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Expats talk about Canada.

We don't much like to wave the flag,
We find patriotism shocking,
So we celebrate on Canada day
By going cross-border shopping
Forgive us, we're Canadian
We try hard to be nice
You too can be Canadian
If you follow this advice
-The Arrogant Worms

Five years after moving from Montreal, I get more and more nervous about claiming "Canadian" as my identity. I spent all of high school with no higher goal than to move to Montreal as soon as possible, and -- since Cornell fortunately rejected me! -- I made it. But I like Brooklyn enough, and my French is bad enough, that I don't feel that way any more; and I get emotionally involved with American politics even though I can't vote, and I don't follow Canadian politics that much except when they get especially crazy; and still, I do not want to become an American citizen.

Ultimately I guess I don't really mind feeling like an inadequate Canadian.

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Twilight is on for the purpose of mockery.

TWI : We consider ourselves to be vegetarians. We only drink the blood of animals.

DIANA : Yes, because that's totally the definition of a vegetarian.

EMILY : I'm going to make animal blood for my vegetarian friend next week. It's gonna be AWESOME. She's going to love it.

DIANA : For a second I thought you were going to say rommate blood.

EMILY : I'm not gonna take your food from the fridge, I'm not going to take food from your neck.

DIANA : Well, you are welcome to food from the fridge --

EMILY : Oh, can you -- can you look at something in the fridge?

DIANA : I think the light is off back there --

EMILY : Yeah, just a little more to the back... yeah, all the way in... mmmmm....

LATER--

DIANA : Oh, God, my family is so embarrassing! They always want to eat my girlfriends!