hey baby!  it's the 4th of july

we spent the holiday in the usual way.  we did a long neglected chore in the daytime.  then i went down the youtube rabbit hole watching a band that i think might be the best cover band in the country [which i'll post a video or two later].  in the evening it was a family bbq where i overate, as usual.  around 7:00 the neighborhood started to sound like a war zone.  huge concussions setting off car alarms.  unnerving as hell.  it just got more intense as the sun dipped over then dropped below the western horizon.  but we had our own fireworks.  the california 'safe & sane' kind.  everyone was on the street enjoying lighting shit up.  i haven't seen it that crazy ever.  perhaps, it is as nick suggested, that the world right now is south of normal so we might as well blow up stuff.  we had enough fireworks to last over an hour.  to say i had, no pun intended, a blast is no small exaggeration.  nick & i took turns lighting off our loot.  the air over our fair city was smudged with smoke.  it still ain't over.  even as i type there are explosions galore.  what i enjoy about the holiday is the family bbq & the fireworks.  & tonight the abundance & intensity of the celebrations remind me a bit of the excitement i felt as a boy for the 4th of july.  because sharing the tasks of lighting off fireworks with your son is the greatest fun.



peace & love