I think of Pennsylvania for fireworks

It's nuts before the Fourth down here.

Apparently Mass residents driving to NH to get booze and cigs at a discount got so bad that when they ID you in NH, they're not looking for your age, but your state.

One of my favorite books is Hotel New Hampshire.

Man, I *loved* that book with a fierce, burning love in high school and college. I re-read it in my 30s, and I was like, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, JOHN IRVING?

I am in the middle of a nostalgia kick that's reached embarrassing levels (the other day, I heard Bertie Higgins' "Key Largo" on the radio and enjoyed it! Unironically!)

I love "Escape" (the Pina Colada song) like crazy. I've promised Tim I won't sneak it onto the wedding dance party playlist. (No promises were made about Tom Jones, though. It is going to be the cheesy dance party to end all cheesy dance parties.)

Oh, the Pina Colada Song annoys me, "Oh, I'm bored with my significant other, I think I'll play around on them." And at the end neither one of them realizes that they're involved with someone who will look for fun in the personal ads while involved with someone else.

I got annoyed at "Freebird" this morning, too, the song of "yeah, toodles, honey, I'm way too cool and free-spirited to care that I'm breaking your heart. Hope your birth control didn't fail, bye!"

I may be getting old.

I always enjoyed the cheerful cynicism of the Pina Colada song. I thought one of the points of the song was that both of them were with exactly who they deserved to be with, and who they belonged with. Cause if they broke up they might make two other perfectly nice people miserable, instead of each other. When it comes to Freebird -- nah, I got nothing.

I love "Escape" (the Pina Colada song) like crazy. I've promised Tim I won't sneak it onto the wedding dance party playlist.

At my first wedding, my older brother replaced our choice of music for the walk down the aisle with Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rose". Fortunately, I double-checked everything before the ceremony started.

I got annoyed at "Freebird" this morning, too, the song of "yeah, toodles, honey, I'm way too cool and free-spirited to care that I'm breaking your heart. Hope your birth control didn't fail, bye!"

I was quite disappointed when I realised, not long ago really, that this was the message behind A-Ha's "Take On Me".

{{Tom}}

Surgery~ma for Grace and Kat!

I have 6 siblings and wouldn't touch any of them with a 10-foot pole - sexually.

I have no Pandora station. I listen to NPR talk all.the.time.

Oh god, I used to love "Escape," too. My love for "Brandy" is sort of unholy at this point, though. "At night when the sun goes down, Brandy walks through a silent town, and loves a man who's not around ..."

Man, I *loved* that book with a fierce, burning love in high school and college. I re-read it in my 30s, and I was like, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, JOHN IRVING?

This is me and Flowers in the Attic.

And at the end neither one of them realizes that they're involved with someone who will look for fun in the personal ads while involved with someone else.

Wait, I thought the song made it clear when they met at the bar it was because he answered her personal ad, so they both did know exactly what was going on.

Yeah, I thought the point was that they were actually perfect for each other. Even if they didn't know it when they answered the ads, they recognized it as soon as they saw each other and realized they should have been communicating more honestly.

I may have thought about this too much.