Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. For starters, I like it because it signifies the birth of one of the most unique, bizarre, and ultimately one-of-a-kind nations in recorded human history. It's not perfect by any means, and some of the culture it supports I find reprehensible, but at its core, it offers the opportunity of success for anyone with a crazy idea that might get ridiculed anywhere else.
The second reason I like this holiday, and arguably the biggest, is the use of fireworks. Sweet holy Moses, I love fireworks. Every year I use them, it's like I'm able to take everything I hate in the world - rude customers, trashy culture, greedy businesses, my own insecurities - and blow it all up. When I feel powerless at work, on the 4th, I see that thought fly up in the sky and explode into a spectacular display of burning gunpowder and brilliant magnesium. When the cowboy dumbass from Taco Bell starts pushing my buttons by being rude to the cashier, on the 4th, I stuff him into an artillery shell and watch him light up the night sky in blue-green copper explosion. The obnoxious people I deal with in society become amazing aerial bursts and black powder reports on Independence Day.
Now, let's go blow something up.
Comments (5)
Haha, that's awesome. I never thought about Independence Day like that.
Much better than letting it fester. Oooh! Ahhhh! Very nice displays. Can you make one of my management team? A big bang and the sparkly fuzzy tails? That'd be really nice. Have a wonderful 4th!
i think i have some non-diary creamer at home... we can make big boom in your fire place? make you feel better? *pat pat*
-self-
I feel the same way.
@decembriel - That's my favorite way of thinking about the 4th!
@murisopsis - I would've done that, but fireworks were canceled this year. No worries. I'll come up with something equally impressive!
@black0kat0nightmares - I think it would, yes.
@Tallman - Yep.