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Nightwish Members Forming New Band, The Myötähäpeä

BLABBERMOUTH.NET – NIGHTWISH Members Launch THE MYÖTÄHÄPEÄ; Video Available

According to NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen, “This amazing group of mind-blowing virtuosity combined with a versatile repertoire includes such names as Heikki Kovalainen of F1 LOTUS on the drums, and Mr. Toni Virtanen on the vocals. Jukka [Nevalainen, drums] took over the keys, whereas Emppu [Vuorine, guitar] and me swapped between guitar and bass to make it a real challenge. Jamppa Lautamäki of the NIGHTWISH website fame filled the first open backing vocals position, but there’s still room for more behind the mics.”

Some of the members of Nightwish are forming a new group, The Myötähäpeä, with other artists. I hope this doesn’t mean a decline in Nightwish releases, but I doubt it because Nightwish is currently Finland’s most successful band, and I get the feeling this is more of a side project. If you follow the link through to the source, there’s a YouTube clip of them rehearsing.

Cashier Training, Alice, Larysa, First House

Today was my cash wrap training at Barnes & Noble. They actually put the register into a training mode and allow new hires to go through various sample encounters. It’s a pretty cool way to get people used to the system. Getting to try out the system is much better than jumping into it like Albertson’s made people. After I finished training, I got to actually work the register for a while. Friday is Nook training, and then I start real shifts next week.
In the evening I went to dinner with gem. The waitress was very familiar, but I couldn’t recall how I knew her. Then she brought it up as well, and she realized we had a mutual friend – Allison. She was Allison’s friend Alice, who I’d met multiple times. It was pretty cool because we weren’t super close to home or anything. It’s not like we’re close friends or anything, but it was cool to run into her and talk.
We also went to Larysa’s house in San Juan Capistrano. It was incredibly dark in her neighborhood. A stupid rabbit tried to get itself killed by running out in front of us! Anyways, Larysa’s cat was super friendly and loves to be pet, so we spent a long time petting him. He loves shoes, which was a little weird. He sniffed and licked our shoes that we left in front of the door. Then he rolled around on them, chewing on them at the same time. Weird, but cute! I realized that I lived very close to Larysa’s house when I a newborn through four years old, so we found my old house. I didn’t really remember any of it, but the hill in front seemed vaguely familiar (except much smaller in actuality).
Action packed day!

Scott Pilgrim

Wow. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was really amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It’s almost strange how it so perfectly adapted gaming (not a particular game) to the movie screen. I definitely want to own this movie. You could even say that I’m in lesbians with it.
The soundtrack is pretty amazing too. I’m pretty terrible at trying to talk about music in any meaningful way, so I guess I won’t try much. I will say that I was looking for new music recently. It’s been hard for me to find anything new to listen to ever lately. The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack… well, it rocks! One of the best songs on it, Scott Pilgrim by Plumtree, was the song that inspired the creation of the original Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. I looked into Plumtree and found that they’re an indie rock, punk-pop formed in 1993 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They started playing in junior high! Anyways, I really liked their sound and have been listening to one of their albums, Predicts the Future, quite a bit now. Good stuff!

Bookseller

I am now a Bookseller at Barnes & Noble! Today was technically my second day of work, although I’m still doing training. I did straighten some books on a few shelves though! Yay! I really like the people I’ve met so far, and I keep seeing things that interest me. It’s too bad there are so many good books. Also, I wish I didn’t like their e-book reader so much. The food at the cafe is pretty tasty, and I get 50% off there. Yes, I think that’s the biggest perk.
Sadly, I don’t know how much I make yet!

WoW and Lynx

I’ve been playing a few games recently. Besides World of Warcraft, I’ve been playing a few different Lynx games. I’ve also been playing some PSP games and a couple console games.
In WoW, I’m now 12/12 ICC 10, 7/12 ICC 10H, and 11/12 ICC 25. I’ve done RS 10 but still haven’t finished 25. I also broke 6k gs yesterday!
As for Lynx games, I’m getting pretty far in Chip’s Challenge. I think I’m about one-third of the way through the game. While I’ve definitely playe more of CC than any other Lynx games, I’ve also put some time into Gates of Zendocon and Todd’s Adventures in Slime World.
I picked up The Club a bit ago for less than $10. It was the first game I purchased since last summer. I enjoyed the more arcade-y take on third-person shooters. I haven’t played around in it much after beating it. I also tried to finish Mad World, but I’m pretty lazy, and the boss battles require a lot of shaking.
Okay, I’m fallng asleep. Good night.