02 July 2007

we make our own barf

Blog about fireworks? Sure. I went to Coney Island for the first time ever on Friday night. If you go to Nathan's definitely the thing to do is get the kid's meal -- it comes with a hot dog (or corn dog I think) , fries, a tiny soda, and A PRIZE (dinosaur). With tax it costs $4.61. You could pay like $8 to get the same stuff (no prize, larger drink) but why barf so early? There is still funnel cake.

The fireworks were impressive (full moon), party because we sat so close to where they set them off. And not even on purpose, they just kind of light fireworks above your head. There was this 13-year-old (?) girl sitting behind us freaking the fuck out and screaming every time a particularly loud one went off. She kept running away toward the boardwalk and at one point it sounded like she might have been crying which I of course thought was the funniest thing I had ever seen (come on. Tears of a 13-year-old girl? Hilarious). She also talked a lot about how she could "feel the heat" of the fireworks, which was also funny/absurd at first, until we realized there was burning crap falling out of the sky all around us and we were getting covered in ash.

Also, when you laugh at crying 13-year-olds you will probably have an asthma attack.

My friends went on the Wonder Wheel after the fireworks but I could not join them. I stood at the bottom while they waited in line, waved to them when they went up, and then went into the photobooth to drink a bunch of the liquor I brought with me. A couple of teenage girls went in after me and came out talking about how they did really crazy things and could never show anyone the photographs, which is totally awesome. I talked to them a little bit and they asked me if I was there alone. At first I thought they meant like, at the photobooth and said "yeah." They gave me sort of a weird look and I realized they meant AT CONEY ISLAND ON A FRIDAY NIGHT and I was like, "Oh, I mean, no. My friends are just riding the ferris wheel but I'm too scared so I'm waiting for them down here."

Then my photos came out of the machine and they were soooooo ugly.

At Coney Island there is some sort of "ride" called GHOST HOLE. Yes?

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