Why hello, Winter, I don't believe we've met.

Pictures!

Rachmaninov had big hands

If my nightmares had a soundtrack, it would be Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-sharp minor

If you value your sanity, do NOT fall asleep listening to this.

If my dreams had a soundtrack, it would be Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3

Greater joy have few men than this

This is one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time. I found it this morning. Can you even imagine how much fun Leif must have had doing that? I sure can't.

Honestly, I find Leif's interpretation of most romantic pieces to be absolutely atrocious (cf. Grieg's piano concerto part 1, part 2 and part 3, and, if you can find it, Debussy's Clair de Lune... if you can't find it, trust me - it's bad). Classical suits him far better, in my opinion. He has a knack for playing Mozart, such as his piano concerto #18 (above) and #17 as well.

Franz Liszt was probably a (demi)god

Here's a fun exercise: go listen to Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor. Don't worry, I'll wait.

Done? Ok. Now read the next sentence very carefully, and make sure you have a defibrillator on hand:

Franz Liszt SIGHTREAD Grieg's concerto PERFECTLY.

If you haven't heard this concerto before, I'll show you the first part. Just recite it out loud and it'll make sense. Promise.

badabadabadabadabadabadabadabadaBUM!...bum bum bum... bum bum bum - bum bum bum - bum bum bum - bum bum bum... bum.. bum.. bummmm..

baboodabahbaobhaubhabhabhabahbhaabaahhh... ... bum... BUM BUM... ... bum... BUM BUM...

I think I'm going to buy another Moleskine notebook

1. They're amazing and addicting.

2. My Fine Arts prof proffers so many potent quotables every single day of lecture that my planner (where I write them down) has no more room for me to write down the things I actually have to accomplish for that day. A few gems from today:

"Some of you are looking at me like this, and I'm not even kidding: *gaping face* Wake up. This is about sex."

"It's awful. It's terrible. It's wonderful."

"Apparently at the beginning of the semester I smoked some crack."