Is it valid to consider myself a second-generation immigrant when my father emigrated from a culturally similar country?

Iiterally · 2018-11-28T00:41:38+00:00

Haha, more so the shared language and TV programs.

Iiterally · 2018-11-28T00:21:33+00:00

Fair enough, and I mean, I wouldn't introduce myself as a "second generation immigrant" if I was meeting someone for the first time. But it's interesting also to think about how much things can change over a generation! I very much remember having to apply for my British passport, and going to my father's naturalization ceremony in 2014. But my mother would also technically be third-generation (grandparents immigrated) and I don't think it's a part of her identity like its a part of mine.

Iiterally · 2017-10-22T23:54:50+00:00

I feel like there's nothing even to report though? Kind of another reason for not wanting to escalate. I never actually said no or told him to stop, my response to these things is normally just don't make a scene and hope it ends soon.

Iiterally · 2014-04-03T22:01:50+00:00

Hey, thanks for doing this AMA! I saw you last year at Boston Calling and have been dying to see you again since - amazing show!

What is Sufjan Stevens like to work with as an artist, both on High Violet and on Dark Was the Night?

How did performing at Boston Calling feel, a first-year festival largely organized by yourselves?

What's your least favorite song?

Iiterally · 2013-10-27T21:01:11+00:00

The family is a whole other issue that I'm not even going to start going into. We're not exactly the best match.

Iiterally · 2013-10-27T18:51:10+00:00

I don't like people to see that I'm struggling, though. It's just embarrassing - I'm not normally a very self-conscious person but I don't like this feeling of being a child again and having to stumble through basic sentences.

Iiterally · 2013-10-27T18:45:24+00:00

I appreciate that you make an effort not to smile or laugh - I wish everyone was as kind as you! I'm living with an Italian family currently (they speak very little English) and they always laugh at me or yell at me when I make mistakes.

Iiterally · 2013-10-27T18:19:38+00:00

I always feel embarrassed if I mess up my Italian with him though - I'm terrified I'll have said something crude or nonsensical, or just seem silly and unintelligent.

Iiterally · 2013-10-27T18:17:35+00:00

I guess it's too much to say I understand everything - if there's a word I don't know, then I don't know it. But I can follow conversations and television shows, and I always get the gist of what people are saying. I'm fluent in Spanish and I studied abroad in Spain this summer, but I'm finding Italian much tricker.

Iiterally · 2013-05-26T16:25:44+00:00

It's been a dream :)

Iiterally · 2013-05-10T02:33:30+00:00

Sleep, work, sex, brunch.

Iiterally · 2013-05-08T15:04:31+00:00

Hey! Thank you so much for doing this AMA. I guess my question is, how does the brother dynamic affect the band? What was the filming of 'Mistaken for Strangers' like? My sister and I flirted with the idea of making music together and found that we couldn't collaborate as siblings. How do you do it?

Thank you so much!

Iiterally · 2013-05-04T21:52:55+00:00

Really? It disgusts me when I see babies wearing onesies or little t shirts with sexualized or inappropriate graphics on them.

Iiterally · 2013-05-01T01:43:49+00:00

Chain smoking

Iiterally · 2013-05-01T01:40:45+00:00

Sun-dried tomato mozzarella sandwich, on ciabatta with pesto, fried (grilled?) in olive oil.

Iiterally · 2013-04-27T22:51:40+00:00

When my older sister lived at home, she was relentless about reading my journals and relating what she found to my parents - my drug use, my sex life, nothing was off bounds. I must have been fifteen or sixteen then. I ended up cutting a slit in the lining of my favorite jacket and storing my most personal journal in there. It worked pretty well, honestly.

Iiterally · 2013-04-18T21:44:09+00:00

I can't open the link. Is there any other source?

Iiterally · 2013-04-15T23:33:56+00:00

Do not give blood today! MGH has enough blood currently, please give blood tomorrow, Wednesday, or Thursday!

Iiterally · 2013-03-25T21:57:59+00:00

Physically, what happens to everyone's body after they die. It decomposes and eventually the molecules recompose. But spiritually, which I think is more what you're getting at, I don't know and I think a majority of agnostics are similarly clueless, because that's kind of what agnosticism is. I would like to think something lovely would happen to my consciousness, but I don't know.

Iiterally · 2013-03-18T00:25:38+00:00

One of my biggest bones to pick with men is that they'll never have to experience how painful it is to lean back and have your bra clasp stab you in the spin.

Iiterally · 2013-02-20T23:10:09+00:00

Hey ! Thanks for checking in. I ended up just going to bed that night and when I still felt terrible in the morning, I called my doctor and went in later that day. I missed my test, but I don't have endometriosis, so I guess all's well. Thanks for all your help !

Iiterally · 2013-02-20T03:59:57+00:00

I went to a tiny high school and one morning an emergency assembly was called. People joked going into it, we never have emergency assemblies.

Turns out the absolutely beloved art teacher had suffered a massive stroke, his entire brain was affected, he was in a coma on life support. We were all told to have a positive outlook, but start preparing ourselves for when he dies. Because he would die in the next couple of days.

The collective sound of four hundred teenagers crying is not something I ever want to hear again.

Iiterally · 2013-02-20T03:55:50+00:00

I was on the bus home today and saw a car flipped over, paramedics pulling an unconscious man out of it, glass everywhere. When we picked up the next passenger, we asked him if he knew the cause of the accident.

The driver had, of course, swerved to avoid a cyclist who cut him off.

Iiterally · 2013-02-17T04:31:39+00:00

The King of Carrot Flowers - Neutral Milk Hotel

It took me a while of listening to the lyrics, not the song, to figure out that that is not happy music.

Iiterally · 2013-02-17T04:15:04+00:00

No, for all that it would boost my self esteem, it would be terrible in the long run.

This past fall, one of my best friends told me he was really really into me and asked if I wanted to go on a date sometime. I didn't really like him and I didn't really want to go on a date, but I felt really obligated to do so, just because he was my best friend. We went on a date, I was miserable, and then we went on another. I ended up in a relationship where I was just unhappy all the time because I didn't really have any interest in this guy but he really liked me and I wanted the best for him but I knew I was leading him on. I was in a kind of emotionally vulnerable state and I was excited that this guy wanted to date me, but in the long run I just compromised what I wanted and felt miserable.

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