I attended my first college English class last Wednesday. We are to be addressing the question of the American Identity all semester long. Who is American? What is American? What sort of qualities are American? What do we do about being American?
Annoying much?
As far as I'm concerned, you are American if you accept the label. And since the word "American" has different connotations for everybody, trying to define the Identity of an American is futile.
Manifest Destiny, Sins of our Fathers. American Dream. Meritocracy. Democracy. Vietnam. Imperialism. Of the people, by the people, and for the people. Monroe Doctrine.
All of those words and phrases can be associated directly with America. But are they America?
Does anyone even care?
21 February 2010
15 February 2010
We kicked ass. Sort of.
My partner and I broke at this weekend's tournament. If I hadn't messed up the final round, we might have gone to win the whole thing. C'est la vie. But, even without that, we didn't do to shabby, with my partner winning 8th in speaker points and me winning 1st. (Speaker points are measured in how well a person spoke. Yes, it is possible to win a round but have low speaks or vice versa.)
I've been really tired and lonely lately. Having a two day tournament and Valentine's day didn't help. It would be different if th3 Goofball lived closer, but celebrating a day of love with a boyfriend who lives 800 miles away doesn't really help. Especially when video feeds are acting shabby.
I have also been losing weight, according to my mom. Both she and my grandma are fussing. I am not sure this weight loss is a good thing, as I already fit into my skinniest clothes. If this keeps going, I will have to invest in safety pins.
I think that this is because I keep forgetting to eat. Some things are more important than regular meals, like updating schedules polishing doorknobs and anything else that touches one of my sensitive obsessive nerves.
That sounds like I have an eating disorder. I want to go google them now instead of finding lunch.
I've been really tired and lonely lately. Having a two day tournament and Valentine's day didn't help. It would be different if th3 Goofball lived closer, but celebrating a day of love with a boyfriend who lives 800 miles away doesn't really help. Especially when video feeds are acting shabby.
I have also been losing weight, according to my mom. Both she and my grandma are fussing. I am not sure this weight loss is a good thing, as I already fit into my skinniest clothes. If this keeps going, I will have to invest in safety pins.
I think that this is because I keep forgetting to eat. Some things are more important than regular meals, like updating schedules polishing doorknobs and anything else that touches one of my sensitive obsessive nerves.
That sounds like I have an eating disorder. I want to go google them now instead of finding lunch.
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