Ridic.

So. Paris Hilton is out of jail after serving something like 4 or 5 days. I'm sure you know this, seeing as the news is everywhere. Apparently now the judge and the prosecutor that put her in there are furious, saying that the LA Sherriff's department violated the terms of her sentence and are basically in contempt. In other news, I've been watching way too much Law & Order.

What I find outrageously insane about this whole ordeal is the amount of attention it's been getting. Consider this picture. This is what it looks like outside of her house today:

I think it's incredible that people care so much -- I'm saying this knowing full well how much of a hypocritical statement that is, seeing as I'm writing about it on my own blog. I just think that the celebrity worship that seems to run rampant nowadays is the result of people's denial about the state of their own lives. People are so disillusioned these days, and the thing about it is that there's not a lot to link it to. In the 60's, there was Vietnam, and a definite reason to feel disenfranchised, and now what do we have? Oh, right, a live news feed of Paris Hilton getting escorted to a courthouse.

Hmm. Oh, yeah, here's an excerpt from a conversation on Facebook that Mark and I were having about this whole thing:

Mark: "So how infuriating is this Paris Hilton jail sentence? You've got to be kidding me. Apparently she did have to endure the cavity search upon first entering the prison, which probably wasn't difficult considering who we're dealing with. I'll just leave it at that."

Me: "I snorted a little bit on your Paris comment. The thing about it is that tons of celebrities go to jail -- they're just mostly males. Plus, the females that go to jail are huge fuckups that are caught with meth or something. It's amazing that she had to go to jail, and that her fancy-pants lawyer couldn't get her out of it. Also, why the hell is Lindsay Lohan not feeling the wrath of her DUI? I heard that her friend, Samantha Ronson (and her purported lesbian lover) planted the cocaine in the car in order to make the headlines bigger -- also, that she has a deal with TMZ so that if she gets them exclusive headlines and photos, (like the ones of Lindsay passed out in the passenger seat of her car) they will give her a couple thousand dollars. Ah, the price of secondhand fame."

Update: They threw her back in jail. I never thought I would say this, but... I feel kind of bad for her. There I said it. Judge me if you must.