stray thoughts

2008/9/27
up up up up up
…at 6:30am on a Saturday morning. To make home fries, some with bacon grease, some without, then get picked up in a big truck and go move some boxes from south of here to west of here. All of this before brunch, a couple of hours after which I’ll be hanging with a toddler for a while, and then with another one of my dearest. Life doesn’t suck! Though maybe a little more sleep would be good. (0)

2008/9/17
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Today marks eighteen years since I came to the U.S. with my family. I am a citizen of this country; I vote locally and nationally; both places that I call home are here. But I still don’t feel American. On the other hand, I don’t identify with any other single nation either. This is neither positive nor negative; it just is. Actually, I kind of like this lack of an unequivocal anchor. (1)

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Posted on 17 September 2008 at 6:44 by vika. Categories: self.

Today marks eighteen years since I came to the U.S. with my family. I am a citizen of this country; I vote locally and nationally; both places that I call home are here. But I still don’t feel American. On the other hand, I don’t identify with any other single nation either.

This is neither positive nor negative; it just is. Actually, I kind of like this lack of an unequivocal anchor.

1 comment.

oh holy gods yes. »« and the children let go their balloons and flew away

fahmi

Comment on September 17th, 2008.

I feel the same way, and I just passed my 23-year mark. Most times, I like the feel of not being anchored, and consider myself a “Child of the World” (Kipling). But there are times when I feel a little detached, and that’s when I think more about “Man Without a Country” (Hale) and wish otherwise. It’s nice to have the flexibility, though.

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