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Monday, August 25, 2003
Well, school has started and today was the unofficial first day of school (last Friday was the "official" start, but we didn't really do anything then ...) The good news about this is that me and my friends got like the BEST place to sit in the school. We're in a place called The North-Basement (Norðurkjallari), and we have all these comfortable sofas and stuff and three very old TV sets next to us. One of my friends is going to bring her old Nintendo computer and just leave it there for us to play with! And to think we also need to take classes with all this entertainment and comfort around us!
One bad thing about starting school in Iceland is that you have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on school books at the beginning of each year. Thankfully, I got the job at the book store before I had to buy the books, so I got 20% off everything ... and I didn't have to spend a single króna to buy the books because 1) We have an exchange market where I brought all my old books and got money for them to buy new books and 2) because my dear friend (the same one that has the Nintendo) works at a library where I have now borrowed about 5 books that I'm not planning on returning until next year - and she's going to cover me up! :D It's good to have connections :)
Not much else is happening, though. I just have to get used to the school thing again in the next few weeks ... have to start studying after a year of very little studying ;)
Music of the day: A hard choice ... I've recently discovered the absolute joy of ELO - aka Electric Light Orchestra - and have a hard time deciding whether Sweet Talking Woman or Living Thing should be song of the day ... but I think I'll go with Livin' Thing -> "It's a livin' thing / It's a terrible thing to lose ..."
Movie of the day: You see, this is what happens when you don't blog for a few days! Now I can't decide what movie should be movie of the day because there are two great possibilities - May and 28 Days Later ... But I saw May first so I'll use that one. May is, in a word, PERFECT! Everyone should see this film! It's soooooo terrifically amazingly great that I have no words to describe it! Imagine making a movie about Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas ... what would happen if Sally had grown up in the "real world", with "real kids" and "real people" ... Like somebody said: Sick and twisted, but also very beautiful ... The best black comedy/horror film of the year ... that is if you don't count 28 Days Later, but I'll talk about that one next time :)
One bad thing about starting school in Iceland is that you have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on school books at the beginning of each year. Thankfully, I got the job at the book store before I had to buy the books, so I got 20% off everything ... and I didn't have to spend a single króna to buy the books because 1) We have an exchange market where I brought all my old books and got money for them to buy new books and 2) because my dear friend (the same one that has the Nintendo) works at a library where I have now borrowed about 5 books that I'm not planning on returning until next year - and she's going to cover me up! :D It's good to have connections :)
Not much else is happening, though. I just have to get used to the school thing again in the next few weeks ... have to start studying after a year of very little studying ;)
Music of the day: A hard choice ... I've recently discovered the absolute joy of ELO - aka Electric Light Orchestra - and have a hard time deciding whether Sweet Talking Woman or Living Thing should be song of the day ... but I think I'll go with Livin' Thing -> "It's a livin' thing / It's a terrible thing to lose ..."
Movie of the day: You see, this is what happens when you don't blog for a few days! Now I can't decide what movie should be movie of the day because there are two great possibilities - May and 28 Days Later ... But I saw May first so I'll use that one. May is, in a word, PERFECT! Everyone should see this film! It's soooooo terrifically amazingly great that I have no words to describe it! Imagine making a movie about Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas ... what would happen if Sally had grown up in the "real world", with "real kids" and "real people" ... Like somebody said: Sick and twisted, but also very beautiful ... The best black comedy/horror film of the year ... that is if you don't count 28 Days Later, but I'll talk about that one next time :)
