… since I’ve been back in the United States after living in Denmark for 3 years. And you know what? I’M STILL OUT OF THE FUCKING LOOP (with pop culture anyway). All my old friends from high school are talking about things I’ve never heard of and I feel like so awkward when I’m always having to ask “What’s that? Who’s that?” or “never heard of them.” Man, I used to not be like that so it’s throwing them off a lot too.
To be honest, I miss Europe a lot. It was relaxing and peaceful there, the cable in my apartment sucked (I watched CNN International more than anything else, hey it had The Daily Show with Jon Stewart so I was set) and movies were rarely advertised in the english channels but it was kinda nice just NOT CARING. On top of that everything had a delayed release by like a year it felt like so yeah.
I totally understand. I have the same feeling whenever I visit Mexico or have family or friends visiting me over here. Even though the Internet keeps you in the loop much better than you would in years past, you lose the ability to put things in context, not to mention you lose track of what is considered cool and what is not.
In any case, I think your Denmark adventure will be one of the best things that will ever happen to you, because it will give you some perspective on things, that tends to be missing in most Americans since the culture is so insular. Whatever you love about the country you will now love out of knowing that it can be different, and that difference can be for the worse. On the flip side, you can also understand what can be done better.
Just my two cents.