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Well, I survived.
Hopped off the plane yesterday afternoon and waltzed right into my baby's arms. There ain't any better way to come home.
To answer the most obvious question: I had a lot of fun.
To answer the next question: Yes, I will be posting an entry or two on what I did while there. I wrote Lisa a long letter while I was away, and after she's had a chance to read it, I'll post the non-goopy bits for you all to peruse.
In the meantime, I can at least give you my impressions of Canada's largest city: It's filthy and the drivers are insane. I'm not kidding on either account.
I don't mean to offend any of you who may actually live in Toronto, or are former Toronto residents, but you really need to clean up your damn city. I know that your downtown core doesn't have any back alleys to store your refuse while you await pickup, but there's GOT to be a better solution than to simply dump the nasty bags on the curb.
I spent my first Saturday night in Toronto roaming around the 'Entertainment District', a hub of bars, clubs, arcades, and movie theatres in the downtown area. As the night goes on, it gets packed full of young Toronto hipsters, in their short skirts, suits, tube tops and blue jeans.
They wander from bar to bar, laughing and drinking... and stepping around piles of stinking garbage. The drunker they get, the more often they trip and bust open these Hefty bags of rotting food. It's disgusting! There is so much that is right about Toronto, but the garbage mess left a huge impression on my mind.
As for the drivers, I'm probably spoiled by living in Calgary, where drivers generally wait for an opening that will fit their car before whipping across eight lanes of traffic. Drivers that think twice before cutting off a bus moving at 80 km/h. Drivers that are aware their car actually has signal lights.
I was asked if I wanted to rent a car while I was there. Boy, did I laugh. I'd get KILLED out there.
Anyway, while you are all
waiting for more details on my Toronto Trip, here's my promised
final analysis on Big Brother. Waaaaay back on July
6, I made my own predictions on who would get bumped, and in
what order. Let's take a look:
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My prediction |
Who it was: |
(Where I predicted them:) |
| 1 |
Karen |
William |
(7th) |
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After watching the first week of the show, it became glaringly obvious who was getting the boot. William was abrasive, confrontational and verbally abusive. There weren't any tears as he walked out of the house. A lot of people wondered why he got the bump, since he was causing the most stir and the most excitement, but as we learned in the coming weeks, America wasn't interested in conflict in the Big Brother house. |
| 2 |
Cassandra |
Jordan |
(10) |
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Without her buddy Mega, Jordan turned psycho. The audience couldn't stand watching her torment Brittany and tempt Josh, so out she went. Middle American morals outweighs the lust factor for once. |
| 3 |
George |
Karen |
(1) |
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Back on track. They got rid of the annoying people, and now they got rid of the person least fun. She whined, she complained, she bust into tears at the drop of a hat. She kept saying she wanted to see her family, so America sent her home. Best thing for her, really. |
| 4 |
Curtis |
Brittany |
(8) |
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I think she would have stayed a lot longer if George's wife hadn't rallied the troops against her. She had the popularity ratings and everyone likes to watch a cuddle slut. She was our Big Brother baby, but she got sent home. |
| 5 |
Jamie |
Cassandra |
(2) |
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I think Cassandra lasted as long as she did simply because the houseguests couldn't concieve of nominating her. She managed to become the voice of reason and wisdom in the nuthatch. The other two elders in the house turned into a nervous wreck and a total nutjob. She was the only sane one left. Still, there's only so long you can tolerate someone who won't sleep in the Love Bed. |
| 6 |
Eddie |
George |
(3) |
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The old Chicken Man went much farther than I expected. George represented the underdog, the working joe. Everyone wanted him to win just because he was George. But then he started to lose his mind. Odd costumes, bizarre red room skits and that hyena laugh... He should have grabbed that $50 thousand when he was offered it. Damn good thing his kids still got full scholarships. |
| 7 |
William |
Jamie |
(5) |
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Ah, our little heroine. She managed to get through 85 days without cracking a nail or breaking a sweat. Hard to say why she lasted so long, except that she seemed to retain her sanity a lot longer than the others. But her turn came. Oh, and Jamie? We aren't going to forget you choosing to see a casting director over your mom. That's going to haunt you. |
| 8 |
Brittany |
Curtis |
(4) |
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Curtis was another unexpected winner. Like Jamie, he floated under everyone's radar, not getting too crazy, not getting into any bizarre relationships, not drying his hair green... Lawyer boy even survived getting out to see the Emmy's without a mark. |
| 9 |
Josh |
Josh |
(9) |
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Bing! That's one out of ten we called correctly. Josh got as far as he did for exactly the reasons I first predicted. C'mon, he's one of America's Ten Most Eligible Bachelors now for God's sake. He was a good looking solid kid, who didn't go nuts under the pressure. Sure he danced back and forth between the chicks in the house, but every guy on the block understands exactly what he was thinking. Absolutely nothing. |
| 10 |
Jordan |
Eddie |
(6) |
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Eddie was the biggest surprise of the whole damn thing. In my humble opinion, Eddie it the one person who didn't change, who didn't distort who he was to win the game, and I'm glad he one. He never used his disability to curry favor with the audience or the other house guests, and always followed his own path. He deserved to win. Except for that whole peeing on the lawn bit. His mom should smack him around for that one. |
You are so right.
Mom Rating: 3 out of 5. Mom's happy I'm home. She still didn't get the show, though.
Big Brother note: So the rumor is to have the next show on the Mir space station. A whole different twist on the 'Step out that door' idea.
Yesterday
was so long ago...
How's
TV this year?
Take me home, big fella
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