[Joakim]

Name: Joakim Sørmo
Age: 18
Place of Living: Flisa, Norway
Occupation: Student


What are your hobbies?
Quite many. My girlfriend is the biggest one, [Ferah], whom I love the most. I also play in a band, type rock/metal/heavy rock, I really hate to put us in a genre. It depends in each song :)
Besides that, I'm the leader of a Norvegian RPG club (a small one, but what can you expect when living in the middle of the forest?) and school.


What are you studying?
I go to college (highschool) in Flisa, sometimes a bit boring but I think that most of it is great. I have one year left after this one, can't wait to get it done and move to Trondheim, hopefully together with [Ferah] ^^
But I have no plans yet, Trondheim is a fantastic city and I'm just eager to get away from nowhere. Maybe just take a year off?
The only problem is that if I'm going to have a year off, it'll be harder to gain entry to a university afterwards. So I think I'll apply and go just four hours a week or something just to have something to do and have better chances of gaining entry afterwards :)
Since it's very little schoolwork, I can have a little work on the sides. So the difference (I have worked this out, you see ^^) from a year off job and combining minor school and minor working would be about 70 000 Norwegian kroners. Or about 12 000 American $.


How did you end up on Elftown?
I saw that my brother, [manmachine] had a profile here many years ago, and last year, in some extremely boring class of economics, I suddenly remembered the link, and here we are!


What do you like most about fantasy: writing, images, reading etc.
I love fantasy images, but I have a soft spot in fantasy books. Lord of the Rings was the first, and now I'm reading almost everything I come over.


How often do you update your house?
That really depends on my time and mood. If I have loads of free-time, I can make some minor adjustments, but I'm kinda pleased with the current look:)


What is it you do mostly on Elftown? (chat/build/wiki’s etc.)
I like to chat with some of my friends, like [Ferah], [Morbid Carrot] and some others, and look at people all over the world, to get some ideas of how it is in their countries.


Is there a particular thing you like about Elftown, such as a specific wiki?
[Ferah].


[Ferah] seems of great importance, how did you two meet, tell us a story about the two of you =)
Weeeell, I passed her page one day, commenting her art, and started talking. Then, some months later, our band had just won a competition, and we were going to Trondheim, where Aurora ([Ferah]) lived, so I asked if she would have a cup of tea with me, and maybe show me around. So a month passed, and we met in Trondheim. We went out, had tea with her friends and she invited the whole band to her for a meal. When none of the others were interested, I though that I had the choice of staying at a school all night, or meet some new people and have fun. Not the hardest choice in my life.^^
There, we talked about so much, and I had a great time.

Then, after some time had passed, and we decided to go to a festival together, and before the festival, I invited her to stay at our place for some days. We fell in love with each other, but there was quite a distance from Flisa to Trondheim, and both of us were unsure if it would work at all. At the end of that festival, we kissed for the first time. She came on another visit one week after, and we decided to try. Neither of us have regrets. ^_^


That's awesome :D
So, she doesn't live in Trondheim anymore? How long have you two been together now? ^^
She moved closer, just outside Oslo :)
And on this day, we have been together 138 days, or almost five months of joy ^^


Nice ^___^
And how about this band you're in? What is the name?
Have you won a lot of competitions? Do you have a site we can check? Cd's we can buy? ;)

Hehehe, weeeell, the band has played with each other for two years now. We have a homepage, www.fastbackband.net and our name is Fastback:)
All the recordings there suck, but since we're going to studio next month, I guess there'll be almost 6 new and WAY better songs in no time^^

We have just joined some competitions, and got to the top in one of them called UKM, where young Norwegian artists meet from all over the country. People can best check us out in one to two months :)


Is there a member who's house you really like yourself? Why do you like that house?
Yes, an artist I came across long time ago. [nokturA], his pictures gave me the chill, and he is one of my favourite artists on ET. Have a look, and you'll see what I mean ;)


Have any critique/comments/suggestions/admiration etc. on a specific Elftown matter?
Well. I want to thank [Hedda] and all the others who helped ET on its feet. I would never have met my girlfriend if not for you! Also, everyone who makes this a great place to be. Thank you all.


What is your message to all Elftowners?
Have fun, enjoy.


Last:
Which 2 pictures of you can be used for Mainstreet?





Credits
The interview with [Joakim] was done by [Sunrose] and
edited into the Mainstreet story by [All_Most PUNK].
We would like to thank [Joakim] for allowing us to interview and feature him!