The (Other) Situations

I'm aware of a few other The Situations out there, which I consider separate from 'The Situation Room', the news at situation.com, and situation comedies in general. While all of them have their merits, the minds that have been drawn to The Situation are special in a very special way. This post is about, for, and to those other The Situations.

Let this message be framed, as compassionate and genuine, by the idea that there is enough room for all of the situations that are out there. Both in the hearts and minds of the people we seek to entertain, and in accordance with U.S. trademark and copyright law. More than that, it's my hope that instead of just co-existing, we can work together in ways that will facilitate all of our goals.

Here are all The Situation's I know of:

• There was (maybe is) a philadelphia-based band called The Situation at thesituation.org. They released an album in 2006 -- I own it, so I know it's cool, though I wish I would have produced it -- though it now seems safe to call that particular project dead.
• There's currently an artist (?) at the-situation.org. He blogs, from Washington state, about very cool photography and art. Occasionally, his posts are semi-humorous or semi-personal. I wish I could fix his website up a bit better. Dude needs an RSS feed and some search-engine-friendly URLs. Also, I haven't been able to figure out what he actually does. It might be that we could do awesome things together.
• Finally, there is Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore". I had a hard time watching even one episode of the show, but it was clear, when I did, that Mike is the best thing about it. (And I'm not just saying that because we share two names in common). I'm proud that he was the first of The Situations to get even a glimer of fame, but I hope he gets off that stupid show and into something with a little more integrity soon. If he doesn't, he should be afraid he'll go the way of the dinosaurs and that would be a pity, because there's so much potential. In the coming years, it might be great to make that Situation a character in this Situation.

The least I could hope for is that, between a group of people in their 20s--the begining of their prime--is that some of us, in some way, can join forces. The most I could hope for, I suppose, is that we all do.

For a guy whose name is Mike Stop Continues, you can understand I'm intensely aware of the power of words. I wonder how these words have made an impact.