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Llloyd that is, surely tonight is his time to go.

The kids is yet to sing a song in tune (Bleeding Love literally made my ears bleed in pain) and has the personality of a sloth – I can’t help but be amused that he gets through week after week because teenage girls fancy him and no one bats an eyelid – but the country went into meltdown each time Jedward survived. In terms of singing talent I think Lloyd and Jedward were of the same level, aka crap.

The ironic thing being I remember Cheryl not puting through the hot American dude because he’d “get by on his looks alone”, yet she’s forever cooing over gorgeous little Lloyd and playing up to the tween vote to win him votes.

Annoyingly he probably will survive again, his fans will know he’s in danger and vote en masse whereas those who think their fave is safe as houses (Stacey? Joe?) will not vote as much and we may see one of them slip through the cracks.

Would you believe that despite all the TV I watch I don’t have a massive big plasma TV, nope no plasma mounts needed for me – I still have my ancient old 17 inch beast of a thing, and I am quite happy with it. I don’t know if it’s my eyes or my brain, but I really can’t tell much difference between mine and my fiances HDTV that he always bangs on about being the best thing since sliced bread!

I love my old TV and I am sticking with it

But I was not rooting for little miss Amanda in last weeks episodes of The Biggest Loser, I don’t know why but something about her rubs me up the wrong way – I never really warmed to the ‘young’ group on the show this year at all – I was rooting for the oldies even though don’t especially adore any of them either!

Going into the final with Rudy, Amanda, Liz and Danny I really don’t mind (or indeed care) who wins. I have not looked at the stats like I usually would, but assume Rudy pretty much already has it in the bag. He seems like a nice enough guy so good for him, but meh, he’s not the most interesting of dudes.

Now, to watch ‘Where are they now’, I have been looking forward to this specal for weeks, I have always criticised the show for brushing under the carpet the fact a lot of the losers gain the weight back within a few years – yes it’s great that they have all lost a total of 4396841 pounds between them, but how many are still off them? So it will be interesting to see how they present it!

My mum worked in insurance a few years ago, but it was tough work as it’s very competitive – despite her best efforts at insurance marketing eventually she had to give it up. I don’t think she was that bothered really, she was never that interested in it as a career, it was just something she did in order to make ends meat!

A couple of years ago I had never played Bingo in my life, I thought it was something old ladies did of an evening – not something a hip and trendy (cough, yeah right!) 20-something year old should be doing.

Now I can’t get enough of the stuff.

It all started when I first discovered cashback sites, if you don’t use them you basically make any online purchase through them and get a little money back – anything from a few percent to £100 depending on the retailer and what you are buying.

One of the easiest ways to make money on cashback sites is to look out for bingo and general gambling offers. When new site launches they often offer you more money than you have to deposit to get it, plus you can also get deposit bonuses on top. The most recent one I did I had to deposit and wager £10, I got £28 cashback and a 200% deposit bonus (so £20) – I won a few times so ultimately came away with a free £50.

Easy money and a shedload of fun along the way earning it

There was another site that I made a lot of money on over around a 6 month period – I initially signed up to take advantage of a cashback offer and discovered that the site was dead in the middle of the night. Most people would see this as a bad thing as there’s no one there to chat to and the prizes are really low – but if I bought the minimum number of tickets it cost £1 and the prize each game was £2.50 – so when I was the only player it was a guaranteed £1.50 up each and every game.

I simply used to have it running in the background at night while I was on the computer any way and was coming away with around £25 per night

I love how easy it is to watch movies online these days. There are lots of great sites out there that allow you to do it, for free, but the one I find myself on most often is Letmewatchthis.com – every time I have wanted to see a movie and gone there to search for it it has already been online, that’s pretty impressive because I have watched some really random and old movies that most other sites definitely don’t have.

I think I am about the only person on the planet that has yet to see the Twilight movie – and already everyone is talking about the second one which just came out. I decided a few days ago I was going to jump on the bandwagon and join the mass of fans who love this series.

Sure enough Letmewatchthis.com have both movies available What I like about it is that there are many links to chose from, not just one or two – I know megavideo is popular and lots of video sharing sites use them, but I personally can’t stand it and much prefer sites like zshare. So it’s great to actually have a choice in the matter.

I am going to watch both the Twilight movies this weekend and will report back on what I thought of them!

So I just found out who the cast will be for the upcoming all stars season of Survivor – here’s my reaction…

It’s times like this that make me hate my stupid brain and it’s inability to remember people. I have said before I don’t remember seasons by the name of their location so always struggle with talking about past seasons any way even though I have seen and loved every one of them!

I really don’t remember some of the names on the list at all, and a lot I remember vaguely but not enough to remember if I liked them or not.

Super happy to see Rob M and Rupert, two of my all time favourites.

Tom (Palau) – Liked him but can’t remember why!
Rupert (Pearl Islands/All Stars) – Loved him!
JT (Tocantins) – Very disappointed, he bored me to tears in his season and the fact everyone loved him made me barf. I complained that he was handed the win, so I suppose at least it will be interesting to see if he does have game!
James (China/Micronesia) – Seriously, again? Yawn.
Colby (Australia/All Stars) – Don’t remember.
Candice (Cook Islands) – Don’t remember (though the name def rings a bell, I get the feeling I didn’t like her)
Amanda (China/Micronesia) – Couldn’t stand her first time around. Couldn’t stand her second time around. Appalled she’s there for a third go – personality of a dish cloth and a crap player.
Sugar (Gabon) – HATED!! Ugh seriously…and she’s on the heroes team?
Stephenie (Palau/Guatemala) – Don’t remember.
Cirie (Panama/Micronesia) – Never liked her. Way overrated as a player.

Villains-
Randy (Gabon) – YAY! Liked him.
Coach (Tocantins) – Quite liked Coach as well but not sure I’d pick him for all stars if it were to be my personal dream team.
Tyson (Tocantins) – Didn’t like him because he was a ‘faux villain’, he was clearly acting up to the cameras and saying things to appear as a villain. I complained at the time it was obvious his goal was to make sure he was on the next all stars and it looked like it worked.
Russell (Samoa) – That’s…Russell from the current season? Cool…although it might be a bit overkill.
Rob (Marquesas/All Stars) – *Explodes* my all time love xx
Sandra (Pearl Islands) – Don’t remember.
Parvati (Cook Islands/Micronesia) – Like Amanda, disliked the first time, disliked a little less the second time. Way overrated and not happy she’s getting a 3rd chance!
Danielle (Panama) – Don’t remember.
Jerri (Australia/All Stars) – Vague recollection of her but not enough to decide if I like her being in it or not.
Courtney (China) – Didn’t like her but I can’t remember why.

Looks like I am alone but overall think it’s a very poor cast. Only 3 or 4 that really get me excited but as many who bore me and as many again who don’t deserve a 3rd chance.

I kinda really want a motorhome now, they were driving across America in one in a show I watched a few weeks ago now and it looked like fun. I can’t remember the name of the show but it was for charity and some celebritied were trying to travel the world without flying in a sort of relay race – it was a nice little adventure

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Whenever I see big cities on the telly I think, thank heck I don’t live there – I know that some people love the hustle and bustle of city life but it’s just not for me.

Having said that I hardly live out in the sticks, I am in a quiet village in Yorkshire but live only a stones throw away from two of the UKs biggest cities!

I was watching a show last week that was sort of recapping the 2000s and there was a news piece on from when London first introduced the congestion charge and they were talking about how many people would now take to using bikes to get around and they showed someone using a fold up bike to show how convenient they were.

Sure enough since the early 2000s the number of cyclists in London has almost doubled and Brompton who were once Undiscovered Business Entrepreneurs who make these great fold up bikes have gone from strength to strength. They are a London based company that have been making the folding cycle since the 1970s and will hopefully continue to do so and keep growing in the process.

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