Can you guess what one of my New Year's resolutions was?
That's right, "stop peeing in the shower." And I thought the best way to make it official would be to post about it on my poor, neglected blog.
Change happens fast. Suddenly, too. Looking back on it now, it all seems so faraway and distant, like a half-remembered dream. Was I really there? Did all that really happen? Am I really that much older now? Did I really pee in my father-in-law's shower?
Yes.
Coming back to the United States, I thought it was going to be a difficult transition: "Why can I read all of this stuff?" "How come there's quality television?" "How come everything has high fructose corn syrup in it?" "Who are all of these people and why are they not Asian?"
But reality happens. Pretty quickly, you even get used to it, and suddenly it's not weird that your house doesn't have a rice-cooker in it, or that all your transactions are made in dollars, or that you're driving.
"Wait, so you're saying I don't have to buy a ticket?"
It was weird. And it was easy. And it was weird that it was so easy. I'm here, my wife is here, and everything is just... normal. It's kind of comforting; even after so many years, and so much, to come home and to fit right back into place.
And I guess that's all I have to say. Kind of a short entry, I guess. Expect semi-regular updates in my desperate attempt to remain relevant, despite being The Man in the 'Pan no longer, and being Merican really isn't that big of an accomplishment anymore.
Other than that, more of the same idle banter regarding movies, books, and gaming, now with 95% less culture shock!
Stay tuned.
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