The Dragon's Keep

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ok, i'm gettin' the hang of this, and it's kinda fun. i should warn all you "leg-humpers" out there that i made this blog to record personal information, thoughts, and rants, but not THAT personal. :P call it a journal of sorts...i should keep one more often for posterity, but i never find the time to handwrite anything. since i'm online regularly, i might as well do something useful while i'm at it. *shrug*

so. anyone who doesn't think the 4th of July is the best holiday of the year must not be a pyromaniac. here's a shout-out to all the pyros, and a hope that you were at least somewhat safe and sane this past week. ;D and another shout-out to the lawmakers of the U.S.A. as much as i hate the fact that they banned Piccolo Petes and those little Bloomers in my city, they're just trying to keep people from getting hurt. for those who don't know, the reason certain fireworks like the ones mentioned have been banned, as well as multiple others that haven't ever been allowed to begin with, is because some people get a little too excited and forget to be smart while they're playing with fire, if you'll pardon the pun. the Bloomers were allowed last year, and apparently someone here in Bakersfield rigged a bomb and forgot the number one rule of doing so...light and RUN!!!! of course people are gonna get hurt if they don't know what they're doing, and those who let their kids get ahold of them obviously just aren't responsible enough. i mean come on...sparklers are banned because a child got burned because their parents didn't watch them close enough. i could go on for pages and pages, but the bottom line is, if you're going to play with fireworks, be responsible, and don't make those of us who are smart have to suffer for your lack of responsibility.

that said, here's what my friends and i did on Monday. :D i, being the forgetful ditz i can sometimes be, completely forgot to pick up my paycheck on the Friday before. i had to work from 4pm to midnight on the 1st of July and completely forgot to get my paycheck beforehand. needless to say, they were closed until Tuesday, leaving me with not enough to buy pyro toys. *sadness* the rest of my friends didn't have enough either (well, Cody did, so we lit some of the stuff he had as well as what follows), and so it's a good thing we still had some powder and Petes leftover from last year! yay! because everyone knows you don't actually light Piccolo Petes, you just get the powder out of them. so anyways, we made some little *cough*bombs*cough* and lit them off. the first one was a little 20 oz bottle filled about 3/4 full of water, with some space between it and the bag of powder at the top. for those who have heard of this and wondered if it would actually work, believe me, it does. the bottle shoots straight up in the air like a rocket, so if you decide to do this, look up. lol. we did the best one last, with a 2-liter and no water. anything that sets off car alarms within a 500 foot radius deserves a round of applause. *claps*

*sigh* good times. good. times. :)

posted by Erin Duncan @ 10:34 PM