What are you doing for independence day?!?! If you're from another country, feel free to be jealous of our freedom.
What am I doing? I am at work currently. Double time and a half. I was going to a minor league baseball game, but they're sold out, so I am going to a plantation house that is now an arboretum to watch fireworks with friends.
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Working. And by working, I mean trolling LitReactor.
Dude that sucks. I doubt you Colorado folks would be allowed to have fireworks this year.
I don't know what I'm doing today. My amazing child will be here in about thirty minutes and hewill decide. I assume we will be watching Tangled (again), playing with play-doh on the carpet, and eating popcorn. Maybe throw in that game where we spin in circles. I don't know what that is, but he likes it.
@Matt - I think Denver still gets a fireworks show (concrete and asphalt), but there's a tight ban everywhere else.
@Avery. I assume the "spin in circles" game is followed promptly by the projectile vomiting game?
No, he's really good at it. He says something while he spins, but I don't understand it. Something about ninja jell-o. And I am an expert at spinning in circles, one of my few skills.
@Gary- I don't know which is worse, all those fires in Colorado or the heatwave/power outages/thunderstorms on my side of the country.
I'm at work.. That sweet, sweet double time money was just to tempting.
Afterwork, I might go see a movie.
He says something while he spins, but I don't understand it.
Great, some kind of Cthulhu summons, no doubt. With Jell-o.
@Matt. I heard some parts back East aren't getting power until this weekend. Yikes.
As we all sit down and have our BBQs today, let us sit back and remember why we celebrate. 16 years ago today America, assisted by the Fresh-Prince and Dr. Ian Malcolm defeated a race of technologically advanced Aliens who tried to wipe out our planet. So enjoy your burgers and your fireworks...but never forget the price we paid that day and the bravery of President P̶a̶x̶t̶o̶n̶ Pullman. Happy Independence Day America.
LOL @ Foxy --I got my cigar!
@Gary- yeah. I saw the reports. I got an email this morning, just in the mid-Atlantic (almost a week later) they're sitting at: Dominion power has 71,652 offline; BGE has 98,732 offline; Pepco has 51,411 offline. Not as bad as it was, but a week of 100 degree temps, no food, no water, no power? No thanks.
President Paxton was less inspiring
avery you win...I award you with 12 internets
America. I think we'll have good seats for the melt down.
REAL real
No idea what I'll be doing. Looks like some bad personal things may be on the horizon. I'll probably work (write, I have no job) most of the day then watch Alien later tonight because I've been wanting to and I just bought the Quadrilogy DVD box for $20.
Not sure what I'll do either, but I know what it most likely won't be: a damned thing.
I was thinking of having a BBQ before the fireworks start at Dogwood Dell. Not sure yet, all I know is: I am currently doing a damned thing here at the office.
I really shouldn't have agreed to work, but this holiday pay is kind of sweet.
We are going to SIT ON OUR ASSES, BBQ, then go down to the local high school to watch shit blow up. America, the way it was intended.
On a side note, Husband is a British expatriate, and although he is a citizen now, everyone likes to give him shit about Independence Day. Today he told someone "The Fourth, for me, is like when a stripper cries, there is a tinge of sadness, but unltimately it's more interesting."
T+.5 is sweet. I'd do it.
What kind of office work do you do? (Just askin, just bored.)
Backstory Radio did a great 7/4 show (a rerun, but still good.)
Kill an hour Get some learning here.
My Uncle Ken is from Bristol and proud of it, we give him shit too. So your husband is a Brit and a Marine? That's got to be a mindfuck for him, kind of funny stripper simile though. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard an unfunny stripper simile/analogy.
Comcast brah and we are hiring....just sayin. You're right though, it is a sick amount of money, but these guys are still on storm mode, so someone has to be here.
Work has fed us BBQ. This isn't going to lead to a more productive day.
Yeah- I got the itis from the stuff they fed us. I'm just about to fall asleep.
Yeah, he gets a lot of confused looks when he is in uniform and starts talking.
Comcast brah and we are hiring....just sayin
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@Foxy: Thank you, that post was amazing! First laugh of the day.
Hey man, just let me know who you interview with and I'll email a recommendation. It's a really good company to work for and our sales people (the good ones) make 100k a year or more.
just let me know who you interview with
Sure thing, if I get that far. RVA's a drive, but I'd move for some good work.
Pursuit of Happiness Employment
We should have some stuff in central VA, but if not it's cool. Some folks here in my office drive from Louisa and Fluvanna. Submit it, you should get at least one interview. If so, let me know who.
I think for Independence Day, I'm going to go out and buy some fireworks (made in China), then swing by Wal-Mart and buy a new flag (made in China) and maybe some new clothes (made in Honduras/El Salvador). After filling up my car with (Middle-East) gas, I'm going to drive over to a friends' place and watch baseball on his LG (South Korea) TV, all the while complaining about the economy and how "they" are stealing our jobs.
Long as you're speaking AMERICAN, you're good.
Actually the Middle East suppliers only contribute 16% of our light sweet crude. 36% comes from domestic supplies. LINK Nearly all of it refined within our shores...which would be....a million or more jobs.
Wal-Mart has made a push for more domestically produced goods. It's up to 60% or more thanks to it's grocery department which accounts for 54% of it's profits per year. LINK Which despite refusing to shop there myself, I can tell you as someone who grew up on a farm, it didn't matter who bought what we grew.
Also feel free to get American made fireworks LINK
If you don't feel like driving your car filled with Saudi gas, by all means, get in my vehicle, made in the US, not so far from where you live.
The point is, yeah, outsourcing sucks, but there are lots of reasons for it and to generalize is doing all of us a disservice. Most folks in here aren't brain dead patriots.
Be warned: I do speak Virginia Piedmont
It's not often Matt talks something that could be considered political and I go "right on!" but...
RIGHT ON, MATT!
That said, I do drive a German car. Shoot me. I own two American trucks, that should count for something, no?
Counted and noted. Yeah, my politics are a little different from most, but yeah....I think that is the first time anyone on here has agreed with my them haha
First time for everything.
Oh Matt Attack, I'm just fooling around. I'm not a child dependent on my parents for my livelihood, so if I didn't like this country, I could easily leave.
I don't mean to start a huge political/social debate, and I certainly don't think there are any "brain dead patriots" here. We probably agree on a whole lot more than you might assume after reading my poke at American consumerism. I am actually a strong proponent of the "vote with your dollar" theory, and I do as often as I am financially able (maybe more than I really can within my unfortunately meager means).
You point out, growing up on a farm, you didn't care who bought what you grew. See, we agree there. That was independently grown, American produced food that you were harvesting. I'm going to assume you were born into a family as opposed to a corporation, so that means there was a cycle to your farm: you all worked hard to produce what you could, then sold it to make enough to live on and to further produce your goods. I wish America was set up for that same structure in the non-edible world of commerce.
I'm just saying that if we all were able to buy things manufactured here in our own country, then our country would be a lot stronger for it. And when/if we celebrate independence, maybe we should think about how it would feel to truly be an independent nation. Because if money is the name of the game, then we are not.
I do appreciate the offer of a ride though, I'll be waiting outside.
Matt never offered me a ride.
Okay, I just realized that he probably never did that because it sounds sooooo dirty.
And since we're dropping links, here's one that you and I probably both agree with http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-flags-made-in-usa-20120703,0,5957962.story
don't mean to start a huge political/social debate,"
One of those starts every few days in here. Strap in. Haha. The only rule seems to be: be civil. Other than that, say whatever you feel like.
I would agree with your thoughts on being trruely independant, but they call people like that "isolationist" or "xenophobic" which is a load of shit. We live here, we need to protect what's ours and not come out until we're on solid ground again IMHO. Education, infastructure and manufacturing for starters. A large trade tariff on imports would take care of the rest. It'll settle eventually.
Leaving work soon, hop in. (Both of you, minus the puns)
I can't discuss politics right now, I am too busy crying over the horrible sentence I wrote up there. WTF? Oy.
It's Ok. I'm having BBQ and going to see fireworks. Nothing cheers me up more than stuffing myself and blowing shit up.
America FUCK YEAH!
Also- if that doesn't cheer you up, then SURPRISE!
See, we do agree! Unfortunately, the only politicians who seem to agree are people like Pat Buchanan, who I will not be voting for anytime soon.
I'm of the mindset that says I may just learn something while "debating" with someone I seemingly disagree with, so I'm all for it.
I think "isolationist with an open mind" would be a good route to go. I'd absolutely love to be able to see other parts of the world outside of the US, and I appreciate that I have the freedom to do that (for the most part). But as far as manufacturing goes, I see a whole lot of people with good skills currently working at Taco Bell or Wal-Mart or some other menial, entry level job that are being vastly under-appreciated by our economic system because companies rely on an increasingly scary business plan that insists on massive profits so that the rich get richer while we sit here and debate on a writer's forum. I'm not saying I have the solutions, but I'm always looking to learn more.
Happy birthday you traitorous dogs!
Have fun celebrating your freedom....while you can.
Nah in all serious I hope you all have a cracking day.
Wow. Creepiest Surprise Steve Buscemi yet.
We're about to BBQ, hang out, then go to a big BBQ in town, where there will be a beer booth and shit getting blown up. So, really, there is little to be upset about. Other than the nightmares I will be having over that Surprise Steve Buscemi.
Haha, I do what I can and thank you Sir Rude of Britannia.
@Sean, lord knows we're not a perfect country, but seldom are so many considered privileged among all the peoples of the world and it will most likely never have equal.
To our British cousins, we'll raise a glass!
I am out of here. If you're driving tonight, don't drink. I'll come and get you if I have to, but put the keys away.
I'm not a child dependent on my parents for my livelihood, so if I didn't like this country, I could easily leave.
As a mewling, teat-suckling babe, I'm morally bound to disregard everything this dude says.
