\u00c9g var eiginlega bara barn a\u00f0 aldri, \u00feegar \u00e9g kynntist honum \u2013 milli tektar og tv\u00edtugs, eins og sagt er. Hann var \u00fe\u00e1 n\u00fdkv\u00e6ntur ma\u00f0ur, gu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ist\u00fadent vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00c9g var \u00e1 lei\u00f0 til Amer\u00edku \u2013 \u00e1 L\u00f6ngufj\u00f6ru \u2013 me\u00f0 vi\u00f0komu \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0borg heimsins, New York, en \u00fear \u00e1tti \u00e9g a\u00f0 dveljast \u00ed nokkra daga. Sigur\u00f0ur var kj\u00f6rinn lei\u00f0s\u00f6guma\u00f0ur minn \u2013 e\u00f0a fararstj\u00f3ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fer\u00f0in byrja\u00f0 ekki vel. Fyrir einhvern \u00f3tr\u00falegan misskilning var enginn a\u00f0 taka \u00e1 m\u00f3ti okkur, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 lentum a\u00f0 morgni dags \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0borginni. Vi\u00f0 vorum \u00fev\u00ed \u201et\u00fdnd\u201c \u2013 tv\u00f6 ein \u2013 \u00ed tvo heila daga! Engir fars\u00edmar \u00fe\u00e1! Og \u00ed tvo heila daga g\u00e1tum vi\u00f0 \u201evalsa\u00f0 um borgina a\u00f0 eigin vild\u201c, eins og \u00fea\u00f0 var or\u00f0a\u00f0 \u00ed br\u00e9fi seinna. Og n\u00fa \u00feegar \u00e9g l\u00edt til baka, \u00fe\u00e1 eru \u00feessir tveir dagar me\u00f0 Sigur\u00f0i A. Magn\u00fassyni \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0borg heimsins \u00fea\u00f0 eina sem m\u00e9r er \u00f3gleymanlegt \u00far \u00feessari fr\u00e6gu fer\u00f0 minni vestur um haf um \u00e1ri\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Sigur\u00f0ur \u00feekkti borgina eins og l\u00f3fann \u00e1 s\u00e9r \u2013 haf\u00f0i stunda\u00f0 \u00fear h\u00e1sk\u00f3lan\u00e1m nokkrum \u00e1rum fyrr og vissi n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega, hvert halda skyldi. \u00d3gleymanlegust var heims\u00f3kn okkar til tveggja vinkvenna Sigur\u00f0ar, \u00feeirra Gu\u00f0mundu El\u00edasd\u00f3ttur, s\u00f6ngkonu og Louisu Matth\u00edasd\u00f3ttur, myndlistarkonu. \u00de\u00e6r voru ekki r\u00edkar \u00e1 veraldlega v\u00edsu, bjuggu \u00ed framandlegu umhverfi vi\u00f0 erfi\u00f0ar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur. \u00c9g fann s\u00e1rt til \u00feess \u00ed n\u00e6rveru \u00feessara kvenna, hva\u00f0 \u00e9g var reynslulaus og \u00f3\u00ferosku\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Gu\u00f0munda t\u00f3k okkur opnum \u00f6rmum. Gott, ef h\u00fan var ekki svol\u00edti\u00f0 skotin \u00ed Sigur\u00f0i! Og \u00fev\u00ed ekki? Hann var myndarlegur ma\u00f0ur, me\u00f0 lj\u00f3sa lokka og himinbl\u00e1 augu. Haf\u00f0i fallegt bros og var gla\u00f0lyndur a\u00f0 e\u00f0lisfari, en \u00e1tti \u00fea\u00f0 til a\u00f0 hnj\u00f3ta um or\u00f0in, ef honum var miki\u00f0 ni\u00f0ri fyrir. En \u00fea\u00f0 var bara sjarmerandi og heilla\u00f0i konur eflaust. \u00dea\u00f0 var miki\u00f0 hlegi\u00f0 \u00feennan dag, og Sigur\u00f0ur gleymdi um stund a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hyggjur af m\u00e9r. Daginn eftir skildu lei\u00f0ir.<\/p>\n
Hann f\u00f3r s\u00edna lei\u00f0 og \u00e9g m\u00edna. L\u00f6ngum fylgdist \u00e9g bara me\u00f0 honum \u00far fjarska \u00ed gegnum s\u00f6gurnar, sem hann sag\u00f0i okkur \u2013 \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al af sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r og s\u00e1rri l\u00edfsreynslu \u00ed uppvextinum. S\u00f6gurnar ur\u00f0u margar, ein fyrir hvert \u00e1r \u00e1 langri \u00e6vi rith\u00f6fundarins. \u00deegar vi\u00f0 hittumst \u00e1 f\u00f6rnum vegi, f\u00e9llumst vi\u00f0 \u00ed fa\u00f0ma. Vi\u00f0 ur\u00f0um vinir \u00ed Amer\u00edku, og \u00fea\u00f0 br\u00e1 aldrei skugga \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 vin\u00e1ttu. \u00der\u00e1\u00f0urinn var spunninn \u00fear og rofna\u00f0i aldrei. Fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00e9g \u00feakkl\u00e1t.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00deau eru a\u00f0 hverfa \u00e1 braut hvert \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0ru \u2013 ganga \u00fat af leiksvi\u00f0i l\u00edfsins \u2013 gamlir vinir, b\u00f3hemar og artistar, sem voru \u00ed bl\u00f3ma l\u00edfsins \u00e1 seinni hluta li\u00f0innar aldar. \u00cd daglegu l\u00edfi minntu \u00feau \u00e1 pers\u00f3nur \u00far sk\u00e1lds\u00f6gum, sem ekki fundu s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 innan ramma hversdagsleikans \u2013 h\u00f6fnu\u00f0u enda hversdagleikanum. \u00cd \u00feeirra augum var l\u00edfi\u00f0 \u2013 me\u00f0 \u00f6llum s\u00ednum sorgum og allri sinni gle\u00f0i \u2013 \u00f3endanlegt yrkisefni, sem \u00feau spunnu sinn \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0 \u00far. Gu\u00f0munda El\u00edasd\u00f3ttir og Bragi \u00c1sgeirsson, b\u00e6\u00f0i tv\u00f6 n\u00e1grannar og vinir \u00e1 Vesturg\u00f6tunni, Thor Vilhj\u00e1lmsson, sem kom alla lei\u00f0 \u00far Vogunum til a\u00f0 lesa upp \u00far n\u00fdjum b\u00f3kum fyrir vini \u00ed gamla b\u00e6num. \u00d6ll n\u00fdgengin \u2013 og n\u00fa s\u00ed\u00f0ast Sigur\u00f0ur A. Magn\u00fasson, saddur l\u00edfdaga. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}