Pepsi-tabasco mix -- yeah that would ruin a diet XD
And I'm joining NaNoWriMo
Yay! Good luck.
I would appreciate very much if you could tell me the things you like about you country, and the things you don't like so much about your country>/i>
What I like about the U.S.
Freedom and opportunity -- you have a chance if you try hard enough to live a good life, but this is present in a lot of countries to varying degrees. Perhaps I should focus on tangibles.
Ok, second go: What I like about the U.S.
It's big. There are so many places to visit that are so different from each other that if you want to stretch your mind, you don't have to go outside the country. There are flatlands and mountains and deserts and gigantic canyons and lands where it constantly rains, lands covered in snow, lands of sickening humidity, lands of constant dust, coast lands with amazing beaches and islands with volcanos. We have long rivers and lakes as big as seas. And the people are as varied as the lands. You'll get rudeness in New York and friendliness in Indiana. There's the bible-belt philosophy in the South and the anything goes philosophy in Las Vegas. We have both metropolitan open-mindedness and small town loyalty to their upbringing.
What else... We have public libraries and tons of good colleges and universities. We have good roads that are perfect for long drives (and when I say long drives, I mean like over eight hours). There's a plethora of charities and non-profit organizations that put an effort to better our society.
And back to non-tangible: I like that we have the opportunity for dialogue and debate, Americans don't agree amongst themselves about a lot of things so you constantly hear philosophies opposite to yours. Which I think is cool, because it's akin to visiting other countries (really, some people's views make me think they're from another planet).
What I don't like about the U.S.:
We get taxed up the yin yang. We're taxed when we make money, when we spend money, when we hold on to money, when we use particular roads, when we buy property, when we sell property, when we hold on to property, when someone gives us money or property, when we're a little late returning books to the public library (yes, this would be me all the time and yes I view the darn late fees as taxes, 8D), and when we die. Oh and if you come visit, we'll tax you too. And I don't like that bureaucrats constantly lose some part of all that money through mismanagement, and creative accounting.
I'm not going to wax poetic on the ignorance of some Americans because ignorance can be found anywhere in the world. Normally, I just view them as 'entertainment'.
I don't know if that's helpful or not. It's hard to summarize America since it's so large.
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Date: 2008-10-10 05:06 pm (UTC)And I'm joining NaNoWriMo
Yay! Good luck.
I would appreciate very much if you could tell me the things you like about you country, and the things you don't like so much about your country>/i>
What I like about the U.S.
Freedom and opportunity -- you have a chance if you try hard enough to live a good life, but this is present in a lot of countries to varying degrees. Perhaps I should focus on tangibles.
Ok, second go: What I like about the U.S.
It's big. There are so many places to visit that are so different from each other that if you want to stretch your mind, you don't have to go outside the country. There are flatlands and mountains and deserts and gigantic canyons and lands where it constantly rains, lands covered in snow, lands of sickening humidity, lands of constant dust, coast lands with amazing beaches and islands with volcanos. We have long rivers and lakes as big as seas. And the people are as varied as the lands. You'll get rudeness in New York and friendliness in Indiana. There's the bible-belt philosophy in the South and the anything goes philosophy in Las Vegas. We have both metropolitan open-mindedness and small town loyalty to their upbringing.
What else... We have public libraries and tons of good colleges and universities. We have good roads that are perfect for long drives (and when I say long drives, I mean like over eight hours). There's a plethora of charities and non-profit organizations that put an effort to better our society.
And back to non-tangible: I like that we have the opportunity for dialogue and debate, Americans don't agree amongst themselves about a lot of things so you constantly hear philosophies opposite to yours. Which I think is cool, because it's akin to visiting other countries (really, some people's views make me think they're from another planet).
What I don't like about the U.S.:
We get taxed up the yin yang. We're taxed when we make money, when we spend money, when we hold on to money, when we use particular roads, when we buy property, when we sell property, when we hold on to property, when someone gives us money or property, when we're a little late returning books to the public library (yes, this would be me all the time and yes I view the darn late fees as taxes, 8D), and when we die. Oh and if you come visit, we'll tax you too. And I don't like that bureaucrats constantly lose some part of all that money through mismanagement, and creative accounting.
I'm not going to wax poetic on the ignorance of some Americans because ignorance can be found anywhere in the world. Normally, I just view them as 'entertainment'.
I don't know if that's helpful or not. It's hard to summarize America since it's so large.