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firefly124... I simply have not adapted to living in a state where home fireworks are not only legal, they're completely pervasive. I have, at least, stopped freaking out at the huge tents selling them in various parking lots, not to mention the bleeping wall of them one encounters upon walking into WalMart. I have not, however, become blase enough not to cringe when I see them being sold in gas station stores. Because, hello? Explosives in a gas station? I get that they're not big explosives, but there are lots of them, and, you know, it's a gas station!!!
Actually, I think they may be legal in Massachusetts now too, but they don't seem as pervasive there. Or maybe that's just me not noticing.
The drive home tonight was, er, fun though. My car may have gotten a tad scorched by the spark-spewing thingies some idiot had on their front lawn entirely too close to the road, and my next door neighbors (heh, mistyped "neighbots" at first, which might actually fit better) shot off a ton of the damned things. At least it all seems to be settling down.
As it's my brother's birthday, I spent most of the afternoon and evening hanging out with him and watching Star Wars. The one area where he can completely and totally out-geek me, hands down. So it was fitting that there was a marathon on. Missed most of Ep 3, the only one I've not seen, but I did finally see most of the "new with added wtfery" version of Ep 4. Dude, wtf with the Greedo thing? Seriously, Han did shoot first, and it was asinine and looked horribly patched together to alter that bit. Never mind the scene with Jabba. *eyeroll* Was much better having him be this mysterious entity who suddenly turned out to be a massive slug later. So, yeah, that was fun. No, seriously, it was. It was like MST3K in my parents' living room. No wonder they retreated to the porch.
Oh, and hey, it's also Independence Day, the real reason people light off explosives on my brother's birthday. (Yes, my inner 4 yo may still have slight issues with that. LOL) So for those here in the States, I hope you've had a great Fourth. Everybody else, I hope you've had a great weekend as well!
And now that it's just about over, can we please stop selling the explosives in gas stations, at least until next year?
Actually, I think they may be legal in Massachusetts now too, but they don't seem as pervasive there. Or maybe that's just me not noticing.
The drive home tonight was, er, fun though. My car may have gotten a tad scorched by the spark-spewing thingies some idiot had on their front lawn entirely too close to the road, and my next door neighbors (heh, mistyped "neighbots" at first, which might actually fit better) shot off a ton of the damned things. At least it all seems to be settling down.
As it's my brother's birthday, I spent most of the afternoon and evening hanging out with him and watching Star Wars. The one area where he can completely and totally out-geek me, hands down. So it was fitting that there was a marathon on. Missed most of Ep 3, the only one I've not seen, but I did finally see most of the "new with added wtfery" version of Ep 4. Dude, wtf with the Greedo thing? Seriously, Han did shoot first, and it was asinine and looked horribly patched together to alter that bit. Never mind the scene with Jabba. *eyeroll* Was much better having him be this mysterious entity who suddenly turned out to be a massive slug later. So, yeah, that was fun. No, seriously, it was. It was like MST3K in my parents' living room. No wonder they retreated to the porch.
Oh, and hey, it's also Independence Day, the real reason people light off explosives on my brother's birthday. (Yes, my inner 4 yo may still have slight issues with that. LOL) So for those here in the States, I hope you've had a great Fourth. Everybody else, I hope you've had a great weekend as well!
And now that it's just about over, can we please stop selling the explosives in gas stations, at least until next year?
