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My fourth was amusing enough I suppose, around 9-ish I began walking down to Des Moines from Normandy Park to see the fireworks. I walked unsure of if I was in the mood for fireworks, but I figured that they're only around once a year so I figured that I didn't want to miss out. Oddly enough my walk was interupted a couple of time, the first and most annoying time was when this strange lady ask me if I had a cigarette. Well, it wouldn't have been weird if it just ended with that but it went on to her speaking of a mix between how america is messed up and (I think...) about the bible. I think the conversation went to that extreme thanks to my upside-down cross, my handcuffs on my left wrist, and my eyeliner. This lady rambled on and on about how this were in the bible to the point where it got awkward when she spoke of sodomy and the like. This lady had the mouth of a preacher's voice on a broken record, and a brain that was/had previously been on drugs, at times I couldn't tell whether she was trying to convert me or if she was calling me ******** up by comparing me to sodomist of the bible and to white men back in the day when slave trade was ok in the world. But sadly it was hard to get a word in with this annoyance so I listened for anything worse and walked off wishing that people could seriously quit being so judgmental I also wish people would quit trying to convert me. Just so everyone knows I hate religion, I believe that it is the cause of almost every war imaginable, and I can't see how something like that can create peace; however I accept its existance, as long as you don't shove your beliefs in my face I'll accept that you believe them, simple as that.
Then, of course I kept going, and upon entering Des Moines I felt that it was hard to get situated. No spot really seemed confortible to me that and I saw families everywhere, along with couples, and I smiled for a few, and laughed at some cute moments as I walked by but ultimately I wished that I was like them, after all the fourth was a family event for a long time, but it felt the most like a good day when I had my little sister or my cousins along with me. Without the family it was just a day to see people blow up fireworks in their attempts of celebrating our countries independance.
Then the fireworks went off, and oddly Star Wars music starting playing, it sounded quite funny but at the same time I wonder if the guys who picked the music were comparing our ancestors' fight with the english to the Rebel Alliance blowing up the Death Star. But aside from some interesting choices for music it was pretty, noisy, and the same as every year, but also it looked like the pyrotechnics had fun as well. When it was all done I walked back home and around one went to bed.

The next day I finally had the chance to hang out with Addy, one of my friends from Nintendo. I had the lovely chance to show her the beauty of cage matches on Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Her arse was kicked off but we had our fun anyway. Aside from that video game we spoke of Nintendo stories, and other work time stories (I told her about how me and Chris made the techno remix to the crab people song from South Park when I worked at Amazon Fresh!), and we also spoke of anime and past Sakura-Con experiences as well. It was a good day for me, and I seriously hope to hang out with more people soon as well.