Big Brother 8 is coming up, and looking for contestants.

Here are some of the rules:

•You cannot be a candidate for office, which automatically disqualifies the hundreds of people seeking the presidency.

•All participants will undergo physical and mental examinations, so be prepared to come face to face with assorted instruments of the sharp and Sharpie variety.

•An application must be accompanied by a videotape of the applicant no more than two minutes long. CBS isn't kidding about the two-minute rule; 2:01 and it gets tossed. This rule should eliminate hundreds more applicants, since Big Brother egos are difficult to confine to 120 seconds.

•If you're selected to be in the semifinals, you must pay your way to a regional interview. For Houston, the outlay isn't so bad since Austin is our regional site.

•If you make it to the finals, you must travel to Los Angeles for the final selection process. Major expenses are paid by the producers.

•Of course, you must commit to living as many as 100 days in the Big Brother house, cohabiting with 12 strangers, without privacy and with cameras and microphones running 24/7.

•The good news: A stipend is provided to each participant for each week he or she remains in the Big Brother house.

•The best news: One of the 12, the one who lasts the longest, pockets $500,000.
Applications must be turned in by April 13. To download your own, go to cbs.com.

I wonder what my principal and superintendent would have to say if I got selected? And would I be able to continue this blog while in the house?

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