Comments on: here, things are pastel and smell like seawater sometimes http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/06/17/here-things-are-pastel-and-smell-like-seawater-sometimes/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Rachel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/06/17/here-things-are-pastel-and-smell-like-seawater-sometimes/#comment-436 Rachel Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:50:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/06/17/here-things-are-pastel-and-smell-like-seawater-sometimes/#comment-436 I think the blinky-shiny thing is the major startlement of culture shock for my friends who have lived abroad and then returned to the U.S. If it's any consolation, I get the feeling you'll eventually feel more normal about being here, though you may never feel entirely normal about it. Which is probably a good thing, I dunno. *g* Yay for the ocean, yay for good haircuts, yay for cities that feel like home. Welcome back. I think the blinky-shiny thing is the major startlement of culture shock for my friends who have lived abroad and then returned to the U.S. If it’s any consolation, I get the feeling you’ll eventually feel more normal about being here, though you may never feel entirely normal about it. Which is probably a good thing, I dunno. *g*

Yay for the ocean, yay for good haircuts, yay for cities that feel like home. Welcome back.

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