I got a great scholarship from the Mexican Government for grad school.

Boston, HERE I GO!

(In two months )

When this thread appeared at the top of my 'view new posts' view this morning, for a brief moment I thought the skipper had given us an update. HAHAHAH - silly me It's barely been 2 MONTHS since Apocalyptica were announced. It's not like he personally made a promise that something like this would n...

"Oh, a North America tour. Awesome! Some Canada dates, visiting every town in the US with over 100 inhabitants... No, no Mexico. Damn". "Oh, a Latin American tour... Let's see. Four dates in Brazil, one in Argentina, one in Chile, three in Colombia, one in Costa Rica/Panama... And no,...

Saw Sabaton this Saturday. It was one of the tightest, most awesome shows I've ever seen. It also had some nostalgia, since it's probably the last show I'll see here in Mexico City for a while. So great way to say farewell to shows here. Next gig: probably Eluveitie + Týr in October. When will you ...

Stained Class wrote:I'm definitely all about the Sierra Nevada Pale Ales. You'll see me drinking those by the bucket.

(Yes, Sierra Nevada is great)

LadyBlackfhyre wrote:I wonder how many more til the next one, probably a lot!!!!

Yay! Congrats!

+1 too

Saw Sabaton this Saturday. It was one of the tightest, most awesome shows I've ever seen.

It also had some nostalgia, since it's probably the last show I'll see here in Mexico City for a while. So great way to say farewell to shows here.

Next gig: probably Eluveitie + Týr in October.

Memnoch wrote:

X-Thor wrote:

DrinkMoxie wrote:If you want a broader scale, use Kelvin.

That's not any broader scale than Celsius though, it just has the zero point set differently.

True

think of F temps in percentages... 0% lacks all the heat you could need and 100% is as much heat as you'd ever ask for, less or more and gettin' silly basically, I think out broader temperature range gives us a more specific feel. 70 to 80 degrees shows a lot of change and 21 to 26 c, even though i...

mooyagi wrote:

Speedy wrote:WOHOO!!! Double digit temperatures outside!

We're going to hit triple digits (obviously F not C) this weekend

I don't think I'll ever get used to F temperatures. Make absolutely no sense to me.

Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.. should be listened every year in all the ship while is starting to move THIS would be so fucking epic Maybe I'll get on broad with the whole cosplay thing this year and spend the entire cruise wearing a big ol' dead seagull around my neck That'd be pretty...

Krys wrote:CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE GRADUATING THIS YEAR!!!

... OK.

Honestly, with 60 bands, I hope I only like half of the lineup. I won't be able to see so many bands. Better to have a diverse lineup that attracts fans from many different subgenres, no?

Yes above reply covers most of culture change but I add a couple of things.So I had an encounter with one particular idiot who was drunk.He basically was on the cruise to get drunk and had little interest in any of the bands.He said he liked mostly eighties bands of the more pop metal variety .This...

Sgt. B wrote:

X-Thor wrote:Blind Guardian!

That choice was a shock.

You know, I like to make unexpected choices from time to time.

Handing the last papers for loans and scholarships this week. Hopefully, I'll be able to go to grad school without incurring into too much debt.

Blind Guardian!

Cool! That would be really awesome. The rules we've gone by that I think are the most fair have gone by last.fm listens. It might make more sense to go by Facebook likes or if we could, album sales would be ideal. What does everyone think? I think last.fm listens are a good proxy of popularity. Fac...

LadyBlackfhyre wrote:We had gotten 3 announcements on pictures of eggs around easter last year.

Summer months are definitely slow for announcements as Andy goes to a lot of the festivals... Once summer is over we will get more!

But summer hasn't even started!!

Blind Guardian
Equilibrium.

And I'm voting for Blind Guardian on next round too.

So I got my masters degree 2 years ago in Clinical Art Therapy. In order to become an official registered Art Therapist, I needed to complete 1500 hours of client time. It took me a year to get a job in the field, and now I have been at my job for a little over a year, doing Art Therapy with my cli...

DragonLordJones wrote:18 days since our last non-announcement, so the drought has started .......... time to start rioting ? over 2 weeks

OR time to start placing bets!

alex_canada wrote:she "plays" the ocarina like i "sing" at kareoke

Drunk?

I'm mostly excited because Blind Guardian. No surprises there.

I'm also excited for Equilibrium, Xentrix, Therion, and Arch Enemy.

EpidemicReign wrote:When I started reading the series I thought I was in a race to get caught up before the sixth book comes out. Boy, was I wrong.

You poor, summer child.

Pellaz wrote:

Castroh wrote:Kalmah Kalmah Kalmah Kalmah Kalmah

% ..Chameleon... %

DrinkMoxie wrote:Xentrix

I'm like 80% sure Andy will read this as "Moar Melodic Death Metal (In Barge To Hell) = Moar Better", just to troll us.

He had trouble moving the plot and characters because he didn't know where he was going. I find that even more evident in the tenth book "Crossroads of Twilight," I mean its written in the title itself. The tenth book contained no events and was just every character in the story second gu...

Stained Class wrote:BUMP. MOAR MELODEATH. Let's get INSOMNIUM GATHERUM!!

I support this.

I plan on arriving the day before the cruise, as late as possible, to minimize school time lost. And I'll leave the day the cruise is over, as soon as possible, for the same reason.

How many books are slow in WoT? It is still a goo read though correct? I'm excited to see how things unfold. I am loving every second of reading Wheel of Time!!!!! Books 7 and 8 start to slow down. Books 9 and 10 are SLOOOOOOWWWWW, but still entertaining. It has a lot of plot to unravel, so it does...

How many books are slow in WoT? It is still a goo read though correct? I'm excited to see how things unfold. I am loving every second of reading Wheel of Time!!!!! Books 7 and 8 start to slow down. Books 9 and 10 are SLOOOOOOWWWWW, but still entertaining. It has a lot of plot to unravel, so it does...

Azazel101 wrote:Round 2
Blind Guardian VS Xentrix
Threshold VS Heathen
Ensiferum VS Annihilator
Equilibrium VS Arch Enemy

Blind Guardian
Heathen
Ensiferum
Equilibrium <- This was fucking hard. Only voting for equilibrium because I've seen Arch Enemy twice already.

So bumping this to see if anyone wants a ticket for Metaldays. I'm selling mine for 99E (+ shipping).

sageoftruth wrote:This one might belong in the Politics thread, but I'd rather not awaken that beast.

So true.

I just finished reading Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It wasn't as engaging as Mists of Avalon or Forest House but I enjoy the series. Avalon, Camelot, Roman Empire, right up my alley. Today is my last day of classes though and I'm in dire need of a good fantasy series for the summe...

I wish i had more time to read, but it is difficult with work. I'm not even sure if I will have finished Wheel of Time by the time the cruise rolls around. Still on book 6 After book 6 it gets increasingly slow for some time. So take your time. I really need to restart/finish this off.. finished th...