What the World is Waiting For

Just what we all need. Another meme. But wait. This one's a bit special. It's the Thinking Blogger's Award, for which I have been nominated for by the gorgeous China Blue. Aw, thanks, my lovely! I'd like to thank my parents, my friends, my English teacher in high school....

In keeping with the meme theme, I'm meant to nominate another five blogs. I'm not going to bother, which I appreciate is not exactly in the spirit of the thing. So I haven't put up the pretty, shiny symbol here. Partly because I don't know how to. But if you think you're a worthy recipient, nominate yourself in the comments box - you're all winners in my eyes, kids.

(And if you know how to get the pretty, shiny, symbol up, tell me how to do that too.)

In other news, I have the mother, father and grandpa of all spots on my chin, and it is not at all attractive. Yes, I am pre-menstrual, but I am also 34. Is there no escape from these horrors?

And finally, I am delighted to note that Big Brother 2007 begins on Friday 1st June. Now, I know reality telly is like Marmite, but I'm quite the fan. RH hates it. He says it's "lowest common denominator" television. I don't care. Every year I organise a Big Brother sweepstake in my office. And every year, without fail, I draw the housemate who's booted out first. (Hell, last year he didn't stick it out for the week.) Fridays become something of an event in the Cat House as the girls gather, along with the baying mob, to watch the eviction.

I sent RS a text message, alerting her to the start date, and demanding she reserve it in her diary. She replied thus: "Sure, I can make myself available for some BB action, but there had better be copious amounts of wine on offer to view the usual array of queens, chavs and psychos". Apologies if any of those terms offend, but she has a point. Big Brother quickly changed from being a genuine social experiment with "real people" to something of a quest for five minutes amongst the beautiful and the damned. Compare and contrast, if you will, Craig the salt-of-the-earth builder from series one, with last year's Princess Nikki. Or Helen ("I like blinking, I do") from the second series with Kemal from 2005. Worlds apart, no?

I bet you'll watch it though. You won't be able to help yourself.

What the World Is Waiting For - The Stone Roses