red white and boom!

so today is July 3rd. every year for the past 6 years i think, i have gone to red white and boom in columbus ohio. the best time to hang out with friends, soak up some sun, eat really bad food, and watch an amazing fireworks show. i would always take half a day off, get a good seat with either my love, or friend, or brother, and claim space for all the other friends who will join us later that evening. by the time the fireworks go off, we find our borders have fallen, people are on our stuff, the streets are PACKED, and an amazing show starts. then we walk through trash to get to our cars, and drive home satisfied, burnt, stuffed, tired. then the next day, we are off to find another fireworks show, which won't compare to columbus, but it's not as crowded and more calm. now that i am in colorado, we have no idea what to do. there's no really big river going through downtown denver. even though we have had some rain for about a week, longmont has canceled their fireworks about a month ago due to the dryness. all the really good places are far away, and unfortunately, they are tomorrow night which means we would get home really late and have to work the next day. what makes it worse, there are no close friends to hang out with while we wait for the show. it's events like these that really make me homesick. i've got to get into some theatre. i need some crazy theatre friends to hang out with! and a gay one so i can go dancing and get all grindy with him and it means nothing. won't see my fiance doing that! we might go into the mountains, which will be a whole new way to see fireworks. no one in columbus will know what that's like. it's just not the same. yeah, i'll be all cuddled up the man i love, and get kisses in the hair (which i LOVE by the way), but i don't have the other people dear to me there to share in the experience. anyway, i'm really bumbed today. homesick yet again. how i miss red white and boom. one more hour, and columbus will be celebrating. and i will be sitting on the couch watching some reality show, and eating ice cream.