from the windoooooooooowwwwwwwwww...
22 July 2005

ever notice that, after living somewhere for an extended period of time, your accent has slowly and unconsciously changed and you have become a native? yeah, i have got to get out of alabama. i've counted 10 instances of southern drawl this past week alone, and ya know, that's just a little too much. not that i don't like the language around here, but i am a city boy! we don't say y'all in the city! i think that it might not be so bad if i hadn't lived in virginia for a few years before moving down here. as a military brat you get all kind of chances to experience different localities. i've lived in texas, florida, england, virginia, and here. not too bad, really. every spot i've lived, i've developed an accent as i became acclimated to the people and the area. i think that's pretty cool, but not when you've gone "accent neutral" for a while from living in our nation's capital.

washington, d.c. has got to be the perfect place for experiencing a million cultures since there are so many african, european, and asian influences to encounter (i'm probably leaving out some). as a result, i think most caucasians just learn to speak without an accent. i know that's what happened to me at least. but anyway, after living with that for a few years, then moving to the deep south, things are so radically different. tea is sweet. museums are few. country music reigns. people actually own and fly confederate flags. you don't find that in northern virginia.

and political correctness... oh my gosh! i never realized until i moved down here that people still refer to african-americans as black people, or even the "n word". and while we're on race, there are so many distinct races in the d.c. area that we don't really have room for an "us-them" mentality. not saying that it is prevalent down here in alabama, but it does exist and i've definitely seen it.

i came across this site yesterday that is pretty funny. it is definitely a piece of satire on race relations, but if i'm ever mistaken, then it is the most racist thing i've ever seen. but check it out. and remember to laugh.

black people love us!

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