Canadian bands and other musical junk! Yay!

Hey all.

I know I tend to write a lot in my blog, long entries and frequently, and I'm sorry. Can you lot forgive me?

I just can't seem to help myself. I start typing away and before I know it, I've written a page worth of ramblings. Sometimes not just rambling, but you know what I mean. And I hope that doesn't bother anyone. I just realized that pretty much all my entries are really long because I went through my blog. I honestly don't realize it when I'm typing.

ANYWAYS, wooo 1,000 views in the month of April on my fanfic! I know I said I don't rely on views and comments, but that totally doesn't mean they don't make me extremely happy and proud for once of something that I do! ^.^

And the chapter I'm posting up momentarily is more CHEESE but it had to be told from two points of view, so...um...yeah. Enjoy!

Now, to blither on about something no one will care about for a bit...

I was watching MuchLoud this afternoon, as I do every afternoon because there is NOTHING on TV at 1 pm, and this song came on. And I realized that I hadn't heard that song in quite some time, and I actually enjoy it a lot more now that it doesn't play on the radio every like two songs. Man, both Power 97 AND Hot 103 played that song nonstop in 2006. And then it and the band dropped off the face of the Earth. Don't you just love one-hit wonders? And poor Stabilo, they're going to go down in Canadian history as a major two-hit wonder. Though retardedly, Everybody doesn't have the video on Youtube, even though it was their biggest hit (and with good reason. I still adore that song to this day). Flawed Design, on the other hand, has a marvellous video (I TOTALLY want one of those masks), even if Jesse looks kind of weird with all that blinking. Apparently that's what people do when they aren't used to having cameras in their faces, though, and I guess Stabilo wouldn't be used to that, being a tiny little band after all. One More Pill was the first Stabilo song I heard, the video on MTV2, but the song gets and got no radio airplay. Kidding Ourselves (ooo look I commented on that video! A year ago...before I stopped commenting at all on Youtube) got kind of big for awhile, and was the song that prompted me to buy their album Happiness & Disaster. It's too bad that the actual video isn't on Youtube, because that is by far their best video. You can watch the real video here, but I don't know if that site works outside of Canada, or if anyone cares anyway! :)

My god, I love Canadian music. I start listening to so many bands just because they're Canadian and then I fall in love with them, but it's all good (except for when they tour because they're usually so tiny they can only go to bars so I can't go see them) because at least their albums are sold in the CD stores here! UNLIKE ALL THE GODDAMN EUROPEAN BANDS I KEEP GETTING INTO. Bad, bad Europe, spawning such good metal.

Incidentally, I'm totally into Papa Roach's Scars right now, even though I normally hate that song because a) it has emo lyrics (thank god Jacoby doesn't have an emo voice) and b) it played WAY TOO MUCH on the radio in 2005.

So, I never mentioned that my Nightwish tanktop arrived about a week ago! It is by far my favourite article of Nightwish merchandise. It's one of the like...two articles of clothing that actually make me feel good about myself! I definitely recommend to any chick who intends to order something from the Nightwish shop, or even people who aren't. Muhaha.

TOTALLY PUMPED FOR PAPA ROACH'S ALBUM! It's to be called "Days of Love, Nights of War" and to be released in August! They're on live webcam right now, recording it (without sound) and it's so fucking funny reading the chat when one of the band members comes to talk to us. How the hell do bands put up with such retarded fans?

"OMG JACOBY TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES!"

or when Jerry's at the cam, "JERRY GO GET JACOBY!"

like wtf? You have there a brilliant guitarist who's willing to take some time and chat with us and all anyone cares about it Jacoby. YES Jacoby is fucking sexy and I'd jump him in an instant, but GAH! His fangirls are fucking INSANE! There is more to the band than just one person! ALSO Tobin is unbelievably hot now. Last album...ehm...not so much (understatement)...but he got a haircut and WOW. O.O. I'd jump him in an instant too. Haha how many guys are on my "to-fuck" list? Many, many, and far older than me. Ahh well, I don't think I could ever be a groupie anyway. Talk about totally crossing tons of my own ethical lines.

Though I gotta say, I've got a much greater appreciation for guys with long hair ever since Nightwish. LONG HAIR ISH SHEXY!

ALSO! I WANT A NIGHTWISH MYSPACE LAYOUT! But I am inept. I must search for long and tedious hours for one, and even then probably come up blank. But it's all cool. I do need a new background on there though. I think I've had my current one for like...10 months or so.

So, I'll leave you all be.

ALSO girl guitarists ftw! I totally saw two bands on MuchLoud with girl guitarists. YAY!

Countdown: 13 days!

Currently Listening: Wake Up by Three Days Grace

I'm not angry all the time.

You push me down, at least, you try.

Until we see this eye to eye,

I don't want you.

It took so long to see

You walked away from me

When I need you.

This is hardly deserving of a title.

OMG SHWEET!

CHECK OUT THE POLL BITCHEZ!

haha, sorry.

But yes, check it out.

Currently Listening: All For You by Our Lady Peace

I need relevance, intelligence,

A new tattoo, a lot of sex.

Broken families, the new enemy

And you will not make up for this.

The suburban man, he wants discipline,

But I just need a friend.

CARESS THE OOOooooNNEEEE. SORROOOWWWWWWWWWWW! DAYBREAK! (haha)

ALLO!

Here is my video!

Hmm, so if you've never seen a picture of me (though I'm quite certain that pretty much everyone who frequents this has, but I know there are lurkers also, so...right) you'll definitely know which one is me once you get to the picture with the tell-tale Nightwish hoodie. Though I've no doubt in my mind that you will figure out who I am long before that, because that's just the way it is. Like, the very first time I talked to Alex, I had a picture of me and Sarah as my display picture and he asked me which was me, and I told him to guess, and he got it right. And Joe, too, knew right away which was me in the picture of me, Shanel, Chantal and Jessica. Freaky stuff O.o

In this video, you will see me wearing:

A Papa Roach t-shirt

A Papa Roach zip-up hoodie

A Nirvana shirt

A Nirvana armband

A Nightwish t-shirt

A Nightwish hoodie

And also holding two Our Lady Peace CDs! That was the day I bought them.

I'm mildly surprised that my Thornley shirt never showed up, because I do wear that quite frequently, but ah well. In pretty much every picture, I have some decoration on my shirt. But it was interesting to go through my pictures and see the times when I was blonde and happy, and wore yellow and colours, and then all of a sudden I'm wearing black all the time, or band shirts (the one band shirt that's not black is PINK, yes, but it has SKULLS on it and it's PAPA ROACH so it's all fine, even though, to quote The Crypt, skulls are SO last year...well it was last year, so plef).

So, I had to upload it to this Viddler website [nerdspeak] because the .avi file that I exported the video as originally was over 1000 MB, so I went back through Premiere Elements and exported it as an .mpeg, but that was like over 300 MB, still too big for Youtube, Facebook and a plethora of other sites. I used my converter and converted the .avi into an mpeg, and that brought it to 100 MB, but something got fucked up and the video went all wonky. So I downloadede a DivX converter and that got it down to like 96 MB, but no websites accept that kind of movie file. So I found this Viddler site which imposes no size or time limit, and I uploaded the .avi (which is the best quality...hence the huge file size), and it took 6 hours for it to upload and encode. [/nerdspeak]

And that thing at the end of the video is an insider between Shanel and me, lol. You can ask but it still won't make sense. And I know there's typo, and I also forgot a person in the credits, because I am a horrible great-grand-daughter.

So, you know what I wish? That there was a "reply to comment" button. Because it's a bit retarded to reply to them in a blog entry. But anyways. Yes, I do have a Youtube account, my username there is aforgottenmemory, though the last video I uploaded was in June 2007, the project Shanel and I did for New Media, that I wound up staying up 'til 3 AM the night before it was due, editing. I have two projects underway for Youtube, one for those who subscribed to me specifically for What About Brian videos, and one because I just adore Nightwish so ^.^.

When the guy grabbed my ass, I tried to move away from him, but the metro was so crowded it was impossible to move, and arms were so tangled up that mine were cramping and in pain. It was bad times.

The guy at the store that sold Nightwish stuff was really happy to be making a sale...I don't know how well those kind of things sell there. But I was definitely in Nightwish heaven. I said to Chantal, "I want to move to Europe!" and he's like, "You want to move to Europe? Don't." And I'm like, "Really? Why not?" And he said, "It's a disaster. There are no jobs."

But I wouldn't move to Italy because I didn't like Italy.

Because I'm more inspired now than I have been since the first three chapters of the fanfic, I will indeed post the chapter to make up for last Wednesday, and I can also guarantee one for this upcoming Wednesday! So be joyous. Also, wtf?! I had 65 views on Wordpress today! Is it some special "let's go read Nightwish fanfics" day that I wasn't aware of? lol.

Also, a word for the wise, from me, never watch CSI while eating. I was innocently eating my sandwich and I caught the tail end of the episode where that guy buried those two girls in a pit, one who was from Russia or wherever and went to the States in a suitcase and died in transit, and then the girl who was beaten to death, and it was the flashback where the husband dude was beating the girl to death and I think I quite nearly vomited. She had her jaw wired shut or something and he like THROWS hair bleach or something into her face and she like makes this noise of pain and then he starts hitting her and I was like "O.O omg...can't eat...". Weird, because that episode's never bothered me before.

Well now I have to go since the parents have begun a movie and the surround sound is exceptionally loud right here. I know I talked a lot in this entry, I'm very wordy today, what can I say?

AND THANK YOU SHANEL! I FLOAT YOUR BOOT! YOU MADE MY DAY! :D

And I'm all obsessed with this song again.

Currently Listening: Amaranth by Nightwish

Caress the One, the Never-Fading,
Rain in your heart,

The tears of snow-white sorrow.

Caress the One, the hiding amaranth

In a land

Of the daybreak.

Komm doch bitte, bitte, bitte, noch ein bisschen näher.

No, I do not know completely what the title to this entry means. Though vaguely I do. And it's just some lyrics.

Weee, I finally finished the next chapter of the fanfic!

In fact, I know all the things to write at the moment, so I'm even making a backlog! So, about this fanfic, so that you know, I don't rely on views and comments. It's just a very good motivator, haha. But I'll keep going until I have nothing left to say. So, no, there is no set number of chapters, I just know what's going to happen. The story seems to be more writing itself than anything, you could say.


But now then, do I post the chapter today, or should I just wait until Wednesday? *shrugs*.

And I totally went back into Chapter 13 and fixed that one line of Emppu's because I was a retard, haha.

On another note, not writing related, I've finished that video I made. Woop. It won't be done uploading 'til tomorrow though, and then you can watch it.

Now, all you friendly readers and people I will forcibly poke over here, I need help making a decision. Which song do I learn next on guitar?

10th Man Down

Ever Dream

Slaying the Dreamer

The Siren

All by, naturally, Nightwish.

THIS DECISION IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.


I got kind of sad last night because I was reading an email I got on May 11th, 2007 from Isa in regards to something I wrote on my old blog. It makes me sad because we don't talk anymore. The blog entry was about how you can never really know if somebody you've never met is lying to you or not online, and how they can never know if you're lying or not, and how it kind of sucks that way, because you want to think you have a real friendship with these people, but it'd be so easy for them to fabricate a life. So, part of what she wrote was:
"From those 9 people I don't know, I feel 3 of them are my friends (one of them is you)...because I believe everything they say to me, I don't really know why, but I feel sure they're not lying to me, so I don't lie to them either, and I tell them the things that I really think and feel..."
And I can remember those days, when we were pretty tight (as much as can be online), and we'd have these pretty profound conversations (seriously, wow). So yeah, it depresses me because she said I was one of the three people she's never met that she trusted, and we were friends, and now I think of the people I talk to now who say the same thing, and that I say the same thing to, and I just wonder if it's all going to wind up how it is now with me and Isa, where we talk once every like...2 months, and we find out that our interests aren't in common at all anymore, and the conversations die right away. It's depressing. I think I'll stop thinking about this now. If only it were so easy. This is a retarded thing to be sad over, but I'm sure all you other internet and MSN-holics could get where I'm coming from, right?


So anyways...further news from my Europe travel journal (since I know that at least Shanel cares).

Day 5 - Venice - 22:20 - March 24
I didn't get the chance to write yesterday, but not much happened anyway. We stopped in Innsbruck at a crystal shop where I bought a bracelet. Most stores were closed for Easter but we went to a chocolate store where I bought a chocolate bar (way better than Canadian chocolate).
Then we went to Verona, where Romeo & Juliet is set. We saw Juliet's balcony (which isn't really her balcony) which was pretty cool. Then we drove to our hotel. I talked to one of the Americans on the way to Verona. His name's Will and he's nice.
Anyways, today we went on a walking tour of Venice (our guide had the most adorable accent) and then had 6 hours of free time. Me, Paige and Chantal wandered around, went for pizza, which was the best pizza ever, and shopped. I found a Nightwish hoodie! I nearly died of happiness. Something more for them to sign when I meet them on May 14th! We went to a glassblowing place where I bought Jeanette a glass penguin. I also bought a Venitian mask. Venice has a lot of great things, but it's also kinda gungy and smelly. Verona was the same. Weather was cloudy and cold with some sun, yesterday as well. Tomorrow's Rome!

Day 7 - Rome - 22:20 - March 26
Yesterday wasn't exciting so I didn't write anything. Basically, we drove all day, got to Rome and had supper (mushroom pizza with fruit for dessert - mildly disappointing, I gotta say) then went to the hotel. I had an epic email from Daria, which was nice to read. I'm going to try to respond tomorrow in Florence if we have internet.
So today we went on a tour of Rome. We saw Vatican City, the Colosseum and the Spanish Steps. Our guide was dreadfully monotonous. We then had 2 hours of free time, so me, Chantal and Paige got gelaties. We got lost on our way back to the Spanish Steps. We followed the map, which said the street led there but there was a gate where (in hindsight) the top of the steps would have been, and it was closed. We had ten minutes to get there before we were late so we ran to another street and finally found our way to the top of the steps, barely on time. Our group took the metro to the restaurant and some guy grabbed my ass. Which was awkward.
Supper was lasagna (the best I've ever tasted), roast beef & veggies, and a fruit cup for dessert.
I'm starting to want to go home. The American girls are bitches (I've overheard conversations between them about us) and I'm constantly paranoid that they're talking about me. It's for that, mainly, that I'd like to go home.

Day 8 - Florence - 21:21 - March 27
Today started off pretty badly. We were out the door at 7:30 and I was starving by the time we got here but we arrived late and only had half an hour for lunch. Me and Paige wanted to just go anywhere and get food but weren't allowed to go on our own, so we had to follow the group who was following Mr.Chapman. Turns out he had no idea where he was going so we didn't get to eat until 4:30, after the tour. Oh, and I got hit by a bike. Yes, a bike. We were crossing the street and a bus barely stopped for us to cross. It was about a foot away. Distracted by this, I didn't see the bicyclist. So it was a shock to have him crash into me. He yelled at me in Italian (if I had hit someone with my bike, I'd have stopped, apologized and checked to see i they were okay) and rode off. I think Nolan tried to stop my fall, but he couldn't. I hit the ground (as did my camera) and lay in the street for far too long. That damn bus was like two feet from my head. I don't remember who helped me up, but I think it was Montana. Anyways, it didn't hurt until after; I think I might have been shocked (both by being hit and by how rude the guy who hit me was).
My mood was vastly improved after eating. Chantal, Paige and I went shopping though some marketplace thing with lots of kiosks (though the vendors were really pushy). I bought a leather purse (original price: 95 euro. I got it for 60), 2 Nightwish shirts, a Nightwish patch and a leather bracelet! I'm ecstatic by how much Nightwish stuff that one store had. I sat on the floor with like ten Nightwish shirts around me, almost crying with happiness (maybe that's a tiny bit of an exaggeration). It was all men's shirts, but I'll be getting them tailored. The guy who helped me was really nice, too.
Rooming with two Americans tonight. Nice to your face, mean behind your back.
Supper was bowtie pasta, mystery meat & potatoes, and ice cream.
Tomorrow's Switzerland! Hope the weather's nice and that my mp3 player doesn't die.

Currently Listening: The Power of Love by Oomph!

The power of love,

A force from above,

Cleaning my soul.

Flame on burn desire,

Love with tongues of fire.

Purge the soul,

Make love your goal.

I adore this band. Seriously. I'm so glad I found out about them. Then again, they don't distribute in North America, so *sighs*...no CDs for me, until I have money to order some, at least.

Countdown: 17 days!

No fanfic.

There will be no fanfic update tonight.

Because everything I wrote turned into shit.

I may put a chapter up tomorrow if I can spew something of decent quality out.

I wish I was funny.

And that I didn't bore you all with the mundane details of my everyday life.

I'm sowwy I'm not that good of a writer.

That being said, little muse o' mine, which has decided not to let me write anything well, or be able to draw anything well, though I have drawn something and someday I'll post it (I'm not sure I like it enough to show anyone yet), has the nigglings of an idea for a Tuomas/Anette fanfic.

We shall see. Not like anyone would care anyway *rolls eyes at self*.

23 days!

Also, Canada sucks and I hate it.

I vow to move to Europe someday.

gaspify

So.

Friday night I got really, really blue, though I'm not sure what triggered it. I just suddenly missed my step-mom, Holly, like mad. Her and I used to be pretty close, but then she and my dad moved away and then she had Aiden, so we aren't anymore. I decided to call my dad and hope to talk to her as well, but she was in Alaska for business, so I talked to my dad for like 45 minutes (which is pretty much a record for us...neither of us being the talkative type), and he tried to get me to talk to Aiden, but Aiden was too busy watching Final Fantasy VII to care, so oh well. I cannot believe Aiden is starting school in September. God, I feel old. But anyways, I guess I'll be talking to Holly this Friday, on her birthday, so it's all good, kinda.

As for stuff I have to post. Well. I went through my binder from last semester and found a few gems. Like when I wrote out the entire Papa Roach Getting Away With Murder album over the course of like...a week in chemistry class. Oh yes, I value school so much.



Then there was the pricelessness in Lit class with Tina's pink pen. And her CLASHing red. Written during the beginnings of my Emppu phase, hence the "oh em ee"...the retarded scanner cut off the bottom of that page too, but evidently I finished writing the verse.



Also in that class, I drew this ugly thing. Keep in mind that Mr.Magnifico was blithering away about poetry and kept going on and on asking us what power they had, to which I knew the answer immediately. So he finally asked me, because he saw I was busy drawing this, and so I said "Words." And then he admonished me for keeping quiet for so long. But I'm not going to voluntarily draw the entire attention of the class onto myself, so why would I speak up? But anyways, the drawing looks like poo, and I've since practiced my drawing skillz muchly. But oh well, it was good times. Tina and Angie got confused, haha.



The time when I wrote out the entire Dark Passion Play album in this trippy format. It took a VERY long time to do....WAIT! I think I may not have Meadows of Heaven! AHH! SHAME ON ME! My favourite song from that album and I never wrote it in *sniffles*.



Last but not least was the OLP Hope song which I did in Comp. Though I got the lyrics wrong in some spots, but oh well. And the guy DOES NOT have a boner, though it looks like it. My scanner either 1) caught a fold in the paper or 2) was thrown off by the looseleaf hole there.



There were more things, but I don't feel the need to share them. Actually there is one more thing, but I kind of have it on my wall, so eventually, I will scan it and you will see. If you care. Likely you don't.

AND I need to show you this. It made me laugh hysterically everytime it came up. So, you know I'm making that video for friends and family. Well, Adobe Premiere Elements scews the pictures in the preview, and look at what it did to Shanel's face:

EDIT: CRAP! The stupid thing is too small. Am going to take another screencap then, whenever I open Adobe Premiere Elements today.
EDIT 2: There we go. Now you should be able to see, Daria. Look at her eye! lol! But maybe you're right and you do need o be able to compare it to something. *shrugs*



I'm likely the only person who finds that funny, eh?

ONE last thing. I finally drew something half-decent with my drawing tablet.
Do you recognize this person?
I'm working on making a bunch of people kinda cartoon-ish. That picture was part copied, part traced and part done by my imagination (meaning the face, lol). It's really slow going because I generally lose patience before it's finished. But ohhh well. I know it isn't spectacular but COME ON! I'm just a beginner :(

I'll shut up now. Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend and yay! No school tomorrow!

AND fyi, my words of the year are "epic" and "awesomesauce".

Currently Listening: All Comes Out In the Wash by Thornley

I'd never have guessed you and I would be friends,

I'll never say never again.

I spent hours on the phone, and all the rest.

I guess I bleed the best.

And every night, it's plain to see

It wasn't meant to be.

Some fangirling...

Awww guys I just watched this video again, and it almost makes me cry (happily, mind you). Watch Tuomas, just watch him. AWWWW I want to hug him very badly! He looks like he can't believe just how great everything's gone, and then when Anette comes to front of the stage, and he smiles AND HE HAS SUCH AN ADORABLE SMILE! But it's really just so great to see them happy and...happy. Really, that's what gets me I think.

I apologize. I couldn't help myself.

Also, I love Emppu.

Will write tomorrow or Sunday, have some things to post.

*could die happily*

Hey all!

GUESS WHAT?! PAPA ROACH IS COMING TO WINNIPEG! *squeeeee!!!*
Though tickets are mad expensive because they are playing with Motley Crue. Damn. But Motley Crue's not as bad as the other old rock bands (imo).

Now if only I could go to the Gigantour that has Megadeth and Children of Bodom playing. But I have no money. Barely enough to buy tickets to whatever-the-fuck the Motley Crue tour's being called.

Anyways, here's me trying not to get my hopes up, but I can't help it. The dealie is that since PRoach is playing at the MTS Centre, my mom and her handy city government contacts (meaning Kenny Boyce) might be able to get me a meet&greet with them!!!!!!! THAT WOULD MEAN MEETING MY TWO FAVOURITE BANDS IN THE SPAN OF FOUR MONTHS!

Oh. My. God.

I'm sorry for that, I can't help but be excited.

So I'm going with Janice (whom I converted into Papa Roach love when she used to hate them. I am damn good at doing that. Sarah used to hate them, but now she likes them! She also used to hate OLP, but now she's starting to like them! All because of me! Muahaha!) and tickets go on sale on Saturday at 6am. Meaning that I will have to be up then to buy tickets. Because it is Motley Crue and they will sell out fast (given the tiny size of the MTS centre, and the fact that it is the largest venue here). Unfortunaly floor tickets are like...$100-$250. The cheapest seats (aka nose-bleed) are $40-$70. I am willing to have nose-bleed seats for Papa Roach though, and I will make an idiot of myself amongst those who refuse to stand up there, because I will stand, fist pump and metal-horn like mad, sing along. They'll all be high, what will they care?

Also, I'm sorry that I've been blogging so much lately O.O. Hope I'm not annoying. Then again, it isn't like anyone's forcing you to read this anyway. I kind of blog what I'm thinking when I'm bored, and I'm bored far too frequently.

I ordered the Nightwish Pendulum girlie top (aka tanktop) and a Rock Sound magazine that has a Nightwish poster in it. The top wasn't bad, well it was. It came to be $40 after shipping. But whatever, it's worth it. The magazine though. Phew. I ordered it from eBay and it's from England. So it costs like 3.80 pounds or something on its own, which is cool, that's like $8 Canadian. But then the shipping price was like 4.50 pounds! WTF! I paid 4 something euros to ship the shirt, so that is complete madness for a magazine, since British currency is worth far more than euros even! So I paid pretty much $17 for a magazine. IT DAMN WELL BETTER BE WORTH IT.

And now I have no money. At all.

@Naiya - *gasps* FAILING TO CONVERT THEM TO HOLOPAINISM?! Oh yes, you have to get sneaky. Everyone's life would be much greater if we were all Holopainists ^.^. And my username currently is Picture, but was OutOfMyMind for some time. I've only made like twenty posts though, haha.

Currently Listening: Rain Awhile by Stabilo

And I want my pain back,

And I want the world to see

There's nothing you can choose, nothing you can lose

Except your free will to be.

I'm better off as a stable boy,

You're better off as a picture on the wall,

You're better off believing you're a ghost

Than believing you can think at all.

EDIT: Also, forgive all the goddamn typos I make in this blog. I send my sincerest apologies. I loathe typos. They make me feel like an idiot.

And the obsession sinks in deeper...

It wasn't really that big of a problem, was it? The world was going to end, that's all. Derek didn't think it was a problem. All they had to do was...not die. Simple enough.

See, it all started when Nightwish fired Tarja Turunen, singer of ten years, because she (allegedly) became a bitch. This sent diehard fans into an uproar and they'd all begun plotting Nightwish's downfall. Of course it woldn't seem like such a big deal, but since Tuomas Holopainen is Jesus, it is.

But then, in May 2007, Nightwish announced their new lead singer, Anette Olzon (who, incidentally, is a pixie) to the world. That's when the plans to bring Nightwish down really began to take shape, and drama surrounded every step of the bend's current and ex members. Anette was sent a death threat, it came out that the pixie and Jesus had been getting it on, Marco (the viking) and Emppu (the metal elf) got into a drunken brawl, Jukka (the Nightowl) had been heavily immersed in a cocaine habit and Tarja (the ice queen) had been cheating on her husband Marcelo (master passion greed) with American actor Wentworth Miller. Fans were confused, unsure of who to hate more, but the ones planning the end of Nightwish continued putting their plan into motion.

Derek had found out about the plan because someone had approached him and told him he looked like a Tarja fan and would he like to help with the plan? Suspicious, Derek agreed (though he wasn't a Tarja fan...in fact, he had taken to calling her "Ratja") but honestly, he now made a point of stopping the Anette hate. When this guy told him there was a plan to destroy th best band in the world, he had to know what it was so he could warn Jesus and the others.

The plan was pretty violent; they would go to a local Nightwish concert and blow up the venue. This would be a signal for other ice queen cults, who would then radiate whole cities with a radition gun powered by Dark Passion Play so that they could say that the new Nightwish had, in fact, destroyed the world. Horrified by the plan, Derek knew he had to tell Jesus, because Jesus would use his magical compositional powers to put an end to it all.

He found out that Nightwish was to be playing in his city soon, and he immediately bought tickets. Unfortunately, the VIP tickets with the meet & greet wereall sold out, so he wouldn't be able to warn them that way. He had to hope to meet them before or after the gig, or maybe he'd make a big sign to show during the gig. Yes, that was a good idea.

Finally the night of the concert arrived, and Derek continued to pretend to be in on the plan. He started queuing at noon, hoping to catch the band as they went for soundcheck, but they must have gone in through a back door. So Derek made the sign he would hold up. It said:

YOUR LIVES ARE IN DANGER.

TUOMAS, SAVE US.

He held the sign up in the middle of Amaranth and he could see the metal elf leaning over to read it. Emppu gestured to Tuomas, and then Jesus read it too. He nodded, face determined and scanned the crowd. Derek could see him mouth some words and then all of a sudden, big lightning bolts shot from his keyboards and the speakers. A deep, booming voice said, "DO NOT DESTROY THE WORLD. YOU ARE ALL DAMNED." Someone near Derek screamed and then melted into a puddle of manflesh and blood.

And the world was saved.

And the religion of Holopainism was born.

No offense intended to Tarja followers or anything. It's all fiction. And if you consider me calling Tuomas Jesus blasphemy, then I shrug at you, because at this point I'm sure I'm going to hell anyway. I see no belief for me in the near future.

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I wrote that in geo class for Shanel (hence the Wentworth mention) when we were supposed to be watching some movie about petrol and junk. It made the time go faster...ish. This was also written right after some discussion on the Nightwish boards about how Tuomas looks like Jesus and stuff. Not like I actually participated in the conversation. Or any conversation there that I would participate in had it been on PRU or any other forum where I'm comfortable.

Amusingly, I just looked at my posts on the Nightwsh forum, and all my posts are in the Anette thread, with the exception of like...three. Hahaha. Well I guess something good came from that forum, eh? I'd never have started talking to Mike if not for that. Too bad I couldn't go to the concert in Minneapolis *sighs*. Oh well. 30 DAYS!!!! 30 days until I meet my favourite band and personal heroes! Oh god, I'm going to die of happiness.

AND the guy at my bus stop bought tickets for the concert! Yay! Though my retarded Monday morning brain, which also had some good ol' Raine Maida tunes infusing it, misheard him and made an idiot of me. But oh well. I'd talk to him some more (because I need more Nightwish friends!) but I'm too shy. Hah. I hate being shy.

You know what would be hilarious? If he actually wound up being a reader of this blog (oh yes, just because you guys don't comment doesn't mean I don't know you're all there). Hello bus stop dude if you do!

I have many other things I've written to post to this blog, and I'll get around to it. Sometime.

I bought a drawing tablet! Now if only I could use it!

Can you tell I'm writing as I think?

Oh! And I am definitely going to have fanfic update for tomorrow! I know exactly what to write! Normally I just have vague ideas about what I'll write and then I sit down and let the words kind of...go. But this time I know!!

I'm gonna go, dears. And non-dears. And random strangers.

I want to find more funny-people blogs. I've two in my favourites, but only one of them writes anything anymore. Though I don't comment so they don't even know I'm there, haha. I'M SHY! SO SUE ME!

Also, links are totally going to be updated (with a singular new link) moments after I publish this post.

Currently Listening: My Heart is a Fist by Papa Roach

So watch me fall from grace,

Watch me carve my hate.

In the heart of a lover,

I feel I could never escape my fate.

THEY ARE NOT NU-METAL ANYMORE. They are a rock band and that's all there is to it. Nu-metal lasted all of ONE ALBUM and they didn't sell out! That is all.

EDIT: WTF IS UP WITH BLOG HTML! GAHHHHHHH!!!! *kills self*

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Muahaha. I finished on time. Well ten minutes late, but shut up. And I know the ending sucks but shush. I'm sorry. And I'm trying to get Tarja out of the "main circle" until I figure out what the hell to do with her character. I need advice, pplz...and one of the people who gave me advice is really, really unhelpful 'cause he doesn't care about the fanfic anymore, and the other seems to have disappeared (seriously. Mike, dude, get with the program! I'm kidding, I'm sure you're just busy. But I will maul you when I see you on MSN again. You've been warned). So for now I'm just gonna clean up that Tarja bundle for awhile and continue on with how I wanted things to go originally.

Awesome experience of the day: the guy who's been at my bus stop every morning since this semester began talked to me about Nightwish today! Because I was wearing my Nightwish hoodie! I was very happy that someone in this big small city knew of them! He asked me if I was going to the concert, and I told him yes, and I asked him if he was and he said he might. I told him I had VIP tickets, and he said he had considered that, but didn't get them. He might go to the concert, he said, since it isn't sold out. He shold go, he'll probably regret not going if he doesn't.

ANYWAYS I'm done for today. I think my lungs are about to explode, by the way. So farewell if I die. Though I hope I don't because it's not yet been the Nightwish concert...

OH! OH! OH! I wanted to randomly mention that I've decided to make a tribute video! For my friends and family! Keeps your eyes peeled...a link shall be posted when it is complete.

Currently Listening: Superman's Dead by Our Lady Peace

Are you worried about your faith?

Kneel down and obey.

You're happy you're in love...

You need someone to hate.

An ordinary girl, an ordinary waist.

But ordinary's just not good enough today.

I've really been in an Our Lady Peace mood of late...

SO MANY WORDS.

I AM DYING! I swear to god. No, I can't be (swearing to god since I'm atheist...but I meant I can't be dying), because I must at least live until May 15th ^.^
But SERIOUSLY this cold is killing me, because it isn't a cold, I swear it's some malicious French lung-destroying disease. Instead of getting better, it's only getting worse. I could barely breathe in geo class today, I swear. It was baaaaaad. DAMN PARISIANS! Or rather, DAMN EF FOR NOT GETTING A GOOD HOTEL IN PARIS because I BET that's where it's from. I swear I could FEEL it entering my lungs that first night there, and oh, it wasn't only me who got sick there, no. BUT WHATEVER!

You know what I just realized? I missed American Idol, which I was going to watch tonight because someone was singing an Our Lady Peace song and I was all "GASP! WHAT?! Canadian music in the States?! SHOCK! HORROR! HAPPINESS!" ahaha.
Overtired? Maybe.

Anywho...what can I say? I dunno if ya'll read the announcement I made over at my fanfic, but see here's the thing. I'm supposed to have an update for tomorrow night, and I haven't written a thing, because I don't know what to write. THIS IS WHY I MUST SPEAK WITH MIKE! DUDE! Why aren't you ever online? I neeeeed your heeeeeeelp. Because here's the thing: Tarja. She is the only character I CANNOT figure out what to do with. When I started writing, she was going to be VILE but then I was like, "Naw, she wouldn't be that mean." So I was going to fix it all so that she went back to being kind of diva-ish like she was in the what was it? 3rd chapter? But then there is the whole issue of ending my last chapter like I did because of certain bad bad things going on then, and it wasn't going to end like that, but it did, and of course I can't just ignore her now, not with an ending like that and I FUCKED IT ALL UP SO DAMN BAD! Arg. I'm sure it'll all work out, somehow, and I'll get around to writing things how they were intended to be eventually. Because I know what will happen, and it isn't good. Poor Anette :(
But this is what my muse dictates, so this is what will be.

This is going to be a long blog post, in case you hadn't noticed.

So anyways, today I had lots of bonding time with my lovely guitar, because we had some catching up to do after my extensive absence. Of course, I played guitar the night I got back, even though it was 5 in the morning at that time, but I needed to spend more time. So today, I think I just played and played for about 2 hours straight, and then some more. It was excellent. I taught myself to play Nemo (solo and all!) and Dead Boy's Poem, though I'm not fond of my acoustic guitar, so Dead Boy's Poem, wasn't so fun to play. I of course also played other songs, but Nemo was the one I played the most I think, because that solo's pretty fun.

I know, I blither a lot.

So heyyy you guys wanna read my travel journal?

I'll just post the Germany days today though, okies?

ALRIGHTY!

Day 1 - Frankfurt - 21:51 - March 20
We've arrived in Europe after a 2-hour delay at the Toronto airport. Chantal & I arrived at the international departures almost half an hour after what was supposed to be boarding time only to find that our group still had not boarded. Shortly after, though, we boarded and waited for departure, which was supposed to be half an hour later by that time.
After ten minutes had passed beyond when we were supposed to leave, the captain announced that there were "fuel problems" and the flight would be delayed. We waited on-board for another hour before the captain again went on the intercom and told us that we'd have to switch planes to one leaving an hour later, but we could wait inside the terminal. Se we did. All the stores were closed by this point, past midnight, except for Tim Hortons. Needless to say, a very long line formed, and was moving slowly due to the fact that there was only one person working. I waited in line the entire hour only to get there and find out that the iced capp machine wasn't working, nor was the hot chocolate one. So Nicole nicely bought me a Diet Pepsi.
Finally we boarded the new plane and I took my seat, 37 E, beside Paige and Nicole. Montana sat on Nicole's other side and Chantal sat behind Paige. Overall, the flight was okay, though I barely slept. I woke up every time we hit turbulence or any loud noise was made. It didn't help that I had only a threadbare peasant blanket that barely kept any warmth in, nor the fact that those airplane seats are damn uncomfortable. I listened to music the entire night though, and as we began our descent, I listened to Rammstein (of course! One must listen to a German band when landing in Germany!). The airplane breakfast was almost all things I dislike, but I ate the croissant and hashbrowns and gave Nicole my ygurt. Everything else remained untouched.
Shorlty after, we landed in Frankfurt, where our group crammed onto a shuttle bus with several other groups, whichdrove us to where we would pick up our baggage. We went through customs with no hassle and grabbed our suitcases, then we headed to the bus where the kids from Tennessee were. We'll be travelling with them 'til the end of the trip. At first they seemed pretty cool and they asked lots of questions about Canada (since apparently Americans know absolutely nothing about us and we are complete foreigners), but they seem pretty annoying by this point.
We drove to Heidelberg castle, an old, well, castle in Heidelberg, outside of Frankfurt. It's ruins now, but still pretty interesting. I took a lot of pictures. Afterwards we were allowed to explore Heidelberg for an hour, which would have been far more fun if it hadn't been rainy and cold all day. But we (me, Chantal, Nicole, Paige, Montana) walked down the main street and checked out a bunch of stores. Heidelberg's streets are real cobblestones!
After shopping we went to the hotel where we were assigned rooms. I'm with Chantal. These rooms are unbelievably tiny, and there's literally no room for comfort. The supper provided was okay - asparagus soup (blech!) followed by veggies, potatoes and pork roast, followed by ice cream. I'm not feelig so great right now, though, and I really wish I'd brought some Pepto. Maybe I'll mooch Gravol from Paige.
Anyways, tomorrow's off to Munich, which should be fun.

Day 2 - Munich - 00:00 - March 21
Woke up at 6:45 and had a cheese sandwich for breakfast and then we headed out. It was grey and rainy and cold again and as moved toward Munich, it turned snowy.
We went to see a castle and to get to it we had to hike uphill quite a distance. My hands were frozen. Afterwards, we drove to Munich city. For supper we had rigattoni noodles and beef in some kind of sauce. It was really good! I also tried some German drink that's a mix of Fanta orange and cola that was also good! I hope tomorrow the weather is nicer though.

Day 3 - Munich - 21:20 - March 22
We woke up at 8 but I was almost more tired than the time we woke up at 6:45. Probably because I was up 'til one watching German MTV and reading. But anyways. Breakfast was croissants and O.J. and then we headed to Dachau, an old concentration camp turned into a memorial/musuem. We watched a video that told us about things that happened there and then were allowed to wander for an hour and some. Chantal and I checked out the barracks, nun section, crematorium and various other places.
After Dachau we went to Marienplatz in Munich, which is the main square, and were allowed free reign fortwo hours. The crowds were insane. I've never seen so many pedestrains in one place. Also, they are more impatient than in Canada, as in, they keep walking forward and don't move out of the way if you need to cross their path. I had Subway for lunch and then checked out a few stores. I didn't buy anything, though I saw a fewthings I wanted. After that we went on a two-hour bus tour of Munich, followed by watching the glockenspiel (sp?) at 17:00, which is some weird song thing. It's hard to explain. Then we had another half hour to shop.
Supper was mashed potatoes (which were unnaturally deliscious) and a hamburger thing following vegetable soup. Dessert was a bunch of berries. Lea, the exchange student who was at our school last year, met us for the glockenspiel. She was only in one of my classes and we never talked so I didn't think she knew me, but apparently she did and she talked to me and Chantal a bit. She's pretty cool.
After supper we headed to the hotel.
The sun was shining today!
Tomorrow's off to Venice after a stop in Austria. Long bus ride indeed.

There you go. Pictures to be uploaded sometime eventually.

OH MY GOD I just visited my Myspace, and I remember how much I love my profile song! lol! You'd think I'd just KNOW that I loved it, but these things tend to slip your mind when your mind becomes filled with Nightwishness!

I'm done talking now. I'm sorry I'm so long-winded and overtired.

And SERIOUSLY Mike, message me ASAP. I didn't block you in a fit of rage, and the French boys didn't romance me in the streets of the city of love, ahaha.

Currently Listening: Innocent by Our Lady Peace

And well, she wishes she was a dancer

And that she'd never heard of cancer.

She wishes God would give her some answers

And make her feel beautiful.

Raine! Oh, and btw, I'm home.

I'M HOME!!!

Oh my god, it's great to be back.

I took around 600 pictures in Europe, so I've got to root through them all. I've also kept a journal while I was there, so I'll begin posting that tomorrow, deals?

About the Raine Maida concert though...omg. Okay so basically, my tickets never arrived and I called my mom and she said that Ticketmaster wouldn't give me my ticket or give me cash back. So she called and threw a bitch fit at the manager or whatever and finally they relented and said I could pick up a ticket at the window at the venue.

I called Jeanette, who I was supposed to go with, and told her that the concert was a go, and she sounded all disappointed, said she'd made other plans. I asked her what she thought of the CD and she said she didn't like it, so I'm assuming she hadn't ACTUALLY made other plans, but just didn't want to go. I was getting desperate by now, and I had $50 which I was going to use to pay Arielle back for the Three Days Grace concert back in January. I hoped she'd understand though, and I called Janice and asked her if she would go with me if I bought her ticket now and she paid me back later. She assented and we picked up her ticket on the way to the concert.

We arrived at the Garrick and I got my ticket with no problems. We walked to the main concert area and it is TINY. And it was very un-full. That place is gonna be CRAMMED when Nightwish plays. But anyways, we sat down and then when Billy the Kid was gonna start we decided to stand. I actually liked Billy the Kid's music, though I felt bad for her because the crowd was really unresponsive. I'd have bought one of her five dollar CDs, except I had absolutely no cash on me. She was even out at the merch table signing CDs and taking pictures after the concert. But I digress.

Anyways, so we waited for half an hour and I could see Chantal Kreviazuk at the bottom of the stairs (I was second row right by the speakers) and I was like "OMG! IT'S CHANTAL!" and then the band came on stage, and then Chantal and then Raine! I think the first song was Careful What You Wish For and I honestly remember none of the songs after that. It was so crazy, and the sound was awesome and they were so, so close, since there's no security barrier at the Garrick. At one point, Raine asked us to cheer for the band, and he listed each member and then he came to Chantal Kreviazuk and the whole venue exploded with cheers and she said that when she was touring across Canada, she wanted to honestly be able to say that Winnipeg was the best place, and there were even more cheers. She is an amazing person; it's hard to believe she came from here. Apparently she even used to go to the Garrick to watch movies, haha.

For the encore, when they came back, Raine's like "Now that's what I'm talking about!" and then he said that it would be a shame for him to have such amazing talent on stage with him and not to let her sing, so then Chantal sang a cover of the Pixies song "Where is my Mind?" (which she introduced by dedicating it to her grandmother who's ill, and she said that her grandma would probably find the song quite funny). In the first notes, Janice like doubled over, and I thought she was mocking Chantal because she sounded nothing like the Pixies version (I've not heard much by the Pixies). It turns out that it was in amazement because it sounded, and I quote, "Just like it!".

It was just wonderful, anyways, and Janice said she really liked it a lot, and she didn't think she'd enjoy it as much as she did. She said she might even go buy Raine's CD now. I'm really happy to have seen Raine so close, and Chantal, and I would kill for them to come back. And I bet Our Lady Peace will come back after their next album!

BUT NIGHTWISH IS SOON! 38 DAYS!