Birthday Girl

Yippee!!! It's my birthday! 19 is definately not a very fun birthday though. There is nothing that special about 19. It's in between buying cigarettes and buying alcohol (when we are referring to Iceland). In the states, 19 is just not cool at all. It's unbelievable how time flies though. I still feel like my 17th birthday was 3 weeks ago... not 2 years ago. Hmmm, oh well, a year older a year wiser I do believe they say :) yea right... So, Silje and Kristin gave me this completely risky Corona bikini. Za boyz vill be druling zen. It was so great to see them again! I love those girls! Despite the short time that we got to hang out, we clicked together like 123. Oh, more exciting news is that we got a new puppy! A Yorkshire Terrior. She is soooo cute and tiny! We have no name yet, but i will keep ya'll posted with it. I still have no job, which is fine at the moment... but my bank account will be crying in a few days. Live today, worry tomorrow. Good saying eh? Today I went to meet Chris curler for lunch. He thought I wouldn't show up so therefore decided to start without me. Pfh! He was getting his ass kicked by the Cheese Shop. By the end of the day he'll probably have like 20 bumps on his head. Haha. It's all good though cuz he's going to find the secret ingredients in the Cheese Shop's house dressing. SCORE!!

Pop Stars?

So, yesterday I was hanging out at my brothers place and had this conversation with one of my friends... are there any non "pop-star" girls. Like, we have Avril Lavigne who tries to be all hard core and rebel-y, but is she not just playing into the pop world under that image? The producers and all those important guys maybe try to make these talented young people different from the rest, but they always fall under the same categorie as say Christina Aguillera, Brittany Spears and the rest of those "talented" bimbo's who shake their ass's and lip sing during concerts. So... what i'm trying to say is that groups like Metallica, Sigur Rós and the rest of those hard core cool bands don´t face the same opsticals as the girls in their little girl bands do. Either girls have to have the looks or... have the looks... or, um.... have the looks, to make it in this world today to be famouse. This I think kind of sucks because there is probably a ton of great talent out there that does not get to be expressed just because the poor girls do not look the part. They say "this business is tough", but I think "it´s fucking political"! -Skin from Skunkanansi

Summer Fun

Ahhh... isn't it great when you can go outside and the humidity is low and the temperature only in about, let's say, the 80's? Not many would agree with me, but this is the type of temperature that suits me. Instead of having the scourching heat crispying my ever so white icelandic skin, I can actually go outside and enjoy myself! :) Well, I guess i'm a wimp when it comes to this Virginian temperature, what can I say... I've been where the temperature reaches a high of 22°c (you do the math). Yea, but I just came from the pool which is freezing compared to the Icelandic geothermally heated pools and it was so nice! Since I got back home, it´s been a lot, and i mean A LOT of "family time". Well, isn´t that nice though? Then as the day goes on, the father goes golfing, the brother goes to soccer practice and the mother goes (of course) shopping for food! YUM. But yea, Silje and Kristin are going to come to Williamsburg on Sunday. I´M SO EXCITED!! They are going to VA Beach for two days, and then traveling back to the 1700´s and going to Collonial Williamsburg. It should be fun! I am thinking about going to an Aerosmith concert next week... WOULDN´T THAT ROCK?? I do believe so...! Good times good times. Well, I will leave you all with a poem which me and this Hollandish girl I met in London wrote. Enjoy!

The to be famouse writer:
I know, always was a fighter
but she was not a short sighter
Her sun shone made all brighter
She smoked her Marlboro of red
spirit is strong, no health thread
But of course the alcohol did not go to her head
Life is for the living and smile when I´m dead
Tomorrow we will see if it did
waiting in anticipation for teh hit
Whether my workout all month has made me fit
nevertheless bodies decay as lain in a pit
AND THAT´S THE WAY THE COOKIE
crumbles
Hildur Sólveig and Renete 30 May 2004

Back from London

Well, I got back from London last night. I had been there on my graduation trip with Stína. It was crazy fun! We weren´t really the tourists there, since our main artinerary was to go there and forget all which we had learned in school... which was great! AND MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! We stayed at a hostel called Generator, and damn do I recomend it! It was so much fun, the staff was great, the people there friendly and the bar in the hostel itself. I think that bar did it for me and Stína, cuz every evening that we were there, we showed up for happy hour at the strum of 6 pm to pay our 1 pound for a glass of beer. Not only that but participation from our 2 person group was taken in karaoke, limbo, crazy generator game and fun pool. (I got 2nd place in fun pool thank you very much, most likely due to Jan´s thrrrree´s). We also had fun experiences with the "funny" Brazilian guy, our German friend getting SLAPPED in China Town and Colgate trying to ride a drunk bike (not succeeding). Plus our interesting political talk which almost popped up every night... but thank God for the alcohol... cuz it eased our minds. ;) I do believe it can be righteous to say that London brought out the best of us.... because we were UNBELIEVABLE with our alcoholic drinking actions. Good times, good times. Like my friend Katarina says (very innocently) "you always remember your first", and my first trip to London will always stay as a sharp reminder on how fun life can be when everything is new. To all those who made my trip awesome, THANK YOU!! ;)