Dateline 7/5/07

Well the 4th of July was a washout. Me and my girlfriend had gone to the public celebration in Philly, but like everything else in this city, it did not live up to the hype. First of all, there was a noticeable lack of American flags there. I pointed out at the time that they still had every other country's flag up on the parkway, maybe they should replace them with American ones for independence day. The next day in the Metro, the editorials ripped the city for not even putting up a flag on the main stage. Not that I necessarily want any of the crappy acts that played associated with my country, but come on. Did they outsource the planning of this thing?

Well obviously they didn't outsource it to China, because at least the Chinese know how to do a fireworks show. The city said around nine that the fireworks were off as it was pouring rain. Most of the crowd (me and my GF included) got up and left at this point. Problem was, at 11:30 (30 mins. late and without explanation) they shot off all the fireworks anyway. So I got soaked but saw no fireworks. fantastic. At least there was one chinese takeout place open.