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I took a nap in the sun today. Well, not actually IN the sun, just sort of placing emphasis on how much I suck since the weather was so nice today. Since the subject 8 months ago (when I last wrote something here) was my dream I decided to go from there. So, during my nap I dreamt I was hanging out with bunch of crazy people. Not crazy as in crazy cool, no literally institutionalised crazy people on their day of from the mental institution. I really bonded with them especially with the paranoid guy, or I was fascinated by him. Maybe I shouldn’t be telling the world about this. I am pretty sure I´m not crazy but I have been having over the top accommodation-drama-attacks where my boyfriend and my mother are the main targets, poor them.

So my analysis is this, i´m open mindedj, I don´t mind bonding with the crazy, I´m not crazy, ’cause I did realise that they were, but I´ve been a little over the top for the past days. We all know i´m loud and dramatic.

And maybe…just maybe, I shouldn’t be sleeping during the day when the weather is gorgeous, or at least make an effort to place a mattress on the balconies.

Last night I dreamt I could fly, like literally fly, like the guys from the tv-show Heros, Peter and his brother. And guess what!!. Flying is fricking wicked. And that´s not all, I dreamt my whole family could fly like it was this super-gene we all of a sudden had and me and my cousin Ásta where sitting somewhere on the moon (’cause we flu there) eating brunch talking about how lame we were when we couldn´t fly. When I woke up I was sad I couldn´t fly:(

Band: Incubus

Album: Ligth Grenades

Released: November 28, 2006

My opinion: 7.8/10

I have to say that for me Incubus-Light Grenades signifies the last month of 2006 and the first of 2007. I remember hearing rumours that this album was a bit disappointing. Well, I´m really not one of the crazy, crazy Incubus fans (always loved Drive and Stellar though) so maybe I have nothing to say in the matter. But, I do indeed love songs like Anna Molly, Dig Diamonds and Coal and even Love Hurts, so I have to say that this album grew to me with out too much effort even though I suppose there are tighter albums out there. For those of you who haven´t seen the Anna Molly music video…PLEASE check it out, jebus, the man is not ugly. If you haven´t heard the Anna Molly acoustic version, check that out as well. And, in Love Hurts, I always thought he was saying “love hurts, but sometimes it doesN´T” and I thought to myself, DAMN, that´s fucking bad poetry, but apparently he says, “love hurts, but sometimes it´s a good hurt”, sooo yeah, not a bad song after all, the acoustic version of Love Hurst is nice aswell.                   

Band: Annuals

Album: Be He Me

Released: October 17, 2006

My opinion: 5.5/10

All I have to say about this album is hmmm, well and but. So, hmm…the reason I started listening in the first place is because this band seams to be quite respected in the “music world” sooo, well, they are obviously sophisticated in what they do, if so to speak, but there´s just something missing. What it really comes down to is slow indie crap, which I like, there are just plenty of bands who do it better. PS. Don´t get me wrong though, it´s not BAD just not THAT good.

As most of you know I live in Reykjavík now. For some reason I feel that I’ve had a lot more to say when I’ve lived abroad. Well, maybe I’m wrong, but every small little detail in my life seams to be more interesting when it happens abroad. Now my life is basically, work, sleep and eat. I could talk about work but my work is both boring and classified information (well, sort of). I barely remember my dreams so I’m not going to talk about my sleeping. My eating, hmm, well, I do like to cook, sometimes, so I guess I could talk about that, it’s just that I’ve made fun of so many people who do, so I’m afraid that would make me a super hypocrite, so no, not doing that, not for now at least, plus it’s just gay. Anyhow, my theme for those last six weeks of the year is to talk about what music I’ve been listening to in the year 2007, or in other words, the albums realised this year (late last year) in chronological order. I of course am not an expert on music so all my criticism should be taken with at least a small grain of salt (even though I haven’t decided whether I’m criticising anyone) but do feel free to quote me.

Day 1  

Me Sober (due to penicillin and work). First destination: Nasa. Three songs by Smoosh, got there a bit too late, didn’t see shit, but they sounded good….and cute

Straight to Organ for Solid Gold, ok music, sort of electro/melodic. Three guys. All of them fricking gorgeous 

                                                                                                                                                                        Stayed for one song with The Zuckakis Mondeyano Project, they might have just done it for after plenty of beer and some acid. Back to Nasa, Lights on the Highway and Shadow Parade. They both tried to sound depressing, just not convincing enough, both sucked. Lights on the Highway sucked more. 

Day 2 

Nasa. Slow Club, fucking great.

Best Fwends, the whole time I was waiting for the band to show up behind the tent they had going on there, but no. I’m guessing they were making fun of the DJs that sort of pretend to be actually doing something more than changing the song on the computer they usually have in front of them, since they just changed the song using an ipod shuffle or some shit. I can’t say I loved them but they kept my attention. 

Retro Stefson, the first song was ok, then the rest sounded like the first song.

The Teenagers, disappointed I have to say unfortunately, maybe I was expecting to much, at one point I just thought they were lame. Too bad. I spent most of the time wondering weather the singer was gay or just French.

Friendly Fires and Late of the Pier were both excellent, a lot more than I expected, I’ll definitely get their albums.

Day 3

Left work early for Lay Low and Jenny Wilson. They were playing off venue early afternoon in the Nordic House. Really nice.  

Reykjavik Art Museum. We were there rather late. Trentemoller had just started when we arrived, FUCKING AMAZING!!!. It was almost like a rave and the visual art was great as well. Excellent show. Mum, nice, more party than I expected, but not really a party though, just Mum.

Of Montreal. Nice, not phenomenal, but a decent show, they did their thing.

After Reykjavik Art I remember this really annoying really drunk girl and then going to Barinn where they had schedule until 6 a.m., home around 4 a.m.  

Day 4

Pre-Airwaves party at my place. We actually had almost a full house of people, pizza and beer at 8 a.m. Really unusual for Icelanders to show up so early. But you know, AIRWAVES.   

Nasa. First band I saw was Dikta, I’ve always liked them, and damn the singer is good. After them, Mugison, I always like Mugison live. Then Ra Ra Riot, nice, but I only saw like 3 songs, went to the toilet and met some people or some shit. At midnight !!! (Chk, chk, chk) started. OMFG, FUCKING BEST SHOW OF AIRWAVES, one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. The singer, jebus, how sexy can one man be on stage. I have no more words.

After that, Gaukurinn, FM Belfast, it was ok, it really wasn’t possible to top !!!. 

Later that night, first Barinn, and then long queues everywhere, went home and had sort of an after party until 7 a.m. in the morning. Really nice. 

Day 5

Ohh yes, there was a schedule that day but I had no energy. Drove my friend to the airport and did nothing after that. Can’t wait for Airwaves next year. I’ve met several people saying that airwaves is better than Christmas. FUCK YEAH!!

I think i´m suffering from something that one could legitimately refer to as The Mid 20´s Crisis.

Symptoms: You know you´re old and smart enough to be taken seriously but you don´t really feel old enough to be taken seriously.

Example: You sometimes feel like wearing your rainbow earrings, your crazy chic converse, listen to really hip and cool music really loudly, get drunk really early on a Friday night, talk about how wasted you were last weekend etc, but you can´t ’cause the people you work with or go to school with would think you´re insane. In way you´re sort of cool, but in the closet during the majority of the day.

Cure: Have children and/or grow up!!

Excellent!

Having a new job is a bit like having a new boyfriend. I´m constantly obsessing about what I said and whether I behaved properly.

Friday night 

To my surprise I witnessed a girl discriminated from Sirkus for being only 23 years old, where the age limit is apparently 25. As I stood there, by myself, next in line, ready with my I.D. I though to myself; “Thank god I’m 25 plus 7 months”. To my surprise again, the “doorman” (who’s absolutely not the doorman type, i.e. skinny wearing hip clothes, you know, the typical Sirkus scenario, we’ve all been there) looked at me, smiled and said: “Gjörðu svo vel” (e. polite welcome).  I wonder, do I look cool enough to walk in to a place like Sirkus (i.e. cooler than that girl), or, do I simple look that much older than 25?

Obviously I’m going for the coolness even though working for a bank really does not seam to be the coolest job one can have, or well, not in that crowd.

Saturday night 

Is it ok to ask a complete stranger in detail about his or her paycheck?? Some people are simple rude!!

I’ve decided to start blogging again. Some of it will be in English and some of it in Icelandic.

For those of you who don’t know what I’ve been up to for the past months, I’ve moved to Iceland, finished my dissertation and started working.

Actually I’ve only been working for four days now. A slow start but I’m quite sure I’m gonna love it, I even took work stuff home to read over the weekend, not because I have to, but because I’m interested.

Other than that I live in Vesturbaer I don’t have a car, I ride the bus to work and last week I spent too much money just before I realised I don’t have any. The beauty of Mastercard and overdraft. The true love-hate relationship.

Maybe the car thing is not worth mentioning, but I’m the sort of girl who always has a car or I had one for 7 years. Despite of that I’ve decided to become one of those non-hypocrite environment lovers and stick to the bus (for at least 6 weeks). I also have to admit that taking the bus is not too bad, or at least not as bad as I thought (when it’s not raining).