Confinement: Week Four

This one belongs in the "Hell in a handbasket" file: I just saw a commercial for Sour Skittles, where a 60+ year old slovenly man was sprawled back on a chair, his nipples strapped to a large industrial milking machine. Another man approaches, carrying a bottle of milk. He waves his bottle & complains to the "milk-ee" that his milk is sour & to please stop eating Sour Skittles. Lactating Man just smiles & keeps eating those Skittles. When I saw this ad my jaw dropped. How did they pitch this concept to the Skittles exec's & how high were they when they decided this was a good idea? Maybe the surrealistic aspect of it will call attention to the candy & boost sales. A smelly redneck being milked? Ewwww.

I just found out that everyone in Marilyn Manson's band has adopted stage names that represent (first) postitive popular icons, then negative ones. He's Marilyn(Monroe)/(Charles) Manson. His drummer (?) is Madonna Wayne Gacy. Today was not a waste of time because I learned this.

{In the Criminal Justice system sexually-based crimes are considered especially heinous. The dedicated detectives who investigate these felonies are part of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories. ::doink:: ::doink::}

Yes, I am watching way too much telly during my imprisonment. Law and Order: SVU is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I watch it for two reasons. First, I find Richard Belzer (the Bellz) oddly compelling. I'm not proud of it, I just do. My primary reason for watching is Christopher Meloni.....what a bucket of yum that guy is. In HBO's old prison series OZ, he was the scariest of all the terrifying sociopaths. He even got old nun Rita Moreno to kick her habit off; the character was vibrant. Meloni takes on interesting parts. Many may not know that he was the hospitable farmer in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. He was also the flaming hotel clerk in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, both very brave parts for an actor who is trying to establish himself as a leading man/ action star. I'm a fan, so I watch this show despite the fact that the plot lines are rather insipid & Ice-T couldn't turn in an animated performance if his nuts were on fire. If I ever get permission to leave here & I get out to California, I'm considering stalking Meloni. Anyone else in?

Speaking of Ice-T.....the funniest joke told at the Flavor Flav Comedy Central Roast was at Ice's expense. "He's so old that, when he first started to make money, the first thing he bought was his freedom."