she's always watching

anna's apartment in iceland was really pretty. gudni told me she spent most of her time decorating. i thought it was funny how she would be laying down on the couch, smoking a ciggarette and watching her australian soap opera. she was pretty adament about that. but she was a really nice lady. she cooked sometimes, and made snacks for me. sometimes she would clean gudni's room and he hated that. i was supposed to bring her a bottle of booze when i first arrived but i was unable to because of the age restriction. it's twenty and i was nineteen at the time. i remember her face when gudni told her, i'm sure she thought i was much older. when i first arrived, i remember she would stare a me when i would eat. :o) it makes me laugh just thinking about it. what was she thinking when she looked at me? was she assuming that i wouldn't notice? no hard feelings though, i found it ridiculously funny.

kissa the cat was one of the best cats i've seen. she was so smart. she was able to go outside, so we'd leave the window open in our room and she'd jump right out whenever she wanted to go. sometimes gudni and i would be laying in bed and i'd see kissa jump right back in the room. now that's independence. i guess it's nice to know that your cat can hang around outside without the risk of being hit by a car. i remember the apartment having a distinctive smell. not a bad smell, but rather one of a certain perfume. sometimes i can remember it, but i noticed that elizabeth arden is very popular for the icelandic bathrooms of women over forty.

the windows had lace curtains, the kitchen had brass pots and pans hanging overhead with an assortment of seasonings on display. there was a beautiful unvarnished wooden table with a bench and sewn cushions. there were wicker chairs placed by the patio, potted plants and handmade dolls. let's not forget the accummulation of nearly seven coke bottles under the sink due to "mass consumption by all of us". in the tv room she had family photos and this cool sewn picture of cleopatra. she also had this really interesting painting or drawing of this little girl. she had blonde hair and blue eyes and she was looking at you rather deviously. bjorgvin told me "that's the icelandic girl, she's always watching."