I admit it, I'm a fan... GTL baby!

OK, so I probably shouldn't admit this publicly, but I'm about to put it out there for the world. I. Am. A. Fan. Of. Jersey Shore. There, I said it. What can I say? It's a guilty pleasure of mine, and I'm admitting it. Why, exactly, I'm not sure. Maybe because it's like watching a train wreck happen, and you can' keep your eyes off. Maybe it's because I just can't believe that there are people out there who actually live and act like this. It's very foreign to me. But, the "cast" is making money - a lot of it - off of this, and so much more. All because of people like me, who tune in every Thursday night to see what catastrophe is going to happen next.

Snooki, by far, is my favorite on the show. She says it like it is, and doesn't really care what other people think about her. After the show first came out and became a hit, I posted a Saturday Night Live parody of her. Hilarious. It makes me laugh even now. I found this article in the New York Times about her (yes, you read correctly... the New York Times ran an article on Snooki from Jersey Shore). What in the world has this world come to?

Then, I heard on one of those entertainment shows last night that the new Jersey Shore Halloween costumes are out. W.T.F.??? Jersey Shore Halloween costumes?!?!? Did I hear that right? Surely, that is not true. But, oh, is it ever. I Googled it, and found the website. It's costumecraze.com, and right on their front page they have the link. Wow. All because of a bunch of early 20-somethings who lived in a house on the Jersey Shore together for a summer. It's all the craze!!

So, I'm off to get my Snooki costume. Someone please invite me to a Halloween party this year!

Happy fist-pumping!

End of an era

Today marks the end of one of the greatest soap operas ever. OK, maybe not really, but it does mark the end of an era for Guiding Light. After 72 years (the longest running soap opera ever), the show will no longer air after today. Kinda brings a tear to my eye. Not that I watched it every day (hardly... who has time to do that when they work 10 hours a day?), but I know that my grandma and many of my family members do, and I think my mom did at some point in time in her life as well.

Is it the greatest acting in the world? Nope. Is it life-changing? Nope again. Can you pick up in the middle of the week where you left it one year ago and get all the latest story lines and find out who's carrying who's baby, and who killed who, and who divorced who only to marry someone's friend? Absolutely. And that's what I love about soap operas. When I'm home sick, or just taking a day off of work (um, never mind... that doesn't happen), I can turn on my soap operas and find out what I've missed in the last year.

With that said, and Guiding Light now going off the air for good, I'll miss Josh and Reva, Philip and Beth, Alan Spaulding (the jerk that he is), the Bauer's 4th of July parties, and all of the drama that comes with a soap opera. Like I said, I didn't watch it on a regular basis (although, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I scheduled my classes around it in college... I can't really remember), it is kind of odd to think that the light will no longer be lit on CBS at 2 p.m. in the afternoon.

Ryan Seacrest high fives a blind guy

I missed this the other night on American Idol, but heard it was kinda funny. And it is, in a way. I have to admit, Seacrest found a way to cover for his stupidity, but I'm sure at the time he was thinking, "How in the heck do I get out of this one?"