independence day!

i watched fireworks on tv. first time in a long time i've done that. still good though. i think the NYC one was pretty impressive. very choreographed with the music and everything. i don't care for the speaking and the "modern" patriotic music (whoa, i just realized i didn't hear God Bless the USA from Lee Greenwood the entire program...is that just an annoying hick patriotic song? i hate that song..), but the fireworks were awesome.

i love Sousa marches. they make me happy and wish i could be a conductor. i remember having to play them when i was in junior high school band. those suckers were hard! they were always written in 4/4 time but for some reason you played them at twice the speed (2/2? 2/4?). mad insane trills and finger movements.

keith lockhart (boston pops) is an awesome conductor. john williams is my fav composer (ok who doesn't like JW? shoot them on site!)

i spent the day with the family at grandmas. homemade ice cream, bbqed brisket & smoked chicken. and veggies picked fresh from the garden (hi, i shucked corn...yee haw!). it was very....um...american?

last year my friend Ross and i went downtown to Pops on the River. the symphony plays WITH the fireworks (not recorded music there, no sir ree). and the year before that Ross and I were at a NSYNC concert. hehe. shhh! it was fun. Ross lives like 3 hrs away and had to work today so that's why we didn't keep up our yearly Independence Day tradition. it's ok though! i've learned to entertain myself, even on holidays :)

tomorrow i'm going with mom and the aunts to Memphis to do some shopping. now that's what i call 4th of July ;)

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