Sorry, I'm A Stanger Here Myself

[poliphilo]

When I was a kid I used to wonder what it was like to go into a pub and order a drink. And I used to worry that, when my time came, I'd do it wrong and be found out

I've always felt like I was bluffing my way through life. Like I'd missed out on some absolutely vital briefing session.

Keep your head down, imitate the natives, don't do anything to give yourself away.

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I used to think that life was a play and that everyone else had a script and I didn't.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly.

I had a dream the other night that I was putting on an open-air play with Orson Welles- just me and him- and I hadn't bothered to learn my script

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

LOL.Who would act with Orson Welles and NOT LEARN THE SCRIPT?!

Were you confident anyway?

This is one of the things I liked about living in Japan--I felt that things were better scripted there.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd probably muddle through....improvise.....

I understand the attraction of highly regulated societies- and why- for example- people in Iraq might vote for politicians who promise them Sharia law. There's comfort in a social structure where everyone knows their place and right behaviour is clearly defined.