Entries tagged with "fourth of july"

Because I can communicate with non-physical entities

posted by srah on June 27, 2007 12:21 PM

Tags: fourth of july, holidays, open letters

Dear Fourth of July, What inspired you to be on a Wednesday this year? This makes no sense to me. There you are, smack-dab in the middle of the week where I cannot enjoy you fully. Please relocate to somewhere better by this time next year... OR ELSE!...

Wherein I don't see the pageant and pomp and parade

posted by srah on July 3, 2006 3:43 PM

Tags: cincinnati, fireworks, fourth of july, holidays

Me at 11pm last night: Boy, I can't wait to go to Cincinnati for the Fourth of July fireworks on the Ohio River. I suppose I should soon go about finding where I should go for these fireworks, and at what time they will begin on the Fourth. It will certainly be nice to have a way to celebrate Independence Day, since everything will be closed and almost everyone I know has fled the state and I don't own a grill or a copy of 1776. Yessirree, I am looking forward to this. Fireworks on the Ohio River will be...

Lundi

posted by srah on July 4, 2005 6:46 PM

Tags: 1776, fourth of july, french, holidays, in french, language, language week, memes, movies

(Voilà le début de la Semaine des Langues chez srah blah blah. Je vois qu'il y a, déjà, beaucoup plus de participants que la dernière fois et je vous remercie! Parmi ces participants: Anyhoo, Armin, christina, Elemmaciltur, in actual fact, J, Jamie, katie, Marisa, patricia, Renee et Stuart) Alors, aujourd'hui on est le 4 juillet, la fête nationale des États-Unis. Notre famille vient de visionner 1776, l'un de nos films préférés, et ce qui est devenu une activité traditionnelle pour fêter le 4 juillet chez nous. L'été dernière j'étais en France et j'ai passé la plupart de notre fête nationale...

I love Paris in the summer when it drizzles and is about 50°F and I don't have my raincoat on...

posted by srah on July 4, 2004 4:35 PM

Tags: andres, art, beckyb, fourth of july, france, holidays

Becky and I set the alarm to go off at 9:30, but I woke up at 9 and the sun was out and I was covered in too many blankets and my clothes desperately needed to be folded. Who knows? I'd only had 5 hours of sleep, so it almost makes sense that I fell out of bed and started folding all of my new clothes. Becky and I showered and dressed and left the hotel by 10am. First destination: Um, it's a secret. Uh, I mean... nowhere. We didn't go anywhere at all. Well, okay... Starbucks. Okay? Fine! We...

I'm obnoxious and disliked

posted by srah on June 30, 2003 1:19 PM

Tags: 1776, fourth of july, holidays, movies, srahfam

Only a family as dorky as my own could get as excited about the Restored Director's Cut DVD (with reinserted scenes banned by Richard Nixon!!!) of 1776 as other people get about the Star Wars Special Editions. Watching 1776 on video is our Fourth of July tradition, but we bought the DVD this weekend and couldn't wait until Friday. I'm sure we'll watch it again then, and that we'll sing along and recite the entire script, just as we did last night. It may be physically harmful to be as nerdy as we are....