- Mood: Elated, tired and at ease... Resting calm.
- Listening to:The Islander
- Reading: This Journal
- Watching: The computer screen
+++How did you discover Nightwish?+++
When I was in the hospital with my brain tumor I somehow managed to get my hands on a copy, and I can't.. quite recall how. I remember, however that I loved it, and at that time, I was in grade six and everyone hated metal so.. I was just like.. "Comon guys, the lyrics and instruments are so beautiful!" hah. I was not popular.. :P
+++How long have you been a Nightwish fan?+++
Since I was twelve, so ten years. Which seems like an awful long time, hey?
+++What is the first Nightwish song you heard?+++
Bless The Child.
+++What is your favourite Nightwish song?+++
Ocean Soul.
+++...And why?+++
Ah.. It's so personal it hurts.. I guess I should probably divulge, hey? I did vow to be honest. My mother and I don't really get along.. It's no secret really.. She's always cared about.. booze.. and other people more than she cares about me and when she gets drunk she gets mean, abusive and she even goes as far as to call me names, or to physically abuse me. My grandmother raised me my entire life, and when she died when I was fourteen, I was not only dealing with having a brain tumor, but being abused, and also being an awkward angsty teenager.. She told me that I should just kill myself, that I wasn't worth anything because I was a quitter.. Now that summer is a blur, but I do know that I tried once or twice, and thankfully, failed attempts.. But Ocean Soul.. Well, it took me through the pain, it never did make it any easier.. and I still get very emotional when I hear that song.
+++Your least favourite Nightwish song?+++
Master Passion Greed. It is just painful for me to listen to.
+++How many Nightwish albums do you own?+++
All of them.
+++What is your favourite Nightwish album?+++
Dark Passion Play.
+++Favourite song from each album!+++
*Angels Fall First- Beauty and the beast. But only with Tuomas in the vocals! The beast is meant to be flawed.. and he was flawed and.. I can't listen to it any other way!
*Oceanborn- Sleeping Sun
*Wishmaster- FantasMic
*Century Child- Oceansoul.
*Once- Nemo.
*Dark Passion Play- Poet and The Pendulum, though I still can't get through it without crying like a baby.
*Imaginaerum- I Want My Tears Back and Last Ride Of The Day.
+++Your favourite Nightwish member is:+++
Tuomas, I think.
+++Your opinions of all the members, past and current:+++
*Anette: Amazing, Amazing, Amazing. I follow her blog... I follow her on facebook... She posed for a picture with me on the cruise, and didn't even really treat me any differently because I was in a wheelchair. She made me so happy.. Did I say amazing? She is so sweet. I can't say enough.. I would honestly love to have coffee with her and just chat one day, that's how nice she is.
* Tuomas: Tuomas is.. a different kind of awesome. He's very nice, and gentlemanly and he's obviously very wonderful. He's also very intense, and I don't know what else can be said about him. I gave him a gift.. He called it extroadinaire and he made me so happy but chatting with us about.. every day things and giving me a hug. Very down to earth fellow.
* Emppu: I like Emppu, he's cool. The only one I didn't meet.
* Jukka: Jukka's awesome.. just the way he moves and can move around a drum set.. It's fantastic.
* Marco: Marco is just what I expected him to be like.. Very loud, and very funny! He's just, always the life of the party.. Which is awesome.
* Tarja: If you don't have anything nice to say... For real though.. I never did like Tarja.. I could tolerate her. I like her even less now that she's out. :)
* Sami: No opinion, to be honest.
+++What do you think makes Nightwish different from other symphonic-metal bands like Epica, Kamelot, etc. or any other music groups?+++
I think it's the lyrics, that and the orchestral components.
+++Which era? New or Old?+++
New.
+++Why you prefer that era to the other.+++
Because listening to music, or going to a show is a whole package for me.. Something about the old era was always off about it.. The energy was just not there, and for me.... It's part of that neverending cycle of having good mojo for me.. When somethings strained, somethings strained and everyone's going to notice.
+++Seven years later and people still discuss Tarja and Anette. Sick of it?+++
So sick of it. Get over it... Don't listen, if you don't like it. It's as simple as that.
+++"Nightwish is trash without Tarja". Do you agree or not?+++
No, never.
+++Favorite Lines From And/or Opinions Of The following songs+++
* Storytime: "A writer by a fire, Imagined all Gaia.. Took a journey into a child-man`s heart."
* The Poet And The Pendulum: "You have such oceans within, In the end, I will always love you."
* Wishmaster: "Your world shall rest on Earth no more"
* Slow, Love, Slow: "Do I love you or the thought of you?"
* Nemo: "Oh how I wish, for soothing rain..."
* Turn Loose The Mermaids: "Oh, how beautiful it used to be, Just you and me far beyond the sea, The waters, scarce in motion, Quivering still.." When Anette sings this it gives me shivers <3
* Phantom Of The Opera: "The Phantom of the Opera is There, inside my mind.."
* Amaranth: "You believe but what you see, you receive but what you give.."
+++Have you ever seen Nightwish live in Concert?+++
Twice, on 70,000 tons of heavy metal cruise ship. Well. I lie.. The first time.. all I saw was Tuomas's arm.. hah. People were in my way and since I'm shorter than everyone else (on account of the chair) I didn't see much. Hopefully they'll come to Edmonton on their North American Tour and I'll get to see them again!
