The Jersey Shore

I have never been to the Jersey Shore. In fact, until recently, I had only heard co-workers talking about "GTL" and "fist pumping" and the like. The other weekend, there was a Jersey Shore marathon on and, I was in the mood for a good marathon, so I watched.

And so it began.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the Jersey Shore is even better than MTV's The Real World. For the first half hour of the marathon, my jaw was hanging open. I was amazed at this group of individuals. They did what they wanted to do, when they wanted to do it, and other people's opinions be damned. The thing that I think I liked the most about the show is that, besides the occasional roommate fight, these kids thought of each other as one big family. Whereas with The Real World, most of the house is in one clique and the other half is in another clique, this group really did become like a big family (albeit slightly to moderately dysfunctional). Maybe they all thought of each other as family and were able to get along relatively well because they all share the same heritage (Italian) and thus, some of the same values and the general cast of The Real World is cast to be be a bunch of people who share very little in common and probably are cast because they won't get along well.

I don't want to get too deep into this, but I saw an article I wanted to share about this Jersey Shore phenomenon: http://tinyurl.com/yh9kjs3. CNN discusses the business behind the show (own your own J-Woww yellow, low cut blouse or book Pauly D or The Situation for $10,000). Unreal! There's also a Jersey Shore name generator where you can get your own fun Jersey Shore nickname (some of the results are kind of gross - but if you've seen the show, you'll get a good laugh!). Check that out here: http://tinyurl.com/yhh6eud

If you haven't seen an episode yet, I encourage you to do so. I promise, you won't be disappointed ... as long as you like watching a good train wreck and a group of fun people having a really, really, REALLY good time.

- The Incident

Brangelina Splitting?

According to "The News of the World," Brangelina are splitting up (and sharing custody of their litter of children). Now, we've all heard this before ... they've been rumored to be fighting a lot and "on the verge of a split" for months. And people USED to think the National Enquirer and The News of the World were just scummy little fake papers (which, for the most part, they are). BUT, I think it was the National Enquirer that broke the story about John Edwards cheating on Elizabeth Edwards (classy move for a dude whose wife is suffering from cancer - schmuck), and News of the World got to talk to one of Tiger's MANY mistresses. Let's not count this one out yet. Here's the link to the story: http://tinyurl.com/ykorchp

Let's just wait a little bit and see what happens, shall we?

- The Incident

Hope for Haiti Now - Update

OK, so I just had to drop a quick update. I heard on the news that the money raised during the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon (yes, they're calling it a telethon) last night has raised $57 Million ... and counting!!! That's so awesome! I'm totally impressed that people, even given the current economic crisis in America, gave so generously. Rock on people! The website will still be accepting donations for another 90 days. There's still time. So if you can give, please visit http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/.

- The Incident

Hope for Haiti Now

So last night I watched the "Hope for Haiti Now" benefit (or was it a telethon?) and donated to the cause. I couldn't imagine loosing everything I had. In the case of many Haitians, what they had wasn't much to begin with. This is really time to do something, so I called in (no, I did not talk to anyone famous ... a few people have asked me that). I am dying to know how much money they raised! But, for my first official blog post, I thought encouraging people out there in cyberspace to contribute was a good idea - pay it forward. So if you want to get involved, go to http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/ and give what you can. Think about it ... if everyone gave $5 and 1 million people watched last night (math genius that I am), that's $5 Million going DIRECTLY to Haiti (Hope for Haiti Now waived admin fees, so all the money is going straight to the people who need it).

So give. And send good thoughts.

- The Incident