Green Card

[lavenderbard]

I got my new permanent resident card in the mail today. It was actually green–unlike my first “green card”, which was pink, and my second one, which was pale yellow. It also came with a pamphlet welcoming me to the United States. That made me chuckle a bit — I’ve been here for more than twenty years! But I guess it’s more bother than it’s worth to sort out which cards are renewals, and which are actually new.

The pink card is still my favorite, though, and I still carry it around in my wallet. I like it, not because of the color, but because it officially and with all due legality declares that I am an alien. (In big bold letters across the top!) I like to use it to pick up my badge at science fiction conventions.

Speaking of which, I will be going to Marcon this weekend. (I just hope I can get everything I want to get done really soon finished tomorrow, because I’m sure to be sick for all of next week. That’s the price I pay for revelry.)

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Comments

[yhlee]

Have fun at the con! :)

BTW, you already figured this out, but my mom sent me illustrated instructions on how to do maedeup (Korean macrame) so I will send you scans for your amusement at some point. I may have to give this a try myself, although it's likelier that I will tie my fingers all together!

[lavenderbard]

I dunno, tying all one's fingers together actually sounds pretty difficult. :)

By all means, send me the scans. They'll probably be easier to print out than the webpages I have bookmarked, so that way I can take my meadeup on the road. Not only do I have your uniform to do, I also, as soon as I find just the right cord, am planning to make myself a maedeup dragonfly keychain. :)

(In one of those ironies of fate, I was just handed a whole bunch of macrame cord by my dentist. She caught me doing some handcrafts in the waiting room, and decided I was the perfect person to dump an unfinished project on so that she wouldn't have to feel guilty about it anymore. It is, alas, far too thick a cord for any of the projects I've had in mind, not to mention the wrong color for any project destined to be displayed in my house. White and yellow? Seriously? I mean, it's not like I ever dust or anything. But I'm really bad at saying no to handouts. I always figure I'll come up with a use for whatever-it-is eventually.)