[I am not the real Juska Salminen, merely a fan with great respect for his work. This is all part of a GAME ]

Gosh, where does time go? I'll tell you. It's sucked up by rehearsals and album work. Soon we will have something to show for it. Other than sweat and sore body parts that is.  Tour dates have been posted on our website, which has also had a nice overhaul and a new layout is being used.

( Come and see us some time )

It's rather sad that I come back just as Lauri decides to leave. Shame ( Read more... )

Jani has decided to close his journal which has thrown me for a bit of a loop. It shouldn't, I was the one who said we needed time apart after all, but now I wonder if I made the right decision. And at the moment I guess I won't be able to find out for sure. The whole point of...this...was my fear of losing him to somebody else. And in the end ( Read more... )

The swelling in my jaw has mostly gone down. The bruising is fading away. Physical pain heals much faster then emotional. I take my lumps when I deserve them. And I deserved this. I don't know why I've been doing the things I do. My mind seems to be on autopilot and it's as if I'm on the outside watching somebody else control me. Reading ( Read more... )

The UK was a blast but now I need a rest. And soon recording begins ( Read more... )

Mess with fire and you get burned.

I've suddenly become a pyromaniac.

It's been awhile since I've written about the band so I thought I'd share a bit more info.  We changed the name from Tiaga back to To/Die/For.  This happened after we were offered a record deal by Spinefarm Records.  Our current lineup is

Jape Perätalo--Vocals, Juppe "J.P." Sutela--guitar, Santtu Lonka--drums, Mika "Alli" Ahtiainen--guitar, Me on ( Read more... )

Well that was unexpected but slightly ironic. I know I accepted your apology but I'm still digesting it all. I blame myself partly, for not always being around and available. Maybe that's why I gave into you again so easily. It brings back flashes of the past, something I didn't want to go through again. I hope I made the right choice.

Was anyone else aware that these journals could be so problematic? I’ve found that I can write cascading sonnets of epic proportion, sifted with emotional content surrounding a specific subject, but only when well aware that not a soul will have the opportunity or potential to read a single world ( Read more... )