Jersey Shore... seems to be a world-wide guilty pleasure. It's odd when someone post "GTL" on their Facebook Status and 35 "likes" later they take it down from sheer annoyance at all the email notifications they received. They wanted popularity, not chain mail. But the weirdest thing is, was that those 35 people all knew what "GTL" stood for: Gym, Tan, Laundry. The mantra of the Jersey Shore Guidos. And all of America as well... for we all, for the most part, secretly dedicated an hour of our lives every Thursday night to watch the antics of the Jersey Shore crew.
I know I did. Some people used it as a pregame session. Others as an alternative to going out on a Thursday night because the excuse that "I can't go, Jersey Shore is on" was simply... just that good. But still others think that the show was a trashy tv show created simply to raise MTV ratings. That it was an insult to the actual Jersey Shore.
I fear that I have to disagree... as much as I do not want to raise my hand and out myself. It is one of those where you pretend to be scratching your head until the professor asks you if you are actually stretching or commenting. I am commenting. I loved the Jersey Shore show. If I missed a show. I would watch the reruns. I was that bad. But in me admitting that I watched it, I am letting out some of the confusion as to why I sat down to watch this trashy show every Thursday night at 10pm.
Beat the Beat... You gotta do it if the Beat beats you. There's a "situation" here. Grenadeeee! I know all of the lines from the show. And they have been incorporated into college life. The people who hated the show, hate on the people who loved the show. It seems like there is no middle ground with college students. But all I want people to know is that this show is a simple, guilty pleasure. It is not a reflection of our own personalities. It is not a recording of our own lives. We do not live our lives from party to party like the Jersey Shore crew. We all have our own goals and dreams in life. Just because we watch a tv show that you do not like does not mean that you should judge us by our pasttimes. I'm sure you have a few skeletons in your own closet that you are just too scared to admit to the world.
I am admitting this one openly. I like the trashy, classless, lovable Jersey Shore crew. And I honestly hope that there is another season.
If you are a fellow lover like myself. Here are some fleshy additions to my blog. Feel free to click around. Who knows... maybe you might find yourself in a great "situation"....
MTV Jersey Shore Main Link
Catch Snookie Getting Punched
Become a Facebook Fan of Jersey Shore
Wanna Show off Jersey Shore Bling?
Pre-Order Jersey Shore Season 1
Make Your Very Own Jersey Shore Avatar!
Do You Tweet Jersey Shore?
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I'll make a confession, too: I've never seen the show. And I have no desire to see the show. Fromm what I've seen of the people on the show, and from clips on the Internet, watching those people for more than a minute or two would make my head explode. Why is it that so many reality shows celebrate people behaving like jerks?
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