The Fourth of July was always one of my favorite holidays in the US. Not that I'm terribly patriotic or anything, just...there are fireworks and BBQs and its an excuse to drink = HELLO PERFECT HOLIDAY.
Now, it of course means something else to me. It makes me miss home.
While I'll be having fun tonight celebrating Iain's birthday (it's tomorrow!) down by the Thames...there's a part of my heart that will be back home in my parents back yard, drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade and with a over excitable chihuahua at my feet. (Praying for crumbs.)
If I could fly back home today, even just for a couple hours and to see my parents and my sister, I would in a heart beat.
On the Fourth we'd always go to the same spot to watch fire works. My mom and my sister and I would lay on our backs and wait expectantly for the Sperm Fire Works.
If you don't know which ones I'm talking about, the you don't know what you're missing out.
They're the bright, white ones that look like tad-poles when they're first launched, but then go off in crazy directions...as if searching for a big, unfertilized egg in the sky.
It dawned on me a couple of years ago that they totally looked like gigantic sperm. I started laughing hysterically - only to notice that my sister was cackling to herself as well. Then my mom started laughing,
"OH MY GOD THEY LOOK LIKE SPERM!!!!"
Hopefully the Fourth of July Sperm Fireworks won't be nearly as fun without me this year...(If I can't have a fully complete Fourth of July THEN NOBODY SHOULD.)
Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans.
May this recession end soon, may the gas prices go down, and may all of your BBQ's be fully cooked so you don't end up with the shits all weekend.
This song reminds me of home...
OMFG, Ohno scare me when he was all angsty! I honestly think he was bipolar when he switch his personality to angelic so suddenly. XDDD
Toma did well too.
I want to buy [Truth] already.
Gimme the 2nd episode nya~
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LoudTwitter ftw!
It's beautiful, it's fast and it lives with me now!
I wonder if the Magnetic Fields had this guy in mind when they wrote their Zombie Boy song...
driving to me is like mowing no big thrill or comfort
and in heavy traffic driving is like mulching onions which led to the video of me mulching onions in this post
at least i got some good shots of my town today
Sharing is Caring
Everyone seems to be in the mood for sharing songs they love to listen to. Enjoy...
- Aubrey O. gives us a little taste of Simple Plan. If you need a quick smile, come take a peek.
- Tired of only sharing new music, Brandon goes back a few years and grabs a fun track by Headlights.
- This song is one that E&G can't get enough of. It will be stuck in your head for days.
- Ebony Doll dedicates this Lauryn Hill song to one of her best friends. Lucky guy!
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And I descend from grace
In arms of undertow
I will take my place
In the great below.
ink & watercolour, 8x10 inches (SOLD)
