and run...
So after tomorrow I may not be blogging because my computer is going away for 'seven to ten days'! It's a bit of a bummer as I wanted to blog the whole of BB. Oh well. I'll do a bit at work if something amazing happens.
So anyway. Last nights BB seems redundant as I just discovered Emily has been booted out of Big Brother for saying 'nigger'. So the producers finally woke up.
During Celeb BB I sat at this very computer and watched a clip from the live streaming of E4 of the most offensive language I had ever heard. I saw a deranged woman, face contorted with hate for a woman who had done nothing to her in return. I saw two similar dim-witted people back her up, and some other people who should have known better stand there listening like lemons (which was just as bad). This is Jade's legacy. And the producers did nothing. I was shocked. I genuinely believed they would punish them. Instead the helped Jade. Protected the thick bitch. The bond of trust with BB was gone from that point.
Apparently Emily said something like 'push it out nigger' when Charley was dancing. Word on the net is these are the words to a song. I don't know, I don't listen to puerile music like that. Either way, Emily is paying for Jade's sins. Of course she is. But it is more complicated than that.
Emily claimed to be an intelligent housemate. She has shown snobbery in the house, crass vanity, but no semblance of intelligence. She picked a fight with Ziggy the night before he nominated. Now this. Did she not SEE Celebrity Big Brother? Does she not understand the implications of using this word? On TV, for God's sake? Intelligent she is NOT. Does she think she is just above the rules us commoners adhere to? It's mind-boggling.
There is a wider discussion around this, of course, about the sort of language that is used in rap music, and I noticed Jay-Z was promoting something recently to kick the 'n' word out of rap, as well as the many derogatory words about women. Because it's true, it does make them more acceptable, when it should NEVER be acceptable. It's not like reclaiming the word 'cunt' in my eyes. 'Nigger' is a powerful evil.
The trouble is, when people like Emily say words like this, you get this image of them sitting round Mummy and Daddy's house, saying worse. It's like a poison that infects people and you wonder what is at the core of them. Emily has fucked up big time, far worse than if Chanelle sleeps with Ziggy. In fact, Chanelle will probably be considered a hero if she does. Emily meanwhile, will be known as a racist until the end of time. And we thought we hated Grace. Bloody hell. So well done Emily, for not kissing any boys. Your parents will be so proud.
Yet I still feel had, because Emily was a good housemate. I liked her scheming and shit-stirring. She brought out Ziggy's angry side and we needed to see that. That charming thing is just not convincing. I liked it when she pushed him. But she proved she couldn't play by the rules by tricking his nomination out of him.
More than ever we are seeing in Big Brother what goes on behind closed doors, and if people can't even behave themselves on TV, I realy do dread to think what people say in the privacy of their own homes. It's really disappointing. But not suprising in the slightest. This one is going to run and run...
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Big Brother 8: Babyliss Wars
BB is still entertaining, but the rot has obviously set in and they are all sick of each other. The hair straightner thing is really annoying. Girls are not divided into the following categories: bimbos, strippers, fat, and vain. Unfortunately BB would have you believe different. Some girls care about culture, politics, science. Some girls have brains and ideas. These girls are not in the Big Brother house.
Rating them was bound to make sparks fly. It gets on my nerves that Lesley is considered intelligent just because she's old. Many old people are less intelligent as me. Even so, Lesley is the smartest in the house. Tracey arguing with Shabnam was funny.
Ziggy is just as bad as the girls. He plays games, bitches, flirts, winds them up. If a girl had pursued a group of guys like Ziggy has schmoozed the girls, she'd be labelled everything under the sun. Conversely, I enjoyed the sexual assault of Ziggy. Obviously this wouldn't work if it was a house full of men trying to pull a girls knickers off. That would be quite wrong.
Emily is a master game player. She slags people then acts innocent. She DOES look down on people. She does say sly things to upset people and then goes 'what? What did I do?' Please. You know exactly what you're doing. But you have undertones of Katie off The Apprentice and that's no good thing, even if you are the best looking.
Chanelle's fake crying, whinging is really boring and she's dull. Laura annoyed me by being a bitch, she's gone down in my estimation. I'm trying to like Nicky, but she doesn't half moan a lot. I mean, I moan a lot, but hopefully I occasionally provide the odd laugh.
At the moment the twins are looking like the most reasonable housemates and that's plain crazy.
Rating them was bound to make sparks fly. It gets on my nerves that Lesley is considered intelligent just because she's old. Many old people are less intelligent as me. Even so, Lesley is the smartest in the house. Tracey arguing with Shabnam was funny.
Ziggy is just as bad as the girls. He plays games, bitches, flirts, winds them up. If a girl had pursued a group of guys like Ziggy has schmoozed the girls, she'd be labelled everything under the sun. Conversely, I enjoyed the sexual assault of Ziggy. Obviously this wouldn't work if it was a house full of men trying to pull a girls knickers off. That would be quite wrong.
Emily is a master game player. She slags people then acts innocent. She DOES look down on people. She does say sly things to upset people and then goes 'what? What did I do?' Please. You know exactly what you're doing. But you have undertones of Katie off The Apprentice and that's no good thing, even if you are the best looking.
Chanelle's fake crying, whinging is really boring and she's dull. Laura annoyed me by being a bitch, she's gone down in my estimation. I'm trying to like Nicky, but she doesn't half moan a lot. I mean, I moan a lot, but hopefully I occasionally provide the odd laugh.
At the moment the twins are looking like the most reasonable housemates and that's plain crazy.
Monday, 4 June 2007
Big Brother 8: Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Batman*
Well, BB was a bit dull tonight. Nicky didn't even get a party, they just gave her a dumb hat. The dinner dates could have been genius but just turned into a vague bitching session with Zigah smarming all over the laydeez. He's definitely keeping his options open, mainly because Chanelle (I learnt how to spell it at last), bizarrely doesn't seem to fancy him. How can she not? Blonde, Beckham-esque, mildly famous. Match made in Heat. I'm sure he'll turn her head eventually if Charlie doesn't climb into bed with him and wank him off in the meantime.
What else? Leslie: just go home. Shabnam, just go home, you're neither intelligent nor a nutcase, you're a crashing bore.
*this is a Christian Bale reference. Get it?
What else? Leslie: just go home. Shabnam, just go home, you're neither intelligent nor a nutcase, you're a crashing bore.
*this is a Christian Bale reference. Get it?
Sunday, 3 June 2007
Big Brother 8: Trendsetters and Name-Droppers
A very interesting BB tonight, and having the psychology show on before was good because it got me in frame of mind of psyching these babies out. The clash of Charley and Emily was intriguing. Charley: 'When I wear something the next week everyone's copying me'-yes, that's because you are a FASHION VICTIM. Those are the styles all the slags wear, love.
On the indie front, I was surpised to hear that Emily actually INVENTED the trend of wearing skinny jeans! Amazing stuff. 'I don't think people have the balls to wear what I wear.' You're not exactly Bjork in the swan dress, are you, Emily? Can people really be this narcissistic? Slight redemption came when Emily dissed Charley for being a name-dropper. Charley pretending to not know what she meant was classic. So well done Emily, because I wouldn't dare get on the wrong side of that mardy, vain, aggressive, spoilt cow.
Nicky and Charley's row was less interesting, it had been edited so badly I couldn't even tell what it was about. Charley didn't help herself, she just came over as boorish and mean-spirited and her Vicky Pollard-esque speech in the diary room didn't help. 'I don't suck arses!' There's a difference between kissing arse and just having plain good manners. Try learning it and people won't despise you so much. PS. Anyone who repeatedly starts sentences with 'I'm not being funny, but...' can just fuck right off. It's like an alarm bell that says: 'A cunt is about to speak.'
Chanel's no-pants routine worked quite well, and getting her scent on Ziggy's T-shirt was a cunning move. I was slightly disappointed he fancied her, but then I remembered he was in a manufactured pop band called Northern Line ('kind of pop'-no, exactly pop, Ziggy, don't pretend you had rock leanings just because The-Founder-of-Indie-and-the Skinny Jeans trend asked you) so integrity wasn't exactly high up his list of concerns. I'm sure they will make a wonderful, shallow couple. Having said that, they both seem alright. Just bland.
Leslie (Lesley?) is annoying and I hope she does walk but I suspect it's just a ruse to get attention. Just fuck off Leslie. I predict she will still be in the house by Wednesday.
You should have given Ziggy your bed, too. Her call to arms for everyone to 'perform' was also annoying; that's the last thing we want to see.
So, there's not another eviction til Friday? When will they put the other men in? They need to speed things up a bit because all the women (plus one man) is still not that great. A massive part of BB is the flirting and interaction between the sexes. Give us the other men. And make them good!
On the indie front, I was surpised to hear that Emily actually INVENTED the trend of wearing skinny jeans! Amazing stuff. 'I don't think people have the balls to wear what I wear.' You're not exactly Bjork in the swan dress, are you, Emily? Can people really be this narcissistic? Slight redemption came when Emily dissed Charley for being a name-dropper. Charley pretending to not know what she meant was classic. So well done Emily, because I wouldn't dare get on the wrong side of that mardy, vain, aggressive, spoilt cow.
Nicky and Charley's row was less interesting, it had been edited so badly I couldn't even tell what it was about. Charley didn't help herself, she just came over as boorish and mean-spirited and her Vicky Pollard-esque speech in the diary room didn't help. 'I don't suck arses!' There's a difference between kissing arse and just having plain good manners. Try learning it and people won't despise you so much. PS. Anyone who repeatedly starts sentences with 'I'm not being funny, but...' can just fuck right off. It's like an alarm bell that says: 'A cunt is about to speak.'
Chanel's no-pants routine worked quite well, and getting her scent on Ziggy's T-shirt was a cunning move. I was slightly disappointed he fancied her, but then I remembered he was in a manufactured pop band called Northern Line ('kind of pop'-no, exactly pop, Ziggy, don't pretend you had rock leanings just because The-Founder-of-Indie-and-the Skinny Jeans trend asked you) so integrity wasn't exactly high up his list of concerns. I'm sure they will make a wonderful, shallow couple. Having said that, they both seem alright. Just bland.
Leslie (Lesley?) is annoying and I hope she does walk but I suspect it's just a ruse to get attention. Just fuck off Leslie. I predict she will still be in the house by Wednesday.
You should have given Ziggy your bed, too. Her call to arms for everyone to 'perform' was also annoying; that's the last thing we want to see.
So, there's not another eviction til Friday? When will they put the other men in? They need to speed things up a bit because all the women (plus one man) is still not that great. A massive part of BB is the flirting and interaction between the sexes. Give us the other men. And make them good!
Saturday, 2 June 2007
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
God, what IS all the hoo-ha about?! It's a book! Just read it and enjoy it, you drongos. I cannot believe all the stuff I've read about this book. The disclaimer at the start is just stupid. If I was James Frey, I'd say, go fuck yourselves then. I write you this exciting book and this is how you repay me! The book is well-written, pacey, and interesting. So he made some or a lot of it up. He changed names in it, too. Who cares? He still recovered from a horrific addiction against all the odds and lived to tell the tale (literally), so he still did more than Oprah ever did, the silly old mare, who can't even give up cakes. If you want a refund for the book I suggest you get your memory erased too because you've taken something from it, regardless, you grasping Yanks.
So yes. I finally read it, ten years after everyone else. Stylistically I really liked it: the flat delivery, the lack of speech marks, the repitition. I thought it was extremely effective and a riveting read, considering not THAT much happens in it really. It made me feel better about my own book which, whilst not autobiographical, relies heavily on you liking the narrator, because bugger all happens.
The account of his recovery, especially at the beginning with all the vomiting and dental work was completely horrific, in a good way. I liked his struggle with the 12 steps, and with God, and the fact he found his own way. His relationship with Lilly was very convincing and touching, and what happened to her was almost too much to bear. There did seem to be a surplus of genuinely good-hearted people in his book, but I was glad of that.
I thought the end was especially brilliant: from Lilly leaving onwards. It was truly shocking when he went to get her back, then his goodbye with Leonard, then going to the bar: they were all really incredible moments that made me cry (on the train- doh!). The end was awful: finding out so many of them were dead was horrible. And I don't care even if they were all fictional, it would still have hurt, because you invest in a book as a reader.
I'd recommend the book to anyone who knows someone who has a serious problem with drugs because the true horror needs to be read to be believed. And I believe it. And it's great. So fuck you, Oprah, you sanctimonious twat.
So yes. I finally read it, ten years after everyone else. Stylistically I really liked it: the flat delivery, the lack of speech marks, the repitition. I thought it was extremely effective and a riveting read, considering not THAT much happens in it really. It made me feel better about my own book which, whilst not autobiographical, relies heavily on you liking the narrator, because bugger all happens.
The account of his recovery, especially at the beginning with all the vomiting and dental work was completely horrific, in a good way. I liked his struggle with the 12 steps, and with God, and the fact he found his own way. His relationship with Lilly was very convincing and touching, and what happened to her was almost too much to bear. There did seem to be a surplus of genuinely good-hearted people in his book, but I was glad of that.
I thought the end was especially brilliant: from Lilly leaving onwards. It was truly shocking when he went to get her back, then his goodbye with Leonard, then going to the bar: they were all really incredible moments that made me cry (on the train- doh!). The end was awful: finding out so many of them were dead was horrible. And I don't care even if they were all fictional, it would still have hurt, because you invest in a book as a reader.
I'd recommend the book to anyone who knows someone who has a serious problem with drugs because the true horror needs to be read to be believed. And I believe it. And it's great. So fuck you, Oprah, you sanctimonious twat.
Friday, 1 June 2007
Big Brother 8: David Fuck 'em
This charming man...
An interesting choice of male, I think. Hunky, looks quite nice in a suit, but still ugly. A bit Beckham-esque but still appears to have half a working brain. A lack of lips but seems a gent. If I was in there I'd avoid him like the plague. It's the only way to retain a bit of integrity.
But 26?!!! He's 26 going on 40. He's either had a lot of sunbeds or he's been on the old happy pills like Tracey. For fuck's sake Tracey, put a bit of slap on. You look like this little rubbery gurning man toy I used to have.
So. Making them pack their bags was a bit cruel. They should have booted someone, it would have been a laugh making him choose. DEFFO! Love it.
As for the earlier show, well Chantel, what a fucking dipstick you have proved to be. I want to get in VIP areas. WHY? Do you want to catch syphillis off Calum Best? You stupid fucker. Is there anything more BORING than money. Yes. Fame. I couldn't think of ANYTHING worse than people recognising me in the street. I'd become a recluse in five seconds. So fame hungry, money-grabbing thick bitches. I'm talking to YOU Charley and Chantel: 'I'd like to have a small job like writing a column.' Writing a column is not a SMALL JOB! You need balls to have opinions. Otherwise you're just Michelle fucking Heaton. Oh, right, you mean a column about FASHUN. Knock yourself out. But. But. It's not really a career if you get it through your sporty spouse. It's not a CAREER if you get it through lying on your back turning a blind eye. Colleen Mcloughin sold her soul to a bunch of octegenarian hookers. It would take more than a fancy handbag to get the image of Rooney being sucked off by a grandma with her teeth out from off my mind. How DOES she sleep at night?
But. You pay your money, you take your choice.
And if you do you're a stupid slag.
How can people not want to earn their OWN money? Charley, I don't think you have a leg to stand on dissing Chantel for being superficial. But I can call the pair of you out and say go fuck yourselves. It's not impressive to be proud of knowing nothing about politics and current affairs. It's embarrassing. You're setting women back fifty years. Just look at Billie. Not taking a PENNY off Chris Evans. And she had to see him naked!!! She's a lesson to you all.
What else? Charley is disappointing- proving herself to be exactly as promised. A spoilt twat. No wonder you hate Chantel, it's like looking in a fucking mirror. Albeit one that drags your hairline up five inches and makes you look like Ant, of Ant and Dec fame. Chantel: get a fringe. Girls aren't meant to have receeding hairlines. You've got a six-head, love.
Peeing in the shower: for fucks sake it's like Hit-n-Run Alex all over again. PEEING IN THE SHOWER IS FINE. It is a SHOWER. It is there TO WASH AWAY DIRTY STUFF. That's the whole fucking point of it. I don't pee in the shower myself. But I do pee in the bath. Hahahaha! Just kidding.
So who will ZIGGY (not his real name, I'll venture) vote out? Leslie and Carole? Too obvious? I dunno. I've watched about three seconds of the live feed and I think he fancies Emily. I know stuff. Truth!
An interesting choice of male, I think. Hunky, looks quite nice in a suit, but still ugly. A bit Beckham-esque but still appears to have half a working brain. A lack of lips but seems a gent. If I was in there I'd avoid him like the plague. It's the only way to retain a bit of integrity.
But 26?!!! He's 26 going on 40. He's either had a lot of sunbeds or he's been on the old happy pills like Tracey. For fuck's sake Tracey, put a bit of slap on. You look like this little rubbery gurning man toy I used to have.
So. Making them pack their bags was a bit cruel. They should have booted someone, it would have been a laugh making him choose. DEFFO! Love it.
As for the earlier show, well Chantel, what a fucking dipstick you have proved to be. I want to get in VIP areas. WHY? Do you want to catch syphillis off Calum Best? You stupid fucker. Is there anything more BORING than money. Yes. Fame. I couldn't think of ANYTHING worse than people recognising me in the street. I'd become a recluse in five seconds. So fame hungry, money-grabbing thick bitches. I'm talking to YOU Charley and Chantel: 'I'd like to have a small job like writing a column.' Writing a column is not a SMALL JOB! You need balls to have opinions. Otherwise you're just Michelle fucking Heaton. Oh, right, you mean a column about FASHUN. Knock yourself out. But. But. It's not really a career if you get it through your sporty spouse. It's not a CAREER if you get it through lying on your back turning a blind eye. Colleen Mcloughin sold her soul to a bunch of octegenarian hookers. It would take more than a fancy handbag to get the image of Rooney being sucked off by a grandma with her teeth out from off my mind. How DOES she sleep at night?
But. You pay your money, you take your choice.
And if you do you're a stupid slag.
How can people not want to earn their OWN money? Charley, I don't think you have a leg to stand on dissing Chantel for being superficial. But I can call the pair of you out and say go fuck yourselves. It's not impressive to be proud of knowing nothing about politics and current affairs. It's embarrassing. You're setting women back fifty years. Just look at Billie. Not taking a PENNY off Chris Evans. And she had to see him naked!!! She's a lesson to you all.
What else? Charley is disappointing- proving herself to be exactly as promised. A spoilt twat. No wonder you hate Chantel, it's like looking in a fucking mirror. Albeit one that drags your hairline up five inches and makes you look like Ant, of Ant and Dec fame. Chantel: get a fringe. Girls aren't meant to have receeding hairlines. You've got a six-head, love.
Peeing in the shower: for fucks sake it's like Hit-n-Run Alex all over again. PEEING IN THE SHOWER IS FINE. It is a SHOWER. It is there TO WASH AWAY DIRTY STUFF. That's the whole fucking point of it. I don't pee in the shower myself. But I do pee in the bath. Hahahaha! Just kidding.
So who will ZIGGY (not his real name, I'll venture) vote out? Leslie and Carole? Too obvious? I dunno. I've watched about three seconds of the live feed and I think he fancies Emily. I know stuff. Truth!
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