Yashmat United: Independance Day, Don't Go Towards the Light!!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Independance Day, Don't Go Towards the Light!!

As many of you know, yesterday was Independance Day in America. Just a little known fact. Maybe a few of you knew.

I always wondered what expats do when it comes to major holidays for their home countries. Does anybody go out and celebrate? Drunk and running starkers through the city square, hoping nobody saw? Well for all of my expat readers and for the non expats who want to see some fireworks, I have for you all Yashmat United's 4th of July Extravemaganza!!!!

Woo!! Oh yeah!! Timmy Time!! What the H?!

I took a long trip and a very short drive down the freeway to, still a little iffy, The Happiest Place on Earth, or to the masses, AKA Disneyland for their Annual Fireworks display. I'm an uber cheapo and have reluctantly waited to purchase a $600 annual pass so I opted for the sidewalk treatment. I was practically underneath them. As I glared into the heavens, while wiping away some rainman amazement drool, I happened to snap a couple of shots. 43 to be exact.

Here is the spot where I was able to capture my moments for the year.

I hope I have some good ones.

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Chris B 113p · 664 weeks ago

Beautiful pics!! God Bless America!!!

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Billy · 664 weeks ago

I don't celebrate any holidays anymore... Like going out for my friends' birthdays, though...
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hardkoretom 84p · 664 weeks ago

Yeah, I kind of am the same. Not on purpose though.

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Dustin · 663 weeks ago

Missing the holidays was the hardest part of living in Japan. They used to throw an awesome beach part at San'in Beach in Tottori. I looked forward to 4th of July until I started working at the Fire Department. We had a record number of calls this year. The best was the brain donor who held onto a lit M80.
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hardkoretom 84p · 663 weeks ago

Holding onto a lit M80? He must have been gunning for the Darwin Award, but that went to the wheelchair guy will posted who got the shaft. I'm always bummed that my city banned fireworks, because I have a crapload of them that need to be shot off and I'm too lazy to drive out and "dispose of them".

I can only imagine how hard it is when you are used to having certain days off for celemebrations and then move to a different country that doesn't acknowledge them. Were you allowed to observe it with your job?

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cameronohara 61p · 663 weeks ago

Picture no. 5 is rad beans, yo!

I love the zappy-looking ones too!

Around here there are a bunch of Canadians who get together and throw a huge party int he big city. I went last year with my gf, but she (being Japanese?) wasn't used to the party and mingle scene (esp with everyone being strangers) and we took off early.

Not so early that we didn't get to try some CDN salmon awesome thing and flapjacks in maple syrup!

But then again, I'm not really an ex-pat per se.
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hardkoretom 84p · 663 weeks ago

"I love the zappy-looking ones too!"

Those ones were mistakes that turned out great. I happened to move the camera by accident and got that. Sometimes when I look at them I feel like Im in the final battle in the harry potter movie.

Those parties sound like alot of fun, was your gf in sensory overload there?

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deleted7205728 94p · 663 weeks ago

The third is my fave. There are a few that look like strange microscopic glow creatures. Thanks for sharing. Once I finally catch up with life I will have to post the vid I took of fireworks. It was terrible and I was holding my scaredy cat dog. I am hoping they will eventually get accustomed to fireworks. I love the fireworks just not the idiot drunk drivers that come along with the 4th of July. Not to mention the idiot Fire Marshal Bill's out there that think doing something amazing with explosives is a good idea.
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hardkoretom 84p · 663 weeks ago

I love fireworks too, I'm just too cheap to buy my own these days. And the drunks are something else. I tried driving as little as possible. Your video can't be too bad, was your cat dog barking the whole time?

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deleted7205728 94p · 663 weeks ago

She was too frightened to bark. She mostly just pissed herself when I took her outside, pawed at my legs to be picked up and then shivered in my arms. Even once we were inside she went to hide in her dog bed. My other dog was more worried about the noise than scared.
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