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I'm just a little upset right now at Dan Schneider and the writers of iCarly. I watched the first episode of season 3 and was NOT amused by one particular joke. Spencer asks Carly what he should wear when he goes to prison [to teach an art class to the inmates] and Carly mistakenly responds, "Oh my God, what did you download?" And of course, Spencer goes, "Nothing...wait...yeah, nothing." 

Now I know this will go over most little kids heads, but older people will clearly understand the implied "humor" especially since Dan Schneider has gone on record in the past in saying he intentionally allows more adult humor to make it into the show for parents who watch with their kids. Well, I'm sorry, but that goes too far. Pornography is not funny. It is a very, very serious crime and addiction that can lead to horrible, horrible things. It's a topic that should NOT be used just get laughs.

Now, if he was trying to make a statement that people shouldn't download porn because it can lead to prison, well, then that's more understandable. Nonetheless, it was pretty obvious that it was moreover used for a quick laugh on a TWEEN show! I find it more than just distasteful, but completely inappropriate. Because of that, I've decided to completely stop watching iCarly. I know one less viewer won't an army of boycotters make, but I don't care. It is no laughing matter. I will still continue to support Jennette McCurdy and Miranda Cosgrove as actresses though, so long as they don't get carried away with choice of material or something like that.

Okay, rant off. I have an assignment in my Personal Finances class which requires me to pick 3 real life companies to pretend to invest in. I then have to follow them in the stocks for the next 10 weeks, reporting on gains and losses as I do so. It's also a competition of sorts in order to see who the wisest investor(s) were at the end of the 10 week period. So, any suggestions? Does anyone follow the stocks and/or have any wise investment advice?? Thanks!

Tomorrow's Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs day! And guess what! I now have 100 dollars from a book I had to take back. SOOOO, if it gets good enough reviews, I'm totally going to go this weekend or sometime next week xD Or if anyone happens to see it before I do, please let me know what you thought.

In case everyone's wondering (as if I were that popular, lol) I'm still alive. I've just been going through some craziness lately. Growing up, living life, loving God, and everything else in between. But mostly, I've been trying to survive the semester. And thankfully tomorrow is the last day. Not so thankfully, I have to do a stupid paper and turn it in by midnight tomorrow and I'm struggling with it :/ Hopefully, I can get back to posting more regularly after the semester is officially over. If not I guess it just means I'll only be around hanging on communities and the likes and then I'll just save my thoughts for my personal diary (Yes, I still like to write in a diary. It keeps me sane.).

Anyways, the other reason for this post is to advertise that I just joined round 6 at Disney Rumble. Figured I haven't iconed for awhile so it might be fun. Most of my life has been about music here lately. AND I even made another fanvideo!! Very random. I even started a Sonny With A Chance fanfiction, but then finals week stole my concentration from that. That and like nobody but two people reviewed so whatevs no big deal.

Okay here's the advertisement for anyone interested in joining the rumble :)

UGH...do you ever get frustrated when you ship characters? I mean, characters on shows that are still in progress that is? I mean, seriously, sometimes I wonder why I do it to myself. I write fanfiction of how I'd like it to be. I get excited when there are moments that allude to the possibility in an episode. I wait on the edge of my seat and...I get disappointed. Does that happen to anyone else? Or am I the only one who goes through this emotional roller coaster ride for no good reason at all?

Why am I ranting like this? Well, a few things. I was thinking the other night about past ships that never came to fruition and current ships that I've been investing in that may never come to fruition. UGH! So why do I do this to myself!!?? I would seriously like for once to just sit down and watch a show or movie and NOT immediately develop a shipping preference. GRR! And yet...I do. Every time I do! For goodness sake, it's enough to make me stop watching anything. I get bubbly and giggly when there's interactions but then sad when I think it may never happen or it ends without happening. It's a freakin' circle game I tell ya!

But there are two other reasons why I am ranting like this.

First, a new episode of Monk aired tonight. There were so many cute moments between Monk and Natalie tonight, but I've been pretty much trying to force myself to not let my hopes of anything actually happening keep growing. I've been through so many seasons, and there's only one season left. I've lived in my fantasy world, but now it's nearing a finish and I need to keep it simple. I still ship them, but I need to coax myself into realizing it won't be the end of the world if the show ends and nothing happens (not even the slightest hint at something happens) between these two. Well, you know, unless God decides at exactly the minute after the final Monk episode airs that it's time for Jesus to return triumphantly. Then it would be the end of the world :)

And then there's my latest obsession: Maxanda. This is my ship of the characters Max Madigan and Amanda Cantwell from the show, True Jackson, VP. I love these two, and I think there's already been so many reasons for it to happen! I mean seriously, the way she looked into his eyes the first episode. Or the way they danced goofily together in the third episode. Or what about how...ugh! See! This is taking too much out of me! I need to chill...just chill. But dang it all, why did God have to make me such a mushy gushy hopeless romantic? WHY!? I hate it. Okay, some days I LOVE it. But right now, I hate it! It's making me tired...literally tired because I'm exerting way too much energy. Breathe in, breathe out.

Okay, as I was saying, I really love this new ship...A LOT. It's pretty much the main reason I watch the show. However, I just saw this synopsis for the episode on the 7th of February:

True Matchmaker - True plays matchmaker when she sets Max up with her school librarian. Elsewhere, Amanda and Oscar discover they love the same TV show.

GRR! Okay, I know I shouldn't be freaking out just yet. Knowing any sitcom, there will be complications, True will have caused some sort of mess that then needs fixing and in the end Ms. Librarian lady won't be the one for Max after all. HOPEFULLY! But the thought of Amanda spending time with Oscar...that only makes the anxiousness for this episode worse. Now, I'm not too concerned with Amanda hanging out with Oscar. I'm pretty certain that character is gay... BUT IF HE'S NOT!! Well, if he's not, he sure acts like it! And if he's not...it means my sister might have been right when she said Amanda/Oscar would be cute if he wasn't gay. But again, we both assume he's gay. Wow...says so much when you just assume something like that doesn't it... Anyways, I really probably shouldn't be freaking out right?  After all it's only the 9th episode...!! There's plenty of time for a relationship to blossom between Max/Amanda. I guess it'd be uninteresting if it happened immediately right? Right.

Okay, going into calm down mode. After all, I saw implications of Spencer and Freddie's mom, Marissa on iCarly back in season 1, and it wasn't until season 2 that those implications were stepped up (I'm not saying that it will happen or that I really want it to happen) but heck, they kissed so that's definitely SOMETHING for shippers. So, I'm just going to have to keep hope. I heard a rumor that the show has already been picked up for another season, so I really hope that's true and there will be more time for it to happen.

So, while I'm cooling myself down after almost hyperventilating, I think I'll take this time to reminisce on past shipping preferences that I had that never came to true fruition but I survived.

1. Bonkers D. Bobcat/Miranda Wright (Bonkers) - Yep, now that I look back on it, it doesn't really surprise me. After all, she was human and he was a toon bobcat. Seriously...what was I thinking? Oh yeah, I was like 10 and totally saw all those implications! No one can convince me Bonkers didn't have a crush on Miranda!

2. Kevin/Carey (Two of a Kind) - Okay, okay. This one's kind of cheating. After all, they totally kissed in the season/series finale. And if the show had gotten another season/seasons like it should have they would have gotten together. Dang it, Disney...why!? Why cancel it! That's why it makes the list.

3. Pepper Ann/Milo (PepperAnn) - Wait...I actually don't even recall if they got together! Does anyone remember? Pepper Ann feels like a distant, hazy dream that I just can remember. *cries*

4. Carey/Moseby (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) - Well duh! Why wouldn't I love this one?? I swear, watching the third season of TSL back, I think it would have happened if there had been a movie instead of a stupid spin-off without Carey.

5. President Martinez/Ms. Samuels (Cory in the House) - It was a short lived ship thanks to there being a First Lady and a short lived series anyways.

6. Maddie/Esteban (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) - Guess age was an issue not to be bothered with by Disney. But, I still think one of those writers had a thing for that ship because there sure is A LOT of interaction with them.

7. Rain/Margaret (Naturally, Sadie) - They totally kissed! They had such chemistry. They were always with each other. Everyone thought they were a couple. Heck...what happened!? Why are writers so afraid to let the two best friends hook up? (DON'T even think about it True Jackson, VP writers....!)

8. Brad/Jenny (My Life As A Teenage Robot) - Yeah, I'm still convinced this would have happened had Nickelodeon not pulled the plug. Because seriously...there were just WAY too many moments. This was my official OTP ship for a long time. So would have happened...

9. Mr. Magorium/Molly Mahoney (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) - Okay so I know it's weird, but if Mr. Magorium is 243 years old, it really shouldn't matter anymore right? Oh well, I can still write angsty fanfiction I guess. But dude, the chemistry strangely sizzled and even though Mr. Magorium dies every single time, every time I watch it, I wish against the odds that some miracle would happen and the ending will change...

10. Bob/Wendy (Bob The Builder) - Now I've just totally lost it. But those two so had a thing for each other. It can't even be denied can it? Nope, Wikipedia agrees with me :) Just wish it hadn't been a kids show. Wait...why was I watching a kids show anyways? Oh right, the insanely large age gap between me and my sister. Well, at least I had a ship to keep me company while I watched it with her. I'd still re-watch the shippy episodes too I think.

Okay, my brain is tired and I can't think of anymore, although I know many more probably exist. I think I'll just go to sleep now and probably dream about something shippy knowing my luck.

-EDIT- I did dream of something shippy! I knew I would!

It started with True Jackson, VP. Lulu had gotten sick for a long time and so True and Ryan were hanging out and totally enjoying it :) But for some reason they were in this fancy restaurant on top of a giant chandelier (I had been thinking of Rescuers Down Under yesterday too I think!!) And they were laughing when they noticed Amanda sitting alone very sad. They went over and asked her what was wrong and she was talking about how she wished she wasn't alone and single. And so True had the thought that she'd fixed Max up with the wrong person. And then Amanda said she wanted a kid...that doesn't seem like Amanda at all!! LOL. Anyways, then the dream turned into something completely different. I was on YouTube searching for PepperAnn and there was this old scene from PepperAnn (that I know like never happened...at least I think I'd remember that!) where her and Milo are at a dance together because they're pretending they're dating (there was an episode where they pretended to date though. That I remember.) but then by the end of the dance they kissed and their chemistry was so explosive that the school blew up...yeah, totally weird!! And then the dream turned into something completely different again. A lot of meshed together sequences involving me. There was me trying to be a cheerleader in a mall/school and then me at church and by the end of it all I was the one who meets this awesome guy (whose name escapes me) and we were just walking and hanging out and he was totally cool and we were talking about relationships and so on, and no matter how weird I came across, he was still into me. *sigh* Yep, it was a dream.

Okay, I've been super busy lately with midterms and papers due. Ay yi yi...

I thought I'd go ahead and post the idea for a new community I had. It would be called Forgotten Fanfiction. Okay...sound weird? Well, the point is for fanfictioners who have let their stories go hiatus post them. Why on earth you ask? For several different reasons. Ever stop writing a story only to have folks at FF.net keep badgering you for the rest of it despite you saying it's on hiatus? Is your story on hiatus because you've run out of ideas? Is your story hiatus because of lack of time, but you know exactly how you had planned on completing it? Basically, this is a place for fanfictioners to redirect their readers to in order to get help and ideas or maybe to summarize or outline the details of the rest of the story for their readers to be satisfied. Why give it a community? Idk, just felt like it! Also, because I know how every now and then FF.net goes nuts and gets rid of stories that break the guidelines, and I'm pretty sure a summary would break guidelines! Anyways, I'm working on passing this idea around a few places, such as FF.net to see if anyone would be interested. No need to get a community started without anyone interested!!

Okay, speaking of communities: I just joined d_couplesstills for a LIMS challenge and so to get an extra bye, I thought I would promote :)




If you click on the banner there, it will take you to the sign up post if you're interested :) First rounds starts Wednesday October 22, 2008.

Alright, well back to writing my paper on John McCain. And then I'm going to watch The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything ^^ YAYNESS!!