Nokkrum \u00e1rum seinna var \u00e9g a\u00f0 monta mig af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hafa s\u00e9\u00f0 Batman<\/em> \u00e1\u00f0ur en h\u00fan kom \u00ed b\u00ed\u00f3 til Akureyrar og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed fram a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri l\u00e9leg. \u00de\u00e1 \u00e1saka\u00f0i Siggi mig um a\u00f0 vera \u00e1 m\u00f3ti henni af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri or\u00f0in svona vins\u00e6l.<\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 Siggi vorum sums\u00e9 ekki beinl\u00ednis vinir \u00ed \u00feau sex \u00e1r sem \u00e9g var \u00ed Gler\u00e1rsk\u00f3la. Vi\u00f0 \u00feekktumst og t\u00f6lu\u00f0um saman. Hann bj\u00f3 \u00ed n\u00e6stu blokk fyrir aftan \u00f6mmu og afa \u00ed Skar\u00f0shl\u00ed\u00f0inni. \u00c9g man sterkt eftir a\u00f0 hafa horft \u00e1 hann, \u00f3tal sinnum, labba upp a\u00f0 \u00fatidyrahur\u00f0inni sinni. \u00c6tli \u00e9g hafi ekki haft meiri t\u00edma til a\u00f0 stara \u00fat um gluggann en krakkar n\u00fa til dags?<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n Vin\u00e1tta okkar Sigga h\u00f3fst \u00ed raun \u00e1ri\u00f0 1995, \u00e1ri\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 lukum t\u00edunda bekk. \u00dea\u00f0 sumar fengum vi\u00f0 b\u00e1\u00f0ir vinnu \u00ed Gatnager\u00f0 Akureyrar. M\u00edn tilfinning var a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 v\u00e6rum \u00e1 botninum. Jafnaldrar okkur sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u betur tengdar fj\u00f6lskyldur fengu allavega vinnu sem virtist \u00fe\u00e6gilegri. Jafnvel innandyra. Vi\u00f0 \u00e1ttum samt, \u00f6ll vona \u00e9g, g\u00f3\u00f0ar stundir sitjandi \u00ed grasinu me\u00f0 lyktinni fr\u00e1 Kaffibrennslunni \u00ed loftinu.<\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 Siggi f\u00f3rum ekki saman \u00ed framhaldssk\u00f3la en vi\u00f0 endu\u00f0um flj\u00f3tlega saman \u00e1 netinu. N\u00e1nar tilteki\u00f0 \u00e1 Irkinu. \u00c9g \u00fearf v\u00e6ntanlega a\u00f0 segja yngra og eldra f\u00f3lki a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 spjallkerfi. \u00dear tengdumst vi\u00f0 raunverulega. Hann var oftast Flat|iner en l\u00edka Gandalf og Boba_Fett. Seinna var\u00f0 hann Siggi_a_God og Sigur\u00f0ur F\u00e1fnisbani \u00e1 MSN-Messenger.<\/p>\n Vin\u00e1ttan var innsiglu\u00f0 \u00feegar vi\u00f0 endu\u00f0um \u00ed sumarstarfi \u00e1ri\u00f0 1998 \u00e1 golfvellinum \u00e1 Akureyri. Vi\u00f0 vorum aftur saman \u00e1 botninum. Ekki n\u00e6gilega vel tengdir til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 betri st\u00f6rf. Sumir fastir starfsmenn golfkl\u00fabbsins voru einmitt mj\u00f6g uppteknir vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 uppl\u00fdsa okkur um a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 v\u00e6rum \u00feri\u00f0ja flokks. \u00deannig a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 vorum sameina\u00f0ir \u00ed sk\u00edtastarfi \u00ed sk\u00edtave\u00f0ri.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n Siggi haf\u00f0i t\u00f6luver\u00f0 \u00e1hrif \u00e1 menningarneyslu m\u00edna. \u00c9g hlusta enn \u00e1 Placebo og Smashing Pumpkins og horfi au\u00f0vita\u00f0 \u00e1 japanskar kvikmyndir. Ko\u042fn n\u00e1\u00f0i m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f3 aldrei. Aftur \u00e1 m\u00f3ti n\u00e1\u00f0i \u00e9g einhvern veginn a\u00f0 plata hann til a\u00f0 gerast bloggari.<\/p>\n Eygl\u00f3 konan m\u00edn tala\u00f0i reglulega um hve erfitt \u00fea\u00f0 gat veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 standa me\u00f0 okkur Sigga, til d\u00e6mis \u00feegar vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir a\u00f0 vera hleypt inn \u00ed b\u00ed\u00f3sal. H\u00fan er n\u00e6rri \u00ferj\u00e1t\u00edu sentimetrum l\u00e6gri en \u00e9g og Siggi um fimm sentimetrum h\u00e6rri en \u00e9g. \u00deannig a\u00f0 samr\u00e6\u00f0ur okkar f\u00f3ru oft mj\u00f6g b\u00f3kstaflega yfir h\u00f6fu\u00f0 hennar.<\/p>\n Siggi ger\u00f0i mig spenntan fyrir lj\u00f3smyndun. Hann l\u00e1na\u00f0i m\u00e9r f\u00ednu myndav\u00e9lina s\u00edna svo \u00e9g g\u00e6ti prufa\u00f0 \u2026 sem \u00e9g nota\u00f0i til a\u00f0 taka myndir af n\u00e6rri b\u00f3kstaflega \u00f6llu \u00ed kringum mig, s\u00e9rstaklega \u00fe\u00f3 innkaupakerrum<\/a>. Hann s\u00e1 l\u00edka um a\u00f0 taka \u00fatskriftarmynd af okkur Eygl\u00f3 (\u00fe\u00f3 upp\u00e1haldsmyndefni hans hafi \u00fe\u00e1 veri\u00f0 kettir). \u00deegar \u00e9g sko\u00f0a myndirnar m\u00ednar eru of f\u00e1ar af okkur saman og l\u00edklega var \u00fea\u00f0 svipa\u00f0 hans megin. Vi\u00f0 vorum l\u00edklegri til a\u00f0 vera bak vi\u00f0 myndav\u00e9larnar.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n \u00c9g man alltaf \u00feegar vinkona m\u00edn \u00far st\u00fadentap\u00f3lit\u00edkinni lei\u00f0r\u00e9tti stafsetningarvillu \u00ed einhverju sem \u00e9g skrifa\u00f0i \u00e1 Facebook og Siggi svara\u00f0i me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 gera gr\u00edn a\u00f0 henni. \u00c6tli hann hafi ekki sagt \u201eM\u00e1lfarsl\u00f6ggan er dautt\u201c? Flj\u00f3tlega f\u00f3r hann a\u00f0 senda m\u00e9r skilabo\u00f0 me\u00f0 spurningum sem s\u00fdndu a\u00f0 hann var greinilega eitthva\u00f0 \u00e1hugasamur um Hildi. \u00c6tli \u00e9g hafi ekki vara\u00f0 hann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00fan hef\u00f0i meiri \u00e1huga \u00e1 p\u00f3lit\u00edk en hann.<\/p>\n \u00de\u00f3 sambandi\u00f0 \u00feeirra entist ekki lengi eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau son. \u00c9g held a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk hafi ekki \u00feurft a\u00f0 \u00feekkja Sigga vel til \u00feess a\u00f0 vita hve miki\u00f0 hann elska\u00f0i \u00de\u00f3r. \u00dea\u00f0 heyr\u00f0ist \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig hann tala\u00f0i um hann en \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9st l\u00edka enn\u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 myndunum sem Siggi t\u00f3k af syni s\u00ednum.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n Siggi l\u00e6r\u00f0i kvikmyndager\u00f0 og stunda\u00f0i seinna n\u00e1m \u00ed kvikmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Einhvern t\u00edmann t\u00f6lu\u00f0um vi\u00f0 um a\u00f0 vinna saman a\u00f0 heimildarmynd en ekkert var\u00f0 \u00far \u00fev\u00ed. S\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1r f\u00f3r hann l\u00edka a\u00f0 sj\u00e1st reglulega \u00ed kvikmyndum og sj\u00f3nvarps\u00fe\u00e1ttum. \u00de\u00e1 kom \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9r vel a\u00f0 hafa s\u00edtt h\u00e1r og skegg.<\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 s\u00e1um hann flest \u00feegar hann kom fram \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00c1ram\u00f3taskaupi<\/em> sem \u201es\u00e1 fyndni\u201c. \u00dea\u00f0 vakti allavega mikla gle\u00f0i \u00e1 m\u00ednu heimili. \u00cd sumar g\u00e6ti veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 f\u00e1um a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hann \u00ed The Odyssey<\/em>. Honum \u00fe\u00f3tti ekki lei\u00f0inlegt a\u00f0 vera \u00ed kringum Christopher Nolan. Mig minnir a\u00f0 hann hafi l\u00edka laumast, \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir algj\u00f6rt bann, til a\u00f0 taka nokkrar myndir sem hann sag\u00f0ist \u00e6tla a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a me\u00f0 a\u00f0 birta \u00fear til eftir frums\u00fdningu myndarinnar.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n \u00cd gegnum mig kynntist Siggi Starra fr\u00e6nda m\u00ednum og svo \u00c1sgeiri. Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 voru kvikmyndir s\u00e9rstakt sameiginlegt \u00e1hugam\u00e1l okkar allra. Stundum var \u00fea\u00f0 l\u00edka k\u00f6rfubolti og Siggi var au\u00f0vita\u00f0 langbestur.<\/p>\n Eitt \u00e1ri\u00f0 \u00e1skotnu\u00f0ust m\u00e9r mi\u00f0ar \u00e1 opnunarh\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 kvikmyndah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0arinnar RIFF og \u00fe\u00f3tti auglj\u00f3st a\u00f0 f\u00e1 Sigga me\u00f0. Eftir \u00e1 var kokteilbo\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 Siggi upplif\u00f0um okkur enn og aftur \u00e1 botninum. Vi\u00f0 p\u00f6ssu\u00f0um ekki s\u00e9rstaklega vel \u00ed h\u00f3p me\u00f0 f\u00edna og fr\u00e6ga f\u00f3lkinu. Lukkulega var \u00c1sgeir \u00e1 sta\u00f0num og ger\u00f0ist stu\u00f0p\u00fa\u00f0inn okkar.<\/p>\n S\u00ed\u00f0asta skipti\u00f0 sem \u00e9g veit a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Siggi og \u00c1sgeir vorum allir saman var \u00e1ri\u00f0 2015 \u00feegar B\u00ed\u00f3 Parad\u00eds s\u00fdndi Back to the Future<\/em> \u00fer\u00edleikinn \u00e1 einu kv\u00f6ldi. \u00dea\u00f0 var ekki fyrsta \u00ferefalda b\u00ed\u00f3s\u00fdning okkar \u00fev\u00ed t\u00edu \u00e1rum fyrr voru \u00feeir me\u00f0 m\u00e9r \u00e1 Tarantino-k\u00fangf\u00fakv\u00f6ldi.<\/p>\n \u00cd gegnum \u00e1rin f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 Siggi sundur og saman eftir \u00fev\u00ed hvar vi\u00f0 bjuggum og hverjar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur okkar voru. \u00dea\u00f0 sem ger\u00f0i okkur svona l\u00edka hvor \u00f6\u00f0rum var\u00f0 stundum til \u00feess a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 misstum stundum samband um t\u00edma.<\/p>\n Eftir a\u00f0 \u00c1sgeir l\u00e9st \u00ed fyrra jukum vi\u00f0 Siggi samskipti okkar. Vi\u00f0 reyndum okkar besta. Vi\u00f0 \u00e1ttum okkar lengsta spjall \u00ed langan t\u00edma \u00feegar \u00e9g f\u00e9kk hann \u00ed heims\u00f3kn. \u00de\u00e1 rifja\u00f0ist upp a\u00f0 Siggi hef\u00f0i gerst fr\u00e1hverfur kj\u00f6t\u00e1ti \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00e9g gat gla\u00f0ur elda\u00f0 fyrir hann chili \u00e1n kj\u00f6ts. Sem minnti okkar \u00e1 skemmtilegar minningar af fyrsta skiptinu sem \u00e9g elda\u00f0i fyrir hann \u00ed Stekkjarger\u00f0inu \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00f6ld. Mig gruna\u00f0i reyndar alltaf a\u00f0 hann hafi gerst duglegri \u00ed eldamennskunni eftir a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Eygl\u00f3 ger\u00f0um svol\u00edti\u00f0 gr\u00edn a\u00f0 honum fyrir a\u00f0ger\u00f0arleysi \u00ed \u00feeim m\u00e1lum.<\/p>\n Siggi var reyndar almennt hrifnari af bakstrinum m\u00ednum, s\u00e9rstaklega sk\u00faffuk\u00f6ku me\u00f0 frosting og honum \u00fe\u00f3tti betra \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 var enn\u00fe\u00e1 h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 finna fyrir sykrinum \u00ed kreminu. Skr\u00fdti\u00f0 hva\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur man.<\/p>\n R\u00e9tt \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann d\u00f3 passa\u00f0i \u00e9g mig \u00e1 a\u00f0 minna Sigga \u00e1 a\u00f0 ein eftirl\u00e6tismynd hans, Sj\u00f6 sam\u00far\u00e6jar<\/em>, yr\u00f0i s\u00fdnd \u00ed B\u00ed\u00f3 Parad\u00eds. \u00dear sem hann var mun betur a\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00ed Kurosawa en \u00e9g hlakka\u00f0i mig til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 hann til tala um myndina vi\u00f0 mig og son minn. \u00dev\u00ed mi\u00f0ur h\u00e6tti hann vi\u00f0 \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu stundu.<\/p>\n \u00c9g man eftir \u00f3raunveruleikatilfinningunni sem \u00e9g fann fyrir \u00ed fyrra \u00feegar \u00e9g \u00feurfti a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta vi\u00f0 d\u00e1nar\u00e1ri fyrir aftan f\u00e6\u00f0ingar\u00e1r \u00c1sgeirs. \u00c9g tr\u00fai varla a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00feurfi a\u00f0 gera \u00fea\u00f0 aftur. L\u00edklega myndi \u00e9g ekki or\u00f0a \u00feetta svona ef \u00e9g v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 skrifa minningargrein \u00ed Moggann en fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e9g heyr\u00f0i a\u00f0 Siggi v\u00e6ri d\u00e1inn hefur mig langa\u00f0 til a\u00f0 \u00f6skra. \u00deetta er sambland af sorg og gremju. \u00c9g hef engin sk\u00fdrari or\u00f0 til a\u00f0 l\u00fdsa tilfinningum m\u00ednum.<\/p>\n Siggi vissi hluti um mig sem \u00e9g held a\u00f0 enginn annar hafi vita\u00f0 og a\u00f0 sumu leyti skildi hann mig betur en a\u00f0rir geta m\u00f6gulega gert. \u00dea\u00f0 er gap \u00ed l\u00edfi m\u00ednu \u00fear sem Siggi var \u00e1\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 Eygl\u00f3 sendum d\u00fdpstu sam\u00fa\u00f0arkve\u00f0jur til f\u00f3lksins hans Sigga, Sig\u00fe\u00f3rs br\u00f3\u00f0urs hans og V\u00f6lu systur hans og fj\u00f6lskyldna \u00feeirra, J\u00f3ns stj\u00fapf\u00f6\u00f0ur hans og Gu\u00f0r\u00fanar m\u00f3\u00f0ur hans. Fyrst og fremst er \u00de\u00f3r, \u00ed fa\u00f0mi m\u00f3\u00f0ur sinnar, \u00ed huga okkar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Siggi vinur minn er d\u00e1inn. \u00deegar \u00e9g l\u00edt yfir kve\u00f0jur okkar Sigga til hvors annars \u00e1 Facebook rifjast upp einn brandarinn okkar. Vi\u00f0 skrifu\u00f0um gjarnan a\u00f0 hinn v\u00e6ri \u201eg\u2019zalur\u201c. \u201eGe\u00f0veikt svalur\u201c. Brandarinn var au\u00f0vita\u00f0 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 litum okkur sj\u00e1lfa ekki \u00feeim augum. \u00c1ri\u00f0 1985-86, \u00feegar \u00e9g var \u00ed n\u00fallbekk \u00ed Gler\u00e1rsk\u00f3la, vildi \u00e9g a\u00f0 hinir … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Sigur\u00f0ur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson (1979-2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-25337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personulegt","tag-minningargrein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25337"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25348,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25337\/revisions\/25348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/oli-siggi-asgeir-1024x902.jpg\")
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