People are Bad

So, while I was getting gas this morning, there was a woman sitting in her car at the pump across from me. She had an older car, looked kind of tore-up and had stuff piled up to the ceiling in the back seat, along with what looked like a pet carrier back there. She got out of her car and looked over toward me and asked if I had a dollar she could have. I immediately said I don't have any cash on me. I was surprised and proud of myself that I blurted that out so quickly, even though I had three $5 bills in my pocket, after indulging in a $4.30 venti Starbucks pumpkin spice latte before stopping for gas. Anyway, she gets back in her car and started to drive away when I notice that her car has a vanity plate that said something like "HEAVEN4". What the heck is that? I can pay for a vanity plate, can stop at Chevron the most expensive gas station, but do you have a dollar I can have? Whatever. I don't ever give any money to beggars. I'm too cynical when it comes to them. I'll write more on that someday.

While driving, I heard the commercial for "The Wicker Man" movie starring Nick Cage. It sounded so good, listening to the deep voice of the narator, hearing the tension, fear, desperation and all the emotion in the actors voices as they spoke their lines, the moving background music. I felt like pulling over and listening all morning. However, I know that the movie probably won't be as good as that commercial/trailer/teaser. It's exactly the same in the theater. I look forward to watching the trailers before the movies, because they are almost all so good. It can make the worst movie like "Be Cool" actually look like the best movie ever made, that you need to see at all costs. I wish they could make all the movies about 45 minutes long, with the narator talking throughout and just jumping from important scene to action and back. Then every movie would be good. Of course, there are some movies that move along slow and I do love. If they are done well, with great cinematography, then I could watch forever. Like, "2001" "Kill Bill" "Shawshank Redemption", those keep my interest.

I also heard a commercial talking about a car lot giving a 0% apr on newly purchased cars from them, regardless of your credit. I know that usually they only give those great promotional low apr's to people with outstanding credit scores. I never understood that. I guess they are rewarding the people that have been good about paying their bills and are low risk with nice and low interest rates. However, the people that have messed up their credit, and probably need the lower interest rates more, end up getting the higher rates. It's like having a race and asking everyone who's the fastest. "You are the fastest? Ok, we'll put you up front here, ahead of everyone. You are the slowest? Ok, let's put you way back here in the back, oh and also you have to carry a jug of milk in both hands. Alright, is everyone happy, does this seem fair?" I guess there's a reason for all this, but no one's explained it to me.