I love my pool. It's always full of artists and homosexuals and academics.

I always run across Magga Stina, former something or other of the Sugarcubes and popstar in her own right in the locker room. I always think: there's a good example of the punked-out autre Icelandic style, and then I realize RIGHT! It's Magga Stína.

I keep seeing this ( Read more... )

Here's the lecture by the Icelandic president for those who are curious.

Hrafntinna went and rubbed shoulders with the Icelandic president. Actually, rubbing shoulders was out of the question given how insanely tall these people are. He was here talking about climate change, essentially being another Al Gore. It was an impressive speech. He's actually quite charismatic in English and, as one of the delegation commented ( Read more... )