Oh my.. I had better clear this up. I just said that the PLACES where I have lived here have been less than friendly and I have had a lot of negative things said to me about being American. On the flipside.. my bf is Canadian and I love him as well as my friends and their families. I just said that there have been more than a few bad apples spoiling the bunch.
Just found this in my referrer log. Nice search string there buddy. Americans are stupid? Well, I think what is stupid is the fact that you do not seem to have enough intelligence to know the difference between "no" and "know". Geesh. You are certainly an impressive ambassador for your country.
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After a couple of weeks of sporadic blogging, it looks like I will be back to my old ways of being a blogging fool!
I have been dealing with a lot lately. Fighting a bit of "the blues" and homesickness. I think that I will be returning to the States in the very near future. That is both good and bad since I know that all in all I will be happier there but I will be leaving behind a boyfriend who I love dearly. I know that he is very interested in moving with me, but it would mean a seperation for a while and that scares me. I have done the long distance thing before and it has never ever worked out very well. Actually, never worked out at all. I need to just keep reminding myself that he is his own person and cannot be held responsible for what others have done to me in the past. Ah, baggage is a wonderful thing.
Don't get me wrong, Canada is a perfectly nice place. Just doesn't fit me. I don't feel comfortable here. Sounds silly to say it, but the culture shock for me has just been too much. Everyone is in a hurry and there are no hellos. People do not take the time to learn your name at the supermarket. If your car has a flat, nobody stops to help, but if they do, they don't just "help" with the jack, they charge for it. People are too distant and there is no sense of community. It is better in the little town that I live in now than it was when I lived in Kitchener. My apologies to those of you who like it there, maybe I just met the wrong people. All I ever heard was "stupid American" and the rest of the people just frowned all the time. I am sorry, but people who think that Americans look down on Canadians are sorely mistaken. We think of Canada as "kind" not "weak". I have had my car keyed with "Fuck U.S.A." because I still had my Florida tag. It has been miserable in that respect.
Do I think this is typical of Canada? No. I think there are good people, it just seems that I missed the majority of them.
I also feel the need to be near family. I have always beeen independant and I have lived in various parts of the U.S. I found this feeling I get from Canada in the Northwest when I lived there as well. I am so longing for the cotton fields and grits. For please and thank you and yes ma'am and no ma'am. For the friendly smiles of strangers or the farmer who waves as you drive by. I long to drive through the city and not see a strip club. Real pecan pie and hot boiled peanuts. I long for home. I know that in reality, i may not go back there immediately, but instead to rural upstate New York. Still, no strip clubs there and small communities that know your name. It is where I was born and it would be nice to start my healing with the first plae I called home.
