Happy 4th of Ju--Ka-BLOOM!

Blog No. 185: 4th of July

Taka and King basically saved my day.

The family, what with being seperated by a freeway, had a divided holiday. My mom and aunt kept it simple at the apartment, while Audrey, John, and Lennox went to Vicky Joe's place. Then I texted Dustin and Patric if they were still coming over to paint, to which Dustin replied that Patric had previously laid plans and wouldn't be able to make it. Then I got a text from JT, whom basically flat out said that there was no Frisbee this weekend. Why do all of my guy friends seem unreliable? XP

In the end, Taka gave me a phone call, saying she was in the area, visiting her friend Jacob from High School and planned to do fireworks over at his house. I told Taka that I was home alone with no plans whatsoever. Then Taka went off her phone, trying to talk King to picking me up to go to Jacob's.

Taka, my hero! <3

Anways, King picked me up. When I arrived, I met Jacob and the immediate household. I had seen Jacob from the Pops Concert and a few times on Taka's bowling videos, but this was really the first time I met him face to face.

The four of us were in his room, watching Jacob talking to Yowty and other high school friends on the computer. We also watched some Mortal Combat parody videos, too. Taka and I text Abril on my new phone.

Once it clearly got dark in the room, it was time to start some fireworks. Taka and King had a small bag while the rest of them had a few big and *cough* illegal *cough* ones. We tried lighting some with those lighting sticks that comes with fireworks sets, only it failed miserably. They had one giant one which someone got in memorandum of his son who died in a car crash, I believe. That one took awhile to be finished, but it did put on a show! Taka loved the Morning Glory, or the 'sparklers' as some might call them. I drew a star of David on the street with my sparkler. XP

After it was all said and done, Taka, King, and I felt like it was too early to call it a night, so we quickly drove to a fireworks stand in front of the Lutheran church near the middle school. We were lucky because they were about to close just as we arrived. After purchasing one of the box sets, I had realized that it was the first time I was able to legally buy fireworks. It would've been a kodak family moment, but ah well... Then we went to the nearby Circle K and got a cigarette lighter and a 2-liter Dr. Pepper for the festivities. XP

At my house, I pulled out my painting bucket to fill with water while Taka and King sorted through the fireworks. The set we got a had a cliched Asian vibe to it, what with the 'Large Friendship' and 'Cherry Blossoms' and whatnot. XP

Taka and King decised a couple of ways in which to set of some fireworks simultanneously using paper attached to fireworks fuses. It took awhile longer, but it was worth it in the end! XP

After setting off some fireworks, Taka, King, and I played some SSBrawl in the computer room.

So I had my fireworks after all! [Insert JT saying, "Ah so it did work out in the end, didn't it?"] XP