Hannah Montana - More than I Wanted to Know About this Jem Copy

I’ve never ever seen an episode of Hannah Montana. There’s a reason for that - I don’t want to. I’m not a little kid. But I’m breaking my ban to cover an interesting story that has surfaced. Well, two, actually.

I don’t really get this craze about Hannah Montanah. I mean, this show was already on TV. It was called Jem.

Jem was on in the 80’s, a cartoon featuring a singer who had an alter-ego and would sing and perform with a wig, and hide her real identity. Um, I think that’s what this other show is about, or something. *Hair twirl* And Jem had pink hair, so basically - she wins.

You know what else? People in the 80’s were wholesome enough not to write fake stories to win stuff from Jem. Some six year old girl in Texas won tickets to see a Hannah Montana concert through an essay that lied about her father dying in Iraq. But please - note my phrasing here.

Because the fan who faked the story was her Mother. And while the six year old is the technical winner, the Mom would also get the perks. The girl is innocent and I’m sad about this. I really doubt she would have decided to write a story about this.

The Mother is Priscilla Ceballos, of Garland, Texas, and she’s reported as saying, “We did the essay and that’s what we did to win… We did whatever we could do to win.” She went on to say that the competition rules never said that they couldn’t make up a story. But was this a ’story writing competition’? I’m betting no.

So now the concert organizers don’t know what to do. Do they take the prize away or not? Well, I don’t think they should take it away from the daughter. But the Mother should not be allowed to go. Let an Aunt or someone take the girl (and they get four tickets, so she can take two friends). And maybe fine the Mother. Just don’t punish the daughter!

There’s another story about Miley Cyrus (who plays Hannah Montana) going on right now that I think is ridiculous. There’s pictures of her with a friend, who is a girl, and they’re making out. Get over it! No? Well, okay, maybe if they were making out, that would be a pretty big deal. But they aren’t!

They’re two teenage girls at a sleepover and they’re being affectionate and sharing candy or something. Pervs of the world, she’s fifteen! I’ll admit, Miley looks innocent and cute, while this friend of hers looks kind of like she’d like to eat Miley. They’re otherwise innocent photos, and it sucks for kids who grow up in today’s paparazzi world where they can’t have a moment without a flash of a camera around the bend.

C’mon, do you think Shirley Temple never did this?

For more on Hannah Montana: Sirlinksalot.net:HannahMontana

EDIT: You can also read more in our brand new forums, fellow SofaChipper, Laura, has written about this: here.

Until next time,
- Jessica for Sofachip.com