OH MY GOD.... the Apocalyptica concert was fuckin AWESOME!!!!!! seriously.. oh man... it was sooo great. hearing them live is a million times better! when the first band opened for them, lucas and i were outside chatting. he was sooo mellow. it sucked, cuz i wanted to be hyper. but i got a good dose of lucas, and i almost fell asleep. that party pooper. when apocalyptica started up we went in, and i dove into the front row... but off to the side. lucas went... somewhere else, i don't know. they played sooo many metallica songs! it was great!! the highlight of the night was when they played Nothing Else Matters (aka the Joni Glidden song, who, bythe way, wasn't there at the concert). oooohhhh maaaaannn... it was so fuckin orgasmic! i loooved Inquisition Symphony too. it's one of my other favs of theirs. anywhoo... the concert ended at about 9:30, and afterwards Lorna, Lucas Lorna's brother, and her highschool friends all waited til they came out. i swear to god, they are the most nicest, down to earth musicians i have ever met. you know how some rock starts are all assholes just cuz they're rich and famous? not them! perttu was so shy, it was the cutest thing. but on stage, he was the first one with his shirt off, leather pants, and i heard he goes commando under them! so Lorna was like "how many personalities do you have?" cuz he's so differnt off stage. and pertu was just standing like counting his fingers.. hahah! but yeah.. it was awesome chatting with them. and then we talked to the drummer, he was also very nice. he has cute hair. hahah. yeah... i don't know his name. but he signed my ticket as well. me, Lorna and Eicca had the coolest chat. we were talking about technique and stuff, and i told him that i played violin, and we (me and lorna) wanted to know how he kept his wrist (or arm, but it looked like he was playing from his wrist) soo relaxed, especially during the 32th notes. and eicca was like "just play from your ass! or your back." but yeah.. it was like a mini masterclass! with eicca! *heart!!* i seriously love them so much, they awesome. and when eicca was signing my ticket, he didn't know that he was only supposed to sign one, so he signed all 3 of them. haha it was funny. oh well. paavo was the last to come outside, and he was Lorna's favourite, so we had to wait til he came out. and we got pictures and all that good stuff, but we all had to agree that he was a bit of a letdown, compared to the bonding that we did with perttu and eicca and the drummer. oh well.. and then Lorna's brother drove me home and i didn't have to take the bus! yaaaayyyy!!

WHAT A GREAT NIGHT!!

edit: i also want to comment on the extent of the HOTNESS that was on stage tonight. fuckin unbelievable! mmmmmm.mmmmm.mmmmmm