Twisted Tween- No Voice No Choice!

This weeks blog is a subject that is going to make you question if anything anyone says is true!

For example, if you are going to watch a show called Teen Choice Awards wouldn't you think that the awards were chosen by the teens? In this particular case the answer is - NOT!

Finding this information out was a huge disappointment to us, and everyone we know. We went out of our way to take the time to get online and vote for the people that we thought deserved to win. If we knew that we were wasting our time, and that our votes were not actually deciding the winner, we would not have wasted our time!

Posted on the screen for a second of the awards show was this:

"Winners for the teen choice awards were determined through voting on the teenchoiceawards.com website. The results of the voting were tabulated electronically by teenchoiceawards.com and confirmed by a committee of Fox representatives. Teenasaurus Rox Inc had the right to determine the winners from among the top four vote getters of the nominees in each of 88 catagories. Ultimate choice was determined solely by the producers."

Sound like teen choice to you? Sounds like producers choice to us! And they chose from the top 4? At least if they had chosen from the top 2 it would have been slightly more fair! Either way it was absolutely NOT teen choice...

iCarly had better ratings than all the other shows it was up against- and yet did not receive one TCA? Does this make sense to you? Seems pretty fishy to us! We think they got totally robbed! Everyone we know watches iCarly, and everyone we know voted. Were our voices heard? Maybe they were heard, but completely ignored. Oh how we hate to be ignored, don't you? This should also be upsetting to the people that won. When you win something you want to win fair and square. In this case why did they bother to even have the teens vote? The producers could of had their winners in mind all along! Again- NOT TEEN CHOICE!

So next year, unless they release a statement saying that they have changed their voting rules and decision making process we have one word for them.... Boycott!

So that is our rant for the week.

Keep it real! H and C

Twisted tweens :LOL!

LOL!( Laugh out loud), ROFL! (Rolling on floor laughing)! You have read them all -right?

The question is, do you really do it? Laughing is more than just something you do when something is funny. From our research we have found all kinds of benefits from just cracking up! You know how we are about our facts, so we thought we would share a few! Make sure that you click the links inserted in the blog as you read.

Laughter lowers the levels of cortisol in the body. Cortisol suppresses the immune system. Lowering these levels makes your immune system work better, and may prevent disease. Keeping you from getting sick, how great is that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaCCkfjPm0o

You can stimulate your heart and lungs, elevate your blood pressure and improve breathing capacity by laughing. Sounds way better to us than the gym! (although we are sure you should do that too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk

Charles Darwin believed that your facial expressions can actually influence your mood.Studies in bio-feedback confirm Darwin's belief. So if you don't feel it- fake it! It will make you feel better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

15 minutes of laughter equals the benefit of 2 hours sleep. We still suggest a good nights sleep, but we guess if you did not get one, find something that will really make you laugh ,it will make it easier to get through your day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNndX9qua1o

Dr. Michael Miller from the University of Maryland found that laughter can improve circulatory and cardiovascular health. Woot Woot! We are helping our heart!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0&feature=fvw

A Vanderbilt University study found that laughter burns a little more than one calorie a minute. Not exactly a treadmill, but it's something!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNtcNpjON5Q

University of Chicago studies show a great sense of humor can add 8 years to your life. Living longer too! We are definitely on to something here...

http://www.icarly.com/iVideo/index.html#vid4173

Stanford University studies show a good belly laugh can give you health benefits equal to 10 minutes on a rowing machine. So don't hold it back! When you find something entertaining just let go and laugh. It is something so ridiculously easy to do, and it doesn't cost anything, and now you know exactly how good it is for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7mOzWQSnaQ&NR=1

If our style of humor doesn't get you laughing, than find something that will, it is like milk...It does a body good!

That is some pretty impressive stuff, don't you agree? We just might live forever! After all, our name on twitter is @twinswholaugh .