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| Big Brother Blogger Grace Dent was an avid supporter of Aisleyne last year. She is a great judge of chracter and hilarious with it 
Below is a link to her latest take on this year's housemates - enjoy!
http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/tvod/ |
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| Grace Dent mentions Aisleyne in her Blog today  (Monday 25 June)
Same link as above.
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| Interested Observer - 25/6/2007 14:04
Grace Dent mentions Aisleyne in her Blog today (Monday 25 June )
Same link as above.
Thanks! I see that she has elevated Aisleyne to sainthood now.
PS: Thanks also to sid for the original link.  |
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| Yep and the very first letter Grace received and responded to on that blog was from me!! |
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| Sid_1979 - 27/6/2007 17:07
Yep and the very first letter Grace received and responded to on that blog was from me!!
Well done, it's a good letter! But what were the other three "jolly irate" paragraphs?  |
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| Hahaha,
Probably about brainless bimbo Brain having the audacity to criticise Gerry for being cultured and educated! Or Liam's facade as "mr nice guy" when really he's a bit of a bitch and has been stringing Nicky along....I get very carried away!
Edited by Sid_1979 27/6/2007 20:13
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | Funnily enough, I was thinking of writing to Grace disagreeing with that first letter! Given that we've had two psychology shows running in which apparent experts have stated their belief that the whole thing is fake I couldn't understand how anyone could believe BB were being biased in favour of them!
They've shown Ziggy talking about how Chanelle's too young for him and how he's not her type. They've shown Chanelle in the shower with Billi. They've shown Chanelle's comments about how she wants people to look at her and Ziggy and think of Posh and Becks. Now they've shown Ziggy telling Chanelle how many girls he's slept with and how different he and Chanelle are. Plus they've shown he's on the rebound from being dumped recently.
If there's any bias going on it's against them - not for them!
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | Sid_1979 - 27/6/2007 20:12
Hahaha,
Probably about brainless bimbo Brain having the audacity to criticise Gerry for being cultured and educated! Or Liam's facade as "mr nice guy" when really he's a bit of a bitch and has been stringing Nicky along....I get very carried away!
Actually, I'd tend to agree with those points. I like Brian but that criticism of Jerry was not one of his finer moments 
Having said that, BB goes to great lengths to get housemates to think of valid reasons for nominating and things like "he's a great guy but we don't have anything in common" don't really cut it. They often spend 30 minutes each nominating which we get to see as a twenty second sound-bite. I reckon half of what they say are made up reasons just to satisfy BB!
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| Hey Julian Mate,
The letter I wrote to Grace is over a week old now. And I was referring more to Davina shouting down the remarks made by the psychologists on her spin-off show regarding the genuineness of "Chiggy!" and Dermot claiming that Chanelle and Ziggy were bound to reach the final on BBLB.
With regards to Brian, I DO think he frowns upon intelligence and sees it as "uncool" which is rather sad. I think it's because of individuals like him that this country is becoming so dumbed down. |
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| Grace Dent has updated her blog today. She wants Charley out!
http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/tvod/ |
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| Grace talks a lot of sense as per - and manages to make me chuckle while she does it 
Thanks maringo
Mondays and Thursdays she updates. |
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | Sid_1979 - 28/6/2007 14:57
Hey Julian Mate,
The letter I wrote to Grace is over a week old now. And I was referring more to Davina shouting down the remarks made by the psychologists on her spin-off show regarding the genuineness of "Chiggy!" and Dermot claiming that Chanelle and Ziggy were bound to reach the final on BBLB.
My feelings were based on when I read it which was the date the blog was published. The Dermot thing must have gone straight over my head as I didn't notice it at all 
As far as the first psychology show was concerned I took the way they were showing Davina being positive about the romance at the start as a way to prove more forcefully that Chiggy was fake because she went from positive they were real to sadly forced to admit it was fake by the end. I think that would have been far more convincing in converting people than if she had been neutral or anti-Chiggy from the start.
Alternatively you could argue that her comments were balancing the negativity of the experts but since she ended up apparently agreeing with them I think the net result was definitely biased against, rather than for, Chiggy.
I really dislike those psychology shows. They're incredibly prejudicial and not at all scientific. The actual science is fine but the conclusions drawn are largely just opinion and guesswork presented as expert testimony. I think the show is just there to give C4 a veneer of respectability so that they can claim BB is still a great science experiement instead of the exercise in tittilation and voyeurism that it's critics accuse it of
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | Sid_1979 - 28/6/2007 17:23
Grace talks a lot of sense as per - and manages to make me chuckle while she does it
I love Grace's blog and I usually agree with it. Even the stuff dissing Ziggy this week rings pretty true.
All of my favourites this year seem to have some annoying character trait which prevent me from getting totally behind them 
Ah well, there's a long way to go yet
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| Yep agreed on both counts Julian.
Although I think the psychologists do the best they can given that the evidence they are looking at is observational - there is always going to be some interpretation subjectivity and bias.
I haven't found myself fiercely championing anyone yet either - but as you said it's early days and the unpredictability of this year's show is actually quite exciting!
Gerry is probably be my favourite so far. He seems to be an all-rounder - funny, serious, perceptive and intelligent. |
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| Grace Dent's blog has been updated today. She talks about Billi's eviction, amongst other things...
http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/tvod/ |
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| Hiya maringo,
Just read it - thanks for bumping Grace Love her take on Chiggy.
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | Sid_1979 - 2/7/2007 18:22
Just read it - thanks for bumping Grace Love her take on Chiggy.
I guess even Grace can be wrong sometimes
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| Julian - 3/7/2007 00:37
I guess even Grace can be wrong sometimes
Regards
Julian
That's blasphemy  Go rinse your mouth out with soap!
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| Grace Dent has updated her blog...
http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/tvod/
I wonder whether she'll meet Aisleyne today...
http://www.aisleyne.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1439&posts... |
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| The thing about Grace Dent is you don't have to agree with what she says, but you always have to laugh out loud at the way she says it.
Edited by ofni 5/7/2007 17:23
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| ofni - 5/7/2007 17:22
The thing about Grace Dent is you don't have to agree with what she says, but you always have to laugh out loud at the way she says it.
That would be maniacal laughter in your case. Everybody has seen your plans to bump her and Trisha off...
http://www.aisleyne.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1439&posts...
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| Loved her take on Chiggy again! |
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| Grace Dent's BB8 blog has just been updated...
http://www.radiotimes.com/content/features/tvod/ |
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| Thanks again Maringo.
Not up to her usual standard but still a decent read |
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| Sid_1979 - 9/7/2007 17:06
Thanks again Maringo.
Not up to her usual standard but still a decent read
And no mention of meeting Aisleyne at the 8/10 Cats recording.
This bit's good though (if somewhat mean)...
"If only Chanelle could learn to walk backwards, draw a lipstick face on her ass and teach it to speak, she'd have a minute chance of winning." |
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