Come on and rock me bar-b-que-us

Our 3rd/4th of July celebration was really quite fun.  You couldn't ask for better weather - when we got out to the beach it was sunny and almost sweltering (fortunately a nice breeze coming off the ocean helped with that).  A few friends joined us and we got a fire going, and between the five of us there were plenty of drinks (alcoholic and non-) and food to go around.  Somewhere around my fourth bottle (over a period of hours, I wasn't drunk) I made a declaration that my usual eat-healthy mantra was suspended for the duration of the holiday, given how many liquid calories I was consuming.  Amusingly, though, aside from the drinks I think I actually ate healthier than normal - Brian made grilled salmon and corn on the cob, and I made honey mustard chicken sausage shishkebabs with peppers and zucchini and three-bean salad, and on the whole we had a rather delightfully gourmet barbeque.

Some moments that are sticking out in my mind:

• Reading the first bit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to Brian while we waited for folks to show up
• Almost stumbling over a young child of six or so, wrapped up in blankets and conked out on the beach around 11:00
• Watching kids playing on a tire swing in the exact same way I used to when I was young
• Hurriedly moving the campsite when the tide started coming in
• Justin declaring he was "going to move the fire"...and then actually doing it
• Amanda looking absolutely adorable with roasted marshmallow smeared all over her face (not that I'd know how *that* happened...*cough*)
• Realizing how much more effort it takes to dance in sand, although AC/DC on a portable boombox is a good motivator
• Discovering exactly how dangerous Mike's Hard Mango Punch can be, given that it doesn't taste like booze at all
• Justin declaring in a Generic European Accent, "Ahh...sneaky booze!  My favorite kind."
• Andy having us in stitches with stories from his past years at Burning Man, including one about the Blue Man (his nickname for the dude who was carried into the medical tent so drugged out that he'd fallen face-first into a port-a-potty)
• Singing "Rock Me Amadeus" to the radio with Andy (and, yes, dancing some too)
• Discussing Palin's surprise announcement and all but taking bets on whether she was leaving voluntarily or because the lid was about to pop off of some new and even more hilarious scandal
• Holding Brian while we watched the midnight fireworks

Come on and rock me bar-b-que-us

Our 3rd/4th of July celebration was really quite fun.  You couldn't ask for better weather - when we got out to the beach it was sunny and almost sweltering (fortunately a nice breeze coming off the ocean helped with that).  A few friends joined us and we got a fire going, and between the five of us there were plenty of drinks (alcoholic and non-) and food to go around.  Somewhere around my fourth bottle (over a period of hours, I wasn't drunk) I made a declaration that my usual eat-healthy mantra was suspended for the duration of the holiday, given how many liquid calories I was consuming.  Amusingly, though, aside from the drinks I think I actually ate healthier than normal - Brian made grilled salmon and corn on the cob, and I made honey mustard chicken sausage shishkebabs with peppers and zucchini and three-bean salad, and on the whole we had a rather delightfully gourmet barbeque.

Some moments that are sticking out in my mind:

• Reading the first bit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to Brian while we waited for folks to show up
• Almost stumbling over a young child of six or so, wrapped up in blankets and conked out on the beach around 11:00
• Watching kids playing on a tire swing in the exact same way I used to when I was young
• Hurriedly moving the campsite when the tide started coming in
• Justin declaring he was "going to move the fire"...and then actually doing it
• Amanda looking absolutely adorable with roasted marshmallow smeared all over her face (not that I'd know how *that* happened...*cough*)
• Realizing how much more effort it takes to dance in sand, although AC/DC on a portable boombox is a good motivator
• Discovering exactly how dangerous Mike's Hard Mango Punch can be, given that it doesn't taste like booze at all
• Justin declaring in a Generic European Accent, "Ahh...sneaky booze!  My favorite kind."
• Andy having us in stitches with stories from his past years at Burning Man, including one about the Blue Man (his nickname for the dude who was carried into the medical tent so drugged out that he'd fallen face-first into a port-a-potty)
• Singing "Rock Me Amadeus" to the radio with Andy (and, yes, dancing some too)
• Discussing Palin's surprise announcement and all but taking bets on whether she was leaving voluntarily or because the lid was about to pop off of some new and even more hilarious scandal
• Holding Brian while we watched the midnight fireworks

Synchronicity

Brian and I went to see Public Enemies today, and then I came home and discovered that half my friendslist had done the same. So, because I'm lazy, and because he basically touched on everything I was going to say about it, I'm going to link to epi_lj's post on it, and call it good. (Thanks, dude!)

Synchronicity

Brian and I went to see Public Enemies today, and then I came home and discovered that half my friendslist had done the same. So, because I'm lazy, and because he basically touched on everything I was going to say about it, I'm going to link to epi_lj's post on it, and call it good. (Thanks, dude!)