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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:07 pm
I started watching BB about the same time I decided I needed to change my lifestyle completely in order to get the things I wanted out of life. This involved being a hermit for awhile. I was sick of the work hard/party harder lifestyle and hanging around with the same people I'd been with for the past 20 years. With no significant advancements in my personal life. I watched the first year on and off and wasn't too drawn to any of the personalities (I still don't get the Curtis love). I watched the second year and lurked on this Board, loved Dr. Will and his journey through the game. Of course 9/11 happened that year, and I watched most of the blogging on this site during that day. I really grew attached to the Board as a result of it (but this was before the Board was truly a site for personal interaction as opposed to mostly BB-related stuff). The next year I watched the show avidly and decided to jump in because Eric the Decatur Fireman made me nuts. And I've been here ever since. A couple of years I've just watched the show as an occasional amusement (Allison/Jun season, didn't really care for the Maggie/Ivette season either). But I've always hung around for other parts of the Board, and you've got to have some idea of what's happening in the House this time of year in order to communicate with most of the Board members regularly, and BB is what brought us together in the first place. My life has changed a great deal since I first started watching BB. I dated and married Marriage Material/Colossus in front of you. Met many of you in TVCH congregations. For the most part I watch BB now to continue to engage the friendships I've developed here over the years. But I also watch BB so I don't have to think LOL. I'm sure C1mag and others have noticed that I don't do game analysis. I like to turn my brain off when I get home and for the most part refuse to consider the numbers/the motives/the future ramifications of a particular move on a hamster's part. I like to be able to just throw out commentary or impressions of particular players without getting too involved in machinations. And this is OK around here. Everyone can adopt their own attitudes and reflect their own investments on the game, and be appreciated for what they're bringing to the Board. I can set my brain free and even Colossus appreciates the fact that we can occasionally discuss stuff that doesn't involve major life, health, financial or career decisions, we can just laugh about crap that happened on some reality show that doesn't really affect either of us (him HHAATTEE him some Dick, BTW). I guess I watch to be amused without having to get crazy about the things that are happening on the show. And hang out with all you nice people .
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:08 pm
Oh, and then there's that rubbernecking thing . . .
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:17 pm
The reason I follow Big Brother.....my neighbors installed blinds in their house.

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Smrtass
Member
09-11-2000
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:22 pm
LOL @ Biloxibelle!
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:26 pm
Biloxi I posted your comment in the Favorite TVCH Quotes it was way too good, not to pass up. You have me spittin up laughing now!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:27 pm
Hilarious!
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Smrtass
Member
09-11-2000
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 4:34 pm
I've been hooked since the first season. I'd retired from my first career the year before, and that summer my husband and younger son were doing a lot of traveling with my son's hockey team. Our older son (who is no longer with us) was profoundly handicapped and required constant care. BB and the live feeds were a fun way to while away the time while staying home and caring for him. By the time BB2 came around, the EarthAngel was gone and my summers were free, and I continued to feed the BB addiction. Some years I've watched the live feeds more than others. I went back to work a couple of years ago, but summers are a slow time for me and I'm able to stay up late and go in late - no need to go through withdrawal! I only wish I wouldn't CARE so damn much about who I like and don't like. Geeze, it's ridiculous.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 6:02 pm
Okay..sorry to sound stupid, but someone please 'splain "rubbernecking"...accident?
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Jx3
Member
08-25-2007
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 9:19 pm
I never had the feeds till BB6, up until then it was just here that I read about a show I hardly ever paid much attention to. BB6 caught me and reeled me in. BB7 I kept the feeds and this board to escape grief. Watching some people make fools of themselves makes you forget that you will never be happy again. That's it, I escape.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:11 pm
Cricket, accident or incident, basically watching something out of the ordinary. I love reading all the posts! I'll have to come back tomorrow while I'm bored to tears at work and tell you all why I watch.
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Onlyhuman
Member
08-04-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:38 pm
Projection, identification and analysis. I ask what would I do in this situation. I see in them the bits and pieces of people wit whom I am familiar. I try to figure out why they act they way they do and the way in which their different interactions shape their thought processes and behavior. But mostly I watch because it's the greatest opportunity to observe human interaction. I am often disappointed in isolated behaviors or decisions but over and over Big Brother demonstrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the human condition. When the need to bond overtakes greed, when revenge supercedes rational thinking, when pride prevents conciliatary motions, I am reminded that we are all only human.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:43 pm
During the first season of BB I was working the day shift and my husband the night. We spent a few minutes a day with each other and that was about it. Also had two young kids (21 months and just turned 4) and that kept me home at night since they went to bed pretty early...no complaints at all, it's where I wanted to be! However, once they went to bed, I was bored. It would be hours til hubby got home and wasn't like I could go visit friends or out to party, lol. Started watching bb cuz there was nothing else on. And since no one I knew in real life watched, I started looking for people to talk to about it and found TVCH. The real reason this someone follows bb more than others...this is where I spend mst of my online time. I like the people, I have fun here. I know someones going to make me laugh and someones going to make me cry, someones going to need support and someones going to support me when I need it. We may disagree and we may argue, but in the end we work it out and keep going. TVCH has kept me watching bb, even during those seasons where I can't find much to enjoy because for three months a year this is a huge part of the board.
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Nycsoho
Member
08-11-2007
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:51 pm
I never liked the 1st season. I took one look at Britany and heard her voice and said, this will never fly. Then I tuned in the 2nd season with wacky Nicole and wonderful Will Kirby and krista who I loved, and I was hooked. The 3rd season I was horrified at Danielle and wanted Amy to win. The 6th season upset me and after Maggie won I almost stopped watching. This season all the right people won at last. I will continue to watch BB and hope finally they got the message and continue to put really interesting people in the game that come to play and not stand around or hide in the HoH room. Thanks BB for the greatest season.
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Beruthiel
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 1:37 am
My main reasons to watch BB every summer... in no particular order, or significance. There's nothing else new on the big screen in the corner for months. It's too hot to garden, quite often. I don't go out much, ill-health keeps me at home. My husband plays golf fanatically, when he's not working. My family are all busy working and/or going camping to the parks and lakes every weekend all summer, although in the first years I babysat all summer so BB was my adult escapism. I'm a night owl and can stay up with the HGs. Human nature fascinates me. The interaction of the fans is as exciting, if not more so, than the show itself. It allows me to avoid doing things I ought to be doing, of which there are many. And finally, the new technology of my computer, and BB1 came together in the same year, and hooked me. Woe is me, I'm a BB addict.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 3:16 am
I watch in the vain hope that I might one day understand human nature. It hasn't happened yet. None of the hamsters' motives for their decisions make sense to me. 
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 4:23 am
I dunno why I watch it year after year and come here and mostly lurk, although I do post once in a while! LOL This year I wasn't here on the boards as much so I didn't know what was going on in the house. I taped all the shows, and there are two that I still haven't watched (I knew at the time what was going to happen from being on the boards here) but the last couple weeks I have skipped the boards and watched shows only and still knew the F2 just as I did when LNC split. Maybe I watch because: 1. Nothing else on tv 2. too hot to do anything outside 3. reading the play by play analysis on the board here 4. it annoys hubby cause he can't figure out why I like reality shows..."since they aren't really reality" his words not mine! LOL Hard to say why I watch!
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Ace232521
Member
09-09-2004
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 6:13 am
I watch BB because it's some summer pleasure. I don't obsess over it at all, though. It's just another little insigficant reality show that gives me mindless pleasure for a few short months. No biggie. When it's gone next week, I won't give it another thought until about next June when I'll realize, "oh yeah, Big Brother is coming on soon". I read the updates in the morning when I get up. After my children are in bed at night, I watch some feeds (though, boredom caused me to cancel a few weeks ago). I read this board at night. Really, I would hate it if a reality show dictated my life. If it ever came to that for me, I'd have to back off. I have to admit, I get a little creeped out by all the You Tube tributes. Actually, more than a little creeped out, if I'm being serious. I don't get that form of addiction. Sorry if this offends anyone, it's just my honest opinion. I just don't get how somebody can get to that point of being starstruck by a reality show contestant.
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Tracy
Member
07-16-2007
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 6:22 am
I live close to DC. The politicians get a lot of airplay here. I think that I am attraced to BB because it's not scripted. At first the houseguests are very careful but after awhile they seem to forget that the cameras are there. It's refreshing to see real people and how they act and it's a study in psychology to see how folks act when they are confined. Psych is one of my favorite things. One good thing about BB8 is that they tend to choose folks who are easy on the eyes or very interesting. Even this year it seems that folks are passionate about the HGs. They either LOVE or HATE them but I haven't seen anyone who has said that they found them boring. That's GOOD reality TV in my op!
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Realurker
Member
08-10-2004
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 7:52 am
I watch BB because I love reality TV. A show that's not reality has to really capture me (like Lost and Gilmore Girls)
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - 1:39 pm
Tonight I won't be answering the phone though. lol I do have my limits. DH called last night from a poker game to let me know how he was doing... I didn't even say hello, just... "Big Brother's on!"
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