High/Low 7.4.06 Independence Day!

Ok...

What are we really independent of? The American way is SO dependent on Gas... and $7.50 matinee movies ... and small houses worth half a million dollars. Are we really independent? And wireless internet and blackberrys.. are we? We're told that the art of doing nothing means one has no motivation or drive..wasting away... really? i just want to sit on the couch and read? I don't want to go to a cookout.. or to a fireworks show... i wouldn't mind going to a pool and taking a dip if it wasn't 90 gabillion degrees outside and thanks to all of our car exhaust and chloroflurocarbons.. can't sit outside for more than 2.5 minutes without having to complete a full body scan for melanoma...

Anyway... it was just a spontaneous rant...

So I had no power from Sunday nite... around 6pm when a sweeping 10 minute storm knocked over trees and subsequent power lines.. it was a flashback to a time when we weren't so dependent on air conditioning.. a time when I think our bodies were more accustomed to the heat.. now it's run from a/c to a/c... I enjoy the heat.. for the most part... yea the sleeping part is a bit ardeous.. but still.. reminds me of being in Savannah... (miss that damn town) So the power was out.. by 10 pm... there was really nothing to do... except go to sleep which I did. I sat on the couch... watching the heat lightining... listening to my emotional girl songs on my IPOD (thank goodness I had charged it before the pwr went out.. independent huh?) i digress.. it was nice... just me.. my thoughts.. which turned into tears.. for the people i miss..the 'back in the day' ness of my life.. it was a beautiful moment for me.

Anyway.. I hope whatever you do... cookout.. fireworks.. or just laying on your couch reading (HEAR HEAR!!!) i hope you enjoy your day.. for most of us.. we have to go back into the work world tomorrow.. and try to hold onto whatever independence we have... but today is a day just for it.. so do whatever the hell you want!!!

Happy 4th people.
Kerilyn

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