developed taste
I kinda think there’s no good or bad taste like if you really like it and get enjoyment out of it then that’s a beautiful thing
But I think there is such thing as developed or undeveloped taste
Maybe to not have “taste” is to not have developed taste (the word is implied but not explicitly stated)
Developing taste entails spending time with the medium (be it books or music) and exploring broadly enough to know what one enjoys
I think having a (developed) taste doesn’t mean like you only like one genre per se. it just means you know what you like.
pizza guy knows us so well
and he wants us to know that he knows us
the phone call's always the same:
pizza man: amalapizza, buonasera
me: buonasera. io voglio ordinare due pizze (da asporto)
pizza man: si?
me: una pizza (for sebastian; he changes his order)
pizza man: si
me: e una pizza marinara con porcini i wait for him to put this down in the system
pizza man: si?
me: e pesto
pizza man: si.
me: si, va bene cosi -- dieci minuti ?
pizza man: si dieci minuti. a dopo, ciao
and today i was like:
"una pizza marinara con porcini"
and he said "e pesto."
i was like yes homeboy.
i will miss this place for the people...
it's always the souls you end up ultimately missing
lately i've been stepping back from algorithmic media consumption. i don't want to be told what to consume, i want that shit to come from my own brain
(i find that our brains are naturally creative things...in isolation we come up with all these wonderful thoughts; i also find that i'm not an algorithm consumer because the things recommended to me be it goodreads or youtube or spotify generally annoy me)
i want to be led by the little inklings of my own mind. i want to have a little thought like: hmm i want to learn to cook a cafe gratitude recipe and i want to look that shit up, without being distracted by things "i might be interested in"
(maybe i want to tune into the high vibrations of my oversoul and want to keep other sources quiet so i can hear)
today i went on a bike ride to the grocery store to get breakfast items (oatmeal, bananas, peanut butter, chia seeds, soy milk) and the ride was a steep uphill climb with wind against me
my butt was so sore
but the ride back was so joyous
I ended up spending the whole night listening to music and it was such a pleasure