Brahms Intermezzo

Ok...............so now back to our regular programming.

In my piano lessons I am currently working on a Bach Fugue which I couldn't find a decent video of on YouTube and a Brahms Intermezzo which I could find a decent video of on YouTube. I mean the piano playing is decent; the camera work looks like it was done by a 10-year-old.



Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 76 No. 7
played by Edgardo Roffe

Random Notes

-- I was saddened to learn last week that Underwear Man has moved out of Greenfield Manor Apartments. I just saw him a month or two ago - he had just gotten a brand-new monster-sized pickup truck - it was nice. And then he moved out - and didn't even say goodbye. Bastard! ;)

-- I've restarted piano lessons. I haven't really put it through a major test yet but I think I have a much better control over what was causing me pain before. Hopefully, if the pain returns at some point I'll know how to resolve it. I think I will but we'll see.

-- In these piano lessons we're currently working on a Bach fugue - I don't see a video for it on YouTube so I can't post that. But we're also going to do my very first Brahms piece - once we have that picked out I'll post a video for it.

Photos of Morgantown, West Virginia (Pt. 2)

So, I arrived in Morgantown on a Friday afternoon the first week of classes and got some good photos of the students - I was happy about that. But, when I got there, I inadvertently drove right through the middle of the campus at exactly 2:20 pm, which is apparently when the last classes end. So my car, along with several other cars, was suddenly marooned in this sea of yellow and blue - that was very surreal.

But, after I regained myself, I then parked and took some pictures in downtown Morgantown. The downtown wasn't exactly what I expected - I can't really explain what I expected - but I enjoyed it nonetheless. And now - let me pass a little of that enjoyment on to you.

Photos Of Morgantown, West Virginia (Pt. 1)

So, I finally have all my Morgantown photos posted on Flickr but I'm going to post some here too because it seems like one group of people searches and finds the photos there and another group searches and finds them here. And, as you know, I'm certainly out to please everybody ;)

But I decided to break the Morgantown photos I post here into two groups - 1) natural surroundings and 2) "downtown".

As for the first group of photos, I really enjoyed the natural phenomena of the area, including the different scenic overlooks and of course the Monongahela River. I've been to Pittsburgh before and have seen where it joins the Allegheny to form the Ohio and that certainly is an impressive sight but I also liked seeing the Monongahela "on its own".

Photos Of Clarksburg, West Virginia

For my trip to Morgantown I bought this book called "An Explorer's Guide to West Virginia" because I wanted to know about things in the area I wouldn't have known about otherwise.

Clarksburg was one of those places - never really heard of it before - but was glad I went there afterward - I think the pictures turned out well.

Maryland Overlook Photos

Okay, I'm posting the first of my photos from my Morgantown trip. And I'm kind of doing it in reverse - showing pictures from the trip back first.

These are pictures from a couple different scenic overlooks along I-68 in Maryland. The first photo is from Green Ridge State Forest; the rest are from Sideling Hill.

Morgantown Notes

So, I took a trip to Morgantown, WV this past weekend. Did you miss me?

I had a good time - I took a boatload, or should I say "coal bin", of pictures and later this week I'll try to post some of those pictures here and the rest over at my Flickr page.

But, for now, I'd like to make a few notes about Morgantown:

-- The hills. Oh, the hills. I love the hills. But constantly driving up them and back down them again - I've had enough of that.

-- Although I saw cars from several different states - including West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey - the worst (most aggressive) drivers were definitely from.............Ohio. Ohio, I never knew you had such bad drivers.

-- Make no mistake - everybody in Morgantown loves the Mountaineers. Heck, I like the Mountaineers. I've rooted for them on more than one occasion. But, shortening the nickname down so that you say "Go Eers!" - that's really stupid.

Photos of Ellicott City, Maryland

Well, even though I have posted a couple of photos of Ellicott City here before, I have never posted a whole set of them. And since it is the place I have lived for the past 10+ years I thought it was really about time.

So, here are 10 pictures of Ellicott City - about half of them I took last summer and the other half I took just last weekend. Enjoy!