Halloween!
Oct. 31st, 2011 23:15![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redleafHalloween the commercialized holiday is much the same in Canada as it is in the US so nothing of interest to report there. I went (to various parties) as a Canadian. I wore a hockey jersey, my winter hat (which acquired some canadian flag themed accessories along the way), jeans, and hiking boots (didn't have anything better). I carried a Timmy's (Tim Horton's for you 'mericans) cup and a stuffed "pet" moose (yes trying to put some whimsy into my stereotyping). I also tried to be as ridiculously nice as everyone here is to me on a regular basis.
Needless to say, I failed at the nice bit for the most part, though I was much nicer then normal (I'm not really a nice person when push comes to shove and you are a stranger, huh?). Otherwise I think the costume worked and it definitely let me let off some steam from all the stereotyping I have to put up with on a daily basis. I also don't think I pissed people off any more then I do on a regular basis as my charming American self :).
In the broader sense, I think I have turned another corner towards really feeling at home here. Circumstances at school are forcing me to think seriously about how long term I want to stay here beyond my degree, and though I definitely haven't made up my mind in any sense, I haven't had nearly as many negatives pop up in my idyllic vision of living here that I created before I arrived as I expected. Christmas will probably force me to think about it some more, but for now I need to knuckle down push through until the end of term . . . . which is only one month away?!?!?
Needless to say, I failed at the nice bit for the most part, though I was much nicer then normal (I'm not really a nice person when push comes to shove and you are a stranger, huh?). Otherwise I think the costume worked and it definitely let me let off some steam from all the stereotyping I have to put up with on a daily basis. I also don't think I pissed people off any more then I do on a regular basis as my charming American self :).
In the broader sense, I think I have turned another corner towards really feeling at home here. Circumstances at school are forcing me to think seriously about how long term I want to stay here beyond my degree, and though I definitely haven't made up my mind in any sense, I haven't had nearly as many negatives pop up in my idyllic vision of living here that I created before I arrived as I expected. Christmas will probably force me to think about it some more, but for now I need to knuckle down push through until the end of term . . . . which is only one month away?!?!?