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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Me In The Big Brother House?

I was asked recently if I would want to be a hamster in the Big Brother house. And since it's been a relatively slow weekend concerning the hamsters I thought I'd take a little time to ponder the idea. Would I want to be cooped up in a house with a bunch of strangers and be watched by all you weirdos (hehe) and have you pick apart my every word and movement? In typical HamsterDame fashion, part of me says yes and part of me says no.

The yes part of me thinks I could actually go pretty far in the house. I consider myself a person that's fairly easy to get along with. I can talk to just about anyone about most everything under the sun so I would have the conversationalist part down. Some might consider it one-sided though. When talking with others, I tend to want to know more about them and their thoughts and experiences without giving up much about myself. If you want to know something about me, you're going to have to come right out and ask. That could either be good or bad in the game. So I would probably have to cough up some info (even if it's false) to build those oh so trusting relationships in the house. I wouldn't be interested in what people thought of my clothes or hair or makeup. Go ahead and call me a "6". I don't care.

I was specifically asked to address the issue of skeletons in my closet possibly coming to light for all the world to see. That's a more interesting angle to delve into. I'd like to think that all of us have something in our past, or possibly present, that we don't necessarily want everyone to know about. I don't think any of my skeletons are so bad that it would cause my world to crash down around me or make me the laughingstock of the nation. I smoked a few joints back in high school. It wasn't my thing and I never went on to try anything harder. I've had a few too many drinks occasionally and done some stupid things, but again, nothing too bad. I've been married once, and then divorced, under "normal" circumstances. There was no scandal involved there. I don't have any DUIs, never had an abortion, and am not or have ever been involved in any nefarious business doings. So I think I'm OK on the skeleton front.

With all of that said, the no part of me would probably win out and keep me out of the Big Brother house. I'm more of a watcher than anything. I like watching people's actions and reactions from afar. Seeing a woman brush her fingers through her hair when a handsome man appears, a man squaring his jaw as he concentrates on a crossword puzzle, a couple of kids playing with their toys engrossed in fantasy: that is what I prefer. How people act in the environment around them is my thing.

That's what makes the Big Brother live feeds so fun to watch. Watching them build relationships with each other and then tear them down only to build them back up again is fascinating. We, the feed watchers, see things that would never make it onto the show. We learn to tell when someone is lying by the tone of their voice and their body language. And we can't forget the inevitable nipple slips and naughty language. With varying degrees, we are all fascinated by those moments. Don't even try to deny it. You can tell others you aren't interested in some juiciness but you know damned well you are.

So while I think I could handle being in the Big Brother house just fine, I would much rather watch the hamsters myself. What about you? Would you want to be in the Big Brother house and scrutinized by so many? Or are you more of a watcher like me?

Posted by HamsterDame at March 2, 2008 09:26 AM

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