I AM OFFICIALLY LAME

It won't be the Fourth of July for another 48 hours, but that hasn't stopped local miscreants from setting off incredibly loud fireworks in the neighborhood going on the last two weeks. Right now there's a grip of kids sitting outside one of the side doors of the high school across the street, unleashing pop!-POP!-pop!-POPP!-pop!-POPPP!! firecrackers. It's already past my advisable bedtime -- remember, wake-up for me is just before 5 o'clock in the a.m. I won't do it, but I admit the thought of calling the police crossed my mind. Maybe if they're still going strong in another hour or so. The sad thing is, less than two years ago I myself was just as inconsiderate and obnoxious as these kids are. Then again, two years ago I was living in a college town where I'd been even more obnoxious and inconsiderate a few years before that (those of you remembering the first edition of the Oregon Daily Emerald in November 1997 know exactly what I'm talking about). But if the subject line of this post wasn't true already then it sure is now.

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posted by WWB at 10:01 PM |