Monday, December 4, 2006
And that's when I realized.....I just wasn't cool.
One of the harshest critiques I ever received came in the form of a compliment. I have for a long time now been mostly quiet and reserved, very unnoticeable. But at rare moments with the help of a drink or with a vagrancy of mood I get into moments lasting 4 to 15 minutes where I am massively gregarious and somewhat funny. These are fleeting and rare. This girl I knew was hanging out in a group I was with when I hit one of those moments. She turned to me and said “Wow, I used to think you were really dull. But you’re really funny and really cool.” Even as she said it I knew that in another 5 minutes the mood would wear off. Then I would be just as dull as she thought I was.
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Don't worry Jeff, if "cool" is the antithesis of the majority view, then we have always been the pinnacle of cool.
Dude, of course you aren't cool. You don't play sports; you're married; you're into video games and books and fish. But that doesn't make you any less awesome. Coolness is for jackasses who set trends by mocking everyone who doesn't dress like them.
Besides, you are really funny and cool, at least to people who have gotten to know you.
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