Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.11.2010, Síða 4

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MOST AWESOME LETTER
A nice Xmas decoration for your thoughts
We're not gonna lie to you: we really love us some beers. Some folks would call it a problem,
but beer never gave us any problems. In fact, over the years, it's solved most of 'em. A frosty
glass of cold, frothy, bubblicious, golden-tinted beer has consistently failed to let us down. In
the immortal words of the once-reputable Homer J. Simpson: "Mmm... Beer..."
But do you know what’s even more wonderful than beer? Yes, you’re right! Xmas ornaments
for your window, tree or anywhere else you might want to hang Xmas ornaments. The season
to be merry is fast approaching, so decorating your apartment, house or place of residence
seems in order. And what better to decorate with than this cool Christmas Cat ornament,
designed by one Áslaug Saja and graciously donated by the Kraum Design Shop (go check
them out at Aðalstræti 10 – it’s a really nice store}.
Our MOST AWESOME LETTER of the issue will be rewarded with this sweet ornament – if
you are the one that wrote it you should definitely drop us a line to collect. And if you want
one next month, write us some sort of letter. Give us your worst: letters@grapevine.is
MOST AWESOME LETTER:
Good morning Grapevine,

Let me start by congratulating you for the
great paper you have made. I came to Iceland
2 weeks ago and while i was waiting for my
father in law at Keflaviks airport i got a free
copy of your paper. It's the best paper i've read,
it has very interesting facts and i love that you
are free to say what you want and how you
want.
Many years ago my father was the Ambas-
sador of Nicaragua for all Nordic countries
(including Iceland) .One day he asked me if
i wanted to accompaign him to your country
and i asked him: "Iceland? No thank you!"
Wow, that was a very stupid mistake.
Today i finished my studies in France
and got married the 28th of September 2010
in Reykjavik to the most incredible icelandic
girl. I cannot believe it! One day i laughed at
my father when he asked me to come here and
5 years after i fell inlove with an icelander and
her country. When i was a child Geysir was for
me the most extraordinary and majestic gift
nature could give us and a couple days ago i
was having icecream infront if it. Amazing!
You have by far the most incredible and beau-
tiful country.
Let's get to the point. Loads of people told
me that icelanders knew how to party and
that nightlife was out of the ordinary. Even
my wife told me that people get wild in here.
So, the week end we arrived to Reykjavik, my
wife and her friends had a nice party for me.
They were all very cool to me and were already
telling me that i had to be careful once we get
Downtown because girls were the ones pick-
ing up people! I was curious. At 2am we fi-
nally made it downtown with her friends and
we waited for 10 minutes infront of B5. All
of her friends decided that it was time to go
home and so we left. I was a little dissapointed
because of the whole rumour i've heard of the
young people here and how they party.
The next week end none of her friends
wanted to go out so my father in law took my
wife and i to a very nice dinner downtown. I
have always been afraid of him cuz he's a very
big man! After dinner he proposed to go bar
hopping and so we did(i can't say no to him,
he's so big). Oh my God! We started at 9pm
and we went to at least 10 bars including the
over-rated B5. We drank many beers and had
the time of my life. My father in law is the
shit, i've never partied this much and i can tell
you i've been to Spain or Rusia. That night we
actually became friends talking about every-
thing and nothing, we even partied with some
member of the icelandic parliament who used
to play for KR and have played in Anfield
against Arsenal!
Grapevine, i had the time of my life and
realised that i did not need any young guide
but him.
Now, i know its expensive to party here so i
would love to get those 12 beers and invite him
to party again. Its a way for me to thank him
for being such a nice person to me and also
for letting me be part of his 'circle of trust'
(Meet the Parents quote). He is still a big man
but i discovered that he also has a big heart. It
might be 12 beers for some people but for me
its the perfect way to spend one more night
together and tell him that i'm honored to be
his son in law and that i will take care of his
daughter. Plus if i get the beer this letter will
be on the next issue so he will read what i
think of him and it will just make our rela-
tionship more fun.
Thank you for your time and i encourage
you to keep the tremendously good work.

The only nicaraguan guy in Iceland.
Dear Nicaraguan guy,
thank you for your compliments, of course,
but moreso for your letter. It was a most heart-
warming read. It’s cool that you and your
father-in-law are doing such a great job con-
necting, and it’s nice that you want to invite
him for beers.
We are very sorry that our beer-sponsorship
ended just when you won MOST AWESOME
LETTER. We know it sorta sucks since you
were all geared up for the beer and whatnot.
And beer is pretty great. But maybe you can
hock that Xmas ornament and buy some beers
for it? Or you could try and impress your moth-
er-in-law (a worthy task if there ever was one)
by giving it to her. Who knows!
Hi
I think there is a place in Reykjavik which is
exclusively for people
over 40!!! I cant find it. If you know the place,
please let me know.
Sincerely
Einar
Dear Einar,
unfortunately, we haven’t heard of such a
place, although we are sure it must exist.
There’s probably no place that has a 40-year
age limit, but if you bar hop a bit you’ll prob-
ably find someplace where there’s only folks
over the age of forty. Let us know if you do –
this is most certainly valuable information!
Dear Catharine Fulton,
I read your letter to Victor Blaer about a month
late.
I have a huge boner for you.
Will you be my mother?
sincerely,
a stallion of the pacific southwest
p.s lead me to the revolution
Dear Stallion,
Your letter is weird for all sorts of reasons. But
one thing that’s not weird about it is your love
for Catharine Fulton. That girl came to us an
intern, and left as a full-fledged journalist.
And now she’s busy trotting all over the globe
training people to be ‘media managers’ and
stuff. You gotta love her. We give you that. But
the rest is weird. Ew.
hello there, my name is Jonathan or, as my
friends call me, Jonny. i am now 27 and moved
to Iceland around 3 years ago to live with my
fiancee and have been working as a fire sealer.
this means that i would go to a building
which is in the process of been built and close
off any holes going through fire walls using
hard wool, soft wool, paints and acrylic. All
very boring too explain but it has kept myself
busy and also helped bring money in.
As i´m sure you know there is now not so
much building going on in Reykjavik and so
there for i am now out of job, not good at all!.
Anyway, i know that this is a very long
shot but i read the grapevine all the time and
i was wondering what are my chances of job
with you? a bit bold of me i know but as i have
been brought up to believe, "if you don t́ ask
you don t́ get."
As you may have already guessed i am
from England and so my English is, if dare
say so myself, rather good.
i do not have any reporter nor writing ex-
perience to speak off but in my spare time i
do write quite allot whether its song writing,
poems, quotes or even just in my day to day
book.
i would be more than willing to start at
the very bottom and work my way up to writ-
ing for your paper and believe that i would be
quite good at it as i do have a good use of words
and a rather, dare i say witty sense of humour.
if nothing else could you can at least email
me back either saying "please stop wasting my
time" or "OK, i do have a job i think you could
do."
either one of these things would be OK to
hear Hahaha. thank you so much for taking
the time to read this somewhat over worded
"can i have a job" letter of mine. And I hope to
hear from you soon.
Jonny
Dear Jonny,
thank you for your letter. And good job on the
proactiveness!
We are sorry that you’re having problems find-
ing a job. That sucks (but a man with your
spirit of outreach will certainly find some-
thing soon!). We, however, aren't really hiring
any full time staff (we barely have any full time
staff, really), but we happily accept freelance
contributions! If you feel like it, you can down-
load our fancy ‘submission guidelines’ from
our website, if you’re interested in submitting
pitches for articles.
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