Blog - ETTDR MS38/2007

Erk to the Diary Room (Episode 38, Erk Recaps & BB Podcasts Update)

For anyone who has just started reading my BB blog this year, this is a good chance for you to catch up. There is this blog called "Erk to the Diary Room" and this is Episode 38.


This section of the blog deals with some of my abbrievations and HM names that I have come up with and refer to in various blogs. Some of them are purely based on their personality or something that has gone on in the house but others are merely to save me typing (and/or learning to spell) the HM's name.


HM (or HM's) - Housemate (Housemates)

BB - Big Brother

xTB - The x stands for someone's name with "the blonde" added. For example,
HTB is Hayley the blonde.


Mr HTB - Andrew. So named because HTB (Andrew's partner) was basically controlling him during her time in the house.


Team HTB - Refering to both HTB and Mr HTB together.


Rove - Joel. Some people say that both Rove and Joel are the funniest thing but I've seen no evidence of either.


BWNR - Brodie with no R. HM Bodie got called Brodie by some of the HM's because they thought that was his name just like Brodie from another season. So Bodie said that his name was Brodie with no R, shortened by me to read BWNR.


DWNT - HM Demet's name has a silent T but on some occasions, both BB and Gretel pronounced the T so I called her Demet with no T (or DWNT) like BWNR.


Jamie the Nerd (JTN) - Easy peasy. He basically called himself this from zero hour. JTN is my recent short hand.


Ian Thorpe - HM Thomas looks like Ian Thorpe.


FNL - Friday Night Live


Up Mike with Late - A spoonerism of "Up Late with Mike", sometimes I call Mike Late.


Lara Bingle - HM Laura likes getting around in her bikini like Lara Bingle and her name is so similar.


The Brazilian - HM Daniella is from Brazil.

DanYELLa - How Gretel (and now Mike) pronounces HM Daniella's name.


Travo - HM Travis puts the letter O on the end of a lot of words so I thought I'd do the same to him.


Zacho - For the same reason as Travo but I did it to Zach merely for my own amusement and to fit my headline that Travo was the first to meet Zacho

Intruder 69 - New Intruder Michelle seems like she is Intruder 69 for the series. When she becomes a HM, she'll probably become HM 69.


Zoltan - HM Zoran. I can't (and never have) claimed credit for this one. I think it was the boys from the Behind Big Brother podcast that thought of it and I think it is good.





There is also the podcast version of this blog (also called "Erk to the Diary Room" which is a part of my podcast family called "Erk Pod") and it is available at http://erkpod.mypodcast.com and that is currently up to episode 14. I have only been podcasting for a few weeks and the early pod episodes sum up the first 5 weeks of this season of BB and later episodes look at the events in the house just like other members of the BB Podcast community but with no bells and no whistles but just all Erk, all the time.


I actually scored a mention at the end of the current episode of Big Brother Weekly (episode 8) after I left the team a message during last week. Thanks, guys. Also, I was interested to hear in the current episode of Reality Cast that the guys were thinking along similar lines to me in relation to last week's so-called environmental task.


In addition to Big Brother Weeklyand Reality Cast,. Behind Big Brother and "Oh Brother" with former BB HM Tim Brunero continue to give their opinions on all things BB as well.




Also, I decided to check out some of the previous HM's who are now on radio (and podcasts) and listen to their podcasts. FNL's Frysie can be heard via Nova in Adelaide, Nathan from BB02 is doing the breakfast shift as well for Nova in Perth and Camilla from last year can be heard on B105 in BrisVegas. There may be others that I haven't heard on podcast but these three are three that I listened to over the weekend on podcast. As is usually the case on the breakfast shift on Australian radio, these aren't solo shifts with at least 1 other on-air person as well. In addition, BB HM interviews continue across the Nova and Austereo networks.

Myspace friends: Up 3 to 139
Stand Up Update: Thinking of doing another "material podcast"
BB Update: The Leader has control of the house
Erk Pod Update: Next episode due to be recorded soon.