Did you watch the MTV Video Music Awards? (Or were you too busy drying out from the hurricane?) Last night, I joined Girls' BFF Panama Jackson for a live-Tweet of the VMAs over at the GuySpeak Twitter. Check out a recap of the show and some Twitter highlights below.

As usual, this year's VMAs were a mixed bag of awkward, WTF moments and mediocre to great musical performances. Lady Gaga opened the show in drag as her character Joe Calderone, a grating Italian tough guy who was a cross between Vinnie from Doogie Howser and one of the T-Birds from Grease. And then she proceeded to stay in character for the entire show. (The lack of a host meant that there was no one to rip on the fact that Gaga was basically doing one long Andrew Dice Clay impression.) I'm no big Britney Spears fan, but you had to feel sorry for the girl when Gaga repeatedly interrupted her in character while she accepted her Video Vanguard award (ironic on a channel that no longer plays music videos). Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry made up for Gaga's lack of costume changes, using the commercial breaks to change into an increasingly ridiculous serious of outfits. At one point, Perry was wearing what looked like a Green Bay Packers cheesehead hat. (Though I guess for the first time ever she successfully wore an outfit that didn't draw attention to her breasts.)

As for the performances, Bruno Mars' rendition of "Valerie" (a song famously covered by the late Amy Winehouse) was definitely a highlight. Everyone else kind of blurred together. I'm fairly certain Chris Brown floated above the stage on a wire at some point.

Oh, also, Beyonce is pregnant. No wonder Jay-Z looked so cocky during his performance with Kanye.

And now some comments from Twitter:

Chic Geek: Deena from Jersey Shore is so going to hook up with Lady Gaga in drag tonight.

Girls' BFF: Rough start this far. Btw, Nicki, Gaga called she said stay out of her closet

Chic Geek: You have to think that Britney Spears didn't expect to be getting a lifetime achievement award opposite Lady Gaga as Andrew Dice Clay. 

Chic Geek: What, Chet Haze isn't nominated for Best New Artist?

Girls' BFF: Chris Brown looks like he's wearing one of Kanye's suits.

Chic Geek: No, seriously. This Gaga character needs to go to wherever Garth Brooks has been hiding Chris Gaines.

Chic Geek: So The Hunger Games is a remake of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

Girls' BFF: Know that I mean this with all my heart, I love Zoe Saldana.

Chic Geek: Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga are wearing the same thing to the VMAs. Awkward!

Girls' BFF: Jerry, let the record reflect that Lil Wayne looks like what happens when public school funding dries up. 

Girls' BFF: Can somebody explain this Kreayshawn thing???

Chic Geek: Bieber looks like a mean librarian with those glasses.

Girls' BFF: Did Beyonce get a spray tan? She's looking extra...peanut buttery

Chic Geek: DJ Pauly D loves a good herpes joke at his own expense.

Girls' BFF: Y'all BSin, but I'll bet Rick Ross does 5000 piece puzzles and grooms puddles in his down time.

Chic Geek: I would buy the hell out of a Rick Ross painting.

Chic Geek: I love Jessie J on NCIS. She plays the Goth-y forensics specialist, right?

Girls' BFF: Did Bieber just appeal to the Black vote by thanking God AND Jesus first????

Chic Geek: Britney Spears is going to take every award tonight. She's the Holocaust documentary at the Oscars of this VMAs

Girls' BFF: Ne-yo's crushed velvet jacket looks like It used to be Kanye's pants.

Chic Geek: Wait, so Jessie J's cast isn't some kind of bizarre fashion statement? She actually broke her ankle? Because on this show, it's kind of hard to tell.

Did you watch the VMAs? Any favorite moments?