Old Aussies

I was reading an interview with Nick Cave in a Sunday supplement of The Age. Sometimes a quote resonates. This one reverberated and keeps on ringing:

"I feel Australian to the core. You feel it in your bones, because you're at odds with everybody else, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely." - Nick Cave

I'm past the stage of looking at people and wondering "Can't they see that <insert rational, logical, self-evident, irrefutable, bite-sized chunk of truth>?" I know the answer. And I know that there are perceptive, intelligent people who observe my actions and wonder why I behave so strangely. No matter where you are in this universe, the stars appear to be moving away from you. It's very tempting to think you're at the centre.

I guess the best you can hope for is to find people who share your own strangeness. I've found a few and I'm sticking with them.