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Undimmed by human tears
July 5, 2008
“Then hug Chuck,” or, “ThatNight.net”
I was terrified of fireworks when I was little. Besides that, I don’t remember too much about my previous Fourth of July’s, up until the summer of 2006 when I ran off to Maryland and met a bunch of foreign kids working in the states for the summer.
We decided to drive to New York City in the late afternoon, and whatever highway we were on provided the perfect panorama of Manhattan off to the right, amid the other surrounding areas. We were on that road when it got dark, and I was playing Twenty Questions with the guy named Guy from England next to me, trying to stump him with members of the British monarchy, of which I was possibly more interested.
I’d nearly forgotten it was a holiday until the fireworks started going off and we were surrounded on all sides by at least two dozen clusters. Since that night, for some reason, I was able to appreciate it to a greater extent.
I sat with Derrick’s family and we watched some last night, and they were nice.
I had more fun with a plastic bag full of cheaper ones, though, which we set off in a parking lot on the way home.
Even the smoke was sort of cool.
Before we left, after experimenting with spelling, we danced (I twirled) with handfuls of sparklers, and really, that’s all I needed.
Categories: Daily, Derrick, Holidays
July 5th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
aw that’s cool. i wouldn’t have thought to spell stuff out.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Oh wow I love those pics, especially the last one! :)
July 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
We had tons of fireworks last night, which I love, but the jerks on the next block basically had small bombs.
These are gorgeous; love the long exposure.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Those are amazing. It looks like you had a great 4th of July.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
AWESOME! I wanted to take some photos like this this last weekend but never got the chance, these are great!
July 6th, 2008 at 12:50 am
That last picture is amazing. If only my shitty point and shoot could pull that off..:-/
July 6th, 2008 at 1:21 am
WOW, what camera did you use to capture these? They’re amazing! I’ve tried so often to get photos as good as these, but failing most times :-(
July 6th, 2008 at 2:04 am
I didn’t get to watch the fireworks in town, I was at work. :(
Your photos really turned out so amazing. What settings did you use for the sparklers photo? Slower shutter speed? Oh, what camera do u use? :)
July 6th, 2008 at 2:07 am
Those are such awesome pictures!
July 6th, 2008 at 9:27 am
That last picture is amazing. How that could have happened is beyond me, but I’m impressed.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:09 am
happy america day.
that firework spelled url is way rad.
July 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I love sparklers.
July 6th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Ah, we did that with long shutter speeds, flashlights and bottle caps. Thanks for
the new idea of how to get rid of these
fireworks!
July 6th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
wicked
July 6th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Hey, you actually kinda spelt something! Cool.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Wow. I love these pics. What camera did you use?
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July 7th, 2008 at 8:53 am
So, weirdly, I had a dream last night that you posted that you and Derrick broke up. Except I see now that you didn’t.
Weird dreams. It was a weird sleep.
Mostly because…
….
I got a puppy! Her name is Katie.
I guess that was an overly elaborate way of announcing that. Oh well.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:58 am
You take much, much, much better pictures than me.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Wow These are gorgeous stunning pictures.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I like your photographs and your writing. I’ve been looking for more bloggers like you, but they’re difficult to find.
Do you mind if I link you?
July 7th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Wow, great photos! My luck, I’d probably burn my hands off while trying something like this.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Me is von of dose foreign kids. I mizz u.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Rachel, you illuminate the Internets — all thirty-eight of them. *goes to hug Chuck*
July 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
The last really memorable fireworks experience I have was a summer a bit back in West Texas. There hadn’t been rain in ages so no one could shoot fireworks although, the city (Abilene) did have a show. We all pulled out into a pasture about 10 miles from town (West Texas is dead flat, you can see for days) on my Granddad’s ranch and watched the fireworks in complete darkness. Then, we were jumped by a pack of coyotes, seriously. All you could see were their eyes in the faint light of the fireworks. We had to fend them off with nothing but a .22 and our wits. True story. Srsly.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Those pictures are so amazing!! Glad you had a good holiday!