I believed then that if you had a good encounter with a person, it was best not to see them again for as long as possible. - Curtis Sittenfeld

As for the politics here, what can you do? There’s a lot of posturing, but it’s all kind of meaningless.

For the whole movie, I had that sense of heightened awareness that is like discomfort but is not discomfort exactly -- a tiring, enjoyable vigilance. I did not get a grasp on the movie's plot, or the names of any of the characters. Then it was over and the lights came on… Maybe this was the place Cross and I would part ways, I thought. And maybe we wouldn't even say good-bye, now that he was with his friends again; maybe I was just supposed to know.

Flawed as I was, someone recognized me.