Day 2 HL's part 2

*6.03pm Steve and Josie are in the kitchen. Josie asks Steve how many children he has and learns that the youngest is 2 but they aren't all from the same woman. 

JOSIE: 8 children, that's amazing! It's nice having a big family, isn't it? I come from a big family. I couldn't imagine not coming from a big family.  

Steve agrees that it's awesome but is always hard work and costs a lot of money. 

*After Sunshine has read out the shopping list to BB, Nathan asks if she's stressed out but she says she's not. Dave asks how they got on and Sunshine admits that a lot of people won't be happy but they didn't have a lot of time. She makes sure they are aware that she didn't get a lot for herself and Mario reassures her that she did fine. Sunshine states if anybody complains then the complainers can do the list next week and have what they want. 

*6.55pm some of the HM's are in the living room trying on Ife's wigs. Steve screeches with laughter at his appearance. Sunshine becomes a dead ringer for Morticia Addams from The Addams Family in hers! Dave delights in Steve's but tells him that the blonde one suiter him more. 

*Govan and Rachael are at the carousel gossiping about the HM's that irritate them. Rachael knows already that there are a couple of people who 'aren't my kind of people.' Govan lists Sunshine and Dave as his - Rachael finds Sunshine harmless and doesn't hate her but she shares Govan's dislike for her. She'd sooner share a bed with her than a boy and apparently Ben had appealed to Sunshine to swap beds. Govan giggles that Ben 'digs her' and has spotted him give Rachael the eye. Rachael was another who believed Ben was gay but Govan classes him as 'really eccentric.' Rachael reveals that she is not attracted to him but would love to have him as a friend. Ben has already invited her to attend some posh parties but she thinks she'll stand out like a sore thumb. 

*They both like Shabby as she says what she thinks. Rachael adds 'looking at her .. I don't like to judge, but everyone obviously does and I couldn't help having a little feeling .. it's human nature (Govan agrees that you can't stop your mind from forming thoughts) but when she came in I thought "No! Everyone's a blank canvas, everyone is starting from scratch" and I can't believe, I really do like her.' Govan suspects that Shabby would be one who would kick off 'but in a place like this, I don't think it's good to hold your feelings in cos things incubate .. then grow bigger and bigger and escalate .. and that's when things get ugly!' He fully expects a big kick off and doesn't want to be in the middle of it. (So instead he thought he would be a spoon stirrer and sit back and watch the explosions! Real 'sweet' guy) They both also like Caoimhe but Rachael gets little vibes that she doesn't like her. Govan believes that some girls find others threatening even if they are completely different. 

*8.46pm - it's been 2 hours since HM's ordered their shopping. Reading through the house pack Rachael realises they haven't purchased any electrical units for their appliances. 

RACHAEL: You don't realise what this means for me!  

Dave and Govan scoff which makes Rachael laugh along as well. 

*Sunshine, Nathan and Josie are in the bedroom. Sunshine wants them to predict potential pairings that could develop in the house. Nathan thinks there are NONE 'absolutely zero' which Josie backs up. They go through the men in the house as candidates and deduce that there's only Nathan, John and Mole but Mario is gay. Nathan hadn't noticed this as he'd heard him speak about a girlfriend. Josie says he has been with 2 girls but he IS gay. Sunshine wonders whether Govan is straight, Josie doesn't think he is but Nathan does. 

*Rachael comes in with her cage rattled to check that Sunshine hadn't ordered any tokens. She is miffed as it means no hair straighteners for a week!! Rachael knows it is not a big deal to Sunshine as she has 'lovely hair, but I don't!!' Nathan's attempts to placate her that the straighteners won't be taken away fail as she counters that they won't work without the tokens.  

RACHAEL: So I'm gonna have gross hair for a week! 

Josie asks if she couldn't wear it up but Rachael points out that she'll have tight gerry curls on top and wavy-ness where her hair extensions are. Nathan thinks she should opt for braiding and he had considered this style for himself. 

*The instant Rachael and Nathan walk out Sunshine seizes the moment to get Josie on side and to make Rachael seem shallow and superficial. 

SUNSHINE: To be honest Josie, I wasn't bothered about alcohol or anything that would be about my appearance .. as long as we got some food to eat.  

This is the main thing, in her eyes as she doesn't want anyone to go really hungry. Josie gives back one word answers of 'yeah' and 'no.' 

*9.07pm Shabby fills Ife in on her sexuality. While in the bedroom, Josie checks how Mario is feeling about being a mole and that he is alright. Josie thinks he is so cute when he says he's a bit worried about the mole situation. Mario continues to cover his trails by confessing that he is apprehensive that BB will get people to do missions that he will be blamed for. Govan had told him he thinks Mario is in there 'as some sinister plot.' Josie shrugs that if he's been set a task to do then he must do it. 'That's why we're here.. we've been given this opportunity, the least you can do is carry out their little .. bl---y tasks that they ask you .. is it really worrying you, Mario?' It is but he isn't crying moley tears in his mole hole over it but doesn't feel like a proper HM while he is in the costume. 

*10.22pm in the bedroom, John and Govan attack Josie with pillows and you hear her shrieks. In the picture below it is not very clear but John has jumped on top of Josie. Day 2 and he was already at ease being on top :D 

*In the bathroom Ife comes up with a scheme to pretend to have a secret mission .. she suggests they go in to a room and all freeze in a position. Then points to the chest of drawers and imagines that it could be a 'secret something' like the Tree of temptation. HM's are distracted by BB's announcement that the shopping has arrived, so they race off to the Store room. Rachael is in raptures of hilarity that 14 bags of potatoes have been ordered. 

*The Tree of Temptation then steals the opportunity to psssst at Mario the Mole. The tree reveals his plan for Mario to chuck all the vegetables from the shopping into the pool and out of their bags when all the HM's are asleep .. when who should interrupt? SUNSHINE to dance like a divvy and inform Mario of the pillow fight he had missed. When she leaves, the T of T continues but Mario shares his concerns that the HM's will know it was him. The Tree tells him to use his brain to pin it on someone else 'in fact, for being cheeky, I want you to dump all the bread in there as well!' Mario feebly puts his foot down with a faint 'no' as he brushes his teeth. The Tree's having none of it and reminds him that he doesn't have many friends - he then instructs him to find him tomorrow afternoon. 

*1.28am some of the HM's are in the bedroom. Mario is laying beneath Ben's bed pulling at the covers to wind him up. John, Josie and Rachael watch on with amusement from Josie's double. Their sides split as Ben sits up confused.

JOHN: I love his face!! 

*Govan is in the Diary room giving BB the lowdown on relationships he's seen forming. He thinks they are mostly all getting along well apart from the odd spat. Govan thinks they will be a BB romance as he and Rachael have noticed Mario following Ben around 'like a lost puppy and being very tactile' .. 'there may be further developments in the coming days.' Mario lays down on his bed in the mole hole and broadcasts to BB that 'Operation: Vegetable soak will commence as soon as everyone has gone to bed.'Caoimhe sneaks in to give Mario a hug good night. 

*John asks Caoimhe if she went right in there 'oooh, they will NOT be happy about that!' John calls through the door to say 'night' and leaves the Raggy dolls trio with Mario to chat when he just wants them to scoot off to sleep. 


*3.53am Most of the HM's are asleep so Mario takes the risk and tiptoes out into the night .. in his blue, baggy, barely-there briefs. He bags up the potatoes in bin liners as quickly as possible. John stirs and squints half asleep but woken by the horrific snoring. Ben gives Steve a small slap in the face!!

*Mario hurriedly dumps the bread and carbs in the pool leaving the contents to float and swirl around. He then races into the bathroom to plant the potato wrapper in a cosmetics bag.  

MARIO: I can't believe I've just done that. I feel vile! 

Day 2 HL's part 1

*7.44am whilst most of the HM's are asleep, Mario is in the Diary room. Mario yawns that if the consequences were not so dire (in that, he could potentially be evicted) it would be a lot of fun. He thinks the other HM's are enjoying his role as mole but waiting for the 'opportune moment' to plant the ball was difficult. He found it a struggle having to wait up for everyone to fall asleep and can barely open his eyes through tiredness. 

*BB asks which HM's he likes. Mario thinks he'll get on 'amazingly well' with Ben and likes his accent as it it interesting to listen to. It also made him happy that Ben has already opened up to him and that he 'looked past his conspicuous shroud' more quickly than anyone else. Mario answers BB's question on how he thinks his sabotage will go today  - he thinks planning is the key and patience is the name of the game. He really wants to be a fully fledged HM 'not a HM on borrowed time.. there's no room for failure.'

*9.09 am Some of the HM's are in the bedroom. Josie jokes with Govan 'when you woke up and saw my face .. did you think "Cor, I'm a lucky boy!" Govan banters back 'to be quite honest, I wasn't sure if it was a nightmare or a punishment!' which makes Josie   cough through squeals. JOSIE: Imagine, if 1 of us wet the bed.. would you make a big deal of it? Another of Josie's classic hypothetical 'what if' scenarios :D Govan decides it would depend if she peed over his leg or not. JOSIE: First night and I already look like a complete munter in front of millions :( Do you know what, I've gone past the worst now? 

*Ife, Mario, Dave, Corin, Steve and (a bleary-eyed) John James are in the living room. Mario makes out that he is a red herring being used deliberately to distract them from something else that will happen. Talk turns to the ball, John tried to read what was on it but Shabby grabbed it. Ife says she read 'something positive, something nice .. someone to win.. and then something nasty' John jumps in that all he'd seen was the word FAVOURITE. Mario gets into character about how worrying it is that someone could manage to throw a ball over. 

*10.19am Josie and Govan are in the bedroom talking about Ben and Mario. GOVAN: The mole is lusting after Ben .. but Ben likes boobies! Josie had clocked that straight away. Even Govan originally believed  Ben was gay and was convinced he'd been lusting after John but realised he was just being friendly. They agree Ben (Josie - the posh one?) didn't deserve to be booed as he's an amazing guy. 

*Ben is in the Diary room (boring Big Brother!! Not that Marcus Bentley would say such things!) He finds everyone really lovely but is finding it tricky adjusting as you could never fully prepare for such an experience. He just wanted to relax, calm down and go to sleep after his dramatic entrance last night but the others wanted to 'keep on going.. I suppose that's just the way it is.. that's communal living, right?' The house is much smaller than he'd anticipated and there are less places to 'escape .. that's something I'm going to find difficult.. I guess I'm someone who's quite used to doing my own thing, doing what I want, when I want, having my own way.' 

*11.03am Ben and Mario are in the closet (were BB hopeful that this would be the first gay romance in BB?) They discuss whether the task will be something fun or humiliating. Mario wants it to be worshipping the mole and for him to become the Mole King. 

*Ife and John are in the bathroom. John questions 'is everyone showering nude?' Ife thinks not and asks if he had - he did NOT .. much to the disappointment and dismay of young ladies all across the land! John thought that they had to. 

*The rest of the HM's are in the kitchen - Josie asks Sunshine what she will be eating (as she is vegan) Sunshine apologises as she has already had her breakfast not realising they would be having 'a communal breakfast.' Mario asks her if she would eat honey - Sunshine replies that she wouldn't (even though Rachael remarks that it is an animal by product) and that she tries not to eat honey in keeping with her vegan morals. 

*The garden has been out of bounds for 1 hour while BB prepares today's shopping task. As the blinds come up the HM's are excited to see what lies before them and think it is some kind of bizarre roller coaster ride. Shabby and Ife are particularly psyched while Sunshine states how petrified of heights she is to Steve. 

*12.37pm the HM's are gathered in the living room. BB informs HM's 'in the garden there is a dinner table attached to a crane. HM's will be eating a very special lunch, 40 metres above the Big Brother house' While the rest cheer, Sunshine's heart practically stops with extreme terror. 'One HM must stay on the ground.' Sunshine immediately puts herself forward as she has to take medication to even get on a plane. John checks that she is sure as he doesn't mind staying. 'Will the HM who has been chosen, stand up and state their name.' (Sunshine does so and Josie applauds her) 'The store room is now open for HM's apart from Sunshine, to collect their costumes and further instructions.' They are given 15 minutes to change into their costumes. 

*2.04pm, as part of this week's shopping task - HM's will eat lunch suspended 40 metres above the BB house.. Sunshine will remain on the ground (which is strange as usually the sun is in the sky!!) They wave farewell to their friend on the floor. As they're gradually lifted higher and higher Josie squeaks 'stop it now guys, it's not funny anymore!' Conversation is repeated on the HL's which I've already blogged on the live afternoon feed. 

*The task kicks off (for details see previous blogs) but Govan compares Sunshine's painting to frog spawn! John reckoned the answer was 'big boobed piglet.' Shabby reveals that she is the squatter the headlines were referring to in clue 2 much to the surprise of some. John sympathises with Sunshine as she doesn't get time to prep (between each clue) Answer 3 is 'hunky trio' - some of the guesses they try out are: Muscly monk, fitty Mc3, (Josie offers) Hunky footballer!! JOHN: Is it anything to do with Australia at all? After the buzzer sounds John asks if it was hunky trio.. just 1 second too slow. 

*Clue 4 is for 'wannabes' and they shout out: Bad dresser, English Australian, colourful, hookers, (JOHN: This is a lot for 1 word!) Sound of music, Spice Girls before successfully answering with - wannabes. The task is over and the HM's are happy to have won £200. Corin slaughters 'ain't no sunshine when she's gone' when BB bids Sunshine to go back in. 

*5.12pm HM's are given 1 hour to compile their shopping list. Rachael announces that she cannot cook and suggests that someone who can thinks up menus so they can get the ingredients needed. Sunshine says they need 1 person who is good at maths to calculate everything. One of the dimmest sentences Rachael utters 'where's a calculator?' Josie laughs when Sunshine smashes this hope. Rachael is proud that she received a grade B in GCSE maths so takes on the mathematics. It sinks in that £200 is not going to stretch very far between all of the HM's. 

*Mario poses the question whether they will be bulk buying for the group or having individual budgets. Shabby reasons that they won't be able to afford individual luxuries despite Sunshine imploring that she will need a few bits. Sunshine is not over the moon at the prospect of spending 10% of their allowance on alcohol - especially as they could buy 20 kgs of rice for the same amount of money. 

*5.25pm in the kitchen Nathan, Rachael, Shabby and Govan plan to have a Sunday roast as one of their meals. Shabby runs in to tell the others but Rachael says she shouldn't as it will just rile up 'the vegan' and offend her. Rachael is rather put out that Sunshine had said they'll go through the list and then get her vegan products 'what if I had said, we'll go through the list and then we'll get all my beautician stuff?' and sensibly makes the suggestion of 'spending a little bit more and buying vegan-friendly stuff and then we can all eat meat as well .. rather than her having a separate budget cos none of us are having a separate budget.' 


2nd chunk will be put up soon :) 

Day 2 live afternoon - part 3

*The group gasp as Shabby elaborates on exactly what the task entails. And that the words and phrases have been taken from that morning's press (typically sensationalist headlines) and they will have 2 minutes to guess them correctly as a group. Josie doesn't get it! For each 1 they get right they will £100 towards their shopping budget. If all 5 are answered correctly they will receive the premium £500 or an economy shopping delivery if they fail. Steve selects himself as the spokesperson as he has a loud voice. Rachael is particularly reluctant not to hear further reactions to the reception she received. 
*Unfortunately, the next 10 minutes of video clip I watched had no sound :( Poooh! But Sunshine is now in the garden ready to art attack!

*Sunshine is told to lift the lid to the chocolates and read clue number 1. She must begin painting at the sound of the klaxon. HM's are looking for a 3 word phrase. Josie and Shabby shout down encouragement from the sky once the Klaxon has sounded. Here are some of the guesses as she paints the first 'Big boobed sperm bank' (courtesy of Shabby) 'big boobed Beyonce' (Josie's guess) which John repeats seconds after. Sunshine then paints a piglet hoping they will guess Babe (like the movie) but this only confuses them more and the big boobed guessing add - pig face and swine, lady boy and she-pig!!

*John yells down 'WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!' I would not want that boy on my Pictionary team! :D The buzzer buzzes (as most buzzers tend to do!) as their time is up. Sunshine screams that the answer was 'big boobed babe!' BB informs them that they failed to guess the clue correctly which springs Shabby's mouth into action as she shouts at BB 'You're a big-boobed pig!' Rachael reckons the headline was about Corin, Mario suggests that it could also be Josie which Josie dismisses 'I haven't got big boobs, babe!' 
*Clue 2 is 1 word - Sunshine starts to paint a square.. John offers 'big head' or 'big box' and finally 'skinny house' before Shabby susses that it is SQUATTER! Josie praises the painting skills Sunshine possesses 'she's good, in't she?' The HM's cheer :) 

*Clue 3 - HM's are looking for a 3 word phrase. Shabby and Ife complain that they can't see from where they are sat and John wants extra time. JOHN: Is that the worst cigarette I've ever seen? (he later tries) Two faced and boring! Josie contributes 'boring, moany, old blob!!' Then someone correctly guesses - boring, old one after Sunshine gesticulates. The group then bicker between themselves as the bell has not rung to show that the answer is right. John doesn't think they have it but Sunshine says they have 'I don't know why they're not ringing the bell!' Dave determines this headline must be about him. Corin comments that some of the press will be really horrible, Josie presumes she will be vilified 'I know I'm going to get it!' 

*The group wave to more passersby and chuckle as Shabby calls down 'what are we doing? We're eating dinner!!!' Ben jokes that a mother of one of the children will be on the phone to The Daily Mirror about the wannabes in the sky.. Shabby surmises 'with the boring, old one!' Josie chortles as John is incredulous 'why, boring old one? I wonder why they wrote that!' Sunshine heads inside as they have now finished (the rest is shown on the HL's) to wash her hands. Shabby begs to be let down and Govan has a headache as 'not much sleep is distressing.' 

*The HM's are in limbo - swinging and swaying from side to side. Shabby is disappointed to twig that they are not being lowered as they had desired. Sunshine scurries back into the house again and shortly BB commands that she returns to the garden. BB announces 'the task is now over.. although HM's correctly guessed 'boring, old one' Sunshine broke the rules by giving gestured clues. Therefore the HM's answer was disallowed.' Since they correctly answered 2 further clues the HM's win £200 for their shopping allowance - nothing to sneeze at! Sunshine is summoned back indoors. 

*Shabby proposes spending £100 on food and £100 on alcohol which goes down a storm with a selection of the HM's. The school kidlets are on the loose again, Josie enthuses over how clever she thinks they are for 6 year olds! 
JOSIE: I could eat that again now! (now that her food has gone down) 

*BB admonishes HM's to remain seated and adhere to the instructions of the safety advisor. Rachel retorts with scornful sarcasm 'actually, I was gonna get up!!' (after she has made Steve's day letting him know that some of the school scoundrels were chanting his name) The kiddiewinkles are making a raucous racket! STEVE: I've got enough of my own! 

Sunshine sits silent and subdued .. 

*Only Josie can be cute and charming when she can't believe 'I ate dinner at 40,000 feet!' before the amused HM's correct her. John sweetly says 'that boy just said he "loved you" to you!' which Josie finds flattering. (He was the first but it didn't take MUCH longer for John to follow the little lad's footsteps - when he found himself falling head over heels for our Jose) John can't resist ruffling an aww-ing Josie's hair as she waves and smiles back to the little boy. 

*Again, they try to figure out HOW the ball was 'thrown' over the fence! Josie reckons 'they just had a wicked throw!' As they approach the garden they thank the staff for their meals and must await unstrapping! Josie thinks it's such a shame it wasn't a nice day as it was a good experience. Shabby is eager for a smoke and to put her hat back on. Josie believes she is stuck to the seat then realises she hasn't yet been unfastened. Some of the HM's fear that they may have to go straight back up .. which they wouldn't mind if they could layer up first. 

Apologies that this is not the most riveting read and that the pictures are rather poor quality (as they are screen caps) .. but I thought I'd put it up all the same for your perusal :) xx