laugardagur, mars 24, 2007



What´s an evening like Cabernet Sauvignon, Garðar Thór Cortes and tax law...by choice I would skip the last.

"My head is feeling very Cabernet" - Baku (sleepy)



This is an amazing tenor from iceland

Garðar Thór Cortes - Nella Fantasia

föstudagur, mars 23, 2007

Ok, I wasn´t studying for a moment there.. but I had to laugh with this video I came across; Since I moved I forgot about this bands existence, but they seem to be doing very well; applause!! In ´Losing a friend´ they are driving around on our hitchhikingtrail, where we were stuck for quite a while:) Ale I know you will like this:
Nylon - Sweet Dreams

Dear black coffee..
Over here it´s not exactly a Thank-god-its-Friday, but more an opening premier of my own weekend of utter isolation from the world. My room has been converted into strict Military-ExamStudy-Camp with no available mercy-applications.

The girls at home let me down and deserted in taking their exams today..and dare I say it, celebration sponsored by beer. Buried in law books let me say: I object!

On subject of alcohol I spent a whole day with Mattias in Malmö Stadshus, where we attended the first half of a 2-day seminar on Responsible Serving of Alcohol/Alcohol and Drugs in Bars.. The seminar was very interesting and mainly cause of the VARIETY of people there.. Burnout barowners, angry bouncers, highprofile hotelmanagers, waitresses, dragqueens, bartenders etc We watched movieclips on drunk people with debates on how to handle different situations in bars/pubs/clubs, the alcohollaw and statistics.
Learn how to drink (in swedish)

I learned how much trouble you can get into..for example serving a minor and false ID; this was not exactly the kind of worries me and my friends had when we were 16.. It´s laughable looking back on the type of tricks we made to get in to places in downtown Reykjavík ( age limit: 20). An anonymous friend even put on the firealarm by opening a backdoor of a club.. and another smoothtalked her way in on IDs which made her 10 years older ("svona er lífið!")..another pretended to be German who couldn´t understand english when asked for ID (that failed cause there was an actual german present!). I was lucky enough to have an older brother´81 whose blond female friends let me their ID... and it always worked! But I can´t imagine that the bouncers really were that stupid as we presumed them to be.
Yes the good old days...
have mercy babe!

DJ Kool - Let me clear my throat


Have a nice weekend everyone!

miðvikudagur, mars 21, 2007


merde! Sandra mín beat this...ég veit ekki hvernig þér gengur með Spán en...
I´m so unlucky.. !! I got a personal call from Belgium; a 4-5 star hotel, Astrid Park Plaza, just offered me a fulltime job NOW.. as in NOW when I have to be in stupid school doing this stupid exam.. I think I have to cry.
Dire Straits - Walk of Life

þriðjudagur, mars 20, 2007

Have you ever preformed the Reality Bites-My Sharona-Gas Station-dancescene live?
Try in general to avoid these kind of situations.



The Knack - My Sharona

sunnudagur, mars 18, 2007

Baby, I´m the worrying kind

Hold your horses and don´t worry here is your Eurovision Update:
Like I said back then..The Ark had already won Melodifestivalen and now they have.. and if not win Eurovision all together.
Ola Salo is just so damn charming

The Ark - The Worrying Kind

miðvikudagur, mars 14, 2007

People people I know I posted some heavy snowphotos here 3 weeks ago..but since 2 days ago we are having some serious summertime here in Lund. It is unreal..people are walking around in t-shirts, not a single sniff of cloud in sight and folks are going overboard with the ice-cream..Emma and I took a summerwalk and we couldn´t even see the big square anymore.. from teenager to grandma was sitting on it sunbathing and stocking up the ice-cream. Wonderful! Can´t wait til they put up the “uteservering” (outside-serving-beer) in the squares..

Bartending at Lunds Nation went a little crazy.. the nurse-department (400 girls and 5 boys) had a night out and god knows what they had been injecting but the dancefloor behaviour wasn´t anything for kids to see..We are talking about people CRAWLING on the bar.. I think we had around 500 people! In the end the crowd went out of hands (to Pink´s U and Ur Hand I might add) and we the staff who had late pass on collecting glasses gave up and went dancing ourselves instead..If you can´t beat them join them.

What I remember from the superhero-party is instant replay of >Aqua´s Cartoon Heroes< and 100 people in tights and swimsuits! Why do people here always have to put cranberry-juice in everything! That is something to wonder over. Lots of dancing on tables and singing. This guy was at our table and won a can of shots (w/cranberry) for his He-man-outfit (he is wearing a purse)..interesting evening;)


On Friday we get our second 10day-long homeexam in law..until then you´ll find me on summervacation.
Amy´s getting back home from Spain and the plan is to finnish our Neuswanstein-1000-piece-puzzle once and for all..It´s been laying unfinished on our “living room”(south west corner of the room)-table for about 3 months now.. I guess cause we have the boring “sky-part” left..nothing but blue pieces. So I´m expecting an evening of australian red wine/jazz/pyjama/puzzle evening.. painted cozyness.

Anouk - Nobodys wife

mánudagur, mars 12, 2007


Everyone who knows me know that I´m not the type to air out feelings... but the last couple of days I´ve had quite a bit of the inevitable homesickness of the worst kind.. I don´t get it often at all but when I do it´s very bad. Of course I think of my family and friends from home every day but I can still function (sort of speak:)). There are so many great new things to see new people to meet. But sometimes you really need your unreplaceable best friends who know you like nobody else will..and they know who they are.
When I start missing those friends I start missing Reykjavík and then we are on the subject of our MOUNTAINS fresh air and beauty.. everything is so fucking flat here!;)
On top of this my postbox hands me a letter from my grandma. She is my “weather-grandma”..she has sent me letters while I´ve been away from home, telling me how the weather has been in iceland, weather to be expected and she askes how my weather is.
My grandma wants me to see the whole world and is so excited about what I do. She told me she thinks I should maybe spend the summer in Switzerland and introduce myself to their hotelmanagement.. I think a big part of my homesickness is that I know I won´t spend the summer in Iceland.

Well grandma, after the rain the sun comes out.. Emma, my housemate and good friend here came over for a long coffee.. Some golden people can really make your day.
Tomorrow is a new day but for now I dedicate my day thinking of the people in my heart.
...wauw did you read this post all the way here?
For you foreigners reading here is

the icelandic music corner (enjoy):

Ampop - My delusions



Trabant - The one



Lay Low - Please don´t hate me (I think every single icelandic family got at least 2 copies of this cd for christmas)



Hera - Itchy palms (from icel. movie "The Sea")

fimmtudagur, mars 08, 2007


Finding a costume for the superhero-party (who am I hanging out with?!?!) tomorrow is a nightmare..I don´t want to leave the house in nothing but longjohns with underwear ontop and maybe an old sheet/curtain as a cloak..
Maybe i´ll go as Mary Poppins..the supernanny!I don´t know bha

Selma - All out of luck

þriðjudagur, mars 06, 2007

So London was great. Apart from the most horrible flight over there..flying next to a man who before departure took a bath in 15 liters of cheap bad perfume. I thought my nose would get used to it, but I was wrong. I buried myself into my Harry Potter (and the Order of the Phoenix) book. In London we stayed in Victoria youth hostel sharing a room with snoring people who then left in the middle of the night.. We always manage to get the snorers (how common is that by the way?) – in Riga we got a whole choir.


In London most people talked adorable like Dame Judi Dench and being there for only 1 day left us with a whole lot of running around the city.. Buckingham Palace - Westminster Abbey/Cathedral - Hyde Park – Thames - London Eye - House of Parliament - Big Ben – Harrods - Piccadilly Circus – Soho – Chinatown - Trafalgar Square and last but not least the Victoria and Albert Museum :)

Next Canterbury took me by a very nice surprise; charming city - we went to a bar called Canterbury Tales with some of the locals/workingmates of M and there I had my very first (and last) british Ale..at first it tastes kind of like beer but the more you drink the worse it gets; but hei, you´re not in Britain every day. Cheers mate!
I have seen a lot of churches in my days but wauw! Canterbury Cathedral is so very impressive! It is really something to remember; I remember going there 3 times in 1 day..and I´m a whole lot wiser on stained glass.

It all happen so fast, now I´m back, I feel like I never left. Is anyone else starting to look forward to the summer cause I can´t wait anymore..enough school.

.....way to keep busy; I have to find a superhero-costume by Friday! Help!

Today:> Dandy Warhols – We used to be friends <

fimmtudagur, mars 01, 2007

London calling!

Yesterday´s themesong: Irene Cara - Fame!

p.s I have witnessed the smallest mini-skirt in history, worn by a man.

föstudagur, febrúar 23, 2007

Melodifestivalen III

I´m a fan of the clichés but there are limits..or?
Here is Sweden´s latest boycandy Måns Zelmerlöw (from Lund!) with Cara Mia..could it be any more Eurovision? Some 12 year old former idol-star (he´s 20 years old people!) singing popsong with some kind of simple “other language” sentence in the chorus. Bless some things being solid. Måns is a star!



Here we have the second Alcazar boy! Magnus Carlsson with Live Forever.. I am convinced I have heard this beginning before. HEJA MAGNUS!



Tonight I´ll escape from my books to a staffparty at Lunds Nation! People again! I like this "home-exam" phenomenon..You can totally plan your time as you wish, ..so if I want to do the final examquestion during commercial-breaks watching the Oscars and red carpet with Amy from 22.00-06.30, I will! Let´s hope it doesn´t come to that though..

This band is in my cd-player a lot these days, their "Painted by Numbers" video is one of the best I´ve seen:

>The Sounds - Tony the beat<

fimmtudagur, febrúar 22, 2007

!Over-night-SNOWKAOS!

These days I live in this castle. It is a study/café-castle full of students. Very charming and one of my favorite places in Lund. Now I have a whole week of "home-exam"..reading lawbooks. The lawtext itself is in either ancient swedish or partly in norweigian (and I quote: “det gäldenär själv ej gälda gitter"?!?!). Wish me luck

Eric Clapton; Sting - It´s probably me

þriðjudagur, febrúar 20, 2007

Mark Twain:
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Betty Friedan:
It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
- The Feminine Mystique, 1963

Faith Whittlesey:
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.
Ragnheiður Gröndal - Með þér

mánudagur, febrúar 19, 2007


The Viking Eiríkur Hauksson Helsinkiin!
I know it is very uncool to be a diary-writer..

If you are a dreamer like me you would also love being Monday-Off in a city. People say Sundays are quiet and relaxing..but come on it gets so hectic and busy when EVERYONE is off.. all the kids, the drama and oblicatory qualitytime. No. Mondays are golden. Then everyone else is being busy somewhere else (work/school) so all the good peaceful nature places in the city are actually just that.
I take my scarf and gloves and get lost in the forrest. (Note that it is impossible to get lost in it actually...since this time of year there are no leaves to limit your horizon.) But anyway. Forrestwalks are perfect for the one who likes to dream away. Daylight is crucial,
or, at least I, get nightmares instead.

This reminds me of my stay in Helsinki.. God, the little innocent was so lost. Far away from the protected Iceland where nothing happens, I felt placed in a city of fear. Well, my fear. But this was only for one day. I never forget that first day, never been so on my own. Took a wrong turn in daylight suburb Helsinki hiding my map.. cause I didnt want to show anyone I was like a tourist on planet earth. An old finnish man came to my Im-so-lost-rescue but my heart was upside down and in theory (I didnt) I ran away. To this day I feel like an idiot.
Helsinki has got to be one of the best cities.. there you can still get lost on your own and feel like you re the only person walking the day. What was it? I got completely facinated by every rock and tree - when it snowed it was like you d never seen snow before! Maybe cause you saw it through the eyes of some other foreigners to whom snow really was only a myth.

My Finland- diaries and full with quotes from people in my life at that time... reading them makes me remember them as they were. Some of my favorites

"I always imagine the woman on the show saying the numbers" – Katarina (on how she picks her lottery numbers)

"I save listening this song for a really bad break-up" – Inari (on Better things w/ Massive Attack)

"You will remember your trip in Finland" – Lydie (lifting a wachingmachine in stairs)

"I dont want to be responsible for an unwanted, with some italian guy, child" – Meintje

"What! Whose is this? This is not mine.." – Monica (drags a sock out of her laundrymachine)

"Think of me tomorrow"– Marlous

"Josef!! Josef!!" – Liesbet (looking for the saxophoneplayer on the Stockholmboat)

"Its not brain surgery – that would be serious" – Anu (on staying cool at the superstressy lunchhour in the Café Engel kitchen)

"Are you staying the whole winter?"- E.T.
- "When you say winter how long is that?" – Drifa
"Well I just have summer and winter..and some days in between;)" – E.T.

"I could be worse, but I dont know how" – Harri (answering the question "how are you?")
______________________________________________________

Tonight will be the second half of Doctor Zhivago, which the whole corridor is watching while drinking wine and smoking a waterpipe Emma picked up in Morocco. It is like smoking tea!

James Morrison - Wonderful World

mánudagur, febrúar 12, 2007

Melodifestivalen II

Ola Salo (read name backwards, the swedish David Bowie, super charming) and The Ark.. I think we can already by them a Finnair-ticket. Love their Clamour for Glamour.

The Ark - The worrying kind



For the next 2 months I´m living alone again..Marlous took off to Canterbury, where she had a date with a studio of conservation. It´s a great opportunity. Ok, I miss living with her alot but funny enough I´m sure our housemates here (Annie, Emma and Amy) think I´m on the verge of a breakdown cause around the house I´m getting alot of big hugs these days.

On other notes I´m drowning in a course OF LAW!! We are studying civilrights and hotel&restaurant legal matters..and these are no books of joy! Damn small letters and unreadable text. But I´m happy to let you know I´m now an expert in bookkeeping! Just hand me your books and I´ll keep them. God that was a lame joke. I´m sorry.

Monday and waiting for the weekend. Cabaret and bartending. Caliente:)

The Ark= Melody Club??

>Melody Club - Destiny Calling<

>The Ark - Clamour for Glamour<

föstudagur, febrúar 09, 2007

Stop me already or I´ll be unbearable.... It´s Eurovisionseason and the swedish Melodifestivalen with the following schlagerfever has begun! Year after year..it´s priceless. I´ve managed to hook Emma with me. Best part is of course to drink red wine and give as many comments as possible.. to try keep yourself from crying after some embarrassing performances and/or outfits.
You can always count on the Alcazarboys... Rumour has it that the pants are Armani. We are loving it Andreas.

Andreas Lundstedt - Move



föstudagur, febrúar 02, 2007

Room for rent

Like it says.. Would you and/or your friend/spouse like to study or work in Sweden this summer? Or even Copenhagen? Pick up some languageskills in swedish, danish or english? Experience another culture than your own?


Lund is a very cute old universitytown. It´s located 10 min (train) from Malmö and 40 min (train) from Copenhagen.

Room is for rent from beginning of June til end of August

  • 16 m2 room with furniture and private bathroom. Shower just across the hallway.
  • shared kitchen and livingroom.
  • laundry and sauna facilities included.
  • private coffeemachine and a friendly plant
  • 7 min walk to the center
  • 3 min walk to the nearest store
  • 30 sec walk to a pizzaplace

The rent is 2400 SEK or 230 euro. There is sleepingplace for up to 3 persons.

If any of this sounds interesting let us know

email: drifa_i@hotmail.com or mmmarlous@hotmail.com

mánudagur, janúar 29, 2007

Populärmusik från Svedala.
Got to work out what its famous for..while I´m here;)
Greetings from Sweden!

I think this is going to be a great year.

This band played in Lund last year:

The Sounds - Painted by Numbers



Robyn - Be mine
(she seems to have gone from ´show me love´ to total hip hop konichiwa bitch.. I like her)



Robyn - Show me love



Robyn live (my favorite)

föstudagur, janúar 26, 2007

Oh god..at this moment I feel like the grumpy old neighbour in the pyjamapants (I´m not grumpy yet though).. I´m suppose to wake up in 6 hours for a 5-hour-exam at school and my dear Carl next door to ours has turned his room into Studio 54!! They are screaming to Gloria Estefan at the moment....!!!! Aaaah!

Death to Disco.