sobering
Tuesday, July 05, 2005 / 12:45 PM
i would have to say that this was the most interesting fourth of july yet. first off was the parade, yeah not too great, but longer than it usually is, and marshall and nick were in it. i saw devon too, but i see him there every year. i doubt he recognized me anyway. then we went swimming at castle rock. it took me awhile to get in, but then i only stayed in for like 10 minutes because it's still damn cold. i never knew i could gross people out with my ribcage. after we got home i was on the computer when the power went out. then i went outside and there was a bunch of sirens. i had no clue that they had to do with each other. the sirens kept on going. and going. and going. then the power came back on. i was on the computer for another few minutes when the power went out for good. there was no power or water for two hours (the well needs power to work). we had nothing to do that didn't require power or water besides the trampoline and my brother's minibike. couldn't even do fireworks because my mom was afraid we'd set the field on fire and then we wouldn't have water to put it out (happens all the time, we're crazy like that). my mom and grandma decided to take my car up to jette hill to see what all the sirens were about. a car had ran into a phone pole and wrapped upside down around the TOP of it. that's how fast it was going. two more carloads of us went up there after that, i went on both of them. the first time the car was still upside down and wrapped around the pole, and on the way back there was an ambulance behind us without its lights going. my dad says that definitely means a dead body. the second time was worse. there were several people sitting by the side of the road crying. the skid marks on the road were outlined in yellow. the car was right side up. the entire front part of the car was drenched in blood. that didn't make me feel so great for the rest of the day. the news won't cover it because they're still investigating it. so then when the power went back on we got in the hot tub for awhile, then started the bonfire and roasted marshmallows. nick and kenneth lit off fireworks for the rest of the night and we watched the town display from there too. marshall got back and lit off one of kenneth's experiments (two rockets attached to an artillery shell). it wasn't the experiment that was so bad compared to marshall freaking out and falling in the bonfire. he burned his clothes a little but he's fine. that was crazy.
i'll be gone til friday night. college orientation.
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