What I Did on July 4th -- As Told By Others

[mabfan]

I had been planning to write a post detailing what gnomi and I did for Independence Day yesterday, but it looks like I don't have to:

joecoustic on adopting our tradition:

Today I will spend following a tradition I adopted from mabfan and gnomi and will be watching 1776. Although many miles away I will feel like I'm watching it with friends (who won't get irritated when I sing along :)). I'm so glad I bought the DVD!! I love the cut things they added back - small but helps continuity, and I really like the musical number that they added back (along with the whole story behind it).

jenwrites notes that she finally managed to sit down yesterday with a writing project:

Today really was the first day I had, so to maximize my time, I skipped going out with mabfan and gnomi and the gang in the morning, worked out, and set my brain to the rewrite.

One LJ user talks about watching the movie with us, but under a locked post, so I shall not link to it here;

magid actually joined us for the reading:

This morning I went downtown to hear the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, which has happened at the old State House in Boston each year since 1776. Which I hadn't heard about until last year, surprisingly.

fjm also joined us, and reacts as many of us do:

...but the rest is inspiring, particularly after a morning spent celebrating US Independence. mabfan and gnomi took me down to the Old Statehouse to hear the reading of the Declaration. I confess to being quite moved.

angwantibo joined us for almost the whole day:

Today, I joined mabfan and gnomi to hear the Declaration of Independence read at the Old State House. This was really cool to hear the declaration that gave birth to our nation on its anniversary... Then we went to watch the musical 1776. This was hilarious in parts but did a good job of supplying the personalities and political contexts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Of course, after the reading, lunch, and the movie 1776 (during all of which at various times we were accompanied by arib, fjm, magid, angwantibo, mcdemarco, farwing, ckd, and non-LJers Julian Gorfajn and Shanna Giora-Gorfajn, plus we ran into Dan Kimmel and his daughter), gnomi and I rounded off the day with a viewing of the new documentary film March of the Penguins (still accompanied by mcdemarco).

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

The one trailer they had before Howl's at the Kendall was for March of the Penguins. I hope it's as wonderful as it looked (the photography shown was amazing).

It was excellent to join you at the reading; I hope next year finally to see 1776 :-).

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

We can always watch it off season...

[fjm.livejournal.com]

I've just seen that trailer as well. Aw.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful piece of interactivity!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I figured that everyone else had already done all the work...

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

*ahem*

I do so have a LJ account...it's just that I keep my blog elsewhere (http://www.devarim.com).

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Aha! I have read your blog; I knew you from before. I just didn't make the connection.

My apologies for not knowing you had an LJ account.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

I have read your blog; I knew you from before. I just didn't make the connection.

Praytell, whence do you know me?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you personally, but I did know your blog. I'm not sure how I encountered it; probably from investigating Jewish-themed Boston-area blogs. If I can locate the exact source, I'll let you know.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

And you're syndicated under devarim_blog.