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Fyrirhuguð er för að Reykjum í Fnjóskadal í fyrramálið, stundvíslega klukkan níu. Áætlaður komutími aftur til Akureyrar er svo á milli 16 og 17 á föstudaginn.
Ef marka má dagskrána á Reykjum ætti þetta að verða skemmtilegt og áhugavert ferðalag. Ég geri ráð fyrir að þetta verði fremur líflegur tími, svo ekki sé meira sagt. Á dagskránni er minnst á dans um fræ, hugleiðslu og vinnu með tré. Hvað felst svo í þessu öllu saman er mér gersamlega hulin ráðgáta. Það eina sem ég er nokkuð öruggur um hvernig fer fram (og einnig þeir þættir sem mér líka best) eru hádegis- og kvöldmatur, miðdegiskaffi, svonefndur „frjáls tími“ og önnur ámóta hlé. Ef veður verður sæmilegt, þá vildi ég gjarnan fá mér góðan göngutúr um sveitina, en það er eitthvað sem hvergi er minnst á í dagskránni.
Ég tel að almennt ríki ánægja meðal muffara vegna þessarar ferðar, sem er vel.

Helgin ætti svo að vera afslöppuð og notaleg (sem er góð tilbreyting frá því að leika leigubílstjóra allan sólarhringinn). Ég reikna með að fara í afmæliskaffi til Jans og Halldóra, en hnátan sú verður tvítug á morgun. Til lukku með það!
Þar fyrir utan hef ég engin áform um helgina. Sjálfsagt endar það upp í rúmi með The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, nema við Jan höldum áfram með Baldur’s Gate II, en með þessu áframhaldi (þ. e. a. s. óreglulegum og fáum spilatímum) gætum við hugsanlega klárað hann um það leyti sem skólar hefja störf sín í haust.

Ég vil mína pylsu í brauði, án sósu og meðlætis, með glasi af nýmjólk (má gjarnan vera volg, þó er það ekki svo áríðandi). Þó er undantekning á því, en ef ég kaupi pylsu í Borgarsölunni, þá er í lagi að hafa tómatsósu og hráan lauk með.

For the most of it, I’m rather happy and don’t let things bring me down so easily. Recently, someone who wasn’t feeling very chirpy, asked me why I’m so joyous. So, I thought I’d give it a little thought!

Life is wonderful. It’s full of challenges and most peculiar things. I don’t take it for granted, but try to appreciate every moment of it. ‘Course, I can still get irritated, worried, sad, et cetera – but I don’t repress or run away from them, instead I just accept them and think and act the opposite. Challenges are to deal with them, otherwise they’ll just continue pestering us.

That sums up my little „method to happiness“ pretty much!

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
words and music by Eric Idle

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
Don’t grumble, give a whistle
And this’ll help things turn out for the best…

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

If life seems jolly rotten
There’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you’re feeling in the dumps
Don’t be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing.

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

For life is quite absurd
And death’s the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin – give the audience a grin
Enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life’s a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true.
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ‘em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the right side of life…
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the bright side of life…
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life…
(I mean – what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing – you’re going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life…

Presidents of the United States of America, Weezer, Linkin Park, Meat Loaf, Pink Floyd…
So, I’ll admit I was first introduced to the Presidents of the USA and Weezer a few years ago, and although I liked their music, I just never seemed to be „ready“ to actually add them to my playlists. But now that I have, there’s no way back.

Meat Loaf and Pink Floyd I was never that fond of, only a song or two by each that I ever liked. Now, my collection sports two Meat Loaf albums and five of Pink Floyd’s. How weird is that?
Linkin Park I first heard of few months ago, and I reckon they’re quite all right.

The greatest surprise, however, must be the addition of some Slipknot, Korn and Marilyn Manson songs. I had ‘nough of Slipknot’s screaming and instrument abuse some years ago, but two good friends of mine were avid fans. Korn I never liked, either, simply because rap’s never provided me with any pleasure whatsoever. I did find their song „Twist“ to be rather amusing, however. Now that I’ve heard two Slipknot songs where they actually sing and play, instead of beating each other up with their drumsticks and guitars (resulting in the rather painful screams), my opinion of them has changed dramatically. ‘Course there’ll always be some foul apples, but hey!

As for Marilyn Manson, I never thought very high of him. In fact, I reckon I’ve always been slightly prejudiced, for some unknown reason. It wasn’t until I heard the song „Personal Jesus“ and the simple, yet catchy guitar tune that I decided to try out some more. Definitely not one of my favourite artists, but some of his work is marvellous and adds to the variety of my already mind-bogglingly weird playlist.

Some other recent additions I could mention are Everclear, Dragonforce, Cradle of Filth, Goldfinger, Decapitation, Detonation, Corrosion of Conformity and Counting Crows. Oh, I almost forgot Irish Rovers!

Hulda hefur verið að fara yfir grunnatriðin og helstu hugtökin varðandi tölvur, s. s. mælieiningar (bitar, bæti, kílóbæti, rið (Hertz), o. s. frv.), mismunandi gerðir tölva (heimilistölvur, lófatölvur, fartölvur…) og þar fram eftir götunum.
Einnig gerðum við stutt kynningarverkefni í Microsoft Word, en það fólst í því að skrifa stutta kynningu á sjálfum/ri sér og sníða (format) eftir alls kyns kúnstarinnar reglum.

Fram að þessu hef ég lítið lært, nema þá hversu hryllilega þýðingarnar á Windows XP or Office pakkanum hafa farið. Þó er þetta sérstök upplifun, aðeins að vinna á íslensku Windows kerfi. T. a. m. get ég nokkurn veginn ímyndað mér hvernig Arthur Dent hlýtur að hafa liðið þegar jörðinni var eytt og hann ferðaðist um alheiminn ásamt Marvin og félögum (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). Fremur framandi tilfinning, sumsé.

Næsta verkefni: skoðanakönnun og úrvinnsla svara í MS Excel.

Ciao!