Honesty

Today I was tested. For whatever reason, I went to Spanish class early...way earlier than usual. I got to the classroom and the lights were off. I went inside and, all alone, I found a black leather wallet sitting in the seat infront of mine. I picked it up and looked inside (to find out if there was any sort of ID inside). I saw a credit card with a picture and a name on it. Before closing it, I saw that there were about six $20 bills. Now...I'm not "poor" per say...but I do need money right now. A hundred bucks is a lot of money to me right now (ironic because over the summer I was pissed that my checks were like $50 shy of a grand). However, that said...not for one second did I consider stealing that money. I didn't for one moment even consider taking that money. I pocketed it and took it upstairs and found my teacher in her office. I showed it to her and told her the situation. We both went and found the teacher who uses the classroom before our class. From that point I washed my hands of it. My teacher, Susana Walters, told me to write a note on the chalkboard.

On the way out some random academic type said something to me like "that's really commendable" or some shit like that. Fucking people, they're so amazed when someone does something decent or good. It should be the other way around, people should be shocked when someone doesn't do the right thing. The world should be full of incidents like this. I know my teacher thinks I'm like this burnout/loser/stoner-type. I sit in the back and am getting a nice fat "C." I had long hair (wish I still did) and I have scruffy clothes/facial hair. So she was really surprised that I offered up this wallet. Like she was surprised that I'm not a criminal. I really hate that. I know that I judge people, often very quickly...but frankly I'm usually pretty right about people. I can tell fairly quickly about a person. So I guess I shouldn't be so pissed that other people have this dillusion as well...still...anyway, the best part is this:

After class I went to the cafeteria to get something to eat...and found out I'm down to my last $7.00 on my meal plan. Isn't that great? I'm so poor!

Me and my friend Jaimie went to a lecture about Miyazaki (the Japanese Walt Disney). It was acutally really interesting. It made me want to go out and watch me some anime. Because I was attending that however, I didn't have time to go to the gym tonight. That made me feel crappy. I'm currently going through "workout withdrawl." I would have had time after the lecture, but me and Leah had tickets for an advanced showing of A GOOD YEAR. Which, by the way, was really good. At first I wasn't too sure if I was going to like it...it seemed like it was something I'd already seen before. By the end, however both me and Leah were laughing and having a good time. I was overall a good flick. My biggest problem with it was how it was shot. The film's director, Ridley Scott, isn't known for romantic comedies (which is what A GOOD YEAR is, don't be fooled by the trailers...it's not a drama...it's a date movie). Anyway, Mr. Scott has this thing about filming all his movies in the most gritty/jarring/documentary-type way. This style didn't really fit the light tone of the story. Other than that little thing, it's pretty good. I'd say you should check it out when it comes out on DVD. It's nothing to go rush out to see, though. It'll make a great rental though. I'm really excited about next week's free movie...CASINO ROYALE.

Speaking of movies that aren't out yet, I saw the new SPIDERMAN 3 trailer...needless to say I wasn't wowed. The F/X look kinda cheap and CGI-ish. Like a video game. I'm hoping this had something to do with the fact that I was watching this on my laptop and not on the bigscreen. Maybe when I see it with the new Bond flick I'll be more impressed. No Venom, lots of Black suit Spidey and Sandman. Great. For some reason I'm not very excited about this movie. Not like I should be. I have a freakin' subscription for Ultimate Spiderman for cryin' out loud! Now the next Batman movie...that's a different story. I'm really excited about that...too bad that doesn't come out until...2008. Ouch. Oh well, maybe by then I'll actually have some money so I can afford to see it.

It's really early Friday morning...I need to think up something to do for this week's video blog. Hopefully it won't be too lame. Anyway, I need to finish up my laundry and then go to bed.