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Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
I am the "Dreaded Goth-Computer geek-Viking" and am aiming to be the "Ever So Dreaded Goth-Computer geek-Viking-Fire spinner", wish me luck
Name: Óskar(Oscar) Vatnsdal(Waterdale) Guðjónsson(son of Godjon)
Location: Iceland
Hometown: Hafnarfjördur
Birthday: 02.06'82
Sex: Male
Occupation: Studying for my BSc in Computer Science
Favorite Color: Dark Red
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? The average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour, living in Europe I have yet to find the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen African Swallow...
Toys: Juggling balls, poi and staff (no fire yet)
Hobbies other than the obvious: Programming, drawing, the occult, anime, playing musical instruments, viking fights, playing with my son... you know, the usual
Favorite Book Authors: Terry Pratchet, Arthur C. Clark, J. R. R. Tolkien, Isac Osimov and others...
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Godzilla could never fight a Star Wars Star Destroyer as the Star Destroyer can not enter atmosphere and attacks only from orbit while Godzilla is earthbound *nods*
Favorite TV shows: Slayers, Heroes, [censored], House, Kyle XY and others...
Plans for life in general: Work in the gaming industry and have fun with my toys along the way?
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Bach, Blackmore's Night, NightWish, Sniglabandið...
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big? Yes, but I don't mind
Favorie ice cream flavor: Mint
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? Nutella, as that is the only spread from the options that you can actually get here on Iceland (aren't we smart?)
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I have been playing with poi and staff for about a week now, learned juggling years ago and have just picked that up again as well... hoping to find some friends here while I learn to spin, maybe even meet someone somewhere sometime?
If you would like to learn more, just ask
I have large store of both hugs and slightly inappropriate sarcasm, but I will accept more if offered.
I am the "Dreaded Goth-Computer geek-Viking" and am aiming to be the "Ever So Dreaded Goth-Computer geek-Viking-Fire spinner", wish me luck
Name: Óskar(Oscar) Vatnsdal(Waterdale) Guðjónsson(son of Godjon)
Location: Iceland
Hometown: Hafnarfjördur
Birthday: 02.06'82
Sex: Male
Occupation: Studying for my BSc in Computer Science
Favorite Color: Dark Red
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? The average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour, living in Europe I have yet to find the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen African Swallow...
Toys: Juggling balls, poi and staff (no fire yet)
Hobbies other than the obvious: Programming, drawing, the occult, anime, playing musical instruments, viking fights, playing with my son... you know, the usual
Favorite Book Authors: Terry Pratchet, Arthur C. Clark, J. R. R. Tolkien, Isac Osimov and others...
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Godzilla could never fight a Star Wars Star Destroyer as the Star Destroyer can not enter atmosphere and attacks only from orbit while Godzilla is earthbound *nods*
Favorite TV shows: Slayers, Heroes, [censored], House, Kyle XY and others...
Plans for life in general: Work in the gaming industry and have fun with my toys along the way?
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Bach, Blackmore's Night, NightWish, Sniglabandið...
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big? Yes, but I don't mind
Favorie ice cream flavor: Mint
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? Nutella, as that is the only spread from the options that you can actually get here on Iceland (aren't we smart?)
---
I have been playing with poi and staff for about a week now, learned juggling years ago and have just picked that up again as well... hoping to find some friends here while I learn to spin, maybe even meet someone somewhere sometime?
If you would like to learn more, just ask
I have large store of both hugs and slightly inappropriate sarcasm, but I will accept more if offered.
SILVER Member
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
Welcome to hop why not fill out the temp.......oh sorry, habit. Ummmm well you can check out the Library if you wanna learn any new tricks. If there is anything else, just ask, youll prolly get ignored because yer new, but go ahead and ask again......oh but do a search first, or else youll get batched at.
Welcome to hop why not fill out the temp.......oh sorry, habit. Ummmm well you can check out the Library if you wanna learn any new tricks. If there is anything else, just ask, youll prolly get ignored because yer new, but go ahead and ask again......oh but do a search first, or else youll get batched at.
O.B.E.S.E.
Owned by Mynci!
BRONZE Member
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
*Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick* ... boing ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP Oscar!
*Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick* ... boing ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP Oscar!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
SILVER Member
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
'ello! welcome to HOP!
yup, i'd have to say Iceland is brilliant for only making Nutella available.
'ello! welcome to HOP!
yup, i'd have to say Iceland is brilliant for only making Nutella available. I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
*bows in gratitude*
Thank you for you warm welcomes, hope we will all become good friends (well, since you are good friends I really just hope you will become MY friends as well...)
*bows in gratitude*
Thank you for you warm welcomes, hope we will all become good friends (well, since you are good friends I really just hope you will become MY friends as well...)
SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
welcome Oscar, I shall be in your fair country in two and a half weeks!
welcome Oscar, I shall be in your fair country in two and a half weeks!
Gayle.....!
BRONZE Member
One day penguins will take over the world
916 posts
Location: Derby, United Kingdom
One day penguins will take over the world
916 posts
Location: Derby, United Kingdom
Posted:
hi hi hi
i'll get right in there and say: how pants are nightwish now that they've got a new vocalist?? totally put me off them! lol 
hi hi hi
i'll get right in there and say: how pants are nightwish now that they've got a new vocalist?? totally put me off them! lol ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
mjk is monitoring your interwebs!
BRONZE Member
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
That is for liking Blackmore's Night as it is hard for me to find people who *know* who they are let alone like them.
I've been so very fortunate to perform with them at a Ren and they are AMAZING!
Best version of Greensleeves I've ever heard in my life, though I think Under a Violet Moon is very fun.
Oh yeah, hi! 
That is for liking Blackmore's Night as it is hard for me to find people who *know* who they are let alone like them.
I've been so very fortunate to perform with them at a Ren and they are AMAZING!
Best version of Greensleeves I've ever heard in my life, though I think Under a Violet Moon is very fun.
Oh yeah, hi!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
That's neat Gayle, have you ever been to Iceland before or is this your first time?
U know U.L.G., I haven't listened to any of NightWish's newer stuff so I haven't heard the new vocalist
(or maybe I have on Gotham radio and not realized it...)
And to you to Pele, my favorite (at the moment anyway) would have to be "Nur Eine Minute". Also, you got to perform with them...
*goes back to his school projects, spends a few minutes, then comes running back to repay U.L.G.'s hug*
and here's one for you Gayle, so that you don't feel left out
I didn't forget you, see... >^_^<
That's neat Gayle, have you ever been to Iceland before or is this your first time?
U know U.L.G., I haven't listened to any of NightWish's newer stuff so I haven't heard the new vocalist
(or maybe I have on Gotham radio and not realized it...)And
to you to Pele, my favorite (at the moment anyway) would have to be "Nur Eine Minute". Also, you got to perform with them...*goes back to his school projects, spends a few minutes, then comes running back to repay U.L.G.'s hug*
and here's one for you Gayle, so that you don't feel left out I didn't forget you, see... >^_^<
PLATINUM Member
Will carpal your tunnel in a minute.
3,286 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Will carpal your tunnel in a minute.
3,286 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
I know Blackmore's Night
"Oh it's good to be back home again"
Written by: Pele
That is for liking Blackmore's Night as it is hard for me to find people who *know* who they are let alone like them.
I know Blackmore's Night
"Oh it's good to be back home again"
ॐ
Owner of burningoftheclavey 
Owned by Lost83spy
BRONZE Member
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
Hm.. business opportunity beckons.. I shall start an Icelandic Marmite import business..
And welcome to HoP!
Hm.. business opportunity beckons.. I shall start an Icelandic Marmite import business..
And welcome to HoP!
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!
If that's okay with you?
GOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
*runs in and smears Nutella all over IceDrake's nipples*
Oh...sorry, I thought it was tiger balm! 
*runs in and smears Nutella all over IceDrake's nipples*
Oh...sorry, I thought it was tiger balm!
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
All I can say to you hamamelis is... ehh... good luck?
*Looks silly trying to lick Nutella of his own chest*
Can anyone lend me a hand (or a tongue
)
You know Doc, if I had a penny for each time this has happened... *shakes head*
All I can say to you hamamelis is... ehh... good luck?
*Looks silly trying to lick Nutella of his own chest*
Can anyone lend me a hand (or a tongue
)You know Doc, if I had a penny for each time this has happened... *shakes head*
SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
First time. Any recommendations?
Written by: IceDrake
That's neat Gayle, have you ever been to Iceland before or is this your first time?
First time. Any recommendations?
Gayle.....!
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
Ohh, sure...
First off the regular tourist attractions like Gullfoss and Geysir, Dettifoss and the Blue Lagoon (if nothing else, you should definitely go for a dip in the lagoon, it's great)
Then there are some museums and art galleries and if you want to really look into our cultural inheritance you should also go to Þingvellir(parliament plains) where our government was founded in the year 930 making it one of the worlds oldest parliamentary institutes in the world(also it's really pretty).
Then you should try and come for the viking bar Fjörukráin where I might be persuaded to buy you a drink
...
Now that's just throwing some general ideas out there, but if you want me to help you plan your stay more throughly, just pm me
Ohh, sure...
First off the regular tourist attractions like Gullfoss and Geysir, Dettifoss and the Blue Lagoon (if nothing else, you should definitely go for a dip in the lagoon, it's great)
Then there are some museums and art galleries and if you want to really look into our cultural inheritance you should also go to Þingvellir(parliament plains) where our government was founded in the year 930 making it one of the worlds oldest parliamentary institutes in the world(also it's really pretty).
Then you should try and come for the viking bar Fjörukráin where I might be persuaded to buy you a drink
...Now that's just throwing some general ideas out there, but if you want me to help you plan your stay more throughly, just pm me
GOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
What's the population of Iceland these days?
What's the population of Iceland these days?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
312,851... wait... aaaaaaaand 312,852... no back to 312,851 (numbers gotten from wikipedia.org, we usually just say "over 300,000")
Yeah, I know, not a lot (this the entire population of Iceland, not just our capital; Reykjavík)
312,851... wait... aaaaaaaand 312,852... no back to 312,851 (numbers gotten from wikipedia.org, we usually just say "over 300,000")
Yeah, I know, not a lot (this the entire population of Iceland, not just our capital; Reykjavík)
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Less than the population of San Francisco.
Also, how long has Iceland suffered such a severe vowel shortage? I thought the U.N. had been executing vowel drops over Reykjavík for a few decades now...
Less than the population of San Francisco.
Also, how long has Iceland suffered such a severe vowel shortage? I thought the U.N. had been executing vowel drops over Reykjavík for a few decades now...
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
newbie
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
7 posts
Location: Hafnarfjordur
Posted:
Vowel shortage? What vowel shortage? We have, I would have you know, more vowels than English
*Being all defensive about his mother-tongue*
Otherwise I have no idea what you are talking about, the U.N. executing vowel drops over Reykjavík, indeed...
*Shakes head*
Vowel shortage? What vowel shortage? We have, I would have you know, more vowels than English
*Being all defensive about his mother-tongue*
Otherwise I have no idea what you are talking about, the U.N. executing vowel drops over Reykjavík, indeed...
*Shakes head*