I returned today from a 10 day trip to the USA.
I hit the Poconos, DC and New York. Overall, it was an amazing trip and it was wonderful to meet alot of old friends and new friends. I thought i'd make a few observations.
FIVE BAD POINTS.1. In Walmart, a guy who obviously hadn't washed in a week, suffered a nervous tick and quite probably was perpetually 201 yards outside of a school tried to buy 7 knifes. Seven. And that was all okay.
2. Your toilets waste water and hold too much. I am not meaning to brag here, but I don't like getting my d-ck soaked everytime I sit down.
3. There are other flavours than barbecue, cheese, chilli, barbecue cheese, and barbecue chilli when it comes to savoury snacks. Life isn't a perpetual Texas.
4. I can see why some American atheists sound perpetually pissed. I'm actually surprised they are so restrained. Christian discourse saturates everywhere. People seemed to think I had landed from Mars.
5. VETERANS DAY 'SALES' ARE A F-CKING TRAVESTY. Offering veterans a free meal at Denny's is the equivalent to feeding the homeless only on Thanksgiving. It's insulting.
FIVE GOOD POINTS1. People are generally nice. Those who work in the service industry are the nicest (I know they work for tips). Nice people who treat them like sh-t are assholes.
2. I liked DC. It was a neo-classic homoerotic fantasy down the Mall, but the city itself was wonderful.
3. New Yorkers are as amazing as they say. Police officers swearing at each other in public as part of general conversation is something I am familiar with
4. Cleanliness. The cities are pretty clean. Barring the major tourist hubs people proudly used the trash cans and recycled. I have a feeling that attitude might diminish the further out you go!
5. Getting the marriage licence was quick and flawless. Michael getting his licence renewed at the DMV was disappointingly fast. The efficiency of bespectacled black women knows no bounds.
