grodney wrote:
That was a cool ep.
Do y'all (men) get to shave? The facial hair isn't nearly as long as it should be for how long it *seems* like you must have been in there to this point.
RobRob, you knew who all was in the rat maze obstacle course treatment, right? So after 3 or 4 rounds, you have a huge long wait while somebody (#9) does his penalties. At that point, do you make some guess that #9 has quit? Especially if nobody does a penalty round the next round (which we'll find out next episode), then don't you assume he is gone?
Mateui wrote:
RobRob, what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the next phase of treatment for such a long period of time? Did you figure that someone was going through penalty rounds or what? I'd hate for you to needlessly waste your energy and tire yourself out from exhausation but I guess you can never be 100% sure that someone has hit the red button already, and if you never plan on hitting it I can appreciate that. (It's just so painful at times watching everyone push themselves onward and onward through treatments when it doesn't matter anymore - but that is a huge aspect of Solitary! Still, I did like Maureen's strategy of trying to time her quitting strategically. Very risky, but the pay off is great. It's a shame the milk did her in - I would have loved to see her go on longer.)
I didn't get to shave, and I couldn't grow a beard to this day if I tried. I don't even shave once a week in everyday life.
I knew that #7 and #9 were in the obstacle course. It was actually round 10 when #9 got the penalty rounds. If it hadn't been an even 10 number round, I
may have thought something was up, but Val likes to stop us and quiz us on how we feel and what hurts the most and let's us hydrates so we don't die
from the heat. I only knew #9 was a 295 bouncer who hates old people. I pictured him as a big muscle head jock that probably worked out everyday and maybe
was in the army at one time. However, even if I would have thought something could be up, there wouldn't be enough confidence to push the red button and
risk it. I haven't pushed the red button yet, and I believe in Steven Gee's (#7v1.0) philosophy of never pushing the red button and only stop when Val
says that the treatment is over. That is the ONLY way to guarantee your stay in Solitary will continue. I was in Solitary to test all of my limits and find
out what they were. I wasn't there to try and become psychic. And to be honest, with my image of #9 and my knowledge of #7, I was fighting for my
Solitary life with everything I had.
