*flop*

As written on UF:
"I know, I know... I normally don't listen to Finnish music in English, but I was curious about what else was on the "Angels Fall First" album aside from the "Lappi" cycle (Erämaajärvi / Witchdrums / This Moment is Eternity / Etiäinen). Then this (5.6MB .MP3) got stuck in my head :P It's so über-dramatic."



I've been at this for the last 6 hours or so, with a lot of help from the MIDI of this song on the official Nightwish site.

*flop*

The video for the new version of the song is pretty awesome too. Though the new version of the song itself isn't as awesome, Tarja fixes the 'swallowed' /r/ pronunciation that somewhat irritates me in the old version.

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In other news, I finally found a decorative box that was long enough for my Finnish knife! The knife in its sheath is about 12.5 inches long, and I had trouble finding a nice box for it, because for some reason, those boxes typically used for wine bottles aren't long enough. I think this one was designed for candlesticks, though.

Awesomeness

As I mentioned earlier, the 2005 version of the "Sleeping Sun" video is awesome. And here's why.

It's Tarja. It's the dress, the hair.
It's the choreography. It's the whole atmosphere of the video.

Screencap Ava-tarj— [that's just lame. —ed.]^* Avatars!

   

(The pics are actually ~190x190px, if that matters to you.)


Now I want my hair back.


^*Hey, I can poke fun at myself, right?