So the deed has been done. My long hair is officially gone I'm looking a fair amount like Michael Poulsen of Volbeat now hehe. It's actually not that bad, but it's REALLY weird not having long hair for the first time in nearly 10 years

As a metalhead, there are few things scarier than going bald. But thanks to some shitty genes inherited from my mom's side of the family, my hair has gotten noticeably thin on top despite only being 21. So after a long process of thinking about it, I've decided to get my hair cut short this weekend for the first time in nearly 10 years...

Goodbye my lovely flowing locks... Parting is such sweet sorrow

So I went to a dickload of concerts this year so I figured it was only fitting to make a list of the best/worst bands I saw all year, plus the biggest surprise bands that I initially had no expectations for. LETS GET STARTED :D

TOP 5 BANDS TURI SAW IN 2013

1. KAMELOT – The Opera House, Toronto - September 6

2. WINTERSUN – The Opera House, Toronto - August 11

3. TRIVIUM – The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto - September 24

4. GHOST - The Opera House, Toronto - May 6

5. OPETH – Guelph Concert Theatre, Guelph – April 26

Honourable Mentions

• AMARANTHE – Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto - July 20

• VOLBEAT – Sound Academy, Toronto – April 7

• ENSIFERUM – The Opera House, Toronto – April 18

• TYR – The Opera House, Toronto – April 18

• HEIDEVOLK – The Opera House, Toronto – April 18


TOP 4 WORST BANDS TURI SAW IN 2013

1. TROLLFEST – The Opera House, Toronto – April 18, Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto – November 28

2. ARSIS - The Opera House, Toronto - August 11

3. AFTER THE BURIAL – The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – September 24

4. IDES OF GEMINI – The Opera House, Toronto – May 6


TOP 5 SURPRISE BANDS OF 2013

1. STARKILL – The Opera House, Toronto - August 11

2. KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto - July 20

3. GYPSYHAWK - Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto – November 28

4. EKLIPSE - The Opera House, Toronto - September 6

5. SYLOSIS - The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto - September 24

Since the year is just about over and I've listened to a shit ton of albums this year, I thought I'd make a list of my top 25 favourites from this year and a few tracks from each that I really liked. Keep in mind I haven't heard everything that came out this year, and I probably missed some good ones; but from what I've heard, here's my list.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

- IHSAHN - Das Seelenbrechen (NaCl, Hiber)
- REVAMP - Wild Card (Wild Card, Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia)
- HELL - Curse And Chapter (Darkhangel, Harbinger Of Death)
- STONE SOUR - House of Gold & Bones - Part 2 (Do Me A Favour, Gravesend)
- POWERWOLF - Preachers Of The Night (Amen & Attack, Coleus Sanctus)

NOW THE REAL LIST:

25. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Halo Of Blood (Transference, Bodom Blue Moon)
24. TARJA - Colours In The Dark (Victim Of Ritual, 500 Letters)
23. BLACK SABBATH - 13 (End Of The Beginning, God Is Dead?)
22. ALICE IN CHAINS - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Stone, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here)
21. TYR - Valkyrja (Mare Of My Night, Hel Hath No Fury)
20. ANVIL - Hope In Hell (Hope In Hell, Badass Rock 'N' Roll)
19. A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH - Lay My Soul To Waste (Shallow Grave, DMSLT)
18. KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - Kobra And The Lotus (50 Shades Of Evil, Nayana)
17. EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Berzerk, Rap God)
16. DETHKLOK - The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera (The Duel, Blazing Star)
15. STARKILL - Fires Of Life (Fires Of Life, New Infernal Rebirth)
14. AMON AMARTH - Deceiver Of The Gods (As Loke Falls, Father Of The Wolf)
13. FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - Labyrinth (Minotaur (Wrath Of Poseidon), Elegy)
12. DREAM THEATER - Dream Theater (False Awakening Suite, The Enemy Inside)
11. LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA FEAT. RAGE - LMO (Cleansed By Fire, Scapegoat)
10. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Hail To The King (Requiem, Acid Rain)
9. VOLBEAT - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies (Dead But Rising, Lola Montez)
8. AMORPHIS - Circle (The Wanderer, Hopeless Days)
7. AMARANTHE - The Nexus (Invincible, Stardust)
6. LINKED HORIZON - Jiyu E No Shingeki EP (Feuerroter Pfeil Und Bogen, Die Flugel Der Freiheit)
5. DEATH ANGEL - The Dream Calls For Blood (Son Of The Morning, The Dream Calls For Blood)
4. TRIVIUM - Vengeance Falls (Vengeance Falls, Wake (The End Is Nigh))
3. GHOST - Infestissumam (Jigolo Har Megiddo, Body And Blood)
2. STEVEN WILSON - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) (Drive Home, The Watchmaker)
1. ORPHANED LAND - All Is One (All Is One, Brother, Let The Truce Be Known)

And there you have it! Really looking forward to what 2014 has in store :3

After being in the hospital for quite some time battling cancer, my grandpa passed away at 8:30 tonight. He was a great man who was one of the funniest and most generous people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. It has always been a tradition in my family to visit he and my grandma every Christmas eve so it's needless to say that Christmas is going to be very different this year...

Rest in peace Grandpa... I love you.

Until we meet again on the other side...

I'm 21 today! :3

That is all

It's that time of year again where a metal dragon gets all sappy. 3 years ago today, I was granted the best thing that's ever happened to me...  kodisnowpup and I have been together for 3 years today! Over that time, he's helped me change so much and help me gain the courage and confidence to accomplish things that I would have never thought possible at this stage of my life. Looking at us now, we've both moved to Toronto, have a fairly nice apartment, and we're doing just fine :). Unfortunately, I have to be at school and work most of today, but the upside is our roommates are gone all weekend so we have free reign of the place hehe.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PUP!!! I LOVE YOU!

After waiting months, I finally got my internet back up and running today! :D So now that things are finally back to normal, I'll be back to checking stuff regularly again.

So anyway, so I guess the only things that happened were school has started up again for me and it's been going fairly well so far. Also Kamelot was amazing. Got VIP so we got a chance to meet them, which they were all super cool. Sean Tibbetts (their bass player) recognized me from when we saw them with Nightwish last year so that was really cool. They put on probably the best show I've seen all year. I didn't think topping Wintersun was possible, but they did it. Also during March of Mephisto, Thomas Youngblood (their guitar player) took my phone and filmed a bit from onstage. Next up is Trivium and DevilDriver next Tuesday at the Phoenix. They better bring their A game if they want to top Kamelot haha.

Again, it's good to be back... again... for real this time haha :3

So last week I had a "hey, I'm bored as fuck" day, so I decided to take inventory of my CDs and music DVDs for anyone interested in seeing it X3.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2013

AC/DC – Back in Black
Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation
Aerosmith – Pump
Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity
Alestorm – Black Sails at Midnight
Alice in Chains – Facelift
Alice in Chains – Dirt
Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies
Alice in Chains – MTV Unplugged
Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
Alice in Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
All That Remains – Overcome
Amaranthe – Amaranthe
Amaranthe – The Nexus
Amon Amarth – The Fate of Norns
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
Anvil – This is Thirteen
Apocalyptica – Plays Metallica by Four Cellos
Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony
Arch Enemy – The Root of All Evil
Avenged Sevenfold – Waking the Fallen
Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold – Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King
Beck – Odelay
Behemoth – Demigod
Behemoth – Evangelion
Billy Talent – Billy Talent
Billy Talent – Billy Talent II
Billy Talent – Billy Talent III
Black Ju-Ju – Universal Asshole
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath – 13
Blind Guardian – Follow the Blind
Blind Guardian – Somewhere Far Beyond
Blind Guardian – Imaginations From the Other Side
Blind Guardian – The Forgotten Tales
Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle Earth
Blind Guardian – A Twist in the Myth
Blind Guardian – At the Edge of Time
Bloodbath – The Fathomless Mastery
Breaking Benjamin – Phobia
Breaking Benjamin – Dear Agony
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream, Aim, Fire
Bullet For My Valentine – Fever
Candlemass – Candlemass
Cannibal Corpse – Gore Obsessed
Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn
Cannibal Corpse – Kill
Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot
Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
Children of Bodom – Blooddrunk
Children of Bodom – Skeletons in the Closet
Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness
Cradle of Filth – Midian
Cradle of Filth – Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder
Cradle of Filth – Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
Dethklok – The Dethalbum
Dethklok – The Dethalbum II
Dethklok – The Dethalbum III
DevilDriver – Pray For Villains
DevilDriver – Winter Kills
Dickinson, Bruce – Tattooed Millionaire
Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra
Dio – Holy Diver
Dope – American Apathy
Dope – No Regrets
DragonForce – Valley of the Damned
DragonForce – Inhuman Rampage
DragonForce – Ultra Beatdown
Dragonland - The Battle Of The Ivory Plains
Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater – Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Eluveitie – Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion
Eluveitie – Helvetios
Ensiferum – Iron
Ensiferum – Dragonheads
Ensiferum – From Afar
Ensiferum – Unsung Heroes
Enslaved – RIITIIR
Epica – Requiem for the Indifferent
Erna, Sully – Avalon
Evanescence – Fallen
Extreme – Pornograffiti
Five Finger Death Punch – The Way of the Fist
Five Finger Death Punch – War is the Answer
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Agony
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth
Fozzy – Fozzy
Fozzy – Chasing the Grail
Ghost – Opus Eponymous
Ghost – Infestissumam
Godsmack – Godsmack
Godsmack – Faceless
Great Big Sea – Play
Gwar – Beyond Hell
Gwar – Lust in Space
Hardline – Double Eclipse
Hevisaurus – Jurahevin Kuninkaat
Hinder – Extreme Behavior
Hinder – Take it to the Limit
Hinder – All-American Nightmare
Iced Earth – Dystopia
Into Eternity – The Scattering of Ashes
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden – Killers
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – No Prayer for the Dying
Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden – The X Factor
Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
Iron Maiden – A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
Iron Maiden Tribute – Numbers from the Beast: An All-Star Tribute to Iron Maiden
Jackson, Michael – Thriller
Kamelot – The Black Halo
Kamelot – Ghost Opera
Kamelot – Poetry for the Poisoned
Kamelot – Silverthorn
Katatonia – Night is the New Day
Killswitch Engage – As Daylight Dies
Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage (2009)
Kobra and the Lotus – Kobra and the Lotus
Korpiklaani – Karkelo
Korpiklaani – Manala
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist
Lacuna Coil – Karmacode
Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline
Lamb of God – Killadelphia
Lamb of God – Sacrament
Lamb of God – Wrath
Loomis, Jeff – Plains of Oblivion
Lordi – Get Heavy
Lordi – The Arockalypse
Lordi – Deadache
Lordi – Babez for Breakfast
Machine Head – The Blackening
Machine Head – Unto the Locust
Manson, Marilyn – The Golden Age of Grotesque
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Megadeth – Endgame
Meshuggah – Chaosphere
Meshuggah – Koloss
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Misfits – Famous Monsters
Motley Crue – Decade of Decadence
Nevermore – Dead Heart in a Dead World
Nevermore – Enemies of Reality
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
Nevermore – The Year of the Voyager
Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
Nightwish – Angels Fall First
Nightwish – Oceanborn
Nightwish – Wishmaster
Nightwish – Over the Hills and Far Away
Nightwish – Century Child
Nightwish – Once
Nightwish – Dark Passion Play
Nightwish – Made In Hong Kong (And Various Other Places)
Nightwish – Imaginaerum
Nightwish – Imaginaerum: The Score
Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Opeth – Deliverance
Opeth – Damnation
Opeth – Lamentations
Opeth – Ghost Reveries
Opeth – Watershed
Orphaned Land – Mabool: The Story of Three Sons of Seven
Orphaned Land – The Never-Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Orphaned Land – All is One
Osbourne, Ozzy – Bark at the Moon
Otep – Smash the Control Machine
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
Paradise Lost – Symbol of Life
Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
Powerwolf – Blood of the Saints
Powerwolf – Preachers of the Night
Protest the Hero – Fortress
Rammstein – Mutter
Rammstein – Reise, Reise
Rammstein – Liebe ist fur alle da
Rancid - …And Out Come the Wolves
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
ReVamp – ReVamp
Sanctity – Road to Bloodshed
Scar Symmetry – Pitch Black Progress
Scar Symmetry – Holographic Universe
Shinedown – The Sound of Madness
Shinedown – Amaryllis
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer – Diabolus in Musica
Slayer – God Hates Us All
Slayer – Christ Illusion
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Slipknot – Slipknot
Slipknot – Iowa
Slipknot – Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
Slipknot – All Hope is Gone
Slipknot – Slipknot (10th Anniversary Edition)
Steel Panther – Feel the Steel
Stone Sour – Stone Sour
Stone Sour – Come What(ever) May
Stone Sour – Audio Secrecy
Stone Sour – House of Gold & Bones Part 1
Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion
Strapping Young Lad – City
Strapping Young Lad – Alien
Stratovarius – Polaris
System of a Down – Toxicity
Tarja – What Lies Beneath
Tesseract – One
Testament – The Gathering
Testament – The Formation of Damnation
Three Days Grace – One-X
Three Days Grace – Life Starts Now
Townsend, Devin – Ziltoid the Omniscient
Devin Townsend Project – Addicted
Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction
Devin Townsend Project – Epicloud
Trivium – Ember to Inferno
Trivium – Ascendancy
Trivium – The Crusade
Trivium – Shogun
Trivium – In Waves
Turisas – Battle Metal
Turisas – The Varangian Way
Turisas – Stand Up and Fight
Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses
Tyr – By the Light of the Northern Star
Tyr – The Lay of Thrym
Vader – Necropolis
Vai, Steve – Sex & Religion
Volbeat – The Strength, The Sound, The Songs
Volbeat – Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
Volbeat – Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
Volbeat – Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
Whitechapel – This is Exile
Whitechapel – A New Era of Corruption
White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1
White Zombie – Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds
Wilson, Steven – The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)
Winds of Plague – The Impaler
Winds of Plague – The Great Stone War
Wintersun – Wintersun
Wintersun – Time I
W.K., Andrew – I Get Wet
Xandria – Neverworld’s End

DVDs

Aerosmith – You Gotta Move
Amon Amarth – Wrath of the Norsemen
Behemoth – Evangelia Heretika
Blind Guardian – Imaginations Through the Looking Glass
Children of Bodom – Chaos Ridden Years/Stockholm Knockout Live
Dimmu Borgir – The Invaluable Darkness
Ensiferum – 10th Anniversary Live
Gigantour 2 (Megadeth, Lamb of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Over Kill, Into Eternity, Sanctity, The Smashup)
Iron Maiden – Visions of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Death on the Road
Iron Maiden – Live After Death
Kamelot – One Cold Winter’s Night
Loomis, Jeff – Rock House Method: Extreme Lead Guitar
Meshuggah – In Space No One Can Hear You Unless You Scream
Nevermore – The Year of the Voyager
Nightwish – End of an Era
Opeth – Lamentations
Opeth – The Roundhouse Tapes
Opeth – In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Orphaned Land – The Road to Or Shalem
Slipknot – Voliminal: Inside the Nine
Slipknot – (sic)nesses – Live at Download
Tarja – Act I
Twisted Sister – A Twisted Christmas
The Unholy Alliance Chapter II (Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed)
Volbeat – Live from Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
Yankovic, Weird Al – The Ultimate Video Collection

If you haven't guessed, it's me hehe. For those who didn't see my last journal a while back, I was in the midst of some very big internet issues since May, so I basically gave up FA for quite a while, with the occasional popping in and out on my phone. Actually our issues are technically still ongoing (because of the stupidity of our new provider), but I've come home to Kingston for the week and hopefully by the time I return to Toronto, things should be back up and running hopefully.

So what have I been up to for the last few months? Pretty much working non-stop and working on music stuff. My band has invested in a decent guitar recording rig and EZDrummer, so we've been finally getting to work on our demo work. We are in the midst of tracking a 7 and a half minute Egyptian influenced piece that's fucking deadly. We've also welcomed my brother into the band who is an amazing bassist and I'm really looking forward to writing for real with him. I've also been in the midst of working on two covers: a vocal cover of Sons of Winter and Stars by Wintersun, and a full cover of Beyond the Dark Sun also by Wintersun.

That brings me to the highlights of the last few months... I have a trifecta of guitar heroes - Jari Maenpaa of Wintersun, Devin Townsend, and Jeff Loomis. I've had the pleasure of meeting two of them since June. I met Jeff at a guitar clinic he had at Steve's Music and then I met Jari (and the rest of Wintersun) after their show at the Opera House earlier this month. I've also had the pleasure of meeting the incredibly talented Elize Ryd of Amaranthe and the amazing Kobra Paige, Jasio Kulakowski, and Rob Steele of Canadian up-and-comers Kobra and the Lotus; if you've never heard of them, I definitely recommend them. And the excitement doesn't end there; when I head back to Toronto, I have a meet and greet with the mighty Kamelot and my dad's band managed to score an opening slot for Anvil in October, so I'll have the chance to hang out with them as well :D

Anyway, I'm heading out to a friend's place soon so I'll be gone again for a bit, but I'll be on Skype later on. If you see me, say hi! :D

It's good to be back, and hopefully I can stay back. Now it's time to go through 3 months worth of art...

- TURI

As I've told many of you over Skype, the pup and I have been having some major internet issues and until we find out what our situation is, we're going to be without internet for at least a month... So needless to say I'm forced to leave FA for a while...

See ya around,

Turi

My marathon may be over for now, but that doesn't mean this draggy has slowed down at all. Working pretty much all week, then next week I've got another jam session booked with my brother and my dad, and the week after I'm heading back home to Kingston for a while. And of course, the metalness doesn't end either. Jeff Loomis clinic in June, VIP show with Kamelot in September, and just recently added to the list is the mighty WINTERSUN once again in August!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! :D *bounces up and down*

And it ended with perhaps the best show of them all: the mighty GHOST. Absolutely fantastic show! Not to mention I also caught a drum stick which I'm pretty happy about :D.

If you're not familiar with Ghost, familiarize yourself: https://youtu.be/afvx9qqLYCU

I couldn't help but notice an ad on Facebook before I went to bed. JEFF FUCKING LOOMIS of Nevermore, my guitar idol and the guitarist that got me playing 7 string, is going to be doing a signing and guitar clinic here int Toronto on June 21st. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D *flails wildly in excitement*

So yeah, finally finished school! I absolutely destroyed my archaeology exam this afternoon. And I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the end of the school year but finally getting the chance to see a movie I've been waiting forever to see: Nightwish's IMAGINAERUM.

I'll admit I was skeptical to see if they could actually pull it off, but I really loved it. It was a very pretty looking movie and there are all kinds of things you'll be able to pick up on if you're a Nightwish fan. But I really think it was worth the wait. Bravo Nightwish! Fantastic work! :D

And how it can't end soon enough! Up at 5:30 to catch the bus for 6:30. First exam is at 9 this morning, and the second is at 5 this afternoon

Was one of, if not the best show on this concert marathon! Both Katatonia and Opeth were amazing, the venue was amazing sounding, the crowd was intense, the set was nice and long, the merch was cheap, Mikael was hilarious as usual, and best of all: I LEFT WITH 2 PICKS!!! One from the god himself: Mikael Akerfeldt, and a second from Anders Nystrom of Katatonia! :D

Stop number 3 on my concert marathon! Heading off to Guelph tomorrow morning to see the almighty OPETH and KATATONIA!!!

Tomorrow night I get to unleash my inner viking with the mighty ENSIFERUM, TYR, HEIDEVOLK, TROLLFEST, and HELSOTT!

https://youtu.be/DTRFKfNLN7M

Well what was supposed to be a fun night culminated into one of the biggest clusterfucks I've had in recent memory that has left me angry, bitter, upset, worried, and exhausted all at once. I'm not looking for attention or anything, just needed to get it out.

Well I realize I'm a couple days late with the update but... VOLBEAT WAS SPECTACULAR!!! They are no doubt one of the best bands I've ever seen live and they have an energy like no other. I managed to hi-five Anders (their bass player) and Rob (their guitar player) and I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO close to getting a pick from Michael (their vocalist/other guitarist). He tossed one at me but I didn't quite get close enough so it fell somewhere under my feet and I spent a good 5 minutes on the ground, but no luck... Ah well... Anyway I know most (if anybody) reading this already has me on Facebook, but I uploaded all my pictures and a few videos from the show on there if you wanna check them out. If you don't have my Facebook, feel free to note me and I'll add you so you can check them out! Plus I'll be uploading more in the upcoming weeks when my concert marathon continues!

APRIL 17 - Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk, Trollfest, Helsott
APRIL 26 - Opeth, Katatonia
MAY 6 - Ghost, Ides of Gemini

Off to see the mighty Volbeat tomorrow night at Sound Academy on the eve of the release of their new album 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies'! Should be an amazing show! And now that I've got a decent phone, I can finally get some good pictures and some video :3

Stolen from  hatredanon

1. We all know what we call you, what about the folks at home? What's your name?

Full name's Zakkary, but no one calls me that. Zakk's fine


2. How tall are you?

Roughly 6' 1"


3. Natural hair color?

Brown


4. What about eye color?

Blue


5. What orientation are you?

Gay


6. Are you single, taken, or undecided?

Taken by my puppybutt  kodisnowpup <3


7. What do you do in your spare time?

Constantly tinker with my Yu-Gi-Oh decks. I also play guitar a fair bit


8. What's your job?

Nothing amazing, just working at a grocery store until I finish school


9. What's one thing you like about yourself?

I like to think that I'm a pretty pleasant person to be around for the most part


10. Alright, now what about something you dislike about yourself?

I get introverted when I'm angry or upset


11. What's some things your friends noticed about you when they first met you?

Well most of my friends I've known for quite a few years and I was very different when I met most of them, but more currently people always tend to notice my hair and my constant wearing of band shirts


12. Of what faith/religion are you(if any at all?)

If I had to pick, I'd say agnostic. Although I think Germanic paganism is really cool (I'm constantly wearing a Mjolnir pendant)


13. Do you drink?

Nope, tried it a few times and just can't get into it (among other reasons)


14. Do you smoke?

No sir. Never have, never will


15. What are your fears?

Bugs, losing the people I love, dogs (more specifically barking)


16. What are your dreams/goals?

Write music and tour in a band for a living, either that or graduate from school and become an archaeologist.


17. Ever had any crushes/ex's in the past/present?

I've had a few crushes (nothing relevant now) and no real ex's.


18. Who's your best bud?

Oh man, there's no way I can pick just one...  kodisnowpup, but I'm not sure if I can still consider him a bud anymore hehe. IRL I'd have to say my friends Tim, Shaun, Dylan, and Sarah. Online I'd say  ashtalon and  hatredanon


19. Alright, you got the cravin' for munchies, what'cha reachin' for?

Whatever's there, although I've been on a popcorn kick lately


20. Favorite drink?

Chocolate milk (DAMN STRAIGHT)


21. Favorite color?

Black, blue, silver


22. If you had any super power, what would it be?

I always thought it would be cool to be able to shapeshift. That or the ability to read minds


23. Favorite movie?

Hmm... tough call. I'd have to say pretty much anything of Tarantino's or Se7en. I like twisted shit hehe


24. Least favorite food?

BELL PEPPERS... KILL THEM WITH FIRE


25. Quick! You have only one meal left before you die!!! What is it?

Mom's roast beef and mashed potatoes. Never have I been closer to Valhalla than when I'm gorging on that hehe


26. What do you drive/wish you drove?

Hmm... never really thought about it since I don't drive and I'm not really that interested in it right now. But if I did, probably a Ferrari of some type. I like old school muscle cars so that's always a possibility as well. Also I'd love to own a Harley some day


27. Most disliked bug?

ALL OF THEM. I turn into T-101 when it comes to killing bugs


28. Most hated pet peeves?

Disorganization in general


29. Dislike in life?

The convoluted way everything seems to be run. Nothing is ever truly easy.


30. Most annoying?

Pretty much what I just said above


31. Most disliked TV show?

Most reality shows... I really don't watch TV anymore. Everything I wanna watch I can find online

Well it's quite the way to end the school year. My tickets have been ordered for 3 shows in 3 weeks. First is VOLBEAT and DANKO JONES on April 7, followed by ENSIFERUM, TYR, HEIDEVOLK, TROLLFEST and HELLSOTT on April 17, and finally, OPETH and KATATONIA on April 26!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! \m/

...as when you're tromping through a blizzard while blaring this as loud as possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMbFu457jGs