As it turns out, Monty has (or had) a rich uncle who leaves a video will for him. He has two choices. One, he can take a million dollars cash and walk away from everything else, or two...he has to spend $30 million in 30 days and not acquire any possessions or assets. If he can pull it off, he gets the somewhat larger inheritance of $300 million. After some consideration, he decides to give it a try.
Long story short, he...well, if you really want to know how it ends, go buy it or rent it. I'm no snitch. But I'm mentioning this movie for a plethora of reasons.
One...the first time I ever saw this movie I was staying over at a friend's house and it was on cable. His name was George Bailey (not kidding) and I still remember the first day he showed up in our 5th grade class. Kinda quiet, but once you got to know him he was really cool. So everytime I see this movie I always think of him.
Two...the scene right after the photographer bails him out of jail, they get in his convertible and drive to New York city. It's early in the morning and it's kind of cloudy and Monty doesn't have a care in the world. Reminds me of when I used to do things by my watch and have only myself to worry about. I guess that would be the 80's and 90's.
Three...Just the very idea of not only spending $30 million but having to. Nowadays it would be pretty simple. One of the stipulations of the challenge was that you had to get value for your services. Couldn't you buy NBC's prime time slots for Thursday night and burn through the money really quickly? How would you fill three hours with the whole country watching? Either that or hire Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey to sing to me...hmm
Happy Mother's Day to Cari and to my mom as well. Didn't get Cari a present because...she had already gotten some for herself! Her request was no present, but I got her these anyway:
Right now they're starting to blossom...then they die...(sigh). I tell ya...whoever comes up with a non-dying flower...rich man.
Zach: "Hey Dad, do you want to play Hungry Hungry Hippos with me?"
Me: "Hmm...we better wait until 3 in the morning when your mom is asleep...she'll appreciate it more then."
Is money everything? The world we live in seems to think so. Now our family isn't broke by any means...but some days we wish we didn't have to worry about bills. All my life I always told myself not to want for material things but part of that was that I never made much money in my life. Isn't that like the fox who couldn't have his grapes and sulks off saying they were probably sour anyway? You can't take it with you when you go ya know. I heard a story in church a long time ago where this rich man died and when he got to Heaven St. Peter was escorting him to his home. They kept passing nice houses and Peter said that those belonged to his butler, his maid, etc. They finally get to this very modest house and Peter says "Here we are."
Well the rich man was furious and asked why he only got this shack. Peter explained that his servants had lived their lives through Christ while he had not. Pretty spooky eh?
I guess the point is not to let money be the deciding factor in everyday life. But man that's hard sometimes. Reason number one people get divorced is money. Reason number one married people fight is money. Seems like all we need to make all of our problems go away is a little more cash in the bank, but that's not true. If you look at the other side, the grass may seem greener, but it's just a different shade of green. Look closer and you'll see different weeds, different bugs, and different things wrong with the grass.
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