I Come Forth!

The Fourth of July was this past weekend, so here is the ever-so-brief rundown. Originally, I had planned to journey out to Levenworth to see the woman, but that fell through, so I was stuck here in Spokanistan. Fortunately, the Gemedet across the parking lot was also similarly ditched for the holiday, so it was the two of us. Friday night saw us getting pizza and playing for hours on end, followed by some Samurai Warriors followed by some Full Metal Panic. An interesting anime, to say the least. More on that later. We then parted ways for the evening. Saturday morning, we decided to head downtown to that geek mecca that is Merlyn's. There, I found a fuzzy d12 for my car. Mwa ha ha ha ha. We then went to lunch at O'Daugherty's, which was most excellent. It was then that we returned and had leftover pizza for dinner and watched Appleseed, again, a most excellent film. After the movie, we retired to our respective domiciles. Sunday, we went to Fizzie's for dinner and drinks, and then just watched some more Full Metal Panic. Monday (the day itself), we decided that barbeque would be good, so we went to the grocery store, bought ourselves a rack of ribs, and then went back to the pad to sup upon the roasted flesh. Oh, was that ever good. Gemedet had splurged a few months ago on a stash of highly explosive and illegal fireworks, so we decided that it would be a really cool thing to set them off. Because Spokane County had banned the detonation of fireworks and other such explosives, we decided to go up to Long Lake (on the Stevens side, mind you), where there was this park where lots of people set off their arsenals. However, it must be mentioned that this was a "members-only" park. On the other hand, getting in meant simply passing the brusque interrogation of one guy sitting at the entrance ("Are you guys members, or guests of members?" to which I replied simply, "Guests." Not technically a lie, as we were guests of the park, but that may perhaps be splitting hairs). We got our stuff set up, and proceeded to blow the stuffing out of our fireworks, and had a grand old time. No one was hurt, and we had an appreciative audience. There is something about the Fourth of July/Independence Day that turns an otherwise sensible and sane individual into a raving pyromaniac, and Gemedet is a case in point. He was practically cackling with mad delight as he lit off each mortar, launched each bottle rocket, and shot off each Roman Candle. Granted, I myself am not immune to these effects, but it is curious. At any rate, a good time was had by all, though we only ended up using about half of his arsenal. Granted, the reason for that was that we ran out of lighter fluid, but there was little to be done about that. Oh well. It was fun. Tuesday, I basically relaxed, and then picked G-Fate up at the airport. And here I am. For the Sanada Clan!