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New perspectives

One of the reasons that I like to watch movies over and over again is that I can see them from a different perspective. I like it when some time passes between re-watches. And watching some other movies in between is a good thing too.

I was watching “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” again today. I’ve seen it a lot of times before, but something occured to me only today. This film can be separated into two parts. The first part would tell the story of Harry Potter, how he got to the wizzard school and how all of his training went. The second part would be exclusively about the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Now, for additional fun, these two parts can be remixed with other movies – either soundtracks only or, maybe, even the visuals too. While watching the film today, two movies that would be perfect for remixing came to my mind. The first one is “Full Metal Jacket”, which has the best drill instructor ever. And the second one is “Snatch.”, which is all about getting the stone.

The mix is so clear in my mind that I was annoying the hell out of Olga by quoting both “Full Metal Jacket” and “Snatch.” into the “Harry Potter”. It’s a good thing you know, that I’ve seen all of these films like a billion time and can easily quote them back and forward from start to end. That makes into a lot of fun!

The story of Big Leonidas

The bright one among you have probably guessed by now that my name is Leonid. Well, in Greek and Cypriot culture there is no such name. There is a variation though. It is Leonidas.

As with many other names there was once a hero named Leonidas. In Greece, he was called Big Leonidas. I suspected it, but never got to learn the story until recently.

One of the aging Cypriots asked me if I know the story of Big Leonidas after he learned my name. I had to answer negative. The guy looks at me, relaxes in the armchair preparing to tell a long and noble story and tells me this (word in word):

Once there was a warrior. His name was Big Leonidas. Five hundred… no… one thousand Persians attacked him. And they all died.

He than gave me one of those looks that demanded appreciation. He spent the whole twenty freaking seconds educating me. Wow. It took me another twenty seconds to realize that the story was over. I thanked him afterwards…

New ways of software development

This is one of those things that make me love and feel proud for open source software – innovation. I came across this new way of software development here. In reads like this:

As of today my new hobby is to run up to a developer and say “Hey, I have an icon that I need a program for!”

Beat that you miserable top-to-bottom emptyheads!

Looking for a job

Is there any job out there that would require me to watch two, three, or four movies per day? I can honestly give my opinion after each film. I have a history that proves that I can watch many movies a day for long periods of time without loosing interest. Cinema hall would be considered an advantage, but I can do with a TV box or even a computer screen. The pay should be somewhere around what I am getting now. Or more. I can start ~~tomorrow~~ today!

Please let me know if you heard of any vacancies…

P.S.: I am tagging this post as ‘humor’ just to get to a wider audience, not because I am kidding around.

Call the exorcist. Now.

I had a funny exprience today at the beach. Maxim and I went for the morning swim, as we usually do when I am not working. There weren’t a lot of people on the beach. Except for us, there were maybe five or ten people. And there were some more people further down the coast line.

Among our neighbors, there was this youngish grandmother with her granddaughter of approximately five or six years of age. After some sunbathing, both of them went into the sea water. The girl was playing naked near the shore, while her grandmother went for a little swim.

When she was coming back, her bra was slightly pulled down by the weight of the water and one of her boobies came out. Noone would have noticed it though if it wasn’t for the girl. Whad did she do? Well, the moment she noticed, she pointed her hand with a little index finger sticking out towards her grandmother and started laughing. I think I will never forget this laugh. It was very loud, disturbing and evil. It sounded like the Devil himself together with his closest 15 demons are heaving a hell of a party inside that girl.

Everyone on the entire Limassol beach line from Monte Caputo to new port turned around and looked at the poor grandmother, who smiled awkwardly and pushed her boobie back into the bra. Nothing to see here people, move along.