fiesta in my mouth and other fucked up things

i was watching tv last night and i saw a really disturbing commercial. it was for Starbursts, i think. this guy was talking to his friend about how good the new flavor was and he said, "it was like having a fiesta in my mouth." the next scene is a shot of the inside of his mouth and a Mariachi band playing on his teeth. all of a sudden the teeth start to close. water starts rushing in and the band members are jumping off his teeth and onto his tongue. they're trying to fight against the stream and one of the Mariachi guys gets washed down the guys' throat. the last shot is of his friend, who was trying to hold onto him, standing there screaming "no."

it was really fucked up. the other one that's really nasty is a Gatorade commerical. the voiceover is talking about how, when you exert a lot of energy and sweat a lot, you lose lots of liquids in your body. as he's talking they show this soccer player running in to steal the ball, and as he slides he crumbles into these chunks and scatters all over the ground. the next one is a female runner. she's running a marathon and takes a step and crumbles. this goes on for the rest of the commerical.

i realize they're trying to say that your body is drying out and that makes it for fraile, but it's just nasty. the thing that makes it so gross is that when each person falls, it's not like they turn to ash in a Wile E. Coyote way. they seriously fall apart. so, with the runner, as her legs are breaking apart, you see the look of shock on her face and the flailing of her arms as she tries to brace herself for the fall. it's sick, man. fucking nasty.

i think the first time i ever saw a really disturbing commerical like that was this M&M one. this guy was eating a bunch of M&Ms and, i think the red one, comes up to him and was, basically like, "how you like it if we did it to you?" then there was a shot of the big, talking M&M reaching inside a bowl of a bunch of the dudes, screaming. it was just twisted.

i'm all for originality in advertising, but i don't like the personification of food. i don't like my food talking or dancing. there are just some images that are disturbing. i think it might be because i have an extremely active imagination, so i'll be eating something, remember the commerical, imagine it's actually happening, and totally freak myself out. i suppose that's the main reason i don't like food that comes in its original form. i don't like fish...well, i just don't like fish in general, except salmon, swordfish, and tuna...especially not when it comes on a platter just missing its eyes. same for lobster. i'm certain these dishes are scrumptious, but seeing the animal in its original form just grosses me out. chicken wings and legs don't, as much, but when the wing is connected to the breast or the leg to the thigh, i hesitate.

what can i say? i'm a weird girl. it's part of my charm...i hope.