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03 July 2007

Whatcha doing for the 4th? →[More:]There's a BBQ at church, that I will probably at least stop by. Meanwhile, on this 4th of July eve, I will be eating Potato Cheddar soup from "Tastefully Simple", courtesy of my mommy. Yaaay potato soup!
post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 15:57 | 43 comments
getting drunk and eating grilled meats...is there another option?
posted by slackshot 03 July | 16:02
To the beach in the morning, and then to a Daytona Cubs baseball game. They have great fireworks.
posted by LoriFLA 03 July | 16:03
Working. *sigh*
posted by Specklet 03 July | 16:05
Working. :(
posted by BoringPostcards 03 July | 16:16
Tonight: Transformers with some friends (it's like, a cultural thing)
Tomorrow: BBQ/Housewarming party with some guys from work.
Thursday: Work, then Dollar Beer/hotdog/pizza Night at the minor league baseball stadium. I love minor league baseball!
posted by muddgirl 03 July | 16:30
Pool party!
posted by jrossi4r 03 July | 16:34
Working, just like I do on every other frickin' holiday.
posted by bmarkey 03 July | 16:35
All of a sudden I have an intense craving for a hot dog and draft beer.
posted by LoriFLA 03 July | 16:36
New Poronographers show in the afternoon, don't yet know about the evening. Here's hoping that it doesn't rain!
posted by YouCanCallMeAl 03 July | 16:37
My friends are going to Mt. Rainier, but waking up 6am on a holiday seems like a disrespect to all that the 4th of July represents, so I'm not sure if I'll go.

As for you, holiday workers, why do you hate America?
posted by qvantamon 03 July | 16:43
Air conditioner on. Bottles of Mexican beer in the fridge. New CDs to listen to. Brats ready to go onto the grill. Lots of house cleaning to do. It's the first day in ages that Mrs Slack and I are both home together for an entire day, so I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. Yes, even with lots of housecleaning (and patching holes in the wall so we can paint this weekend) I've been looking forward to it.

Oh, and we'll also be trying to comfort our cat that panics with all of the fireworks outside. He does the same thing for thunder.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 03 July | 16:45
Ha muddgirl! I didn't read your post before I commented on the beer and hotdogs. Thursday night is our dollar beer night too. It's called Thirsty Thursday, and it's not suitable for children. It gets really rowdy.
posted by LoriFLA 03 July | 16:47
Aww, pets and fireworks. Last Easter, some church right near set off a huge, loud display (I think; I really have no idea). Stynx and I were just sitting at home when it started, and we were like, ??, so we ran outside real quick to see what was up. When we came back in, the dog was hiding under the desk. Poor pooch!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 03 July | 16:49
Brats ready to go onto the grill.

You sick freak! *calls child social services*
posted by mike9322 03 July | 16:50
trying to comfort our cat that panics with all of the fireworks outside.


Oh, I know how that works! Tomorrow is the 2-year anniversary of the day our Irish Wolfhound blew out her knee while trying to climb the fence because she got spooked by neighbors shooting off fireworks. Final vet bill was around $2300.
posted by BoringPostcards 03 July | 17:03
As for you, holiday workers, why do you hate America?

I hate America because I haven't had health insurance for four years, and because in order to afford my goddamn physical today, I have to work on the nation's birthday.
posted by Specklet 03 July | 17:03
Tonight: Baseball! And fireworks.
Tomorrow: Beer! Barbecue! Birthday! And fireworks.
Thursday: Back to work.

My cat will be hiding under the bed for all (OK, most) of the above.
posted by expialidocious 03 July | 17:09
we'll also be trying to comfort our cat that panics with all of the fireworks outside

Sounds like me. The panicking bit, not the comforting bit.
posted by chrismear 03 July | 17:12
I hate America because I haven't had health insurance for four years, and because in order to afford my goddamn physical today, I have to work on the nation's birthday.

Well, that's you told, then.
posted by TheDonF 03 July | 17:18
Going to some fireworks tonight. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Bleh.

As for tomorrow, chilling inside, I guess.
posted by CitrusFreak12 03 July | 17:22
Nothing---I'm still not feeling 100%. I saw the fireworks from Rockefeller center last year go off from three different places and I've gone down to watch from the street other years, but I'm not in the mood to stand alone in a crowd for hours.
posted by brujita 03 July | 17:28
I too am an America hating holiday worker. Bleah. Oh well; I'm taking Friday off instead. And tomorrow night we're doing a special Drinking Liberally get together at the usual place - pizza n' beer. Fortunately for the neighborhood, the dog found and ate all the boy's secret stash of cool state (where they allow good stuff) fireworks so he's gonna be limited to the lame shit NC has on offer.
posted by mygothlaundry 03 July | 17:28
mgl: Light up the dog instead?
posted by qvantamon 03 July | 17:36
It's been pouring rain for most of may, all of june and it's continuing to this month. All the lakes are flooded and closed for the 4th, as are most hotspots near lakes or parks. It's supposed to continue raining tonight and tomorrow. That's not stopping places from making plans for fireworks, but they'll probably all get rained out.
posted by puke & cry 03 July | 17:49
I work on the holiday so the terrorists don't blow up your granny. (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the way my employers would like me to think about it.) If that's hating America, so be it.

Also, the dog will be coming to work with me, so she can hide from all the fireworks. Ironically enough, I work just up the hill from one of the main municipal fireworks displays. That noise doesn't bother her nearly as much as the stuff people blow up in their back yards in out neighborhood.
posted by bmarkey 03 July | 17:58
BBQ at my friends' place with just a few of my favorite people. Then we head to one of their offices - it's right by one of the east river barges and has an unparalleled view of the fireworks.
posted by gaspode 03 July | 18:07
Greeting the first guest to arrive for the AnimeNEXT convention that I'm the director of guest relations for, finalizing plans for the convention, making sure that my staff knows what the hell they're doing, putting out fires for the convention...

...which doesn't officially start until Friday...

...and the last guest leaves on Monday...

*sigh*

I'm such a freaking sadomasochist.
posted by TrishaLynn 03 July | 18:24
I'll be celebrating our independence by overthrowing the government. You're all welcome to come along.
posted by Eideteker 03 July | 18:34
96th floor of the John Hancock building. Have you ever looked down on fireworks?
posted by youngergirl44 03 July | 18:38
96th floor of the John Hancock building. Have you ever looked down on fireworks?
posted by youngergirl44 03 July | 18:38
I'm actually planning on getting my shop on, like a good American. Also, we have serious computer/technology issues that we need to address, which will be painful and we will scream and gnash teeth over. I suggest getting a more tech-savy friend to come in at some point in the future to help solve the Baby Household tech issues (mediate), but I think we're going to test The Husband's (lame ass) plan first. Joy.

Probably no energy for fireworks, although they are one of my favorite things, after that. Maybe rent movies. Haven't done that in months.

Been busy, grateful for the day off.
posted by rainbaby 03 July | 18:39
I'll work in the morning and then get drunk and burn some flags in the evening. Just like our forefathers would have wanted.
posted by cmonkey 03 July | 18:45
Aww crap.
posted by youngergirl44 03 July | 19:16
What eideteker said. In light of the massive bullshittery maneuvers this past week especially by the inmates in charge, I think I may actually be mourning the constitution tomorrow.

.
posted by chewatadistance 03 July | 20:15
Burgers and beer at my brother's in Connecticut with jon. Get to see de ma! Maybe some sparklers. I like sparklers.
posted by Pips 03 July | 20:20
I know for sure I am not going to work tomorrow. I'll have to drown my guilt in a bottle of beer. Or a keg. A friend and I have been making plans for ever, but just today we realized that with us vastly outnumbered by kids, we will not do a BBQ. Bleah. We'll go to the petting zoo and the sheep meadows for a purchased picnic instead. How un-american!
posted by carmina 03 July | 21:17
If I had access to my music, I'd blast The Clash's "I'm so Bored With the USA". Any bunny who can hope me?
posted by brujita 03 July | 21:30
I'll post it when I get home from work.
posted by bmarkey 03 July | 21:32
I'll work in the morning and then get drunk and burn some flags in the evening. Just like our forefathers would have wanted.


I will be watching Transformers earlier in the afternoon and then doing much like cmonkey. Without irony. And with much fist-shaking at the freeloadin-ne'r-do-wells who have the means to drive to Washington state rez to buy Indonesian and Burmese "fireworks" to non-ironically detonate weapons of terror to celebrate the country of their origin's "Independence" from the yoke of oppressive tyranny (especially tranny-terror; can't have men dressin' as women!) then watching the same Damned Fools fuel up their SUV's to toodle over to their friends' who have 72" plasma televsions to watch American Idol reruns.

posted by mochicrunk 03 July | 22:39
I am so very excited, as I shall be spending Independence Day doing laundry and shopping for groceries. I'll be leaving on the fifth for Milwaukee, so I've got to get the house stocked for The Boyfriend With No Driver's License.

Actually, I really am excited, but maybe that's because it's 1 a.m. and I am drinking iced coffee ...
posted by brina 04 July | 00:20
I was supposed to go to a corporate event featuring a couple of comedians + Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby + fireworks...with a tiny audience of 200 people.

My Dad ended up in the hospital yesterday...so I doubt I end up going to the event now.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 04 July | 05:44
Work all day, music all night. I'm playing the Wyche with Carol Lee Sampson.
posted by chuckdarwin 04 July | 07:31
I'll be reading Metachat in the morning since I am not at work. Then I will proceed to an officially "anti" administration brunch (I wonder what they'll serve?), after that I'll be elsewhere for more of a mindless pro-"anything that let's me debauch" kind of party. Then back to the grind on the 5th.
posted by safetyfork 04 July | 09:02
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