"beers. bitches. and the beach. that's all you need to know about the jersey shore." really? because i remember the jersey shore as a place for fun family days spent mini-golfing, chasing after the ice cream truck (fatty), and braving the polluted waters of the mid-atlantic. not so - MTV's newest reality show, "Jersey Shore," chronicles quite a different shore experience for four guys and four girls living together for a month during the summer.
the characters aren't just your average binge drinking, bicurious, totally damaged young adults. no, MTV has chosen to collect a particular breed of binge drinking, bicurious, totally damaged young adults from up and down the east coast: guidos and guidettes (i thought guido was gender neutral....) at the ready with costco sized hair gel, premium tanning memberships, and dance moves like you've never seen before.
i feel more like an embedded journalist in my reporting on this situation. my family used to have a jersey shore house and i spent three entire years of my highschool life in new jersey. once, i even had the opportunity to see the guido in all of his glory at a minor concert mix-up.
several summers back, my friends and i went to see red hot chilli peppers at a concert called "beatstock." we knew something was amiss as soon as we drove onto the parking lot: every concert goer was totally straight out of "my new haircut." disoriented, my one friend asked: "wait, why are there so many guidos here?" we decided to brave the unknown and see what was going on inside of the venue. as you may have guessed, beatstock was decidedly un-rhcp and completely "drop a beat" staten island club/music to pump your fist to. we left early and headed for the nearest tgiFridays. (it turns out red hot chilli peppers played at the same venue a few nights before. win! no, total nadir)
anyway, given my extensive experience, every thrusday i'd like to share my thoughts on the happenings of these fine young americas. teaser: what do we have to look foward to this season? says one huge guid on the show: "i'm ready to party...get filthy, get creepy and wierd."
get what? never drinking in jersey again.