When I say "I love America" I mean it. Many of us don't realize what make us awesome, but I'm going to tell you because I don't think you are aware of the awesomeness that is us.
1) Supermarkets - I walked into Target and said, "I fucking love America". One - it's huge AND the aisles make sense. The make-up is next to other inedible things AND I have more than one choice of lipstick. I don't have to go to a separate store. Trust me, it's awesome to have a one stop shop. Oh, PLEASE don't let me forget to talk about all the different choices you have. I will admit, it's a bit annoying to me right now, because I seriously don't know if I want Fiber one, Fiber plus, fiber plus with berries, fiber plus with berries and yogurt, or cheerios. It's a lot to take in. I seriously stared at the dog food for like 5 minutes deciding which food my DOG would like best and have the best deals.... she's a dog, some of them eat poop and I'm wondering if she needs more omega three or more protein... But, trust me, in other countries, you are lucky if they have a cereal you want to eat, and yes milk tastes different everywhere - it affects the taste of the cereal. Ass cereal, NOT GOOD.
2) Random stuff - I looked around the store and it's amazingness and realized Americans don't notice weird stuff anymore. Case in point, why would anyone need neon pink duct tape. I was like, "As an American, I'm glad I have that choice" but no one else around me seemed to notice or think that me staring at it was weird. You guys, you have no idea what it feels like to need something as simple as cream cheese and NOT be able to find it but show up in America and they have 50 million types (the garden is especially good). I could find envelopes or regular light bulbs (which in Prague were by the cars...?) and now I can find them with cool colors and "eco-friendly" messages. I feel unique AND save the world.
3) Plastic bags. Yeah, the rest of the world has already gone green. Imagine you are in Walmart buying a month worth of groceries and they don't give you plastic bags unless you pay for them... crazy, but it forces you to think about bringing bags and what you are going to buy.... seriously. I missed having plastic bags for poop, for random lunch trips, for leftovers, for reasons I can't fathom - there is a security with having 40,000 plastic bags in your house. Yeah, I got annoyed when I couldn't find them in my old house - to the point, I almost broke down in a plastic bag fury... it was scary, thank god my mom was rational and threw a backpack at me.
4) Fast food. Yes, America we are fat, and I know why. It's SOOOO easy. I freakin LOVE being able to drive 5 min any direction and pay 3 dollars for 500 + calories. Of course, our sizes are much bigger too which makes me happy because I'm like, for $3 I get ALL OF THIS?!?! Yeah, so what if I can eat my entire day's caloric intake in one meal - I NEVER have to eat again. Of course, as Americans, THAT option isn't really an option. I mean, we still do the whole 3 meals a day thing. I can say that I used to cook more for myself in Prague, AND more healthy, but really? who wants that? For a single person, really, eating fast food and cooking isn't much of a comparison, i mean, it's no fun cooking for yourself. (well, considering I prefer never to cook, it's more of a true statement, but having someone else EAT it with you makes you feel better - they're willing to die too).
5) Finally, but not the last thing, because this may become a small series as I get better acquainted with america again, the radio. I've only been here two weeks and already I know lyrics to songs that I didn't even know existed till I got here. They play everything a million times, just to make sure I know it's a popular song - BUT there are like 100s of stations that i can change to if I don't want to listen to that particular song at that time. It's odd, they play songs continuously but they also have stations who play songs that most people haven't heard in years... I heard "kiss from a rose" by Seal and was STOKED! It's like when I play old school on my ipod, I get super excited because really, they were good songs, they just aren't popular anymore. Well, they are popular in my heart.
Ok, I'll stop babbling now. Next, week (or tomorrow) will be Pookah: trauma in the dog world.
....great white buffalo.... (hot tub time machine)
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