nerds only, please

William Friedkin, he tells this— You know who that is? Right, so he's in Japan, right? Promoting The Exorcist or whatever. And he decides to visit some famous garden in Kyoto. And he gets there, no flowers, no trees or nothing. Just a few rocks and a bunch of combed sand. And he's looking at it, he's like, "Maybe these rocks are like planets or countries." And he's like, "Oh, no. What if they're families? Or people?" And this garden is showing how spaced out everyone is from everybody else. How separated they are. How alone, right? And the only thing that's connecting them or touching them is this sand. And, wow. He's like, really moved. Like, really fucking moved by this. But I'm, like, standing here, so relieved, you know. Fucking really grateful. Because I think I've been looking at this all wrong. You're not one of the rocks? I think I'm the sand, man.

#socializing with white people

"Yeah, well the house is crazy and full of crazy people. But also full of goodness and like, purity and fun and promise."

Well, if that doesn't blow people's minds away, which like for me, it would. If I got that on a piece of paper, I'd be like, yeah, we need like ten of you here, wow.

He said the food overall was truly exceptional. And creative. He said the talent here is undeniable. That there's a scallop dish he hasn't been able to stop thinking about and the hospitality was beautiful. He said the room felt alive without being precious or try-hard.

THE BEAR (2022 - 2026) 5.06: Focaccia