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Jul 05, 2006 00:29

I was sitting on the curb outside work with a cigarette watching fireworks and thinking how happy it makes me to live in a country where i can get paid (overtime!) to sit on my ass and do NOTHING. But I still missed BBQ and beer. When did I become so American ( Read more... )

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crookedthumbs July 5 2006, 08:49:52 UTC
I FUCKIN' MISS YOU.

die now? or come see me?

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mattyramone July 5 2006, 17:00:14 UTC
The cabbies in DC are smarter than EVERYONE in California, because something about the west coast makes people stupid. I think it's the fact that you don't have winters, so you're like seasonal insomniacs.

And I can't think of a more American celebration than one that involving gorging ourselves on food and then drunkenly blowing shit up.

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oh_eryn July 7 2006, 00:25:47 UTC
i'm coming in september.

i feel like this requires calling.

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natrum July 7 2006, 15:12:01 UTC
I used to hate American culture with a passion until recently.
Then it hit me that there really is some sort of subtle but true freedom in America. If you grab it.

all night liquor/deli/smoke shop/video rental stores with dim, flickering flourescent lights and moths fluttering around
diners
long desert roads

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mhmmhmmhmmhmm July 7 2006, 22:24:37 UTC
you just have to be able to laugh at all the bad things and romanticize all the nice things so that the nice things become really, really nice, and the bad things become really really funny. then you can appreciate all of it.

that probably applies to more than just america.

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