jersey shore

hi. well today we are going to discuss something which might be even more controversial than yesterday's post and that may very well get a hit put on me. our topic today is the "guidos/guidettes" that have been suddenly popularized by a hit show on mtv, "jersey shore." being italian, myself, i feel that i can say with confidence that these people in no way are good examples of italian culture.

i'm not saying the show isn't successful in entertaining, because obviously people are all amped up about it. i personally can't bring myself to watch it after i saw a clip of some drunk meathead punch a girl in the face and knock her to the ground. call me chivalrous, but that doesn't fly in my book. i felt slightly redeemed when i saw the same meathead get KO'd in a cage fighting match on youtube, but still, i won't support a show that makes money off of showing girls get hit by guys twice their size.

for some reason this has made tons of people embrace their inner "guido/guidette" and now everyone thinks its cool to "fist pump" and over tan. galileo, raphael, bernini, davinci, these are some italians who actually deserve to be followed and looked up to, not "snookie," "vinny," and my personal favorite, "the situation." i hope for their sakes they are awesome actors and aren't actually as ridiculous as they portray themselves to be.

i saw this little gem on youtube which is like "jersey shore" but for real. you do all know that all of the members of the cast of jersey shore aren't actually from jersey, right?

take cover,

-ry a.k.a. the awkward situation