It’s Big Brother Time!!!

Thursday, Wednesday & Sunday’s I watch the Best Mind Screw of game. Its name is Big Brother. Season 16 has kicked off. I blame my mother. She was a fan of this game while I was away at school. I came home and got sucked in. It also didn’t help that the season (Season 5) I started watching there was Outspoken_Diva approved Eye Candy in there named Marvin.

Last season (15), there was Eye Candy in the house named Howard.

 Oh and yes the Big Brother gods heard me complaints from seasons of non-Outspoken_Diva approve Eye Candy and granted me with one this year by the name of Devin.
*swoon* That is the physical type I have been attracted since I was five years old. I’m going to date one those one day before I get married. I got close but no cigar. LoL Now, let’s hope he’s a good guy. Marvin was a little chauvinistic at times so we are hoping he has better manners. If they all could be like sweet, sweet Howard, who let the Lord fight is battles in the house for the most part.

Umm I’m actually on the fence about this season of Big Brother (16). Just after the two day premiere, I already find it convoluted for no good purpose other than because CBS can do what they want with their show. This season has some new twists.

Two Heads of Household – Not one, but two HoHs every week. That also means we’ll see double the nominees with four HGs on the chopping block.

HoH doesn’t mean safety – You might win HoH, but you aren’t safe yet. One of those two HoHs will still be at risk by the end of the week.

Battle of the Block – To figure out which noms & HoH remain there’s a new competition called ‘The Battle of the Block. In this competition, the four nominated HGs would face off in pairs and battle for safety. If they won then the HoH who put them on the block would be dethroned and the nominees would gain their own eviction-redemption themselves

Team America – Viewers will vote to influence the game, that the viewers would be voting over the first few weeks to name 3 individual HGs to become part of a secret alliance, Team America. This team of players will then go on to complete secret challenges and tasks. One player has been picked already. Her name is Joey.

Everything but Team America is complicated. Just nominate, safe yourself, and vote. The only thing I like about this Battle of the Block is that is reduces the petty “I don't like so and so put them on block" nominations. I hate those especially when the reasoning is pitiful.

I have some people other than I like. Jocasta, Donny, Christine & Nicole are my favorites so far. They seem nice so far. I wish we had TVGN so I could watch Big Brother After Dark. *sigh* I could really see how they really act without the network edit. Taking that show off Showtime ticks me off. I didn’t like it last year and I don’t like it this year. But I see many on Twitter complain about that the TVGN version is censored and have commercials. Censored or not I miss BBAD.

Yes, I already want three to Go Home Now. One is a HOH named Frankie. Ariana Grande is his sister. Paola and Zach round off my list. All have Grossly stereotyped (Christians, Homosexuals, Conservatives & Midwesterners) someone in the house from the moment they have met. When the first fight break out, I see Zach being involved already. All are annoying and talk constantly. I want them gone.

Well I’m off to read a Big Brother spoiler or two. I can’t wait until the network shows on Sundays & Wednesdays so I follow sites that watch Live Feeds (Keep me from giving other's side eye when they talk about celebrity gossip that i am not interested in). The network show just give me a picture version of what I already know. Thursdays, I have to join the masses and watch the Live show and react accordingly to the eviction. Oh here is a list of the sites I follow.

Big Brother Source
http://bigbrother16.com/

I Hate Big Brother
http://www.ihatebigbrother.com/

Big Brother Network
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/

Here's a list of most frequently used abbreviations for Big Brother because this will be handy on these sites. Luckily one of them had a list.

AC - America's Choice
AP - America's Player
AV - America's Vote
BB - Big Brother
BBT - Big Brother Time
BBAD - Big Brother After Dark
BBLF - Big Brother Live Feed
BOB - Battle of the Block
BY - Backyard
DE - Double Eviction
DOR - Drop Out Request
DR - Diary Room
FF - Fast Forward
FOTH - Front of the House*
HG - Houseguest
HOH - Head of Household
LC - Luxury Competition
LD - Lock Down
MVP - Most Valuable Player
NOM - Nominee
POV - Power of Veto
QC - Quad Cam
TA - Team America

Well here is to another season of Big Brother 16. Good luck to the All the House Guest. Do you watch Big Brother? Who are your favorites? Dislike? Do you like this season’s twist so far?  Let me know in the comments and Expect the Unexpected!!!

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

Big Brother 15 Finale Tonight

Tonight is the Finale of the worse season of Big Brother. SMH The excessive racism, denial of racism, group think voting, & the bullying for group think voting made this season SUCK. CBS and Big Brother casting could not have found some the worse players of this game even if they said "Lord, send us worse". Almost don't want to watch but I'll see it through. There's nothing else on for me to watch anyway.

Right before next season starts I would like to see a reunion show for this cast. I want so to see how they felt watching themselves play the game in the worse possible ways known to the game. I would love to hear Amanda, Aaryn, and Gina Marie explain how they felt once they saw their gross behavior in the house. Not just the horrendous racist things that were said but also their "Showmance" behavior was also eye opening. Gina Marie crying over a man that she barely knew and who probably did not feel the same way for was shameful in my opinion. Where was her dignity? Amanda pouncing on McCrae the moment he became the first HOH made me cringe. Aaryn basically tried to use her sexual wiles to seduce a man into voting her way. I won't call them sluts but they did exhibited slut behavior.

I thought the group voting was the Dumbest method ever. Then when they started bullying people to group vote, that took the cake for me. If you don't vote our way we'll vote you out next week. The unbelievable part was that it worked.

I just hope casting for Big Brother 16 will find smarter players. People who play their own game. Not a house game.


Hope Howard gets America's Favorite! Congratulations to the Winner! See you for Big Brother 16!!!

Big Brother Pride

Okay if you "know" me offline & are a Facebook friend or "know" or "don't know" offline & follow me on Twitter, you know I am a fan of the show Big Brother. I think is the Ultimate mind screw of a game. I didn't start watching until Season 6. My mother watched it so I decided to join her and I like it. I haven't missed a year since. This year I have to say I am very proud of the show this season.

First, I am proud that they finally put an OutSpoken_Diva approved Eye Candy. His name is Howard. I have not had an Eye Candy in the house since Marvin of Season 5. He is very handsome, has a nice smile and has great muscles. Oh and he has a well worned Bible. Since Season 5 until now Season 15, I've just had watch the game for the game. So this season Big Brother did well. Howard is playing a good game so far. He's floating but some of the houseguests this season are so thick headed, it easy for him to float. According to the spoilers, I think he will strike soon.

Okay that is the fun reason to be proud of Big Brother. My second reason is not so jovial. Big Brother is not absent of controversy. I know the reason why the cooking utensils are hard plastic is because a houseguest in season 2 tried to attack another with a kitchen knife. This season racism and homophobia is some what rampant. It's just the beginning weeks of the game. They just eliminated the first houseguest out the house Wednesday. Two house guests have been heard making fun of a Chinese-American houseguest and a Black Houseguest looks. They've said that the two Black houseguest will stick together. One said to the other that the Chinese-American houseguest should "shut and go make a bowl of rice". The other one asked her racist buddy did she want a manicure in a stereotypical Asian accent.  One of the racist has also made homophobic remarks referring the only known gay houseguest. She called him a "queer". Another guy made gay slurs around the gay houseguest, while joking with him. So I think that will not be deemed as homophobic to some. The Online media has had a field day writing articles about what is heard on the feeds. The two houseguest that made the derogatory comments have been fired from their jobs. The house guest who made homophobic remarks to the gay houseguest, job has spoken out against what was said but id fire him. A former houseguest, who is also gay, wrote CBS an open letter about his disgust with the comments and not edit said comments out of the show and show America who these people really are. CBS & Big Brother did just that.  They aired the two houseguest lowly saying their horrible remarks. One of the houseguest they don't see hearing them, is the Black houseguest named, Howard. On the taped show we see him in the Diary Room giving his opinion about what he heard. He is upset and had thoughts of acting accordingly but he knew he said he would lay low and let them shoot themselves in the foot. Looks like he's been ready that well worned Bible of his by acting rationally in the game. I have strange feeling if Howard becomes HOH and they are still in the house, he will put them up on the block for just that very reason.

Big Brother knows how to make a Diva happy. I was already upset because Big Brother After Dark was moved from Showtime 2 (a channel I have) to TVGN (a channel I don't have) before the season started. Proper Eye Candy and showing houseguest for who they really are is a good thing. It is one thing to give a statement about not standing by what is said in the house. Embarrassing them around the country is another. Oh well, people are going to learn. It doesn't pay to be hateful.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

"Catfish" My New Television Guilty Pleasure

 *Spoiler Warning*

Okay, It's no secret that I don't watch many popular reality shows. You know the ones that Wives, Hip Hop, Bachelor, Bachelorette, Bad, Club, or Chrissy in the title of it. I don't watch them. Yes, it gets me stared at crazy by many I know. I don't relate at all. I just don't understand all that fighting and you are not competing for a Large Cash Grand Prize or Job (Like RuPaul's Drag Race, Big Brother, or Amazing Race) or Not Relatives (Like Mary Mary) Yes, the Parentheses are shows I watch and I have some "Guilty Pleasure" shows I do watches like Cheaters, Toddlers and Tiaras, and Bridezillas. Well, there is an addition to the "Guilty Pleasures" list and its name is Catfish the TV Show.

It is derived from a Documentary about a guy who meets his online love and finds out she was not who she said was. Well after the movie aired the man was bombarded with emails with people with online love horror stories. The show is about that same guy helping people find out if their online lovers are lying or not. So far in five episodes, no one is telling the truth. I have faith though. It may be the Season finale but I have faith somebody will be telling the truth. (Yes, you can laugh).

The show is a trip. There is an episode with a lady who was a stripper and thought she dating a childless male stripper. The male stripper was a husky guy with children that was supposed to be the male stripper's promoter. There is the episode where a young lady thought for almost 2 years she was talking to a guy and it was a cruel prank of an ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend. The girlfriend was Not remorseful at all because she just wanted the girl to leave her boyfriend. I pray that the young lady learns better and more mature conflict management. *sigh* Then there was the most interesting case to date to me. The lady had a boyfriend who wanted to marry her. Yet, she had a 10-year online romance that she wanted to meet to make a decision.

I try to watch this show with an open mind. This could happen to anyone. There are so many liars out there in the world. But like Cheaters, I think it is sad that this show is even needed. People don't use common sense or are too lazy to do the "homework" on someone before meeting one another and even worse catching feelings. A central theme I see is almost Anuptahobic people trying to date. They are so scared to be alone that they accept these obvious lies. I'm sorry "Never being able to meet" is an obvious lie. Especially if for longer than 3 months if you live in the same city, in my opinion, is a bald-faced lie. Who never has time if they are single and telling the truth? Even if you met while both were grocery shopping. I understand long-distance love puts a strain on the meeting but listen to what they say when you finally become able to meet.

As for being too lazy to do the Homework, it amazed me how everyone has at least a Facebook page on this show. Yet, no one looks through the page fully. Many of the clues are found on the Facebook pages of the offender. They go to a Modeling school in India. Friends of the offender have the same pictures as the offender that happens to look just like the offender. While we texting each other I'd be all on their page.  If "Bells" went off enough to email Catfish Ummm "Bells" should have gone off for you to do your own investigating. If he could find it...

I date No One without doing All my homework. As I get older and add to my dating experience, the amount of homework has increased. I've dated online men before. Met the man to become one of my best friends that way (That was a Confession). I also met the Best Liar in the World ever (trust me he increased my amount of homework) online also.  We always met in a public place. Sometimes I brought my friends along, just in case a dude stood me up. Never had it to happen. But we always met within a month. And if we can't meet, I tell the dude to lose my number (Hey, am I wrong for saying "Lose my Number" to dismissed guys? Just Curious!). In the words of Sweet Brown "Ain't Nobody got Time Fah Dat".

So, that's my new "Guilty Pleasure", Catfish the TV Show. I'm going to watch Catfish the Documentary one day. I want to see this guy's journey. I do know him and the girl became good friends. Okay let me catch the latest episode with my fingers crossed the "offender" is true blue. LoL