A german guy in Madrid

Madrid, Oct 17, 11:15 PM, 20ºC and nice spanish food. I love this city

Memorable quotes for… The Princess Bride (1987)

[Vizzini has just cut the rope The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing up]
Vizzini: HE DIDN’T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
Iñigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Iñigo Montoya: You are using Bonetti’s Defense against me, ah?
Man in Black: I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain.
Iñigo Montoya: Naturally, you must suspect me to attack with Capa Ferro?
Man in Black: Naturally… but I find that Thibault cancels out Capa Ferro. Don’t you?
Iñigo Montoya: Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa… which I have.
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[fencing]
Iñigo Montoya: You are wonderful.
Man in Black: Thank you; I’ve worked hard to become so.
Iñigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I am.
Man in Black: Then why are you smiling?
Iñigo Montoya: Because I know something you don’t know.
Man in Black: And what is that?
Iñigo Montoya: I… am not left-handed.
[Moves his sword to his right hand and gains an advantage]
Man in Black: You are amazing.
Iñigo Montoya: I ought to be, after 20 years.
Man in Black: Oh, there’s something I ought to tell you.
Iñigo Montoya: Tell me.
Man in Black: I’m not left-handed either.
[Moves his sword to his right hand and regains his advantage]
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[after Westley rescues her from the lightning quicksand]
Buttercup: We’ll never succeed. We may as well die here.
Westley: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt – no problem. There’s a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that. Two, the lightning sand, which you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too.
Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s?
Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.
[Immediately, an R.O.U.S. attacks him]
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Iñigo Montoya: My father was slaughtered by a six-fingered man. He was a great swordmaker, my father. When the six-fingered man appeared and requested a special sword. My father took the job. He slaved a year before it was done.
[Shows the Man in Black the sword]
Man in Black: I’ve never seen its equal.
Iñigo Montoya: The six-fingered man returned and demanded it, but at one tenth his promised price, my father refused. Without a word, the six-fingered man slashed him through the heart. I loved my father. So naturally, I challenged his murderer to a duel. I failed. The six-fingered man left me alive, but he gave me these.
[strokes the scars on his cheeks]
Man in Black: How old were you?
Iñigo Montoya: I was eleven years old. And when I was strong enough, I dedicated my life to the study of fencing. So the next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to the six-fingered man and say, “Hello. My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

My new toy :)

Hi everybody! Why I havent written in the blog the last days? because I have new toy! As you know I had some problems with my old cell phone so I decided to buy a new one. The problem was that I wanted to buy a new ipod too because I sold my last mp3 because it was incompatible with my PowerBook. I think It was clear, I need a cellphone and I need an ipod… This is the result:

What can I say? Is the most awesome gadget I´ve never seen. The multitouch screen is like a new experience with a quality never seen, if you have spend time putting the covers of the albums the Cover Flow function is amazing, everything is easy to use, everything is Apple.

Although I am in love with it, there are some problems that I think they must fix for next versions:

Memorable quotes for… 300 (2006)

Today I start a new category. Memorable quotes for my favorite movies. Enjoy it!

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Messenger: Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last as king.
King Leonidas: [to himself: thinking] “Earth and water”?
[Leonidas unsheathes and points his sword at the Messenger's throat]
Messenger: Madman! You’re a madman!
King Leonidas: Earth and water? You’ll find plenty of both down there.
Messenger: No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger!
King Leonidas: You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I’ve chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!
Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
King Leonidas: THIS… IS… SPARTA!
[Kicks the messenger down the well]
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King Leonidas: [points to Arcadian soldier behind Daxos] You there, Arcadian! What is your profession?
Free Greek-Potter: I am a potter, sir.
King Leonidas: [points to another soldier] And you, what is your profession?
Free Greek-Sculptor: Sculptor, sir.
King Leonidas: Sculptor.
[turns to a third soldier]
King Leonidas: And you?
Free Greek-Blacksmith: Blacksmith.
King Leonidas: [turns around to Spartan soldiers] SPARTANS! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
King Leonidas: [turning to Daxos] You see, old friend? I brought more soldiers than you did.
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Meme: what would you do with 150 MM€?

Some days ago nitro sent me a meme to think about what would I do with 150.000.000 €, the hypothetical price of a unique winner of the spanish lotery last weekend.
For sure I´n not going to say that I don´t want this money but It will be strange. One day you are a normal person, with normal problems, normal job/studies and the next day you are one of the richest persons in the country. Everybody calling you, a lot of people only interested in your money…

But if the question is, if the money doesn´t matter, what would I do/buy? ok, for sure one of my passions are cars. I would buy all the cars that I´ve seen in the magacines or in front of the best hotels of Madrid:

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 (green, of course)
BMW M6
Aston Martin DBS
HUMMER H2
2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 GTR
2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG F1 Safety Car
Well, with only one of all of these I would be very happy Maybe, I would buy a house in nitro´s neighbourhood in NY, San Francisco… and for sure Toronto. I want a penthouse in TO to see and invite all of my friends!!. I will decorate the houses in B&O, I love its design. For sure if you have houses around the world you have to travel a lot. I want to go to Japan and buy a lot of japanese HI tech!

What more? I would share the money with family and friends, open my own bussines, give money to the charity… I don´t know, I don´t like to think about hypothetical cases, I prefer to live the present.

Homenaje a un mito [updated]

Hoy a las 17.30 en el Ramiro se celebra el merecido homenaje a todo un mito dentro del Estu y del baloncesto español en general. Este año, D. Ignacio Azofra de la Cuesta se ha retirado de las canchas de baloncesto como jugador activo para pasar a ser parte del staff técnico del Estudiantes. El chico más listo de la clase, el Curro Romero del baloncesto (como le definiría Andres Montes) no volverá a asombrarnos con sus clases magistrales de dirección (que ironía justo cuando este año carecemos de un base en condiciones). Esperemos que tenga suerte en los banquillos y un día no muy lejano le veamos sentado en la banda como primer entrenador.