hello! yoshi

Well, this is the first Independence Day as a US Citizen. Wow, how sweet that is. Anyways, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe July 4th. If you’re setting off fireworks, please don’t be as careless as me and my friends and have a 3inch mortar explode right in front of you in the front lawn. LOL That was a crazy time. No, no one was hurt. But fun to talk about.

Happy July 4th!

So, yesterday, I received my notification from the USCIS that I am now scheduled to go to an Oath Ceremony on 4/30/08 at 2pm. That’s right people, finally I will become naturalized and become a US citizen. About time, right? You’d think that serving in the US Military would automatically make me a citizen, but nope, it just isn’t true. They certainly make it easier to become a citizen now if you are active duty, but it’s not instant. That’s probably a good thing too.

You might recall my past posts about taking the citizenship test and how “hard” it is. Well, the studying paid off, because now it’s going to be official. Of course, the test wasn’t really all that hard. It will be changing in October of this year, so right now is the time to get citizenship while it’s easy (and cheap!).

The first thing I’m going to do with my citizenship is to register to vote and get a new passport. My old Japanese passport will be no good anymore, but I think I’ll keep it as a souvenir. Gotta have some history with the homeland, right? Kinda funny because, I still pay taxes and do everything a citizen does, I just can’t vote and get a federal job. Go figure. I will be able to soon though! Kick ass!