#anyways this post was about jennette mccurdy

[sunshinecassette]

I got Jennette McCurdy’s book after wanting it forEVER and I am so excited to read it after I finish my library books!!!!!!!!

[justasmallbloginabigklainefandom]

@heartstringsduet replied to your post “BOOYAH I mean, December was mainly short stories,...”:

woah impressive!! :D Which were your three favorites?

Michelle I have had this in my drafts since January 2nd. It's partially a straight up copy-paste from an ask I had a while ago, but I added some more thoughts.

ANYWAY.

I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy; this book was a fucking ride and it deserves all the praises it got. Like, there is a backlash against autobiographies right now, or so it seems, about how it's just rich people writing stuff that will sell anyway, but Jennette can write. She initally wanted to be a writer, but her mum didn't want that, so her actually being an accomplished writer is also some form of sweet revenge, I guess. Jennette’s experiences are harrowing, but so… almost intruiging to read, since she wrote the story from her own perspective and it is also interesting how her perspective on her mother changes. The scene where she realises she’s been abused is extremely emotional, because her entire worldview has been shattered, but the road to recovery that follows is so worth it. I got it from the library, but bought it myself, because it is just so good. (Also, my mum got me this as a gift, and it is kinda funny that my mum bought a book called I'm Glad My Mom Died.) So yes, I totally recommend this book, but it's also not easy to read.

In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune; TJ Klune delivers once again, mom, holy FUCK, this was so good and touching and ace representation!!! It’s fun how much this book comments on humanity. Apparently, initially it was going to be a dark book, fueled by TJ’s resentment towards humanity, but he decided to focus on the beauty that humans can bring, instead of destruction. In this book, humanity is gone apart from the main character, and it’s a very interesting story about mind, consciousness and thought. It;s kinda funny, because I finished this book the week before we had a class on robot cognition and consciousness in a course about cognition philosophy and the philosophy of mind, and it's cool that this book doesn't take a typical approach you see in other sci-fi. I mean, it's still a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has been eradicated by robots, but it's so much more interesting.

The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera; a surprise prequel that I didn’t know I needed till I read it, and it was also a fun way back to 2011. So it was also kind of nostalgic at points? It's funny to laugh about how Valentino is so advanced for having a smartphone, for example. The title is what it says on the tin, of course, but like with They Both Die at the End, I always say it’s about celebrating life, not lamenting death. Death will always be unfair, and this book is filled with it, but there’s also connection and life. I heard Adam is going to write another book in this series and this part only made me more excited for it. And once again, it has some great discussion points about deep subjects. I actually once used They Both Die at the End for a paper about death and technology.

[alexlikesbooksandtea]

Hey! Could you answer 3 and 17 for the end of the year book ask please? Happy end of year!

haha, everyone wants to know number 17! my answer that i put on the other posts:

The Raven Cycle holy shit. i got the ebooks cause i’ve been meaning to read the series since I was about 14, but i didn’t expect to get so deep into it that i started a fucking fic blog. but here we are!

for number 3) What were your top 5 books of the year?

it's really hard for me to put these in order, but i'm going to try lol. I also have a few more 5 stars than this but i'm trying to pick my faves of the 5

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White. hoooooooooooly shit I am losing my mind, I'm preordering his next book and he's my first autobuy author after that book. just *mwah*, incredible, if you can stomach body horror PLEASE go read that book.

Peter Darling by Austin Chant. Peter Pan is my favourite movie from my childhood, and I loved this take on it. Peter is so easy to turn into a villain, and yet I feel like I don't really see it, plus I am always thrilled for trans masc rep

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater. this is the conclusion of the Raven Cycle, aka the hyperfixation I have plunged into headfirst and not emerged for half a year. i just AAAAAAA

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. I didn't grow up watching Disney Channel like many of my peers, so I didn't know who McCurdy was until her book blew up, but i'm so glad i picked it up anyway. it was such a powerful memoir, and for me was really insightful into a world i know nothing about.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin. I picked this up on a study-procrastination whim, and proceeded to become obsessed with it lol. I get it now, Austin girlies, I get it.

honourable mentions to Hell Followed With Us (AJW's debut) and Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian, my two other 5 stars that didn't quite make the list.

[kairosclerosis--liberosis]

November 2023

Before anything else, I am devastated about Palestine, and continuously try to share and search information through all my other social medias. Honestly, it's haunting to think about the holidays with what's happening to them and other parts of the world that are violently mistreated over and over again. I crave for humanity to come together to end all wars and just have peace for once. I just wanted to express this before this month's post.

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November was a long one, so long in fact- I started writing this post on the 16th.

There's this amazingly annoying thing that always happens to me around this time of the year, and that's that I start reflecting a little too much on my past. I mean, I tend to do this a lot but now, I've recently discovered (thanks to my therapist) that these repetitive, tiring, and lingering thoughts might be chalked up to something chemically wrong with me, which honestly feels like a relief compared to me feeling like I can't just let sh*t go. Basically, she thinks I may have a form of OCD (I legit don't care about sharing this because being vocal about mental health has always been top priority to me).

So, I've been assigned this task where every time I feel anxious or see myself grasping on to the same things for way too long, I have to write it down. So, look out world! If you see me outside writing down on a tiny white notebook, that's literally me documenting my anxiety.

Anyways, I'm eager to keep getting to the bottom of this, because it is exhausting always wondering how one scenario could've played out 34,958 different ways, among other things. I sometimes sense that it also has a lot to do with untreated trauma. My whole life I've just kind of sprinted on to the next thing instead of taking a moment and really digest what I just went through, and I think it's all catching up to me now that I live a calm life- which is ironic.

Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm unhappy, in fact- it's actually that I'm so genuinely glad for where I am now, that it kind of triggers my nervousness of it being taken away from me.

Anyways, I've been keeping more track of that part of me, I guess it's all part of the healing journey.

It's now the 20th, and I've been actively keeping myself busy and filling up my days with chores or just stepping outside and breathing fresh air (I stay indoors 5/7 days a week because of work so...that's something). I'm also still on a weight-loss/fitness journey and I don't talk about it on social media but I've lost over 30 pounds and am currently in my "ideal" weight- according to my nutritionist. This took a year. I've never been a thin person, and I don't think I ever will, but I do feel stronger and a bit more toned, which is nice.

College is blegh. I honestly just want to graduate. The education system on this island is not getting any better and it's concerning. I hope to be done by May.

I've been getting into Audiobooks lately and I love it! It's a great way to catch up with all the reads I just can't get around to. So far I've heard "The Woman In Me" by Britney Spears and "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy. Both were super impactful and worth the listen. I have a few other books lined up before the year ends.

Oh! I'm officially traveling again soon. It'll be over a year since I last left the island and I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be my first ever girls trip! I'm nervous but also excited.

Thanksgiving is this week and all I can say is that I'm grateful for the way life has played out for me, the good and the bad, it has all led me to where I am now, and who I am today. I'm grateful for the people in my life, my husband, my fur babies, my home...I'm grateful to be alive.

I hope you, reader, are doing okay as well.

Here's wishing for the world to get a bit better each day.

[justtryingtolosesomeweight]

TIme for whatever thoughts...

but diet first- what’s that diet I save a few months ago? Let’s see..

day 1: 900. Day 2: 800. Day 3: 900. Day 4: 1000. Day 5: 950, Day 6:1100. Day 7: 1100. Imma do 600 for Day 1 and 2 and I’ll feel better. I’m also going to fast for probably just 16 hours today. Luckily I have shit to do so I’ll be distracted. 

On these days, I just get stuck thinking about how much I ate so I’m not sure I can talk about anything else. I looked in the mirror and the damage isn’t as bad as I thought but it’s not looking good. Tomorrow I might look bloated but I cover it up anyways. I need more fruit, no more salt and fake ass sugar, please. I told my sibling that I was considering dropping the gym. They said I should do whatever I can stay consistent with. so maybe I’ll try some at home workouts. I should try to go to bed before 3 a.m. today. That might help. Although this blogging shit doesn’t help that case. But it’s good I have been getting some of my feelings out since I can’t really talk to my family about everything, especially not the diets, and I don’t have friends. Well, I have one friend but we just text and I can’t say that I feel like formulating my thoughts over text.

Ah, what else? Oh, I decided I would take the L on all of my assignments this week because I left them to today even knowing that I wouldn’t want to do shit after hanging out with family. So, I’m brilliant for that one. It’s not going to be a good semester... Well, I’ll pull through somehow and if it involves an occasion instance of me starving myself then whatever. Eating 1000 wasn’t so bad that one month. I just have to care more and not get so discouraged. I want to break this plateau for real this time.

Lowkey want to say fuck and do the anorexia and tell myself that funny joke where I’ll go back to eating to high 1550 or something after I lose a bunch of weight. A big inspiration is to drop like twenty pounds during the semester and maybe my professors will notice that I might have a problem. Ah, isn’t that the dream? Being pulled aside and asked if you’re alright? Unlikely, except for one professor. But you need to try hard for that one. Ah, what can I expect? 145? If I seven pounds a month for the next three months then that would be good. I need to expect more from myself when it comes to losing weight because I keep telling myself it’s fine but it’s not.

I wish I kept better records of the calories I was eating when I first got into this thing. I know I often stop at 900 and would eat until 1100 so I wouldn’t be that low. I just added up things in my calculator and called it a day. Sometimes I wrote down how much I had but not very often. And every time I considered dipping below a thousand for more than a day I got scared because of all those posts. Ah, but if I’m not skinny then what kind of life am I leading and is it worth it? Perhaps. I need to buy some vitamins if I’m going to be doing this. Potassium, b complex, iron is in multivitamin, d3, collagen, and magnesium. I’m always anxious about this stuff but you know when I’m here I know there’s someone with me in the same struggle. I often think about Jennette McCurdy’s book and how older people with eating disorders must have felt much more isolated. I also think about how her mom ate steamed vegetable for dinner every night. Or something to that degree. So maybe I don’t want to be that skinny where that’s my life. Or maybe it just shows you can live like that. I’ll figure out how skinny I want to be once I get there. And I will get there

[slowpoke272]

it’s me, i’m here, i’m back!

i finally returned to tumblr, at least in some form.

i came on tumblr around 2011, 2012? used it heavily until around 2016ish, finally departed in 2018. now i’m back, though not in the same way.

i was recently gifted an audible subscription for all of 2023 as it aligned with my goal of consuming more books. i love reading, reading physical copies of books is my preferred method; my favorite experiences to date have been reading “IT” by stephen king and “the sandman” comics by neil gaiman, truly exceptional experiences i’m glad to have with physical, hardback versions. however, being realistic regarding time, i just don’t have much time at the end or beginning of the day to physically read. i tried reading before bed, but that was good just to relax and get ready for bed for 10-15 minutes, it did not yield a memorable experience for consuming stories.

since 2018, i have become quite a big fan of podcasts, and of course my tastes have changed over time as i learned to navigate what works for me and what doesn’t. snap judgment remains my favorite, but i’ve listened to the full catalog and feel restricted waiting for a new episode every week (especially since encore presentations are made and things like that). i enjoyed podcasts like make me smart, bay curious, on the media, marketplace, ear hustle, code switch, startalk, radiolab, hi-phi nation, the bodega boys, nancy... i loved being able to hear from all these different people and situations, it felt like i was being taken to other worlds. some of those shows became a bit draining though, as they were tied to current events and things like the economy, which is good to become familiar with, but i never wanted to be a daily consumer of stuff like that. there’s being informed, and then there’s overstimulation.

i completely listened to the full catalogs of heaven’s gate, louder than a riot, the drop out, la brega, invisibilia, suave, foundering, something was wrong, and ologies. the latter made me realize how much i craved learning in conjunction with storytelling. i don’t just want hot gos, i want there to be a point, even if it’s fictional. expand my brain. keep me curious, not judgmental... an overall mantra i’ve been feeling.

anyways, all that led up to a book being recommended to me in november. of course i’ve had countless books recommended to me, but because of who was recommending the book and what they said about it, i became so intrigued that i was like, screw it, i’m buying the audiobook. in a way, audiobooks are the perfect solution for me. i tend to be a slow reader (slowpoke hehe) and having someone read TO me feels way different, like a conversation. i can apparently listen faster than i can read, or something like that.

the audiobook was “i’m glad my mom died” by jennette mccurdy. i have so many thoughts and feelings regarding my experience with this book, but i’ll save that for its own post (it honestly deserves it). i feel like this was the real connection i was searching for, especially when the storytelling can be done by the person who wrote it. just feels even more gut-wrenchingly real.

so now i’m cranking away in audiobookland via audible. i just finished “the stand” by stephen king a few days ago, that will get its own post too because oh my goddddd. love stephen king. need to consume his whole catalog.

the purpose of this blog, should i actually go through with it, is to chronologize my journey, sharing my thoughts on stories and books after i’ve consumed them. i’m not looking for engagement of any sort and don’t really care if nobody reads this. i just wanted somewhere to put my post-book thoughts that doesn’t have to be private, though my sole intention is for my own reflection.

so yeah, i’m “back” to that degree. hi, tumblr, it’s been a while, old friend! :)

[marshmallowgoop]

I’ve spent the last year-ish collecting Detective Conan/Case Closed on DVD and Blu-ray, and it’s certainly been a Process. I made my bank account cry with the outrageous and ultimately avoidable shipping and service fees attached to the first volumes I imported from Japan, my English-language copy of Countdown to Heaven splutters and glitches out seemingly only on my go-to Region 1 DVD player that’s easily accessible and not attached to my dying laptop from 2012, the S.A.V.E. Case Closed seasonal sets I’d placed lovingly on my shelf turned out to be bootlegs, and my initial replacement for Season 4 held Season 5 discs in Season 4 packaging, which maybe wouldn’t have been so bad, but I thought I’d already purchased a solid, genuine Season 5 replacement, except I found out later that it actually wasn’t because it was disc rotted to heck and wouldn’t play properly, and so I sent back the Season 5 that I thought was Season 4 and sent back the Season 5 that was actually Season 5 but was broken, and I wound up scouring even more listings to buy replacements for the replacements.

And there were also more minor boo-hoos, like how the cute CoAi cover (Part 7, Volume 5) is one of the most crinkled, beat-up rental-drop artworks in my collection, or how the special-edition DVD for The Private Eyes’ Requiem I won in an auction was seemingly supposed to come paired with a storage box for the first 10 films but actually didn’t so I bought the box separately because gosh dang I wanted that box, or how Part 10, Volume 4 is the only non-rental-drop Japanese volume I own and so is fancier but contains a 2-hour special (263) that hurt my heart so much I have half an essay drafted about why.

And that’s not even getting into the subtitle struggles....

But besides the whole bootleg situation, I think my biggest disappointment with the buying process is how I got an old rental-drop copy of Part 14, Volume 8 that was supposed to come with just the jacket and disc... but came with the disc only.

And it’s not like I’m displaying every jacket, anyway (do not have room for 150+ DVDs!), and 14-8 isn’t one I even intended to display, but I do stick all the cover arts I’m not using in a binder, kinda like an anime-obsessed middle schooler I swear I remember reading about in a Tumblr post or something.

[Image description: A photograph of the binder where I keep Detective Conan jacket art that’s not in use. Pictured are the covers for Part 12, Volume 5, depicting Conan and his mother, and Part 12, Volume 6, depicting Conan running. End image description.]

And I left a space for 14-8!

[Image description: A photograph showing that next to the cover art from Part 14, Volume 9, depicting Conan and Dr. Agasa, there is a blank space. End image description.]

And it’s empty!

[Image description: A screenshot of the “If I Had One” meme, where Timmy Turner’s dad from the Fairly Oddparents screams in anguish about how he’d put a trophy in the spot behind him, if he had a trophy. End image description.]

And, like, yeah, I could just buy another one for like 100-300 yen, but I didn’t account for having an extra 14-8. And I have a system!

[Image description: A screenshot of the Word document for my DetCo DVD organizing system. Case 14, with the art of Part 14, Volume 2 (showing Conan looking unamused at a cellphone), contains six DVDs: 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 15-1, 15-2, and 15-3. 15-3 is highlighted to indicate that this volume’s cover art (showing Conan leaning against a Poirot Café sign advertising coffee) is displayed on the next case, Case 15. End image description.]

And the art for 14-8 is cute!!

[Image description: Cover art for Part 14, Volume 8, image courtesy of the Detective Conan wiki. Conan and Shinichi read books together, looking tired. Conan yawns, while Shinichi drinks from a mug. End image description.]

Sigh.....

[tonystarkstan]

anyway, now that it’s been a good bit of time since Endgame and my blog is mostly dead, I can finally say that I am actually so worried about Lexi Rabe and what her mom is doing to her. I’ve always found that Instagram account to be a bit unnerving, because it feels like she’s marketing her child. the account feels like it’s being used as a way to constantly tag people at marvel, and it seems like Lexi spends a ton of time with a camera on her.

her mom will say that she works really hard to make sure Lexi has a pretty normal life with school, but then a couple days later, they’re at some other event. her mom also says that Lexi herself decided she wants to act, sing, dance, and model but that’s a ton of commitment for a child that young. the modeling is particularly odd to me, and the pictures all seem to make Lexi look more like a teenager. Lexi is way too young to understand the repercussions that come with being in such a big film and being in the public eye constantly.

her mom also speaks out on the bullying Lexi has received through social media, and it goes without saying that bullying a child online is abhorrent. but why are you, as her mom running her accounts, letting her see these comments instead of protecting her from them? idk it just all feels so icky, and obviously I can’t really know what’s going on, but I always got the feeling that lexi is being forced to live out her mom’s dream. and now I’m reading Jennette McCurdy’s memoir and it’s bringing that worry back up again.

oh, and lastly, lexi’s mom apparently has some adopted kids but the first time I ever saw them mentioned was at the height of Black Lives Matter, in a post that pretty much felt like the white woman being like, “I can’t be racist because I have black kids and I love them!” (spoiler alert: I know from experience that you can) and then they’re almost never mentioned after that.

anyway, the whole thing is a bit icky and I rarely see it talked about. abolish child actors.

[homosexualprude]

Daniella Monet Alleges Nickelodeon Wouldn't Cut Her "Sexualized" "Victorious" Scene

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Daniella Monet Alleges Nickelodeon Wouldn't Cut Her "Sexualized" "Victorious" Scene

August 31, 2022 by

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Daniella Monet is speaking out about the environment on Nickelodeon's "Victorious." Monet played Trina on the series alongside Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies, and Victoria Justice. Monet was 18 when she started filming "Victorious," and all of her costars were younger.

On Aug. 30, Insider published an investigation into the work of "Victorious" creator Dan Schneider, who also produced Nickelodeon series like "Zoey 101," "Drake and Josh," "iCarly," and more. Jennette McCurdy, who starred on "iCarly" and "Sam & Cat," recently spoke out about behavior on set of those shows by a person referred to as 'The Creator," in her memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died," which some readers have interpreted as a reference to Schneider.

Monet told Insider that she previously reached out to Nickelodeon after filming a "Victorious" scene where she ate a pickle while applying lip gloss. She felt it was too sexual, but the network aired it anyway. Fans online have also pointed to other "Victorious" scenes they felt were too sexual. Monet told Insider that Schneider was not the only one to blame for these incidents since the network's department of standards and practices were approving of everything. She also blamed Schneider's men-dominated writers rooms. According to the outlet, Monet said that most of "Victorious" was "very PC, funny, silly, friendly, chill." Things like the pickle scene would come up, though, "once in a while."

"Do I wish certain things, like, didn't have to be so sexualized?" Monet said in the article. "Yeah. A hundred percent." Monet also said that some of the outfits she and her costars were put in were "not age appropriate." "I wouldn't even wear some of that today as an adult," she explained to Insider. Costumer Kerry Mellin and an anonymous writer on the show both told Insider that there were often fights behind the scenes about the clothes for the cast and that Schneider would campaign for the more revealing options.

A person close to Schneider told Insider that the costumes "were seen and approved by dozens of people, including the parents of the actors, and the state-licensed teachers on set." Mellin also said in the article that no one forced child actors to wear outfits they said they were uncomfortable in and that she didn't think Nickelodeon shows sexualized the actors more than other shows did. However, she also added that people didn't often share their worries with Schneider because they were worried about their jobs. "It's an imbalance of power," Mellin told Insider. "Jennette felt it, the designer felt it, I felt it, all of us feel it."

Nickelodeon did not immediately respond to POPSUGAR's request for comment. In March 2018, Nickelodeon announced it was ending its production deal with Schneider. The New York Times reported in 2021 that the network investigated Schneider and found evidence of verbal abuse but not sexual misconduct.

https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/daniella-monet-victorious-dan-schneider-48934846?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=post&utm_campaign=frontdoor 

My thoughts: You can’t abolish patriarchy without abolishing celebrity culture, capitalism, and pedophiles. 

[secondbeatsongs]

After reading your four posts I HAVE to know what your thoughts are for the adult/older audience (I forget which they said its gonna be) reboot and what could it mean for the plot with Sam's actress not returning

I have heard of this reboot, and honestly? no thoughts. head empty.

well. maybe a few thoughts...

I haven’t heard much about what the actual plot is going to be like, though I have heard rumors that Freddie is divorced and has a kid, and that bothers me in ways I can’t get past

like, of course I know that in real life, there are people who are divorced and/or have children by the age of...26?

(no, wait - Freddie’s birthday is Feb 4th, and if they’re sticking with a ‘94 birth year, he’d be 27. and yes, I know that off the top of my head; shut up)

anyway yes, there are actual real-life people who are divorced and/or have kids by 27, but I think it’s a really weird direction to take the plot with him. in the show, his ending just killed me, and I’d hate for him to have been unhappy (or mostly living with his mom!) for the past 9 years

when it comes to Sam’s actress not returning - I mean, good for her, honestly. I’ve read only a bit of what Jennette McCurdy went through during her acting career, and I’m happy that she got out and is doing her own thing now. like yes, I will miss Sam because she was a great character, but Jennette’s happiness is way more important!

also, jesus christ, people have been vicious about there being new characters? and I genuinely do not care. so what? lots of shows add new characters during a reboot/revival!

the amount of racism people were hurling at the actresses for the new characters is despicable. there’s no other way to process that - it was horrible, and nobody should ever attack people like that. I feel so bad for the new actresses! they don’t deserve this at all, and it’s horrifying.

now, all of that being said...uh. I don’t really expect much out of this show.

look, you know me - I loved the original iCarly, even though it was very stupid, had really questionable morals at times, and made almost no sense! I adore it, and it makes me happy.

so I will be watching the iCarly revival...but I don’t expect it to be as enjoyable (or anywhere near as enjoyable) as the original.

it’s not their fault - that’s just how revivals work! nothing is ever going to be as good as (or better than) the original show. it’s just impossible.

(I mean, I’m holding out hope that Leverage will be, but that’s it, y’know?)

I fully predict that the iCarly revival will be disappointing. I think it might be boring, or unfunny, or try too hard to be “relatable” to a generation that it lost touch with 9 years ago. I am prepared to heavily dislike it.

and even though the revival will technically be canon, I reserve the right to ignore it if I don’t like it. and if I ever post one of my iCarly fics that I’ve been poking at since 2017, I will take joy in tagging them as not canon compliant, because there’s no way I’d change my work to reflect whatever probably-dumb decisions the show is probably going to make.

anyway, there is a bright side to all of this: I will now get to continue thirsting over Jerry Trainor! he grew his hair out again, and it looks nice! :D

so like. even if the show is bad, at least there’s that!

[itsreaditandwow2]

My Thoughts On...#14 - The “iCarly” reboot 👧🏻 👧🏼 👦🏻 🧑🏻 📹 💻 🍝🌮 ♻️

Recently on Twitter, it’s been announced that there will be a revival of the Nickelodeon series iCarly. There’s not too much news, just that the original cast are set to return. However, if an iCarly reboot is actually in the works, then I would assume that it might be targeted to an older audience because clearly Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Kress, and Noah Munck are no longer teenagers, and after 8 years (7 if you count the short-lived spin-off Sam & Cat) since we last saw the iCarly gang, they’re clearly past their teenhood. I mean, Spencer wasn’t a teenager anymore from the beginning. But then again, suppose it’ll be like Raven’s Home where the iCarly gang have children of their own. I mean, after all, we only heard about this reboot today, so it’s not clear as of yet what the future holds for the upcoming iCarly reboot. All we can hope for is that it will be equally as great as the original series from 2007 to 2012. Even if it won’t be on Nickelodeon, but rather the upcoming Paramount+. Anyway, those are my thoughts on the soon-to-come revival of iCarly. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this post, and by your own volition, of course, give this post a like and/or reblog.

[harianadimples]

A Timeline of Harry Styles & Ariana Grande [PART 1]

Here is a list of interactions between Harry and Ariana, and their friends and family, showing a timeline of their friendship from their first meeting until now. This is for the veteran stans who’ve been around since Day 1 and for the all the hariana stans who love their friendship and/or ship them!

2011

Sept 8: A fan tweets Ariana, telling her to check out “What Makes You Beautiful”, by One Direction. She retweets the tweet telling them that she will.

Oct 17: Ariana tweets about meeting One Direction for the first time.

Nov 11: Ariana tweets about meeting the boys in London.

2012

Jan 30: Ariana tweets about meeting the boys on the set of Nickelodeon show, iCarly. 

One Direction appeared in an episode of iCarly titled, “iGo One Direction” which aired on April 7, 2012. During this time, Ariana appeared as Cat Valentine on Victorious, another Nickelodeon show. iCarly and Victorious were filmed at the same studio, Nickelodeon on Sunset on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Feb 12: Ariana talks about One Direction and meeting them in an article with Coup de main.

April 1: Ariana, Liz Gillies and Leon Thomas III sit down with Ana and Brad on the orange carpet at the 2012 Kids Choice Awards (KCAs). Brad asks the trio who they’re looking forward to seeing perform and One Direction is mentioned by Liz and Leon. Ariana smiles as she listens to Leon talk about the Victorious cast meeting 1D in London, praising their success. She then sings part of the chorus of “What Makes You Beautiful”.

July 27: Frankie posts a Keek video of him and Ariana watching the boys perform at the London Olympics opening ceremony. Keek was a social network service where users posted video status updates called ‘keek videos’. The platform no longer exists so the link no longer works, but here’s the link anyway as proof. 

Sept 1: Harry follows Ariana on Twitter. 

He was the first member of 1D to follow Ariana.

Oct 24: Jennette McCurdy, who played Sam Puckett on iCarly and subsequently on Sam & Cat (spin-off of iCarly and Victorious), tweets a comparison photo of her and Ariana, and Zayn and Harry. 

*recall the bit in “iGo One Direction” where Sam appears to be interested in Zayn and at the end of the episode, drags him into the elevator

Ariana retweeted Jennette’s tweet.

Nov 17-19: Ariana posts a series of tweets about the #SharpieHELLO One Direction event she hosted. The event was promo for the boy’s upcoming US-leg of their Take Me Home tour. Here’s an article about it.

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Nov 18: Ariana hosts the #SharpieHELLO One Direction event. Article about it.

Ariana says Harry is her favourite member of One Direction in an interview at the Sharpie event.

Ariana sings “What Makes You Beautiful” with a fan.

Nov 19: Ariana talks about One Direction with Twist, saying “They’re all really, really sweet boys.” When asked who her favourite member is, she says, “Probably Harry. He’s a sweetheart. I got to know him when he came to film an episode of iCarly.”

This is a screenshot of the article which was tweeted by Twist Magazine. The link for the article no longer works because the online site for Twist Magazine now redirects to j-14. However, here is a tweet proving that Twist Magazine did interview Ariana about One Direction and asked her who her favourite member is.

Nov 20: Ariana tells Justine that her favourite One Direction song is “Little Things” (0:28)

Nov 21: Ariana is interviewed at the Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 premiere. She talks about her music and Victorious, and briefly talks about One Direction.

At (2:02) the interviewer asks Ariana, “When [she’s] in the car, what’s the one song [she] sings, like screaming at the top of [her] lungs.” Ariana’s response: “I love... I love- the new One Direction song is really fun. Live While We’re young is really fun.”

PART 2

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Former Nickelodeon Star Jennette McCurdy Opens Up About Her Eating Disorder

This post was originally published on this site

Note: This essay contains discussions and images that may be triggering for some readers.

In support of the recent National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, I’m coming out about my history with disordered eating, which I’ve never publicly discussed before.

I’d thought about sharing my story a few times in the past. Once I was asked to write an article for The Wall Street Journal on beauty and body-shaming. Initially I toyed with calling the piece “I Threw Up Three Minutes Before I Wrote This” and opening up about life in the trenches of bulimia, but ultimately I decided against it. It felt too vulnerable to talk about something I was struggling with (not to mention that I had recently written an article about my mom’s battle with cancer and I was self-conscious about coming across as one big cry for help).

But now I’ve been in recovery maintenance for two years. I’m no longer actively engaging in disordered eating. After spending a lot of time in therapy working on myself and confronting what I’ve experienced, I finally feel like I have the perspective required to write about what I’ve been through and maybe ― hopefully ― it might help someone who is going through the same thing feel less alone. (Plus, it’s been a good few years since mom died, so my quota for trauma sharing is ready to be refilled.)

My disordered eating started when I was 11. As a child actress working in Hollywood, I quickly learned that remaining physically small for my age meant I had a better chance of booking more roles. Unfortunately, I had a trusty and dedicated companion ready to help me with my burgeoning anorexia: my mom!

Courtesy of Jennette McCurdy Me, my mom and my brother in 2004 having dinner at a restaurant where you could meet Disney characters. Our trips to Disney were always so complicated for me. I loved Disney and wanted to be able to just enjoy it, but instead I’d spend the days leading up to the trip looking up the menu, planning exactly what I would eat, calculating the calories I’d consume, and starving myself as much as possible to “save room” for the “big meal” ― at which I’d wind up restricting myself anyway. At least I always got a hug from Baloo!

I don’t hold this against my mom at all. I don’t think she could help it. Mom had been hospitalized for anorexia on several occasions when she was a teenager and I’m not convinced she ever overcame her disordered eating. When I was growing up, the only dinner I ever saw her eat was a plate of steamed broccoli and cauliflower with a single pinch of garlic salt for flavor.

I always remember feeling that my mom really struggled with my body, weight and diet. She’d regularly compare my size to that of other girls. She’d portion out my meals for me. She’d help me count calories.

At the time, instead of being bothered by her suggestions, I remember thinking that she was actually helping me ― that she “got it” more than the other moms ― and that she wanted me to be successful.

“Are you sure you want ice cream? You’ve already had 900 calories today,” she’d remind me as I yanked open the freezer door. I’d pause, rethinking my decision, and then I’d lose my grip on the door and let it shut slowly as a wistful expression crossed my face. That’s mom, always looking out for me.

I didn’t really recognize that my mom was aiding in my disordered eating until one night riding home from dance class when I was 12. She turned around to face me from the front seat and said, “Angelica’s mom is really concerned about your weight. She said she brought it up to the other dance moms and they’re all worried you’re too thin. They’re thinking about calling to get you help.”

She paused. I processed.

“If anybody asks, just tell them you’re eating normally,” she directed.

Courtesy of Jennette McCurdy Me with my childhood friends Danielle Chuchran, Dylan Meyer, Megan, Tessa, and Caitlin Meyer at the Young Artist Awards in 2003. I was 12 and really struggling with anorexia, so any sort of social eating like at this luncheon was genuinely my nightmare. The woman sitting next to me at our table noticed I was fiddling with my roll instead of eating it and commented loudly, “You haven’t eaten a thing!” I seethed with anger that this woman almost blew my cover as a closeted anorexic.

I nodded numbly, piecing it all together as mom turned back around and made some comment to herself about how she really hoped we made it home in time for the new episode of “House” and how Hugh Laurie was a great actor and you just would never know he’s British.

In retrospect, that moment alone should have been alarming enough to make me question mom’s support. But even if I had wanted to stop at that point, I don’t think I could have. I was already too controlled by my eating disorder to see clearly what was happening to me. Plus, being small was doing wonders for my career. I booked six roles that year, all for characters several years younger than I was. I made justifications for my mom’s support of my disordered eating and I made justifications for my continuing down the road I was traveling.

At 14, I was cast in the Nickelodeon series “iCarly,” and by the time I was 15, the show was starting to get popular. The stress of having to be “on” all the time got to me. I became even more fixated on food and my body. I monitored every bite I took. I exercised obsessively. I measured my thighs with a measuring tape every night before bed.

When I was 18, my mom was diagnosed with cancer for a second time and this time it was terminal. “iCarly” had become a global phenomenon, I had a record deal with a fancy record label, mom was dying, and I just couldn’t handle the pressures of everything happening around me. But this time, instead of turning away from food, I turned to food. Lots and lots of food.

And so began my binge eating phase. I still tracked, calculated and obsessed about every single thing that went into my mouth, just the same as when I had anorexia. The only difference was that I was eating a lot more. I was constantly preoccupied with food. Nothing meant more to me than my next bite and nothing gave me more shame than my last one. I was in a toxic, self-loathing cycle.

By the time I was 21, I had just signed a deal for a spin-off series starring my character from “iCarly,” I was dating an NBA player, and mom was weeks away from dying. I had also become acutely aware that I was a role model for kids, which I felt like I was supposed to find cool but actually found upsetting. My great “contribution” to society was walking onto an overlit Nickelodeon set shouting lines about fried chicken (my character liked fried chicken) and that’s what kids were looking up to? Granted, we can’t all be Pema Chodron, but there was something about the shallowness of my success that made me resent it. That resentment festered, providing even more fuel for my disordered eating. I actively began to engage in anorexic behavior again.

But this time it was a bit different. Every day I’d try not to eat ― I’d give it my best shot, I really would ― but eventually, my mind and body would cave in and demand food. I would eat … and then I would throw up what I ate.

They say when one door closes, another one opens, and that was certainly the case for me when it came to disordered eating. Goodbye, anorexia; hello, bulimia!

When I first began to vomit after eating, I was honestly thrilled. Are you kidding me? I could eat whatever I wanted and then throw it right back up and avoid the consequences of eating (aka gaining weight)? It was the best of both worlds!

Plus, my disordered eating was reinforced wherever I went and by whomever I saw. I’d lose weight and go to a wardrobe fitting where the stylist would look at me excitedly, wag a pair of double 0 jeans, and happily singsong, “Down a size!”

Or I’d get a phone call from my agent, who would say, “You’ve never looked better. Keep doing what you’re doing.” Thanks, Steve ― little do you know that at this very moment you’re muted while I throw up my spicy tuna roll.

Or I’d be walking across the soundstage lot on my way to a table read and a producer would roll down his BMW window and tell me to “keep it up!” I’d flash my pearly whites (or ― more accurately ― slightly-stained-from-the-stomach-acid whites) and feel proud.

My disordered eating was reinforced wherever I went and by whomever I saw. I’d lose weight and go to a wardrobe fitting where the stylist would look at me excitedly, wag a pair of double 0 jeans, and happily singsong, ‘Down a size!’

Another thing I soon learned about eating disorders in Hollywood was that they can be highly competitive. Highly. Competitive. I encountered countless famous actresses, singers and entertainment personalities with eating disorders and found out there was a kind of “disordered eating hierarchy” in young Hollywood, with anorexia reigning over bulimia.

I’d show up at red carpet events and feel like I was getting side-eyed by girls I knew to be anorexic. They’d look at me with what I believed to be pity and I’d look back at them with admiration. In my mind, they were so poised, so full of control, so disciplined. And there I was, puffy-cheeked and swollen-knuckled from all my purging. I was unable to not eat and unable to keep down what I ate.

I started to feel ashamed that I wasn’t good enough at disordered eating. I’d analyze my bulimia and feel terrible. I told myself that if I were better at this, if I were truly committed, I would just be able to not eat. I was convinced that bulimia was nothing more than poor man’s anorexia. What kind of hack was I?

Inevitably, the shame snowballed and so did the bulimia. Before I knew it, I was having five, six or seven purging sessions a day. By definition of the disorder, I was truly succeeding. And yet my bulimia always felt like a failure ― like I was coming up short of what a true disordered eater could (and should) accomplish.

Mark Davis via Getty Images Me at the Creative Emmy Awards in 2013. It’s scary to me how easy it was to cover up what was really going on. If you throw on a nice outfit and smile big for the cameras, they’ll never know! I really want to help change this by encouraging people struggling with disordered eating to speak openly and honestly about it.

This hellish bulimic spiral continued for three more years. And during those years ― plus the 10 years before when I was wrapped up in other forms of disordered eating ― not one person in the entertainment industry confronted me about it. Maybe my destructive behavior was obvious to everyone around me, but if they were all monetizing the situation ― and essentially me ― then what incentive did they have to try to change it or help me?

The one person who did ultimately confront me was my sister-in-law. I was living in Toronto while shooting the Netflix show “Between,” and she and my brother came to visit me for Thanksgiving. We went out to a nice restaurant where I ate lots of turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce … and then I made my way to the bathroom. I purged and purged and purged, celebrating the Pilgrims’ first harvest in the New World the way I knew best. Then I swung open the bathroom door and came face to face with my sister-in-law.

“You need help,” she told me. And I knew she was right. I felt a strange combination of terrified and relieved ― terrified that someone knew my secret and I would have to face my disordered eating, and relieved that maybe now I would finally get better.

Once I got back to Los Angeles from Canada, I met a therapist named Laura whom I really liked. Laura was a spiritual type who hugged me at the end of every session. She had long auburn hair and wore prairie skirts and used the word “beautiful” a lot ― often after I’d said things that were not even remotely beautiful (which was confusing to me until I realized that she used “beautiful” in spaces where most therapists would say, “I understand”).

I met with Laura three times a week for sessions and she attended particularly stressful industry events with me, since those events were often huge triggers for my bulimia. (Stress + crostini hors d’oeuvres = a bulimic spiral waiting to happen.)

Courtesy of Jennette McCurdy This photo was taken right around the time my mom passed away. I was really struggling with disordered eating and had just dipped my toe in the waters of bulimia. I was absolutely terrified of gaining weight and I would take a photo of myself every morning to compare it to a photo of myself from the day before.

Laura was my plus-one to the 2015 Kids’ Choice Awards. Nick Jonas called me to the stage, I locked eyes with a clapping Angelina Jolie, and I got through my lines. Then I walked backstage to meet up with Laura, who was trying to be discreet about taking a picture of Adam Sandler (she wasn’t very familiar with his films but loved “The Chanukah Song”). She beamed at me as I scarfed down a few sliders. Then she quickly sensed my inner turmoil. We rushed to the backseat of an Uber XL where I began sobbing as Laura made sure that I didn’t throw up. The Uber driver was very confused as I repeatedly wailed, “The sliiiiiiiders!”

Around that time, Laura told me she thought I needed a higher level of care and suggested an inpatient treatment facility in Colorado. And that was when I quit seeing Laura. I told myself I was tired of her spiritual approach, but in retrospect I think it might’ve had more to do with the fact that I wasn’t ready to get better. I wasn’t ready to let go of my disordered eating.

Over the next year and a half, I continued to purge even as I also began to face various come-to-Jesus moments. My throat frequently bled and I popped blood vessels in my eyes from vomiting so much. Once I lost a tooth after regurgitated stomach fluids wore down my enamel. Another time I passed out on my friend’s bathroom floor from dehydration. Finally, I decided it was time to seek help again.

At 23, I was back in Canada working on the second season of “Between” and it felt like the right time to go back into treatment. I met a whip-smart eating disorder specialist, Hank, who used a combination of cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral and schema-based therapies.

Hank was not spiritual and did not hug. He dressed impeccably and his hair was perfectly combed. He weighed me at the beginning of each session and gave me homework at the end. He consistently challenged me and urged me to challenge him. When I said something that wasn’t logical, he’d say, “That’s your eating disorder voice.”

I began to face various come-to-Jesus moments. My throat frequently bled and I popped blood vessels in my eyes from vomiting so much. Once I lost a tooth when I passed out on my friend’s bathroom floor from dehydration. Finally, I decided it was time to seek help again.

Identifying my eating disorder voice was the most pivotal aspect of my recovery. I had to learn to understand this thing in and out. I had to recognize that this part of my mind, this eating disorder voice, was not healthy and was not going away. So if I wanted to get better, I’d have to call out my eating disorder voice every single time it popped up. I’d have to confront my urges to obsess or indulge in disordered eating behaviors (which arose hundreds of times every day), work to avoid or correct them, and act based on my recently adopted healthy mindset instead.

Recovery was brutal. It felt like breaking up with a bad boyfriend whom I loved even though I knew I shouldn’t. He treated me poorly, he ruined my life, he consistently devastated me, and yet, without him, who was I really?

Since so much of my identity had been built around the framework of disordered eating, I literally had to relearn how to think in order to rebuild my identity, which was as painstaking and uncomfortable as it sounds. I thought recovery was about walking along white sand beaches with a soft smile while wearing crepe pants ― not sobbing for half-days at a time or falling into a dark hole of depression because suddenly the thing that determined the largest part of who I was for 13 years was now gone.

I had several relapses during my time with Hank and several more even after I finished the program, but Hank warned me about relapses and told me they were totally normal. The important thing was getting back on the recovery program anytime I had a slip so that, as they say in recovery, “the slip doesn’t become a slide.”

Courtesy of Brian Kimskey Me in 2019.

And so far, the slips haven’t become slides. Anytime I’ve had a slip, I’ve gotten back on my program. It’s been two years and I’m doing well, recovering and moving forward. I still get eating disorder urges, compulsions and occasional fantasies. I still hear that old eating disorder voice, but luckily I hear it less and less often. And when I do hear it, I now have the tools to muffle it. So, thankfully, I can now open up about my disordered eating without titling this piece “I Threw Up Three Minutes Before I Wrote This.”

Jennette McCurdy grew up acting and had leading roles on shows like Netflix’s “Between” and Nickelodeon’s “iCarly.” Not totally satisfied with the work she did as an actress and wanting to take charge of her own creative narrative, McCurdy began writing and directing her own projects in 2017. Her first short film, “Kenny,” was featured on Short of the Week and in The Hollywood Reporter, and is an official selection for the 2019 Florida Film Festival, where it’s nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film. McCurdy’s newest short film, “Strong Independent Women,” is about a mother who puts all her energy into helping her daughter overcome an eating disorder. For more about McCurdy, visit her official website, Instagram and Twitter accounts.

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[yujachachacha]

another ask meme thing

Tagged by @hazardtomyhealth, @symphonyalpha, and @jerrykongg, wow! Hopefully, I’m not missing anyone; also, I’m so sorry about how late this is... OTL

Rules: Tag 20 people you’d like to get to know better I don’t even know if I’ve talked to 20 people on Tumblr, lol.

Anyways, let’s see how many of these I can avoid answering directly by inserting stuff I’ve previously posted on my blog :3c

Name/Nickname: Oh look, it’s the first question on my About page.

Gender: Wow, my About page sure is helpful~

Star Sign: Libra, just barely! That’s why I share my sign with Eli, even though she’s born in October and I was born in September, haha.

Height: Shorter than Nico_(:3 」∠)_ (1) (2)

Hogwarts House: I feel like I’ve mentioned this on my blog, but I can’t remember when, so...I’m a Hufflepuff by ~choice~. I was actually Hatstalled on Pottermore! That means that the Hat couldn’t choose between two Houses for me, and literally gave me the option to choose. The other House I could’ve chosen was actually Slytherin, lol. I have no idea how I got Hatstalled between those two, though it makes for an amusing story.

Favorite Color: Can’t remember if I said this on Tumblr or Discord, but it’s actually red. Chuunibyou me used to call it “blood-red” or “crimson-red”. But in terms of clothing, I tend to pick black, gray, or dark blue! (because they’re easier to wash than white clothes :3c)

Favorite Animal: If it has fur and eyes, I’ll probably think it’s cute by default. Furless animals like reptiles and birds are fine as well! But as for my favorite...it’s actually the snow monkey! The sole reason is the fact that they look like cute mini-grandpas when they’re chilling in hot springs:

Average hours of sleep: I have the ability to sleep like 18 hours thanks to the wacky sleep schedule I cultivated during university. But now that I think about it, it’s more like 6-8 hours on average. Huh. Surprisingly normal.

Cat or dog person: Please refer to the screenshot in the next question~ I’m a dog in the Chinese zodiac (y’all probably can figure out my DOB from the stuff I’m writing in this post, though it’s honestly not a secret since I’ve said things like “I’m Suwawa’s age” like a bajillion times lol), and my dream is to own a dog once I get my own place! I love cats as well though - I spent a lot of time petting cats in Korea and the Netherlands.

Favorite Fictional Characters: Everyone in µ’s and Aqours is precious!!! But it’s kinda obvious who my favorites are from my blog description, haha. Here’s what I’ve said before:

Nagato Yuki was actually my all-time favorite character when I was in high school. I pretty much died when I saw her alternate universe version in the movie, even though I knew what was coming since I read the light novels. :’)))

Number of blankets I sleep with: Usually one, but sometimes I use two in the winter (comforter + thin blanket). I dislike having cold feet/hands - the major plus to being smol is having warm hands, actually! It’s from sleeves being always too long for me, resulting in me being able to keep my hands insulated as a result.

Favorite Singer/Band: I don’t really have any particular favorite artist - I usually just happen to like whatever genre I’m into at the time - jazz, rock, classical, pop, slow ballads, and so on. Aside from LL music, I guess I mostly listen to random Korean and Japanese songs. Soundtracks from movies, games, and shows in general are pretty great!

Dream Trip: Airbnb in Europe! I’ve been to the Netherlands and Belgium, but I didn’t have too much time to explore since I was only there briefly (I literally spent a single day in Belgium) for a study abroad program. I’d really like to visit London in particular so I can geek out over Harry Potter stuff.

Dream Job: Defense attorney. Been a childhood dream of mine since 6th grade-ish?

When was this blog created: May 13, 2016! I stalked a bunch of LL blogs anonymously months before that though. :3c

Looking back...my first post (reblog) was so self-centered, omg. My first (original) post is pretty lame too, haha.

I actually joined Tumblr in 2012, but I only used my account for a year to reblog assorted memes and anime gifs. There wasn’t really any theme to it (unlike my current blog, which is firmly in the LL fandom), which is probably why I quickly lost interest. I wonder if I even remember the password to my old account...not that I really want to log on, since reading my old tags and reblogs is embarrassing (even the URL is just...OTL).

But now that I think about it, I don’t think much has changed:

2016 first “yujachat” post

2012 first ever Tumblr post

*cringes and prays that no one ever finds my first blog*

Current number of followers: Uh...*checks*...497?!?!?! When did this happen??? How many of you are bots? Even so, omg this is a lot. Holy shit. Uh. Wow. I might hit 500 soon...I should probably work harder on my TL projects in light of this. ;w;

When did your blog reach its peak?: I suspect it was that “Is there anything that You CAN’T do???” post I made towards the beginning of the LLS anime that started getting my blog attention. I do know that out of my top five posts, at least three of them are shitposts (specifically, from my Love Live SINshine series)...possibly four lmao, I haven’t looked too closely. I did get some attention for my analyses and translations, but not as much. TBH, I’m not surprised that memes rather than rambling won people over! :3c

What made you decide to make a Tumblr?: Yeah, about that...

Birthday: The day that LLS Episode 13 aired.

Relationship status: Single, and will probably stay that way until I rectify the fact that I’ve literally fallen asleep at a nightclub, and then ditched my friends there to go eat dumplings at 2am, because for me, apparently hunger > “thirst”.

Siblings: one younger brother (who probably thinks I’m a loser for still reading manga and stuff)

Wake up time: Generally, I’ll wake up naturally sometime between 9 and 10am. If I’m feeling lazy, or if I stayed up really late the night before, I’ll sleep in until like 1 or 2pm. In college, I’ve woken up at like 7pm before because my sleep schedule during university was, well...

In Korea, I’ve been waking up at about 7 or 8am though, so that I can eat breakfast with my relatives before they go to work!

Lemonade or sweet tea: Does yujacha count as sweet tea? :’D If not, then lemonade.

Day or night: I’m a night owl. I also prefer sunsets and the night sky over sunrise.

Coke or pepsi: I actually dislike pretty much all carbonated beverages now that I’m not the sugar fiend I used to be when I was little, but younger me preferred Coke.

Calls or texts: I call family members if it’s been a while since I’ve talked to them, and I also use phone calls when I have to explain something that I’m either (1) too lazy to do through texts since the explanation is long, or (2) lowkey unable to do since I’m much better at speaking than writing in Korean. Otherwise, I pretty much communicate through messages/texts.

Ever met a celebrity?: Do judges and international officials from the UN count? I got to meet a few when I was studying abroad in the Netherlands. I also met with Hannah Song (President and CEO of Liberty in North Korea) when I was a summer intern for a leadership program in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

Ah, but to actually answer the question in terms of pop culture people, the majority of the celebs I’ve met in recent memory are from university events/performances/shows, and include:

David So, a YouTube comedian. He gives pretty good hugs btw~

Dumbfoundead, Korean-American rapper.

Jay Pharoah, SNL comedian.

Judah Friedlander, actor who’s probably best known for 30 Rock; I took like five pictures with him in various poses lol.

JuNCurryAhn, an amazing YouTube violinist. He’s adorable in person.

Mike Song, founding member of Kinjaz and former member of Kaba Modern (the dance crew that stole my heart on ABDC).

Shin Lim, a world-champion magician. Seriously, check out his Penn and Teller episode he’s legit a wizard; also watching him live was fucking insane!!!

There are a few more celebs (mostly Asian-American artists lol, since I was hugely involved in the Asian culture clubs in university), but I can’t remember them all, since “meeting” them mostly consisted of taking pictures and small talk. Though for a few of the people on this list (especially the ones close to college age), I hung out with them during the post-event party and stuff. Pretty entertaining to see a magician renowned for slight-of-hand play beer pong. :3c

Also, I just realized that everyone on this list is male, lmao...I did meet several Asian female rappers/singers from college events, but for the life of me I can’t remember their names. :’)))

Ah, to rectify that - when I was in junior high, I saw Jennette McCurdy at the Anaheim East West Ice Palace. My brother and I spent a solid five minutes elbowing each other and muttering “Isn’t that Sam from iCarly?” / “No way!” / “Isn’t she supposed to be an ice skating pro?” / “Why would she come here?” / “Dude, she lives in the SoCal area and this place is home to the legendary Michelle Kwan, why wouldn’t she come here?” / “Wait, I don’t even like iCarly, so why are we talking about this?”. Then the poor girl started getting swarmed by a crowd of preteens asking for her autograph, so my brother and I decided to just let her be and skated off peacefully.

As a final note to this long list, when I was in elementary school, I think I might have seen Tim Allen in an Apple Store? I wasn’t sure because the guy was wearing shades, so I just walked past him without doing anything.

Smiles or eyes: EYE SMILES. tbh one of the reasons I love Shukashuu is her great eye smiles!!!

Country or city?: City. I’ve spent time in both while in Korea, and hands-down I’ve gotta pick city for (1) internet, (2) heating/air conditioning, (3) well-connected public transit, and (4) showering instead of having to go the old-fashioned route of drawing the bath.

Last song I listened to: Does the preview for Aqours’ “Thrilling One Way” count?

Tag some users you want to get to know better: I guess I’ll tag some of my followers? I really only know like a handful of people on Tumblr (and am still amazed that they talk to me omg), so don’t feel shy about saying hi! IDK if y’all have already done this thing, so feel free to ignore this if that’s the case, or if you just don’t wanna do it. @lmlm7 @lalalacies @mystwatch @xswordeyesx @queen-of-hearts92

Also, anyone who reads this who hasn’t done it yet, feel free to try it out! Tag me in your post so that I can get to know you as well~

[anglenews]

‘Hardest working human’ Ariana Grande enrages the Internet

Ariana Grande sent Twitter into a tizzy when she declared herself “the hardest working 23-year-old human being on Earth.” In an Instagram post on Friday, the singer captioned a snapshot, “when you’re cute but you’re also the hardest working 23 year old human being on earth #cute #butalso #CEO #unf—kwitable #haventsleptinyears.” She also linked to the photo on Twitter, writing, “cute but also ceo #unf—witable #haventsleptinyears.” Not everyone was impressed with Grande’s self-proclaimed work ethic. One Twitter user posted, “Yes Ariana Grande is the hardest working 23 year old on earth not the ones struggling making 60¢ a day trying to provide for their families.” “I really like ariana but ‘hardest working’? somebody who has as much time as her to post all day on her snapchat constantly says otherwise,” another posted. The Instagram comments weren’t much better. One user wrote, “Is that a joke? I would say a brain surgeon works harder, a soldier, a scientist… just lost all respect for her (not that I had much anyway).” Another scoffed, “You don’t know the struggle for a normal human being. #learnrealwork.” Though it’s likely that the “Side to Side” singer was speaking in hyperbole, her diva demands, including to be only be photographed from one side, don’t add much to her credibility. These are just a few reasons why Ariana Grande has a diva rep: When Ariana Grande’s life coach quit because of her attitude, it didn’t come as a shock to many. An insider said, “He just couldn’t take it anymore. Everything people are saying about her is true.” Pacific Coast News Rumors of a rift between Grande and her “Sam & Cat” co-star Jennette McCurdy gained steam when McCurdy tweeted a thinly veiled rant believed to be about the singer, then poked fun at her in a Web series. Getty Further complicating McCurdy and Grande’s former friendship is the theory that “Sam & Cat” got the ax from Nickelodeon, despite high ratings, because Grande was demanding much more cash than McCurdy. Getty Additionally, when “Sam & Cat” was canceled, Grande wrote a long letter thanking everyone from the cast, crew and fans … but not McCurdy. Ouch! Getty It wasn’t the first time Grande had drama with a Nickelodeon co-star. She previously insinuated that Victoria Justice going on a solo tour was the reason “Victorious” was canceled. Justice has denied the claims. Getty Grande once nixed an interview when the journalist had the gall to ask about anyone other than the “Problem” singer herself. A source tells Page Six, “First I asked about Demi Lovato, and she stopped the interview and asked me not to ask questions about Demi. In the same interview she stopped me again when I asked about [former Nickelodeon co-star] Victoria Justice and said she wouldn’t answer questions about her.” Getty While Grande often appears sweet to her fans, it’s not always the case. A source dished that she said she wished they would “all f—ing die” at a recent event. StarTraks During a meet-and-greet with fans, Grande allegedly refused photos with Arianators who’d won art contests to meet her. Dan O’Connor’s daughters were disappointed when the songbird was rude to them and refused any photos. “Ariana turned to her security and ordered, ‘Make sure she deleted those [pictures],'” O’Connor told BuzzFeed. Grande later said it was because O’Connor’s daughters gave her a drawing of her with her late grandfather, making her cry. O’Connor disputed her excuse, saying the drawing was presented only after she demanded the photos be erased. Bauer-Griffin After news of her alleged rudeness to fans broke, Grande posted this exchange on her own Instagram. Sweet coincidence or transparent damage control move? Instagram.com/arianagrande Even Grande’s hair is a grand pain: A source told Page Six, “[Grande] was so obsessed with her hair that she had it dyed every three days, and the big ponytail is fake.” StarTraks Ariana Grande famously will only be photographed from the left. Getty E!’s Giuliana Rancic confirmed Grande’s too-big-for-her-britches behavior and incessant need to be shot from the left. “I feel like where there is smoke, there is fire,” Rancic said of Grande’s team bullying the longtime red carpet interviewer to get the singer’s perfect angle. “It was like you either get on the other side or we don’t do an interview.” Getty Another source who recently worked with the singer told Page Six, “She kind of speaks down to everyone around her.” Getty The source continued, “Having a preferred side is nothing new. Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey and even Tina Fey have them. The difference is that normally a publicist will come up and politely ask that you shoot X from X side. With Ariana’s team, it is a demand from the beginning, three people come to make sure before Ariana enters the room. Instead of coming off like an assertive woman who knows what she wants, it makes Ariana seem like a toddler throwing a tantrum and her parents handling the dirty work for her.” Getty Grande reportedly even walked out on a shoot in Australia with photographer Chris Pavlich after issuing a list of demands that included “no natural light” and only being shot from the left side. Sources say Grande insisted on “checking each frame after it was taken and asking for shots she wasn’t pleased with to be deleted. After a few minutes she left the hotel suite, complaining to her reps that she was unhappy with how her top looked in the poses.” BuzzFeed reports that Grande’s rep demanded Pavlich delete all of the photos. When Pavlich refused, he claims he “was later approached by a member of the singer’s security team who attempted to prevent him from closing the tailgate on his car as he stowed his equipment.” Getty Yet another inside source who worked with Grande told BuzzFeed, “She demanded to be shot only on her left side and told the lighting crew that if they used red light, she would ‘kill herself.’” Splash Up Next Fatherhood makes Josh Holloway even sexier :0 “I’m completely in love with my children, and I participate… 16 View Slideshow Share this: Source http://anglenews.com/hardest-working-human-ariana-grande-enrages-the-internet/