Moonie's Ramblings

[Prof. Moonie]

FYI: I do my dollz completely on MS Paint. With a mouse.

No Paint Shop Pro. No tablet of any sorts. No special, fancy do-dads.

3nodding  

[Prof. Moonie]

*sings along to music*  

[Prof. Moonie]

I'm running out of things to say right now.

whee

It's almost dinnertime.  

[Prof. Moonie]

This was a saying on a bumper sticker on one of the cars at school today that I liked:

"If only close-minded people came with closed mouths."  

[Prof. Moonie]

*sighs*

I'm getting hungry...

sad  

[Prof. Moonie]

I hear the microwave buttons! Must mean one of my parents is heating dinner up. So I'll probably be heading off to eat dinner soon.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Almost done with the doll. Just have to do Sherlock's hair.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Off to eat dinner.

((Almost done with the doll... just got to finish shading Sherlock's hair. biggrin ))  

[Prof. Moonie]

Back for a bit... until I head off to watch TV.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Finished with the doll!  

[Prof. Moonie]

Off to watch TV.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Good morning!  

[Prof. Moonie]

We watched the American Idol finale yesterday.

I was actually on the verge of crying, knowing it was the last time Simon would be a judge on Idol. whee He was my favorite judge (other than Ellen) and I liked how honest he was with people, even if he did come off a bit rude sometimes. Idol is certainly going to be different without him there.

Anyway... congrats Lee on winning. But you do you realize, Lee, that Crystal is probably going to be the one who will be more popular than you?  

[Prof. Moonie]

So there seems to be a pattern that occurs with the winners and runner-ups of American Idol. While it's true that not everyone follows the trend, it's still pretty common.

Season 1 - Kelly Clarkson won, Justin Guarini runner-up. She became a big hit; so she doesn't follow the trend.

Season 2 - Ruben Studdard won, Clay Aiken runner-up. Clay Aiken has been more active than Ruben has been - thus begins the trend.

Season 3 - Fantasia Barrino won, Diana DeGarmo runner-up. Neither won has done much so far, but Fantasia is beginning her music career - so she doesn't follow the trend.

Season 4 - Carrie Underwood won, Bo Bice runner-up. Carrie obviously is majorly famous now, probably the most famous of all the Idol contests so far. Bo Bice has done some music, but isn't as familiar as Carrie's work. Thus the trend continues.

Season 5 - Taylor Hicks won, Katharine McPhee runner-up. Haven't seen much action lately from either one... but I think Katharine has been more active than Taylor. So in a way the trend continues still.

Season 6 - Jordin Sparks won, Blake Lewis runner-up. Trend doesn't apply here. Jordin is more active than Blake.

Season 7 - David Cook won, David Archuleta runner-up. David A. seems to be more active than David Cook. Though they seem to be pretty tied sometimes. Trend applies somewhat here.

Season 8 - Kris Allen won, Adam Lambert runner-up. Both have released their first albums and who ended up with more popularity - Adam Lambert. While it's still pretty early in their career, I'm going to still say the trend applies here.  

[Prof. Moonie]

There's been other trends my parents and I have noticed in game shows.

For example, with Survivor (and sometimes The Biggest Loser), whoever ends up winning the car becomes "cursed" and is usually the next person to be voted out. xd