Well now, what do you know. The old bloggin' boy is at it once more. To the best of my knowledge I haven't b*logged since August of 2006. What happened? Where did I go?
To be sure, I am not entirely aware what happened. Life just kept passing and I didn't feel like b*logging at all. For a long time. Whether this b*log marks a change time will have to tell us in time when the time is right, you know?
Have you tried http://www.pandora.com ? If you have not you should definitely give it a visit and a try. Let it be said that Pandora dot com is a music lover's haven. Do you enjoy getting to know new music that you might like? Well, Pandora is specially designed to assist you in just that. Go on, have a log .. on
I apologise, on account of time passed and lack of exercise my English vocab may have diminished. I have been living in Iceland since the end of June 2006. Not had too many opportunities to practice my excellent English, such as it was anyway.
If English proves impossible for me I will switch entirely to Icelandic, but let us give English a chance.
Presently I am sat at home. It is about 01:49 am. Friday evening. Listening to Pandora's choice of tunes and melodies to have me taste. Seems like piano music is supposed to be up my alley. A lot of piano in these choices. I love piano, really wish I still played it. I used to, you know. For two years I was a pianist. Then the brat that I was quit. Did not care much for the homework. Homework, aye. We're never entirely free.
Happy New Year. 2007 has arrived. Yay. Hopefully a year of victory and constructive times. Perhaps alcohol consumption will be banished from my life this year. Worth a try. The life style changes until now have proven quite successful. I'm not perfect but I'm pretty good in sticking to certain clear principles. Banish alcohol and integrate more raw foods. The next step down the line. Or up the ladder, whichever.
Enya is Pandora's choice for this moment. Haven't heard this particular Enya song before. Guess I'll tell the database that I like it. Too much Enya can make one go funny though. It's good stuff, most of it, but it is bit more New Age than I can easily digest, unless it comes in small doses.
Did I mention that on December 11 of 2006 Haffi and I celebrated our first engagement anniversary. We spent a whole weekend in a large cottage surrounded by a forest. I love forests and trees. I feel so at home and at ease in that particular cottage. Wish it were mine, an escape whenever I needed one. Well we spent a weekend there in good company. We finally began wearing permanent engagement rings, golden ones engraved with our names in Höfðaletur (old Icelandic decorative letters, usually engraved - similar to runes but lacking the supernatural factor) as well as containing a hidden personal message on the inside. I love my ring. I love having the love of my life bound to me in this way. To be able to feel a symbol of our commitment on my finger at all times. His commitment to me and my commitment to him.
It is all that matters. The core of my being. Upon which all else is fleeting and surmountable.
"if that doggy named Rover don't bark, momma's gonna buy you a horse and a cart"
The above quote is from Pandora's current choice. Me no like really. Too corny.
Three babies have just entered this world. Earlier this evening Haffi's sister had twin boys. On January 4th my friends, Hilmar and Hoffý, had a daugther. Congratulations to all.
On June 1st of this year all cafes and clubs and such public suchwhats in Iceland will be smoke-free! I am totally ecstatic about the news. It will change the lives of non-smokers such as myself. Finally everyone can have a night out without having to breathe poison and be sick and reek of toxins upon returning. Fuck cigarettes and the tobacco industry! May all cigarettes disappear off the face of the Earth and be forgotten by one and all. I feel that the new laws are completely fair and just. Smokers should be able to keep their nasty habits away from those that choose not to breathe shit and poison.
The pointlessness of nights out, of clubbing, of partying, of fooling oneself to put carelessness and foolery at a par with enjoying oneself, will be less physically harmful. It will still be mostly pointless, an empty and naive activity (as the substance of such times has less to do with the muck being consumed than the company of fellow humans, a phenomenon that would just as well exist without the alcohol), but one may choose to be a fool in a less poisonous environment.
More piano. I really think it would make me happy to start playing piano again. Or any instrument. Not the brass stuff maybe, but guitar would be just as nice. Or the cello. Or a harp. Something melodic. Piano is wonderful. So tender and soothing.
For now I'll have to settle with Apple's Garage Band. Make music on my computer while I reacquaint myself with the true instrument.
Last year was, at a whole, wonderful. Difficult at times. But it really turned out great. Better than most years before. My life has really evolved since 2002. So many incredible things have happened. 2003-2006 was a strange and dynamic period of my life. I have been told that 2007 is an important year for me, that will influence the next 3-6 years. Thankfully I am aware and keep it in the back of my head now that 2007 has just landed. May I not forget it and make the most of the year.
I am in love. And on that note let us end the current entry.
..kH
