You know...

The Kanye West thing took precedence, but the 2009 VMAs were just a hot mess. There was that, Lady Gaga's amazingness, especially when Eminem greeted her on stage and looked genuinely frightened. There was that guy that couldn't do the Michael Jackson lean properly. There was that random woman who jumped up on stage with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. Seriously, it was the hot mess-iest of hot messes. And that's awesome.