Author: Padraig Fahy

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 3 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 3 Notes

    • Lily was electrocuted as a kid and that is the way she is.
    • Lily done a Journalism course for 1 year and then dropped out.
    • Rosie Baked Potato is flirting with Marcello
    • Ali in the DR saying that it can be overwhelming, especially with the boys group having “lad” chat.
    • Khalad and Izaaz in the DR – Izaaz couldn’t hold their hand up as long because of his “meat” in his shoulder.
    • Segun and Daze are discussing capitalism and climate change. They are having a very vocal debate. They disagree with their viewpoints but they agree that they are entitled to their viewpoints.
    • Baked Potato no longer needs to blend their food and Thomas no longer needs to wear the bucket on his head. So now Thomas only has 1 arm, 1 leg and now 1 eyebrow.
    • Martha, Dean and Lily talking about Taylor Swift. Lily is only on Big Brother cause her ex liked Big Brother and he was cheating with another girl when they were dating.
    • Sarah and Daze are talking. Sarah is a mayoress. Daze had a row boat. Lily is not the centre of attention here, so she is laying on the floor, yawning.
    • Marcello in the DR – Hoping to make connections. Learn more about himself. He likes Emma and Baked Potato.
    • Emma had 4 boob jobs. 32B, went to a D, had another 2 boob jobs. Emma used to be a Page 3 model. The guy who did Emma’s 3rd boob job is in jail for using the wrong kind of silicon.
    • Ryan in the DR – He ‘likes’ most of the people so far. Not concerned about being nominated.
    • Nathan is gay but he doesn’t know what label to use.
    • Daze in the DR – She wishes she didn’t know the stuff that she knows about the world. Wishes she could be someone like Lily who is oblivious.
    • Big Brother is throwing the house a party for being together for the first full day.
    • Hanah in the DR – Some people are tense and need to calm down, especially with people up for eviction.
    • Ali, Emma, Lily, Tom and Daze in the hot tub. Lily once again being the centre of attention.
    • Lily in the DR – Lily is upset and thinks everyone thought she would be annoying.
    • Lily crying in the sitting room with Martha and Ali. “Myself is weird to everyone”, she gets a hug from both girls.
    • Dean in the DR reflecting on the day. He enjoyed himself. Things (People and attitudes) will change in the next few days.

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 2 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 2 Notes

    See Day 0 and 1 here.

    Big Brother UK – Season 21 – Day 2

    • Lily starts the morning by screeching!
    • Another head-to-head challenge – Non-housemate must decide who is the most loveable.
    • Daze is selected as the non-housemate. She selects Housemate Segun as the least loveable person.
    • Daze & Segun are in the garden standing on a marker.
    • Rosie will take Max (a dog) out to the garden. Max will choose between Daze and Segun.
    • Max chose Housemate Segun and he is the winner. He stays in the house and Daze goes back into Storage.
    • Emma wants Lily to shut the fuck up.
    • Ali is discussing her ADHD diagnosis. Opening up about her family. Her brother committed suicide.
    • Lily in the DR. Thinks Marcello is “swotty” by being topless all the time. Thinks Sarah doesn’t like her. Likes Nathan. Thinks he is cute.
    • Final head-to-head challenge. Non-housemate has to choose someone who is the most competitive
    • Non-Housemate Thomas has been selected. He chooses Housemate Rosie as the least competitive.
    • Both of them have a series of dares that they must complete. If they refuse to carry out their dare, their opponent wins.
    • Dare 1 for Tom is that he must wear a bucket on his head until further notice. The bucket has eye holes.
    • Dare 1 for Rosie is change her name to “Baked Potato”. She signs a certificate to make it official. Throughout the rest of the series, she will be called Baked Potato
    • Dare 2 for Tom is to wear Big Brother’s stench scarf which is covered in filth. He is to wear the scarf until further notice.
    • Dare 2 for Rosie Baked Potato is to blend a cheese sandwich and drink it. She does it.
    • Dare 3 for Tom is to shave off one eyebrow. He shaves his left eyebrow.
    • Dare 3 for Rosie Baked Potato is to smush chewing gum into her hair. She chews the gum and puts it into her hair.
    • Dare 4 for Tom to shred 3 personal photos belonging to non-housemates. He chooses Ryan, Daze and Marcello. Their photos get shredded.
    • Tom completes his dares.
    • Dare 4 for Rosie Baked Potato is to have all of their nominations throughout the series be done Face-to-Face. She refuses to do so.
    • Tom wins. Tom will take 2 people out of storage along with him. He choose Sarah and Marcello.
    • Tom, Sarah and Marcello has gone into the house and are no longer up for eviction. Rosie Baked Potato is now in storage and is up for eviction.
    • Tom is in DR. He asked BB how long eyebrows would take to grow back. BB said “7 to 10 years”
    • Non-housemates have 1 final chance to go into the house. They put their hand up. Whoever keeps their hand up the longest will go into the house. The rest will be up for eviction.
    • Ryan, Nathan and Dean put their hands down after 5 minutes.
    • Rosie Baked Potato and Emma put their arms down after 36 minutes
    • Lily and Daze are left. They have had their hand up for nearly 2 and a half hours.
    • Daze promises Lily to help her in the future if she puts her arm down. Lily agrees and puts her arm down.
    • Daze wins. She is now a housemate. She gets to choose 2 more people to join her in the house. She chooses Emma and Lily. They are no longer up for eviction.
    • Nathan, Dean, Ryan and Rosie and Baked Potato are up for eviction this week.
    • The storage task has ended and everyone will go back into the house.
    • Lily comes into the house screaming. Segun is stunned.
    • Lily is still screaming after about 20 minutes.
    • Nathan is in the DR. During the hands-up challenge, he thought that Daze is not all that she seems and that her “Climate Activist” is more of a gimmick and not her actual self.

  • Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 0 and 1 Notes

    Big Brother UK 2024 – Day 0 and 1 Notes

    I stopped watching Big Brother towards the end of the Channel 4 run and didn’t watch any of the Channel 5 run. I have been watching the ITV’s run of Big Brother since it started last year. This year, since I am posting these notes in a couple of Discord servers, I will post them here too.

    Big Brother UK – Season 21 – Day 0 – The Live Launch

    • The 16 housemates are in.
    • Each one had to choose a side, once they entered. Red or Blue. Initially no reason as to why they were choosing a side.
    • Results of that were 11 Red and 5 Blue.
    • Big Brother then announced that one team would go into ‘Storage’ and become ‘non-housemates’
    • It was predetermined via a sign hanging above the sides.
    • Blue are housemates. Red are non-housemates.
    • The 11 people on Red will now be in storage until further notice and will be up for eviction this week.

    Big Brother UK – Series 21 – Day 1 (Between 11pm and 4am)

    • Replaying the end of the last nights live show
    • Props in the storage are from previous series of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.
    • Lily in DR says “Storage is hell on Earth”. Doesn’t like Sarah – likes the look of Thomas… made some weird growling noise
    • Non-housemates will go head-to-head with housemates. Whoever wins, go into the house, the loser goes into storage.
    • Non-housemate Martha vs Housemate Ryan in a 1v1.
    • There is a cake in the middle of the table. There is also a red button beside each person.
    • If Martha wins, she gets to take 2 people with her into the house. If Ryan wins, he goes back to the house and nothing changes.
    • The cake explodes.
    • Housemate Ali has been chosen as a judge. She must work out who pressed the button.
    • Martha and Ryan have to convince Ali that the other person pressed the button.
    • Ali chose Ryan therefore Ryan lost. Martha now goes into the house. Ryan goes into storage and is now up for eviction.
    • Martha has chosen Hanah and Rosie to join her in the house.
    • “This whole situation [being in Storage] is not ethical at all” ~Lily
    • THE BEDROOM IS OPEN! Only one big bed at one end of the room this year instead of 2.
    • Lily is very loud and a lot of housemates seem to be already done with her.
    • Non-housemate Sarah in the diary room. “Lily is sensory overload”
    • Everyone in Storage is bedding down for the night on camping beds and Lily is still popping off.

  • WWE Bad Blood 2024 Predictions

    WWE Bad Blood 2024 Predictions

    It is nearly 27 years to the day since the first Bad Blood event, and WWE has brought it back for the first time in 20 years.

    Titled as Badd Blood: In Your House, this event in 1997 saw the debut of ‘The Big Red Machine’ Kane who ripped the door of the ‘Hell in a Cell’ to attack his brother, The Undertaker, which allowed Shawn Michaels to pin him and win the WWE Championship. This was also the first ‘Hell in a Cell’ match in WWE. To date (including this show), there has been 53 ‘Hell in a Cell’ matches.

    Kane?

    Kane is The Undertaker’s brother (in storyline only… they are not related in real life) who have both teamed together as ‘The Brothers of Destruction’ and against each other… Think of it like Oasis, but if Liam and Noel were not related. Oh, and he burned his parents to death.

    Where is he now?

    Kane (Glenn Jacobs) has retired from in-ring competition. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021. He is currently the Mayor for Knox County, Tennessee, holding that position since 2018, being re-elected in 2022.

    The Undertaker?

    He is an undead wizard that can shoot electricity from his hands. His ‘Manager’, Paul Bearer would accompany ‘Taker to his matches with an urn, which he *checks notes* “raised in the air to transmit supernatural healing powers to the Undertaker; this typically resulted in the Undertaker recovering from attacks and counterattacking his adversaries” – The Undertaker has also held the longest undefeated streak at WrestleMania winning 21 matches at the event before it was broken at WrestleMania 30 (2014) by Brock Lesnar.

    Where is he now?

    ‘Taker (Mark Calloway) has also retired from in-ring competition. He is married to former WWE Superstar Michelle McCool. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022. Since his retirement, he has been doing podcasts, interviews about his career which was something he never did while working in the WWE.

    Shawn Michaels?

    Shawn Michaels was part of a tag team with Marty Janetty in ‘The Rockers’ in the 80s until the team was split in 1992 by Shawn placing a ‘Sweet Chin Music’ on Janetty which sent him through the barber shop window. Shawn would go on to be part of D-Generation X along with Triple H and Chyna (Along with some others along the way). He would be coined as ‘Mr. Wrestlemania’ for having several prolific matches at the ‘Grandest Stage of them all’

    Where is he now?

    Shawn is also retired from in-ring competition but still works for WWE as the ‘Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative’ and heading WWE’s development brand, NXT.

    Anyway, with the history lesson out of the way, let’s look towards this year’s show,

    Arch rivals are now a tag team? Cody Rhodes is tagging with the man who he took the WWE Championship from at WrestleMania, Roman Reigns to defeat ‘The Bloodline’

    Also, The Judgement Day comes to blows as former member Damien Priest takes on Finn Bálor

    Let’s predict!

    Title Matches

    • Nia Jax (C) vs Bayley in a singles match for the WWE Women’s Championship
      • Prediction: Nia has honestly been killing it since winning the title. I don’t believe that Bayley nor Nia is walking out with the title as Ms. Money in the Bank, Tiffany Stratton has teased the cash-in. Even last night, the trigger felt like it was going to be pulled, but it wasn’t to be. Nia to retain, but Tiffany to also cash in and win the title.
    • Liv Morgan (C) vs Rhea Ripley in a singles match for the Women’s World Championship. Dominik Mysterio will be suspended above the ring in a Shark Cage.
      • Prediction: Rhea and Liv are going to have a great match like what they did have at SummerSlam, but hopefully without the interruptions from The Judgement Day. I don’t see this working out for Liv though and would lose this match. Rhea to win and become champion.

    NoN-Title Matches

    • Damian Priest vs Finn Bálor in a singles match
      • Prediction: The other members of The Judgement Day in action. I don’t have high hopes for Finn winning this match, as Damian needs to come out strong, if he is to challenge for the World title at any point in the future. Damian to win.
    • Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu) in a tag team match
      • Prediction: This is going to be an all out brawl, but I do not see Roman and Cody winning it and here is why. Solo is gunning for the Championship, and it would make The Bloodline weak if they lost here. You will want the big payoff and possible title change at Survivor Series. The loss would anger Roman and Cody to the point that we may see a rematch at WrestleMania but that ain’t going to be for another 6 months yet… The Bloodline win.
    • CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre inside Hell in a Cell.
      • Prediction: This could well be match of the night, but I hope that this is the end of the rivalry for now, as it is getting a bit long. I expect this to be a gruesome match with some bloodshed and hopefully an appearance from AJ Lee.

    And those are my predictions.

  • Gaming News – 3rd October 2024

    Gaming News – 3rd October 2024

    • Davide Soliani, the director of the Mario + Rabbids franchise has launched a new studio called “Day 4 Night” which also include Christian Cantamessa (Red Dead Redemption) and other members of Ubisoft Milan, Cristina Nava, Gian Marco Zanna and Luca Breda. Cristina left Ubisoft after the release of Star Wars Outlaws
    • Horizon Zero Dawn has been delisted from Epic Games Store ahead of the release of the Remastered version, which release on October 31st.
    • Depending on the perspective that you play, would depend on how difficult Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be. If you opt for the new “third-person visual perspective”, it will be easier compared to the original “fixed perspective”
    • James Allard, the co-founder of the Xbox, has joined Amazon as a VP of its devices and services team. After leaving Microsoft, he created “Project 529”. A service to prevent bike thefts and advocating for cycling.
    • Riot Games is currently working on transitioning VALORANT to Unreal Engine 5 and that there would be new “playable experiences” coming to the VALORANT universe.
    • The CEO of Level-5 was convinced by Nintendo to make another Professor Layton game after the series came a conclusion. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was announced back in February 2023 and is set to come out in 2025.
    • Krafton (PUBG Studios (PUBG: Battlegrounds) and Striking Distance (The Callisto Protocol)) has signed a licensing deal to bring Palworld to mobile.
    • Microsoft is discontinuing the HoloLens MR headsets
    • Square Enix is looking to bring Final Fantasy XVI (16) to Xbox consoles, but the director Naoki Yoshida couldn’t share anything specific about the release.
    • Shutaro Ida (Designer for Castlevania and Bloodstained) has stepped down from the development of Bloodstained 2 as he was diagnosed with cancer.
    • Tango Gameworks was already 6-months into developing Hi-Fi Rush 2 before Krafton and Tango met. They say that the game is currently on hold until Microsoft has transferred all the related assets to Tango’s new owner.
    • Games coming to Xbox Game Pass
      • MLB The Show 24 – Console – Out now
      • Open Roads – Console – Out now
      • Sifu – Console, Cloud and PC – Out now.
      • Mad Streets – Console, Cloud and PC – Out October 7th
      • Inscryption – Console, Cloud and PC – Out October 10th
    • 72 out of the 84 staff that work at XR Games are set to be laid off following the poorly-received release of Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded – It is unclear if other projects such as Zombie Army VR and Starship Troopers; Continuum are affected by this.
    • A co-op mode for Assassin’s Creed Shadows in currently in development.
    • Fallout TV show has become the 2nd show on Amazon Prime Video to have been watched by 100 Million viewers. The only other show to do this was Season 1 of Rings of Power
    • The new season of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been played by less than 300 people on Steam.
    • Epic Games is now “financially sound” after their mass lay-offs, which saw 830 people leave the company.

  • [The JukeBox] #97 – Flip and Fill FT. Karen Parry – Shooting Star

    [The JukeBox] #97 – Flip and Fill FT. Karen Parry – Shooting Star

    Dance music from the early 2000s resonate with me quite a bit. It was something that was always played while at home or at school. Especially whenever I went to secondary school, some classmates with their phones (that we weren’t supposed to have) were banging out the likes of Darude, Scooter, Cascada.

    At home, my father really enjoyed his dance music and would put on ‘Kiss’ or ‘The Box’ on the TV and if we were in the car, it was a pirate radio station, Energy 106.

    There would be a rotating playlist on the TV, radio and my classmates phones which included ‘Shooting Star’,

    Released in 2002 and appearing on the very first Clubland compilation album released in the summer of 02, it has always been a great song to sing and dance to.

    YouTube
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    Lyrics:

    Where were you to hold my hand
    Do the things that we had planned
    Yes I need you by my side
    When things go crazy

    I just need to know you care
    Guarantee that you’ll be there
    When I wake up in the night
    Will you be my guiding light?

    I don’t care how far
    I’ll take you there tonight
    Just tell me where you are
    And everything’s gonna be alright

    Just tell me where you are, where you are, where you are
    Like a shooting star across the midnight sky
    From far from afar just to be with you tonight
    Like a shooting star across the midnight sky
    From afar from afar just to be with you tonight

    Where were you to hold my hand
    Do the things that we had planned
    Yes I need you by my side
    When things go crazy

    I just need to know you care
    Guarantee that you’ll be there
    When I wake up in the night
    Will you be my guiding light?

    Like a shooting star
    Like a shooting star across the midnight sky
    Wherever you are you’re gonna see me fly
    Like a shooting star across the midnight sky
    Wherever you are you’re gonna see me fly

    Where were you to hold my hand
    Do the things that we had planned
    Yes I need you by my side
    When things go crazy

    I just need to know you care
    Guarantee that you’ll be there
    When I wake up in the night
    Will you be my guiding light?

    Where were you to hold my hand
    Do the things that we had planned
    Yes I need you by my side
    When things go crazy
    I just need to know you care
    Guarantee that you’ll be there
    When I wake up in the night
    Will you be my guiding light?
    Spoken with you to hold my hand