I’m seriously feeling guilty over not writing here. But I have nothing to write about so…
The only thing I can say is that everything’s fine. Me and a couple of people have some plans, and we’re soon heading off to Skogsröjet as well.
Well.
This got messy. Sorry.
// Sara
One of the ameican Phineas&Ferb voice actors just posted a picture off a script that is said to be the very last episodes ever of Phineas&Ferb.
I sincerely hope this may not be true.
It can’t be.
I’m gonna smash my head against a wall HARD if it’s true.
It can’t be
nonononononononononononono…..
Sweet Jesus. Haven’t been blogging for AGES. Just didn’t want to I guess.
Looking through my Gravity Falls episodes at the moment. Never thought that moment would come, but now it’s here. Since they are not very many at the moment, I’ve decided to burn them onto DVD’s in chronological order, but I wanna make sure they are OK before I burn them. You know, no silence, no glitches etcetera. I haven’t checked them for this before, probably because I can’t recall EVER seeing Gravity glitch, while I’ve seen it happen LOADS on Phineas&Ferb. And when I’m done I’ll delete the swedish backup.
Why this, you may wonder.
Well.
Next week, or this week since you probably read this on Monday, is Phineas and Ferb week. They are it for two hours every day, except from Friday where they air it for five hours. These weeks are perfect because 1) Loads of Phineas 2) Bigger chance to catch the missing episodes. I should have prepared better for this, but oh well. As long as I can get two hours ready for tomorrow, It’s ok.
Talking about that, I have sooo many things I haven’t watched yet.
Like, “My Sweet Ride”, “Just Desserts” for Phineas&Ferb and “Little Dipper” (I think it is) for Gravity Falls. Okay, that was less than I thought… Wow, I just realized they weren’t even supposed to air “Just Desserts” oh my god, I love when this happens!
So I just decided now that I’ll save them. I have a few exams coming up in the near future, and I might as well save them for when I’m done with the exams, to party a bit you know (Yes, I party by watching new Phineas episodes!). What a celebration.
Yeah… Ok. I should go through my episodes now. I need to study real hard for the exams so no time to do this tomorrow…
A week later after the two winterthemed episodes it was time to get back to the looong summervacation that’s been going on for some years, as Doofenshmirtz joked about. But then again, what have we said about breaking the fourth wall?
Once again, this contains spoilers.
So first of all I noticed the picture change in the background, you know the pictures that floats behind Phineas&Ferb at the end of the titletrack? In case you didn’t know, they change for every season, and I was really excited to see what pictures they’d do for Season 4. I don’t remember EVERY picture, but they had images from “The Remains of the Platypus”, “Excaliferb” and “Across The 2nd Dimension”.
And talking about the 2nd Dimension. Not sure if you know, but my favorite Phineas&Ferb track happens to be “Summer (Where do we begin?)” and I was THRILLED to hear this song make, a very short, comback in this episode. Okay, Iz, Jeet and Buford doesn’t pull it off as well as Phineas, but then again, how could they.
Well, over all, I think it was a fine episode. It IS rather hilarious how they turn Candace into a fly but… yeah. I’m not gonna write lenghtly about what happens, if you wanna know, you should just watch it. It isn’t the best I’ve seen, but it’s a good start on the fourth season of the summervacation!
source: phineasandferb.wikia.com
// Sara
Yeah, this is coming rather late, but better late than never, right?
Either way. A week after “For Your Ice Only”, as on order, “Happy New Year” had it’s premiere too. Am I the only one who think the timing is awful? Who has the premiere of a New Years episode in April? Apparently Scandinavia. Oh well, I’m not gonna get caught up in that.
This was another winter-themed episode, and I just love the new intro.
And of course, this contains spoilers.
I have very mixed feelings about the episode. Over all it’s a good episode, although some of the animation at times pisses me off. At some frequences it looks like a cheap sequel to Aladdin, not sure why this is happening, but there’s probably a reason behind it…. And then we have the moment that I’ve raged about for ever since the episode was released in the US. The opening scene, when they talk about traditions on New Years, and Isabella couldn’t have been more obvious to Phineas when she LOOKS HIM IN THE EYE and says you kiss someone special on New Years.
And he’s all like, Oh yeah, then I know what we’re gonna do tonight! And then he’s like, “We’re gonna do a New Years Ball”. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Isabella crushed like this, but oh well… It’s Phineas. A smarmy little sh*tbag. And later on it you see Ferb dance alone. Perhaps Isabella should just go to him you know.
But apart from these things, there were a lot cute things too. LindaxLawrence action, Canderemy action and some PerryxDoof action, or more, they danced happily together. I always smile a little when I see PerryxDoof in a more friendly matter than arch enemies. And of course there was a few sweet Phinebella moments, but they aren’t evened out by the previous events.
And Gagnam Style. G A G N A M S T Y L E.
Source: phineasandferb.wikia.com
Also love how Perry just goes in the door, Doof reminds him of the dresscode and he leaves only to come back with a suit. Hahaha.
This became rather messy, but oh well.
// Sara
This is just insane.
It feels like we JUST got home from Italy, when we learn that …
WE HAVE WON THE MEET&GREET WITH LORDI AT SKOGSRÖJET!!!!
And not only did me and Michelle do it, but all of our friends who applied did! This couldn’t be better!
I’m just gonna continue playing The Sims and die a little inwardly. Oh my god! This is so great. Just when the summervacation couldn’t get better, it just did!
// Sara
So yeah. We didn’t get home. An accident had occured somewhere halfway to Lund, so we had to go back to Malmö to take a bus to Lund where we could continue on with the train. But due to the chaos, we missed the train. So after an hour on phone with SJ, they gave us a ride to Gothenburg, a night at a hotel and then back home the next day. What a trip.
But at last we did make it home. And despite it’s downpeaks, This has been the trip of a life time. I’m so happy we did this, and I can’t wait to do it all over again sometime! I wanna thank Michelle and Argo so much for putting up with me and doing this with me, and I wanna thank Lordi, their crew, Reverse Grip and Coleterall Damage for this fantastic tour! Thank you so much!
// Sara
Yesterday night as a fantastic night, and to make it even better, we got to sleep in a lot the next day. We weren’t gonna catch any planes, and the only thing on our agenda today was some shopping, and then I really mean only some shopping. And some sightseeing, of course.
The weather wasn’t all that great though – I believe we got the fantastic weather in Rome, and now came the rain. Although, I can’t be too upset about it. It was kinda nice to have it a little chilly after the warm days. Any way, at the metro-change-station we found this little piece.
The first thing we did was to visit to Duomu.
Fantastic building. After this we hit up a book/music/toy/movie store in which we could spend ages… I’m not even sure for how long we walked around in there, must have been quite some time. The only thing we, or I, came out with though, was a Belle and a Flynn Rider figurine. DON’T JUDGE ME.
After this we hit up the long loved Disney Store to pick up the items we’d checked out yesterday, which was plastic glasses with four of the Princesses for me and a memorygame with the princesses. I’m gonna be the lousiest friend and tell you upright that I have no clue what Michelle got.
All of a sudden, Clopin’s got a rival. Yes, these pictures are taken after we came home, by the way.
After finishing our swift shopping tour, we met up with Argo and had the last Italian dinner for this time, and headed home to pack. We weren’t out for a long time, but we had to leave for the airport at 4am already, and we figured we’d try to get some actual sleep this time. But packing wasn’t the easiest thing to do, especially when all you wanted was to stay put. Sooner or later however, things got packed and we went to bed.
The next morning we got up early to chase a taxi, get to the trains, and to the airport, where we met up with Argo again, because he didn’t take the train like we did, so he came a little later. We boarded the plane, got to Copenhagen and boarded a train from there and got…
Not home.
But that’s another story.
// Sara
So, after having a long nice sleep it was time for us to get up. And, with all the inconvenience that it brings, change hotels. Had to get out of the lovey dovey hotel and change… to another one. We had small difficulties getting to it – even though the old hotel had good connections to the city, it was Sunday and time tables on Sunday doesn’t always necessarily work to your benefit. After some troubles, and some trainchanges later, we were at Lancetti, met up with Argo and found the hotel.
When there, we realized that checking into the hotel wasn’t all that easy. We knew from before that it was no real reception desk, as this was more a “apartment-rental” thing, but what we DID NOT know was that the office was like, 20 minutes away with car. I know I sound superspoiled, but after the trip we had, I wasn’t all that happy about waiting around a lot. And once the manager arrived, we had to travel an additional 10 minutes away to the apartment we were having. Which was bad, because we chose this hotel based on how close it was to the venue… but okay. After checking in we took a few minutes to breathe and then get ready for the show before hitting the road to find Alcatraz.
On the way there we stopped at McDonalds to pick up some food. This time we weren’t gonna do it on empty stomachs – said and done. After this we started walking. And walking. And walking. About 20 minutes later we realize we walked the wrong away. As always. People shouldn’t take directions from me, I always lead them the wrong way. After some directions over phone from my mother (how does she even put up with this, I don’t get it) we FINALLY wound the venue, and the queuing began.
For this day, we had actually brought a pen and a paper, meaning it was time for us to write some real nasty fanfics. They are both disgusting, dirty and HILARIOUS. Especially with the shippings we used. Since we used some bandmembers of a band, I’m not gonna point out what shippings we used, since I know certain people might read my blog (isn’t country-statistics amazing?) but I can assure you they were hilarious. The italians must’ve thought we were crazy when we literally cried from laughing.
And on top of that, a bird pooped on Michelle. CAN IT GET BETTER?
We had planned to eat our second burger at 7 – it would be 30 minutes before they, as we thought, open the doors, which would give us plenty of time (with those small hamburgers you know) but then, ALL OF A SUDDEN… the line moves. And we’re like, what the hell is going on? Apparently they opened eariler than expected. So it was for us just to collect our items at the box office and then ran in and got some spots in front of Amen at second row. Always. I need to get swifter with things. The TM came to check on us too, what a lovely guy. After a little time of waiting, the first band entered.
Just as in Rome, the first band on stage was Colleteral Damage. They had a better response from the audience today, may have to do with the venue being slightly bigger than the one in Rome. The band seemed to be just a little ounce more energetic and they played well.
After they left the stage, it was time for Reverse Grip to enter stage, and by this time it had started to get crowded! The band played energetic and put on quite a show. Yes. I find it a little difficult to add anything to what I said about them in Rome, but you know. They were good. They put on a show. They experienced some technical difficulties in the beginning, but things like that happen. It’s nothing to hold a grudge over.
Since they opened rather early tonight, I was hoping they would to the entire setlist, since they began earlier. It was just to wait and see, I guess! Before we knew it, “God of Thunder” started and the arena broke out in a loud cheer and singing. Once stopped, “SCG6” started and once again the band entered the stage and started of the concert with “We’re Not Bad For The Kids (We’re Worse)”. They seemed to be even more on top today than they seemed in Rome, if not else, it was a bigger crowd to play for! They instantly followed up with “Bringing Back The Balls To Rock” (and you already know what I feel about this, so yeah, no questions asked, haha)
“The Riff” was the next song to be up, and you can really tell the band is more energetic tonight. They seem to put just a little extra into everything tonight, amazing.
“Who’s Your Daddy?”, OX’s moment was next, followed by “Blood Red Sandman” until it was time for Hella to have her moment! I was so thrilled when I saw everyone else leaving stage and leaving her behind, and she started to play… and fucked it up… got shaken…. plays…. fucks it up… And the guy comes, takes her head off and repairs it. It was nicely done, there are, just as in OX’s moment, some details I’d work on, but I still enjoyed it A LOT. “Schizo Doll” followed suit and then the medley.
I was glad to see that they got to use some of their props more properly on this show. Like the Scarbie box or that… wicked thing that raised in “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. “It Snows In Hell” was next until it was time for Mana to have his little moment!
At first I didn’t realize what was going on until I noticed he was levitating. He was moving. Upwards. Very high, too. Accompanied by some where delightful music, the pastor parished and then gave us the drumsolo of our lives. I love him. Seriously. The trick wasn’t flawless, but good enough.
“Supermonstars” was next, making the crowd in Milan very happy (glad to see more people than me enjoying it!) and then “I’m the Best”. I should try not to write more poison about it, so I’ll just give you a pick of it.
After “I’m the Best” no “Bring it On” happened, sadly, but I guess we shouldn’t grieve too much, since we got the superawesomemegafoxyhot Amen pulling off his guitarsolo again. M. That mummy…
“They Only Come Out At Night” was next, followed by “Devil is a Loser”. This means no “I Luv Ugly” (and no “Girls Go Chopping eariler, I haven’t forgotten about it!) and I can live with that. After the song they left, only to come back. “Hulking Dynamo”, “Hard Rock Hallelujah”, “Sincerely With Love” and at last, “Would You Love a Monsterman” was pulled off before they left the stage. However, we had left the crowd immediately after the last note, in order to take some quick sips of water before meeting up with the other Meet&Greeters.
Not sure if you know, but I won a backstagepass in a Twitter contest and I decided to use it in Milan, and so did Michelle. After a little waiting, the TM came to pick us up and walked us backstage. We set up this system – first everybody have their picture taken, and then we go back to get stuff signed. Argo, Michelle and I were the first people up, and I for some reason was the first person to walk up to the band. This is never good, because I’m always a nervous wreck.
Although. Mr L just greeted me in Swedish. I probably just looked confused. I really didn’t know where to go. They are five members, there are no middle point you know? But Hella told me to come to her and that I didn’t need to be afraid.
And then she strangles me.
No need to be afraid.
What a joke.
Wow, how small it turned out. Oh well.
Michelle and the band
Argo and the band
After this we left the “podium” and waited. We made sure to get completely ready for when the TM was to call us again, and once he did, we dashed up. Despite not being first to the band this time, I was still slightly confused in where to go first. So I started at Mana’s, and onwards. I had some photographs to be signed, and he sorted them out to come in the right order. That’s sweet. Just as before, I’m not gonna tell much about the meeting for many reasons, but I can tell you that among all that happened, Mr L praised us, OX teased me for my height and Mr L and OX had a heated discussion about my pics. And Amen bowed to me. Amazing. And they loved my pen. So much that they wanted to borrow it for the rest of the signing session. I just say: BE MY GUEST!
We left the podium quickly, as not to take up too much time with the band and sat down to wait for the pencil to be returned when Dru from the support band (Reverse Grip) caught up with us to discuss the tour, photography, alcohol and… I think that covers it. Interesting.
The pen was returned, we were forced out so we said good bye to all the bands and walked out in the chilly and rainy Milan night, with a big smile on our faces.
TO BE CONTINUED
// Sara
After a fantastic night, and barely any sleep, it was time for us to get up and get to, for me and Michelle, the second and final city of the tour, and for Argo to go to his second city of the tour. Originally we were supposed to go there as well, but after some health considerations we figured it was a no can do, and it was better if we just hit Milan instantly and rested for a day. We had gone up fairly early to make sure we made it in time, and after some waiting we were finally sitting on the train.
When travelling by the train, we got to see some of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen. I just sat there staring out the window and inhaling everything I saw. It was impossible to take pictures of it, but damn, it was wonderful. For the first time ever, I was thankful we were travelling by train.
With some small delays we arrived in Venezia for a short train change, and finally, after four hours of travelling, we arrived in Milan. Okay, that is ridiculous, four hours isn’t even much but… it felt like it!
Our original hotel was already fully booked, so for this night only we had to use another hotel, called Una Hotel Scandinavia. And.. I’m in love. What a hotel. Cheap, but still high standards! Once at the hotel we took a moment to breath, and I finally got a chance to take some pics of the shopping I had gotten done in Rome.
Mesh green/gray studded piece from Tally Weil, pink west from Tezenis and I think you can get where from the Candy for the Cannibal is.
Everything from Disney Store except the Colosseum and the pins.
I was so thrilled to find the Jasmine Classic 2013 mug. Ever since the series came out on the Disney Store webpage I’ve been longing to get some of them (Aurora, Jasmine, Belle, more to be exact) and this is a start!
After catching our breath, we headed out to do some quick shopping. Or you know, you should totally read that as “checking-out-what-Disney-Store-Milan-has-to-offer”. We looked it up, and was happy to find out it was located on a shopping street, so we got SOME other window shopping done. But of course, as always, most time was spent at the Disney Store.
It seemed like the bigger difficulty was to find a place to eat. First we found an amazing place, but then we were told they closed in ten minutes. Oh well, so much for that! Eventually, we DID find a place to eat, and could enjoy some Italian pasta. Haha, how weird it felt to write that. Oh well. It was heavens sensations, to say the least!
Coming home to the hotel we decided to take a sort of a “spa night” – taking a bath, cleaning up thoroughly for the upcoming night. While drying up and eating some last minute McDonalds (we had eaten barely anything in Rome during all four days, so we were HUNGRY) when Michelle put on “I Luv Ugly” which is her favorite from AWCA. And then her onion escaped.
That’s what she gets from liking bad Lordi songs.
After this, we peacefully slipped away to sleep…. preparing for what was to come.
TO BE CONTINUED
// Sara
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