Comments on: Where I was on 4 July, 1976

By: miguel

miguel — Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:24:33 +0000

and here’s another look into my psyche: not until you mentioned it, francis, did i think about the fastfood outfits like that, from an ironic adult perspective. i’d always just remembered it from the original 9-year-old perspective. i’m looking forward to having a word with my dad this summer.

By: miguel

miguel — Thu, 04 Jul 2002 02:04:06 +0000

my beloved little sister is very funny in a wicked, wicked way.

By: francis s.

francis s. — Thu, 04 Jul 2002 00:29:27 +0000

Fast food fourth of July costumes? Your dad sounds like… well, let’s just say I beginning to have more insight into the Mig psyche!

(Are your siblings as hilarious as you and your dad?)

By: miguel

miguel — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 20:31:19 +0000

I remember one year my dad made us all costumes with a fast-food theme for the parade. I was the bun, my younger siblings the condiments, and our dachshund was the wiener, which we pulled through the parade in a little red wagon. Real cute.

The American holidays always take me by surprise, too. Except Thanksgiving, which we plan well in advance but hold on the weekend since it’s an all-day thing and not a holiday here.

By: francis s.

francis s. — Tue, 02 Jul 2002 20:58:55 +0000

I sometimes forget that the fourth is a holiday until the end of the day… this has happened on Thanksgiving also. Truth is, the fourth never got me all that hot and bothered anyway, not even when I was a kid (although decorating our bikes to ride in the parade was fun until I was 10).