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i celebrated the anniversary of america's founding in a rather incongruous way (or rather, the anniversary of 2 days after the vote that declared american independence…see the nytimes article on how we commemorate the wrong important days: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/weekinreview/02goodheart.html). First, i went out to dinner with Bill, Suzy and Jenny Zhao, and we appropriately chose a Japanese restaurant. So I celebrated the fourth of july in a Japanese restaurant in Beijing, China. Awesome. and it was awesome in that the sushi and sake was amazing, and all for only 50 Ã�¥ï¿½ï¿½Ã�¯Ã�¼ï¿½or less than $7) each. afterwards we went to Lush, a bar that is one of the center of ex-pat culture in Wudaokou, at least for the non-korean ex-pats. the place was filled to the brim with americans, many looking like high school students, and decorated in red, white and blue. american singers were performing, occasionally leading the crowd in patriotic tunes. this was a slightly weird scene for me, as i love celebrating the fourth with bbqs and fireworks but i tend to stay away from jingoist patriotism. i love my country (well some parts about it) but i don't need to brag about it. i was willing to sing along to american pie, but the four of us stood around giving weird looks while others belted out 'my country tis of thee.' bill pointed out that being an ex-pat makes you more patriotic, but i dont necessarily agree, or at least 'not all the time,' would have been a good reply. you rip on my country with no real basis, then i will become defensive. i'm willing to admit and talk about the the US's flaws but only in a civilized manner and as long as there is no blatant hypocrisy involved. with that, happy birthday america. hopefully this year you will do a better job of making a *truly* proud citizen out of me. 'Sorry I can't post tonight 'cause I'm too busy watching toilet-trained cats on YouTube.