Jul 06 2009
What is your favorite part about the 4th of July?
How was everyone’s 4th?
I’m a little sad that we weren’t able to be with our family this year, like we usually are, but after our trip last weekend we decided to take a Stay-cation instead of heading to the beach. It was our first free weekend in quite a while, and we had stuff around the house to take care of.
What’s your favorite thing about the 4th? I like the fireworks, of course. My favorite memory of the 4th was when I was in high school. My mom and I went to the fairgrounds, popped the sunroof open in her car, dug into a bottomless bag of popcorn, and watched the fireworks. You know they are brighter, louder, and more spectacular if the watchers make comments. For example: “Oooh!” “Aaah!” “I like the red!” Without comments to boost the performance, they would just fizzle. 
Fireworks at the beach are banned now, except for the professionally set ones, but people set their own off anyway. I always get a kick out of the show; it’s like a made-for-TV movie, where the underdog goes up against the giant. In this case, the underdog (the public) never wins the match, but you can’t beat being surrounded by beautiful exploding lights!
