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Timdormer said:
omg you never heard about the watermelon day?? we went through a stage of taking turns to host a sunday afternoon activity to pass time on the boring weekends . one of the best was the watermelon day when we spent the afternoon doing a whole bunch of watermelon challenges, seed spitting comps, dress your watermelon, fastest eating, and helmet carving. .
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If you ever feel like more watermelon games my town has a melon festival - next one February 2015. You can even go watermelon skiing.
 
Timdormer said:
WOW!! Thanks!! and i must say i agree with you in regards to Reggie being a very deserving winner also...for very different reasons!!

you have got me nailed!! i did understand the power of vote to save, and the power of creating attention/avoiding attention around particular housemates i wanted to either stay or go. I was just as astounded as you that i was bang on the money with a lot of my nominations. That week was a real turning point in the game, you have to realise everyone in there (besides me) thought caleb was shoe in for finale night. when he left as a result of my self sacrificing stunt, people like heidi were livid. i had defeated their favourite. left matt without his sidekick and scared them all. In regards to tully, i knew she was neeeeeeever going to win, so she was just a pawn i could play with. I can't take the credit of being so strategic to try and save her by inadvertently creating a rivalry between us. when nominating there are 3 different strategies to use, listen to your head (whats best for my game), my heart (whats best for my friends) and my guts (the instinct that overrules head and heart). I utilised all three strategies at different parts in the game, but the choice to nominate tully was always using my head (i knew she would run her mouth negatively about me and turn others against me, therefore she was a threat) and my heart (i was so sick of seeing my best mate drew get caught up in her mess)...but my instincts told me she was here to stay a while...crazy makes gold tv. i dunno if I've answered your questions or just rambled. the week tully went i definitely stacked the bench to get rid of her. theres no way i wanted or needed the sugar sisters to go home, but i knew there was no way tully would beat them that week. turns out jade told me that the sugar sisters lip read my nomination of them in the chamber...thus entailed a really awkward convo where i had to try and reassure them that i knew they knew i nominated them, and that it wasn't because i didn't like them...that i had a plan and it would all make sense in the wash. hahaha i don't think those two knew the meaning of the word strategy. but they survived, and tully went home...eventually.
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Thanks for the reply, Tim. You definitely did answer my question, I'm always very interested in trying to work out the motives of the housemates, and why they play the game in the way they do. I feel like you were the most interesting and well rounded housemate for this reason, you always gave us plenty to speculate about and showed us a lot of interesting facets to your character, which not too many housemates manage to do - I'll always remember the episode where you showed the housemates the rocks you had chosen to represent them and explained the reasons for why you picked their particular rocks - I feel like if there was a moment where you winning the show became close to set in stone, then that was probably it.

It's good to know that my theories and perception aren't drastically far off from the reality. I always wonder how different your game would have been if we were still stuck with the vote to evict. I think what we saw last year is proof the show is onto a winning formula with the vote to save.
 
Poona said:
Tim, I know you and the other housemates were sad when Ben got evicted, but it really seemed like it hit you more the second time around.

Was there something in the first fake eviction for Ben, when you didn't think it real so weren't as upset? Or maybe you were but bb just made it seemed like it was such a sad time the second time around.
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yeah great observation. i wasn't as sad the first time round because ben and i had had a bit of a disagreement. i had asked him to stick up for me in a fight because i knew he was on my side, but he refused. i questioned just how close we were and was he just a selfish player and not a friend. i decided for a short while i needed a break from him. when he was fake evicted i didn't cry until the next night when i started to realise i missed him. i dunno if this is hindsight, but i had a feeling something wasn't right. i laid on his bed and pretended he was still there for a few hours until i was interrupted by big brothers announcement that he was returning! the second (real) time he was evicted i was shattered. that was possibly the most genuine i have ever felt in my life. i knew ben was the original intended winner (confirmed recently to me), what had gone wrong? had australia forgotten to vote because they thought he was safe? was there a cover up considering his fragility, i will never know. all i know is that night $250k went from bens hands into mine. lucky we are best mates now. and i love him depsite his selfishness, and he does likewise to me.
 
Timdormer said:
great question. actually, maybe not. some people can't seem to handle talking about religion so I'm sure i will get a whole lot of "i used to like you" comments after this. ahhaa. can i just say i think its very hypocritical that these days its standard that everyone is expected to be open and accepting of everything BUT religion. why is that?

i love god. i don't think he wrote the bible so i don't follow it as absolute truth. i believe in the laws of science, but i don't believe this undermines the sovereignty and awesomeness that is god. i love what jesus stood for, acceptance, giving, loving the unloveable, caring for the world...but i don't know if he was a real person who died and was resurrected, i dont think that part of the story matters. i don't believe in hell and i don't believe in satan. i think heaven and hell are present realities that we choose to create around us each day. that is why i try to choose life in my world.
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As a priest, I thank you for this post. I agree with most of your beliefs but absolutely join with you in wondering why we can't talk religion openly and without angst.
 
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