ICELAND PART III

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Góðan Daginn!

(Good Day!) (said: goh-thahn die-en)

I’ve been hitchhiking all over southern Iceland whenever it’s not raining. I haven’t waited longer than 7 minutes for a ride so far! There is nothing more lovely than relying on a stranger’s kindness to get you to where you need to be and being rewarded for the gamble. I’m still practicing Icelandic and writing entirely too much. Things are great.

Welcome to all of the new subscribers, as always I welcome any feedback and support. I’m always looking for new places to publish and people to collaborate with.

enjoy!

//bv

My Writing:

VERY PROUD OF THIS :: The Pirate Party’s ‘Poetician’ Plans to Make Iceland a Data Haven, MOTHERBOARD.
Net Neutrality Is Crucial for Artists and Arts Organizations, Hyperallergic.

Reading:

An amazing lecture by a family friend on representing a ‘High Value Detainee’ at Guantanamo, here.
“We can’t let tech giants, like Facebook and Twitter, control our news values," here.
The Siege on Citizenship: James Bridle on “The Right to Have Rights,” here.

Noticed in Iceland:
Possibly because of the super cheap and largely geothermal electricity, Icelanders seem to love over-heating their houses and cars, while also tending to forget to close their doors. This has been a point of mild frustration on my part, having grown up very energy conscious. Upon arrival the hosts encouraged me to take long hot showers, as that the water is geothermally heated just down the road. The pipes are visible and surrounded by smoking dirt. Icelanders will occasionally bury dough in the ground there to bake their bread.

Travel Photographs:

photo 1: Jökulsárlón (glacier river lagoon)
photo 2: Jökulsárlón *not* in black and white.
photo 3: Geysir, Iceland
photo 4: Overlooking Laugarvatn, Iceland (where I’m living)

someone send me work