beer and pretzels
(To my British friends: Yes, we're celebrating our liberation from your tyranny and taxes. But, dudes. Trust me. You don't want to take the colonies back.)
There's something that irks me a little about the way people refer to this particular governmentally-instituted day of celebration (and it's not the concept -- as much as I may disagree with those in power of this country and complain about its people -- I'm not as radically anti-American as some may think). I don't get why people call it "celebrating the Fourth of July" rather than "celebrating Independence Day." I mean, Independence Day makes a lot more sense than just stating the date. You don't see people saying, "Oh, I'm going to celebrate the 25th of December!" in place of Christmas unless they're deluded secular humanists; you don't see people saying "I'm going to celebrate the 31st of October" unless they're just stupid.
Just like my constant annoyance with Cinco de Mayo, I can't understand why the hell we'd want to celebrate a numbered day rather than give the celebration a name and place it on a numbered day.
Meanwhile, I simply enjoy watching things explode.
So if we're that averse to calling it Independence Day, which is what it actually started out as, let's all sign a petition to convince the government to change it to something that everyone can relate to, remember, and pronounce -- like Beer Day! Or Scary Amounts of Clashing Primary Colours Day! Or Pyro Day, that'll work.
Happy Blow-Shit-Up Day, everyone.
There's something that irks me a little about the way people refer to this particular governmentally-instituted day of celebration (and it's not the concept -- as much as I may disagree with those in power of this country and complain about its people -- I'm not as radically anti-American as some may think). I don't get why people call it "celebrating the Fourth of July" rather than "celebrating Independence Day." I mean, Independence Day makes a lot more sense than just stating the date. You don't see people saying, "Oh, I'm going to celebrate the 25th of December!" in place of Christmas unless they're deluded secular humanists; you don't see people saying "I'm going to celebrate the 31st of October" unless they're just stupid.
Just like my constant annoyance with Cinco de Mayo, I can't understand why the hell we'd want to celebrate a numbered day rather than give the celebration a name and place it on a numbered day.
Meanwhile, I simply enjoy watching things explode.
So if we're that averse to calling it Independence Day, which is what it actually started out as, let's all sign a petition to convince the government to change it to something that everyone can relate to, remember, and pronounce -- like Beer Day! Or Scary Amounts of Clashing Primary Colours Day! Or Pyro Day, that'll work.
Happy Blow-Shit-Up Day, everyone.