im legal!

on september 1st 2010 i became an American citizen. i dnt think it would have happened but since they RAISED the fees my dad got scared and decided he should pay because "they might raise the fees again next year."


you see, i got the letter that i was eligible to apply for my citizenship two years ago, but my parents didn't want to pay the 400 dollars because we were going to sri lanka and money was tight. fine that is understandable, so being the way that i am i wasn't going to pay for something my parents wanted me to do. don't get me wrong i LOVE being an american and im proud of my freedom of speech because lets be honest no one in sri lanka would put up with my crap. BUT again i wasn't going to pay 400 dollars to become a citizen. i mean YOU have to pay to belong?? having an american passport never occurred to me as a pro never as a con either. i was just indifferent towards the idea.

so for two years it just kept getting postponed. finally my father decides its time to apply due to the fact i go to sri lanka every year and the immigration department gives me shit every time. so finally as i was coming home one day my father announces until my citizenship stuff is taken care of , i cannot travel to sri lanka. can you believe it? the man was BANNING ME FROM MY HOMELAND. he's so bi polar when it comes to the native land sometimes he goes on and on about anything having to do with sri lanka and sometimes he's so happy to be in america. i always explain to him unless he lives in sri lanka he has NO right to complain about it.

anyways, so finally my dad realizes instead of 400 now he has to pay 675, needless to say he was even more pissed off than usual. he was telling me how THANKFUL i should be because he was paying for it. i told him it was an investment, clearly he was investing in my happiness.


finally i get a letter saying the date of my test is on september 1st 2010. then the 2nd thought popped into my head, " i have to take a freaking test to PROVE i want to be american ???" of course being that it is me, i panic even though i know all the answers because its been embedded in me since i have taken history classes since the 7th grade. but i always panic before tests.


after waiting 2 hours it was finally my turn , it was over in 10 minutes. it was such a let down all that anticipation for 10 minutes.. i tried to explain this to my father but all he wanted to know was if i was a citizen or not.

so im halfway there, now i can go to sri lanka slam my passport or wave it in peoples faces and be like "but im american BITCH!"