I’m not either. For some reason, I’ve noticed people collectively get more into or less into things per year. Like Halloween, for example. Some years, most people in the country go all out over it. Other years, it’s not a big deal. Another case is the World Cup. This is literally the only time I can ever remember the US giving a damn about it, or soccer in general. The last time it was here, not a single American talked about it. For some reason, this year, everyone is treating July 4th like it’s Christmas or something. My professor canceled class and left two days in advance just for this mostly-uneventful holiday. It’s an important day in history, but as a holiday, all you do is eat BBQ and watch fireworks. Not very important or a reason to leave work two days in advance. Fireworks were always boring and annoyingly loud to me.
As for myself… I’m finding less and less reasons to like or appreciate the US nowadays. Ever since 2008–2009. Canada used to be a light-hearted joke to Americans. Now, it’s a superior country to us in almost every way. Between the corporate BS, the corrupt government, the lack of jobs, the lack of power the US dollar has, lack of education and common sense, and the right-wing religious literalists, I don’t really have much of a reason to be proud of my country, anymore. Much less celebrate it. The best thing I can say about the US is “at least it’s not Syria.”