Things I Miss About the United States

For awhile now I've been coming across things that I really miss about the US.  I mean, I love Paris, but sometimes I just wish I could turn on the TV and watch some Toddlers and Tiaras.  So here it is, my list of things that I really can't wait to get home to:

• TLC (Say Yes to the Dress and Cake Boss mainly, because there is nothing quite like hours of wedding and dessert related reality TV)
• Being so close to my family (distance-wise)
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Pull-N-Peel twizzlers
• Country music
• Penny
• Having my own room (I know this isn't something specifically American, but it's something that I'll have when I'm back in America so it counts)
• Being able to say I'm American.  The French find it to be very arrogant when you say you're from America or that you're an American.  They see all of North and South America as American.  So while I'm here I have to always say that I'm from the United States, which is tricky to do because I consider my nationality to be American.
• Cereal (mainly Lucky Charms, Raisin Bran, and Honey Nut Cheerios)
• Popcorn.  COVERED in butter.  The way Justine gets it at the movie theater
• Group iMessages on my iPhone
• Tabloids in the grocery store (I never realized how much I enjoyed reading their ridiculous headlines until I got here and they didn't have anything like that)
• American boys (there's really nothing quite like them.  European guys are very metrosexual.  They dress up nice during the day but at night they all wear tight jeans, tight shirts, blazers, scarves....it's disconcerting because that's sort of "gay" at home.  I just have a hard time calling a guy hot when we both own the same jeans.  Doesn't work for me.)