I'm not much of a Pokeshipper, but most pairings I do like with Ash are with tomboys. Misty just seems to be the strange exception to my tastes, heh. Pearlshipping I'm not worried about, though, since we know by now the anime's following a strict formula and one day Dawn will go the way of Misty and May.
I was an art person because I've drawn cartoons and comics and whatnot since I was 3. Thing is, most art teachers hate cartoonists, don't consider it art, and discriminate against you if you draw cartoons. So that was part of why I couldn't stand the major. All that plus wasting money on a 3-hour art class teaching me about the color wheel and shapes, stuff I learned in PRIMARY SCHOOL... yeah, I needed to get out of there.