Happy 4th of July!

This Independence Day was pretty quiet. Our Nicolette was hoping for a quiet holiday and by chance that's just the way it turned out. I spent a good hunk of the day finding music on the internet. When I was otherwise occupied Nicole would be on the internet looking for our next living space. I think we had the television and the air conditioning on all day, which was pleasantly indulgent.

Speaking of the television, at one point an L.A. news show was interviewing people about their terrorism concerns for the 4th of July. One lady said, "Well, my life can't stop just because other people are dealing with their issues." Can you be a little more vague?

In the evening we went over to my parents' house for dinner. Earlier, on the phone, my mom had asked, "What should we have for dinner?" Nicole answered, "Something American." Hot dogs it is! I brought one home for the photo shoot. I forgot my sparklers at the Blue House or I would've taken the picture beside Pa's barbecue. Somehow my camera doesn't capture the glory of sparklers, just the smoke. Looks like I'm celebrating with a lit fuse.

After dinner we all watched a DVD Nicole bought from Ebay in 2004 before we had even met and which I'd never heard of. It's a VH1 "Inside Out" documentary about Warren Zevon, his demise from cancer, and his successful efforts to produce one last great album with his starstudded cast of friends. My favorite part was the song "Disorder in the House" and specifically Bruce Springsteen's contribution and guitar solo. And Mom brought us ice cream and some kind of 4th of July doughnuts while we were watching the DVD.

I'm sure I'll have more exciting and festive 4th of Julys in the future, but, for a number of reasons, this was my favorite so far.