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(Source: stormoner)
just felt it today and it’s not even february yet. G’damn last night!
(via thatcuteawkwardgirl)
I’d like to add “free market economy”. Though I do believe in minimal regulation (as opposed to none)
America again
feeling patriotic, tumblr is my indulgence. found this on a random chinese blog:
5. What was the secret of its success? (America)
A combination of all of the factors you mentioned:
Great natural resources
Immigration from all over the world
The energy of a people who believe they can do anything.
Freedom to become whatever you want to be regardless of birth
Freedom to choose your leaders and vote on issues of concern
Belief in a “manifest destiny’
Looooool some jpop band. Ditches mealtime??? NEVER
(Source: mixrningin)
These are what I’ve been going to see while supposed to have been working… So far the British Museum, the V&A, South Kensington apartments, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Park, and of course the U.S. embassy. Seeing the U.S. embassy at the end made me laugh, simply because it reflected something about the states that I’ve realized over this trip. Our setup, the layout of our cities is so inferior to London, and our architecture suffers as well, but from the desire to be different. What’s not shown in the picture is that the U.S. embassy is surrounded by beautifully coordinating red brick towering buildings, complete with white trim. Walking to it feels like a movie set, everything looks so beautiful and neatly Victorian. Then you hit the ugly cement “modern” design of the U.S. embassy and it’s painfully clear that in building it, we sacrificed beauty for uniqueness. Shame.
Even from abroad the American spirit still makes me tear up. It is intangible but still present, and this man proves it.
