First poll, hur hur~

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It's funny. I was bored procrastinating, then the randomest thought occurred to me...

Hey self,
How American are you?

Cuz really, I'm not racially (wow that was a bad typo) an American, but I'm not a die-hard PRican, either. I'm a total gringa, and my Passport says "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" right on it. (That's thanks to the 'Jones Law', btw. PR History has taught me something, how 'bout that?)

I did a quick search in Google and all the quizzes for 'How American Are You?' are cliche 'are you a gun-toting, beer drinking, red-state dude who speaks American' style quizzes, so...

Help me out! What do you think defines 'an American'? Do you wear 'sneakers' and pronounce Z as zee not zed? (But actually less cliche would be better)

I might turn it into a meme or something.

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s-sob. I really need a paid account. So many cool icons, so little space to put them in...

EDIT: You know what's really American? The TV I watch. As far as TV's concerned, I am American in that I can understand almost every popculture reference on the big network's shows. And yet (this is what clinches it for me) a lot of these big networks block Puerto Rico from their online content! Pisses me off like you wouldn't believe!

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8D I come from oil land, darling. Central Alberta, fuck yeah.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW. There are so many different kinds of people who live in America so I can't say someone who speaks like a hick because you got you sanfran!homos rubbing their nipples and then you got the multimillion CEO's loling behind their solid gold desks. so I don't know.

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AUGH. STUPID AMERICA, WHY ARE YOU SO DIVERSE?

Then there's also the latinos who aren't latinos but don't want to be Americans, and the hillbillies who work at wal-mart and the geeks who make computers and the asians who inhabit each chinatown.

You get all this and more, in America!

[mortar.livejournal.com]

AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM PROBABLY HAVE GIRLFRIENDS IN CANADA. SIGH.

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I wish you could meet my girlfriend, my girlfriend who lives in Canada.
She couldn't be sweeter
I wish you could meet her,
My girlfriend who lives in Canada!

[mortar.livejournal.com]

WORD.

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I e-mail her every single day
Just to make sure that everything's okay.
It's a pity she lives so far away, in Canada!

I want to keep singing it forever. Oh, Canada.

[mortar.livejournal.com]

THEN DO SING IT.

AND I GOT IT.

AN AMERICAN IS SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED WITH A CANADIAN!

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IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.

THERE MUST BE SO MANY AMERICANS IN CANADA...!!

[mortar.livejournal.com]

OR CANADIANS IN AMERICA (WHICH IS WHAT I PLAN TO DO SOON. AHHH. BREAKING THE NEWS TO MY MOM IS GOING TO BE A BITCH)

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THE LAAAND OF THE FREE WILL LOVE YOU, BB.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT~ I SUGGEST YOU MAKE MENTION OF ANY AND ALL "IT'S FOR MY FUTURE" REFERENCES AS YOU CAN~

lol, here in PR people leaving is normal. The best college is 3 hours away, so the smart people tend to leave.

[mortar.livejournal.com]

AHHH GOD. I HAVE... A YEAR. SOB. IT'S WAY TOO LONG I WANT OUT OF THIS HICK TOWN ASAP.

see I could make ref to me wanting to study abroad, but I've already told my mom I don't want to go to post-secondary c: whoops.

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I know the feeling. Gahh, I want this year to END ALREADY so I can go to college and GTFO.

good plan. start out slow, then work your way into more srs bsness as time progresses.