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Not sure if someone else mentioned it or had this thought, so my apologies if already posted. I have a repeat on now where Jenelle is telling some chick (a friend?) about how her meeting with the makeup people went "greatly". She yammered on about her eyebrow kit, whatever. If she was thinking, she'd do a kick for users (meth/other drugs) and drinkers. Jenelle's High on Life Makeup. Eye makeup that helps divert attention away from those bloodshot, red eyes! Foundation/concealers for those pesky outbreaks from meth. Blusher to make it look like you're semi-healthy. Lipstick/gloss to give some color to your lips, other than blue. Maybe branch out with dry shampoo, perfume, body wipes so you don't stink as bad as you look.

Watching the show today. My first thought was, is she wearing lingerie for a daytime tv show? She looked like an extra from the Lady Marmalade video. The girls were on full display, I was worried that there'd be an accident of sorts. Then later on she says something about her outfit, how it's so easy just to slip on lingerie, how she loves to go to the grocery in lingerie. Da fuq?? What really got me pissed off at her today was her discussion re: Billy Bush. I believe the couple was separated not long after he had been fired from the Today Show, so her talking about he just did nothing all day, was just in bed lazing around all day, total BS. He was most likely NOT in the house if they're separated. How does she know it was just because he was fired? Maybe that was the final straw, maybe they'd had issues prior to the whole tape debacle. She really does zero research and just spouts what she thinks is happening. Even a good gossip reporter checks sources and knows a little about the people.

Kiarra was just clueless. I would say all 3 were in on it to get on tv, except Brittany looked like a fool. Yeah, wondering if the sister wasn't in on it, too. Brittany said SHE had never done anything like that before, but maybe someone else close to her has?? You decide to have a baby with someone you've never met in person. You also both decide you don't have the time to actually have the baby yourselves, so you opt to find a surrogate. You send 1k to your new love (whom you've never met). New love says oh btw, we have a baby now. Can't send you a picture because of course my camera is broken. You don't go to them immediately or even send them a new disposable camera for pics. But, you now "feel" you're a mom. You have someone who will love you unconditionally (and keep repeating that). Kiarra shouldn't have a pet, let alone a baby. She is absolutely clueless. She thinks it would be fun, I think, and would have someone who would just love her unconditionally. Never mind sleepless nights, paying for the child's expenses (way over 1k btw), daycare, watching the child, teaching the child, etc., One of the guys hit it on the head; she didn't want to give up her fantasy. Jon, take your kids and run. Grow a spine. She will keep chatting with guys, and if she finds a better offer, she's gone again. Miles, you can do so much better. Nina is a user. She was interested in her Catfish because she saw $$ and thought he was hot. When he was an overweight guy with $$, no dice. I guess she has some shallow standards. Nina is not hot; she looked like she was at least 30 not 23/24. I kept saying wash and brush your hair. Just sloppy looking (and not in a trendy oh I'm just wearing beat up clothes way). What exactly is a webcam model? She chats and rolls around in bed with better lighting so she looks hotter? Is it a sex chat or does she strip? And does she do it on a pay service (thinking like a patreon type of deal or via her own website?

http://celebrityinsider.org/sources-close-to-jersey-shore-star-ronnie-magro-claims-they-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-he-got-back-together-with-jen-harley-even-after-car-dragging-incident-166438/ Not really surprised.

Interesting. They split a while back, but news just happened to leak after the engagement of her former 'King'. https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/yolanda-hadid-boyfriend-matt-minnis-split/

@theredhead77, I feel your pain. I really do. I had an awful weekend 'visiting' with mom. Day 1 wasn't too horrible, until she saw weeds/grass climbing out of vines that grow around a lamp post. The temperatures during the day were above 90 all weekend. I was like, so you need me to pull that out? "Oh, it won't take that long". I realized I had brought along 'work clothes' but no old shoes, so I was like damn I'm not ruining another pair of shoes. I did kind of overreact, but I'd ruined at least one pair before. I brought a brand new pair of sneakers, which I've had maybe a month. I was like oh never mind, I'll do it barefoot. By that time, she was pissed, saying she wasn't going to breakfast the next morning. Well, it wasn't a huge deal to me, so she just shot herself in the foot. All Sunday morning, she pouted; I should have been ok with the pouting and radio silence because then she went into crying and yelling at me. Finally, she got ready to go run a few errands. I know she purposefully delayed it until the hottest part of the day, because I'd asked if we couldn't go earlier in the day to avoid the heat. I was roasting all weekend long, as her air conditioning was set I think at 80. She then decided to do flower arrangements all around her house (outside), plus put some statue type decorations outside (well have me do it). It did look nice before that, but she always wants stuff way over the top, to the point of being too much. I kept thinking just hang on, then you can get the heck out of here. I get maybe 20 miles away, when she's asking what I did with something, she can't find it. Don't know, didn't have it today. I turn around, wasting at least 15 minutes, because she then calls and says oh I found it. Yep, she'd had it, didn't put it back to the normal place, and it was my fault. Her mantra is that I "need to do my duty". I should go there at least every two weeks and work like a dog. It was my idea after all to live away from her. Nope, not at all. There were no jobs there and she encouraged me to move. She was actually happy I moved away, because I was sort of a disgrace to her, having graduated from college but had no fancy job. If I were away, she could embellish what I did to her friends and neighbors. She was ok on Monday and Tuesday. Called yesterday and it was back to radio silence, no answer. Called tonight, again no answer. I'm not sure what I've done, but I've done something wrong again. Trying to not let it bother me, but she knows how to press my buttons. I was talking with a friend after I got back (late and worn out, dog dead tired for work - thank goodness for the holiday), and she said she's playing mind games with you, taking out her frustration/anger at whatever on you. Yep, plus I've realized whatever I do will never be enough. She's bitter, about her past, about her current situation (she wants to come live with me). Her actions really make me more certain that she could never come live with me. I cannot stand the wild mood swings. My problems seem trivial compared to others here, so thanks for letting me vent. I wish everyone peace and happiness.

Wow. I just saw the family dinner scene. Jenni is fake. She's not a friend to Ronnie. She's all about drama, screen time, to earn those dollars. Mike has matured so much. Back in the day, he would've continued arguing, but he just left it at 'agree to disagree'. Ronnie needs help. Anyone with two eyes can see it. Oh he's taking care of his kid and Jen's son? How, by being angry, cheating, drinking and partying all the time? It's been proven he's not changed one bit since the show ended; if anything the anger seems to have escalated. The rest of the cast will all be crying crocodile tears when something awful happens with or to Ronnie. Mike at least had the balls to speak the truth.

OMG so beyond pissed right now. One group set up shit, without dotting all the i's and crossing the t's. Tickets pouring in, why won't this work? I go look and say nah, we've turned on all your shit. Keep coming to me (went to a newbie, who is pals with the management types), who has zero clue. I'm like you all are trying to use a code that does not exist. Newbie takes to one of her management type pals, and says she thinks it's the ABC Shittyprocessor. Every damned item we have that is an issue she says it's the ABC Shittyprocessor. Every damned item. I'm like well, if you're going to handle, I'm out of it. Peace out. Beyond pissed. I am thinking maybe they forced a code in the past which is some BS. These sidebar things are just bad. So I said nah it does exist (it does not). Basically a code saying where the transmission came from, and they want it to say from nowhere (it's internal type shit). But how do you do that? Have a code that says INTERNAL. Between the fuckups on accounts (financial accounts) and this kind of crap, I'm really amazed we've not been shut down. Audits are around the corner, and they've been able to BS their way through previously, but new sets are coming in, so who knows. Oh, they're going to use existing codes. Wah wah wahhhhh. Yeah if it was the ABC thing, it's not a quick fix. Got a nice thank you from a big wig. Ha ha ha. I need more time off or a winning lottery ticket. So tired of this shit.

But, wait, there's more. Includes pictures of the car. They're both hot messes. This will not end well. http://www.tmz.com/2018/06/28/jersey-shore-ronnie-ortiz-magro-jen-harley-domestic-battery-police-report/

I've seen those blind items, plus one or two indicating that Sammi didn't return because she had either been a victim of domestic abuse/stalked by Rahhn, plus one that was pretty obvious saying she was very seriously thinking about getting a restraining order on him. Deena said something vague about her (Sam) not know if he'd show up or what he'd do, plus the phone calls he'd made. I could see him getting in one of his sad moods and showing up at Sam's house unannounced begging for her to take him back. That Ron gets so angry within seconds, the way he gets red/purple in the face on the next episode, is a clear sign he's not right. He needs help pronto. Either anger management or rehab. I think Mike would definitely help around the house, and with any kids they have. He did a lot of the cooking on the original shows (looked to be quite good at it). Jenni and Snooki can leave my screen. Tired of both of them. Overacting at it's "finest". Vinny can shut it about St. Mike. Should we call him Mama's boy or maybe putz? I call BS (again) on the long distance relationship; I think it was just so he was with someone on the show. He never had anyone on or off the show previously. Pauly has had several semi long term relationships, plus he has a daughter. Pauly is trying too hard with the catchphrases.

And she's been released from jail. Baby is staying with friends. Baby should stay elsewhere permanently. She's driving a car with 3 flat tires? And driving away while he's still caught in the seat belt, all with the baby in the car. Fabulous. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ronnie-ortiz-magro’s-ex-jen-harley-released-from-jail/ar-AAzbZ4f?ocid=spartandhp

Watching a few older episodes tonight. Reba McEntire's episode is on right now. I found it interesting how a 9 year old would be sent over to the US on a ship by himself, as an indentured servant. I hated how they jumped from the ancestor in North Carolina, who owned slaves, and whom they spent a lot of time on, then back to the 9 year old. What about the people in between? Surely they were part of the family's success in North Carolina (the one guy owned a tavern). They didn't seem to spend a lot of time on how the 9 year old got out of the indentured state, and made money (unless I completely missed it). I would have asked about even older generations since I was in that small village in England - give me every bit of information you have. Gave me something to think about though. I have a great grandmother who I cannot find any ship registries for at all. I found what I believe to be her mother and half brother, but not her. There was some sort of distance or fractured relationship from what I've cobbled together. Now I'm wondering if she wasn't set off on a ship ahead of the mother/half brother. The half brother has him coming to the US a good 5 to 6 years later than what was stated in her obituary, but who knows if either is accurate. I kept thinking no one would send a young child off by themselves......but, yeah they did.

I watched a clip of Courtney (golden buzzer girl) from the Voice UK Kids final. She sang, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". The judges were ahhing and oohing during the performance, but I thought she was awful. The ending was more powerful, but she cannot sustain notes in a slower song from what I've seen via online videos. As someone pointed out, she does the riffs and ad libs throughout songs, but sometimes she misses important notes to the melody. I think she's got potential, but she needs better coaching. How many of the child stars actually make it big now? A handful. The ooh they've got such a powerful voice for a child wears off once they hit adulthood. I think she naturally moved around to the music, which she seemed to do during the Voice finale. I didn't see the 5 year old, but reading about what she sang reminds me of way back when I was taking voice lessons. The studio had all ages, and would do small recitals as part of the deal. If you can't sing in front of others, kind of defeats the purpose. So anyhow, my vocal coach is telling me about the stage mothers. One wanted her 6 to 8 year old to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miz, which has a line 'he slept a summer by my side...….'. My coach said no, inappropriate. She did say she was running out of kid appropriate songs, having gone through every freaking Disney song available. And there were kids who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, being pushed along by mom. I'm sure they lasted a bit, then dropped along the wayside. One little girl came into one of the recitals with every relative east of the Mississippi, and she was just ok. Not horribly off key, but not where you went OMG she's a star!

And Carmine should've dropped Shirley's sorry butt long before she was written out. He was her plan b always. . The last show of the series was a semi pilot for Carmine to have his own show. Sadly, that show was boring. If they'd been creative, they could have taken the Carmine character into his own show, like MTM show did with Lou Grant, and make it a drama. Do a realistic show about people trying or working in theatre in NYC. It may have been close to the time that the Fame tv show or movie hit, but this would have been more at the 30 something's who needed (desperately) to get in a hit show or realize it was time for a career change. Might have worked, but the comedy show definitely wouldn't have worked at all.

LOGO has started showing Laverne and Shirley. How I ever watched that dreck is beyond me now. I'll watch a few minutes, then eventually turn the channel. I've had the show on longer than I wanted sometimes as I'm busy and can't get to the remote right away, or I decide to give it another chance. The shows where Shirley was written out, the last season, are really bad. They had to have some of the supporting characters carry a show or two. Lenny & Squiggy were good as supporting characters, but no way were they good as lead characters. I was like how did this get to be a hit show? It's slightly a rip off of I Love Lucy - the two girls get in madcap adventures ala Lucy and Ethel. Instead of singing at the club, they're looking for the rich guy who will take them out of their blue collar existence (or for the great job, or earning money quickly to get that dress that will land the great guy, etc.).

Saw some of the old shows today while working from home. Mainly from season 3, when they were back in NJ. One had the infamous fight, where Ronnie trashed Sammi's things. Ronnie was pissed at Sam for something, he was sulking or sleeping but wouldn't tell her what was wrong. She said again, basically why are you with me, then he said ok we're broken up. In his talking head, he said I had to put my foot down. WTF. Like he makes all the decisions, because he's the manly man. Sam should've walked away and not looked back, but he was playing mind games with her. Then they fought, and the girls told her to go out and get wild. She was like yeah, I'll do that and piss him off. That was like throwing kerosene on smoldering embers. The reaction shot of Ronnie in the club as Sam basically was grinding on some random guy was kind of frightening. He went from 0 to 100 within 30 seconds. The rage was written all over his face. I think the crew should have called the police, to be honest. I remember on all the Real World or Road Rules shows, if a cast member hit someone, possibly a cast vote or if serious enough, that person was just sent home, period. Then Sam leaves, and he's sending flowers every day. Textbook abuser. Oh baby, I'm sorry, I love you so much. I'll never do it again. Sad, tearful, didn't want to do a thing, couldn't bear it without Sam, the person he just said was shit, worthless, etc. Oh, and before she left or during the fights, he said she drove him to cheat in Miami. She got a guy's number somewhere, never called him, but that's what MADE him cheat on her (multiple times in Miami, plus, I'm sure he cheated when he got home to NYC). When the girls cleared out Sam's belongings (what was left) out of the upstairs bedroom, Ronnie got his panties in a bunch about that, too. They should stay out of his business. You all lived together, so anything that happens in the house, the endless fighting, is their business. You're messy and you make it everyone's business. Plus, maybe Sam asked the girls to pick up her stuff she left behind. There were other things like Snooki trying to find a guy, finally met Jionni (who I think is controlling). Mike was late, guys finally went to eat without him. He really has changed a LOT; such a douchebag then. Mike pranked the meatballs (I hate that catchphrase - oh we're having a meatball day!), and sent them to NYC. They played it so wrong. I would have gone into NYC, told the cabbie to wait as we found a pay phone, called the house all panicked - "we're in NYC and don't know how to get home to NJ!!!" Then let Mike freak out over that a little, get back into the cab and ride back to NJ. Or just call from NJ saying we're in NYC, wahhhh, help!

Mike was speaking from experience. He's had a tough road to learn a lessen and be an adult. Jenni always seems to apologize for Ronnie. She may call him on his shit, then it's like oh well, all is forgiven and forgotten. Ronnie is SPIRALING out of control. That would be a true use of the word. He's spiraling down like the water in a toilet, not a good thing. He has such a temper and given the rages, I'd say there's some sort of substance problem going on with him (along with underlying psych issues). If he gets in trouble with the law, I don't see it being a white collar type of crime, but either substance abuse/usage and violence. He needs to get his shit together pronto. Lauren had to know something was up. Plus, didn't Mike post a picture on Instagram with just him and Lauren on a dock somewhere in the daylight, saying she said yes! I think this was all for the show. Nice, lovely, but a redo for the show. (Just checked and yes, picture of the two of them in NJ, in the daytime. He has a suit on and she has a white dress).

The wedding dress was better than what I'd expect she would wear. Top was pretty, but why would she insist on the bottom? I think something not quite as body hugging, but flowing loosely would have looked better. Not talking about a poofy princess dress, that would look probably worse. Just something nice and softly falling from the waist on down. The jumpsuit is awful. Just awful. Girlfriend doesn't have a full length mirror, does she? I think she looks larger because her clothes do not suit her body shape, plus I think she wears things that are too tight. Someone needs a stylist pronto.

I missed it that it was JEN'S dog that drowned. Man, it sure sounds like something Ronnie would do in one of his rages. He broke all of Sammi's stuff, including her glasses. It's one thing to throw her stuff out on the deck, but he deliberately destroyed her stuff. Guessing she couldn't call the police for his destroying her property due to the JS contract? Do we even know her dog is dead? I did see that filming for Season 2 has move back to the shore away from Vegas. Crew said they couldn't take it with the fighting between Ron/Jen. It may have been part of the plan all along to go back to where it all began, but everything was moved up.

The new college graduate, moving to Dallas for her nursing job (which was in Fort Worth), had a 400 or 450k budget? I had squat when I got my first job and got a cheap apartment. Granted, I was in retail management (damned recession - it was the best I could do with my business degree at that time). She was a nurse anesthetist, so I had to google the starting salaries (found it for the state of TX), roughly 150k. She had to have family helping her or had a small trust fund? Plus, she said she had student loans to pay off. The townhouse was nice, but I thought it was expensive. The single family home would have been a better investment I think, but I am not familiar with the area.

The husband even didn't see why not having a bathtub in house #1 was an issue. I don't have kids, and I know that you give kids baths. Maybe he thought they could get a large bin and just fill it up with water from the shower? So sick of hearing, I want xxxx-ish charm. I want to feel like I'm living in xxxxx. Uh, dumbasses, you will be out in the streets, speaking the language (even if English, there will be different words, idiomatic phrases, slang), different foods, different everything. That's where you get the culture, not from a rental property. Every society has new, modern homes along with older homes. I guess the wife was getting back into "her art", so she wanted her own space. Maybe she was going to do portraits in the apartment? And yes, anyone can google apartments or homes in other parts of the world to see what is reasonable for price, what you can expect, what are the better areas to live, etc. The people who act so clueless are either really very stupid or acting (badly).

I was only able to see the show to the point where Lauren arrived. Ronnie was so damned jealous. Dude, it's YOUR fault your life is so fucked up, not Mike's nor Sammi's. Ron, just an FYI, that is how a normal, happy couple behave. It's not fight, make up, be great for a couple of days, then fight again. Then he says whatever to Jenni, who then gets a major burr up her ass. I don't know what she was so upset about. She volunteered "her" jeweler. Whatever on that BS. I'm sure she is just the tops, flying across the country just because "Jwoww" called her. Right. She volunteered to do a bunch of shit, I guess. So she's pissed that Mike wanted to do things his way? WTF. Maybe she wanted to ask Lauren herself? She can have several seats. And Ronnie, you are such a troubled person. I was going to say man, but nah, he's not a grown man. He needs to spend some of that money he's being paid and invest it in a GOOD therapist - STAT. Why does everyone else find true love? Why can't I? Well, because you have such rage in you, you cheat, and you cheat, and you cheat. Possibly also because you have a drinking and/or drug problem (if so, then the GOOD therapist you find can recommend a rehab). Then the woe is me because he got Jen pregnant. She has posted online that the pregnancy was planned (probably as he was drunk/high, thought it was a great idea). No idea why she thought it was a great idea, because now she has this man-boy in her life forever now. Deena at least had the presence of mind to get Lauren out of the room while the Engagement Coordinator had her hissy fit with Mike. Mike handled that all so well. I think I would have told her to go to hell, gotten Lauren and left pronto. Snooki was to accompany Deena, but of course, was more interested in seeing what her bestie would do, and probably didn't want to miss the drama - and possibly camera time.

Ok, so she was going to have a cosmetics line? What was the tagline? 'Organic makeup straight from The Land!' Or was each makeup having it's own name like OPI? Like for the foundations: hangover honey, muted meth, beer beige? So the photos they took were just for a plotline? I hope those people got their money upfront.

I watch this show off and on, but the whole Jenelle/David and her kids is not going to end well. It's like watching a slow moving accident. Doesn't MTV or the production company have a duty to report any infractions they see to CPS? I'd almost say the best thing that could happen is if she were fired from the show, but then again, no cameras would be on her at any point in time, so no attempt to even act like decent human beings. I see either one of the adults OD'ing, one of them harmed (probably Jenelle) or something happens with the kids (unfortunately probably Kaiser). Then you have Jace, who thank goodness has Barbara, who needs a lot of therapy. Poor little boy is filled with rage.

Being 'reported' by US and RO that the cast is staging an intervention for Ronnie. Snooki and Jwoww are very concerned about his alcohol use. From what I've read online, might be a little concerned about drug use too (allegedly). Snooki is concerned about his drinking. How ironic. And the articles said they think he's on a downward spiral. Enough with the spiral and spiraling phrases already! I think it was 'reported' to also help publicity for the show, but hey, I'm cynical. The show started off with great ratings, but it's had to taper off since then (plus the shows have gotten progressively more boring). I doubt the producers honestly want to see a sober Ronnie, as what else do they have for plot points?