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"It’s not just being awake in the middle of the night and being anonymous. It’s being awake in the middle of the night with yourself. Without your support, without your buffers, as we call them. Your comfort things, you’re laying down.
He didn’t even have his TV stations. He was trapped. He didn’t have his stuff, he didn’t have his bedroom, he didn’t have his booze, he didn’t have his stuff, [and] he didn’t have his world. It’s just a shock of consciousness where all of a sudden you’re stuck with yourself....
And there’s nobody here that knows me. There’s nobody here that cares about me.
So who am I when I don’t have all my posse, my stuff with me?” That’s what it is. When you go to a foreign country, truly foreign, there is a major shock of consciousness that comes on you when you see that, “Oh God, it’s just me here.”
There’s nobody, no neighbors, no friends, no phone calls - just room service"
~Bill Murray in an interview for the movie Lost in Translation
Ps: I don't even have room service.
I was actually thinking that last night. A really morbid thought, but it's like, since I live alone, if I somehow died, no one would notice for days (weeks??). So depressing.
ReplyDeleteBut I like your blog! It's funny and honest and makes me feel like I'm not the only person who's not having the time of her life living in France.
I've been there Danielle. I ended up hanging out with Mormon missionaries for most of my last three months in Scotland, just so I would have semi-normal people to talk to. Know you will get through it and hopefully when you go to your new town there will be tons of interesting and friendly people.
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