Busy fuckin' beaver

So, I haven't been writing a lot here lately, and for that apologise to you, my dear readers. The thing is, it's been really fucking hectic. I counted and during September I go to be at home a grand total of 5 days. Been running all over Finland, playing shows, studying, writing new material.

This last weekend was a blast. We played two "concert hall" shows with Timo, and although I was kinda iffy about the whole idea at first it actually proved out to be quite fun, not at all as bad and uncomfortable as I thought it would be. Here's a few pics from Tampere-talo. Unfortunately I don't have any from the actual show, but what the hell, you can see the premise from these.

After the show at Tampere it was mostly the usual antics, hanging out with friends, having some drinks etc. Even had quite an insane afterparty at my friends hotel room, including a Borat-swimsuit and 100kg men trying to do pole dancing on a pole that was clearly not meant for guys that size :)  Thanks guys, had a blast and a shitload of laughs!

Now I'm actually having a few days off, yesterday I even went to the movies to see "Sel8nne", a documentary about Teemu Selänne, a Finnish ice hockey player. Too bad it wasn't all that great, but at least I can say I've gone to the movies to see a documentary.

Today I bought a pair of indoor sneakers and tomorrow after my virtual school session I'm planning to hit the gym and go swimming. Sounds frightening, but maybe I can pull it off :)

Let's Tampere

Yesterday we played our first "concert", and it was surprisingly ok. Tonight it's Tampere-talo. Early show and shitloads of friends coming, lets see how this will end. Judging by the guys attending I'd say we'll get hammered after the show :)

Kemi once and again and once more

Arrived last night. The show in Kerava was shitloads of fun. Wasn't really expecting that, but it's nice to have positive surprises every once in a while. We drove to Tampere after the show, I checked into the hotel around 04:30am, slept until 13:00 and at 15:00 I took the train to Kemi.

This morning I went to do a radio interview with one of the representatives from my school, talking about the studies and songwriting and stuff. After that it was 6 hours of studying and now I've been working on some home assignments. Tomorrow I have to be there again at 09:00, should really try and get some decent shuteye tonight, I've been sleeping way too little lately and am starting to feel it.

It also seems like the Autumn has finally arrived, it's been running late for a while now...

Autumn leaves, a pic I took during my "meditational walk"

Got to stay at home all of 3 days

Today it's again time to hit the road. Tonight we shall rock in Kerava and tomorrow I'll head up north again, have to be a nice little schoolboy on Monday. Next week we will play our first concert hall shows with Mr.T, kinda nervous about that. Maybe we'll even have an extra rehearsals for that shit :) We've already rehearsed some new material for those, but dedicating a few extra hours to getting ours shit together is never a bad idea :)

I'm back

Had a blast during our mini "Lapland-tour", all three shows were shitloads of fun. A Big thanks to all the people who attended, there were a lot of you, and a gigantic thanks to the phenomenal staff at Bar Ihku Levi, Amarillo Rovaniemi and Ramona Kemi. Slight sleep deprivation ensued, but hey, one can rest when one is dead... On Saturday we actually went first playing disc golf with Timo, and later picked up Risto and went playing actual golf.

Atop the Levitunturi

Pictures really don't do justice to how it looked

Can't go to Lapland without seeing some reindeers, obligatory pic.

In search of the perfect swing

Levi...

... is awesome ! A huge big thanks goes to Bar Ihku staff for their general awesomeness!

Thanks a bunch

For everyone who posted their congrats. A little older, none the wiser.