Thursday, October 14, 2010

Reality is the Enemy of Fantasy

Russian Soldiers (particularly the memories of) do not translate across the spectrum of Russian Computer Programmers.


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Once again I am working at the downtown office with the developers. And once again I am struck dumb by the reality of Russian men.
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Now, my first memories of Russian men are the Olympians - but we know that they don't normally come in that flavor.
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But my first real life encounter was in newly reunited Berlin - still home to about 100,000 Russian Soldiers. And they were hot hot hot.

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Now, I know realistically that this was colored by the fact that they were 1) young, 2) goofy and hanging out waiting to go home and 3) I was at the age where I was constantly horny. So yes, I "know" that they probably weren't as cute as I remember.
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But they totally were.
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Well, the company I work at now has tons of Russian Programmers. We off-shore some work to Minsk (which is in Belarus (White Russia) actually - I know that). And we have a lot of Russians here working.
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Russian computer programmers are just as hot as American programmers. You got your 1 or 2 diamonds in the rough, but for the most part, they are pale, have no social skills, marginal hygiene skills and Cheeto's stained fingers. The only difference is older Russian have more hair come out their ears. It's enough to put you off Russian Porn.
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