An Unhealthy Fascination With Convicts

Jail. Prison. Penitentiary. The slammer....The big house...we all know what I am talking about. The BAD PLACE.


Some of the shows Coach tivo's and enjoys watching when he has time:

Cops.
America's Most Wanted.
Prison break.
Prison Nation.
Lockdown.
Solitary Confinement.

(ok, anything with the word prison in it)

If it has to do with Getting IN prison, Getting OUT of prison, or LIVING IN PRISON.

The coach likes it.

The girls like it.

It is weird.

This is why we know too so much about "prison shanks."

My pretty girly shank that Linds made me for Christmas. sweet right?

So a few weeks ago Lo asks me out of the blue: "have you ever been arrested?"
What does a normal mother say to this?
Oh, I mean, what do I say to this? "Not Yet."
and 10 seconds later: "why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason really." (kinda scary, right?)

There is an unusual fascination with convicts in my house. Should I be concerned?

I remember when Lo was about 8 and she was watching an episode of Cops with Dad. (I don't approve of this show for kids...another post for another time)

A woman working in a bar was being arrested.

She was taken outside by the officers into the "daylight"
This lady woman person was dressed like a hooker and was covered in tattoos and piercings. She looked like she has not seen a shower in weeks.
Lo took one look at her and said the scariest thing a mother could hear:

"she is soooooo COOOOLLLLL"

We are not saving for college anymore....We are saving for tattoo removal and bail bonds.


Well, yesterday while I had BOTH girls in the car, Linds asks from the backseat:
"If you had to get arrested, what would it be f....." Before she could even finish the question I blurted out: "Indecent exposure!!!"

Don't ask me why that came to mind so quickly..... The last thing I want is for anyone to see me nekkid. really....but it was funny.

You know I will say almost anything for a laugh.

Then she changed the question:

"If you HAD to get arrested, choose one of these three scenarios:

"Public intoxication(?)..... assault to an officer(??)..... or stabbing your cat"(???)
You can really tell she is MY child, can't you?

I said, "Oh, it would have to be stabbing the cat, can I choose which ONE I have to stab???"

They look menacing, don't they? that is because they ARE!!!

Again, please don't contact PETA. I am not really going to stab the cat. I may accidentally step on a tail if it gets under my foot though....I can't help that.