Lately, though (the last two years, give or take), I don't really see the need to light fireworks anymore. Anyway, I'm talking about the small fry variety here, rather than the really pretty and colorful exploding rockets and such - they're way too expensive.
It's just, I don't see the need to throw 200 firecrackers in a single evening (why do they even package them in such crazy quantities, anyway? >,>), nor can I find much enjoyment in standing around in the cold all night long.
I still love the moment of midnight, though, when the entire sky lights up in color and it's hard to talk because of all the bangs. It just carries this irrevocable connotation of the start of a new year, end of the old one, now GO FORTH AND HUG AND KISS YOUR FAMILY and think about all the things you would ideally change about yourself or your surroundings (which you're never going to actually do anyway) and BE GLAD YOU LIVE TO SEE THIS HAPPY MOMENT. Or something equally dramatic.
This thing here just did an about-face from fireworks to NYE. Oh well. It's the most obvious association, anyway.
(I love that expression. About-face. Heh. :'D).
~Levyathan
Face is one of my favourite words so about-face is something I find amusing and fun. I love fireworks displays, especially the kind you get on New Years, they look beautiful, but like you I'm not that fond of smaller displays. The really nice fireworks are expensive :( I still get some enjoyment out of smaller ones because I like all the pretty colours, and I watch them with kids so it's hard to not get excited, but it's not the same as when I was a kid myself.
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ReplyDeleteI've never lit a firework myself, I believe. They are indeed pretty, but they scare dogs. :(
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