He had spent 5-plus years as a delusional. This new life of heating up little bits and seasoning them every so delicately was a breath of recirculated fresh air.
Building a persona of such strictures took a fair bit of cunning and motivation and discipline.
Never show too much enjoyment of any one particular thing
Leave all required readings to the last possible moment (maybe don't do them at all, read the Wikipedia page)
Remain cooler-than-thou until the death
Listen to bands no one has heard of yet
Read articles about arctic farming, Noam Chomsky's illegitimate son, pens making a comeback
Never watch television
Drink a lot
Play in a band no one likes and don't promote your shows
Live cheque to cheque
Only he knows that the inevitable was being avoided, masked as a blasé outlook wearing trendy, moderately priced shoes, like some sort of hipster Peter Pan.
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