{"id":689,"date":"2007-03-12T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-12T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finnur.net\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2007-03-12T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-12T21:13:00","slug":"689","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/689\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>M\u00e1nudagur 12. mars 2007<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00c9g er ekki jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur<\/strong><br \/>\u00c9g f\u00f3r \u00ed h\u00e1deginu og hengdi upp plaggati\u00f0 mitt \u00e1 sinn sta\u00f0 \u00ed \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttah\u00fasi \u00ed n\u00e1grenni vi\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0stefnuh\u00f3teli\u00f0.  \u00dear f\u00e6r \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 hanga \u00feanga\u00f0 til anna\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld, \u00feegar opinbera &#8220;plaggata-sessj\u00f3ni\u00f0&#8221; hefst klukkan 19 og stendur til 21:30.  \u00dear af \u00fearf \u00e9g a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 plaggati\u00f0 \u00ed klst og tala vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 sem hafa \u00e1huga.  Restina af t\u00edmanum get \u00e9g nota\u00f0 til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a annarra manna plagg\u00f6t, og\/e\u00f0a bara til a\u00f0 lesa b\u00f3k e\u00f0a eitthva\u00f0&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p>Reynslan hefur kennt m\u00e9r a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur getur bara horft \u00e1\/lesi\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 m\u00f6rg plagg\u00f6t \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feau byrja \u00f6ll a\u00f0 renna saman \u00ed eitt.  \u00dea\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpar ekki a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er bo\u00f0i\u00f0 upp \u00e1 bj\u00f3r \u00fearna (sem fj\u00f6lgar \u00feeim sem m\u00e6ta) og \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed flj\u00f3tlega afskaplega heitt \u00ed salnum.  \u00dea\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpar heldur ekki a\u00f0 \u00e9g er ekki me\u00f0 neinn heldri hv\u00edtan mann vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 m\u00e9r til a\u00f0 kynna mig fyrir \u00f6llum hinum heldri hv\u00edtu m\u00f6nnunum \u00ed salnum, \u00feannig a\u00f0 (byrja \u00edr\u00f3n\u00edu) \u00e9g get ekki be\u00f0i\u00f0! (\u00edr\u00f3n\u00eda endar)<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9g bor\u00f0a\u00f0i h\u00e1degismat \u00e1 einhverjum k\u00ednverskum veitingasta\u00f0 \u00ed &#8220;strip-malli&#8221; (\u00fea\u00f0 er l\u00f6ng r\u00f6\u00f0 af verslunum vi\u00f0 b\u00edlag\u00f6tu) n\u00e1l\u00e6gt r\u00e1\u00f0stefnusta\u00f0num.  \u00dear f\u00f3ru $6 fyrir l\u00edti\u00f0.  S\u00ed\u00f0degisfyrirlestrarnir h\u00f3fust stundv\u00edslega og \u00fear sem \u00e9g sat \u00fearna rann \u00fea\u00f0 upp fyrir m\u00e9r enn og aftur a\u00f0 \u00e9g er ekki jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur, og hef engan \u00e1huga \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vera jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur!  <\/p>\n<p>Fyrirlestrarnir sn\u00e9rust flestir um jar\u00f0l\u00f6g vi\u00f0 nor\u00f0up\u00f3l Mars, og hver fyrirlesarinn kepptist vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 s\u00fdna n\u00fdjar f\u00ednar myndir fr\u00e1 n\u00fdjustu myndav\u00e9linni \u00e1 braut um pl\u00e1netuna (<a href=\"http:\/\/hirise.lpl.arizona.edu\/\">HiRISE<\/a>).  Sum s\u00e9, endalausar svart hv\u00edtar myndir me\u00f0 r\u00e1kum \u00e1.  Sumir voru reyndar flottir \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed og voru me\u00f0 \u00fer\u00edv\u00edddarmyndir (og \u00e1horfendur fengu a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u tilheyrandi gleraugu) og a\u00f0rir voru me\u00f0 h\u00e6\u00f0arkort \u00ed lit.<\/p>\n<p>En markmi\u00f0 allra var \u00fea\u00f0 sama: a\u00f0 \u00fatsk\u00fdra blessu\u00f0 jar\u00f0l\u00f6gin &#8211; hvernig \u00feau ur\u00f0u til, \u00far hverju \u00feau v\u00e6ru, hva\u00f0 \u00feau v\u00e6ru g\u00f6mul o.s.fr.v.  \u00dear sem \u00e9g fylgdist me\u00f0 \u00feessu fatta\u00f0i \u00e9g a\u00f0 m\u00e9r var alveg n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega sama hver ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0an yr\u00f0i, svona svipa\u00f0 og m\u00e9r var alveg sama \u00ed morgun hvort hv\u00edtu deplarnir \u00e1 myndunum voru ping\u00f3ar e\u00f0a g\u00edgar.<\/p>\n<p>\u00dea\u00f0 sem kveikti \u00ed m\u00e9r (og h\u00e9r \u00e1 eftir a\u00f0 sl\u00f6kkna \u00e1 \u00f6llum \u00feeim sem lesa \u00feetta) voru dj\u00fap-radarmyndir fr\u00e1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marsis.com\/\">MARSIS<\/a> og <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharad.org\/\">SHARAD<\/a> sem eru tv\u00f6 t\u00e6ki sem keyra \u00e1 sitt hvorum gervihnettinum.  B\u00e6\u00f0i t\u00e6kin senda fr\u00e1 s\u00e9r stutta p\u00falsa af tilt\u00f6lulega langri bylgjulengd me\u00f0 \u00f6rstuttu millibili og hlusta eftir bergm\u00e1linu.  \u00dear sem bylgjulengdin er fr\u00e1 tugum metra upp \u00ed hundru\u00f0i metra \u00fe\u00e1 n\u00e1 merkin a\u00f0 bora sig dj\u00fapt inn \u00ed yfirbor\u00f0i\u00f0 (s\u00e9rstaklega \u00ed gegnum \u00edsinn \u00e1 p\u00f3lunum) og \u00feannig er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 kortleggja undirdj\u00fapin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00dear sem \u00e9g horf\u00f0i \u00e1 radarmyndirnar f\u00e9kk \u00e9g strax vatn \u00ed munninn vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 hugsa um hvernig myndirnar v\u00e6ru b\u00fanar til, hvernig v\u00e6ri best a\u00f0 n\u00e1 ni\u00f0ur su\u00f0inu \u00ed \u00feeim og hvernig v\u00e6ri best a\u00f0 greina jar\u00f0l\u00f6gin sem s\u00e1ust \u00e1 myndunum sj\u00e1lfvirkt.  A\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u var engum t\u00edma eytt \u00ed svolei\u00f0is vitleysu, heldur f\u00f3r allt p\u00fa\u00f0ri\u00f0 \u00ed a\u00f0 bera saman (handmerkt) jar\u00f0l\u00f6gin \u00e1 radarmyndunum og yfirbor\u00f0smyndunum af ja\u00f0ri p\u00f3lanna.  \u00d3, mig auma! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Eftir a\u00f0 fyrirlestrunum lauk \u00fe\u00e1 f\u00f3r \u00e9g \u00e1 neti\u00f0 og skipulag\u00f0i restina af deginum.  Fyrsta stopp var vi\u00f0 str\u00f6ndina \u00e1 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kemah_Boardwalk\">Kemah Boardwalk<\/a>, sem er svona skemmtisv\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir fj\u00f6lskylduna.  J\u00faj\u00fa, \u00fear var eitthva\u00f0 af t\u00e6kjum og allt morandi \u00ed veitingast\u00f6\u00f0um, en allir litu \u00feeir heldur i\u00f0na\u00f0arlega \u00fat.  Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1 \u00e9g vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 leit \u00fat fyrir a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hef\u00f0i miklu veri\u00f0 tjalda\u00f0 til a\u00f0 sta\u00f0irnir litu &#8220;r\u00e9tt&#8221; \u00fat, en a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri minni \u00e1hersla l\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0an mat, \u00fev\u00ed hver \u00fearf a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a upp \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0an mat \u00ed mi\u00f0ri t\u00farhestagildru?!  \u00c9g for\u00f0a\u00f0i m\u00e9r \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0an og keyr\u00f0i ni\u00f0ur \u00e1 venjulegri str\u00f6nd \u00fear sem \u00e9g s\u00e1 \u00e1stfangi\u00f0 mi\u00f0aldra par horfandi \u00e1 sj\u00f3inn.  Awwww&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed\u00f0an l\u00e1 lei\u00f0 m\u00edn \u00e1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ichibonhouston.com\/\">japanskan sushi-sta\u00f0<\/a> sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i s\u00e9\u00f0 <a href=\"http:\/\/houston.citysearch.com\/review\/10019366\">g\u00f3\u00f0a d\u00f3ma um \u00e1 netinu<\/a> (\u00e9g v\u00e6ri alveg \u00f3n\u00fdt ef \u00e9g v\u00e6ri netlaus h\u00e9rna) og \u00fear f\u00e9kk \u00e9g rosalega g\u00f3\u00f0a s\u00fapu, og e\u00f0al kaliforn\u00edu-r\u00fallur og salat en minna g\u00f3\u00f0an a\u00f0alr\u00e9tt.  \u00dea\u00f0 var l\u00edka vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 hann var rosalega skr\u00edtinn, \u00feunnt nautakj\u00f6t vafi\u00f0 utan um eitt gr\u00e6nmeti, d\u00fdft \u00ed grills\u00f3su og grilla\u00f0.  Gr\u00e6nmetin voru gulr\u00f3t, avakad\u00f3 og svo sp\u00ednat og \u00feetta var ekkert s\u00e9rstaklega gott \u00fe\u00f3 svo a\u00f0 avakad\u00f3i-bitinn hafi komi\u00f0 skemmtilega \u00e1 \u00f3vart.  En \u00e9g uppfyllti \u00fe\u00f3 pers\u00f3nulegt markmi\u00f0 mitt um a\u00f0 panta helst bara mat sem \u00e9g myndi aldrei elda sj\u00e1lf! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Eftir matinn var klukkan bara r\u00e9tt or\u00f0in sj\u00f6, og \u00e9g get ekki sagt a\u00f0 mig hafi beinl\u00ednis langa\u00f0 \u00e1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.super8.com\/Super8\/control\/Booking\/check_avail?brandCode=SE&amp;searchWithinMiles=25&amp;areaType=1&amp;destination=League%20City&amp;stateName=Texas&amp;state=TX&amp;countryName=United%20States&amp;country=US&amp;checkInDate=&amp;numberAdults=1&amp;numberRooms=1&amp;checkOutDate=&amp;numberChildren=0&amp;rateName=Best%20Avail&amp;rate=000&amp;id=07121&amp;propBrandId=SE&amp;force_nostay=true\">h\u00f3telherbergjask\u00f6mmina<\/a> m\u00edna.  \u00c9g fann m\u00e9r \u00fev\u00ed st\u00f3ra b\u00f3kab\u00fa\u00f0 og tjalda\u00f0i \u00fear \u00ed r\u00fama tvo t\u00edma.  \u00c1 me\u00f0an lofa\u00f0i \u00e9g sj\u00e1lfri m\u00e9r a\u00f0 gista aldrei aftur \u00e1 svona stinky m\u00f3telum, skil ekki hva\u00f0 \u00e9g var a\u00f0 hugsa a\u00f0 detta \u00ed &#8220;st\u00fadentar fer\u00f0ast \u00f3d\u00fdrt&#8221; gildruna \u00e1 gamals aldri! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Hringdi \u00ed lok dags heim, og f\u00e9kk m\u00e1l\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Finn.  Uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00e9g haf\u00f0i ekki tala\u00f0 vi\u00f0 nema tv\u00e6r manneskjur \u00ed dag (ef undanskyli\u00f0 er afgrei\u00f0sluf\u00f3lk), s\u00e1 fyrri var ma\u00f0urinn sem er me\u00f0 plaggat vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0ina \u00e1 m\u00ednu, og hinn var ma\u00f0urinn sem \u00e9g \u00feekki \u00far sk\u00f3lanum.  \u00deessi dagur var \u00fev\u00ed mj\u00f6g hugl\u00e6gur.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00fa sit \u00e9g svo \u00e1 r\u00faminu m\u00ednu, me\u00f0 loftr\u00e6stinguna \u00ed gangi til a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 losa um greip-f\u00fdluna, og skrifa \u00feetta \u00e1 t\u00f6lvuna.  Ekki kemst \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1 neti\u00f0 strax \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 neti\u00f0 er ni\u00f0ri \u00e1 m\u00f3telinu og Indverja-\u00e1lfurinn \u00ed anddyrinu veit ekki hva\u00f0 \u00e1 a\u00f0 gera ef \u00fea\u00f0 virkar ekki a\u00f0 \u00fdta \u00e1 reset-takkann.   En nei sko, haldi\u00f0 ekki a\u00f0 neti\u00f0 hafi hrokki\u00f0 \u00ed gang! \ud83d\ude42  \u00c9g er farin fram \u00ed anddyri svo a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 detti ekki \u00far sambandi&#8230;  (s\u00ed\u00f0ar: ah, \u00fea\u00f0 er kominn n\u00fdr Indverji \u00e1 vakt.  Ekki \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00e9g hafi neitt \u00e1 m\u00f3ti Indverjum, bara a\u00f0 segja hvernig landi\u00f0 liggur. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e1nudagur 12. mars 2007 \u00c9g er ekki jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur\u00c9g f\u00f3r \u00ed h\u00e1deginu og hengdi upp plaggati\u00f0 mitt \u00e1 sinn sta\u00f0 \u00ed \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttah\u00fasi \u00ed n\u00e1grenni vi\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0stefnuh\u00f3teli\u00f0. \u00dear f\u00e6r \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 hanga \u00feanga\u00f0 til anna\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld, \u00feegar opinbera &#8220;plaggata-sessj\u00f3ni\u00f0&#8221; hefst klukkan 19 og stendur til 21:30. \u00dear af \u00fearf \u00e9g a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 plaggati\u00f0 \u00ed klst og<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/689\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}