I. Hate. July. Fourth.
Jul. 2nd, 2007 10:59 pmI detest this holiday. With a passion.
The Declaration of Independence, I love. Our national habit of celebrating it with munitions? Not so much.
You see, I have had, my entire life, a thoroughgoing phobia regarding loud noises. Dick Cheney was directly responsible for my worst episode. Went to a naval commissioning at which he was also present. The Vice President gets a 19 gun salute. We were seated underneath the CARRIER'S CANNONS. I and every five-year-old in a ten mile radius were in tears. Last year I did my decannual "Brave Little Soldier" Thing and actually stood outside my backdoor and watched the Columbia fireworks over the lake. Not this year. This year it will be me, the cats, and any small children in the vicinity under the bed.
And who the hell thought that selling fireworks to inner city youths was a good idea?! Who thinks that fireworks in untrained-and-very-possibly-drunken hands is a good idea period?!
Additionally, a meme.
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angevin2 who originally swiped it from wordweaverlynn on friendsfriends:
Find your 42nd entry ever. Yes, this may require some counting and basic math. Deal with it.
Link to that entry in a new entry. This is the meaning of your life.
Apparently, my life's meaning involves dust allergies, moving, and a lot of parentheticals. Not too surprisiing, actually.
The Declaration of Independence, I love. Our national habit of celebrating it with munitions? Not so much.
You see, I have had, my entire life, a thoroughgoing phobia regarding loud noises. Dick Cheney was directly responsible for my worst episode. Went to a naval commissioning at which he was also present. The Vice President gets a 19 gun salute. We were seated underneath the CARRIER'S CANNONS. I and every five-year-old in a ten mile radius were in tears. Last year I did my decannual "Brave Little Soldier" Thing and actually stood outside my backdoor and watched the Columbia fireworks over the lake. Not this year. This year it will be me, the cats, and any small children in the vicinity under the bed.
And who the hell thought that selling fireworks to inner city youths was a good idea?! Who thinks that fireworks in untrained-and-very-possibly-drunken hands is a good idea period?!
Additionally, a meme.
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angevin2 who originally swiped it from wordweaverlynn on friendsfriends:Find your 42nd entry ever. Yes, this may require some counting and basic math. Deal with it.
Link to that entry in a new entry. This is the meaning of your life.
Apparently, my life's meaning involves dust allergies, moving, and a lot of parentheticals. Not too surprisiing, actually.
