As Promised...

I know I'm a little late with the update, but here it is... The Jersey Shore. If you haven't watched this one, then do yourself a favor, grab a twelver and tune in to MTV Thursdays at 10/9c. And yes, I just slapped myself for plugging an MTV show.

My introduction to the show came in the form of a couple of friends describing to me The Situation. The Situation is, in fact, a person, not a set of circumstances like you might initially think. He is a self-proclaimed Machiavelli, his hair is never out of place and he "is not going to let anyone stop him from getting what he wants out of his summer on the Jersey Shore." Teaming up with his buddy Pauly D, who one might easily mistake for one of the Gotti brothers, this degenerate duo is looking to take the Eastern Seaboard, or at least a small section of it, by storm.

I do have to say though, I would like to hang out with these guys, if only for a night. In one episode, they spend their night "battling" (dance fighting) and "beating up the music" (a maneuver that involves fist-pumping to the beat of house music) in a Jersey club. At the end of the night, when it appears that their overflowing testosterone has failed them, they happen upon two unsuspecting females. Like hyenas, they surround them, eventually corralling them out to the street. Just as they are about to make their kill, a couple of girls in a convertible drive by. The two hyenas immediately abandon their prey and make an attempt to coax the more appealing targets in the convertible back to their lair. When their mating dance fails, they high-tail it back to their original victims. And by some miracle, they still get the girls to come back with them! It's as if they have some guido god smiling down on them.

Now this is but a taste of the fruits you will undoubtedly enjoy if you allow yourself the pleasure (albeit somewhat guilty) of watching Jersey Shore. And if that's not enough to convince you, last week some really annoying girl from the show got punched in the face!