While just hanging out and talking with my friends this evening something hit me. I realized that I am in outsider to a semiotic domain that almost all of my friend and people around me are in. I am not from Ohio. Coming here to Malone is my very first time living in a new state. I was born and raised in the same town, Winona Lake IN. So coming here to Canton Ohio was a pretty big change in my life. I had to meet all new people, make new friends, learn how to get places, and all kinds of other new things.
My domain is being from Indiana. I’m a Colts fan not a Browns fan. I DON’T like OSU football and I don’t care to watch every game and wear Ohio State sweatshirts. I would say sports are a pretty big part of my life. Being here and not liking many of the same teams as other people stinks sometimes. Having the Colts win the superbowl was awesome. I was sad that I couldn’t be in Indiana to watch the game though. When I went to visit my boyfriend last weekend I could feel moving to a new domain. Just seeing all the colts’ signs and knowing almost everyone around you are also colts fans. It was just a lot different than being here in Canton. Another thing is in my Domain we have Hacienda (best Mexican restaurant ever). I can’t seem to find them any where in Ohio. This makes me very upset. Also for the first time in my life I have been told that I have an accent.
Sometimes I feel like such an outsider to the “Ohio Domain” when I don’t know small towns. When people talk about what high school they went to, I never really know where they are talking about. Just living in a new town brings all kinds of new things. It makes it hard sometimes but I new it would be a big change coming here.
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I totally understand where Elena is coming from. When I went over to Euope two summers ago and it was so odd being one of so many American's around. They are all in their culture and you're not. Being from outside a big semiotic domain like that is challenging.
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