The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.2005, Side 27

Vol. 59 #3
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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What do Icelandic boys look like? Are
they cute?
I’ll just punch in: Iceland + boys, click
on Google Images, and see what pops up.
Ooops! I didn’t literally mean “boys”,
boys as young as my brother who’s 14 that
is. Alright, not those kind of ‘boys’, I’ll try
‘men’. I assume Icelandic men have blonde
hair and blue eyes; it’s what I think of when
I think of Scandinavian countries. Let’s see
if I’m right.
Well, that’s not exactly what I had in
mind. I wonder if all Icelanders are that
buff? I wonder who these guys are? I’ll do
a quick search: "Jon Valgeir Williams"
Well, I doubt that all Icelandic men are
power lifters. It says they were competing
in the Viking Challenge. I think they’re
into pushing semi-trailers and flipping
large tires over. Ummm...not really my
type.
Well, I think I’ve gotten off to a good
start. I’ll continue my search tomorrow.
The next day:
No reply from Mr. Risley, so as a good
reporter should, I followed up the e-mail
with a call the next day. Mr. Risley’s assis-
tant Donna Williamson answered. She said
Mr. Risley is away on business for two
weeks and would be too busy to write back
to my e-mail. She asked me to send her a
copy of it and she would call him and tran-
scribe his reply.
This is what she wrote:
Mr. Risley has been traveling a
lot lately on business and has not
been able to answer his email. He
will be tied up lor the next month
or so and I cannot tell you when or
if he will get back to you.
Well, I suppose I’ve learned a new les-
son: story ideas fall through. I guess I
won’t be able to profile Mr. Risley right
now, but I’m not giving up. I’m interested
to find out more about the Icelandic com-
munity here in Nova Scotia and next time
I’ll report more of my findings.
Sara