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The novelist's fear of bureaucracy
Mar. 18th, 2008 12:28 pmEveryone knows that filling in forms is a terrible thing to do. It's just natural, to put off the paperwork. Ja da.
However, that said, this is getting ridiculous. I need a new passport. In one sense, I have needed a new passport for two and a half years; but there has been small prospect of foreign travel throughout that time, so I haven't bothered and it hasn't mattered.
Now I really need a new passport. And I have the forms, and the photographs, and it's not at all complicated. And yet, I am almost paralysed with dread; and this sudden docuphobia is leaking over into other forms, that would actually bring me money if I only filled them in, and I'm not going near those either.
Eek.
However, that said, this is getting ridiculous. I need a new passport. In one sense, I have needed a new passport for two and a half years; but there has been small prospect of foreign travel throughout that time, so I haven't bothered and it hasn't mattered.
Now I really need a new passport. And I have the forms, and the photographs, and it's not at all complicated. And yet, I am almost paralysed with dread; and this sudden docuphobia is leaking over into other forms, that would actually bring me money if I only filled them in, and I'm not going near those either.
Eek.