Failing rspec test -- object is not being created - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have the following test code:
require 'spec_helper'
require 'matchers/be_valid_verbose'
describe User do
before do
#user = User.new(first_name: "First", last_name: "Last", email: "test#test.com", role: "admin",
password: "foobar12", password_confirmation: "foobar12")
end
subject ( #user )
specify { should be_valid_verbose }
describe "return value of authendicate method" do
before { #user.save }
let(:found_user) { User.find_by_email(#user.email) }
describe "with valid password" do
it { should == found_user.authenticate(#user.password) }
end
describe "with invalid password" do
let(:user_for_invalid_password) { found_user.authenticate("invlaid") }
it { should_not == user_for_invalid_password }
specify { user_for_invalid_password.should be_false }
end
end
end
I don't understand why: it { should be_valid } is gettig a totally empty user object. The same is happening when I try to find_by_email after just creating the user object in the before do statement.
Here's my test output
$ bundle exec rspec spec/models/user_trial_spec.rb
FF..
Failures:
1) User
Failure/Error: specify { should be_valid_verbose }
expected valid? to return true, got false:
Password digest can't be blank
First name can't be blank
Last name can't be blank
Role is not included in the list
Email can't be blank
Email is invalid
Password can't be blank
Password is too short (minimum is 8 characters)
Password confirmation can't be blank
# ./spec/models/user_trial_spec.rb:25:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
2) User return value of authendicate method with valid password
Failure/Error: it { should == found_user.authenticate(#user.password) }
expected: #<User id: 10, first_name: "First", last_name: "Last", email: "test#test.com", role: "admin", password_digest: "$2a$10$Z0c6zJNH4yu8IpYfNqEbKOmqEWK.euTFcYuwB/8UW9jk...", created_at: "2012-11-13 21:44:55", updated_at: "2012-11-13 21:44:55", remember_token: nil>
got: #<User id: nil, first_name: nil, last_name: nil, email: nil, role: nil, password_digest: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, remember_token: nil> (using ==)
Diff:
## -1,2 +1,2 ##
-#<User id: 10, first_name: "First", last_name: "Last", email: "test#test.com", role: "admin", password_digest: "$2a$10$Z0c6zJNH4yu8IpYfNqEbKOmqEWK.euTFcYuwB/8UW9jk...", created_at: "2012-11-13 21:44:55", updated_at: "2012-11-13 21:44:55", remember_token: nil>
+#<User id: nil, first_name: nil, last_name: nil, email: nil, role: nil, password_digest: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, remember_token: nil>
# ./spec/models/user_trial_spec.rb:32:in `block (4 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 2.3 seconds
4 examples, 2 failures
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/models/user_trial_spec.rb:25 # User
rspec ./spec/models/user_trial_spec.rb:32 # User return value of authendicate method with valid password
Randomized with seed 39450

Answer 1

Okay i just saw the problem. I was using
subject ( #user )
instead of the correct
subject { #user }
DOH!