Day 94 - Enter the confessional

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Yesterday's weather: sunny but windy 22 degrees.

Susie Kelly confessed in her blog the other day that, even though she lives in France, wait for it, shock, horror, she doesn't actually like wine! I thought she was very brave for the admission and told her so. So, today, I thought I would make my own confession.

Some nights, after the BBC Prom concert, we have been watching Big Brother 8.

I can't believe I'm admitting this.

I didn't want to at first, even though Jon did and he claims it is only because he watched one years ago so that he could keep up a conversation with the girls in his office (yeah, right) but I have to admit we got sucked in. Not every day, you understand, we aren't quite that sad, and only the Channel 4 hour long edition not all those other funny programmes they show, including apparently live 24 hour coverage from the house. In fact, we completely missed out 'half way house' week and most of Charley's reprisal week.

So, tonight is the last night and I've been giving some thought to the few characters left in.

Amanda and Sam - squeaky 18 year old twins who were the first in the house, screeching and exclaiming with delight at everything pink. I despaired when I heard that they were both training to be social workers as I thought if they turned up trying to cheer up a struggling family they would probably commit mass suicide. However, now I quite like them. They have no malice to them. Although they started off really dumb blondes, I am beginning to think that it was a bit of an act and there are some grey cells working in their heads. And, neither of them has ever been nominated by anyone else in the house for eviction so they must have something going for them.

Brian - Ahh, Brian, isn't he great? 20 year old data entry clerk from Essex. Claimed he had never heard of Shakespeare and then had to own up that of course he had. Did an amazing impersonation of Charley 'I'm not bein' funny, right; I'm not bein' funny, right; I'm not bein' funny, right' and looked strangely good in a dress! I like Brian and I think it's between him and the twins as to who wins.

Carole - a 53 year old youth health worker from London. Claims to have protested from Greenham Common to any other protest that would have her. She has done nothing but moan and wind the others up for weeks with her cooking and her cleaning obsessions and for some reason deciding that no-one could do either as well as her but complaining that she is always the one to cook and clean. How she managed to survive all the evictions she was nominated for over all these weeks I will never know. Yes I do. Gerry offered to leave in her place. That was a big shame because the house would be a far more interesting place if Gerry were in there this week.

Jonty - 36 year old museum visitor assistant from London. Good grief - what is Jonty all about? A teddy bear loving single virgin who suffers from excessive flatulence and can't hold his drink (he gets the giggles like a 16 year old girl). He's ghastly and one to avoid at parties at all costs - yet at the same time I find him an incredibly interesting character - what makes him tick? Apparently he speaks eight languages so he is obviously intelligent - but then there are those teddy bears. Monkety Tonkety????? I ask you!

Liam - 22 year old geordie tree surgeon. Well he can come and operate on our trees any time. Maybe it's my geordie heritage coming out here, but I think he's a real canny lad bless him, why-aye, but he already won £100,000 on this show when the other housemates had to decide who to give it to, so he won't win. (I don't think)

Ziggy - 26 year old broker and ex boy band member. I liked Ziggy when her first went in but then he started saying he wanted to leave every other day and turned into an unpredictable, miserable, manipulator. And maybe a closet hoodie. When he is being nice he is lovely but I wouldn't trust him. Stay well away when he gets out Chanelle!

So there you have it. I have confessed. After listening to the Prom, some nights we have been watching BB8. All in the interests of watching a psychological experiment, you understand. We'll be there tonight, bottle of wine, box of chocolate watching all the ex-housemates' reactions to the last
evictions. Yes, we are a couple of saddos who are old enough to know better.