Eh, general ranting.

I have never thought of myself as an American.

It's not a patriotic thing, it's not an anti-patroitic thing. It's just never been part of my personal identity.

S'like, I grew up in Los Angeles. I never lived in LA. However, I did live in Tucson. There's a difference there, y'see?

And then I moved out of the United States of America. And suddenly, it's become... well, not so much my identity, but a label that I've suddenly been stuck with. This is Icka. She's from the States.

Hi. My name is Icka. I talk funny. Excuse me, "Exotically" (not my word).

Think one of the comments that has infuriated me the most was a former supervisor telling me "There's an entire world outside of America, you know."

No, I never would have guessed. That must be why my passport has funny looking stamps in it.

Then today I was reading an entry over on detective_conan: "Is Conan really that inconsequential to our fellow American anime fans?".

-There's an entire world outside of America, y'know.

*head desk* *head desk* *head desk* ( cut for general ranting and wailing )