“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool.”
Cameron Crowe couldn’t have put it better as he wrote this line for Lester Bang’s character in the movie, Almost Famous. And indeed, this movie has given me one of the most useful life lessons – the beauty of being uncool.
Because when you are uncool, you are the sober one in the party filled with drunk rockstars, artistes, celebrities and haha, hipsters.
Of course the party never starts with everyone already drunk. The first hour will always be the awkward easing in and feeling the place. But one thing’s for sure, everyone will start taking their own social potions to lubricate their interactions. These potions are especially formulated to make people appear how they want the world to see them, exponentially – the cocktails of cool.
Take your concoction of choice! And you don’t have to stick to just one, in fact, you can even take in all four. Depends on how really cool you want to be. Each sip will taste incredible and feel twice as nice, giving you that feeling of orgasm beyond the physical. It will be addicting. And just like any liquor, the more you take in, the more you get drunk. (Unless you’re Steve Rogers.)
The feeling of coolness creep through your veins and shoot up directly to your brains. Your heart will either expose itself or just simply shatter, directly affecting the choices you make and the actions you take. Everything will start to look like a low resolution photograph zoomed seven times. And when your body can no longer hold all coolness, you will explode. All the coolness with be barf. Pure mess.
Some might say the buzz is all worth it. Or that you can always enjoy the cocktails moderately, taking it little by little, pacing and taking pauses. Getting the right amount of coolness. But I think there is a certain comfort in being figuratively outside looking in. You may be off the radar but you’re definitely off the mess too. Staying sober can be a blessing as you become just a spectator, detached but aware of truths cool people will be too drunk to see.
And I guess there’s an incomparable sense of sincerity to a person when he is devoid of any coolness concoction.
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All images were drawn on my iPad using Jot Pro Pen on the Paper App.