September 8th, 2008
 Ah, the end of the summer. To the common man, it can be linked to a gradual tempature shift to cooler days, new seasons of your favorite television shows starting back up, or kids going back to school against their will.
That's all fine and dandy, but what really marks the end of the summer to a pop culture junkie like myself? MTV's Video Music Awards!
You know what? I'm just going to adopt the VMAs as a yearly thing I just have to cover in some shape or fashion. True, I really don't do much with other award shows on television, but the VMAs are so habitually crappy, it just wants to be made fun of like that nerd you knew in school with the "kick me" sign on his back. It's almost too easy!
This year's VMAs weren't so horrific though! Oh, it still sucked -- I haven't lost my mind, it was just a major step up from last year's cluster fuck. Foul-mouthed U.K. comedian, Russell Brand, hosted the ceremonies this year from a very tiny ass venue in Hollywood, CA. Like seriously, it looked like MTV's flagship award show was being televised from a talk show set! NOT A GOOD LOOK! I was wondering when paternity tests were gonna start happening with Maury giving out the results in his lame, suspenseful fashion.
Before I dig into the nuts and bolts of the broadcast though, PUH-LEEZE let me ramble about the pre-show..
I'm not stupid; over the years I've learned I don't miss much, if anything, from not tuning into the pre-show festivities. Even if I was slated to view a bore fest, I figured I might as well peep it. So I took a break from watching Transformers on Blu-ray (cheap plug, Paramount throw me some money please..) at around 30 minutes to actual show just to see what was going on. .... And what did I see? SWAY IS IN A HELICOPTER INTERVIEWING PARIS HILTON.
OMG. This is so stupid. Of all the people to put in the air, they put Sway up there like he's some traffic reporter. And to make things worse, he interviews Paris Hilton's ditzy ass? It was all a cheap excuse to plug her new reality series on the network (starting Sept. 30th.. yeah, I just plugged it) where she's trying to find a new lackey, i mean, "BFF" (Best Friend Forever.. is this middle school?).
Other than that bit of foolishness, nothing was worth talking about.
Although, I do have to say Christina Aguilera's boobs continue to get bigger and bigger as the years go on. Must be 'cause she just had a baby. I dunno about you, but suddenly, I want to drink some warm milk. Mmmm...
MILFs...
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