New Jersey Takeover

Fake tans, blowout haircuts, high heels, and loud hairstyles these are just a few things that now being tied in with every person from New Jersey thanks to reality T.V’s recent obsession over New Jersey based show Jersey Shore. The show starting in 2009 brings together 8 people from the New Jersey area to live under one roof for a summer. The lives of Vinny, Angelina, Snooki, Ronnie, Pauly-D, Mike the Situation, Sammi, and J-Wow are put under the microscope being filmed all twenty four hours of the day. Not much else consumes the lives of these so called young adults other then eating, sleeping, and drinking.

This is where my problem with the show comes in; the people on this show get paid ludacris amounts of money for a show broadcasting their stupidity. Mike the Situation had made himself a teenage icon for simply being an arrogant and disrespectful person. Each member makes on average $30,000 per episode! This is more than the average high school teacher makes. Not to mention all the money made for making apperances at clubs which is supposedly around five to six thousand dollars per hour! All this money being thrown at these "guidos" for simply partying is wrong. I completely disagree with people being paid to party and act outrageous for entertainment.

Fantasy Football season is here...

Now that the NFL season has begun every average joe has started their own season. That season is fantasy football. Hands down, fantasy football is the most popular activity to partake in throughout the 6 months of the NFL season. Fantasy football is a game that turns the regular person into the owner/coach of their very own “fantasy teams”. Every fantasy football league has one draft at the beginning of the season where the members of the league pick their players before the actual NFL season starts.

Once the teams are set then the real fun begins; every week the coach of the team can choose which people to play and which sit the bench (players on the bench cannot gain points for their team). Teams go head to head against each other every weekend just like regular football teams and at the end of the regular season whichever team has the best record is deemed the champion.

However…

With all the hype about fantasy football, is it really that good? Granted you can take the reins of your own fantasy team and act as coach for the season, but in the end it is only fantasy and you are only acting as a coach. What do you think about fantasy football? Is it really worth the buildup or is it something that we can do without?

Maybe that gum won't stay in your stomach so long after all...

Growing up I’m sure most of your parents told you, “Don’t cross your eyes or they’ll stay like that!” or “You have to wait one hour before you can go swimming after you eat!” And like most people I’m sure you believed your parents when they told you these things. Well think again a recent article on CNN.com provides the proof that not only are these two myths wrong but so are ten others that every mom or dad has told their child.


Coming across this article was particularly eye catching to me because growing up I heard these sayings all the time, whether it be from my parents or my over protective grandparents. A bunch of things crossed my mind while reading about the truth behind the myths; why have these sayings been used for so long if there’s definite proof that they’re not true? Or was it perhaps that my parents just liked to watch me cringe when I ate my bread crust for the so called “vitamins” inside? Then I caught myself. I realized why they did pass on these sayings and that was for one reason, tradition. Just like my grandparents grew up hearing the sayings from their parents, my parents had to do the same, and just like my parents my brothers and I had to do the same. You could almost think of the sayings as a part of growing up, and even though they may not be true they’re always there to remind you of your childhood.


I thank my parents for telling me these sayings, even though they’re just myths, so I can pass them on to my children. Because it’s not always about what is being said but just the fact that you’re saying something. So next time someone tells you not to swallow your gum it’ll be in your stomach for seven years, just smile you know better.