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As most chess players probably know, the best and most popular openings are the ones that directly attack the center of the board. A very good example is 1.e4 (Fischer called it "best by test"). When making such an opening you might feel very confident because it is indeed a very good move. If you were to open with a Ware(1.a4) or a Durkin(1.Na3) it would seem like risky business, but it could be really fun sometimes to be original and challenge the way others think by actually playing the so-called 'weird openings'. And if you have a good rating and you play an unusual opening it's like saying to your opponent "I'm still gonna beat you even with this shitty move."
Dunno if I'll ever visit Iceland. I'm not much of a traveler. But, I'm still young so I can not say for sure... Who knows what the future might bring.
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In the opening, don't be disappointed that your opponent has wasted time and not played the best moves...take advantage of it! If you want to play nothing but the sharpest theory every move, play against a computer. As many people have said, even OTB people play crap, so your best bet is to rather than get ticked off when someone plays 1. b3 or 1. b4 or 1. g4 or whatever, is play the strongest replies and equalize right out of the opening.
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The strongest current American player played 2.Qh4 twice in 2005:
[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Sasikiran, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.25"]
1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbc3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Qg3
Qd7 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15.
d4 Qe7 16. Qf2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nf4 Rhg8 20. Rhe1 Kb8 21.
Kb1 g5 22. Nfe2 Rge8 23. g4 Qf8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Be3 Qh8 26. Nge2 Be5 27. h4 Qg7
28. Rh1 Nf6 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rh5 Rg8 34.
Nd5 Rde8 35. Qc1 Qg7 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Rh2 Rh8 38. Rg2 Nd7 39. Nd4 Rh3 40. c4 Qf6
41. Rf2 Reh8 42. b4 Qe5 43. c5 dxc5 44. bxc5 Nxc5 45. Qc3 f6 46. Rc2 Na4 47.
Qb4 Bd7 48. Nb3 Rh1 49. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 50. Ka2 Nb6 51. Qf8+ Qe8 52. Qxe8+ Bxe8 53.
Nc5 Nd7 54. Nxd7+ Bxd7 55. Kb3 Re1 56. Rc3 Be6+ 57. Kc2 Re2+ 58. Kc1 a5 59. Nc2
Rf2 60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Rc5 b6 62. Rd5 Kc8 63. e5 fxe5 64. Rxe5 c5 65. Nb3 Rf1+ 66.
Kd2 a4 67. Nxc5 bxc5 68. Rxc5+ Kb7 69. Rxg5 Rxf3 70. Rd5 Be6 71. Rd3 Rf1 72.
Rg3 Rf2+ 73. Kc3 Kb6 74. Kb4 Rf4+ 75. Ka3 Kb5 76. Re3 Bd5 77. Rd3 Bc4 78. Re3
Rd4 79. g5 Rd1 80. b3 axb3 81. Re8 Ra1+ 82. Kb2 Ra2+ 83. Kc3 Rc2+ 84. Kd4 b2
85. Rb8+ Ka4 86. g6 Bb5 87. g7 b1=Q 0-1
[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Mitkov, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.23"]
1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 d6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 Be6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Be3 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Na3 Kh7 13. b4 a6 14. c3 Qd6 15. Ng3
Rad8 16. Nc2 Qe6 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 21. f4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Nf6 23. e5 Ng8 24. d4 f6 25. exf6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxf6 27. Ne1 a5
28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. Nd3 Rf7 30. Rde1 Ng8 31. Nh1 Nc4 32. Nhf2 Rdf8 33. Bh2 c6 34.
Nc5 Ra8 35. Nfd3 Ra2 36. Rb1 Nf6 37. Nb4 Ra8 38. Rbe1 Ng8 39. b3 Nb6 40. Nbd3
Ra3 41. Rb1 Nc8 42. Na4 Nf6 43. Kh1 Ne4 44. Rc2 g5 45. Nac5 Ncd6 46. Ne6 Nb5
47. Nxg7 Rxg7 48. Be5 Rf7 49. c4 dxc4 50. bxc4 Nxd4 51. Bxd4 Rxd3 52. Be5 Re7
53. Bh2 Kg6 54. Rcb2 Rc3 55. Rxb7 1/2-1/2
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You see, this opening gives white nothing...He is higher rated than his opponets and only got half point in this!Opening play like this is forbidden in chess school as white loses to much time with his Queen. Many Queen moves early in play is mostly bad..Sometimes myself forget this truth. If you look at my fabouylus game as black against PENTOTAL here on Alice you will see some early Queen moves by me and I got worser game and should have lose an my luck was the incredible end..  WARNING FOR EARLY QUEEN MOVES! 
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Warning for early Queen moves: bad position black after 4 Queen moves at first 15 moves of the game:
White: PENTOTAL
bLACK: GAMBITSHARK
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Bb3 Qe5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bf2 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. c4 Nc7 18. Rad1 Na6 19. g4 Qh3 20. Qa5 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Bg3 h5 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Bd1 Qg5 27. Kh1 e5 28. Rd3 Nb4 29. Rf3 f5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc1 32. Re1 Qxc4 33. Bb3 Qd4 34. Nc3 c5 35. Rd1 Qg4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rf1 Qh3 38. Bc4 Nc6 39. Rd2 Ne5 40. Bb5 c4 41. Rg2 Qd3 42. Rgf2 Qe3 43. a4 Qb6 44. Rg2 a6 45. a5 Qb7 46. Be8 Qa8 47. Ba4 Nf3 48. Bd1 Nh4 49. Rf2 Nxg2 50. Bf3 Qd8 51. Kxg2 Qxa5 52. Rd2 Qc5 53. Re2 h4 54. Nd5 Qd4 55. Ne3 c3 56. bxc3 Qxc3 57. Nd5 Qc4 58. Ne3 Qf4 59. Bd5 a5 60. Bc6 a4 61. Bd5 a3 62. Nc2 h3+ 63. Kg1 Qc1+ 64. Kf2 g5 65. Be6 Qh1 66. Ke3 f4+ 67. Kd2 Qg2 68. Ne1 f3 0-1
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