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Immigration phenomena

(By Romanko) Voluntary immigration... Is it good or bad? Are you really happy to live in a different country? Have your dreams and expectations come true? What was your REAL reason to immigrate? Fleeing from poverty? Changing political system? Longing for more material things? How about nostalgia? Is it bothering you? When was the last time you stopped and "smell the flower"? Are you caught in a "rat race"? What if you just keep lying to yourself about so-called "prosperity" and comfort that you found in a new land? Has it ever crossed your mind? Or maybe life is not even about being at any particular place? Is it really about physical location? Who gives a sh.. as long as your bills are paid and you enjoy a peaceful sigh from the “significant other” breathing right next to you? May be all this mystery about life just comes down to who we REALLY are and what we REALLY want? How does one determine what he or she REALLY want? May be this is just a certain addiction gained over the last 15 “crazy” years that pushes you through life? And you are just a victim…
Immigrant…There is something slightly humiliating in this word…Something that makes a person feel a little bit uncomfortable and embarrassed. It’s like a child that can’t wait to grow up, an immigrant wants to fit in, dissolve and disappear in this alien society, to become “one of them” and never go back to those original “files” in his mind. How about enriching your cultural background, becoming a two, three, four times a human being! :) Oh, I am sorry, you just came to this “paradise” to make some money and retreat into your “familiar” environment where you can indulge yourself in never-ending feast with all the attributes. You can’t care less about all that fuss of overanalyzing the very purpose of immigration...(to be continiued)


Imaginary dialog Unveiled

(By Romanko) So, now you are a part of Number One nation in the world...#1 for who? You? Russians? Arabs? Jews? Germans? Businessmen?...The World Cup of this, The World Award of that...The International Competition of...whatever...and the only participants are... Americans!.. and maybe Mexicans or Canadians... Yeah!! Here we go! Number one! 'Cause nobody else ain't give a sh...! :) Mom told you that owing money to somebody is bad. Yes? Wrong! You gotta be proud of being deep in debts! That's a "new era" of "world order" - Debts are a virtue! You don't believe it? Common, join the church..Prosperity Gospel...any church or a party...also, any party. Did you say that you don't want to...owe money to somebody else?? Say it again, can't hear you! Speak up! Afraid? Of what? Ah! Gotcha! You have to, otherwise nobody will like you, neither banker, nor your neighbor...nor your president...and yes we would assume that you are a snobbish smart ass who is ....DIFFERENT from us! How dare you! Excuse me! Did you say you are a businessman?! What! Something about that you thought that America is a free spirit country that cherishes its entrepreneurial sons and daughters and ...blah, blah, blah...It's all bullshit from 1700's, or maybe 1800's...NOT ANY MORE! You say that you're a businessman at a party - nobody talks to you! You jackass is trying to be smart when everybody else is being dumbed down! And you are fit...on top of all this! Well, most of us would call you skinny, ha-ha-ha: size 32 jeans and medium shirt...when all of us, NORMAL people, consider parking 150 feet from a Mall entrance a CRIME! This is where we compete, oh boy, yes, this DOES get our blood going!! You wanna joke? Listen, guess how many people showed up today at work at our "sweat farm" after being warned about drug test the day before? ...Funny, huh? Yeah baby, that's fun! What do you mean you don't get "teenage depression"? It sounds perfectly normal to us - all sorts of stuff with hormones and shit going on in those immature bodies - that's why...What? Who cares that it's hardly a statistic in the rest of the world of so-called emerging markets! We are WAY ahead of'em! We are WAY MORE civilized! Don't like my grammar? Kiss my ass! Lack of what? Joy? What's that? Too much stuff? What do you mean? It's called "consumer confidence". Get it? Smart ass. Yeah, we like shopping! Sweet Jesus! Mani...what? Manipulated? Who? We are? No way! Man, look at me, I can hardly fit into my pickup truck, think it's easy to mani..eh...pulate me? Huh? Damn foreigners! They come here and don't like my white socks! Eurofrickinpeans! Hey, listen to this: my stupid neighbor just foreclosed on his home. Idiot! Now his credit history is screwed! No way I am doing it! I will get me a second job or a third one (it's so unique American) and keep my 700 something juicy scores! What did you say? When was the last time I traveled outside of my state? See the world? Why? They are all morons anyways...who cares! I ain't no feeding no bankers! I am just being a hardworking loyal citizen! What do you know about it!?
Get this: this jerk in front of me in WalMart got his card denied...ha-ha-ha-ha, it's just cracking me up! It's so funny! Isn't it? What do you mean it's not funny? Jerk...

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