Observing the empire from afar.

Three decades' worth of America-gazing from one of its long forgotten provinces, Romania.

I grew up in Romania, in an era that was either called "transition" or post-communism, depending on who you asked. The 'post-' is still controversial decades later, but at the very least, no guns were pointing inward at our border anymore. 

At 13, I went to an internet cafe and got my first email on Yahoo. It was an excellent day for Ksandra6000. All my …