Things I (don't) miss

Well, now that I've been here a month, I decided to compile things I do and don't miss. THINGS. Not people. I think the who I miss has already been established. ;)

1.) I miss pancakes. Like you don't even KNOW how bad I miss IHOP right now. I have been a regular IHOP customer over the last 5 years, so yeah, don't think I need to explain much else. And I miss making my huge breakfast. Which whaddya know, is pancakes! And eggs, bacon, coffee, juice, milk...man, cooking that meal hungover is the best. XD

2.) Free refills. They give you dinky glasses, charge you 2,50, and you don't get a free refill? Highway robbery man. LOL.

3.) Peanut Butter. seriously, how can peanut butter not exist in a Western nation that does trade/business/whatever with the USA?

4.) My TV shows. I spend all summer getting caught up on Dexter (to the point I get compared to Deborah Morgan XD), and all last school year catching up on Supernatural, and now I'm out of the country. Really? UGH! And of course, the season finale of Dexter was a cliffy, so yeah, I'm mad lol.

5.) My movies. I couldn't find them to haul them with me. I miss GWTW. :(

6.) XBox. Not because it doesn't exist over here, i just miss it. Fable 3 anyone?

7.) My Desk. I effing love my desk at home. I mean I have a pretty wicked desk here, but my desk at home is so pretty!!!

8.) My fast food chains of choice: Taco Bell, Burger King, and Rally's. All they have here (at least that I can find) is McDonald's and Subway.

9.) Reliable Internet

10.) My keyboard cell phone. The ear piece was crappy as hell, but i loved having a keyboard. I miss American cell phone plans too.

1.) The comfort of home. I mean the state of being, not the physical sensation. You know, that feeling you get when you kick back on your sofa, or couch, or computer chair, kick your feet up, and turn on the tv/xbox/computer, and you're in your element? Yeah I miss that. I mean my dorm is becoming more and more home, especially now that I have the internet, but I miss kicking back on Brandon's big red sofa with an xbox controller and the puppy in my lap.

I think that's the bulk of what i do miss, but there are some things I DON'T miss, for sure, and it's only fair to include those too.

1.) My dad and brother. If you know me, you know the story. If not, let's just say the quicker they cease to exist, the better off I'll be.

2.) American Politics. And I don't mean the political system and all that, or anything against the incumbent president, I mean the bullshit mud slinging name calling smear tactics. I mean the mentality of "If you're liberal, you're anti-American." I don't miss the bipartisan bickering. Not to say that France doesn't have their problems, but I dunno...there's just something awesome about being in a country that will protest if a fly farts, yet, it doesn't impact me (side note: doesn't mean that the protesters have a bad point however).

3.) Crappy public transportation. Not including SNCF in that. I don't care how often Strasbourgeois will run to catch a tram, I don't care if I barely miss the damn train, it's SO much nicer than Fort Wayne. Seriously, 9 minutes between trains? that WAY beats an hour between buses. and $45 a month for a crappy bus system? Yeah, the bus/tram passes here are HALF that, regular price.

4.) The Indiana landscape. Ok in all fairness the countryside IS pretty, but in comparison to this? Please. Though Alsace does look a lot like Indiana, at the same time what as come up out of it is so much prettier here.

5.) Fort Wayne. Ugh. I've hated The Fort for YEARS, and I've wanted out since I was 17. Now that I'm in a city like Strasbourg, why would I want to go back to Fort Wayne? I seriously think though, no matter how things pan out, I won't stay there anyway. Here it's diverse, and there's culture, and the city itself is even a political/cultural hub of Europe. Fort Wayne is SORT OF the crossroads of America, filled with a bunch of rednecks (side note: talked to a German guy the other day who asked if Indiana was full of rednecks and I CRACKED up), and narrow minded people.

6.) Feeling like my past was looming over my head. coming here, albeit for school, has really given me a chance to establish myself away from my past

I have to say though, no matter what and who I miss, or don't miss, I'm glad I came here. :D