Annie Rhiannon

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Friends of Iceland

Even though I'm leaving the country I still like to think of myself as a "Friend of Iceland". Unfortunately it seems to be a tag reserved exclusively for the famous people that come here. So I'll just make do with forever being known as a "foreigner" instead.

It's easy for international celebs to be labelled Friends of Iceland. All they have to do is come here on holiday (like Jude did), try to have sex with an Icelandic teenager (like Matt Dillon did), or pretend to own Kaffibarinn (like Damon All-Bran did).

Sometimes all it takes to be a Friend of Iceland is to say something nice about the Icelanders on American television, just like Quentin Tarantino did when he said that Icelandic women are easy and if you want to get one into bed then the trick is to do it before she gets too drunk, rather than try to get her drunk.

Like he had to do back in Tennessee, presumably.

18 comments:

  1. Damon doesn't own kaffibarrin? The lying twat.

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  2. I haven't heard about the Matt Damon trying to bed an Icelandic teen.

    Go on..

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  3. Hey Annie, love the blog. Started reading it recently by way of Chris Cope's site. Good luck with the move back to Dublin--maybe I'll see you around Grafton St. this summer if I'm back over there.

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  4. Nice blog Annie. Good luck with it. You could also check out my blog on friendship greeting cards for some beautiful e-greeting cards and friendly tips.

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  5. Welcome back to blonk world. Really hard leaving somewhere you like but after the initial shock of discovering the Irish are really want-to-be Americans you will be fine over here.

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  6. I have never been to Iceland, but I would like to be a Friend of Iceland by proxy. Would that be ok?

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  7. Auður22.2.07

    You mean Matt Dillon don´t you?

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  8. Matt Dillon, I mean Matt Dillon.

    He came here for the Film Festival, asked a teenager if she'd like to go on a date with him, and she turned him down on the advice of her parents who said their 17 year-old daughter was "probably too young to go on a date with a 43 year old man".

    Or something like that, but what do I know, I thought it was Matt Damon. Maybe it's Matt Damon who owns Kaffibarinn.

    Hello Brian! Thanks, and welcome.

    Emmie Johnson, they are truly beautiful e-greeting cards. Everyone go and check them out, and then send one to me.

    I'm a wanna-be American too, Flirty, so I'll fit right in. I say "Cali" and everything.

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  9. Cathy22.2.07

    If anyone's interested in nominating Annie for another blog award, then use this link:

    http://www.metro.co.uk/yourmetro/article.html?in_article_id=36648&in_page_id=54

    (Thanks Lee)

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  10. hey, you can always come back over here with Celebrity Status in future years: I´ll let your exciting future plans decide that.

    ...then you will be able to get the respect you need to be An Icelandic Friend.

    pah! who cares. you´ve become an Icelandic Buddy to me, and thats the real deal, is it not (or perhaps this is blatent Americanism and all too cringeworthy?!..?).

    Come back and visit anytime - we can pretend you are a celeb when you arrive in Stykkis-somewhere and then maybe even blag free cocktails somewhere...

    (without even trying)

    Truly Annie - have a great flight to the Big Green and hope all re-adjustments go fine. Iceland is almost Ireland after all... (at least phonetically).

    thanks for everything! And have a Bourneville-free leaving bash.

    CM (Country Mouse)

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  11. Just having your plane land in Keflavik due to engine trouble is sufficient for Friend of Icelandhood if you're sufficiently famous.

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  12. Who was that? I didn't hear about it. And btw gzur, "I own three to five pairs of trousers - depending on you definition" — I like it.

    Thank you Country Mouse! It was great to see you this weekend, I had a really great time despite the craziness! Will definitely be back to visit and will make a trip to Stykkó.

    Oh Cath, thanks for the PR work. I went and nominated my own blonk like a true blonker and had to put myself in the "weird and wonderful" category because I didn't really think "sports" or "fashion" suited me. Bizarre.

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  13. I thought damon owned approx 1k worth of kaffebarrin? Or so I was tolt in anyways. Ah, drinking thular (? what is the name of that beer??) till 6am while the midnight sun gloomed outside, in Kaffebarrin is one of my highlights of last summer.

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  14. Hæ Kirstie, yeah, I've had same gloomy-midnight-sun-outside-kaffibarinn experiences as you, it's great.

    But owning 1 kronur's worth of Kaffibarinn and pretending to own Kaffibarinn are the same thing, I reckon.

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  15. Hiya Annie, hope everything goes well with the move. I'm already looking at flights from Cardiff to Dublin, so let me know when you're all settled in and Dave and I will be over to visit!

    (Ps. Sorry if this comes up more than once, I'm having trouble posting, I'm not trying to spam your blog.)

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  16. Hello! For a minute there I thought you'd gone and gotten your own blog, but sadly no. Yay to visits from Cardiff! Looking forward to seeing you again.

    xxxx

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  17. I was at a wedding in reykjavik last summer - my Icelander friend went home to get married. Probably one of the best holidays I've ever been on. Such a great place - I fear that Dublin cannot compare.

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  18. I was in Iceland two years ago, and EVERYWHERE we went, we were reminded, "You know, Keifer Sutherland was just here!"

    I bet if you ask around, they're still talking about it!

    LV
    http://loverville.blogspot.com/

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