Well after almost 30 years in the USA, I've decided to become a naturalized US citizen. I think I realized it was time when my Greencard expired recently and I realized that being deported to the UK would be rather like the headline in Johnny Dangerously (I'm going from memory here) "Moroni Deported to Sweden - Says He's Not From There."
The truth is I'm not really British anymore. Sure I like winegums and dark beer at room temperature and the Britcoms and I still feel stirred by tunes like "The British Grenadier"
(Some talk of Alexander,
And some of Hercules,
Of Hector and Lysander,
And such great names as these.
But of all the world's great heroes,
There's none that can compare
With a tow-row-row-row-row-row-row,
To the British Grenadier! etc.)
But all in all, I've realized my worldview has become totally alien to Britain and my feelings of loyalty to the US grow even as my alienation from Britain increases. I can honestly say, I've been all over the world, and yet I love America best. Sometimes I marvel how most Americans don't realize how privileged they are to be from this country compared to literally billions of other people. I'll probably never fit in perfectly anywhere (I'm the proverbial fish that only feels comfortable swimming upstream) but here feels the most like home should. I not just a resident, I am an immigrant.
Anyway, anyone else gone through the process of naturalization, and any advice?
- SEAGOON
