Repo Men

Prof. Hippie made a reference to Repo Man in class today. This is just a few weeks after referencing Iggy Pop in class. Who knew that secured transactions is inspired by punk rock? And, considering Iggy Pop did the theme song for Repo Man, it all comes full circle.* I also think that our resident hippie is a closet punk rocker. I'm gonna go through his office and look for old Descendents albums.

The movie is a cult classic. Go rent it for some cheap laughs and the secret to those pine tree air fresheners ("There's one in every car. You'll see."). Just some of my favorite quotes, some of which are relevent to secured transactions:

"Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?"

"A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations."

"Only an asshole gets killed for a car."

And something I can see our professor saying...

"A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean: suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in looking for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness."

Or, maybe I'm studying too much.


*Random Trivia Note: The soundtrack is a punk rock classic. Aside from Iggy Pop, there's Black Flag, Iggy Pop, Fear, the Plugz, the Circle Jerks, and that famed punk rock group, the Andrews Sisters.