Have started collating the Luke-related tweets from during BB; it is quite nice I think because most of them are about stuff that is not on the highlights. It's going to be a bit of a marathon document though. I can't decide whether to do the whole lot or post a bit at a time.

Ooh, I look forward to it however you decide to do it

OK, here are the first three weeks. Mostly tweets but a couple of facebook posts; mostly concerning Luke , but a couple about other people that amused me.

16-6 12.14am: Scott, Ashleigh, Adam, Luke A, Lauren, Deana, Becky and Adam are being loud in the garden.

10.38am: Eggs á la Luke A for brekkie. They'd be lost without him.

17-6 Luke A, Scott and Becky are having a very deep heart-to-heart.

18-6 12.05am: Adam, Luke A and Conor are having a conversation about mortality. Conor is slightly out of his depth.

19-6 12.39am: Becky is trying on thongs in the bedroom which has caused Adam to flee.

19-6 3.40pm: Luke A and Lydia agree Adam is an awesome guy

21-6 10.59pm: Dear Luke S, never pretend to be Dizzee Rascal again. Sincerely yours, the Digital team.

22-6 1.58am: A hardcore four - Benedict, Lydia, Scott and Luke A are in the hot tub. The rest are in bed.

22-6 6.19pm: Luke A, Lauren,and Ashleigh are trading tragic childhood pet stories - including accidental goldfish/hamster slayings.

23-6 3.01pm: Caroline and Scott are doing the daintiest work-out in the garden. So far they've burnt approx 0.0002 calories.

24-6 10.55am: 'That's dysentery in a pan, that is' says Luke A, looking at an item in the encrusted washing up bowl.

9.21pm: Lydia just asked Lauren if Jersey has internet. It's Jersey, not Timbuktu.

10.12pm: Luke A says he's "starting to like Becky".

25-6 1.45am: Luke A, Lauren, Adam and Deana are plotting pranks in the garden. Naughty, naughty.

9.38am: BB announces that nominations begin in 60 minutes. 'So that's an hour, right?' asks Luke A. He knows his time-units.

26-6 12.13pm: Chef Luke A asks if anyone has dried out banana skins in the oven, as an alternative to cigs. Sounds gross

4.24pm: They're talking about first impressions. Luke A was scared of Sara.

27-6 8.37am: Caroline christened herself, Sara, Arron and Conor "the awesome foursome”


8.03pm: Caroline's giving Scott tips on how to rap. So much expertise, he'd be a fool not to listen.

28-6 1.07am: Luke A and Adam are convinced there's a rodent of some kind sharing their garden.

29-6 1.47am: Luke A and Lauren indulge in some competitive whistling under blankets and the night sky. It's like cub camp out there.

5.30pm: Luke A has been prised from his seat in the smoking area for a little game of babyfoot.

5.47pm: Luke A and Luke S are bonding in the kitchen.

5.57pm: Lukes A and S stir huge lumps of half-cooked mince in a pan. This fresh friendship is getting meaty.

8.41pm: Adam and Luke S are suggesting items to take out of the House when they are evicted. Adam would like to take the telly.

30-6 12.37am: Scott and Luke A are discussing the fluid nature of gender. All over the place, new bonds are forming. Lovely stuff.

5.40pm:"Every 4 weeks take a pic of yourself and you'll see parts getting bigger", Luke S advising Luke A on how to bulk up.

7.30pm: On the strength of this one gastronomic feat, Becky suggests the two Lukes open a restaurant together with £100K BB prize

1-7 11.47am: All the girls are huddling together and comparing delicate upstairs bits. We kid you not.

7.20pm: Luke A and Scott are talking about love spells, magic, and the paranormal.

2-7 10.06am: Luke A thought Kate Moss was French. Unless Croydon has been colonised while we weren't looking he is very wrong.

3-7 1.03am: Arron's asking for sympathy regarding weight gain from Adam and Luke A, which seems somewhat misguided.

Caroline and Shievonne cosied up on the bathroom chaise longue. Shievonne said, “ I think people have just hit rock bottom. Last night to me it sounded like I was at Glastonbury. It sounded like The Lion King.”
Caroline says one group got angry with her because she was siding with the other group.
The pair were agreed on one thing – Luke A was a hero.
Shievonne said, “Bless his little heart. He really looked after me last night.”


The green team were quickly dubbed The Bogey Brigade and The Kermit Crew. Luke S proclaimed that green is best because green, "is for go," and that blue isn't even on the traffic light system. Luke A reasoned that it was because blue was unique. He likened his team to The Smurfs because they were, “blue and quietly confident.”


3-7 8.06pm: Caroline, Adam and Luke A are talking about the Seattle music scene. It's grungey in the garden. Nevermind.

11.54pm: While Arron, Conor et al speak animatedly about noms, the Outsiders and Becky talk day-to-day stuff quite peacefully.

4-7. 11.11pm: Arron, Conor, Adam and Luke A are in the hot tub. It's a boiling broth of testosterone at the moment.

5-7 1.57am: "Look at that little cloud - the darkness is about to consume the light" Adam, the poet.

Ooh, isn't that frustrating. It sounds an awful lot more interesting than the mind-numbing highlights programmes we had to sit through. What did Shievonne mean, that Luke really looked after her? I love the smurfs comment and would have much rather seen and heard the competitive whistling than Becky being made to jump up and down in the pool so Conor and Luke S could see her chest pop out (I've been ploughing my way through the highlights programmes and got up to late July and it's obvious watching that they were mocking Becky but she couldn't see it, she thought they were just being mates, sad really )

Wow, thanks WD, our resident Internet archaeologist! Yes, it's certainly worth keeping these little gems to hand. Goodness knows why they thought we'd be happy with them teasing us with these Tweets and then not even putting the footage on YouTube so we can make our own minds up.


From what I can work out, that must have been the first night of Turf Wars when Blue Team had to camp in the task room. Unlike the miserable Insiders, Luke treated it like an adventure so maybe that helped Shievonne feel better about it.

I haven't checked the date, but think Sheivonne might have been referring to Ashleigh's two birthday parties; everyone except Luke and Adam bogged off to the more exciting party, leaving Luke and Adam to try and cheer up sheivonne and the belly dancer. Then, when Shievonne was banished to the bedroom for having the worse party, Luke continued to hang out with her. Then of course Sheivonne nominated him, by misunderstanding L A, but that is another story.

Edit:

Ha ha, two completely different explanations posted simultaneously. Take your pick.

I seem to recall reading that article where Shievonne made the hero comment following the announcement that Arron, Conor, Becky and Deana were up for eviction. I remember being frustrated that they didn't show him looking after her ect. I could be wrong and it could be one of the suggestions above.

Thank you so much for finding these WonkeyDonkey It's interesting to read back on the things we missed out on watching, it makes me miss live feed even more .

yes, it is really maddening this time. Because Luke was someone who really thrived in small groups and quiet conversations, which BB just didn't show. It drives me absolutely mad when people keep saying "all he did was sit in the smoking area and bitch" - as if it is even possible that that was MOST of his conversation. I bet it was less than 1%.

I used to be glued to the occasional hour of live feed we got - though they were highly atypical, being confined to evictions only - because for once we could look for clues as to what the unedited housemates were like.

We also know that Luke was very active in terms of cooking meals (often for the whole group) and cleaning etc so it's just not possible that he spent most of his time sitting smoking - especially since they were frequently short of cigarettes. One of the most frustrating things I found re-watching BB is the assertion that Deana walked around as if she was in slow motion - there is NOTHING I've seen on the highlights that suggests she was different to anybody else - sitting talking, joining in tasks, occasionally exercising etc - if we'd had live feed we'd know if there was any basis for this or if it came from those who didn't like her as another of those imagined things like (from Ashleigh) Luke A is probably the bitchiest housemate talking about us behind our backs without us knowing (!).

If anyone wants to know what happened yesterday on the facebook group please feel free to message me via facebook or this forum. I watched proceedings but did not participate because I didn't want to inflame the situation further. I am very concerned and upset about the member who left and tried to contact her because she was in the right over this but was too late. The offending posts have now been deleted so anyone who didn't see them wouldn't know exactly what was said to cause the trouble.

Cheers

I only saw the fall out from that, the post saying the offending comments had been removed. I did catch the name of the person concerned and it shocked me because I thought she was one of the best-liked people on there. So I'm very torn over this. I'm not a nosy person and it's none of my business as to what the nastiness actually involved but I'm very concerned about if the victim's OK and whether there are people on there who we should be more wary of. I'm just thankful Luke's not around to have seen it all.

Anyway, on a much happier note, here's the link to the IOS Pink List nomination form. I'm sure the LA AT Brains Trust can come up with some excellent reasons why Luke should be considered one of the most influential LGBT personalities of 2012. Nominations close tomorrow night so get your best thinking caps on!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...2-8216187.html

Is that the one who has re-joined and is posting again or the one who has left. The one who has left wasn't responsible for the unpleasant comments she simply pointed out that they could be seen as racial stereotypes which was quite correct. I'll PM you the names of the posters concerned just so you have an overview of the situation.

On your happier note, I've placed my vote because I feel Luke has done an awful lot towards bringing the transgender issue into the public eye and being acceptable just by being a nice, regular bloke. It's amazing he hasn't got a massive chip on his shoulder considering the abusive remarks he has to put up with but he's a lovely person.

Yes, brilliant, we have to have a go. There are almost no female to male role models that young people can look at. Even on DS you could see a lot of baffled incomprehension gradually turn to ordinary understanding.

Of course Claire Balding will win. It has become impossible to switch on the tv without seeing her being enthusiastic and charming.

Frankly Queen Balding can win it purely for getting that horrible McCririck person dropped from Channel 4 Racing! Thanks for agreeing to submit a nomination, both of you. Paris Lees is one of the judges so I'm sure she'll put in a good word for our boy.

Thanks for the PM. The name I saw on FB was the one who has left, I saw people commenting that they hoped she was OK. If I'd seen that sort of stereotyping I would have said it was unacceptable too! What a silly kerfuffle.

Sooooooooooo quiet on facebook with the main man away for so long............. I wondered before he went whether he would have the self control to stay off all social media for the duration, and he has...

Becki must have chucked his phone into the sea, it's the only explanation .

Hmmmm, facebook has disturbingly been taken over by pug pictures today. Considering that he doesn't even like pugs, this is a bit harsh. It is as if I went on holiday, came back and found my house full of beetroot.

Poor Luke, I don't think they're going let that pug thing drop . I wonder if Luke is the person who Paris Lees was referring to as the first trans person to be placed in the top 10 of the Independent's pink list. It seems like a strong possibility as Paris is friends with Luke, although it could be Lana Wachowski, as recently won the Human Rights Campaign Visibility award. Hopefully it'll be Luke, if he's not in the top 10 then hopefully he'll feature in the top 100, which will still be a great achievement.

I've made another best bits video which is more comprehensive and in chronological order this time.

http://youtu.be/39k3CLmvkXo

I'm duplicating what I said on facebook, but I don't think so. A list which doesn't see Brian Dowling as being one of the top 100 famous LGBT people in the UK is not likely to include this year's winner, who was seen by far fewer people. There have been no f to m transgender people at all for the last two years (I haven't looked further back) so it would be nice to include one; otherwise, the 'T' bit of the equation looks a bit theoretical. And honestly, the M to F ones are not much cop. "The first openly transgender person to be elected to a city council" - well really. Who could name a single city councillor outside their own city? Surely someone who was watched over a period of weeks on tv by a couple of million people is more notable - even if only for this year - than a member of Cambridge council.

I've read your post on facebook and I unfortunately i have to agree . It's a shame that they are overlooking people just because they came to prominence on a reality tv show. It's shocking that only 2% of the list from last year is made up of trans people, it just demonstrates how underrepresented they are in the media, especially F to M trans people. .

Obviously I'm not building my hopes up that Luke is in the top ten, or even in the list at all, but I think the quality of his contribution to the cause is worthy of mention and Paris would certainly be happy to fight his corner. The key word for the list is "influential" rather than "famous" so, no, I wouldn't expect Brian Dowling to be on the list because I don't consider him very influential any more. A decade ago, yes, he was quite a trailblazer for how he won BB at the height of the show's popularity, as well as going on to become the first openly gay children's TV presenter. Now though he's just someone making a nice living on TV who just so happens to be gay. Which is, of course, exactly how things should be.

Hopefully in 10 years' time we'll live in a world where transgendered people get those same opportunities, without people batting an eyelid or throwing around ignorant language. Apart from Caroline's dubious attitude and the influence that had on her cronies, all the qualities people liked or disliked about Luke had nothing to do with his gender. So he not only got his personal victory but made viewers think about transgendered people in a way they've probably never been challenged about before.


Fear not. If that fate ever happens, I will happily come and eat all your beetroot.

True. I hadn't thought of it that way.


Phew. You are practically an emergency service.

I'm just pointing out that the DS BB13 What if game has reached the crucial eviction again so if you want Luke to beat Lauren again you'll need to vote.

I've done my bit and voted Rose.

Hello Lukettes long time no see. I've been watching BBAU wishing Luke was in it.