On Friday evening, i was on my home from work and i entered the Times Square subway station as usual. On most days, there is a young hispanic woman selling illegal copies of new-release movies on DVD on a sheet in the depths of the subway system. I always think about how young she looks and how she's always holding 1 - 2 kids in her arms while selling the DVDs. I know it's illegal, but I feel for her.

But on Friday, as I came down into that part of the subway, her sheet and all the DVDs were on display, but the young woman wasnt there. I hadnt noticed this until a typical NYPD officer says "yo, DVDs are free....Take em all." Ok, so maybe he didnt say "yo" but it helps establish the accent. I thought for 1/2 a second, and then ran over and grabbed whatever I could. By the time I got there, people were swarming all around and I only managed to grab 2 DVDs. I tried to get Rent but someone took it out of my hands. Damn! Get this: here are the DVDs I got...notice how they are almost identical movies - Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and Yours, Mine & Ours. Damn!! two movies I could care less about. Oh well.

I assume the young mother was arrested...kinda sad. And somehow I feel guilty for taking the DVDs even though they were illegal to begin with.