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Hello whomever is reading this new blog. This blog is obviosly about me, Dana Rose Roberts. If you dont know who I am, I am a 16 yr old girl who lives in Yarmouth, Maine. Currently though, I am living in Aix en Provance, France. That is what this blog is for, to post my experiences here in this new country. I am excited and scared for the coming six months.

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2/3/2008 - America vs. Europe

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hello all. I have decided that I am going to force myself to write on the blog every single day. I have so much to write about but i always forget to post on the bolg. haha

SO back to the reason this blog was created.

I have decided that being American officially sucks. I used to think that i could change some peoples sterotypes of americans by being the liberal, open minded person that i am. but basically, no matter what you say, people always throw that "aw but your american" crap back in your face. actually, although being american in Europe sucks, I have also begun to appriciate being an American. My peers here are very close minded. they are very homophobic, and basically your typical right wing neo facist butt heads you see in America. the difference though, is that american is so far ahead of the rest of the world as far as gay rights (believe it or not) i was in a class the other day and we started having a debate about the rights of gay couples to adopt. and basically everyone there was against it except for the "americans" in the class. and you no what they said: "see this is only because you are ignorant americans, you dont no what your talking about" i was shocked that Europeans of all people were not open to all people. it was crazy. i spent the rest of my class defending my position. Its wierd, because currently, america is on the fron tlines fighting for the rights of gay people and Europe hasnt even joined the fight. they are so far behind. its crazy. they may b ahead of us in many other things, but as far as progressive thinking on this subject I AM PROUD TO BE AMERICAN which i thought i woudl NEVER say. And with all this anti american banter, i am starting to even try to defend our nation. im not going around saying that what we are doing is right (not by any means) but i am trying to convince them that not every american fits into there steretypical outlook on our country. my lord its ridiculous.

more to come. cool beans. -dana-

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