Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

BY CYNDI GREENING, ARIZONA, USA – I think this is the funniest thing. There was a lot of press coverage about how beloved George W. Bush is in Albania and how the crowds flocked to welcome him. So, imagine how amusing it is to watch one of the adoring crowd members steal the watch right off W’s wrist while the Secret Service agents surround him. You can watch the video of George Bush’s watch-snatching.

After my senior year of high school, I spent a summer studying in Guadalajara, Mexico. We also went to Mexico City (D.F.) for a week. On the subway, five of my classmates and I were surround by a group of young men. Jostling us about, they slit Cathy’s fabric handbag and stole her wallet. They disappeared in only a few moments, two hundred dollars richer. It wasn’t until we were racing across the Zocalo, when her mascara and lipstick went tumbling to the ground through the gaping hole that we realized what had happened. I guess I can be consoled by the fact that we were only 18 at the time.