what a long weekend. me, brad and the kid-lettes spent the 4th with the boyd-reeds, doing what all good americans do to celebrate our countries freedom. eating and fireworks. i don't quite know how having friends over for a cook-out represents our country's birthday, but i would like to think it has something to do with our right to assemble, and our right to blow our hands off with explosives. or in one of my friends cases, burn your finger with a sparkler. those sparklers can be dangerous people.
anyhoo, after stuffing ourselves for several hours some of us headed over to campus to watch the fireworks accompanied by mtsu's orchestra. i LOVE to watch fireworks. personally i find it an art. the ability to mix and match elements in a small container and then upon explosion create beautiful figures of sparkly bits and colors.
we got to campus a little early. found our spots on the grass amid the other hundreds of people who came to see and experience the same occasion. it's these moments that i feel connected to everyone. a collective mass of other beating hearts who may not share the same beliefs but do share the common bond of being in and being a AMERICAN.
4 years ago
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