Kimmy Schemy

Archive for April, 2010

My naughty daughter Mika with her ‘balloon boobies’…

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Wohoo!!! Finally, I decided to register to SocialSpark and even before I get approved, I am now posting about it. I am a member of other paying post organization, and until now I have never gotten any assignments yet. It’s frustrating to wait for an opportunity.

The 2000 movie that I chose to feature is Gladiator.

Starring Academy Awards winner Russel Crowe, Gladiator is a historical film depicting The Roman Empire in full blossom in 180AD.

The film is about a morally upstanding Hispano-Roman general in Germania, Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Crowe. He was under the favor of the Caesar Marcus Aurelius, greatly admired and loved by the Caesar’s daughter Lucilla and envied and hated by the Caesar’s son, Commodus.

Being the greatest general, he was chosen by the dying caesar to be the next leader, which led to the murder of his family. Full of hatred and consumed by the idea of vengeance, he vowed revenge against Commodus.

Found unconscious by the slave traders, he was sold as a slave and was purchased by the former gladiator, Antonius Proximo, who trained him until he became the most popular gladiator known as ‘The Spaniard.‘

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Her mom was practically dragging Sissy* into the center the first time I laid my eyes on her. Obviously, she didn’t want to be there.

As a Julia Roberts fan, I love almost all her movies. Dying Young, Pretty Woman, The Mexican, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, The Pelican Brief, to name a few..

But I love Erin Brockovich the most.

It is a true-to-life story of a woman, twice divorced and hired ,out of sympathy, as a low-level secretary in a small-time law firm.

Even without a LAW degree, she was able to help about 600 plaintiffs win against a powerful corporation involving a case of water poisoning in a small desert community in Los Angeles, California.

I love the story, I love the way Julia Roberts portrayed the character of Erin,and I love all of the scenes… It’s one great film!

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Bea*, then 3, is a very pretty and smart kid. So, I was surprised when I saw her parents with her in the playschool.

After the usual pleasantries, I asked the parents if they want to wait outside and assured them that Bea is going to be fine. But they answered (almost in unison) that Bea has separation anxiety and that they couldn’t leave her even with friends and relatives. And that’s why they enrolled her in my class, to be exposed to other kids. I said ‘Oh, I see..’ So, I let them stay.

The same thing happened the next meeting. And the next. But on the 4th meeting, I asked them, as politely as I could, to please wait outside and assured them that I will let them in if I find it necessary.

Well, I wasn’t surprised when Bea didn’t even ask for them. Because right from the first meeting, I had a feeling that it was mommy and daddy who had separation anxiety and not Bea. They are the ones who are not used to keeping her out of their sight.

Why did I wait until the 4th meeting? On the 2nd meeting, I was observing Bea, and on the 3rd, I was observing the parents. Then on the 4th, I made my move. IT WORKED!

*not real name

Pictures courtesy of Mommy Liz