I love the show Big Brother. I get so excited every summer because I know it will be on. I know, ridiculous. This season is no different. I tune in when I can and call my mom for details when I miss it. But out of all the season's this one is by far the most painful to watch. There is a father and daughter on there who have been estranged for 5 years. Watching their 'reunion' was uncomfortable. There was a couple who had a bitter break up. Watching their 'reunion' was embarrassing. Watching an over-emotional girl cry on nearly every episode is humiliating. But by far, the most painful thing of all is watching one of the house guests...nick named Evel Dick...verbally attack nearly all of the house guests. This man knows exactly what to say to get people exactly where it hurts and it really just pains me to watch. In recent episodes his attacks have gone to a believer in the house.
And this bring me to my point. The way this woman reacts to his attacks are not at all what the Word has called us to. I feel terrible for her because I can see myself being that exact same way. The insults he hurls at her are just ridiculous. It would take a lot of will power to not fight back...to not get angry...to not sin. But this is the reality we live in. Christians on TV are rarely shown in a positive light. They are almost always shown as hypocrites. They are for the most part considered naive, un-realistic, and more often that not, unintelligent. It's just so sad to me. I know there is editing that is done that makes it look extra bad...but is there a way for a Christian on Reality TV to come off looking at all normal?
Maybe we aren't normal. Maybe that is the whole point. Christ called us to live radically. Is it possible to do that without being ridiculed? I can't imagine what Paul went through. It a narcissistic way, it is comforting to know this kind of torment has always been around...but it's just really hard to understand why. I just have to remember...in the end, every knee will bow...every tongue will confess.
And just to leave you all with my favorite thing that Jameka has said...
"See...that's what I love about God. God is so gangsta!"
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oh, yes, big brother. i forgot you were a fan!
i'm not sure how you feel about evel dick a week later...but to be honest, i'm kind of a fan. and jameka is my least favorite person in the house, second only to amber. it's hard for me to decipher what all people see who only watch the episodes...i have showtime so i tivo the live feed they play and have it on in the background when i'm doing other stuff. and let me just tell you that i just don't think jameka is who they appear to make her to be. i actually used to be a fan of hers...until she was pretty much making fun of jen and telling her she hadn't lived since she hadn't had been with two different guys in a 24 hr. period. i'm sorry, but if you're going to make a huge profession about your love (not that your love is any less if you sin...or we'd all be haters), but it seems to me that she picks and chooses when she wants to be in tune with God. the way i see it, both she and amber want to be in tune with him when it's his turn to serve them. and that just doesn't sit well with me.
then again, i'm the biggest hypocrite of them all, sitting here judging their relationship with God, no?
just keep in mind that ED was just playing the game...remember howie and busto? it happens almost every season. and the fact that the only reason ED did it was to save his daughter (he stopped immediately after she went off the block) reveals God to me a lot more than anything else anyone in that house has done.
just my thoughts, though :)
Yeah...I go back and forth on ED all the time. Him and Daniele sure are playing a good game. Her little move in running up crying to the whole house the other night killed me. Very well played.
That's really interesting about Jameka. I don't have cable, otherwise I KNOW i'd be watching that. But you are totally right.
And as far as Amber is concerned...I just think she's an idiot. Do you remember years ago when June (I think that was her name) won and she didn't do anything but eat the whole season. I fear something like that happening with Amber.
What are your thoughts on Eric? I think he could be playing this America's Player role so much better. I get frustrated with the things America is forcing him to do because they are hard. At the beginning I thought the point was to help him be more strategic, not stupid. It's my least favorite twist ever, I think.
It's so exciting to have someone to talk about this with! No one else I know watches.
haha! so...i'm just now in the middle of tonight's episode. amber just lost the pov...and i can't believe what she said. "i don't know why God has it to where i lost today...i started to lose a little bit of faith, because, i mean, look, i'm still on the block..." so wait. is she God's chosen one? God can't help anyone else? i mean, i'm not even going to get into how God doesn't orchestrate every single thing that happens on his green earth. if that were the case, we wouldn't be free, we'd be puppets.
you're right, she's an idiot. she probably killed all her brain cells when she was a meth-head. (i'm awful.) at least jameka admitted that what she wanted wasn't God's plan (although she is sometimes the same way about God orchestrating everything). i just don't see why they believe they are the divine ones. as far as i can tell, daniele is a christian too, so why isn't she supposed to win according to God? (she listens to copeland and rilo kiley, btw...i think part of the reason i favor her, haha. plus she's just good. you probably already knew about the music, though...i just got the info from her profile page on the cbs website.)
okay, so, eric. my theory is this: in the beginning, america just voted however they personally felt, not considering how it would change his game. then, i think america blamed him for nick getting out (although really america was to blame because their vote through eric was what caused the controversy and then nick was blamed). since nick was liked, america was trying to get eric to do stupid things to try and get him evicted (ie:jessica & silent treatment). now that he's in line with ed and daniele now, america will probably like him again (ed and daniele are faves according to the polls) and will vote nicely (eg: jessica & woobie).
i know that for a while, i would've voted for eric to do things that would get him kicked out...but i'm not about to pay a buck to send a text vote. i like him alright now, i guess, although he can be kinda fishy (like how he kept saying daniele tried to ruin his integrity for things he didn't do...although he DID do them...i couldn't decide if he was doing that for game or if he was seriously thinking he was wronged. he's an idiot if he thinks the latter...it's not daniele's fault she's smart enough to figure it out) and his faces and mannerisms creep me out sometimes.
man, i'm writing so much! it's just so fun to talk about, haha.
and dude, what do you think about this whole zach-jessica-eric thing? haha. feelings on zach in general?
oh, and also, i thought about this after i replied the first time. honestly, if i were in the house with jameka and amber, i, a christian, would not want to be associated with their christianity. which is a horrible thing to say...but i wouldn't be able to deal with it. i'd so tell them what's up. it's no wonder people like ed don't believe in God...i feel like there could be opportunities for God to use other people in the house to maybe show him at least a glimpse of who God really is...but that doesn't look like it's 'bout to happen.
and what was with amber's "vision" of winning the pov? TELL HER TO STOP CRYING! i thought maybe they just aired all of her crying spells just to make her fit a "character" they wanted...but then i started watching sho2...and dude, it's for real non-stop.
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