Welcome to yoonamania where I put down the nonsense that pops up in my head from time to time. Please do not expect to make any sense out of my blatherings. It's called nonsense for a reason. Nor should you expect to enjoy any good writing. My English sucks moose ass. But I don't really care since I'm sure your Korean isn't any better. Please try to keep your expectations low and just chill like potatoes... or beets... or parsnips. Oh and yeah, don't take it seriously unless you think I think you must.

Yours truly, etc. yoonamaniac

A Citizen’s Watch

January 13, 2009>

Mania, Peeps, Pix

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Another big surprise came last night leaving me absolutely tongue tied. Since I was not expecting a package, I had not scoured the area around my house to see if there was a package delivered –for some strange reason, the postman (or some postman) sometimes leaves my packages somewhere other than next to the door under the porch, as if he wants me to go on a treasure hunt and I can’t figure out why he thinks leaving the package next to the gate to the backyard on the side of the house is a splendid idea. If topsurf hadn’t called me to tell me I had a package delivered today, I might have never known, but I digress.

I hunted down the package and found out several friends from plurk got me an absolutely beautiful watch perfect for the occasion – Citizen watch. Not only that, it’s engraved with the date 01-14-09, the date I am to take the oath of US citizenship. What a bunch of thoughtful and caring people!!!!!! I am truly astonished and humbled by this and seriously at a loss for words other than THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU GUYS, citizenjaney, topsurf, NewYorkJew, cajunvegan, MissRiss, NotAMeanGirl, CHiC, JustJen, MissAttitude, and perpstu!!!!!

Ain’t it a thing of beauty???

Oh, and I have to give a shout out to ALL the wonderful people on plurk who changed their screen names in support of my becoming a US citizen, so many of them in fact, I can’t list them all. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now that I’m rereading this, this post reads a tad like a thank you speech after winning an Oscar for Best Actress or something… Feels pretty damn good, too.

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A Few Words On This Election

November 5, 2008>

Mania

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Wow. Just wow…

Who would have thunk it? I never dreamed I’d see the day America would elect an African American president in my life time. Ever since Obama’s campaign started, mostly dormant racism around me became so blatant, and I live in New York, a very liberal state, I never thought it possible. But OH. MY. GAWD.

I have been bawling my eyes out listening to Obama’s acceptance speech. To everybody who was joking why I still wanted to be a U. S. citizen these days because, frankly, a lot of American citizens have been getting sick of being American citizens, I give you this presidential election.

And no, I’m not a liberal. If I MUST choose between conservative or liberal, I would have to say I’m conservative, although I was rooting for Obama in this election. And naturally, I’m not happy about Democrats taking the majority in both the Senate and the House. I was not happy about GOP taking both on top of having a Republican president 8 years ago, and I’m equally unhappy this time. But I digress.

I’m proud to become an American citizen because America as a nation elected its president seeing a man as a man beyond the color of his skin. Don’t get me wrong. I still think America has a long way to go. But I dare say it’s advancing one step at a time. I’m glad to have witnessed a new beginning and thankful for it.

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