On Qualitative Natural History.

[Kai]

you see, this connoisseur thing. mostly its a bunch of posers, you know? Fancy pants rich people guzzling wine,

not that /I/ don't enjoy a glass of wine now and then, don't get me wrong about that

no, it's something else. Being a connoisseur isn't about snobbery sayin', so and so thing is horrid and so and so thing is "exemplar", or whatever the hell words they use

its this experience, could be with /wine/, could be with good food, or could be with a walk in the woods.

It's about 'preciation, you see? You've got this event, this thing that happens, say, okay, it's this beer I have here. I take a sip, thats the event, never had it before


then, I get some meaning, I find out its made by this local company, under so and so process, with such and such ingredients going back a thousand years to those drunk hooded bastards (praise be their names) that invented it. I get an understandin' of the identity of it, where it comes from

and then I take another sip, and there's all these sensations, of sweet, of bitter, of creamy, of smooth, of dry, and all the good bad neutral feelings comin' along behind it.

And THEN, then I inter-        intrg-     integrate that with the meanings and it all comes together in this felt. SENSE. You get that? And then I amplify it, make it the most experience possible.

An' you can do this with anything. This guy, David Pepi wrote this book about it, well, it wasn't about it, but it had this idea of qualitative natural history, like being a connoisseur of nature. But its not just about that, its about anything. Life, a connoisseur of life, qualitative natural history.....It's about APPRECIATION. You don't have to love it to appreciate it.


You want to try this beer? I swear it will be interesting.

[MMIX]

Kai I think I love you

[Doktor Howl]

Wait.

People use "examplar" as an adjective? 

Not the point, I know, but still.

[Kai]

Wait.

People use "examplar" as an adjective? 

Not the point, I know, but still.

I was trying a different writing style for this one. It just seemed right at the time.

[Freeky]

I liked it a bunch. 

[Doktor Howl]

Wait.

People use "examplar" as an adjective? 

Not the point, I know, but still.

I was trying a different writing style for this one. It just seemed right at the time.

Well, I liked it.  Even if I saw red for a moment.

[Jasper]

This thread is exemplar.  2010, you say?  A good year.

[Elder Iptuous]

i like the style.
i'm curious what the character of the voice is that you imagined when writing it...
i picture it as some guy in a sleevless tee shirt in his front yard, leaning against the washing machine with a beer can in his hand telling me something impressive.  and not just in a 'wow. he speaks so well!' sort of way, like you might expect...

[Kai]

i like the style.
i'm curious what the character of the voice is that you imagined when writing it...
i picture it as some guy in a sleevless tee shirt in his front yard, leaning against the washing machine with a beer can in his hand telling me something impressive.  and not just in a 'wow. he speaks so well!' sort of way, like you might expect...

More like the stranger next to you at the bar after you both looked at some yuppies laughing in their fake voices after pretending to appreciate wine.

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I really enjoyed this.

The idea that you don't need to like something to appreciate it is very powerful.

Made my day.

[Jasper]

Just wanted to add on a less silly note that I really liked this.

[Jenne]

LOVE this.  I've often felt this way about so-called "connoisseur"ship as well.