Well, it's officially July..you know what that means...Big Brother 12

Mark you calendars Big Brother fans, July 8th is the premier of the 12th season of Big Brother. As has been the practice for the past few years the cast is full of attractive and mostly young players. Still not sure how I feel about that being on the higher end of the age scale. The way things have been going I could never be on the show. Though I did notice a 32 year old who "seems" to have hair plugs. The things you do to remain youthful I guess. And I have to admit that I feel like a very dirty old lady after spying hunky looking 24 year old college student Hayden from Tempe, AZ.  

Of course after the show starts he might turn out to be a douche. It's been known to happen....and besides he's young enough to be my son....but I can still look. However, if he turns out to be a jerk I will quickly turn on him. 

We also have the oldest contestant this season, a 40 year old (gasp!) sheriff from Texarkana. She is a cancer survivor who was fighting cancer along with her mom, while watching Big Brother, she promised mom that she would apply for the show when she got better. Daughter got better, mom did not. So there is a very sentimental contestant with rooting power.

Now I have to admit that I didn't watch all of the episodes of Big Brother last season. Too much going on in my life to devote the massive amount of time to this show. Seriously, this is the only show on TV that requires a lot of work to stay in the loop. I mean it's on 3 nights a week, but so was American Idol you might say. But there is also Showtime's BB After Dark which shows what goes on after the end of the episode you just watched. And then you have the Live Feeds that you have to subscribe to...or do what I used to do and go to the official Big Brother Message board and read the forums about the Live Feeds, they seem to be pretty accurate and give you a good idea of what is going on. Dedicated fans, those watchers. 

I also have to say that the last Big Brother turned me off with the return of Muscle Head Jessie. I truly could not watch this dumber than rocks guy hanging with other muscle heads that were barely as smart as the rocks. Seriously, it brought my IQ down a few points just watching them so I gave up and moved on.

This year will be a challenge for me since I no longer have TV, however I have been able to watch pretty much everything on Hulu and on tvshack.net so I think I'll be fine, IF the cast doesn't bore me too much. That is always a danger. I think about all of the seasons I've watched and only a few casts jump out at me, the one with the evil Dr. Will, Hardy, and the chick who became Will's girlfriend (can't remember her name). Chicken George, just because of the name...reminded me of "Roots", his silly tee shirts, and he was the oldest contestant. And of course my favorite Evil Dick. The tattooed winner who was reunited with his estranged daughter on the show, talk about drama. So we will see how this season goes. See if it can keep my interest.

As with every season of Big Brother there is a twist. Be it a mole or an ex-lover or a twin. This season it is called the Saboteur, a player who is playing NOT to win. Not only that but this player is playing to sabotage all of the other players. The player is there to wreck havoc on the group so let the drama ensue. Of course we all know that drama is Big Brother's bread and butter so this should be an interesting season. I will be making every effort to keep up, unless they bring muscle head Jessie back again, in which case you will find me in a corner with a bottle of Tequila trying to make it all go away!


If you want to meet the cast, click on this video.