Jersey Shore Part II

Last week I took you into a world few people haven't heard of: Jersey Shore. It's synonymous with summer, east coast, clubbing and alcohol. I wanted to review Jersey Shore because I really am not familiar with it, myself. Since it first aired I was quick to judge it but I never gave it a fair chance. After watching two episodes, my opinion hasn’t really changed.

This is a world of summer fun–of alcohol and sex. It’s a world where it’s not what you know, but how you look. The people here couldn’t care less what’s on the inside if you’re outside isn’t suntanned crispy and your abs aren’t playgirl material. Lawyers and doctors don’t stand a chance.

In the first episode Nicole (Snookie) got belligerently wasted, rubbed up on the male house guests and passed out–missing the house’s quality bonding time. Being the awkward stranger (everybody lost respect for her after her behavior), she is compelled to leave Jersey Shore and go back to where everyone “treats [her] like a princess.”

Moral of the story: upon the first night of being with new people in an unfamiliar area don’t drink excessively, kiss up on strangers and pass out.

In the second episode we find the house guests doing their first day of work at the T-Shirt store. Angelina greets this new job with protest. She reflects, “When I think of Jersey Shore I think of a playground.” Of course you shouldn’t be bothered with a job while partying it up in Jersey Shore. God forbid you have to contribute to society in any way while here. She was very devastated to find out Dan (the store owner and their landlord) expected her to work more than once a week. “I feel like this job is beneath me,” she complains. She remarks, “I’m a bartender,” as if bartending is a real step-up from sales. When referring to her job back home, she says, “I do…like, you know, great things.” As we all know, nothing is greater than pouring two different kinds of beverages into a cup and handing it to a customer for an exaggerated tip. Spending eight to nine hours of a day at this shop is overwhelming for her. This only demonstrates that she’s never had a real job in her life.

When the group does go out at night it is nothing less than epic. They go to the craziest clubs and nobody is off-limits. Jenni (Jwow) fools around with Pauly D and Sammi makes out with Ronnie. As previously stated, Jwow, the “praying mantis,” has a boyfriend back home, thus, what she does with Pauly D is probably disliked by her man. Sammi’s and Ronnie’s interaction wouldn’t be too eye-catching if Sammi hadn’t already been talking to Mike (The Situation). “The Situation just never fails,” Mike says, in reference to his competition to winning Sammi over. This of course is a major blow to his ego, because he doesn’t exactly succeed in this situation.