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Loving it so far (as usual) - I think this is going to be a great series. Last year they went a bit too extreme with having such argumentative personalities in, but this year I think they have a pretty nice mix.

Hated the house at first, from the press photos, but it looks a LOT better on telly. In fact, I think it might be my favourite so far!

HMs:

Bonnie : Don't like her much. Her audition tape reminded me of BB6's Lesley, but she's been quite quiet in the house. Only thing we've seen her do is crying because she wanted her case *yawn*

Dawn : Seems very nice so far, despite her bitchy audition. She hasn't shown much personality so far, but I think after a couple of days she'll turn out to be quite funny.

George : Don't like him much; he's boring and mean.

Glyn : Dull, dull, dull. He didn't even have a very interesting audition - I don't know why they've put him in there at all. He's not interesting enough to warrant watching, won't cause much tension (sexual or otherwise).

Grace : Seems nice enough, but hasn't said much. She could end up being pretty dull, or could end up being popular in the long run like BB5's Shell.

Imogen : I quite like her, but she's another who hasn't said much yet.

Lea : Like her, she seems really sweet and interesting.

Lisa : She seems very common and a bit grating. I hated listening to her scream "A'RIGHT!" meeting everyone. Since then though I've warmed to her a bit - she's a nice mix of calm and feisty, depending on the situation. Wish she didn't sound so annoying though.

Mikey : Boring. And I hated his audition tape.

Nikki : Why, why, why? Acts like an immature brat..

Pete : He was very excitable/nervous on launch night, but since then he seems really nice! I loved his diary room chat about him getting on with the girls better, and Sezer being sleazy towards them.

Richard : Maybe my favourite - loved him fighting off Shahbaz on the first night!

Sezer : I quite like him, but he is a tad arrogant.. And a bit forward with the girls already..

Shahbaz : Annoying, drama-queen. Usually it can be fun to have one of them in the house, but this one's just TOO over the top I think - it's too painful to watch him!

So, say I look at a guy whose features I admire.  Is that within the realm of homosexual thoughts or is that just admiration?

It depends if you're admiring them because you acknowledge their beauty, or if you're viewing them in a sexual context.

Like... For example, let's take architecture.
I'm a modernist.. I love big shiny things and sleek edges.
But I can still appreciate the beauty and scale of say, the Parthenon. Or of the Hagia Sophia.
That doesn't mean if I were to build my own house it'd be classical or byzantine. It'd still be modern.
Tenuous example.. but you get the point. Depends on what context you're admiring the person.

well, kinsey used it to rate individuals he interveiwed based upon their sexual history, although it's designed, as far as i can tell, to include everything: thoughts, actions, whatever.

I think it covers thoughts as well.. Many people would class themselves as not altogether straight/gay, but might never have slept with the sex in question. That doesn't stop them being attracted to them any less.
I mean, a straight guy isn't not straight if he's a virgn, is he? Just the same as a gay guy can still be gay, despite having not slept with men.. There's some degree of crossover between them.

I'm not sure how it was originally used, but nowadays it's used to express what people identify themselves as, experienced or not.

Heterosexual
Bisexual
Homosexual
Not sure

You missed a couple out.
You still have:

Asexual (no sex drive - could be classed a sexual disorder)
Autosexual (again, some people consider this a sexual disorder rather than a sexual preference)
Pansexual (similar to bisexual, but whereas bi implies you would date people of stricly only one of the two genders, pansexuals would date people who were sexually ambiguous (transgendered people of whatever variety) too. This one is definitely a real sexuality)

For whoever suggested trans... that's not a sexuality.
For whoever suggested trisexual.. that's not a sexuality either. It's either used by people trying to be funny, or a misused term for pansexual.

Anyways. I'm bi, leaning towards gay. A 5 on the Kinsey scale if you will

I was dissapointed with the video too. The coaster looks fun, but the yeti encounter was pretty piss..
I liked the first bit, with the shadow of it jumping around and wrecking tracks (although it looks a little bit cheap, but it looks like it works well - I'm sure with the sound in there it's amazing); but the second part with, with the animatronic is just crap.
I thought I read that they had to specially design the structure and the layout of the coaster around the supports for the yeti animatronic (it's actually a completely different structure - the two do not touch, so that no vibration is transmitted through to the mountain), so I was expecting to see something a little more spectacular than that cartoony looking bit of fluff swinging about.. It looks very poor..

Also, why does the yeti look like it was modelled after the yeti from "Monsters, Inc?" It's far too cartoony.