For the first time in my life, I find myself basically at the center of something. Within my social micro-climate, people know my name and my face—have expectations about me… which frankly completely changes my relationship to other people. Because instead of having to establish who I am, instead of having to adorn myself with manneristic bravado, I sometimes have to undercut the expectations and cliches that are already there; I have to deflate rather than inflate.
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