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>>missy be puttin' it down, cuz i'm the hottest 'round<< missy elliott's "get ur freak on"

kaboom!
I went to Pier 39 to watch the $100,000 fireworks display. I haven't been to the pier in days, but it was fun...not much has changed. The place is still peppered with $2 churros, one-time-use SF gear, Krazy Kaps, ice cream, clam chowder and an arcade.

suspense
Laura and I decided we'd wait in line for the bathroom before watching the fireworks. We figured we might as well go now, otherwise we'd probably have to wait til we got back home to go...So it's 8:45pm and the display starts at 9:30pm. The line for the bathroom is super long>> and it should be...what would a public festival be without the long lines with a plethora of social classes and ethnicities all waiting to go to the restroom >> together| awww. In any case, so we're waiting and waiting and we get closer to the front of the line as the time nears showtime. Laura and I finally get in and find that there's only 3 phucking stalls. You know it would make far too much sense to put 10 stalls in a big time public attraction like Pier 39. Little kids are making their parents impatient, while Laura and I stand behind this drunk lady who's talking about pissing on the tree next to us...she was wearing a Stanford shirt>> typical. go bears.

but anyway, waiting for the bathroom and being uncertain as to whether or not we'd make it back to the pier in time for the show made that last 45min. exciting. oooh, suspense.

Both of us got out with 2 minutes to spare and got to see an awesome show>> 20 minutes long. I usually leave the fireworks feeling dissatisfied, but this time the show was so long that I was really content when i walked home.

mass confusion
The walk home was chaos. People just flooded the whole Embarcadero, walking right down the middle of the street. Little kids were running around with sparklers while random sets of firecrackers exploded on the sidewalk. Yay festive.
Still a little crazy though. Those firecrackers were really loud and they'd just explode right next to you. I wonder if that's what it's like to live in Kosovo. Mass confusion, people walking all over the place hooting and screaming, random explosions on the side of the road. yeah, that's sarcasm, but there's a little truth to it.

skateboarding is not a crime
As i walked from pier 1 thru pier 39 i was thinking about how nice it would be to take my brother and his razor and skate down The Embarcadero one day<< on second thought>> There were signs all along the street that would fine anyone $76 if they were skating.
What kind of crap is that? People can be as harmless on a skateboard as they are on rollerblades. Besides, i would think people on blades are more dangerous, since most of the people i saw on in-line skates didn't know how the hell to skate, so they'd be more likely to run into pedestrians than a skater>> who tends to seem more aggressive, but c'mon now, we're not out to get you>> we're just trying to get around too>> we just have more fun doing it.