The Inadvertent Michael Jackson Impersonation

Our neighbor tends to go all out on the Fourth of July, so there's no real need to go anywhere for a fireworks show. So when he and his friends started firing off their works, Bunny and I went outside to enjoy the show.

[He's got both kinds of fireworks! Vertical AND horizontal!] [1]… [Talk about your bright ideas] [2]… [Ba-boom!] [3]…

Then this one is lit off:

[Compared to the prior one, that isn't a firework] [4]…

My reaction was pretty much: Hmm … wow that's loud, and large, and low, and **oh XXXX XXXX that's going to XXXXXXX land on me get it off get it off get it off.** “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Wow.

I've been in an explosion [5].

Now my hair caught on fire [6].

Okay, okay, technically it wasn't on fire, but it was singed, and man, singed hair smells horrible.

Blech.

[It actually felt like plastic—very weird] [7]… [8]

Fortunately, I suffered no burns, but I was lucky. It could have much much worse, which is a nice time for this little PSA (Public Service Annoucement):

[Amateurs: There's a reason professionals exist.] [9]

I think next year, I'll watch the fireworks on TV (Television) from the comfort of an underground bunker [10].

[1] /boston/2011/07/04/t-p7040007.jpg

[2] /boston/2011/07/04/t-p7040016.jpg

[3] /boston/2011/07/04/t-p7040022.jpg

[4] /boston/2011/07/04/t-p7040017.jpg

[5] /boston/2003/07/04.2

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson#Pepsi.2C_.22We_Are_the_World.22_and_business_career_.281984.E2.80.9385.29

[7] /boston/2011/07/04/t-p7040020.jpg

[8] /boston/2011/07/04/p7040020.jpg

[9] /boston/2010/07/04/amateurs.jpg

[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain

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