couldn't resist the sparkly

[jinian]

It turns out to be pretty great to wander over to Wallingford Ave around fireworks time. As people walking by mentioned while I was out playing in the dirt today, folks do in fact drag their couches into the street and watch the show from there. Radios are playing the music, albeit with commentary, and it's not crowded at all. Little kids have kid-sized deck chairs in the middle of the street, and taxi drivers pull over to check out the fireworks too. There are idiots behind you, but there are always idiots behind you. (And the idiots had a few funny moments: "attacking aphids" for little green chasy fireworks and "go Patty Murray!" during the obRedWhiteBlue bits; no shout-out to Jim McDermott, though, which would've been appropriate since I imagine he is just as stoned as they were.)