Hitler's Bodyguard

This is an interesting interview of Hitler's Bodyguard. I believe he may be the last surviving nazi to have been in the bunker when Hitler committed suicide.

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I watched Leon, aka The Professional last night. I had not seen it for a handful of years. A number of my friends expressed a "creepiness" factor in light of the fact that Matilda expressed her love for Leon, etc.

There's definitely a concern, but it seems to me that Leon was not going to take advantage of her in that fashion. He resists her attempts at every turn and desires more that she live and be safe than otherwise. There is so much to this film:

-The fact that Leon is a top drawer killer. He knows his stuff, no doubt about it.
-The possible naivete of Leon himself in trusting Tony and Tony's line about being like a bank without all the pesky paperwork. Tony was taking advantage of Leon terribly, and here is Leon, a skilled killer, letting this happen. There's an almost childlike innocence to him, outside of the cold-blooded killer bit. This contributes to his kinship with Matilda, of course. In fact, when Leon talks with Tony, it's like he's a kid looking up to an adult. But, caring for Matilda makes Leon into an adult. Not the best adult, but he makes the transition.
-The tenderness with which Leon cared for the plant, his best friend.
-Gary Oldman. Good God! I never thought a conversation about classical music could be so creepy! This was one of the movies where I thought Oldman was just so hot because of how evil he could be on screen. I don't think this way of crushing on male actors is necessarily very healthy emotionally. ;-)


Anyway, I simply adore the movie.

Posts

I just noticed that someone on my friends list is celebrating her 1000th journal entry. I realize that I did not celebrate my 1000th entry. The reasons for this include:

a)it's only a number
b)sure it's even, but it's not prime, or even a perfect square
c)why don't all factors of 10 receive such celebrations? This is prejudicial!
d)I had no frickin idea how many posts I had made at the time of my 1000th post.

All this thinking, of course, prompted me to wonder just how many posts I have made. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is my 3,079th post. Why is this special?

Because:
1. As with this other person, it's special because I decided it was.
2. It's a prime number! And I've always thought prime numbers were cool.

Stay tuned in four more posts, for the 3,083rd shall also be a prime post.

I'm actually finishing up some stuff at work. I must then do penance at the gym and finally head home.

Books to read

This book, History on Trial, looks really interesting.