Big news in Iceland!
Our President ,Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has refused to sign a new bill of law concernig the medialaw and so now we, the people of Iceland, must vote. This is the first time in the Republic of Iceland that this is done. The President has never ever refused to sign a bill so what will happen...Our prime minester is furious and has not commented but we know he is pissed, this has been a huge thing in Iceland. It has actually turned into a witch hunt against one man and his company. His name is Jón Ásgeir and he is steadly owning Iceland one business and media at a time...And why is that bad u ask? Because of course then he "controls" what we see and read and hear, he is dominant on the media market. He also owns a lot of stores so which commercials do u think that we see and hear...of course from his own stores....So where do the sheep go and buy stuff... we want what we see everyday...its basic commercial psychology and it works... very clever man Jón is but hello France 16th century....Of course this can not continue, there has to be a red stop sign but this has turned our parliment into a joke. Davíð, the prime minester, doenst like Jón so all of a sudden he goes after him and it´s personal. SO one person cant own a tv station, a radio station and a newspaper which I agree with but to brand the man with the Scarlett letter might be pushing it...It has gotten personal and people have forgotten what the law is about and how we can change it or if we should. Its a frenzy and the new big think, where do u stand? Everybody has their knickers in a twist over this especially the politicians....What happened when Bush took something personal....does anybody remember?
Enough of politics. Today I am going to go see my dad in prison. He will probably be in there for a year, a little over maybe, we dont know. My family is doing ok, my mom is a rock, we are just all trying to stick together and get through this. FUN FUN FUN.
I am working on getting a laptop so I can blog on a more regular basis. I am a bum that has no car so I have to take the bus to go see him and I am running late. I dont know how this makes me feel and I dont know what to expect... I will blog later
bless bless
is anybody reading this other than Indra?
fimmtudagur, júní 03, 2004
mánudagur, maí 31, 2004
Hey, sorry I havent been keeping u up to date, I will hopefully do a better job in the near future, I have computer issues...Anyways I went out last night and was partying with the band Korn, they were having a concert here in Iceland so I was in strip club bouncing around with them and making sure they had enough of cute girls around, I felt right at home with my new LA "friends". Oh and I am going to there concert now, I got like 5 passes so I got to invite my little brother and his friends so now I am the best big siter in the world oh and their is a afterparty in my club...lets see how that goes.
I have a very nice apartament in downtown Iceland on the main strip, Laugarvegur where all the clubs are and it´s very nice. Me and my friend Arna are living there together, we made a year lease so I celand for a year, exciting stuff! I am thinking of enrolling into Uni this week, kind of stressing me out but a good start to whatever I might have ahead of me. I miss LA so much but yet I am very happy with my life here and my new job, I am running this hot new club thats only open during the summer and it´s called Mojito...very NYC vs.LA lounge, unlike anything in Iceland so thats cool oh and the salary is good so I should be able to have a very good summer lounging around in the sun eating ice cream and hanging out. I just met some new people that all of a sudden have turned itno my group of friends that not a day goes by with out hanging out and discussing whats wrong wth the world. There is a lot of stuff happening in Icelandic politics at the moment an we had a murder this morning, very scary, that doenst really happen in Iceland at all so it´s the talk of the town, scary.
There has been a lot of drama my way and my friends way, everybody I know is breaking up oh except for the people I would really like to see brake up...oh that wasnt nice....I know.
keep in touch, keep emailing and texting, I will be in front of the computer tomorrow so more then..I have to go and keep Korn busy....
my love
