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1. Amanda Mae Meyncke on October 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

   I mean, I have 800 dollars like everyone else with a credit card, but in today’s delicate economic climate, that seems a bad decision.

2. Deron Bauman on October 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

   yes, you should.

3. Deron Bauman on October 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

   but no. not on a credit card.

4. Jonathan McNicol on October 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

   Without question you should.

5. Sheila Ryan on October 10th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   I’ve got an idea. You know how sometimes ‘flockers get inspired and we chip in, say, to buy a fellow a bottle of Stoli or help finance a sock-puppet gig in Edinburgh? Well, maybe Deron could set up a Paypal account and we could bail out Iceland and fund Amanda Mae’s trip!

   Eh . . . we could put on a show? A fundraiser?

6. Amanda Mae Meyncke on October 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

   Oh no. But I might put some of my Flannery O’Connor paintings up for sale soon. I just literally can’t make decisions that actually matter.

7. Andrew Simone on October 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

   Consider yourself lucky, Amanda Mae, I can’t even find choices that matter.

8. Andrew Simone on October 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

   Yes, but not on a credit card.

9. hubs on October 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

   Iceland went out of business yesterday. You wouldn’t even be able to exchange your currency:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Icelandic_financial_crisis

10. Amanda Mae Meyncke on October 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    No I know, which makes it cheap cheap cheap!

11. rk on October 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    You could buy the whole country for less than your airfare!

12. TJ McFisty on October 10th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    You know Bjork, and I think that’s all that’s required to visit Iceland. The Old Norse bit is just icing.

13. Andricon on October 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    You might want to learn Hopelandic, you know, in case you run into Sigur Rós.

14. Mike Dresser on October 10th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Eh, credit is a tool. $800 bucks at 15% will cost you ten bucks a month until you come up with the funds to repay the beast. Sure, you don’t need Iceland like you need a roof over your head, but…

    Well, a few hundred bucks of my NYC trip ended up on a credit card, but that trip opened up my worldview in a way that will echo through the rest of my life. My only advice is, above all, know thyself. Then make whatever dumb or cautious decisions seem correct at the moment.

15. Rick Neece on October 10th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    ‘Manda Mae, vote before you go, OK?

16. Amanda Mae Meyncke on October 10th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    Of course Rick! I’m evening going against my long time no-voting record and registering on Monday.

17. Cindy Scroggins on October 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Sheila has the right idea. I would happily contribute 1/4 of the cost. You must do this, Amanda Mae. This is what Life is all about.

18. Sheila Ryan on October 10th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Okay. Okay. I’m offering to pay 1/4 of the $800. Not 1/4 of the Icelandic bailout. Just so we’re clear on that.

19. colin on October 10th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Well, visiting Iceland is one of my great goals in life, so please go. For me.
    take pictures and post them if you really want to break my heart (maybe next summer, for me.)
    

20. Amanda Mae Meyncke on October 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    I will go. I wasn’t sure what to say because there are few words for the kindnesses that have already been shown to me by all of you, but I’m composing something even now.

21. Cooper Renner on October 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am

    I would like to visit Iceland. Go when it doesn’t strain your budget.

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