Snooki from "Jersey Shore" Gets 10K for Partying

via MTV

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi Fist Pumps for Cash

Nicole Polizzi of Jersey Shore has been comfortably capitalizing on her now-extended 15 minutes of fame. The spunky little reality-tv show star headed down to Florida this past weekend to take advantage of a paid appearance at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. I hope she considered wearing a longer skirt this time!

It's said that Snooki was paid $10,000 to party at the casino, which happens to be the same location where Anna Nicole Smith died. Judging from what I've seen online, Snooki spent a good deal of her time looking snockered and swinging around a stripper pole. From what I remember, she's quite acrobatic, so perhaps she wouldn't actually deliver a bad show (but please, no thong-flashing).

When she wasn't dancing her cares away, Snooki was hosting a "Fist Pumping Competition" at the casino. That sounds... klassy. I hope no guidos were hurt in the process... actually, the crowd didn't look particularly enthused. Perhaps her orange-streaked ways just don't translate down here?

Are you a Jersey Shore fan, or do you hate it? Unfortunately, I have a taste for the awesomely bad, so I was a goner from episode one. Snooki's not my "favorite" character, though-- and neither is The Situation. I think I like Pauly D the best, no matter how wrong that sounds.

Oh, and just remember that Snooki has something to say to all those haters out there: "F**k you. If you don't want to watch, don't watch. Just shut the hell up."