Incredibly Lonely People
We watched Notes on a Scandal today. Judi Dench plays this very lonely, very creepy sort of person who obsesses about and attaches herself to a character played by Cate Blanchett, and I kept marveling at how absolutely creepy Dench’s character is. H.E.’s whispered explanation to me was that “loneliness can drive some people crazy.” But I couldn’t get over how creepy it was … mostly, I think, because it was so familiar to me. I’ve actually met people like…