For lack of better thing to do on the eve of a holiday weekend, spent the later part of the evening watching the MTV VMA 2002. Here are my personal takes on this year's show:

• Jimmy Falon rules! I'm always a sucker for parodies and the intro sequence where he imitated Eminem, The White Stripes, Avril Lavigne, Dave Matthews Band, Nelly (is it "Hot In Herrrrre?" Heh!), Enrique Iglesias (spotted cuddling with Kournikova) and finally a duet with the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown, was just priceless! Oh yeah, he did a great job of hosting too.
• Bruce Springsteen shouldn't waste his time (or rather, MTV shouldn't waste The Boss' time) at the VMAs anymore. Grammy's or American Music Awards would be a more appropriate venue.
• Is it just me or does Michael Jackson seem to have a deeper voice now?
• Britney's turned biker chick, and while other people were showing off cleavages, Christina's showing nice 'neathages. Was that a boob job too?
• MTV's moshpit crowd is very well behaved, returning Shakira to the stage without her missing even a beat. That woman can really shake her thang too, nahmsayin?
• Who DIDN'T P.Diddy bring on the stage during his performance?
• Will the real Marshall Mathers really hit a person with glasses? What's up with that?
• Three words: Guns 'N Roses!

For some reason or another, some parts of the show were not shown here, i.e. Murder Inc's (Ja Rule, Ashanti, etc.) performance with Nas, J-Lo's and former New York's Mayor Rudy Giuliani's tribute to New Yorkers and intro to Sheryl Crow's performance. One can probably guess why. I can't.