Category: old diary

ancient stuff from siggimuses pre-blog, from 2001. called diary because of siggimuses stubbornly dogged determination not to jump on the latest fad, that ‘blog’ thing

  • november 2002

    finally [30 november 2002]

    saw it

    hehe [30 november 2002]

    ‘none of us is as dumb as all of us’

    ‘always remember you are unique. just like everybody else’

    there’s more!!

    puh!! [30 november 2002]

    wakes up at 7.13

    knot back

    what’s with waking up after 3 hours of sleep following all that boogeying..?

    booooogey!! [29 november 2002]

    goes to work-christmas-boogey with knot in tummy

    not half bad!

    singing christmas carols seems a bit off this early…

    good eatings

    the mouse that siggimus suspected was in his package turns out to be a cat!!

    soon after named lucifer rather than beelzebub

    initiation ceremony was short & relatively painless to those concerned. this year’s freshmen got off easy *has nightmares thinking of his own*

    retarded dj wants everyone to participate in inane & silly dance games, most of which involve accordion polka interspersed with ‘proper music’

    dey has macallan at the bar, so it ain’t all bad…

    den after a while, a part of the gang takes off for nasa, although they end up at thorvaldsenbar, where siggimus dances his wee socks off with heiðdís & m

    mmmm 🙂

    job offer reiterated [29 november 2002]

    strutting home, mobile rings again

    ‘hello, is this siggimus again?’

    ‘ya again!!’

    ‘did siggimus ponder yet?’

    ‘tell siggimus more!’

    hmm, siggimus would have to go to tampere for 6-12 months & do some software testing, real important stuff:
    -testing stuff
    -meetings
    -hunting for bugs
    -reporting
    -suggesting improvements
    -adhoc testing look it up!

    ‘hmmmm

    let siggimus ponder some more, ok?’

    ‘sure thing, siggimus!’

    tampere, eh?

    job offer!! [29 november 2002]

    mobile rings while at work

    ‘hello, is this siggimus?’

    ‘ya!!’

    ‘siggimus wanna come work for me in finland?’

    turns out this dude works for a humongous recruiting agency in london & somehow stumbled across web siggimus & found da cv promising (d’uh!)

    ‘hmm, lemme ponder a while, why don’tya?’

    ‘sure thing, siggimus! as you wish!’

    mmmmm… finland 🙂

    victory! [28 november 2002]

    it takes a wee bit of coercing & bullying & some creative rulemaking at the hands of one ept, but the old boys manage to conquer the chickens

    eeeeeeeeeeek!!! [28 november 2002]

    turns out it’s the cops!! cf. 23 november 2002

    da cops have taken to keeping tabs on siggimus

    under surveillance, sorta

    As the Chinese proverb puts it, “Your speech should be better than silence, if not, be silent.”

    da man is on to siggimus!

    siggimus’ gotta watch his fingers as they nimbly scuttle across the keyboard now :/

    cave!! [26 november 2002]

    manages in second attempt to procure much wanted tickets to see the king himself!!

    the world truly is a beautiful place today

    🙂

    shocks [25 november 2002]

    bjössi gaga by curing a hickup by the one failsafe remedy

    intrigued?

    contact siggimus for details 😉

    ugh :/ [25 november 2002]

    bjössi gaga calls at 17.08

    wants to drop in

    hmmm

    this in itself is ok, but siggimus’ worries are later confirmed when bjössi asks if it’s ok he brings a bit of beer…

    ugh :/

    hah!!! [25 november 2002]

    óli palli sends siggimus a mail, scolding him for not picking up his prize & demanding an address

    siggimus, of course obliges the king & promises to wait out by the imaginary mailbox until the little surprise arrives

    weeeeee!!!

    hmmm? [23 november 2002]

    siggimus wonders

    why is it that web siggimus is being visited time & again from the servers of the ministry of justice?

    oddly enough, these people all seem to come through an msn.com search for ‘siggimus’

    is this turning into siggimus’ biggest fanclub?

    hmmm? are you a member?

    in the middle of the night, even!

    dis does not compute

    bond, james bond [22 november 2002]

    doesn’t go to a gala premiere of that latest bond flick

    having to endure all the ‘famous’ people we have scared siggimus off

    well, having to endure that lot & having to rent a tux…

    reading group [21 november 2002]

    since he’s skipping football, siggimus organizes a meeting in the reading group

    mmmmmmm! talk about scrumptious!!

    one could discuss that one forever 😀

    & it turns out, dey is making it into a film!!

    who da fuck is sandy johnson?

    foul treatment [21 november 2002]

    unavailable for football, seeing as siggimus’ foot is extremely swollen & blue

    all of this is due to the treatment of siggimus at the hands of a new colleague, henceforth known as ‘the executioner’ (or the tent :D)

    surprisingly enough, the executioner is a lawyer

    anyone notice a pattern here?

    in fact the similarities don’t end there!! not only is this dude a lawyer, but he’s also in charge of dealing with the serious debtors

    lesson learnt: beware of lawyers who have made a career out of parting you & your money

    erm… doesn’t that cover most of them..?

    buckley [17 november 2002]

    too busy to celebrate :/

    andri returned [17 november 2002]

    having watched that flick again & ate some more pizza, andri is returned to his parts

    sleepover [16 november 2002]

    andri calls & asks if he can come over & stay for the night

    softhearted little siggimus can’t say no to the little rat, so he comes on over

    they rents one & buys pizza & stays up ’till the wee hours

    siggimus decreed the best uncle in creation

    zzz [16 november 2002]

    finally gets around to replacing the ole mattress, whose springs have been poking him hither & thither & bruising him all over & wrecking his back

    buys an astronaut’s mattress for millions, the type that leaves a hole after siggimus gets up 😀

    them millions better have been spent on a miracle cure that fixes the crappy siggimus back in a few days…

    football, cont’d [16 november 2002]

    foot turns purple 😐

    many small things [15 november 2002]

    invite siggimus & other marketing gurus from work to celebrate moving to a new place

    quite the shindig

    a number of supposedly famous artists get the dancing going

    siggimus & svandís apparently smother all hope of getting a raise in the near future by not participating in the conga snake

    afterwards, all go to that thorvalden bar thing with 3 hot chicks from a bank

    football [14 november 2002]

    football goes a bit sour after siggimus allegedly roughs up an opponent, a brand new colleague/part-namesake

    part-namesake not too happy & his foot encounters the siggimus foot in a rough manner

    in an unsurprisingly heroic manner, siggimus stays on & keeps his team afloat, leading them to a glorious 10-0 victory

    festen [9 november 2002]

    finally goes to the theatre!!

    man!!

    been way too long

    meets up at b’s brand new crib (congrats! it’s great) for a soup & some wine before trotting down laugavegur to þjóðleikhúsið for to see a play (duh)

    the play was a stage adaption of a flick

    the movie was impressive & powerful

    but this, wow!

    siggimus was close to tears at times 😐

    bowling [8 november 2002]

    goes bowling with work

    sets his goal high: managing what he barely missed last time: finishing last

    fails aboninably! finishes 13th out of 17 dudes & that’s not counting the chicks :/

    even wins the second round on his lane

    this will not do, siggimus!!

    tsk! tsk!!

    den off to karaoke-crooning pub ölver, where he finds olikr & steinunn stef & sigga who are der crooning with fréttablaðið. turns out ólikr had just been on a panel selecting the least bad crooner & made a few enemies in the process. good thing he’s parted ways with dat lot & joined siggimus’ profession instead of that journalism stuff

    anyhooo, boogey on! party hearty!!

    great & beautiful company, great whiskey

    what else can a siggimus ask?

    b-day [7 november 2002]

    goes right from work to dad’s for a wee cake-party to celebrate his 77th, skipping football & missing the chance to be #1

    ill [6 november 2002]

    overworked, siggimus falls a wee bit ill & stays home

    actually, was more ill at work yesterday, but sorta needs time to recover

    does that

    überputerfixer called upon [5 november 2002]

    big sis’s friend in puter trouble, so siggimus is called for & asked to fix puter

    takes a good deal of time, but siggimus finally manages to purge the old thing of da bugbear virus, but that’s where it stops. not able to install antivirus 🙁

    sentences the wreck to the scrapheap

    gets paid in pizza

    poool [3 november 2002]

    jonkurteiz finds himself in the same predicament as siggimus, so he calls up & wants do go out & do just anything

    dey agrees dat dis means dey’ll at least have something to say if someone should ask them what they did over da weekend

    dey plays a bit of pool

    siggimus wins the first two & is mental victor of 4th game too

    mmmm [3 november 2002]

    buys ( )

    mmmmm

    wanted [2 november 2002]

    life, slightly used, preferably in good condition, but siggimus ain’t too choosy these days…

    mmm, finally saw this one

    read the book, saw the flick, now all that’s left is to eat the pie

    hmmm [1 november 2002]

    wanted to see if they were right about how it depicted things

    trying to get a peek into bjössi gaga’s head

    not sure that was quite what he got…

  • august 2003

    celebrates [26 august 2003]

    the 1.1 mbps by getting some beatles & phone booth & amelie 😀

    weeputerfixer [26 august 2003]

    tries to fix a wee little thing, but isn’t quite successful

    this, of course, is not siggimus’ fault

    yeee haaaa!! [26 august 2003]

    it’s on!!

    überputerfixer 2 [24 august 2003]

    pu ha

    *fixety-fixety-fixety-fix

    überputerfixer [23 august 2003]

    is back

    now picking up sis’ puter & plugging it in

    of course der’s endless complications :/

    puha

    but uses chance to buy 80 gb 😉

    it’s back!!! [22 august 2003]

    siggimus takes colleagues bowling (& skiing & rallying & air hockeying & beer drinking) & having fun

    suffice it to say that fun was had & siggimus’ ability to drink more than 2 beers seems to have returned to town

    phew!

    hmmm [20 august 2003]

    wtf?

    so big [20 august 2003]

    siggimus surely is king

    in about 30 hours, he has received 3.696 e-mails infected with that thingy to his work e-mail

    puter has trouble keeping up

    *almost bursts with pride [19 august 2003]

    finds out siggimus is #1

    not only #1, but siggimus is the proud recipient of 25% of all viruses intercepted at work! 😀

    hehe [18 august 2003]

    finally!

    finally!!

    finally!!!

    bjössi [17 august 2003]

    finally visits bjössi

    quite a nice crib he’s got there

    culture [16 august 2003]

    & gobs of it

    first siggimus goes downtown with krumma, for a bit of yann arthus bertrand & some coffee & a bit of kentár

    den back again with b for quarashi & sálin & stuðmenn

    da fireworks rocked 🙂

    siggimus meets with a bunch of co-workers, & all of them wore branded clothing

    hehe [14 august 2003]

    siggimus knows some people who will appreciate this

    yeeee-haaaaa [14 august 2003]

    rides in bowling alley testridden for the 22

    siggimus loses rally when he crashes into wall & keg & kjo drive straight over him as if he were a zebra crossing & not a siggimus

    sith beats him at snow scootering by shooting him in the back >:(

    siggimus crushes sith in airhockey, scoring all but 1 points in a 9-8 victory 😀

    den loses in a manly manner to kjo

    gets blanket [13 august 2003]

    meets with andi, poor thing left alone in iceland when angie ran off, to pick up stuff

    is donated beer & pepsi & volcanic eruption & tuna & flour & a pepsi football signed by beckham himself

    carries stuff over to jodaz & v’s & offers beer for a ride home

    makes deal of century, getting office space & a ride 😀

    kiitos, jodaz

    awwww [12 august 2003]

    angie calls to bid adieu

    sad news calls her back home 🙁

    she will be sorely missed

    eeeeeeeeeek!! 😐 [12 august 2003]

    siggimus is going off beer??? 😐

    sitting at uncle tom’s cabin, nearing that magical last sip of his 2nd beer, siggimus starts feeling disgust for the beverage

    sweet mother of jesus!

    😐

    is all lost?!?!

    puha [11 august 2003]

    the summer is obviously almost over with colleagues returning to work & booking meetings with siggimus left & right, finding all sorts of things to do, butn ever actually giving him time to do them

    laundry [10 august 2003]

    day yet again

    pffft

    family day [9 august 2003]

    having borrowed andri, siggimus passes himself off as a family

    da drive to flúðir quite interesting, with buckets & buckets & buckets & buckets of rain pouring down in buckets. then 15-20 km from flúðir it magically clears up & forecasts of impending doom of golf tournament are quickly shattered

    day goes fair well, with excellent weather just long enough & pouring rain just long enough for sha’s car to get mightily stuck in the mud

    the whole affair was actually quite ridiculous enough without the poor thing having the handbrakes on the whole time…

    andri led around on back of horsey for 15 mins or so

    on way back, andri the rascal msgs everybody & his uncle, telling them he’s staying at siggimus’ again

    hmmm, siggimus sees, quoth siggimus

    andri routine [8 august 2003]

    of pizza & video repeated when the little bugger visits

    the quality flick of choice stars lil bow wow

    peace [6 august 2003]

    candles floated on tjörnin

    angie, in the middle of reading 101 reykjavik, wasn’t too dissappointed to see the man himself

    of [6 august 2003]

    course!!

    & hehe

    typos [5 august 2003]

    ahhhh! wonderful, wonderful typos

    iluks!! [5 august 2003]

    iluks, of all people! drops in

    brings 2 beers & a cardigans cd. leaves with the new year & le tigre

    back [4 august 2003]

    sleeps quite late & misses the cows being milked 🙁

    jodaz doesn’t make coffee despite hints & has to actually be asked to do it

    nay, instructed, ordered to do it!

    after a warm farewell & a present of 30 freshly lain eggs, siggimus heads back home

    joins krumma & a hairy danni boy for a coffee at apótek & some bookbrowsing at m&m

    gots to go see danni toot his horn one of these days

    kjós 2003 [3 august 2003]

    borrows car & drives out to the country for a night of drinking & bbqing with mr & ms jodaz & friends

    has a jolly enough drive, not getting lost an awful lot on the way, to find the gang sitting outside in the sun just chillin, getting over the terriblest hangovers in recent memory

    jodaz tells a very entertaining story about a drunken poacher (a story that did indeed explain the hangovers 🙂

    drinks are drunk, steaks are bbq’d, talk is conducted etc.

    soon after midnight, jodaz gets up & makes like he’s headed for bed. after a scolding far from serious enough he actually leaves siggimus alone deep in the dragon’s lair: with 3 chicks

    nobody joins siggimus in drinking his whiskey, and the party soon grows even scarcer with all of these hangover ridden wimps heading for an early bed

    siggimus and minna boo all

    fine-fucking-ally [3 august 2003]

    finally siggimus finds a replacement for freeamp, the dear friend that broke his heart a few months ago by ceasing to function. indeed a sad day in siggimus history

    now siggimus can sort his mp3s in a proper fashion & play them & be happy

    chicks have always ultra, now siggimus has zinf

    picks nose [2 august 2003]

    remembers s. petersen’s excellent advice that through the simple act of trimming your fingernails you can add a new & exciting challenge to that favourite pastime

    get a way [1 august 2003]

    watches flick

    doesn’t 🙁 [1 august 2003]

    go with angie & co. on the big north trip :'(

    in a surprising fit of common sense, siggimus decides not to do something because he does not have the money

    calendars are marked

  • february 2003

    whooppee [28 february 2003]

    another buffalo trip

    yet again siggimus is forced to drink at work

    puh!

    den off to sólon for some unforced drinking & happy merriment. turns out there’s loads of chicks all over want to work with siggimus & co. not surprising, eh…

    den off again over to thorvaldsenbar

    merry indeed 🙂

    cancelled [27 february 2003]

    for first time in history, there is no football

    😐

    really [26 february 2003]

    much better. much, much better. quite excellent in fact

    this time takes b

    not quite [25 february 2003]

    goes to movies w/ überkolla. lotsa gore

    doesn’t [23 february 2003]

    go to work

    t’ain’t easy

    phew! [22 february 2003]

    realising he’s turned in some 80 hours of work in 7 days, siggimus decides to take it easy

    back to his old self [20 february 2003]

    siggimus & team vanquish the opposition

    it was a humiliating experience…

    zzzzzzzzz [18 february 2003]

    sleep

    13 hours worth

    uffa [18 february 2003]

    teeters on the edge of a nervous breakdown upon discovering that he has just erased 4 hours’ worth of work

    tears form

    den helena appears as an angel & asks about something

    eventually comes home from work

    puha [17 february 2003]

    is cruelly flogged on in gym

    den off to work

    definitely not siggimus’ week [16 february 2003]

    i.e. the one that’s starting now

    fuck [14 february 2003]

    siggimus barely manages to stop himself from removing this godsawful day from the calendar

    this is by no means an admission of the buggers’ right to exist, just that tampering with the time space continuum is a messy business…

    let us all hope & pray the evening will turn out a wee bit better

    loser [13 february 2003]

    loses in lousiest performance in aeons!

    looking at de bright side, didn’t get cramps :/

    yeee haaaw! [10 february 2003]

    date is set

    wedding on

    may 3rd

    siggimus gotta start making arrangements…

    now the big question is: turkey too?

    hehe [9 february 2003]

    has quite an excellent night with b, going to theatre

    tihi

    the socks came to good use

    not a bad pair

    not bad at all

    sitter [8 february 2003]

    sits again

    dis time da sentence is about as harsh as last time

    treat! [7 february 2003]

    attends commercial wc, courtesy of white house

    here you can find siggimus’ favourite. & in case you want to buy it…

    (oh, & just in case you were wondering…)

    free beer all over da place & tiny squares of thick sandwich

    impressedly meets creators of alli

    den off to sticks ‘n sushi for some sticks & sushi in the delightful company of two insurance salespeople

    finally over to thorvaldsen’s bar, where siggimus points out the usefulness of being michael jackson-filthy-rich: dis means siggimus can hire people to go to bars & sit in the best seats until siggimus comes

    if he comes

    hmmmm??? [6 february 2003]

    siggimus loses first game in aeons

    yet another attempt… [3 february 2003]

    on siggimus’ life

    air conditioning system at work tries to smother siggimus & bake him raw

    siggimus, tired as he is from spending far too large a portion of the night on the telephone, stubbornly survives

    party at b’s [1 february 2003]

    to farewell johann & philip, b throws a farewell party

    inviting a lot of them people from that sleep study place. interesting stories of people with sleep disorders

    there was soup

    there was beer

    whiskey 😀

    there was singing

    there was talking on telephone

    for a looooong time

    buys socks [1 february 2003]

    more later

  • january 2003

    surprise!! [31 january 2003]

    ovs farewelled with a surprise party at keg’s

    siggimus actually manages to miss the event itself (supposedly priceless) on account of lift-giver’s tardiness, but does however manage to enjoy the night, with all the metallica & the stories of ovs’s youthful pranking around

    cats strike again [28 january 2003]

    this time with an attempt on life of bonnie

    having turned in early (responsibilities of familyhood kicking in) siggimus wakes up to a terrified parrot’s shrieks

    ‘what up, little one?’ siggimus asks

    before bonnie manages to cry out his fretful answer, siggimus sees head of cat peeking inside

    ‘begone, foul creature of the night,’ siggimus curses the beast & it scuttles off, tail betwixt hind legs

    ‘there there’

    ‘there there’

    for the next 20 mins: ‘there there’

    bonnie!! [26 january 2003]

    bjössi comes bringing a dear gift!!

    after 4 years, bjössi decides to pass on his dear friend & parrot, bonnie, to a most willing siggimus

    so, siggimus is the proud owner of a parrot

    & it’s looking like the beginning of a beautiful friendship already 🙂

    more soon!!

    daddying [25 january 2003]

    buying tiny pistols that shoot tiny pellets of potato for 8 year olds isn’t such a great idea afterall…

    at least if you do your own vacuuming

    warning!

    stay wayyyy clear of this horror!

    siggimus on tv!! [23 january 2003]

    getting front row seats at that music award thingy, it turns out siggimus turned up on tv a bit

    gets hot chick’s number! [23 january 2003]

    through a series of events that won’t be gotten into at this stage, siggimus gets really hot chick’s number

    oh, man!! [22 january 2003]

    a beer would be just the thing right about now

    siggimus & spet wonder [22 january 2003]

    which comes first, country music or braindeath?

    go grænir frostpinnar 😀 [20 january 2003]

    go grænir frostpinnar 😀

    that explains it! [20 january 2003]

    finds note from fortune cookie from friday night

    (: don’t worry about the schedule—just have fun 🙂

    that must be the reason siggimus drank all dem beers friday night…

    finally! finally! finally! [19 january 2003]

    at long fucking last!

    you have absolutely no idea how long siggimus has waited for this

    🙂

    😐 [18 january 2003]

    |:

    hmmm [18 january 2003]

    stalking me — stalking you

    ?

    überputerfixer 😀 [18 january 2003]

    skillfully inserts a brand new power supply into puter & tah-dah!! it works 😀

    man! siggimus really is a genius, eh?

    oooooooooooooolalala!!!! [17 january 2003]

    it’s that time again 😀

    time for the mc fc celebration again

    party!!

    a most enjoyable prospect, seeing as siggimus was last season’s champion, lending kjo a crushing blow that time

    anyhoo, good prospects, a few obligatory beers at work, den off to drink some more beers at the party. having been a good boy, siggimus is only fined 3 beers, which is way below the average

    well, doesn’t get cup, but does on other hand get an electric toothbrush (a subtle hint, hidden somewhere, possibly?) & a fancy document stating that siggimus was the best of the best

    no frame, though. all the other buggers who got such diplomas got them in frames 🙁

    so, beer is drunk

    all of it

    actually we coulda used some more of the stuff

    & siggimus is ordered by boss to lie on floor & given a toe-massage :/

    damn! that thing works

    eeeek!!! [16 january 2003]

    coming home from what is possibly the longest streak of victory in sports history, siggimus finds the mousehole dark & lifeless

    right away, siggimus suspects old man landlord of foul play, seeing as he seems rather intent on siggimus not having a washing machine

    anyhoo, a friendly & not-letting-ony old man landlord turns juice back on & siggimus returns to his hole, to find that everything works, except… woe is siggimus!!

    puter fried 😐

    this makes things all the more confusing, as this increases the number of suspects. siggimus has powerful enemies, you know

    mighty powerful

    so, the latest theory assumes that the lion has finally stirred & arisen after a long & eerie silence

    that doggone cia at it again

    siggimus might have to come up with a new curse, eh?

    kjo begs for mercy [16 january 2003]

    kjo, complaining that he hasn’t won a game since november, when siggimus accused him of paying the wily lawyer to take him outta commission, & asked that siggimus release him from the curse

    not that siggimus admits to having done such a thing, but smiles toward kjo in a way that indicates the possibility of the matter being taken under consideration

    possible autobiograpy titles [15 january 2003]

    -the naked stalker
    -bluff your way in stalking
    -my life as a stalker
    -a portrait of the stalker as a young man
    -stalker in the rye
    -stalking peaks
    -farewell my stalker
    -stalk another day
    -a stalker before christmas
    -the anatomy of stalking
    -the stalker always rings twice
    -driving miss stalker
    -my beautiful stalker
    -four stalkers & a funeral

    turns out siggimus’ b2b (that would be code for á, siggimus’ bride2b. must be careful, computers have eyes) is an ex stalker

    & quite good at it actually

    now there’s a thing that can come in handy

    wooof!! [15 january 2003]

    works like dog

    hmmm [14 january 2003]

    no

    haha!! [11 january 2003]

    jón bróðir up there with the hero himself 😀

    minnas aplenty [10 january 2003]

    turns out siggimus’ minna isn’t the only minna. there’s lotsa minnas. some of’em even outta this world!

    🙂 [9 january 2003]

    here’s a little something to cheer up your day

    cleans mousehole 😐 [8 january 2003]

    siggimus still ain’t quite clear what brought this on, but while the results of the tests are inconclusive, siggimus speculates it’s the responsibilities kicking in

    the decision to have children with á has definitely changed siggimus for the better

    gone is the flippant foolery, in comes a sound, decisive young man, a man ready to shoulder the responsibilities following procreations

    now all that remains to be seen is whether he’ll like á up close

    whoa nelly! [7 january 2003]

    even nelly furtado feels sorry for siggimus!! sending him a mail asking; are you married & lonely or single & dateless?

    :/ how did she know?

    thank you nelly furtado

    ewwww [5 january 2003]

    😐

    doesn’t [4 january 2003]

    go to borgarnes

    siggif invites siggimus along, & siggimus is indeed tempted, as a grand exhibition of his globe trekking is opening in borgarnes art museum & a fine night can be counted on to follow in grand company

    again, the doggone siggimus back is to blame for all of siggimus’ misfortunes

    jodaz visits [3 january 2003]

    being lonely, jodaz pops over for a chat

    being a foul & evil creature of darkness, siggimus gives him a drop of whiskey or 2. them drops soon get a beer-prone jodaz drunk

    tihi

    then all go to kaffibrennslan to meet up with siggif & øyvind & some danish dude siggimus didn’t catch the name of

    jodaz soon bails. apparently to get hit on & an autograph by megas

    *trumpet* [1 january 2003]

    takes it easy

    happy new one, all! [1 january 2003]

    may this one be as good as you deserve

  • december 2002

    *trumpet* [31 december 2002]

    takes it easy

    tihi! [30 december 2002]

    “i am an excellent poofreader”
    -found in a lonesome cv’

    i know the answer! the answer lies within the heart of all mankind!
    the answer is twelve? i think i’m in the wrong building’
    – charles schulzsome cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

    kiwi [30 december 2002]

    siggimus da world’s largest kiwi?

    trouble with fridge!! [28 december 2002]

    siggimus has trouble locating his beer in fridge ’cause the light don’t work

    *buuuuuuuuurp!* [28 december 2002]

    erm… excuse siggimus?

    überputerfixer [28 december 2002]

    called upon to fix sis’ puter

    puha!

    dis time it’s seriously messed up & the artillery is called for. dis might take a while *rolls up sleeve*

    jodaz visited [27 december 2002]

    with a sixpack

    forgot da whiskey

    after quite a wait, b g turns up & is duly impressed by jodaz’ downloading everything he asks for in legoland

    soon after jonkurteiz drops by with maria & all have a boogie

    den off to iluks’ where ego is got drunk in front of 1 of iluks’ puters & drives around. funnily enough the bugger seems like a better driver drunk than sober

    dat’s good to know about a professional driver

    pizza is ordered & a desultory jodaz takes 23 mins to eventually leave. pissed, as always that the gang doesn’t instantly join him in the exodus to 22 the second he raises the issue. well, tough

    wow! [26 december 2002]

    “i live in a house made entirely from tin, with four tin walls, a roof of tin, a chimney and a door. entirely from tin”

    uffa! [25 december 2002]

    quite a rollercoaster ride

    hmmm [24 december 2002]

    colourful bunch

    happy [24 december 2002]

    mas y’all!!

    may you all get what you want & have a jolly old time!!

    tihi! [24 december 2002]

    web siggimus attracts all sorts of weirdos 😀

    doesn’t buy washing machine [22 december 2002]

    does, on the other hand, buy a fridge

    now siggimus has two fridges

    first, of course there’s the tiny fridge that houses 9 small beercans

    second, there’s the new old one, that could house them 9 small beercans & the tiny fridge & some more beer!!!

    😀

    sweet heaven

    now all dats left to do is go buy lots & lots of beer

    tanx to snæja, her egg & their little’uns for da fridge

    hmmm [21 december 2002]

    🙁

    but meeting with j & f was definitely worth the money. several beers & a good time had by all, except siggimus who was accidentally driving & stayed off the booze

    tsk tsk [20 december 2002]

    instead of a shiny cup, siggimus is met with scorn & the vicious tongues of envious fellow players, who have great trouble coping with other people’s successes

    siggimus #1 [19 december 2002]

    it’s official!!

    siggimus is the undisputed champion of the grand ole fc mc club

    admittedly siggimus wasn’t quite up to his best, but his teammates pulled him ashore

    siggimus is expecting a large golden cup with his name on it in big beautiful letters in the morning

    mitä? [18 december 2002]

    the finnish smurfs do the ketchup song?

    & gailezers!!!

    ‘toss me!’ [16 december 2002]

    none the worser for being seen again so soon again

    countryside visited [14 december 2002]

    siggif da farmer invited siggmus & all & sundry to come visit at the farm

    siggimus jumped at this chance to be in nature again & manages to convince jonkurteiz & ego to join him in the quest

    da search for live midget poultry goes foul, on account of siggimus’ measly contacts in the reykjavik underworld

    anyhoo, siggif da farmer is a gracious host, cooking & drinking other people’s beer

    great fun is had & pots of alcohol is drunk

    the macallan goes down smoothlike & keeps siggimus & siggif the farmer up chatting ’till the wee hours, while the wimmin’ surrender soon after midnight

    retiring, siggif, whose woman is off in eastern germany (& preggers, it turns out! der’s a little siggif comin´!), passes out on the mattress earlier offered to siggimus, leaving the slightly less comfy sofabed thingy for siggimus

    way too few hours later, siggimus wakes up to find the mattress bare & so decides to take his saharan-dry throat down to the comfier mattress for a bit more sleeping

    about an hour later siggimus wakes up from a dream of hairdryers to find his hair being violently blown upon through a vent in the floor, a part of the siggif da farmer’s intricate thingy of heating system. apparently it involves a noisy contraption starting with a roar once in a while, heating up & drying air before squirting it into all kinds of rooms all over da place. all dis regulated by a thermostat on the wall in the livingroom, da largest & coldest room in da house, not taking into account wee little rooms with closed windows & siggimuses inside

    well, anyhoo

    must do dat again soon

    ooooooo!! [14 december 2002]

    wow

    that was about the shortest 3 hours ever!!

    warmup [13 december 2002]

    watches first one to get into da mood

    !!! [12 december 2002]

    what are these people on?!!?

    hrmpf!! siggimus ain’t at top >:(

    you be judge: which is better? this or this?

    or these buggers?!!?

    cooooool!! [11 december 2002]

    try it!!

    tihi! [11 december 2002]

    why?!!?

    mmmmmm [10 december 2002]

    definitely worth it!!

    ‘we´ve bred all our kittens white | so you can see them in the night’

    ‘don’t push me
    don’t push me
    it’s a wild world’

    a rockin’ way to end a concert 🙂

    even an added verse

    oh, the humanity!!!! [10 december 2002]

    not that the choice was very difficult, but why, why, why, why, why, why?????

    why, in the name of all that’s holy, is siggimus asked to make such a choice?!!?

    1 vs. 2

    at least tonight should be good

    aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh!!! [9 december 2002]

    the horror!! the horror!!

    rhinotillexomania [9 december 2002]

    yet another thing siggimus is afflicted with :/

    not that it’s much of a pain 😀

    😐 [8 december 2002]

    freaky shit!!

    phone rings: *drrrrriiiiinnnnggg!!*

    siggimus picks up

    ‘hullo?’

    noone there

    hmm?

    ‘cooooo-eeeee!!!???’

    ‘aren’t you supposed to do some heavy breathing or something?’

    *crackle*

    siggimus turns down the volume on taraf de haïdouks on telly

    erm…? same happens on da oder end!!

    nanananananananana

    slowly a lightbulb goes off in da siggimus head, with a litle buzz

    siggimus hesitantly puts other hand in pocket, pulling out da siggimus mobile

    tah-dah!!

    der’s da culprit!!

    damn sneaky little siggimus mobile, making prank calls to siggimus from the confines of his pocket!!

    ball [7 december 2002]

    a bit clumsy sometimes, but nice hooters!! 😀

    b g again [7 december 2002]

    much the same as usual, a few beers, some coffee, some cave

    cripple billy [6 december 2002]

    sees another play. this 1 by that irish dude

    liked that other 1 much better, siggimus must say

    cave autograph!!! [6 december 2002]

    turns out siggimus got nick cave’s autograph a while back!!

    the cave was laughing & making jolly, so siggimus whipped out all his cds & asked his autograph. of course the king obliges, but writes his name in a very odd manner, so it doesn’t even fit on da cd!!

    soon after dis, b woke up

    siggimus hasn’t been able to find them cds anywhere 🙁

    whatthefuck?!? [5 december 2002]

    what on earth are these people doing checking out web siggimus???

    ne ne ne ne ne [5 december 2002]

    kiss siggimus’ pungent feet

    give him 8 pots of money

    promise him your firstborn

    beg

    be a real hot chick & seduce him thrice

    be 2 not quite so hot chicks & seduce him thrice

    & you might be considered for the seat next to siggimus on dec. 12 at 14.00

    might

    [4 december 2002]

    again, doesn’t see the latest bond flick

    trims nails instead

    yippee

    quoth siggimus [3 december 2002]

    you’re not the brightest bulb on the christmas tree

    b g drops in [2 december 2002]

    doesn’t bring any beer

    brings something much better

    wiiiiide griin!

    siggimus da steamroller [1 december 2002]

    going to mom’s for the weekly laundry treatment, siggimus is hijacked & put to work on a gingerbread house

    being practically an expert in this area, siggimus rises to the occasion & transforms himself into a steamroller & flattens the dough

  • october 2002

    big day [26 october 2002]

    takes it easy on this big day, birth of siggimus, first day of winter & first snow in reykjavík celebrated

    well, didn’t celebrate the snow very much, but…

    always a pleasant day, siggimus gets to hear from a lot of people; mommy calls; ágústa sends postcard with used teaching woman; krumma calls (has to be reminded, but still); slavena calls, but only gets answering machine 🙁 ; seyma sends sms; björn greets on msn; maus & sonia on icq; jds calls, but is totally ignorant of the importance of the day; r sends sms just when siggimus is about to give up on her

    just takes it easy, makes a potent brew of coffee, has a snúður & a tebolla

    then meets krumma for a bite at súfistinn

    coming back to rent a flick

    siggimus notices that nature puts on a show for him, aurora borealis doing a bit of dance as he walks to the video store

    yeeee-haaaa!! [25 october 2002]

    party on!

    heads on over to óðinn & helga with jonkurteiz & bjössi gaga to warm up for a big concert!

    the smallest venue they ever played, only about 300 people in the upper floor of grand rokk

    but they was great anyways 😀

    siggimus & jonkurteiz stand right next to the stage, close enough to touch 2 of the bandmembers & spit on the rest (had they been of a spitting inclination)

    anyhoo, they puts on a grand show, excellent

    a lot of avid fans want to be where siggimus is & the front of the stage is pretty crowded, meaning that if one dances, all dance

    funny how most of them buggers doesn’t look very much like a rockstar

    one of’em infact reminded both siggimus & stefanv of a mary, of an englishteaching persuasion (cf. sólþurrkað múrmeldýr)

    sillily enough, her name is actually mary 😐

    but she rocks!

    oh yeah, aoq was der too

    them rocks

    digs the latin lyrics & the appa-dance

    lotr [25 october 2002]

    siggimus begins the warmup 🙂

    time for a new lesson? [23 october 2002]

    “war is god’s way of teaching americans geography”

    said one ambrose bierce, american satirist & clever dude apparently

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! 🙂 [23 october 2002]

    *finishes reading*

    mmmmmmm!! [22 october 2002]

    *reads*

    mmmm [21 october 2002]

    *reads*

    babysits [19 october 2002]

    yet again, superherocostume is donned for some 24 hours of taking care of little andri

    puha!

    well, pretty much all he’s interested in is da puter & spider-man da game

    siggimus scores a few points with a few slices from pizza hut & simpson’s socks & a pooping sheep

    so, things go great (not at all surprising, really) & andri isn’t too happy about leaving

    obligatory beer drinking again [18 october 2002]

    puh!

    fortunately the last time this year that siggimus is obliged to stay after work & help purge the world of beer

    anyhoo, a few of the cool colleagues decide to head on over to sonja’s for a wee party

    a very successful one at that

    the bathroom being unlockable makes for some pretty interesting incidents, such as the entirety of sonja’s shower

    lots of people, lots of booze & lots of fun

    too much fun for some, actually

    stories of buggers being carried home by friends, buggers falling asleep in taxis before managing to utter the destination, 7 broken glasses, cigarette burns & flying down stairs

    bjössi & beer [17 october 2002]

    bjössi gaga is pretty eager to come visit siggimus & even offers to bring a beer or so for siggimus

    he’s alone for a week now & so proud of not drinking anything at all last night, that he buys a sixpack & invites himself to siggimus to celebrate

    cool chats, although bg is still bitching about the lack of music 😐

    drriiingg!! [15 october 2002]

    sólveig!?

    sod off, you old fart!

    whoa!! [14 october 2002]

    what the fuck is that, who invited it into casa siggimus & does it really need all those legs???

    phone rings!! [14 october 2002]

    but siggimus isn’t inga 🙁

    überputerfixer [13 october 2002]

    finishes debugging the other puter & sets up a third one for going online

    of course wearing da superhero siggimus costume

    puterfixer [12 october 2002]

    dons superhero siggimus costume & fixes one puter (well, debugs) & starts to debug another

    bjössi gaga [11 october 2002]

    bjössi gaga comes for a visit, bringing a sixpack of heineken

    da ole looney is happy to have siggimus in da neighbourhood

    but dat goes without saying, right?

    interior decorating [10 october 2002]

    with assistance of technical advisor

    things is starting to look promising

    movies [8 october 2002]

    manages to get kolla out of her house for a movie

    den dey goes to apótek where she tells grand stories of her insane relatives in de us over cappuccino & beer

    kustiging [6 october 2002]

    dis ain’t funny no more

    anyhoo, siggimus has a new crib

    the definition of tiny. but as long as siggimus can toss & turn in bed & take showers, he’s happy

    well, relatively

    when he’s set up a desk, bought a bigger fridge & a washing machine & got rid of the cat piss smell, he’ll be in sweet heaven

    thanks [6 october 2002]

    takes jonkurteiz for hot chocolate & tuna bread at the gray cat as thanks for moving-help

    at gray cat, megababe andrea róberts sees fit to look toward siggimus every so often

    probably to make sure he was checking her babehood out

    do dese people stop existing if noone is checking dem out?

    uncertainty trip [5 october 2002]

    weeeee!!!

    the funnest time siggimus has had in ages!!

    der was beer

    der was cliff-somethinging (climbing down a 15-20m high cliff with only a rope & an odd set of shorts to sit in) puh!! some scary shit!!

    but siggimus was big hero, of course

    der was eating

    den later der was de siggimus games; gunna winning a little cognac

    den der was drinking & singing & dancing & some crotchgrabbing

    mmmmm!

    sis’ birthday & sober boogey [4 october 2002]

    after eating with sis & family, siggimus drives out to jds’s joint to join him, iluks & jonkurteiz for a little boogey, although sober

    good, healthy fun

    anuptaphobia [2 october 2002]

    has growing fears that he is slipping into anuptaphobia

    well, at least that’s preferable to albuminurophobia, or levophobia

    🙁 [2 october 2002]

    has to return car

    :'(

    inga!!! [1 october 2002]

    gets call from inga!!

    mmmm

    been a while

    she sends her regards to all 🙂

  • september 2002

    🙂 [28 september 2002]

    having mulled it over for 20 days, da old geezer finally decides siggimus is worth it & can have his tiny little studio apartment

    siggimus is ecstatic

    quite thrilled

    this place fits siggimus like a glove because it’s so close to his work that he’ll be able to walk! & of course because it’s fair cheap

    news of new address soon

    finally!!! [24 september 2002]

    the big day has come!!

    siggimus has been working on a cute little web for a 3rd party & the price was agreed upon as 25 big ones

    a few days later, after a quest lasting 10 years, siggimus finally hears of turtles for sale

    two little buggers, 2 years old, fishtank, pump & ultraviolet light (another thing siggimus wouldn’t mind having)

    price: 25 big ones

    😐

    coincidence?!!?

    siggimus doesn’t think so!!

    still, dem things lives to be ca. 40, so this calls for a lifetime commitment!! worse than finding a chick, actually :/

    so now the big question is: a parakeet (puh!) & siggimus.is or two turtles that will swim around inside a fishtank for the next 38 years?

    what do you think?

    siggimus [22 september 2002]

    is a survivor
    is not gon give up
    is not gon stop
    is gon work harder
    is a survivor
    is gonna make it
    will survive
    keep on survivin’

    bring it on!

    siggimus has passed the test & now has an official permit allowing him to have 10 kids

    wanna help siggimus?

    oh! the humanity!! [21 september 2002]

    siggimus lets his little (b)rat of a nephew to talk him into allowing a friend to stay over

    apart, they are 2 handfuls each

    together, they are the equivalent of 17,3 handfuls

    siggimus puts all on the line: should he survive, he will give himself a certificate stating he is qualified to have up to 11 children of his own; should he perish, there will be no worries about future

    so, if there are no further updates to this wee annal, you will know that siggimus was at last bested

    callipyge [17 september 2002]

    scientists have discovered an elusive mutated gene that causes certain sheep to have unusually large, muscular bottoms. the gene is called “callipyge,” meaning “beautiful buttocks” in greek. researchers from the u.s. dep. of agriculture and duke uni medical c. hope the genetic mutation will illuminate how muscle and fat are deposited in these animals and possibly in humans. the unusual gene, which has evaded detection for nearly a decade, could prove beneficial because it enables these sheep to convert food into muscle 30 percent more efficiently than normal sheep. “these sheep are, in effect, pumping iron without lifting weights,” researcher randy jirtle said. time to throw out the thigh master and get some big-bottomed sheep genes

    callipyge

    definitely a word to memorise

    well, siggimus always said sheep were special

    booogey! [13 september 2002]

    siggimus is required to drink a lot of beer at work

    puh!

    well, after a jolly good time with the colleagues, siggimus absconds for a jolly good time with the ole gang at norræna húsið

    suprising amounts of fun 🙂

    party on! [12 september 2002]

    after a great spot of football (siggimus scoring a record 3 goals!!), siggimus takes jonkurteiz to see xxx rottweiler & quarashi live in concert

    rottweilers were a wee bit of a dissappointment, didn’t live up to expectations (which were high, btw)

    but quarashi made up for that & then some (siggimus is even tempted to use the phrase with knobs on, so there!)

    oooooo mama!

    these boys deserve all the success they are enjoying 🙂

    mmm, siggimus remembers way back when, when sölvi came into hitt húsið with a cd & excitedly put it on, proud as a pickle. it was switchstance, a new sound in iceland

    what was with all the hot midget chicks?

    xXx [11 september 2002]

    invites 400 people to a movie 🙂

    erm… according to a few of those, it wasn’t actually a very nice thing to do

    pissing [10 september 2002]

    down

    foreign rain

    dejà vu! [9 september 2002]

    whilst scouting for a wee place to hibernate in for the winter, siggimus comes across a little corner of latvia right in the centre of ole reykjavik

    an old foreign chick speaking broken icelandic way too rapidly for anyone else to understand, shows siggimus into two seperate rooms that eerily resemble some of the palaces siggimus had the pleasure of inhabiting during his stay in otherwise pleasant latvija

    in one room (ca. 5m*1,5m) der was an ugly couch (siggimus uses the word freely) approx. 30 years of age, a tv set & a fairly filthy shower

    siggimus wasn’t quite over da shock of this room when old foreign chick drags him to da other 1: a dusty bed (again, siggimus stretches the english language to its furthest reaches), considerably older than that couch, a wobbly chair, a closet for clothing & a fridge, a kitchen sink & two hotplates all wrapped into one contraption

    siggimus has a moment of sweet nostalgia & considers living in this hole for an instant before overcoming the sensation & being filled with disgust

    small wonder old foreign chick was most eager to rent these two rubblous rooms to a gasping with wonder siggimus

    welcomst [7 september 2002]

    jonkurteiz welcomed back

    most can’t be bothered to show up, but siggimus & iluks attend & make jonkurteiz feel welcomed

    iluks’, sólon, kaffi list [extremely briefly!] & [insert surprise here] 22

    😐

    dem’s painted the place in a scary, much brighter colour now!

    now you can actually see all de other people 😐

    hmmmm…

    sub [6 september 2002]

    starring that icelandic feller, with some foreign dudes supporting

    wrestling mail people [3 september 2002]

    for some reason (siggimus suspects insanity, while cia involvement still hasn’t been ruled out), some mail people decided that siggimus doesn’t actually live where he thinks he lives so they start redirecting his mail hither & thither

    some bits went to his last place of residence, which is sorta to be expected, but siggimus has to give them pots of credit for digging out an address that siggimus left early morning may 5th 2000.

    siggimus hasn’t lived there for 1,5 years

    still, the mail people thought it would be exceedingly clever to deliver all his mail there

    mind u, this is only the stuff siggimus knows about

    who knows what sort of correspondance might be puttering about in, say, latvia, being redirected from paltmales iela to that russian plavnieki place to some place else, back to talsu iela?

    who knows, with such creative mail people

    anyhoo, while it did take some convincing, siggimus did at last receive mail today

    go creative iceland mail people!!

    sp siggimus [2 september 2002]

    how’s this for a siggimus?

  • august 2002

    karaoke of death [31 august 2002]

    on way home from golf, siggimus is plagued with karaoke from hell on the bus

    krissi & sibbi & óskar & gulli & dídí & björgvin torture the rest with their feeble attempts at singing

    ugh!

    *prospect of constant nightmares*

    golf!! [31 august 2002]

    😐

    turns out siggimus is a natural at the thing

    this is discovered at a tournament for the siggimus colleagues in úthlíð (biskupstungur) where it rains buckets of cats & dogs for hours on end until everything is soaking wet, even the golfballs

    too bad it’s such a silly sport

    otherwise siggimus’d be liable to take it up & be great at it

    party [30 august 2002]

    a wee party to bid adieu to the summer employees at work. siggimus uses it as a chance to wind down a bit after the tiring week

    puha!! [30 august 2002]

    thinking that the grand opening would mean a break or a few days of less stress was obviously a very silly conclusion

    it’s been worse!!!

    if this continues, siggimus will have his name changed back to kunta kinte

    tratteraaaa! [26 august 2002]

    grand opening of the latest siggimus wee project

    puh! [24 august 2002]

    frantic cleaning of house

    woo-haa! [23 august 2002]

    siggimus stops working for a bit to join some of the ole gang from uni for a feast at players (a joint that turns out to be a sports bar instead of a strip joint). having to wait while some silly buggers watch the end of some silly football match (none of the teams involved was fylkir, the only reason anyone should be interested in the silly sport at all)

    anyhoo, addi was there & kolla & ágústa, of course. also dóra (who siggimus had ignobly forgotten all about :/), sigga & svava & anna kapitola. j & guðrún represented the teachers

    also a few buggers siggimus doesn’t really know

    &

    *shudder*

    gunnhildur 😐

    now there’s a person whose existence siggimus could have done without being reminded of

    *relaxing yoga stuff*

    otherwise, siggimus has a wicked grand time

    the incident [23 august 2002]

    ok, ders dis man in a wheelchair in da bar. he has dis chick with him to push him around & kiss him

    as things go in bars, this man got drunk in his wheelchair

    as things go with drunk men in bars, they need to do #1

    as things go with drunk men in wheelchairs in bars, they can’t stand up against them urinals. that’s one of the reasons they need them chicks around

    as she drives him into the little boys’ room, she announces to all who want to know: ‘don’t worry boys! i’m not going to peek at your willies! just his!’

    so, the chick whips out a little plastic container (bekken in icelandic :|) & then yanks out the feller’s pecker so he can go

    they chat merrily during

    mostly about football

    afterwards, chick cleans bekken in wee sink & then dries it under the blower thingy

    so

    what siggimus wants to know is: where does siggimus sign up for a chick like that??!!?

    again! [22 august 2002]

    another 12 hour day

    puh! [21 august 2002]

    a huge big long 12 hour day leaves a siggimus tired

    but extremely productive!

    siggimus will unveil his latest project sometime around this weekend…

    shrinks [20 august 2002]

    the (probably) smallest reading group in da world grows even smaller

    an attempt to enlarge it actually leads to it shrinking

    hehe [18 august 2002]

    ‘i’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy’

    asked how he would like to be remembered: ‘achievement is for senators and scholars. at one time i had ambitions but i had them removed by a doctor in buffalo. it started as cyst, it grew under my arm and i had to have new shirts made, it was awful. but i have them in a jar at home now’

    asked how he attained his signature vocal style: ‘terry, i drink my own urine’

    tom waits sure has a way with words 🙂

    misses culture night [17 august 2002]

    kinda on purpose. decides to retire from the world, take it easy with a few excellent flicks if you will

    rents one, then sees another on tube (with subtitles in danish)

    dang!! [16 august 2002]

    almost gets to meet elma lísa

    after all this time!! to miss out on an encounter like that because of a very important & exciting meeting

    ohhhhh

    life most surely & indeed sucks, right?

    instant bath [14 august 2002]

    takes the instantest bath ever

    scolding hot to boot

    hmmm? [8 august 2002]

    a slightly disappointed cripple doctor tells siggimus that his feet ain’t shorter than the other & both of them too long

    🙁

    siggimus was getting used to the thought of being a cripple

    measured [6 august 2002]

    siggimus is made to lie on a long ruler & x-rayed for to check which leg is how much longer than the other & which both of his feet’s too long

    blah! [2-5 august 2002]

    does practically nothing

    oh, watches a flick or two

    whoa!!

    snooooooker [1 august 2002]

    in a farewell ceremony for jonkurteiz — seeing him off kinda stuff — jds, iluks, ego & siggimus join old man river for the longest game of snooker since t. rex gave up the sport

    siggimus actually hits a few of the little balls into some of them pocket thingies

    siggimus ce héros

    cripple!!! [1 august 2002]

    one of [siggimus’] legs is shorter than the other| ‘n’ both [siggimus’] feet’s too long

    to plagiphrase a lost genious

    turns out siggimus is a cripple!! one of his legs is shorter than the other, which is on the other hand longer

    could explain about 5 years worth of intermittent nightmarish backpains

  • july 2002

    holiday [31 july 2002]

    joins bh & his little ‘uns on a trip to hvanneyri, siggif’s residence

    wooppeee!

    now dat’s what siggimus calls fun. driving for an hour, listening to kiddie songs, den meeting with siggif, driving to hreðavatn for a wee hike

    turns out dem kids is complete & utter brats

    almost enough to turn a siggimus off kids forever!

    almost

    when da gang gets back, steaks are thrown on the barbie & a delicious meal prepared. yummy!! *slurp!*

    meeting [30 july 2002]

    in da wee r-group

    dis time held at berglind’s, who whips out mocha & homebaked bread & goodies

    crapped on [28 july 2002]

    strutting around downtown, going to feed the duck on the pond, siggimus is evilly & ignobly crapped on by a vile foul bird

    damn thee, oh foul foul bird

    where’s titus? [27 july 2002]

    wanting to make amends, siggif invites siggimus to go see that single performance of titus, outdoors & stuff

    siggif picks up siggimus at just after 18.00 hrs to feed him

    takes siggimus to his grandma’s for a wee dish of delicious leftovers

    then over to siggif’s for a bit of redwine

    19.00. beep! beep! siggif takes a pic of siggimus with his one-time-use camera

    “what say us heroes walk to the theatre?”

    “sure, how long does it take?” “oh, about an hour”

    “ah. siggimus just asks because the play starts in 40 mins”

    “puh! they’re starting the play with a parade somewhere. we’ll just show up at where the play will actually be performed at 20.30. 21 even”

    “oh, ok. as siggif says”

    so, off is strutted & a bottle of red drunk en route

    20.00. beep! beep! siggif takes a pic of lotsa busses with his one-time-use camera

    dey gets to dat place at approx. 20.30 & start looking for a play or a parade. neither is openly apparent

    so, dey decides to wait for this parade thing inside glaumbar

    an hour & a few drinks pass. still no parade

    21.00. beep! beep! siggif takes a pic of the insides of glaumbar with his one-time-use camera

    so, at ca. 21.30 dey goes off in search of dat parade

    de closest dey comes is finding a lot of people coming out of an amphitheatre of sorts

    hmmmm? siggimus must wonder to himself

    22.00. beep! beep! siggif takes a pic of lots of people coming out of titus with his one-time-use camera

    well, at least they makes the premier party & get to have themselves a few brews

    den dey trots over to tapas bar for a bit to eat

    23.00. beep! beep! siggif tries to take a pic of the hotly waitress with the blonde hair down to her butt at the tapas bar with his one-time-use camera. she ain’t too happy about it

    anyhoo, enough about that. suffice it to say that a lot of pubs were visited & a lot of drinking was done & a pic was taken on the hour every hour & still everybody was home at just over 2!!

    pops over to siggif’s [26 july 2002]

    even takes a taxi, because siggif sounds soo eager to see siggimus

    & who can blame him? honestly?!!?

    anyhoo, siggif on phone upon arrival

    when done, he stands up & makes weewee in a bottle

    erm..?

    well, dey chats for a bit before siggif gets up to get his bottle, takes it out to the balcony where a spooked siggimus sees him make weewee on plants & pour the contents on the bottle along with it

    “whatthe#%$”????” exclaims siggimus surprisedly

    “nitrates, man!” replies siggif, shaking his head at siggimus’ ignorance. “nitrates!”

    “nothing like it for the plants, man!”

    in the middle of a lecture on dry toilets & the terrible waste involved in flushing this precious stuff down the toilet, literally, siggif’s stumach sees fit to upset him a bit

    this makes siggif get up & invite siggimus to sleep in da master bedroom (all by his lonesome, mind you!) because siggif prefers roughing it on a wee mattress

    den siggif promptly falls asleep

    erm..?

    precisely 59 mins have passed since siggimus got off dat 1st taxi when he gets in da oder 1

    känner ni doften af råg? [25 july 2002]

    siggimus will have to plead temporary insanity to the charges of going to see a play in swedish

    temporary insanity & free tickets

    anyhoo. despite barely understanding half, siggimus had quite a bit of fun. not bad, the bits that siggimus got

    afterwards, the gang (b&j&f) go pubhopping

    this has quite improved siggimus’ swedish

    again!! [25 july 2002]

    hottest doctor on planet calls siggimus again

    this time to tell him there might actually be a bit wrong with him

    well, it would explain a few things…

    :'( [20 july 2002]

    sometimes even the painfullest of truths must be accepted

    dat darn neck costs siggimus a camping trip with 3 chicks

    *sob*

    wild night [19 july 2002]

    showing up at 1900 hrs as discussed, siggimus manages to shock jds, who hadn’t even contemplated taking a shower yet

    well, der’s pizza & the macallan & beer & a lot of chatting

    den downtown in othorvaldsson’s agricultural machine for a beer at nelly’s. den over to kaffibarinn for an 8 second stop before heading over to — surprise!! — 22

    watches da gang wiggle der for a bit before heading off to a rendez-vous with the viðeygoers at thorvaldsen bar

    all cheer at sight of siggimus, who then goes & orders a double 10yo glengoyne

    mmm

    & who appears outta nowhere?!!?

    jóhanna!! screaming something about not forgetting her

    siggimus promises not to

    promises to keep the dream alive

    jóhanna lives in our hearts

    den over to kaffi list, where þorri is can be found, looking like a mix between i am sam & someone drinking for da first time. den found again discussing the need for more ships in switzerland with dat director feller, jonni

    jonkurteiz!! [19 july 2002]

    jonkurteiz shows up at siggimus work & cheats him out of a certainty trip to viðey with colleagues & into a wild night of pizza & alcohol w/ him & da gang

    sms from kolla! [19 july 2002]

    an invitation to go camping in arnarstapi w/ 3 chicks

    eeeek!!!

    how can a siggimus be expected to say no to that??!?

    phone call from dr. hot chick!! [18 july 2002]

    she calls to tell siggimus in her hot-chicky voice that he ain’t about to kick no bucket

    she cares!!

    😀

    röntgen [18 july 2002]

    siggimus poses for a few sexy pics

    all decent, mind you!

    never took dat pink robe off…

    bus ride from hell [18 july 2002]

    ohsiggimus’god!!

    like a sardine in a tiny little tin, siggimus almost gets squashed on bus going to work

    der had to be at least 300 people on dat ting!

    …well, little, teenaged mini-people, but still!

    sweet lord [17 july 2002]

    there she is again..!

    *sigh*

    ooo la la! [15 july 2002]

    sweet mama!!

    mmmm, that is one hot little doctor chick!

    siggimus should be ill more often 😀

    flicks again [13 july 2002]

    this time same director, different chick

    also, a golden oldie

    back to work [10 july 2002]

    well, ‘work’ would have to be considered an overstatement

    back

    flick [9 july 2002]

    going silly with boredom & having poked his eyes ’till it hurt, siggimus gives up & goes out to find something to wile away the time

    it comes in the form of two movies; 1 of’em featuring one of the hottest chicks in moving pictures dese years & da oder 1, erm… well, siggimus forgets *blush*

    dis ain’t funny no more [9 july 2002]

    again?!!?

    pfffft!!

    now siggimus gots to make some calls

    hmmm? [8 july 2002]

    what’s this?!

    da siggimus ill?

    unfit for work??

    da aliens must be afoot

    heading homeward [7 july 2002]

    ouch!

    da airmattress was airless again, but go figure…

    siggimus famously fast at packing his tent & somehow after a few hours of wrangling, all the baggage fits into da car again. den da car is pointed toward reykjavik & off is speeded

    *poof*

    after about 10 minutes of digging da spare tire is reached & consequently screwed on in place of da punctured one

    rest of trip goes well. quite a nice place, dat systrakaffi in klaustur

    yikes! siggimus hikes! [6 july 2002]

    the plan was for being off at 7.30 & back at around 19.30 to fire up da barbie

    waking up at 10, a new plan was instantly forged & a shorter route found: bæjarstaðaskógur instead of kjós

    well, a lot of sweat was sweated

    & that was indeed a delightful little forest

    after a bit of stretching, the barbie is fired up & lots of stuff thrown on it & then eaten

    just before party dies out, minna decides to join & keep it going

    that is one charming cow! go minna!!

    off dey goes! [5 july 2002]

    siggimus takes off from work at noon in order to pack & get ready for da big trip!

    has to wait a bit, but eventually a wee gang shows up to pick him up: kolla, steinn (da rock?) & arna. siggimus’ luggage pushed into car with shoehorn & off dey goes!

    happy trails! except for the bit where it rains two cats & a dog

    anyhoo, dey don’t turn around despite distrusting declarations of gústa that it is not raining in skaftafell, where they meet up with a bunch of people from da police & immigration

    well, tents are tented, hikes are planned & people are gotten to know & beer is drunk & glacier is walked to but seems to have shrunk & disappeared behind a very cold river

    yea!! [4 july 2002]

    like a dream come true, siggimus gets a call from kolla, who invites him on a camping weekend in skaftafell, interspersed with a bit of hiking

    party party party!!!

    doesn’t get tiny fridge [3 july 2002]

    an attempt to exchange the boing coupons siggimus managed to wrangle from the siggimus mom for a wee refrigirator fails

    dey ran out

    pfffft!

  • june 2002

    weds korlyx [29-30 june 2002]

    journeys for six hours in rented humongous jeep along with hr. snillingur — jón & auður & gunnso&elma & sellert all the way to the other side of the country

    all of this to wed korlyx to the love of his life in a tiny church & eat some scrumptious potatoes & a bit of cake & signing guestbook

    then catches some z’s in wet sleeping bag before awakening & climbing out of the puddle & into jeep for another unsuccessful attempt at sleeping

    when all the gang is awake, the jeep is turned around & headed back

    ugh!

    well, at least siggimus won the tenting competition by miles

    paradise [27 june 2002]

    takes day off from work to join b & selda (da ugly fat midget) on a wee journey to paradise

    this paradise has been hidden from siggimus by wicked & evil people forever. anyhoo, it is located in reykjadalur, in the hengill area

    ooooooo mama!!

    what a beautiful day!! the greatest company, the greatest weather, the greatest place

    hiking (still not over dat bug), sunbathing, looking at cool scenery, bathing in a river with two hot chicks

    what else could a siggimus want?!!?

    *sigh*

    mountains [23 june 2002, 0.19]

    just after midnight, siggif & siggimus reach the summit

    through perseverence, endurance, hard work, quite a lot of panting & a number of breaks, úlfarsfell (270 m, at least!) is conquered

    sitting on top of the world like that makes a siggimus feel majestic. these are the moments that make one wonder: are there no limits to human achievement?

    & of course one finds that there are at least no limits to siggimus achievements, for siggimus merely wants to jog down again & trot on over to the next mountain & head upwards

    this is like a bug

    next up, mosfell was there

    making it merely another challenge for seasoned mountaineers like siggimus

    the adventurers merrily trot up the intimidating 154 m of sheer cliff

    now, time for bed for weary but content heroes

    the time is 3.32 & da sun is up

    [oh yeah, the reason esja was left unconquered this time around was that it was cloudy & foggy down to the middle]

    mountain [22 june 2002]

    siggif picks siggimus up at 23.15 for to go climb a mountain (esja, approx. 800m)

    wisdom of da day [21 june 2002]

    “det kan føre til de frygteligeste ting, når folk, som ikke er vant til det, tænker sig om”
    -leopold meyer

    duh! [20 june 2002]

    well, predictably that little squirt of a heatwave has buggered off again

    fuck fuck fuck! [19 june 2002]

    having taken a two day sabbatical for june 17th, the freakish heatwave seems to be returning

    pynchon [18 june 2002]

    but siggimus is a bad boy & hasn’t finished it 😐

    june 17th celebrated [17 june 2002]

    goes downtown with andri, holding him up to see the acts, saying no to him a million times when he asked for money

    then stands around to watch him in inflatable hoppingcastles

    hardly rained at all, for june 17…

    another dose of the dynamic duo [16 june 2002]

    back to siggif’s for another dose of him & bjössi

    gots to watch out not to overdo it

    b&s [15 june 2002]

    is invited to siggif’s place

    decides to invite bjössi along with him for a wee stroll down memory lane

    watches football!![15 june 2002]

    of all things!

    at da movies, at work

    invites bjössi, of all people

    el prumpos pissos [14 june 2002]

    not quite what siggimus had hoped it would be, but a few laughs

    melts [11 june 2002]

    fuck fuck fuck!

    siggimus has never experienced this sort of temperature

    godddamn it! siggimus barely manages to sit for 5 mins in office before passing out

    yea!! [9 june 2002]

    cow & chicken!

    been way longer 😀

    interesting [8 june 2002]

    hmmm

    doesn’t quite succeed, but an excellent attempt nonetheless

    yea! [8 june 2002]

    buffy!

    been a while 🙂

    doesn’t visit jds [8 june 2002]

    in fnjóskadalur because othorvaldsson is a woman & a faggott & chickened out of going in his otherwise excellent agricultural machine of a car

    jds won’t be happy about this!

    barbecues! [7 june 2002]

    siggimus is given apron & funny hat & tied to barbecue & told to keep busy baking hamburgers at summer festival at work

    afterwards finally accepts an invitation from bjössi the count

    & finally gets the tour of house & puters & remote controls & a wee bit of the bad cognac

    real impressive stuff

    siggimus ir kustigs!! [4 june 2002]

    new address would be

    siggimus
    álftahólar 4, 7a
    111 reykjavik
    iceland

    as for telephones, +354 695 5884 is still in operation whilst +354 551 1179 has been temporarily decommissioned

    cleaning & cleaning [3 june 2002]

    & cleaning!

    moving & moving [2 june 2002]

    & moving!

    packing & packing [2 june 2002]

    & packing!

    🙁 [1 june 2002]

    siggimus hates moving

  • may 2002

    jds’ b-day [31 may 2002]

    well, of course it isn’t for another week, but a cold & nose-blowing jds doesn’t let that stop him in inviting the posse over for a few drinks

    jb remembered [29 may 2002]

    5th anniversary of his death

    “my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder”

    almost loses lucky stone [29 may 2002]

    or rather, does lose it

    finds it again on way home, using x-ray vision, telepathy & acute sense of smell

    malcolm [28 may 2002]

    hehe

    it’s been a while

    jenni!! [26 may 2002]

    hah!!

    meets jenni, who’s here for a few days, for beer at uncle tom’s cabin

    she’s great, sends her love to all

    starts packing [26 may 2002]

    this kustiging stuff is getting a wee bit tired…

    well, could be worse

    returns [25 may 2002]

    in order to keep da evil party out in the cold in reykjavik with his deciding vote

    putters about with sheep [18-25 may 2002]

    yeee-haa!!

    more shortly

    leaves [18 may 2002]

    like a tree

    never to return until the 25th

    finally! [16 may 2002]

    siggimus actually takes down the christmas decorations from the 2001 balcony

    yea!!

    group [15 may 2002]

    despite only 66.67% attendance, the session is a great success!

    sobbeggi afi dissected

    more pffft!! [14 may 2002]

    takes danni to see that clone thing again

    lodging apríl [9 may 2002]

    taken care of for the summer

    *sigh of relief!*

    back still hurts like hell, though…

    goddammit! [9 may 2002]

    feels like siggimus has been beaten by big strong evil men with juicy oranges in smelly socks

    eeek!! [9 may 2002]

    almost gets stuck in the fucking bathtub when taking his hangovershower

    just barely makes it out using his inhuman powers of will & strength

    ouch [9 may 2002]

    fuck!

    siggimus can hardly walk!

    siggimus must say that febrúar bouncing about in circles on the back of huge animals that could kill you if the idea crossed their mind only to fall off & get really hurt is just not his cup of tea

    or coffee, or espresso or anything, for that matter

    siggimus does not recommend

    does not recommend at all…

    let’s leave it to the professionals

    season’s end [8 may 2002]

    in order to celebrate the end of futbol season (siggimus finished 4th!! :D), futbol gang decides to go out horseyriding

    siggimus is not much of a rider, but accepts the challenge

    all goes well, until siggimus’ horsey (actually called galsi! scary, eh?) starts galloping (or world! as siggimus prefers to call it, goes into 3rd gear) down a hilly thing

    the little ridealong chicks scold siggimus for falling off on the wrong side of the horsey, pointing out that it woulda been much softer on the other side

    siggimus begs their forgiveness & tries to point out that while it may have looked like he was considering which side of the horsey would be better for ramming into mother earth just before he fell, what he was actually up to was panicking big time & being scared shitless

    anyhoo, siggimus is commended on how fast he climbs back on horsey & rides on, despite being a bit sore on the left backside, just above the butt from the fall

    siggimus never falls off again & survives the rest of the trip

    then on to some sort of living room in a stable, where penalty beer is drunk & songs are sung & pizza is eaten & men are called faggots & poor horseys are petted & drunk is gotten

    yee-haa!!

    pffft! [7 may 2002]

    how do you spell anachronism?

    well, at least that annoying dude with the big ears wasn’t around much

    hmm, that padme amidala chick doesn’t travel very light, does she? always has a new outfit around, suitable for just that occasion. & she usually also has someone around to put buns in her hair

    pssst! siggimus has some advice for her: watch out for that anakin feller. siggimus has a very uneasy feeling about him. like, up to no good, he is

    curse [6 may 2002]

    a delightful little curse ?

    hehe

    siggimus’ assistance sought [5 may 2002]

    not surprisingly, siggimus has been contacted by one of the makers of history (or his wife, well widow, rather), for assistance

    more shortly

    gnarr [3 may 2002]

    takes b to see jón gnarr in his new show

    hehe

    especially the bit about the cops & the dude at customs that has a gun, but is really just out to see jón’s underwear

    inga! [2 may 2002]

    having gotten a text msg from her earlier today, siggimus goes whatthefuck & calls his favourite inga in the whole wide world

    real good to hear from her again ?

    but dangnabbit! that musta cost two arms & an ear!

    kicks butt [2 may 2002]

    siggimus finally shows what he’s made of at futbol

    kicking this ass & that

    ending the season on a proper note…

    man who wasn’t there [1 may 2002]

    hehe

    man!

  • april 2002

    whoa! [28 april 2002]

    so hung over that siggimus rents starwars i

    otherwise does nothing

    absolutely nothing

    yearshightide! [27 april 2002]

    man!!

    that was fun!

    the siggimus & keg play went off most excellently & most people seemed happy ?

    good job, siggimus, keg, sif & bergmann!!

    *pat on back of self*

    preparations [22-26 april 2002]

    4 da yearshightide

    puh!!

    works off a sweat ’till all hours! making books & airline tickets & checklists & then distributing the lot!

    thank god for dat beach ball. it has kept siggimus sane…

    seyma’s b-day [21 april 2002]

    sends her an sms ?

    misses sis’s b-day [20 april 2002]

    being busy at work & preparing for the yearshightide (burning cds like a mo-fo), siggimus misses sis’ b-day & has to endure tales of several cake monsters devouring all the good stuff

    puh

    anna karenina [19 april 2002]

    hmm *frown*

    not quite engrossing enough, eh?

    some excellent ideas on how to port long passages of book to a short scene on stage, but in the end, siggimus wasn’t all that impressed

    fun day at work!! [19 april 2002]

    hah!!

    siggimus has funnest day ever at work strutting around with his complimentary yearshightide inflatable beach ball

    having come across siggimus in 5 different locations all over the building during her newcomer tour, there is now a brand new chick at work who probably thinks siggimus’ soul purpose is to take care of the company’s inflatable beach ball

    flogging [18 april 2002]

    siggimus & team get a royal flogging at football, in a match that brings new meaning to the word ‘losing’

    preparations & reading group [17 april 2002]

    after 8 busy hours of work, siggimus has to stay behind to start all-important preparations for the yearshightide at work; a party to end all parties

    printing out little books, sticking stickers on little packages, selecting perky music

    den shows up for first meeting in small reading group almost an hour late

    b & krumma fairly pissed, but forgive siggimus eventually

    fuck!! [14 april 2002]

    man! siggimus has what is probably his worst bus-related incident ever

    waiting for washing machine to finish, siggimus manages to just miss the bus

    sits, waits for ca. 20 mins for the next one. di dey da dum

    still reasonably calm

    *bounce, bounce, bounce*

    *tap, tap tap*

    driving into the bus stop where he changes buses some 30 mins later, siggimus sees #12 driving away, thinking, well, siggimus’ll just catch some other one. still no foaming at the mouth

    30 mins later, as #12 is about to leave again, a fairly furious siggimus figures he musta misunderstood something or other a little bit

    result:

    it took siggimus 1,5 hours to travel these 5-6 km

    siggimus woulda gotten there faster walking!

    siggimus woulda saved pots of money (& several tons of aggravation) taking a taxi!

    a cow woulda gotten there faster walking!!

    elin [13 april 2002]

    being in town, elin finds the time to drop in on siggimus a bit, checking out his place & delivering his order of 12yo the macallan

    *sluuuu-urp!*

    for a final touch before she leaves, elin makes use of the restroom facilities

    siggimus is practically brought to tears when he notices that she has left the seat up & the light on

    mmmm, just like old haremy times…

    booooooooooooogie! [12 april 2002]

    starting out with a bit of force-fed beer, the compass is then pointed in general direction of snorri’s place for a wee bit of work-related boogie

    upon the discovery that snorri has no keys to the premises, he expertly slithers through the kitchen window like a snake, & boogie is begun

    soon a guitar is dug out & snorri & bjössi greifi & óli take turns plucking at that thing with the rest of the gang singing at the top of their lungs, quite a few going hoarse along the way

    concert [10 april 2002]

    siggimus generously invites b & elin to concert with his ‘vip+2’ pass

    great to see elin again! she’s designing some sort of cultural mall on arnarhóll

    …or maybe not?

    anyhoo, dikta, lúna & bris try & entertain the lot & do a fair job of it

    mayonesa [9 april 2002]

    mayonesa que yo bato como simple mayonesa no se ni como me llamo ni donde vivo…nime interesa

    *wiggle wiggle*

    mayonesa mayonesa!

    torture never stops! [8 april 2002]

    velkomin í myndatöku — til að byrja — notið rétta mynt

    & then on bus siggimus is hit by toni effing braxton’s unbreak my heart

    what has siggimus done to deserve this?!?

    & björk, of course… [7 april 2002]

    siggimus mingles with the jet set, going to a world premiere of that thing

    gots to say it was not what he had hoped for

    a bit confusing…

    aimless?

    young [7 april 2002]

    one night, gordon offered to cook chicken stew for young on his tour bus, named after his song ‘pocahontas’. as she cooked, young sat adjusting a toy train set, another of his long-term obsessions. he has 750ft of track laid out at broken arrow and in 1995 he bought a toy company, lionel trains, to help him communicate his passion to his son, ben, who has cerebral palsy. young reconfigures the electronics to provide auditory and visual feedback: sound and movement that stimulates interaction with his son

    ‘part of the train set was a model cow that made moo-ing noises,’ laughed gordon. ‘and neil wasn’t happy with the cow sound. he didn’t think it was realistic enough. so he kept fiddling with the electronics. he’d then get the cow to moo, and he’d ask us what we thought. was it realistic enough? did it need some more work? what was wrong? he was at it for an hour or so. it was amazing how a toy cow could maintain his interest for so long’

    hmm? siggimus doesn’t find it amazing at all…

    more

    sniff, sniff [4 april 2002]

    strange buggers downstairs have put out the birdcage for their squeaky parrot

    little elephant family upstairs has taken the big inflatable santa out of the window

    siggimus seriously considering taking christmas decorations off balcony

    anyone else smell spring in the air?

    almost fooled [1 april 2002]

    siggimus hears pj has wed

    just before siggimus pulls trigger, someone shouts “april fool’s day!”