TV

Just a couple of random thoughts on television.
First, breakfast telly, the weather forecast, and the eternal sunlight that is the mind of Carol Kirkwood, the Scots presenter.
'Goooooooooooood Morning!! And it's absoluutely GORGEOUS today!!!!!'
You can actually hear the exclamation marks. Just how on earth does she manage to sound so bloody upbeat so early in the morning? It doesn't matter if it's blowing a gale with added snow - she's always insanely happy. She's probably been injected with caffeine and ecstacy before the show goes out. Just for once, it'd be nice to hear her say something along the lines of, 'Morning. Isn't it fucking shit weather today? I'm off for a fag.'

Next, Big Brother. I have watched only a couple of episodes of this so far, but I don't feel particularly tempted to watch more. It's ghastly in the same way that an impending accident is. C4 have clearly rounded up the biggest bunch of morons they could find. So far, it's just a group of people shouting at each other. None of them would recognise a cogent argument even if it coshed them viciously over the head.
And which preening idiot's idea was it to let Kitten in there? I know that editing does distort a person's character on reality shows, but so far Kitten appears to be badly in need of counselling; everything she does seems to be screaming 'HELP!!!!' Just calling herself 'Kitten' is sad enough.

Now what would be good would be to let Kitten take over Carol's job, and Carol to be slung into the BB house.