Spiders in the back-yard!

One day, very early in the morning, I was walking down the side-walk and I saw this huge spider. It looked like it was just floating in mid-air! It was probably about 1 inch (2.5cm) long. Here's the picture in which that devilish little thing looked like it was hovering.

 And in this picture I had the flash on, so you can see the web and everything. I'm pretty sure the web was at least 1 1/2 ft. (.45 meters), if not a little larger. Let me know if you like looking at these creepy-crawlers, or if you're freaked out by them, like me!

DragonForce, my favorite band :]

Ok, so I've gathered some of the best pictures for this post... The band is *epic drumroll please*, DragonForce. I love this band because of their blithering speed and charmingly melodic playing. And because they're handsome , of course. Their amazing accents don't hurt either. Haha :]] They play power metal... And power metal it surely is!

So anyway... here they are together first.

This is one of the more amusing pictures of them.... Usually they're all quite serious looking and staring down the camera :) Left to right, back row first. Sam Totman (rhythm/lead guitar), Vadim Pruzhanov (keyboard, theremin), Herman Li (lead guitar), Frédéric Leclercq (bass), Dave Mackintosh (drums), and in the front... Former vocalist ZP Theart. Information on the split of DragonForce and ZP Theart was released on March 9th, 2010.

Vadim Pruzhanov (keyboardist)

I love this picture because of the precise, powerful way it's captured. The way Vadim's hair is flying up in the air... It leads my eye to his face, and the concentration of playing the music. Which also leads right down his arm, to the technical and controlling way his hand is playing the keyboard. [That was quite a description] :) I've also seen quite a few interviews with Vadim... And his facial expressions are awesome! I love them! x)

ZP Theart (former vocalist)

This is my favorite picture of ZP, because of the passion he seems to be putting in to that certain song. That or he can't quite hit the note :] But from another aesthetic point of view... His hair is amazingly curly, And I love it :)

Dave Mackintosh (drums)

I can't say much about Dave, other than his drumming is purely epic. I hope to god that they don't speed up the drums in the studio, because this would be some extraordinary talent if they didn't. Other than that, from interviews, he seems like a really cool, fun guy.

Frédéric Leclercq (bass)

Well, as you can [hopefully] tell from his name, Frédéric is from France :) I love the stage presence this guy has, it's friendly and funny. His expressions are, in my opinion, completely priceless... And of course the way he plays the bass is also ...*wait for it*... epic! He completely owns the instrument. Also, his hair is poofy. Which is... awesome x)

Herman Li (lead guitar)

Herman's hair in this picture reminds me of one of the poems I recently wrote. Eternal Abyss. If you look at his hair the way I am, it kind of looks like the enterence to a very deep hole. Anyway, hair stuff aside. His playing is phenomenal; I absolutely cannot wait until I can play that fast... Standing up ;)

And last, but certainly not least, Sam Totman (rhythm/lead guitar)

I've heard that Sam writes most [or at least a lot] of the music that DragonForce plays. I love the way Sam talks; it reminds me of a friend my brother used to have for a long time. Come to think of it, the friend's name was Sam too! They both mumble quite a bit, but because I'm American and Sam's British [originally from New Zealand], that just makes it all the harder to tell what he's saying. But he's still cool x) His playing and songwriting is completely amazing, in my opinion. Some people would disagree, but that's ok. I love his signature guitar too... The Ibanez STM1 [Sam Totman Model 1]. I've heard rumors that he and Ibanez making one similar, except blue. So I'll keep a look-out for that, for sure!

Well, there's not much more I can say about them... Without going into huge detail about all their songs and what I like most. Which would be pretty much everything! All I have to say is, if any of them or one of their friends reads this... If you would, please tell them:

They do have quite a few girl fans. Me and some of my friends really love the music :) [and of course the musicians themselves!] DragonForce should come to the US again. (duh, right?) Specifically the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area. Btw, come sometime in the summer of 2014-2015. Quite a ways away... But I know I'll be there!

Thanks for reading this, whoever you are! I hope you enjoyed my view and thoughts of this great band, DragonForce. If you don't know them, I hope you take some time to check out their songs on youtube or somthing :) And please, don't download songs illegally. All musicians deserve appreciation and respect; because they're working hard to entertain you!

Thanks again!!

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Here's another poem... Again, completely original! Please, if you want to share them, include who it was written by! I was very upset when I wrote it, so it's pretty dark.
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Eternal Abyss

Why have they come here
They take our weary,
They kill our defenseless
Our warriors are few
Weapons are useless on these demons
From the Eternal Abyss they ride

Hellish things plague my thoughts
They torture me day and night
You are worthless
You are dirt from the pit of the Abyss, they say

The Time Without Light has come
Run away, hide your souls
Deathly spirits abound, they haunt the weak
They rip to fragments our young
They invade the heads of our lame
Crippling them mentally, killing their souls

Why have they come
To kill and destroy our people
They have no love, no guilt
No mercy

This is who they are,
The Demons that bring the forth Time Without Light
There is no hiding, there is no escaping

The Infinite Hell, some call it
The Ageless Inferno,a Ceaseless Underworld
The Ever-waiting Tomb

Some come here because they were dragged, without a choice
Some are drawn with promises of treasures beyond the imangination
Yet they do not realize that all the promises are lies, The Devil's Fiction
All of the others were oblivioius that this nightmare-ish misery could even exist

Yet we all end up here...
This is, the Eternal Abyss
~
Rachael Abrams

No pictures today, just poems :)

This is the most recent poem I've written. Completely mine, completely original... I hope you like it, because I love it!!
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Forever & Always

Somtimes when I look at you through the eyes of my mind,
I'm unsure if you can remember me
So many days we had together
Days watching the sun set
Days listening to the wind blow

I will always love you
I can only hope that you are able to remember me
That in some distant, far away place
We will be together, forever

Out in the garden,
The branches of trees were soaked in the love that we shared
In the backyard of our imagnination, we were together
For all of time, we shared the peace and spirit of little children

I miss those days
Hours and hours of time past
Gone
Never to be seen again

Yet none of them were wasted
Not one of those times past
Without great care
To cherish every last moment

This time that we had, will never come back
This time was ours to spend

I will never recieve you back, you are gone forever
In another world, a different demension
Missing from my heart

Time never ceases to remind us
That our loved ones will pass
And so will we
But it will always be there, time will

Ageless
Immortal
Enduring
Deathless
Continuous
Persisting
Steadfast

One day, far from this
We will meet again
If only...
If only you could lead me...
Lead me through the gates of relentless pain
Through the hallways of endless sorrow

To the day,
That glorious day,
That we unite again
One soul, without end or rest
Eternally together, forever and always
~
Rachael Abrams