Just one photo

Last sunday afternoon....
No it is not moonlight. Just a little bit underexposed photo made black and white

my socks from HK

I love my new socks rom HK!

they have indeed some great stribes :)

And also my new sweater

...yes unbelivably...
I made it myself!

And even I like my feet!

whatdoesyourbirthdatemeanquiz

Your Birthdate: February 17

Your birth on the 17th day of the month suggests that you are very lucky financially, because this date indicates a solid business sense. Although you are probably very honest and ethical, this birthday enables you to be shrewd and successful in the world of business and commercial enterprise. You have excellent organizational, managerial, and administrative capabilities enabling you to handle large projects and significant amounts of money with relative ease. You are ambitious and highly goal-oriented, although you may be better at starting projects than you are at finishing them. A sensitivity in your nature, often repressed below the surface of awareness, makes it hard to give or receive affection.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Aurora Borealis

I was out with HK couple of days ago. It was terribly cold but that was ok since we had each other and those great lights on the sky!

strange

You scored as Islam. Your beliefs are most similar to those of Islam. Do more research on Islam and possibly consider taking the shahadah and officially becoming a Muslim, if you aren't already. Despite the actions of some - who go against the teachings of Islam - Islam is a religion of peace; the word "islam" means "peace through submission to God." "Muslim" means "one who submits to God." Islam is the third of the three Abrahamic faiths, and it shares much with Judaism in Christianity; its differences are the acceptance of Muhammad as the last and final prophet, and the oneness of God - in other words, that Jesus, though he was a revered prophet, was not in fact God, and only one God exists. Apparently the Taliban could not read (though their name means "students"), because the Qur'an states that men and women are equal as believers, and that all believers should be educated and seek knowledge. Modesty in dress and behavior is required in Islam for both men and women to preserve the values of society and move the emphasis from superificial appearance to intelligence, knowledge, and God. Islam 75% Buddhism 54% agnosticism 54% Christianity 50% Paganism 50% Satanism 50% Judaism 42% Hinduism 38% atheism 38% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

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When my creativity disappeared…

I didn’t get any ideas what to photograph and I just ended with this silly photo of that lonely leaf on the pavement outside my home.

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I must...

... go out and take some photos before I go mad...

If I will not post any here or even on Flickr, you know what has happened!

thin covering of snow

This morning when I woke up I realised winter is coming very soon. There was a thin covering of snow all over the place and it reminded my of my trip to Kilimanjaro.

There was something in the air I could find with my whole body. And then I had to go work...

the sky was burning

no just a fototototo.............

Well new place

Yep - this is now my own domain: eirasi.net what a geek I am!

Monday evenings...

What are they for if I may ask? Just for nothing but sitting on my balcony writing something stupid in my blog while drinking some cheap red wine after eating a hamburger from my barbeque and watching the candle light burn down.

I’m not sure if this is the real life but anyway this is what I’m doing now and I don’t think it’s bad at all. Well I might accept some company but private is not always the worst thing in the world. At least not when it is me that don’t have the company.

There is jus one problem. I think it is starting to rain on my neck... and even also in to my glass of red wine. And that drinkt didn't need that!

and....

You Should Learn Japanese

You're cutting edge, and you are ready to delve into wacky Japanese culture. From Engrish to eating contests, you're born to be a crazy gaijin. Saiko!

What Language Should You Learn?

But... why on Earth did it have to start raining now when I was having such a great time. Well have to go inside!

My Self Portrait Project (SPP)

Yesterday evening I was sure something would fall down to my head!

desperate

This was actually done while I was doing some self portraits yesterday evening. But I’m trying to make one self portrait per day now.

2005-08-08
nothing but the head

You can see the rest of them in my Flickr Self Portrait Project (SPP) set.

The old fashioned icelandic wollen sweater in fashion again!

It is so strange. The new fashion for girls and women in iceland is this old fashioned sweater made of icelandic wool. Well it is a little bit redisigned but it is still the old ancient sweater that was considered the most off fashion perhaps one or two years ago.

And this is only female fashion. I'm supposed to wear fleece or something made of plastic if I'm outside in the cold. At least those redisigned sweaters are not for men!



Those photos are of normal icelandic girls watching gaypride yesterday. I think there where hundreds or thousands of icelandic girls andyoung women wearing this old traditional sweater. And it is a pity I think those beautiful sweaters seem to be designed just in some women style. At least only women seem to wear them.

A man doesn't usually wear a sweater like this only if he is doing some rough job outside, fishing, going horse riding or hiking some mountains. And mos commonly he doesn't wear clothes like this in those activities either because he would most likeley wear some fleece made of plastic!

white or black...

hiking

I’m back from a short hiking trip in my strange country. It was a great hiking tour around a lake called Langisjór (The Long Sea). The tour is around 50 km and we were 2 and a half day hiking.


Walking shadows on The Long Sea

some of my photos from last week - not so good?

Last week I was trying to take some photos to put in a challenge on DPC where the subject was “long exposure”. I did not submit any photos to the challenge since I wasn’t too sure about them. But here are some of them and the last one is just crazy funny I think!

First there were the fast flying ducks on the pool in Reykjavík:

Then I went to Hvalfjörður, a fjord close to Reykjavik and there were some birds. I liked the colors in this one and perhaps I should have submitted this one to the challenge.

But I didn’t get so many comments or favs on it from other users on Flickr so I thought it wasn’t so good at all.

But the funny shot is from last night - totally different and still so funny. The crazy man with a hat in his bed. And yes, it’s me!

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just happy now

My picture won!!!

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yes ... just lazy

This is a raven flying down. Not to my head but he was flying down. That crazy bird saying krúnk krúnk.

Last couple of weeks I was on summer holyday. It was great. The first week I was walking in the Hornstrandir area in the north west part (Westfjord) of Iceland. Beautiful place as you can see.

This picture is from the first evening there and the only evening we had some raining! As you can guess it was not raining very heavily.

The second day we had very heavy storm but the rest of the time we had just great weather. As you can see:


And, yes, I went with my sister and her boyfriend



In the end of the tour we stayed for couple of days in Reykjafjordur but Kristján (Ragnhildur’s boyfriend and Ragnhildur is the sister) is from that place. Well his grandparents lived there.


This picture is taken inside a house close to the beach there and some fishing stuff inside.


But anyway… I have been busy enjoying the fine weather here in Iceland the last couple of weeks and not so much time for my blog. I have also been on a photography journey and have some not so bad photos I think. On that DPC thing I think I will have some congress now and even a ribbon in the texture challenge. Not so bad.

But since I don't have all the time for my blog you can see something happening on my fotopages:

Fotolog
Flickr

Lazy blogger or not?

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hmmmmmmmmmmmm
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No I'm just strange ....

My new running shoes

I think they are great!

Asics Gel Kayano

Expencieve though I must say!

Me and my folk in my country

The weekend was in the country. In the south part of Iceland I and my family have a land to raise a forest and there we have a little cabin. Well it is very little and you could perhaps use the word tiny for it. Last autumn we decided to make a new window for the hut and last weekend was the time to put it in place. My brother did most of the window, designing it and everything.

The designer, carpender and engineer: My brother Gunni

My mother taking care of everything!


My father had some things to do as usual.

In the evening we had a kind of a birthday party since my father's birthday was last Friday. All of a sudden we had some rain and soon after that there came the most marvellous rainbow I have seen for years!


The great rainbow over the mountain Búrfell

In the old sagas the rainbow was the bridge to the land of gods where Walhalla was supposed to be. As you can see in my face I’m very much afraid there will come some trolls and take us and eat… or even worse, change us to snakes or anything terrible.


The coward in the country!

Since it was getting cold we led the stove outside. Well we didn’t have much heat from it but it looked nice to have it and we felt a little bit warmer. I wrote in my diary:

"It is rather chilly and I’m more or less freezing and you can tell from my handwriting. We had that very bad weather forecast for tomorrow and it is now almost two o’clock after midnight. Gúnni [my rother] is brushing his tooth. My hands are cold and U2 is playing in the radio. Then I will go to sleep… I will blog this!"

There was a fire in the stove

The weather didn’t turn as badly as the weather forecast had predicted. There was some heavy wind around 8 o’clock in the morning but just for half an hour or so. I and my brother went home before noon but our parents stayed a little bit longer. Around noon the rain started and they went also back home.

When I came home I became extremely tired and went to bed in all my clothes. Not as I’m used to sleep! ;-)…. I woke up about 9 o’clock in the evening and stayed awake until 3 o’clock in the night when I finally went to sleep. Not in any clothes this time. Slept until next day and was too late to work. It was a good weekend.

crazy photos

I went out of town last night and did some crazy photo stuff. I'm not sure what I will post since it was just crazy stuff but here is one not the most crazy...

... but just strange !

Ruins

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Just one stupid quiz from Mozilla

The Greeks were a more relaxed and artistically
refined sequel to the civilizations of
Mesopotamia. Yeah you're cool, but it wouldn't
hurt to shut up once in a while.


What is your ancient civilization?
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I really thought those quizes were out of date but I saw this one on the Stína the fine blog.

Perhaps I'm pussled

You could say!
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Strange thing

There is a movie in TV about people living in Africa and I realised I recognise the language Swahili when spoken. I can understand some words, “asante” and some basic words.

climbing yesterday

I went climbing yesterday Mt Eyjafjallajokull on the south coast of Iceland.

It was great and you can see some pictures on my Flickr page

lack of connection

properly. The main road in town that is aside my house has been under some heavy construction the last couple of weeks and I think they had cut my line. That telephone line is not so terrible important it self as a line for my speakers telephone but it is for the Internet. Now in the middle of Saturday evening night I have no idea of what to do at all since there is no Internet here any more. This is actually written in MS Word for Door or something (was it perhaps word for windows or word for stairs? … who cares? I don’t… have any one heard of that Bill Gates?) So I have to post this blog when I come to work tomorrow. Yes, on Sunday… working on Sundays is a bad thing but I some times do it anyway.

To night I went to Jon Bjarni, one of the fellows that climbed Kilimanjaro with me last month. Well, last month if it is still April. Part of the group came there and watched together a tv program showing some Icelanders climbing that same mountain. It was interesting to see how it was for them. When watching that program I realised how great my team was on the mountain. They in the tv program where 5 people but we were 8 in my group. They more or less walked as 5 individuals but in my group we walked there as an 8 person group. Always together and if anyone was wrong there were always 7 friends for help.

After the program ended we discussed what to do next. And we more or less decided that the next project for the group would be in South-America. There is a mountain called Aconcagua and we have to climb it. We have not decided yet when it will be but we are talking about January / February next year (2006) or year 2007. We have to make the final decision late summer this year. But we will do it I’m sure.

I went to Jon Bjarni on my bike and managed to bike home after several biers. On my way I think I met one girl / woman I think I could like a lot. She recognised me but I didn’t recognise her until to late. But I have to talk to here as a part of business next Monday and then I can ask her if I actually met her. She lives in same street as I do but her home is more downtown than mine.

But now I’m at home without an Internet, looking through a photography book: “The Family of Man”. One of my favourites and which I bought in 1987, Wow that’s almost 20 years ago. I must be old!

Happy summer every body

Happy summer every body, originally uploaded by eirasi.

I never know how it is else where but here in the cold Iceland we are now celebrating for the summer. It is here today. Always the last thursday of April every year. Regardless of how the weather is. But it is ok at the moment although not that 30°C as I and that giraffi had couple a weeks ago in Kenya.

What I have ever done...

Have you ever:

( ) gotten lost in your city
(?) seen a shooting star / what in a hell is a shooting star? Is it in the sky?
(x) been to the United States
(x) had a serious surgery
( ) gone out in public in your pajamas
( ) kissed a stranger
( ) hugged a stranger
( ) been in a fist fight (been in a cat fight...)
( ) been arrested
( ) done drugs
(x) had alcohol
(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
( ) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
( ) made out in an elevator
( ) slept in an elevator
(x) swore at your parents
( ) kicked a guy where it hurts
(x) been in love
(x) been close to love
( ) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
(x) broken a bone
(x) been high
(x) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school
( ) flashed someone
( ) saw a therapist
( ) done the splits
(x) played spin the bottle
(-) gotten stitches
( ) had an IV ?
( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
( ) bitten someone
( ) been to Niagara Falls
( ) gotten the chicken pox
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) crashed into a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
( ) ridden in a taxi
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) had a crush on someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
(x) stole something from your job
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated Mardi-Gras in New Orleans
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced (does breaking up co-habiting count?)
( ) had children
(x) saw someone die
(x) been to Africa
(x) driven over 400 miles in one day
( ) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
(x) seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) thrown up in a bar *cough*
( ) purposely set a part of yourself on fire
(x) eaten sushi *insert Homer Simpson-esque sounds*
( ) been snowboarding
( ) met someone in person from the internet (reader, I married him)
( ) been moshing at a rock show
( ) cut yourself on purpose
(x) been to a motor cross show
( ) lost a child
(x) gone to college
(x) graduated from college
( ) done hard drugs
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone or miss someone right now

Stupid... I have not done a list like this for months now. I must be bored or something!

Some pictures

After the Kilimanjaro klimbing we went to a Safari in Kenya. We visited Lake Nakuru, Lake Elementaita and The Masai Mara. Some pictures:

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