happy 4th?

through a series of random happenstance i ended up watching fireworks by myself from my 6th floor math building office... at least i got to see some... in fact, in just the 180 degrees i could see, i saw parts of at least a dozen shows, but i was within a mile of the one i had intended to go to, so i had an excellent view with no bad traffic for the main one i meant to see...

things that occur to me:

(1) all around the world, people celebrate all kinds of things by lighting huge balls of fire and shooting them in the air. when you watch it up close it's awe-inspiring... when you watch it happening many places far away simultaneously, it's kinda humorous that that's the thing to do. it makes you (or at least it makes me) wonder who originally thought this would be a brilliant idea and why.. i mean you can look up answers like this, but seriously... try to imagine the mind of the first dude who decided this would be a good idea. it's funny.

(2) i really am tired of people. i'm tired of how group dynamics and new relationships screw with how people interact. some people are still fantastic and know how to still be a good friend even after they've gotten involved with someone new, but 3/4 of the time anymore it seems to screw things up. i'm tired of people not keeping promises and becoming unreliable for all kinds of reasons, this or otherwise. i know that there are always people i can count on, but the number of them seems to be growing fewer and i hate that. maybe there is some truth to the "americans have no close friends anymore" article i posted a few weeks ago...

end of brain dump... happy 4th?