Leonid Kaganov about himself
Science fiction writer, screenwriter, comedian. Author of books, film and television scripts, songs. Member of the joint venture of Russia. I live in Moscow, since 1995 I have been earning a living as a literary work. Married. My author’s site on the Internet lleo.me has existed for almost 15 years — this is my «home», which is filled with everything that I did and do: first of all, my texts are here — prose, humor, scripts for films and TV, articles, songs mp3 to my poems and much more. In addition, there are many sections on the site with all sorts of jokes and tricks that are not related to my literary work, but were created in my spare time.
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Biography
Born May 21, 1972 in a family of civil engineers. He graduated from the 8th grade of the school, the MTAT technical school (radio electronics), the Moscow Mining University (programming) and the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University (neuropsychology). I worked as a programmer for a little while, developing modules of devices for geophysics and dosimetry in assembler, then worked in the OSP-Studio TV screenwriting team, etc., then completely engaged in literary work. Since 1998 in the joint venture of Russia.
tastes, habits
I read few books, but thoughtfully — I read only about 4-6 books a year. Of the favorite domestic authors — Strugatsky, Pelevin, Lukyanenko. From the classics I appreciate Gogol, Bulgakov, Averchenko.
Favorite movies: Lola Rennt, Forest Gump. I really like high-quality 3D animation (eg «Shrek», «Ratatouille»), although I also like cartoons about «Masyanya».
I listen to a variety of music, such as «Morcheeba», «Air», «The Tiger Lillies», «Winter Cabin», «Underwood».
From food, I like baked potatoes, kebabs, vobla with kefir most of all (it’s a mistake to think that they are incompatible). I like to ride a scooter (a small motorcycle, if anyone does not know).
I’m always late everywhere and there’s nothing I can do about it. My way of life is quite gouging, and my outlook on things is largely indifferent, but on the contrary, I take important issues seriously, and even on a number of trifles my position is more principled than that of many, for example:
I don’t play computer games, I don’t read the press, I don’t have a TV — it’s a pity to waste time, and there isn’t enough of it. The most important world news will reach me one way or another without delay, and unimportant ones are not needed.
Never used a Windows system — we hate each other. Once worked under OS/2, now Linux (ALT).
I do not smoke. Since childhood, I decided that I would not, and I never tried it.
I drink alcohol in moderation. The tradition of pouring a solution of ethanol into the body does not seem too reasonable to me.
I am wary of drugs. My major in psychology was narcology and psychopharmacology, and I am well aware of the real dangers of opiates. I basically don’t communicate with people who used opiates — I don’t believe in the possibility of a complete cure, sorry.
I’m not religious, but not because I «haven’t found it yet», but because those are my beliefs. In my student years, I seriously studied the psychology of religion, studied a variety of scriptures and theories, but since then I have not been interested in religious issues. But I don’t like the term «atheist» because it implies denial and struggle. But denying «what is not» is pointless, and fighting someone else’s faith is also unethical. Therefore, calling non-religious people atheists is as ridiculous as calling pedestrians anti-skiers. I don’t like the term «non-believer» either: one might think that apart from religion there are no ideas and moral ideals in which one can believe. So I am not religious. I have respect for any religious and philosophical schools, but with disrespect for any agitation.
If you have read all this and you already have a solid idea about my tastes, habits and the spiritual world, it is wrong, like any superficial idea 🙂