Americuh, Fuck Yeah!

[akujunkan]

And that's just what I did for three hours this evening. Kicked the fourth off early with a rather block party-esque barbecue before hopping one town over for some fried chicken and crazy colored-gunpowder action. Seriously, we must have spent $100 on these fireworks, and let's just say that the Japanese do not have restrictions on what sorts of fireworks can be purchased for personal use. We had some pretty good (and big) ones going off up, down and sideways.

I haven't gotten this stupid with fireworks since freshman year of college, so it was great fun. Highlights included Dan falling backwards off a seawall with a lit firework, Dan and Josh tag-teaming a third friend with an (accidental?) barrage of misfired blasters, Luis nearly shooting my feet off with a rogue bottle rocket, and Josh setting me on fire not once, but twice, with bottle rockets fired into the wind. (And I have the holes in my Souixsie and the Banshees shirt and birkenstocks to prove it.)

We also set off a variety of sparklers, screamers, ninja stars, and roman candles. All in all, an excellent night.


That will be all.

Comments

[theosakakoneko.livejournal.com]

excellent. i am jealous of your festivity.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

But then I'm usually jealous of your festivity all the time.

Speaking of, do you have any plans around the end of the month? I'm thinking of doing a Kansai trip; want to meet up?

[dark-waterlily.livejournal.com]

Second jealous person commenting... we celebrate with Chinese brand fireworks and the next day we are suffering from poisoned air.
Happy to read you had returned to innocence... with fireworks.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, if nothing else I'm suffering from blistered fingers and burned clothing.

Happy to read you had returned to innocence... with fireworks.

This cracked me up. Should be on a T-shirt or something.

[dark-waterlily.livejournal.com]

Should be on a T-shirt or something
Thinking about it... I may end up doing a T-shirt logo XD

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

nearly shooting my feet off with a rogue bottle rocket

And wouldn't that have been the most brilliant way to end your time in Japan?

Sounds like you had a blast ;)

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, at least it would have happened in a country where I have health insurance. :-/

Sounds like you had a blast ;)

Lots of them, actually.

::ducks; runs::