MAYHEM

The amount of work just seems never ending.. I wish it was Christmas already. I'd have 5 days on my hands just to chill and be w/ my family. This week I have been not able to do much since I had two of my wisdom teeth removed on Monday morning. I look like a chipmunk atm and I have two meetings tomorrow, which I have to attend, can't skip them. Oh the pain. Same thing again next month, can't wait...

So I have 2 days to rehearse 62 songs for the weekend, from which 11 are completely new. I'm screwed. Normally that wouldn't be a problem at all, but with this amount of pain... Dunno. We'll see. I'm going to Oulu once again for the weekend, band rehearsals that is.

RAISED BY WOLVES

Here's a little treat; a sneak peek from the photo shoot we had last weekend! The tour's gonna be 22 gigs total and the theme is "Pedro's Airlines".. that's why we were dressed as flight attendants w/ a pin up -twist.


Teh singer, Heidi


Drummer Suvi and Satu, our keyboard-player

The rehearsals went well, got 23 new songs for the gigs!

Also my friend asked whether I was interested coming to play a few songs in a charity event next Saturday.. What can I say? No payment of course since it's for charity but free meal and drinks, and for a good cause.. of course I'm doing it, what friends are for. It's only a small event, only ab 200 people, but it's outside! November in Finland that is. This ought to be interesting..
Freakin' out a little over here. I never tend to get nervous when playing "normal" gigs, even if there's hundreds or thousands of people, but when I'm doing it on my own, alone...that's another story. I guess sometimes you just have to challenge yourself... ...I feel like throwing up.

Btw, the drive from Tampere to Oulu turned out to be a little more exciting than I expected it to be..

GIMME LOVE

Packing. Going to Oulu for the weekend, having a promo shoot for the upcoming tour and gonna rehearse some new songs.. or 20 actually. 8) It's gonna be busy but I'm so glad something's finally happening. The tour is gonna have 15-20 gigs around Finland, more details coming later. Also had some gigs coming up on cruisers!! Can't wait :) The first one is 7 days in January and the second one 3 days in April. Random gigs coming to Oulu, Kauhava and Turku.

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they go right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

ALLIGATOR BLOOD

Can't wrap myself around the fact that these guys were playing a gig just few blocks from my apartment. ;_____; And I didn't make it. Costed 43€, a bit too much for a student who hadn't got her salary for the last two gigs she had.. Goddamn!! So good.. So near but so far away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWmNsHDdWFU&ob=av2n

THE WOLVES NEVER STAY AT BAY

Remember to listen to your instincts. Always. They're usually right.

REPENT REPENT THE END IS NIGH

I'm so pissed off right now. What is wrong with people?? Among the things I hate most is probably people, who don't even know you, and then they come up to you and start acting like they know everything about you. I'm Finnish, that means that if I don't smile all the time and jump around the walls with joy, that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with me. I have bumped into a couple of dudes living in the same building as me and every time they fuckin ask how I'm doing and I tell them I'm fine or things are looking up or that my life is fuckin absolutely, utterly perfect right now, they just shake their heads and you can see PITY in their eyes. Both of them tell me every time they don't believe me. WTF?!? I understand there might be some cultural differences but aagghh! Why would I need to apologize to some random dudes?? They also complain about me wearing a cap. A cap. If I am at home, got no plans and I go outside to drink my coffee on the porch, I should every time do my hair and wear makeup. I am so sick of this, just leave me be!! No matter what I say or do there's always the answer "No, you're not fine. And why are you wearing that cap again?" I know I should probably just ignore them, but easier said than done. The other one tried to drag me to his apartment one night and the other has made up his mind that I want to hang out with him. Thank god I'm moving out in a year... A year..

Had a blast on Friday! Went to grab a few beers with Anne and Tomi, and accidentally bumped into this guy called Jarkko I met after Sparzanza/Doom Unit-gig a few weeks back. He was the light effect guy for Doom Unit back then and I know for a fact that he does sound for a lot of bands, specially here in Tampere. (Dunno what the actual terms are in English, but anyways.) There I was, sitting with Jarkko at "Dog's Home", when Mikko the drummer steps in and greets us. And we both say hi at him. *A moment of confusion* "You guys already know each other?" He asks. And we're both like ??? Turns out that Jarkko is the guitarist Mikko had been talking about (for the band we discussed last spring)! I had no idea. Neither did Jarkko, who remembered that Mikko had been telling him about a female guitarist, but he just didn't put the pieces together. It was so funny! And Mikko had found a bass player who could be interested. We made a deal I would ask one of my friends about a rehearsal studio and we would continue from there. I bet it's gonna be sweet playing with them, something totally different from IIRIS..and the music also. Can't wait!

I have a job interview on Monday for Jack the Rooster! Wish me luck.