What do I like?
By Tao Lin
NEW YORK CITY-
I like to type about things that I like. I like music.
I think I need to type 250 words before I can post a link. That is how this site works. I don't know. I'll type about food that I like. I like acorn squash. I like acorn squash in olive oil and sesame seed salt substitute. I like mallomars from Pure Food and Wine. I like coconut water. I like mashed potatos from Angelica Kitchen. I like the desserts at Angelica Kitchen. I like figs. I like bananas.
Here are some links to songs that I like. I like Blacktop Cadence. I like Defiance, Ohio. Blacktop Cadence to me is like an animal. Many animals are pretty. A fish is pretty. A bird is pretty. They are efficient. They seem clean. Blacktop Cadence to me seems beautiful and clean and efficient. The universe is like that. It is efficient and beautiful. Maybe not. I talk about being surrounded by endless shit a lot. I just like these songs.
Last Night... After I Bought The Wine by Blacktop Cadence
I want to try cocaine. It will never happen.
me: lets do cocaine
we can buy some
Mallory: okay
me: and do it together
just once
Mallory: its easy
okay
i think i would freak out
me: bring some when you come
we'll do it at pure food and wine
Mallory: no i dont want the responsibility of buying it
what if it has like detergent in it
and i kill us
you buy it
me: im afraid, i dont know how
ill buy detergernt
Mallory: okay lets do detergent
me: will it hurt
we can't get cocaine
Mallory: yes
cocaine
i know someone who does lots of cocaine
i hung out with him tonight
me: ask for some
Mallory: he would get it for us for cheap
me: do it
im bored
Mallory: we are drug addicts
Don't comment saying you can get me cocaine. I don't want to do cocaine. I like to gmail chat about wanting to do cocaine.
What else do I like? I don't know. So far I like gmail chatting about wanting to do cocaine and I like music. I like those three songs.
I like this music video. It is Diagnosis by The Weakerthans.
I am bored. I like this poem by Ben Lerner. I like the way that I like it. I like it like I like eating food or being in sunlight after being in air-conditioning for a long time. Or drinking cold things when I feel hot or hearing someone say something playful and interesting and being playful with me in a way that is not boring to me.
I like boring people if they are nice. Boring people who are considerate. I like them. Boredom isn't bad. Boring people aren't boring to me. This makes sense to me. Big words make me feel sarcastic. If someone doesn't talk I like them. I like people.
I drew this. I don't know what they are. I like them.
Why are they blurry. I don't like that.
This post took me twenty minutes or something to format. I got pissed at the computer and this site and typepad. I feel frustration. I am finished now. I navigated the tools and fixed on my problems. I like that.
I am going to do something else now.