I am not particularly shy, but I would find it a little disconcerting to have a camera focused in on me, being viewed by who-knows-who in some control room, while I am perched atop the porcelain throne. If anybody wants to watch me take a dump, they need to do it in person.

I don't know if I could do it. Besides not beng a size 4 I would make too many people mad with my opinions. I will stick to watching.

Wow, good question and better response. Me, I think not. Number one, the years have slipped away and gravity has taken over, and as we know, if you're not anything to look at in a bathing suit, you wouldn't make it anyways. 20 years ago maybe, big maybe.

I went to college in the 70's, @ University of South Florida, and did post grad up in San Fran. CA. You KNOW I have some stories to tell, and as I am terrible at keeping a secret, you know my skeletons would be out. Nothing I am ashamed of though. Like looking for mushrooms under 'cow pies' to smoke or make tea of, and who didn't have sex with a police officer (friend) in his patrol car? Lots of sex back then as we didn't have (or know about) HIV to worry about, and the drugs, you just had to try. Yes, I was a hippie! One thing I can say about the drugs in the 70's was at least you knew what you were getting then. Today you could be smoking rat poison for all you know!

But I don't believe I would make it very far. Though I can sit here season after season and pretty much always come up with, from about the 4th or 5th week, who will make it to the end, I probably wouldn't make it past two weeks. I take everything very personal and I'd probably do a DOR, before I would take the shit they give out there.

I'm very private, and other than some trivia, college, career, no children until age 44, etc., I don't give up alot about myself. People have always told me I am hard to get to know. That would oust me, right there.

But I love to watch. I love to see the developing traits of each HG. Like the meek suddenly emerging from their shell and taking over the game. Those who think they know it all and are out of there in a New York second. Those you thought were a decent person and who become the biggest liar/dirtbag of them all. Those who have no game whats so ever and skate to the end. And all the dirt in between! It's so much fun. Don't know what I'll do when BB comes to an end, but I'll sure be watching until then!

Hmmmm...was the weekend really that slow??

From HD - Quick to complain but not quick to answer the question eh? LOL

I would have to say no to going in the house. Like another poster, I am past my prime swim suit time. Was another wild 70's child, and at one point lived in a house (as in regular house, not a dorm or apt) with 22 people. Party every night. When we discussed how we could get a cot in the bathroom for another person, I decided that was just too crowded, and voted myself out. So, it it was a couple of decades ago, I would be in, heck already lived with a bunch of personalities and nuttiness!

Now I enjoy people watching and what the hamsters do to keep entertained. Loved Josh and Nat blessing the house and the tinfoil headgear last night.

On a little different tract -- I watched ChenBot's promo again. She very clearly says the next evicted couple will have a surprise they would never expect - and a whole new chapter begins. What if we think outside the box - or in this case outside the house? What if the twist is that BB will have two houses going at one time for a few weeks? One is the couples house, but after you are evicted - you play your own individual game in a second house? They will start the second house cameras, competitions, etc once the next couple is evicted. They will have comps and evictions in both houses at the same time until the last couple joins the individual group (minus a few that got evicted in the second house), and then the game will finish out like the normal seasons with the last person standing - is the winner. The timing would be about right too, since this is supposed to go until the end of April. Just a thought.

I have thought the same thing. Would I make it on BB?? The answer UNDOUBTEDLY is NO. I think I'm a pretty cool chick, BUT I like to speak my mind. They way "watchers" react to every little comment, and facial expression is SO meticulous and judgemental that I would be considered the biggest bitch on the planet. I am my OWN worst critic. I DON'T need a nation full of STRANGERS judging me too, and spewing nasty rumors as they hide behind their computer screens. I think I could play the game well, but the magnifying glass would get to me eventually...

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ok, I know I could never survive in the house. However, I think it would be interresting to have someone else record everything about you and your every move and then be able to watch it later on. I think anyone would learn alot about themselves and how the world views them. If I could get that benefit without having it all posted on the internet 24/7 and not be at the mercy of the editors who really pick what personalities were shown I think it'd be ok.

However, you being asked to be in the house made me think of something fabulous. I just started watching BB hardcore with BB8 so if this has been done in some way and I missed it, I appologise. What if they had a season of "experts", not a 'best of' where all the old winners and runners up come back, (because if they watched other seasons they would already "know" eachother and thier game plans.) But what if they got all the people (and you know theres got to be plenty to chose from) who consider themselves experts on the show. The people who run blogs like this (all trying to be as good as this, I'm sure) and the people who have subscribed to the feeds all of the seasons, surely they have a record of this kind of stuff. To make it even better for the viewers, they could tell each hamster that they're the one expert on the show that they threw in to mix it up. Maybe give them a $10,000 bonus for keeping it a secret all the way through (producers wouldnt be out too much money because you KNOW that no secret stays a secret in there). I would love to see the DR sessions of everyone gushing about how they know they're better than the other players and in the end Julie having some speech about how the bloggers really follow this show and "Guess what! one of these 'experts' has been playing the game with you, Expert, please stand and reveal yourself" I'd love to see the look on everyone's faces!

Good question. I don't think I could ever be a houseguest. I couldn't handle the cameras 24/7. I'm seriously modest and could never walk around in a towel (or less) with other people around (not to mention all the other bodily functions). I could make friends with people, but not that great of a liar to someone's face. I also think I would be consumed with who was watching at home and what they were thinking of my behavior or what the feed watchers were saying about me for all the world to read (we can be a little mean at time). On that note, I would love your opinion HD on if you think the employers, customers, or friends of the houseguests watch or read what is being said. Take Allison for instance. She is a great liar and even better at denying she said something (and acting shocked that someone would believe she said it) even is she just said it two seconds ago in front of multiple people. Does her employer or customers watch and get a little freaked out at her ability to lie and deny so blatantly? Not to mention her sexual activities and if they bother those same people. Does it affect her job status when she gets home? I've read Adam has lost his job due to his comments. How much does what go on in the house affect the people once they come out - especially the ones with professional type jobs (not in Hollywood like Dr. Will or in a business like Evil Dick is in, but pharmaceutical sales, etc.). Thanks for making us think!

But, if you were in the house would you be rocking one of those string bikinis? ;)

Not in this life time..
Maybe if I came back a size 2 with boobs the size of watermelons, no brains and no morals.

I would jump at the chance to go on BB..

So basically, HD, you are saying that you are the Alfred Hitchcock of the internet? But just remember, even Alfred Hitchcock appeared in all his movies.

My question to you is, if you did decide to audition and were going to be a guest on the show, or even thought there was a chance you were going to be picked, would you let us know (a) before you went into the house, (b) once you were inside the house (with hints), (c) only after you'd come out of the house, or (d) never reveal that that was you in the house (despite our insisting it had to be you since you were missing from the internet for an entire season)?

In any event, i think you may have warmed up to the idea of going in just a teeny bit, because last year when someone asked you, you said "no way ever!" or at least that's what I am remembering.

And as far as skeletons HD, as long as you didn't vote for Dubya, I think I could forgive you anything. :) hehehe.

As for me, as much of a watcher as I am, i would also love to be on the show. But i know firsthand that just from auditioning for this season, it clued me into the fact that I might not be myself if I were on the show. I'm a pretty bold, friendly, smart-assed zany person, but the second they had that camera on me and let me talk for 7 minutes I became as bland as a piece of cement. Despite that, if I were on the show, I'd wonder if I'd end up being a crackpot from the constant adrenaline rush that I imagine these hosueguests experience. So, to answer your question... it could go either way.

From HD - The answer is b. ;)

If I were ten years younger I might have been an idiot and given this a try. I definitely have the spirit, but the body says "are you nuts? absolutely not!" Besides my family would go to the dogs without me (at least I like to think so).

I really am more like Sheila, a southern girl who's gravity is showing. But unlike her, I would NEVER show that to the world for any amount of money. I'm too private about my life and that I could never change. I love, love to watch theHG's every year and whatever the other idiots in this world care to put out there and it never ceases to amaze (there's that "A" word) me at what people will do for fame and money. Not me, uh uh. I would much rather watch other humans and be fascinated with crazy things they do to each other for money. I love it!

I'd have to say that while I myself LOVE watching BB I dont think I would actually want to be in the house. I dont think I would get very far. I have no desire to be watched by others, I want to watch them. That said I feel that BB has changed a lot. The people they cast are mostly young and good looking (errr....well....mostly. ahemAdamahem. They seem mainly interested in hooking up and partying. While I have no problem with either of these things it really limits options of whom to root for. They're just not THAT different. So, I would love to see a real person like yourself on the show. Bring back some integrity. I think you would go into the house and really play the game. Im getting bored with these people that I think are just looking for their 15 minutes. Go in there and do it. You are clearly very observational and you really KNOW the game.

I am very open and will give anyone an honest answer, shocking as the answer may be. That said, I'm also very opinionated and a perfectionist: I have high standards for myself and others. While I think CBS would want me for these qualities, I'd have to tone it back in order to survive on the show.

I would do Big Brother - - except that I have a 6 year old son and wouldn't want to miss out on 3 months with him, even if it was for a shot at half a million. I'd have to have better odds than 1 out of 16 to give up that time with him. The 38 days Survivor lasts might be doable, except that I'd be horrible roughing it on an island, eating bugs, sleeping in the sand and rain, and not having a toilet.

So, maybe I could work out a "split shift," with someone else - - working as a tag team, where one of us participates for the first half of the season, and, if still remaining in the house, we trade places with the other who finishes out the season. I could do that.

Since I originally asked you the question, I suppose it's only fair that I answer. (And thank you for posting about it, I am enjoying reading the responses) I definitely WOULD NOT be a HG.

I like to consider myself a pretty easy going fun person who gets a long with most people, but things could be very different if you are stuck in that house.

Seeing this season's HGs partying it up doesn't offend me. My early 20s (I'm now much wiser in my late 20s lol) were pretty much a blur -- and I will admit some of the nights of watching BBAD have caused my friend and I to have many 'remember when...' conversations about our partying days.

I just don't know if I could ever face my employers or family after being in there. I don't care what anyone says, at least once you have vented to someone about another friend or coworker -- and hopefully that stays private. When it is broadcast on the feeds, it makes you look like a 2 faced back stabber.

And as far as hooking up in the house, like Matt and Natalie. I would be mortified knowing my parents saw or heard about my actions. I am 27 years old and living with my bf of almost 4 years, but I still don't want anyone knowing about my sex life, and I am willing to bet that this preference will never change. And I guess in Natalie's viewpoint, imagine having to not only deal with family/friends/strangers reactions to your oral loving but to find out after the fact what Matt has been saying about her and pretty much just used her to get some.

Being in that house brings out the worst in people. You really are playing a game, but when you spend that much time building relationships with people it can be hard to separate friendship/strategy.

So after all that rambling, a quick recap: NO! I'll stick with my voyeuristic tendencies and leave the exhibitionism to Natalie and James.

I think it would be interesting to be in the house, but I don't think I'd be chosen to be on the show. I'm too overweight, and out of shape to handle some of those challenges. Also, I don't think I'd be successful at it. I'm not really that social, except when at a concert or something.

And one more comment... After seeing the girls weighing about 115 lbs, and Joshuah commenting on Sheila being a 'whopping 131' -- me being a really whopping 135 I would feel like a damn hefer in my bikini around those other chicks! I would probably referred to as 'the fat one' in the blogosphere! So, 110% NO I wouldn't want to be in that house!

I would not want to be a hamster. I like my personal space too much and would probably be voted out early just because no one had the chance to get to know me yet.
Increasingly I've noticed BB's focus change. In the begining they did work to bring a balance of people across age/race/religion/education backgrounds. Little by little each season the focus has moved closer and closer to what we have this season - a focus on people who are willing to behave as though this is one long frat party.
Disclaimer time - I like parties, I even enjoyed frat parties at one time in my life. However a never ending diet of it would result in my saying and doing things that would get me evicted.
Skeletons? hmmm... Ok so there was that one time, er.. but no, I wouldn't tell them about that. At least I don't think so. Although they do tell each other the darndest things so maybe there is something in the BB water. (Seriously people can you ever in your wildest dreams imagine admiting to who ever happens to watch feeds, knowing your family will see it, that you sit on you BF's lap while he poops? My mind still boggles that some one wants to do that let alone tell us about it)
There are somethings in my life that are private and I wouldn't plan to share them. However, once bariers start coming down I know in group situations you find yourself wanting to belong, wanting to one up that last story, and just plain becoming a sheep - baa baa baa me too. When I was 10 I went to summer camp. My mom did not tolerate bad language. I knew all the words but had never spoken them. In our dorm swearing was rampant. I was probably bug eyed about it for the first 24 hours because one of my new freinds took me aside and explained that with the parents gone it was ok to swear and know one would know. The next week they took me aside again. This time they told me I swear way too much. And when I got home, sure enough I swore in front of my mom within a week during a fight with my brother and let's just say it was years before I did that (or sitting) again. But the experience taught me that group behavior is very easy to fall into.

Oh, and then there is that thing where I don't wear bikinis. I'm pretty sure that disqualifies you from BB.

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I would say as long as the cast is a more diverse than this season (people of different sizes and ages) I would definately say yes! If the opportunity did come for you I think as a huge fan of the show (and nothing too bad to hide) you should jump for it!! I would! Who cares if you didn't make it far ... the experience would be awesome and think how much more insight you could bring to your blog with having actually experienced some of what the houseguests are going through.

I am really curious about Verity's comment. Can anybody tell me who told the BB universe that she sits on her boyfriend's lap while he poops? Was it Allison?

I ask, because one of the blogs at the beginning of the season reported that Allison told Ryan that he could do anything he wanted with her, including pooping on her. I really hope that was some sort of joke on the blogger's part, because I can't believe that even crazy Allison would actually say that.

From HD - If think verity's referring to Jen sitting on Ryan's lap. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

Jen, huh? Now I have to wonder if that is part of her normal routine, or if it was just a matter of expediency, or multitasking if you will, to most effectively use their limited BB water-closet time for both sex and defecation?