*crash bang boom*

Happy Fourth of July, people in Minnesota! After eight months of political wrangling, posturing, and lawsuits you finally have a senator (a really funny looking senator!) to represent you. And you got to be a case study of totally how a contested election should be handled, even if Norm Coleman was a dick about it. Have a cookie!

Happy Fourth of July, people in Alaska! You have a new governor, and presumably can now sleep much safer in your beds knowing Sarah Palin isn't roaming the Alaskan wilderness at night, looking for virgins whose blood she can suck to stay young. And the rest of us are that much happier knowing if she tries a presidential bid now, she will laughed off the stage before she opens her mouth. Good job, Alaska! Have a moose cookie.

Happy Fourth of July, people living in the rest of the country! You have a pretty rocking president. He can speak in complete, intelligent-sounding sentences and understand complex geopolitical issues. Also he is really hot. And you have a vice-president who reminds me of my grandpa. And a presidential chief of staff who is too sexy and badass to exist. You are doing all right! (even if the economy still needs an overhaul and your healthcare sucks) As stupid and obnoxious as this country can be at times, I'm still pretty glad it's mine. Except for when I am pining for Canada. Have a stack of fireworks to explode in celebration!

I am celebrating the 4th by reading and writing very patriotic Captain America slash. And also going to my dad's co-worker's house and eating roasted animal carcass and possibly pie. It shall be most fun!

Do You Want Some MPreg With Your Canon?

OH SYFY DON'T SCREW THIS UP PLEASE

I'm finding the whole LET'S REBOOT OLD SERIES RATHER THAN HAVING REAL IDEAS trend the last few years tedious beyond telling, but an Alien Nation reboot? OMG DO WANT.

I was too young to see the original series when it came out, obviously. But my aunt and her girlfriend were/are huge scifi junkies, and when girlfriend was living with us, she let me dig into her collection. Which is why I own all of Alien Nation on painfully bad VHS recordings. As well as all five seasons of Babylon Five, which I have never watched because a) VHS, and b) the tapes are unlabeled. Five seasons worth of unlabeled episodes. Yeah. But the point is, Alien Nation was awesome and I was so in love with it (and with Matt Sykes!) in high school, and a reboot makes me HAPPY.

Knowing the SyFy channel (and you know, when they announced the name change I didn't really care, but the more I type it the more I hate it and want it to die), this is either going to be completely awesome or so bad I want to set my brain on fire. I'm taking bets now!

Illegal Fireworks Are The Best Fireworks

In keeping with the bold American tradition of pissing off as many people as possible, to commemorate the birth of this great nation we spent the evening setting off fireworks in the middle of the street. When cars drove by we shot off bottle rockets at them. Nothing caught on fire, but it was a close call a few times.

Those little black cat firecrackers are loud. My ears are still ringing an hour later.

I also learned how to play pool. All in all a very patriotic evening. And I have to approve of any holiday celebrated with that many explosions.