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Hm. Well. How's everybody doing? :P

My band's album is finally getting released this month! :D

Alright, my band's first full-length album is finally getting released within the month! :D For those of you who don't know about it, I'll give you some background...

So, a few years ago a life-long friend of mine(drums) and his dad(guitar/vocals) started a music project called "Government Hate Mail". XD Epic name, right? Anyways, not long later my dad got wind of it and was asked to play guitar in the group as well. Soon after that I figured I'd volunteer to play bass, since that was the only instrument left available, and they were totally cool with me joining the group. :D
The songs "First Rage", "Cry Baby", "Lights Off Reality", "Zippo", "Watch What You Wish For" and "Follow Me anyway" were already written by the time me and my dad joined, so we had enough songs to play live shows or just practice in our little jam-room together. But my dad always likes to bang out tunes left and right while just sitting at home and sometimes just waiting for us to plug our instruments in, and before long the songs "Punch Face", "Y", "Lofolow", and "Zombieland" were created.
So in March of 2013 we started recording our full-length album in a studio run by Kevin Nettleingham of "Nettleingham Audio". And now we're done. :D

So that's the story, and now the entire album is available for Pre-order, so check the link:

Thanx for checking us out! :D

Govt Hate Mail pre-order link <---Link

My close call

I could have died a couple nights ago. O_O

Me and two of my bros(Otto and Solomon) wanted to put on our creepy masks and film some creepy stuff in a small woods near a school when it was dark. We'd been there several times in the past, but hadn't gone together in the dark before. But right when we were about to leave our dad told us(somewhat angrily, because we didn't inform him earlier) that he didn't want us running around in the woods in the dark.

Obviously we were mad, and didn't understand why he wouldn't let us go since we were bringing flashlights and stuff. Now that I think about it now the whole escape sounds a little stupid.

The next morning there were 2 cougar sightings in the same vicinity where we were planning to go have fun in. O_O

*Coughs*

Now I'm QUITE glad we didn't go...

The Monkey Man strikes again(with his side-kick, The Clown).

Have I told you guys about The Monkey Man before? Well, if not, I'll fill you in.

The Monkey Man is... Well... Me. :D

I bought a monkey mask several years ago and have used it to terrify and stupefy people ever since. I've taken on the alter-ego of "The Monkey Man" and use that identity to stir fear in the hearts of the lawless. :D

Epic, right?

Anyways, my brother Solo and I decided to put a note on the window of a car parked in front of a fire-hydrant near our residence. To contain our identity, he donned his creepy clown mask, and I donned my Monkey Man outfit. We circled the complex of Townhouses we live in before approaching the car so that anyone watching wouldn't see that we live literally 10 yards away from the vehicle, and then stuck the note under the car's window-shield-wiper. The note contained something of this nature: "Don't park in front of a fire-hydrant again, OR ELSE." <-- Something like that.

After that, we ducked around the corner of a complex garage, ran down a small hill, wrapped up our get-ups into a bundle, and then walked back home very un-suspiciously.

Job well done, I say.

Here's a vid of the experience, but I dramatized it just a tad. XD

The Monkey Man sighting <--link to the vid

Eye-floaters...

Anyone get eye-floaters? In other words, those little black spots in your vision?

Well, I've got one annoying little spot in my right eye that I keep mistaking for a little gnat flying around... XD

Changed my mind.

I was gonna go through the last 3 books of the War of the Spider Queen, but I kinda lost interest. Read 'em for yourself if you like. I was really angry by the time I finished the series, so that kinda fired up my desire to share the tale with you guys, and now that anger's for the most part melted away.

Oh well.

Maybe I'll go through the last half of the series some other time.

Book series review of "War of the Spider Queen" part 1

Well, I finished a book series recently that I hadn't previously read before, which is fun, I like broadening my horizons a bit. This series is part of the "Forgotten Realms" world created by R. A. Salvatore.

The interesting thing about this series is that it's composed of 6 books, and each book is written by a different author. O_o With each book overseen by Salvatore, to make sure it all works.

The book series is called "War of the Spider Queen". Lol, the title just sounds evil, doesn't it? XD

First off, I'd like to mention that this series--In my opinion--should not be read by kids at LEAST under 13 or 14. Why? Weeeeell, I'll get into that in a bit and explain, but I'll just abridge it for now and say: Intense/cruel violence, implied sex, language, and just downright evilness. The only thing that's mostly constant is violence. Based on this rating I'm giving it, you may go: "AHHH, TAKE THOSE BOOKS AWAY FROM ME!!!", but I ask you to read this whole review and all I have to say about this interesting series. :)

**WARNING: SPOILERS**

The story begins in the underground city of Menzoberranzan. A dark elf city. The culture of these dark elves(commonly called "drow" in this book) took me by surprise with the fact that men are held in quite low-esteem. "Males" as they are typically called in this book are all of lower importance, lower authority, most even of lower stature. The city is mostly run by priestesses and matron mothers of the goddess "Lolth", AKA, The Spider Queen.

The hiccup in the beginning of the story is that the great and terrible goddess Lolth has been silent for far too long and has no longer allowed her priestesses to use spells. Of course, her priestesses are unsure why, and attempt to wring an answer from the goddess, but to no avail. One of the main characters of the story is a dark elf priestess by the name of "Quenthal", who is tall, foreboding, beautiful, ruthless, and carries a whip with several living(and speaking) venomous serpents. When this silence occurs, some enemies of hers send assassins to take her out. Fortunately for her she manages to defeat every assassin. One of her subjects was found to have been helping the assassin. Quenthel thought about killing her but instead punished her by cutting off her fingers and cutting out her tongue. She explained how effective it was for avoiding future problems from the person, no fingers to hold a weapon, and no tongue to speak. She was right. Not long afterwards, her sister Triel Baenre, a matron mother of great importance, assigned Quenthel to travel to find the goddess Lolth and to find out why she was silent. Triel sends her son Jeggred with Quenthel to assist her on her journey. Jeggred is a large hulking beast, a half-demon half-dark-elf. I'm not sure how an elf can...eh...sexualize with a demon...but whatever. XD That's fantasy for ya.

Also in Menzoberranzan is a mage by the name of Pharaun Mizzrym. He's an extremely powerful magic-wielder, with an equally powerful wit. When he is first mentioned in the story he is shown hanging out with a friend of his, a dark elf by the name of Ryld Argith. Ryld is a fearsome muscular warrior with a large sword he named "Splitter". Throughout the book you can see why he called it that, he splits quite a few things. The two friends make a lethal pair, and serve as two other main characters to this series. Pharaun is assigned(because of a magic experiment gone wrong that killed several students) by the archmage of Menzoberranzan to discover why males have been disappearing from the city mysteriously. Ryld is bored with his current lifestyle, and decides to accompany him. So the two journey off following clues as to where the disappearing males are sneaking off to. They travel to the poorer parts of Menzoberranzan and eventually discover that the missing male dark elves have been running off to assist a goblin uprising against the city. Pharaun and Ryld unraveled the plot, but not before the goblins and renegade dark elves started revolting. As Pharaun and Ryld attempted to escape pursuing foes, Pharaun...betrays Ryld...and leaves him trapped to fend off pursuers to give himself more of a chance at surviving. *Glares* That's just uncool. This is something that should be taken note of, dark elves in these books care 99% about themselves only, and their own plans to achieve power and survive. It irritated me how easily Pharaun could just throw their friendship out the window just so that he could escape with his hide. Although Ryld survived the encounter, it set a deep rift between the two that would never be mended.

Soon after all this, Pharaun and Ryld meet up with Quenthel and Jeggred, along with a scout named Valas, and a drow priestess named Faeryl Zauvirr to find the cause of Lolth the Spider Queen's silence.

Let me just add something real quick. The funny thing about Pharaun is that he's pretty witty. He's not afraid to tease or mock Quenthel about most anything. And as I already stated, males are held as much lower people than women, so to speak in such ways to a high priestess of Lolth is quite an offense. But Quenthel can't do much about it because Pharaun is a powerful wizard, capable of destroying her in seconds if he desired. So it's just kinda funny to see this evil female elf put in her place a lot. XD

 They first travel to a city called Ched Nasad, where they encounter an army of creatures called "Tanuruuks" led by Aliiza, who is what is known as an "Alu-Fiend". What's that? Well... An alu-fiend is a female that is half demon and half human.

One more thing about Aliiza. She's a baaad girl. XD I'm kidding, but I'm also serious. She represents everything wrong with a lot of women. She sleeps around with anyone who's good looking. Regardless of the fact that she already has a "lover". Her insatiable craving for bodily pleasures is just uncool. She's gorgeous, too, so that kind of helps her out a lot when trying to attract people...

Anyways, Aliiza took a particular liking to the powerful, witty, and attractive Pharaun Mizzrym and...did...y'know...with him. It wasn't shown, but it was obviously implied and then ended the chapter.

After that the party was betrayed by Faeryl Zauvirr to a matron mother in Ched Nasad. Quenthel and Jeggred get captured and held in the dungeon. Faeryl had suffered some unpleasantries from Quenthel and Jeggred in the past, so she made sure that they felt some pain as well.

Fortunately, Pharaun and Ryld were on top of things and managed to rescue Quenthel and Jeggred. Before this was accomplished, however, they ran into a priestess named Halisstra and her incredibly beautiful battle-captive named Danifae. After almost coming to blows thinking each other enemies, they managed to get along and decide to become allies. Nothing exactly is special about these two new companions at first, but that had yet to change...

Once Quenthel and Jeggred were rescued with Halisstra and Danifae's help, revenge was taken upon Faeryl. This would be one of the more disturbing/cruel paragraphs in this series. Quenthel allowed Jeggred to do what he willed with the restrained and fully-concious traitor. I won't go into more graphic detail than I have to(the book didn't necessarily either, but it did a good job of making the reader grimace), but it involved Jeggred piercing one of his claws under her chin up through her mouth, pinning her tongue, and going farther up. And then he slashed open her midriff, allowing her...insides... to fall out freely. He then commenced to eat her.

*Shakes head rapidly in disgust* Blech. At first I thought "Well, she was a traitor, she had it coming..." but now I think "A traitor to who? A servant of the Spider Queen?" There's nothing good about the Spider Queen or her followers. True, Faeryl did torture Quenthel and Jeggred somewhat, but still, a death involving being cruelly sliced apart and eaten alive is no picnic.

Anyways, I'm moving on, mercifully...XD

After that, the group of seven now moved to escape the city which had fallen into chaos from attackers and was collapsing. Pharaun commenced to teleport them all out safely and barely saved the beautiful Danifae from a death of being crushed by rubble. The teleportation sent them far up to the surface of the world. Up on the surface the group continues onward to find followers of the god "Vhaeron" to assist them in finding Lolth. On their way, Halisstra get's captured by followers of the goddess "Eilistraee". (I know, lots of gods and goddesses in these books...) In their dungeon, one of Eilistraee's followers by the name of Seyl attempts to convert Halisstra to their faith. Halisstra refuses multiple times but Seyl keeps coming back. Halisstra plays along with them finally, pretending to be interested in converting from her faith in the Spider Queen. It's kind of sad, because the book showed that Seyl genuinely hoped for Halisstra to convert and become a follower of Eilistraee and to experience the love and acceptance that faith had to offer. And Halisstra just planned to trick them.

Let me just throw my 2 cents in about the Eilistraeen faith. This faith is as close to Christianity as you're gonna get with these books. Now I'm not trying to insult Christianity by comparing these books to that, lol, but I'm just saying. There is love, joy, fellowship and forgiveness involved in the Eilistraeen faith, meanwhile with the Spider Queen...there's hate, rage, evil, and death. Out of the two, it seems as though the Eilistraeen faith is the much better option.

However, as Seyl and a few other of Eilistraee's priestesses lead Halisstra to a ceremony in hopes to convert Halisstra, Halisstra outwits them and strikes. She manages to kill one of the priestesses, wound another, and then fatally wound Seyl. As Seyl lays dying and Halisstra robs her of her pocketed belongings, Seyl... Isn't angry. She's not cursing Halisstra and voicing her rage at her like someone who served the Spider Queen would do. In fact, Seyl forgives her and tells her that she still has hope for her. And then she dies. This will haunt Halisstra for the remainder of the series and baffle her. Such love and compassion is unknown to those of the Spider Queen. This was somewhat of a cool and sad moment.

Eventually Halisstra makes it back to her companions, and they consult the high priest of Vhaeron to assist them in finding Lolth. The priest agrees, and through a bizarre mechanism, they manage to visit Lolth's domain using their spirits. Their bodies all lay asleep in a room in the temple of Vhaeron, guarded by Jeggred, and their souls are used to travel to Lolth. When their souls make it through the "Demonweb Pits" and reach Lolth's domain, they find that she's blocked off inside a construct, and will not answer their prayers.

Halisstra is deeply hurt by Lolth's silence, and begins to question her long held faith. Meanwhile, the priest of Vhaeron betrays them by gating Vhaeron himself into the Pits, where he plans to kill Lolth and become the dominant Drow deity. "Selvetarm", Lolth's protecter, engages Vhaeron in battle, during which Pharaun communicates to Jeggred to kill the Priest's body. Jeggred does so and the priest dies. Vhaeron fails in his mission to kill Lolth's protector, and the 7 companions escape with their souls back to their bodies in the temple. The companions failed to reach Lolth, but they decide to make another attempt, and to find the Spider Queen in the Abyss.



Well guys, that's 3 of the books covered right there. :) There's SO much more info to the stories that I left out, so to experience the whole intense tale you'll have to read them for yourself.

In my next blog post I'll cover the gist of the last 3 books in the series, and I must say...These last 3 are the saddest. :( I'm still trying to get over them.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed this post, and I'll see you chaps next time. :D



                                                               Quenthal and Jeggred:

Pharaun Mizzrym

I got the bar removed from my mouth!!! :D

Remember that post I made about the bar the orthodontist put in the roof of my mouth to widen my jaw? Well...IT GOT REMOVED TODAY!!! I'm sooo glad, 'cause now I don't sound like Sid the sloth, and I can make clear "sss"s and "tuh"s. Talking is gonna be so much more fun...

Me playing guitar

As the title suggests, this is me...Playing guitar. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPOwupGmhJc

Saw Desolation of Smaug (WARNING: SPOILERS)

Yep. Saw it. And I was not entirely blown away.

Was it good? Yeah, I would say it was a good movie, I would see it again. Was it a fantastic movie? Yeeees, I guess you could say that. Was it extremely well made? The animation was pretty good, but I wouldn't say the plot/events that took place were well made.

Let me give you some background of my "Hobbit"familiarization. I've had the book read to me several times as a kid, and then I've probably read it myself. Along with that, I've seen the cartoon movie of the Hobbit countless times. So I've had a pretty good idea of how the story goes, and have been somewhat attached to the story, and am sensitive to change.

Desolation of Smaug was good, but...most of the events in the story that were so catchy and had impact in the book's readers seemed to be rushed in the movie. For instance, Mirkwood forest. They were in that forest for maybe...Ten minutes of the movie?? Or less??? The spiders were cool, but there was no conversing between Bilbo and the spiders. It was all just rushed so the movie could get to the action. And more action and more action and more action and more action. Which is kind of weird, I'll admit, because if a movie doesn't have much action then I typically don't enjoy it. XD And then Tauriel shows up... And I have a question relating to Tauriel... Why is she in this movie at all??? WHY??? She doesn't need to be there. All she does is just kill orcs in RIDICULOUSLY cheesy ways and fall in love with one of the dwarfs. She didn't need to be in the story. Another scene that wasn't rushed, but man oh man oh man oh man it was NOT in the book. The whole Smaug vs. Dwarfs fight scene. What the heck. It was crazy and action packed I'll give it that, but WHY? They just wanted to extend the movie another hour? I thought they were trying to make it look like a video game after a while, it was just: dwarfs evading Smaug, make it to a different level, run into smaug again, do something crazy, escape again... Ok, we get it. Smaug is too stupid to kill a few dwarfs. Smaug was cool, don't get me wrong, he was a killer dragon with an epic rumbling voice, but I dunno...

It was a good movie. I won't go through every detail of what I like or didn't like about it, but it was fun. :)

Been working out more

I've been working out MUCH more lately. :D One day I decided to be consistent about it, and just did 35 push-ups right off that bat. I decided that I would add one push-up each day. But after a couple days I realized that doing a little over 30 push-ups a day just wouldn't cut it. XD So I decided to do the amount in the morning, noon, and night before I go to bed. That felt a lot better. I'm on 49 push-ups now. :D A couple days ago I was talking to my boss and he recommended I do sit-ups as well, so now I'm doing 49 push-ups and 49 sit-ups in the morning, noon, and night. Tomorrow I'll be doing 50. :D It's going along beautifully. I'm sore, but it's a GORGEOUS kinda soreness. XD

It's only been about 15 days, but I'm already starting to feel/see some difference.

Saw Catching Fire

Last Saturday I went with one of my bros and one of my friends to go see CATCHING FIRE!!! :D It was killer. With a capital "K". All the characters were acted extremely well, and all the emotions portrayed were engaging. Excellent movie, I'd rank it possibly my #1 2013 movie. :D

G'day to ya.

Sorry I haven't been updating my blog very often. I've been keeping busy getting videos rolling on my youtube channel. In case you haven't heard, I've been collaborating with my bros on the channel, and doing video game walkthroughs. :D It's been fun, and hopefully you people will enjoy it as much as we do.

My interview with J. Maes

Metal15: Hey, dude, what's up?

J. Maes: Nothin' much. How's you?

Metal15: Also nothin' much, just typing up this blog post. XD How's the weather?

J. Maes: A mite cold, but quite nice, really.

Metal15: Just so that the readers know, what country do you live in? (If I may ask...)

J. Maes: You may ask. I live in Adelaide, Australia! Ney, actually in the U.S. Pity, I wish I was living there...

Metal15: What life experiences have shaped your personality and your outlook/worldview on life?

J. Maes: Wow, that's a loaded question worthy of a loaded answer. The biggest learning curve I have ever gone through was when a girl friend (notice the separation of the two words) disappointed me and when she shredded every last bit of optimism I had up to that point. It was horrific, suicidal, and crazy. And to be honest, none of it was my fault at all. No joke. That's why I have a site---so I can rant and rave.

Metal15: What are your views on God? And do you believe that he's watching you 24/7?

J. Maes: Yeah, pretty much. I mean, He's outside of space and time, so 24/7 is nothin'. 5th dimension? I dunno...

Metal15: Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? And if so, what are your basic opinions on that subject?

J. Maes: Yes, I do. I believe that if you believe that (:P) Jesus died for your sins and that God flippin' made you, and that you do the work that He designed you for, I think your'e good. Of course, it isn't cut-and-dry like that, but I also do believe in hell. I hate when someone has the bumper-sticker: IT'S YOUR HELL, BURN IN IT! That's how America and several other places have portrayed Christians, as Holy Rollers and jerks, and whatnot, so I do know it exists; I just don't force it on people because I dare you to find one Scripture that says to tell people that they are going to burn eternally if they don't 'fess up. Good luck with that.

Metal15: Do you believe there is such a thing as "Predestination", and that every action and decision you make has been "Predestined" and known by God?

J. Maes: Yep. Wait, didn't I say that He's outside of time and space? He can rewind or fast-forward to whenever, mate! No worries there. But yes, I do.

Metal15: Do you believe in premarital abstinence? Explain your views?

J. Maes: Yes, I do. No sex until marriage. But I can tell you that I have been in more than one circumstance where it was right there and forced on me and I rejected it respectfully. So, yeah, no sexual relations until marriage, but marriage at the moment is not a priority, and I don't think it will be, perhaps ever.

Metal15: Do you believe in dating? BF/GF?

J. Maes: In a way. Honestly, I'm sort of after a girl now. If that sounds weird, that's because it is. I think that if your'e going to invest in someone like that, you better be ready and meaning to invest for good, because that's a big piece of yourself to give away, and a big piece to take, if you can understand that; I dunno. I'm a fan of old-style where you hold the flippin' door and take off coats and take a glob of street-gutter mud in your face so she doesn't get it. They call it courtship and it is not so free-and-whatever as the dating mentality. No hopping, just one. I have a sticker on my dresser (or desk, either one) that says "One Person Only". I guess that could mean that girl or even God. I wrote it, and I don't even know what I'm talking about. So yeah...

Metal15: Do you have a favorite band/musical group?

J. Maes: At the moment, it's Howard Shore and Alt-J.

Metal15: Do you have a favorite song of all time?

J. Maes: Nope. To many good ones, and waaay to many bad ones.

Metal15: Do you have a favorite book series?

J. Maes: Lord of the Rings. What a ridiculous question...

Metal15: What's your favorite movie/movies?

J. Maes: Blade Runner with Harrison Ford---1983 and awesome.

Metal15: Do you have a personal site? After this interview people might be thinking "Whoa, this guy is awesome, I wanna check out his blog/twitter/facebook/website..." etc.

J. Maes: Yeah, but be forewarned---it's a bit rant-and-rave: http://jayvsstudios.wordpress.com

Metal15: And lastly...How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

J. Maes: The physical capacity of a North American woodchuck is not sufficient to "chuck" wood, so the question is therefore undefined, or no solution. Seeing that you wrote "if", I would have to give the reply: how much wood could you chuck if you could chuck wood? The physical limits of a 17-year old Caucasian male, and for that matter anyone, are means enough to throw wood at a minimum distance of approximately 3.2 meters.


Hehe, thanx Jesse, and have an epic day! :D

Bought Megadeth DVD(On Blu-ray)

I bought the Megadeth Blu-ray yesterday. :D And hopefully I'll watch it later today. Gonna be KILLER!!!

Megadeth DVD coming out tomorrow

So...Megadeth performed one of their most famous albums live from start to finish, last year. They filmed it, and now it's coming out on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow!!! I can't wait!!!

Here's a demo of the live show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOAIWZumJ4

9/11

I forgot to post anything about this yesterday, sorry...

12 years ago on Sept. 11th, over 3000 people lost their lives during the terrorist attack by al-Qaeda.

May they never be forgotten.

Work today

So, my previous boss asked me to help him with some work today. What kind of work, you ask? Well, we needed to buff a concrete basement floor in one of the units of my complex today. Buffing involves using a machine(Called a buffer(Duh XD)) that kinda looks like this:

We cleaned the floor with a kind of chemical that's designed to...ah...kill nearly everything. XD So, after we mixed it with water and scrubbed the floor nice and thoroughly, we used a special kind of vacuum to suck the majority of the water left on the floor. After that was done, I had the grueling task of cleaning out a large cubby-hole(or hell-hole, whichever you wanna call it. XD) that was under the basement staircase, that was filled with cardboard, dirt, and nearly 10 pounds of cat dung. O_O And I couldn't just gingerly shovel it out with a long-handled shovel, I had to duck under the stair case and crawl into the hole and get all the garbage out of there with a little hand-broom and little dust-pan, making LOTS of trips. Not fun. Obviously I wasn't gonna crawl around in there with no protection, so I put on a full face respirator mask, a headlamp(It was dark), gloves, and a full body zip-up protection suit.

So yeah, that was un-cool.

Went to a show recently

Yep, da title says it all. :D I went to a show recently. This show had only two bands playing, which was a tad odd, because I'm used to going to shows where there's like 4 or 5 bands playing in one night. We got there a bit early so we could be near the front of the line:

                                                   My bro Otto, me, and my bro Solomon.


The first band was a band called "Royal Thunder". They were pretty decent, they were a three-piece, a dude on drums, a dude on guitar, and a girl on bass and vocals. :) Here's a pic of them playing:

Me looking evil...XD

                                                                   My bro Solomon

                                                 My bro Otto(Doesn't he look excited?? :D)

                                                      The 2nd band "Baroness" playing

                                                                Baroness going crazy

Singer/guitarist's wide stance. :D

And that's all she wrote. :) Or rather "he" wrote, in reference to me...

My interview with Bethan L.

Metal15: Hey, Bethan, What's up?

Bethan: Hey, nothing much, just been doing some work for next week when I begin school. 

Metal15: Cool, how's the weather there in Britain? :D

Bethan: Well..........................One day it's freezing. And then the next it's like the desert!!!!!!!!!!

Metal15: XD Hehe

Bethan: The British are famous for complaining about the weather, though. :)

Metal15: LOL. That weather sounds similar to my area. XD

Bethan: Haha. British weather is very unpredictable. 

Metal15: Yah. Ok, question #1, (and this may be a toughie) what experiences have shaped your personality and your outlook/worldview on life?

Bethan: Well, this is a hard question but I would have to say my faith in Christ and my relationship with him. Every decision I make comes back to him and whether it's a right or wrong decision. Sometimes I feel like I stumble through situations but when I ask for his wisdom and guidance they definitely have an impact on how my life is shaped. I also think my time at Tupton Hall School has shaped my personality because experiences at that school taught me a lot. I had my first boyfriend there and I had experienced my first break-up which was heart-breaking but changed how I saw relationships and what they should be and also taught me a lot about myself. I also met my best friend there, and have learned to cope with a range of situations. :)

Metal15: Sorry about your break-up. :( That sux. But hopefully your gain in a best friend made up for that somewhat. :) Charlotte rawks. XD

Bethan: I know, lol. :)

Metal15: Question #2, what are your views on God? And do you believe he's watching you 24/7?

Bethan: I believe that he is my sovereign lord who loves me more than I could imagine. I believe that he gives us salvation and the kingdom of God as a gift and that we can't earn it. And yeah, I do believe he watches us 23/7, nothing is hidden from him, remember Jonah who tried to hide from God? Well it didn't work out too well, did it? He's all around us all the time!!!!!!!! :D

Metal15: YAY! :D *High-fives*

Bethan: Haha. :D

Metal15: Ok, question #3, do you believe in Heaven and Hell? If so, what are your basic opinions on that subject? 

Bethan: I believe that Heaven and Hell are very real and to put it simply and bluntly, if you accept Jesus as lord and savior and accept that you can't live without him, then you're going to Heaven, if you don't, then you're going to Hell.

Metal15: Yep. That sux for those who don't. :(

Bethan: Yeah.

Metal15: Question #4, do you believe in "Predestination", and that every action and decision you make has been "Predestined" and known by God? This question is HIGHLY controversial, I've noticed.

Bethan: I suppose. I mean, I believe that everything is in God's control.

Metal15: Right. But is everything predestined? There are verses in the Bible that talk about people predestined to do stuff for God's will, but I think some people kinda ignore those verses or claim that they're being used out of context or something. 

Bethan: Yeah. Well, I'm kinda neutral on the subject I suppose, but all I'll say is that I strongly believe that God is in control of everything and nothing can happen without him allowing it.

Metal15: Roger that. :D Question #5, do you believe in pre-marital abstinence? Please explain your views. Also highly controversial. XD

Bethan: Well I believe that our bodies are temples for the Holy Spirit and that we should treat it with respect and that waiting till you're married is the right way. If God wanted us to sleep with someone other than our husband or wife then why is it possible to catch sexually transmitted diseases if you sleep with multiple people? It's not how God intended us to live. 

Metal15: I agree completely. America doesn't, though. :P

Bethan: Yeah, well we live in a sinful world.

Metal15: Yeppers. Question #6, do you believe in dating? GF/BF?

Bethan: Yeah. It's kinda necessary if you wanna get to know the person.

Metal15: Totally. Plus I'm sure it's fuuuun. XD

Bethan: :)

Metal15: Alright, that's it with the controversial stuff, now to some more-casual questions. :D Question #7, do you have a favorite band/musical group? I might be able to guess what it is, though... :D

Bethan: Haha. Yeah my fave band is Led Zeppelin.

Metal15: Oh. O_O I was wrong. 

Bethan: They literally make me proud to be british.

Metal15: Haha.

Bethan: I love rock, but not much that verges into metal, sorry. 

Metal15: WHA...YOU DON'T??? THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!!! 

XD No.

Bethan: Haha.

Metal15: Jkjkjk

Bethan: Haha. :D

Metal15: Ok, question #8, do you have a favorite song of all time?

Bethan: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's a difficult one.

Metal15: I know. Hehehe.

Bethan: I'd have to say Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. It was the first song that I became completely obsessed with when I was 12. :)

Metal15: Huh, cool, I don't think I've heard it, though... *Looks it up on Youtube*

Bethan: Haha.

Metal15: It almost sounds like it has some stringed instrument playing in the background of the song. Is that right?

Bethan: Yep. Or it might be John Paul Jones on the synthesizers, lol.

Metal15: Ah, ok. I like synth stuff in music.

Bethan: :)

Metal15: Question #9, do you have a favorite book series?

Bethan: Easy... Lord of the Rings.

Metal15: Haha, I had a feeling... ;)

Bethan: :)

Metal15: Which one of the books in the series is your fave?

Bethan: Ooooooooooooooooooh...erm...........The Return of the King. It has the most awesome battle. 

Metal15: I haven't even read the books all the way through. o_O Obviously I need to do that.

Bethan: Lol

Metal15: Ok, question #10, what's your favorite movie/movies?

Bethan: Haha, Lord of the Rings all the way, hahahaahah. :)

Metal15: Shweet. Of the three movies, would Return of the King still be your fave?

Bethan: Yep. :) Although I love the scene in Two Towers when Gandalf comes to save the day with the Rohirrim.

Metal15: Yep. Epic-ness in it's true form. :D

Bethan: Yep.

Metal15: Although it's a miracle all those horses didn't trip and fall running down that STEEEEP slope. O_O

Bethan: IKR?

Metal15: That would have been the biggest landslide of men and horses you'd ever see. XD

Bethan: Hahaa. Aragorn would have been like woop woop the rohirrim are here and then he'd be like ohhhhhhhhhhh crap!!!!!!!!!!!

Metal15: LOL. XD Then the Uruks would probably run anyway, to avoid the landslide. XD

Bethan: Haha, yeah totally.

Metal15: Hehe, anways...Question #11, do you have a personal site? After this interview people might be thinking "Whoa, this girl is awesome, I wanna check out her blog/twitter/facebook/website..." etc.

Bethan: Haha, no, just my google profile: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115644711997434389956/posts

Metal15: Ok, that's cool. :)

Bethan: Cool. :)

Metal15: Alrighty, final question...How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? O_O

Bethan: Haha. Dunno. I'll leave that for you to answer, lol.




Thanx a lot, Bethan, and have a great rest of your day! \m/ \m/