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I was just reading about the charter ultra fast 60 service that is currently being rolled out across America – green with envy doesn’t even come close to explaining how I feel about it.

My fiance already gets his Internet at twice the speed I do even though we are on the same service and that drives me crazy, so the idea that others are getting it probably 100 times faster makes me almost lose the plot.

As you know by now I watch a lot of TV shows online, if it wasn’t for torrents and streaming sites I wouldn’t get to watch three of my favourite TV shows – Survivor, The Amazing Race and The Biggest Loser Australia. The thing is my upload speed especially is so shoddy that I can’t do two things at once, if I am uploading anything such as videos to youtube or seeding torrents I can’t stream at all – So I can’t just decide I want to stream something and do it there and then, I have to wait until I know my computer won’t be busy doing other things!

My Internet life would be a lot faster with 60mb speeds, therefore buying me extra ‘real life’ time – which I would then probably use to watch more TV hehe.

Seems like every season has one, you’d almost think the producers pick ‘em on purpose

Just watched episode 3 of The Biggest Loser USA and come away really annoyed. Tracey is a total loon, she even has the crazy lady eyes to go with it – some of the choices she made this week were beyond strange and she’s created a massive target on her back, but I can’t help but feel sorry for her.

Jillian is far too judgemental for me, I’ve never really forgiven her for the way she treated Harry in TBL Aus 1 and I see signs of the same thing here. She’s totally and completely written Tracey off as a person and as someone who can lose weight and keep it off just because she dared to not heed her advice once. Sorry Jillian but you’re not God, these people are allowed to have minds of their own and make mistakes! Her rant(s) towards her were not out of tough love, or trying to be helpful – she was just being a bitch to her.

Then Pink Teams reaction annoyed me. Why is it that they think Tracey ‘owed’ them by choosing who they wanted sitting out? They weren’t willing to make any promises to her or offer any thing in return so Tracey owed them eff all in my opinion. The one who weighed in (Amanda?) then going ‘ner nerrrr you didn’t think I could do it, I showed you’ when she had weighed in and done enough to keep them safe was also ridiculous…you didn’t think you could do it either you silly girl, hence you begging her to sit you out and kicking off when she didn’t!

The way none of them were happy for her when she lost 11lb was also very unplesant.

I think there is something generally ‘off’ about Tracey, I am not sure I’d be able to get along with her – but the level of hatred for her already just seems to over the top and out of proportion to what she did, Mo was the only person who should have had an issue with her imho.

Finally – Antoine was looking haaawwt, he had some serious muscles going on! I didn’t even recognise the girl eliminated week 1 that he’s ended up dating, but good for them

*Cough splutter die*

The Biggest Loser is making a Wii game? Who knew, well not me clearly.

I just heard it mentioned somewhere and am about to pop from excitment. A quick look shows it’s not out until November 19th (just in time for the Christmas rush huh? New years resolutions ahoy! ) but it has Bob and Jillian on the cover so I am sold. I need look no more.

Well no OK I will look some more, because I bought Jillians Wii game before just because it had her name on it, and it was shit to be frank. So I am definitely going to seek out some reviews to see if it’s worth the money and what is actually involved. It only costs £15 so I am guessing it’s not going to be that great.

Speaking of The Biggest Loser, I only just got around to last weeks episode…I am amazed that for the first time ever they actually talked numbers, they had alaways seemed to keep it under wraps before but in episode 2 we heard them say the women are on 1200 cals and burning 6000 per day, and then men on 1800 cals (I think).

Crazy.

The UK Biggest Loser finale just aired, but I have not watched it yet so I don’t know who won — though I think it is pretty obviously going to be Kevin, his percentage fair outweighs every one else going into the final stages so I don’t see how they could possibly catch up.

My only hope is that Mark wipes the floor with the lot of them. I really liked Kevin to begin with but the way in which he turned on Mark for being too competitive really turned me off of him, especially as Kevin then went on to prove that he was just as if not more competitive than him.

Mark’s only crime was being honest about being in it to win it.

On the other hand of the 4 in the final I do think Kevin deserves it the most as he has put in 100% effort since the very start.

It’s not been the best series to be honest. A lot of lazy and unlikable contestants and Kate Garroway was hella annoying, but I hope the viewing figures were good enough that it will return with a higher budget for another series

If I do end up getting my beloved and much wanted pooch, I will definitely be kitting it out with all the accessories and dog toys I can get my hands on — I will spoil it rotten that’s for sure.

Fancy collars, killer pet beds, winter coats — you name it, if it’s cute I am there!

I was thinking I might try and convince the husband to be on a cat first, and then build up to a dog, as cats are not as expensive…what do they need except food, drink and maybe a few scratching posts ? Plus they are a lot more independent — they take themselves for a walk so you don’t have to

Or I could do what I saw on TV today. The Biggest Loser UK contestants got a video message from home and one of the woman’s kids came on screen and announced they had been a big naughty in her absence….and got a dog! Something she had said a categorical ‘NO’ to.

But I like their thinking, once the dog is owned and in the house and all fallen in love with — who could say no? You’d surely have to have a heart of stone, and as grumpy as he may be, my husband to be does not have a heart of stone!

I feel like such a nerd, but I couldn’t help myself — I added a bunch of this years Biggest Loser Australia contestants on Facebook, I never usually add celebrities and certainly not reality tv ‘stars’, but I was missing them and…and…and…meh.

I have Meaghan and Julie, Ben and Sean, Andrew (or is it Nathan? I never did learn which was which), Amanda, Jodi and Jeda, Mel…and I have pending requests for the others. Though my favourites don’t seem to be on there, no Teresa, Sharif, Bob or Tiffany!

Lots of them have pictures up from the finale or behind the scenes or things they have been upto since Monday — it’s a lot of fun looking through them and really highlights that they are all friends despite any drama or animosity during the show.

I have seen some photos that I wasn’t expecting though, I have to remember not to judge — out in the real world these people don’t have to never drink or eat bad foods and maybe those that are are burning the calories off first or just having one naughty day.

But the last thing you expect to see 4 days after leaving the house are pictures of them with fags in hand, pints of beer and even a kebab in one case!

I hope they all keep the weight off.

I am officially out of hiding, for the first time ever I wanted to get to watch The Biggest Loser Australia finale without having already found out the winner.

For me any of the four really could have won it and I wanted to watch it without knowing.

Bob was the obvious winner in that he had the highest % and was a weight loss machine, but I did think there was a high chance he would throw it in order to let Tiffany win — the parents this season never made any bones about the fact they were there for their kids and wanted to get them far, and Tiffany had the double bracelet and the producers would have loved to have the gorgeous and sweet young mum as their first female biggest loser for sure.

Sharif was only a little behind in % and still had the weight to lose and although Sammy was the underdog she did still have the weight to lose — had this been a USA season where they get months at home rather than weeks, I think she really could have done it.

As it turned out, my favourite (along with Sherif and Teresa) won the at home prize, go Sean! Ben looked awesome, he was the only one that had really changed since the last time we saw him when he was still quite big. All the girls looked amazing, especially Meaghan and Holly and Mel….and…..big bad Bob won the title having lost a staggering 86.7kgs, that’s 193lbs for heavens sake, I am going to find out if that’s the biggest ever on any show throughout the world, it has to be surely?

Overall it was a great finale and I shall post my feeling on the series in general and the gap it has now left in my life in a few days time when I have had the chance to digest.

PS. Like a total nerd, I just added a bunch of them on Facebook hehe

It’s hard to believe that ‘The Alliance’ in The Biggest Loser Australia was not even really known about until just a few short weeks ago, it seems like it’s all the show is about at the moment and I don’t know a single person who watches it that isn’t sick to death of the blasted, bloody, chuffing alliance.

The producers of this show undoubtedly know what they want, and go out to achieve it. Is it any coincidence that each of the 4 series now have had at least one alliance of really not very likable people last a long time, but ultimately ‘Get theres’ by the end?

Season one we had FAT, Fiona, Artie and Tracie. Season two saw Marsbar Munnalita, Courtney and Pati. Season three had Cosi, Garry and Nicola…and the much more likable and successful Alison, Sammy and Kristen. Season four went for Nathan, Andrew and the yellow girls for the first half the season and seem to be very much running with the Meaghan, Sam and Tiffany alliance for the second half.

I don’t include Bob, Julie and Cameron in that group because I think it’s apparent that although they are in the alliance, they also want the daughters to make it far…and if the chance comes they will throw themselves under the bus to make sure the girls stay in. They are willing pawns in the alliance, rather than active participants.

Ultimately I don’t dislike any of them, two weeks ago I loved them all, but alliances are just annoying to watch — when awesome and deserving people like Teresa and Sharif get eliminated, it’s hard to like the people who voted them out ‘Because they are stronger than me’.

Grow some balls and see if you can beat the best threw sheer balls and determination and hard work people!

Crash, Bang, Wallop what an episode.

I have never changed my mind about a person or ended up so confused in one simply 22 minute episode of a TV show before.

1. Can’t stand Nathan, hope he goes.
2. Oh wait, he’s giving up his place for Cameron? Wow..I might have to rethink my views on him.
3. Ah, he’s only doing that because he knows he’s going any way…thought it seemed odd.
4. But still, it is nice to go out with dignity.
5. I don’t want him to go now, why isn’t he FIGHTING?
6. He really should be fighting and scheming, that’s what he does. Dignity? Pah, he’s just a loser for giving up.
7. They should really have kept him to keep the team strong, even if he is a douche.
8. Ah it’s him, he’s going — aww it’s nice that he isn’t throwing a hissy fit and just leaving nicely.
9. Wait, what?! A letter for his eyes only? Oh they better not be saving him!
10. He gets got take someone with him?! Argh, thanks for reminding me why i don’t like him — stupid power tripping ego maniac bastard!

I have no idea at this point if Nathan is leaving or not and I have no idea if they person he’s taking with him (Sean? Sharif? Bob? Oh please not Bob!) will be actually leaving, the Commando appearing at the end of the episode with a “Where do you think you’re going?” indicates not.

What a complete mind fuck!