Ode to Makosi

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited September 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Some lunchtime doggerel because it's lunchtime:

"No-one has ever witnessed such a wonder as Makosi.
Oh, blessed be the red Harare dawn."
For nigh eleven weeks she kept Big Brother viewers cosy
in their homes while she'd perform jacuzzi porn
then claim a phantom pregnancy, and in the self same breath
tell someone else how she was still a virgin.
Oh, woman of the wobbling weave with six wigs underneath:
How many ruses might you dare imagine?

She left the BB house to boos that shook my telly's cathodes:
She told a magazine those boos were fak-ed.
But no-one boo-ed Derek for his double dealing methods,
nor Orlaith with the game plan, "Just stay naked".
They boo-ed her because of all the porkies that she spread
and talking of herself, always third person,
"Makosi is the rarest gem! A star so far ahead
of Halle Berry." Might she learn her lesson?


(I don't know why I watched the UK's BB 6. A bigger load of old rubbish I never saw. Mind you, I thought it was brilliant at the time.)
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    i don't know who Makosi is
    but i think the poem's great :D
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Haha. The legacy of the BB contestant who announced in the diary room without any irony, "I have more than a golden personality ... gold is too common to express what Makosi is, Makosi has a platinum personality ... no, there is no precious metal rare enough to compare with what Makosi is..."

    Wannabe celebrities, eh? They think they're superstars before anyone's even heard of them.
  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    lol

    reminds me of a gal at our local open mic

    YEESHE!!!
  • I read this at a time when I could not post. Big brother was watching me :)
    The thing that struck me is just how much the little princess would have loved knowing that poems were being written about her, positive or negative.

    Saw her in News of the World on page three baking in the sun (I did not buy the paper, was a friend, I think or on the train). She's going places.
    Salut baloo
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    She certainly is:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4196682.stm

    Brother star 'told to leave UK'


    Big Brother contestant Makosi Musambasi says she has been given notice by immigration officials to quit the UK.

    The 24-year-old from Zimbabwe said her working visa had been curtailed after she left her job as a cardiac nurse to appear on the reality show.

    Ms Musambasi has 10 days to lodge an appeal. If it fails, she must leave the country or face being deported.

    The issue came to light after police stopped her for not wearing a seatbelt as a passenger in a car.

    Immigration officials questioned her on Monday over whether she had broken the terms of her visa.

    Ms Musambasi was previously granted a working visa for her job as a cardiac nurse at Wycombe Hospital, Bucks.

    Her spokesman said: "The legal position is that Makosi's working visa has now been curtailed, which means she has to either leave the country or appeal."

    He added that Ms Musambasi consulted an immigration lawyer as soon as she left the Big Brother house.

    Ms Musambasi, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was quizzed at Staines police station in Middlesex after she was pulled over on the M25 in Surrey while travelling as a passenger in her sister's car.

    A spokesman for Surrey Police said: "Police stopped a car on the M25 near Stoke D'Abernon at 5pm yesterday on a driving matter.

    "A 24-year-old Zimbabwean was then questioned by the immigration services which is now dealing with the matter."

    Ms Musambasi came third in the reality show behind Anthony Hutton and Eugene Sully earlier this month.

    Her sister, Veronica, said Ms Musambasi entered the show in the hope of flying their mother to South Africa for a life-saving operation on a tumour behind her eye.
    Story from BBC NEWS:


    Published: 2005/08/30 17:01:24 GMT

    © BBC MMV

    _________


    Because of immigration laws, she won't get paid for any of those tabloid interviews she did after leaving the BB House, I understand. I feel sorry for her, really. Oh, the folly of a desperate charge for fame. Really, thank heaven for talented people such as Ed who are prepared to risk everything to preserve their gift: Surely, they're the binary opposite of Makosi, someone who is ostensibly talentless but who would lose all, in pursuit of the cameras.
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    She's going places......she certainly is......hehehehehe......never watched BB.......don't watch TV.......to think that we are even acknowledging and writing about a star of BB kind of makes me sick......that's the irony
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Ah, I have a TV and I'm as likely to be duped and brainwashed into enjoying spoonfed pap as the next person. I admit it.
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    I just don't have any tolerance for TV shows.....they're a complete joke - last thing I ever watched was Friends.....the only thing I ever watched was Friends.....I used to watch thirtysomething in my 20's...and some good docus on UK TV......like you when I was the in the UK, I'd listen to radio four or xfm, but I just can't bear to watch that junk, it embarrasses me.......it's so dumb.....heheheheheh......I can't even believe we're discussing BB......I remember there was this big hoo-ha in the mall, cos some kid from Australian Idol was there......I never heard of him......I can't watch this dumb australian news either.....I jus go on the internet now.....sometimes I turn it on, but mostly jus for DVDs.....I guess I'll probably be completely out of touch.....I don't even find the Simpsons funny, I just think it's sad......
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • isn, i swear, and i do mean this with the greatest respect and love, we share the same fucked up brain.

    i hate television. . . and i sort of hate computers too, but not people, so you know it's a catch-22 for me out in the boondocks.

    i can't watch it anymore, it is numbing, not just to the mind but to everything else in me, until i see some shit like johnny cash on columbo and then i want to hurl the television out of the room . . . but i don't, i just turn it off, and go, well, yes, that's why my parents wouldn't buy one, those crazies.

    so . . . i have seen one episode of rescue me about these firefighters and that was pretty good, pretty much right on target for most of what i know about firefighters, god love em, i know i do.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    That reminds me. I was in the pet shop buying treats for my bird when I overheard these three lads talking. They were probably only about ten or so, but their conversation was hilarious:

    A: Yeah, we'll get the dog food then we'll go back and watch this week's show.

    B: Yeah, I wanna see what happens next. Last week's episode was killer.

    C: Yeah, I love coming around to your house to watch it.

    A: Yeah, we noticed that. You like, come round every once a week to watch it.

    B: Yeah, you like our burgers too. You ate mine last week.

    C: Yeah, well, my mum and dad are cranky blummin' weirdoes. They won't have a bloody telly in the house. They say it's evil.

    A: Yeah, that sucks, dude.

    B: Yeah, are they vegetarians too?

    C: Yeah, worse luck. How'd ya know that?

    B: Yeah, well, eating my burgers every week as well as your own is the giveaway. And taking seconds when my mum offers.

    C: Yeah, well, you know how it is.

    B: Yeah. You got a dog too?

    C: Yeah. I mean no. Got some cats.

    B: Yeah. Are they vegetarians too?
  • isn, pearlmutt, I agree, TV, it is utter, utter crap. I get sucked in, too deep. Not really, it just easy, brain numbing, switch off plop.

    Friends is the only thing I laugh out loud to. Ever.

    Except those kids talking about vegi cats...
    Salut baloo
  • Yeah, I havent had TV in 4 or 4 and a half years. I so don't miss it. I would much rather read, write, listen to music, or.....heres a biggy.....If you can believe it I like "doing stuff". You know, camping, biking, jogging, basketball, just hanging out with friends and having a beer, going to the occational movie (though most of those are crap to), and furtherring my education online....well I guess thats in doors, but I think you see what I am saying.

    The funny thing is, once a month or so, I am forced to work out of town for 4 or 5 days. I get to the hotel, turn on the tv, and realize I am not missing anything. The only thing I like is discovery chanel...documenturies rock
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    hi new guy......yeah docus are great......history, culture.....tune into http://www.bbc.co.uk .......check out the radio channel - radio four, you can listen online to some of their programmes, although I must admit it's been ages since I listened to John Peel or the gardening programme, but they've had some really good stuff on there......they have plays, poetry, docus....news.....if you've got a fast connection, you can tune in......:)
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    ISN wrote:
    it's been ages since I listened to John Peel


    Peely died last year.
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    I know that, and I haven't listened to him since I was in my ex's apartment in Lavapies in Madrid (and a little bit here in Snidey) - but I expect they still have archives of him.....although I haven't checked......I used ta love that show on Saturday morning along with Gardeners' Question Time on Sunday......there was this guy from Belfast, but I guess that's another story......John Peel RIP.....go check out the archives kids, he was a real cool bloke (he discovered Nirvana...chchchcchchchch....heheeheheheh....nonetheless, he was a Legend)
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I will not be self-pardoner
    for what I hear and see.
    My name is Chance the Gardener.
    I like to watch TV.


    http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8200/being.html
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    Being There......Peter Sellers......my favourite.......in the Spring we have growth, but we must weed, and take care of the garden.......hehehehehheehhehe.....and the President wondered what you thought of all this destruction......it's just a matter of weeding......we must encourage the growth of our perennials, but these weeds must be rooted out before the Winter.....hehehehehehhe
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • John Peel was definately an influention man in music. He really helped launch a lot of bands (mainly in UK). He promoted bands lsuch as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd in the 60s. The Sex Pistols in the 70s. Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen in the 80s (huge hand in promoting punk). Then ofcousre Nirvana, and even The White Stripes.

    The infamous "John Peel Sesions" with Nirvana occurred on October 26, 1989, and 0ctober 21, 1990. They included some amazing tracks Dementia 7 (very rare....you might find it as a download as D7), Love Buzz, About A Girl, Turn Around, Molly's Lips, Polly, Heartbreak (for som reason often called Heartbreaker). Bleach was released in 1989, June I believe.

    Peel didn't actually discover Nirvana...thats actually a fairly interristing story involving the drummer from the Melvins. Anyways, the only major band Peel actually discovered (and this is only to the best of my knowledge....I could be wrong) was Machinehead.

    None the less ISN, yeah, great man. Maybe not a pioneer of music, but definately one of the more significant figures
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He discovered Marc Bolan and Kevin Coyne, pretty much. Oh, his influence is hard to understate, really. He was certainly a pioneering radio broadcaster. He started his career in Dallas, Texas in the early sixties, believe it or not.
  • in Texas....wow I did not know that....nice bit Fins
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    I just tried to listen to old Home Truths on radio 4, but there's a new guy - David Stafford......I guess they won't be playing the old John Peel ones anymore......at least I'm back listening to the bbc again.....
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
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