Eurovision Review: Norway With Monster Like Me

First Thoughts: I simply couldn't resist the unbearable temptation to review Norway's, AKA My Fave's, ESC 2015 song any longer. I have loved this song since the moment I heard it. I've loved it since it was the favorite to win MGP. I've loved it since the time I didn't know what was happening in Norway because it got so cold all atom-based movement stopped - oh, wait, that didn't happen, oh well - and I've loved it over mountains, through forests, across desert sands and in pouring rains... *Wistful sigh.* Long story short, I love Norway's song. Did I mention it's my favorite? Because it is.

Best Lyric: All of it. This song is poetry in motion and it fuels my very soul, just like in Latvia's Love Injected. (Which is a terrible song, by the way.) But here are the highlights.

Honey. I'm telling the truth. I did something terrible in my early youth. 

I better let you go, to find the Prince you thought you found in me.... 

Just wave and say goodbye and let you live without a monster like me.

Honey, what am I to do? I have pulled the trigger on this awful truth. Hold me now, 'cause I'm burning up. Sing me something beautiful, and make it stop. 

Just go! To find the Prince you thought you found in me! 

Worst Lyric: What? In my favorite song of all time? No way! I dare you to find something wrong with this song, but you won't be able to, because there isn't one single note out of place!

Finalist? Yes, yes, I will beat upon the drums, rise up, come on and rise up - wait, wrong country, wrong year, oh well, in any case: Yes!

Final Thoughts: Okay, maybe I got a little carried away here. There's just so much raw emotion and so many epicly beautiful moments that I couldn't help myself. Every lyric feels as if it was hand-crafted to sheer and utter perfection; every note's sole existence in life is to better this song. The two singers have unparalleled chemistry and such polished voices that I find it hard to believe this song hasn't won Eurovision already.

Score out of 12: Twenty. It's that good.

Kaija's Favorite Genre of Music

I'm sure my loyal subjects are all anxiously awaiting to hear what Princess Kaija's favorite genre of music is.

Surely a princess as poised and graceful as Kaija spends her days listening to classical music, oui? Non!

Well, then perhaps Her Majesty enjoys alternative music. Princess Kaija is as unique as a rainflower; it would only be logical. Nope, not alternative either.

Okay, I'll give you a hint: At our last kingdom-wide dinner party, the Their Majesties the Queen and Princess Kaija served a dessert named after this obscure genre of music. What! You missed our dinner party? Well, I can't give you the recipe, because it's a Super-Duper Classified Royal Secret, but I can tell you the name: scandipop.

Yup, that's right. My mum, AKA the Queen, thought my favorite music genre sounded like a dessert (which it totally does), so we consulted with the royal chefs to create our Awesomely Amazingly Yummy Scandipop Dessert!

You can listen to some scandipop here (do it for the princess) and eat some Scandipop at the next kingdom-wide feast, which will take place in the Royal Courtyard on the first day of the Month of Crimson Flowers! Both myself and the Queen look forward to seeing you there!

Melodifestivalen Final Results

So, Måns Zelmerlöw won Melodifestivalen. Am I happy for him? Ja, very. Do I think Sweden picked the best song for Eurovision? Ultimately, and honestly... Ja.

But I wanted Jon Henrik or Eric Saade or Linus Svenning or Magnus Carlsson to win so badly! Linus would have done amazing in Vienna, and I loved Jon's joik. Am, yeah, maybe I'm bitter. You let me down, Sverige.

Please excuse me while I repaint my castle in the colors of #TeamNorge.

Kaija's Bedroom

While it is absolutely, one hundred percent, verifiably true that I spend most of my time in a stately castle on the shores of the Baltic in a perpetual Midsommar day, I occasionally need to take care of my worldly affairs in a suburban house in an undisclosed location just off the coast of NOrWAY do you need to know where I live, and I like to decorate my physical room in a way that reflects my favorite mindscapes as much as possible.

In my castle, there are many maps of all shapes, sizes, and dates lining the halls in gilded frames, papering the walls of my favorite rooms, and archived in the library, but in real life I only have four on my walls. 

You can also observe my love for reindeer in the first picture. I have several art prints on my walls as well. 

My affinity for pandas is also reflected in my room. 

I also love cats, something which I hope is evident in the picture below.

I hope you enjoyed this mini-tour of my room! Perhaps next time I'll take you on a trip through my castle.

Playlist: Kaija's Favorite Singers

Royal Wood (Canada)

Mads Langer (Denmark)

Rasmus Walter (Denmark)

Say Lou Lou (Sweden/Australia)

                                         

Alexander Rybak (Norway)

Mikko Pohjola (Finland)

Rasmus Seebach (Denmark)

TAL (France)

Hurts (UK)

Lifehouse (America)