The new talk of the reality show world is MTV’s Jersey Shore, a show that follows self-described “guidos” or “guidettes” in their summer on the Jersey Shore. Think The Real World with only Italians.
Before I tell you why the countdown is on, let me first say I can’t stand this show. The people on the show ridiculous stereotypes of Italian-Americans. The guys are all muscleheads and the girls all have big boobs. They have no regard for anyone but themselves.
I’ve been to Italy twice, I’ve never once seen a person there act like these buffoons do. People don’t have orange skin. People don’t drink til they puke or fight every other person. The “Italian culture” you claim to be so proud of is nothing more than a made up fantasy world you live in.
Numerous groups have called for a boycott of the show and of its advertisers. The voices are getting so loud that Domino’s Pizza has dropped its sponsorship of the show earlier today. New York Post critic Lisa Stansi correctly states, “Would that programming ever have been allowed if the group were African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Jewish people?”
All this being said, I saw what could be described as one of the funniest things on TV. This is why the countdown has begun. On what could be called a season recap, I stumbled upon this little nugget of goodness. I can’t wait until the full episode airs so I can Tivo it forever.
I want to preface this by saying I never condone domestic violence. What Chris Brown did to Rihanna is horrible and disgusting. This isn’t domestic violence. This is a girl learning that she needs to keep her mouth shut and not talk sh!t to the wrong people, because there are guys that will hit you.
ENJOY!
Buona notte puttana!
It’s been nearly nine months since I’ve updated this. Please forgive me as I shake off the rust, update you all on the time I’ve missed, and get back into the rhythm of writing every day.
May: Went on my first business trip to Tucson as WeatherBug partners with KOLD-TV
Did the whole “cap-and-gown” thing as I officially graduated from WCSU
The twin brothers graduated from high school. The picture below is the last time they literally looked up to me as they are both now about six feet tall. I’m very proud of them!
June: Got the worst sunburn ever. As you probably know, I don’t have hair, thereby making it verrrrrrry easy for me to burn on my head. I went to Ocean City, MD with a few Sigma Chi brothers and stupid me put tanning oil on instead of sunscreen. Needless to say, I’ve learned my lesson.
September: Mariolina and I celebrated our 2.5 year anniversary. She continues to be amazing. I would like to write more, but then I’d just be a cheesy boyfriend trying to gain brownie points.
Ok so I think those are the major points. I’m sure I’ll write about some things at a later date, but consider yourself properly briefed.
For those of you who care… I’ll also be updating my other website 4cast4you periodically. I guarantee that my first article back will be about the climate change emails. I have so much I’ve been holding in.
Anyway, I’m back and I appreciate that you’re still visiting the site.
There are reports that the spokeperson for ShamWow and Slap Chop, Vincent Schlomi, has been arrested. Not for soliciting a minor, as I predicted in my previous article. Instead, Mr. S. Wow was arrested for punching a hooker four times in the face.
Smoking Gun reports:
According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miama Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she “propositioned him for straight sex.” Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly “bit his tongue and would not let go.” Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue.
Apparently Vince went to Miami and was away from all his groupies. I guess he did what any other washed-up infomercial star would do… he hired a hooker.
It seems like a pretty open and shut case until you look at the mugshot.
If you punch a hooker four times for biting your tongue, why do you have injuries that look like you fought Kimbo Slice?
Bail was set at $19.95… but wait!
Shocking Update: A certain nurse friend of mine has brought it to my attention that the ’shirt’ Vince is wearing is actually a hospital gown. The print is called snowflakes. Geeze, this story keeps getting better by the second. Nothing like getting hospitalized from getting your ass kicked by a hooker.
I finally started my gig at WeatherBug on Monday. I can already tell this is a great company to work for. They threw me into the fire right away and gave me a pretty important project to work on. I’m creating new HD graphics for KJRH in Tulsa, OK. Lots of work but I know I can handle it.
I also started writing for examiner.com. Check out my page here. I’ll be writing a daily weather summary for CT or whatever else I’d like to comment on. I love getting paid to write. What can be better (or easier)?
4cast4you.com is finally taking off. Joe and I decided to create an actual company, so I will be incorporating that soon. 4cast4you, Inc will be a forecasting powerhouse and bringing in some dough for us.
I really don’t have any free time. I am shocked how much extra work I have outside of work. Oh well… I am really enjoying what I’m doing. Even better that I’m finally getting paid for it.
As the title implies, I’ve finally joined Twitter about a week ago and have yet to totally figure it out. From what I can see, it’s not that hard. Comment on whatever in 140 characters or less. Easy enough, right? What about direct messages and @replies? I don’t understand them. Like everything I don’t totally understand, I am going to play around with it until it sinks in.
The reason that I’m mentioning all this is because Facebook has taken a Twitter feel to it. Anyone else feel that way? Facebook must have been very threatened by Twitter. I saw a recent MSNBC story about how Twitter has no idea how they are going to make money off their product, yet were still able to raise $35 million in private capital.
I have a feeling Twitter is going to be bought by Google. They own everything else right?
