Adventures in an igloo

The latest buzz on my rock is that due to bad overall management we now have the cheapest dentists in the Western Hemisphere.

Apparently, hordes of unfortunately teethed individuals are due to invade our shores and take up all open spaces at the dentists'.

It seems that Lady Karma has come back with a vengeance.

You see, when I was a wee lass swarms of toothless vikings hit the beaches of the Black Sea (Bulgaria to be more exact) and returned home with a third degree sunburn and a brand new set of teeth.

Even those whose teeth were just fine got a new set, just because it was so darn economically convenient.

Well now the smile is on us and the question is: can we handle the tooth?

I just don't know...

It's that bi-annual time of the year for the dog. She's pretty jumpy and really wants to go out and meet the dog boys. The same goes for them: last night one of them waited outside for a long time while my dog cried by the door.

The Mother Unit commented that she was glad that I don't act like that when it's my time of the month.

I must say I strongly agree with the Mother Unit on that one.

Happy X-mas everyone.

Yesterday I got all poet-like and threw together all kinds of metaphors to describe the economic situation on my rock, courtesy of the banks, politicians and the greedy "entrepreneurs" (thieves) that have been allowed to milk us dry in the last years.

To stress the ridiculousness of leaving us, the general public, with the tab I commented that it would be as decadent as making chihuahuas drag santa's sleigh on Christmas Night.

Well, this morning I found the picture you see on your left on the internet...

I suppose the politicians saw the same image as that's pretty much what they intend to do, erm.. let us pay for the party we were'nt invited to, not abuse chihuahuas...

Erm, what I mean to say is that we are all a bunch of slave labour chihuahuas to those in charge on my rock..

Ah, I'm not good at the whole metaphor business;

Happy weekend anyway people :)

I'm not saying that i necessarily agree with what that statement implies on top of a picture of the British PM but I think that people should absolutely read this insight from the Times.

Be prepared people, x-mas is eerily close and that means it's time to watch this.

Sometimes when there's a blizzard raging outside and my dog indicates that she needs to go potty, I wish she knew how to use a regular toilet.

Then again, I also wish that some men knew how to use the toilet through things like flushing and putting the toilet seat down.

OK I like taking quizzes on the internet but the last one I took revealed that my true mental age is 6 Months Old:

"You love to get pampered, take lots of naps, and eat mashed bananas. Okay, we're only speculating on the mashed bananas.

And really, there's nothing wrong with that stuff. You love to be comfortable and close to the people you love. That stuff's all great! Just be sure to change your diaper every once in a while."

I don't think I'll be doing more quizzes online for at least 30 minutes after this or maybe I should drink loads of coffee and discuss politics and Henrik Ibsen with some adults while listening to avant garde jazz...just to prove that the quiz is wrong nananabooboo.

Yes, I've discovered it after years of half and quarter finishing books.

Here's the secret:

Only read one book at a time.
Start reading at the beginning of the book (my nan did not do this, she'd skip right to the end and if it was a happy one, she'd read the book, and if it wasn't, well then she'd chuck the book).

Now, once you've started reading from the beginning just continue until you've read the very last sentence of the book.

If you follow my advice, you too know the secret behind successfully reading books.

Congratulations and enjoy this new and fascinating, not to mention fulfilling experience.

Ps. If this advice doesn't work for you- be sure that Hollywood will create an alternative for you. Just try not to fall asleep before the film's finished.

Some music is so bad, it's really good. Those siblings were not the Jacksons but according to the evil snake tongues on the internet, one of those wholesome pop icons had a public restroom incident- as we say on my rock: I don't sell it at a higher price than I bought it...

Nonetheless, I just love those showstopping dance moves that they got going on in the video; imagine replicating those in a club in the 21st century.

That would be sight for sore eyes in my opinion.

Not had enough? Want serious hairdos, smooth moves and the voice of an angel? Try another of my icons from the 80s, just press play and feeeeeeel the rhythm of the music of the night..?

This long post is a result of the evil trigger finger of Smali (see links) so here goes:

1) Four jobs I've done in my lifetime:
Archivist
Park Ranger
Security Guard
Protestor (well some of my friends say I'm a professional in that category)

2) Four Icelandic movies I like:
Sódóma Reykjavík (the troubles of searching for a remote control...)
Dís (we've all been there, 20 something and confused)
Hrafninn flýgur (Tungur knifur- the best viking film ever)
Myrkrahöfðinginn (OK it's supposed to be very dramatic but I think it's super funny)

3) Four places I've lived:
Reykjavík
Cambridge
Montgomery
St Andrews

4)One place I would never move to:
Reyðarfjörður, pollution, an aluminium smelter and bad bad choices

5) Four places I've visited during holidays:
Selárdalur (during the best girlie trip in the world)
Madrid (winter, summer, always fun whith those crazy Spaniards hovering over you)
Washington DC (even did the "Run Forrest Run" bit)
Himmelbjerget (Denmark's highest mountain at a whopping 147 m, did I break a sweat during that hike- I don't think so!)

6) Four TV programmes I like:
Dexter (the friendly neighbourhood serial killer)
Terminator/Sarah Connor Chronicles (although I miss Arnie)
New Adventures of Old Christine (I love Julia Louis Dreyfuss)
Everything by Gordon Ramsay (He's mean and ugly and it clearly sells)

7) Four websites I check out daily:
Facebook
Zone jigsaw (gotta do 3 puzzles to get the day started)
Various blogs
Gofugyourself (to see how fugly the stars are)

8) Four foods I like:
Cheese (all kinds, but Halloumi and Brie are special favourites)
Chocolate (nowadays Lindt Tiramisu chocolate oh my god!)
Coffee (nothing like a good latte in the morning)
Clementines (because Christmas is coming)

9) Four books I've read more than once:
Actually, since I became an adult I pretty much only read each book once, but I think I would like to read Persepolis again.

10) Four places I'd rather be now:
In Egypt, sailing on the Nile on the way to the Valley of the Kings
On top of Macchu Picchu
In Tokyo buying loads of Monchichis
In my kitchen sipping a good latte

11) Four bloggers I "klukk":
None, I'm not that mean :)

"You can trust your sixth sense. Life is exciting so a routine job is not your interest. You have great ideas and a fantastic imagination. You often feel tired of things and people around you.
Your Love: You can tell what's in the mind of another person just from looking into his/her eyes. You are paranoid and jealous and these are the cause of fights between you and your lover. Sometimes the thing you believe in is just your imagination."

Can you believe modern technology? This is what I got just by typing my date of birth on the internet.

I wonder what happens if I squeeze one of my socks into a computer socket?