My bike is not a trashcan

I woke up this morning to find that some kind person had wished me good morning by discarding their half-full cup of coffee into my bike basket. Less than ten feet away was a trashcan.

I took my laundry to the basement and reached for my bottle of detergent that I had left there a week ago to find it surprisingly empty. It had been half full when I last used it.

It’s amazing the kind of things people will do when no one is observing. Hey, I’m guilty too. I used to shoplift all kinds of things as a kid. I would wear a huge coat into the toystore and slip small figurines into my pocket. Sometimes I will throw my trash away into the bathroom trashcan if the bathroom is empty, even though we’re supposed to walk outside to the large dumpster.

To combat the declining socio-ethical fabric I’ve been observing in myself and around me, my friend and I began a Karma competition. Each day we have to fulfill a challenge. Two days ago we had to catch up with an old friend. Actually I ended up catching up with lots of old friends who have graduated and from high school about careers, post-graduate plans, girlfriends, Bolivia… Yesterday we had to compliment a stranger – I told someone I really liked the colorful buttons on her coat – she had replaced the boring grey ones that fell off with funky patterns. Today I have to do something nice for someone without them knowing it. I am quite stuck on this…

mood: 4 fell asleep during the critical moment in physics class when they take attendance with the clickers, slept through most of my classes, didn’t do well on physics exam

physical tiredness: stupidly stayed up until 4am during work unproductively with a classmate because I thought he was cute. Then woke up at 8 to go to class. Now I’m on my way to the library to reread everything that I read last night.

Spiritual tiredness: 3