Not Your Mother's Icons

Happy Fourth, everyone! *blows up neighborhood with fireworks*

For no particular holiday-related reason, fifteen X-Files icons for your enjoyment. Share amongst yourselves, and credit would be nice. Some general ones, one from "Darkness Falls," one from "Small Potatoes," two from "Field Trip," three from "Je Souhite," and four from "Hollywood AD." Bitterness towards Chris Carter contained herein.

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In other news, this cold/sore throat combo needs to GO AWAY. It's been eight days. Enough already!

Boom!

Well, my ears are still ringing a little, my eyes are bedazzled, and I reek of Off!. That constitutes a proper 4th of July in my book. ;)

It seems like everyone in the neighborhood got some fireworks this year, providing entertainment for us and terror to the dogs. My aunt and uncle (our next-door-neighbors) invited us over to see a couple, which were so pretty. Sometimes I think the homegrown fireworks are even better than the big ones. I'd love to know how they get them to whistle.

Then we came inside to watch the ones downtown at Riverfront Park (ranked eighth-best in the nation, according to the newspeople) on TV, and they were even more wonderful. Truly lovely, especially the last few minutes. Another channel followed them almost immediately by the show in Boston, which was even better (although the Phil Collins tune was grating--sorry, nickless, but the man's music gives me hives). Everyone seemed to be getting into the big happy faces--Boston did a great little set to "What a Wonderful World" with happy faces during the line about people's smiles, and some hearts elsewhere. It was adorable. And their finale was breathtaking.

Ahhhh, the freedom to set fire to large amounts of gunpowder. What a wonderful legacy from our founding fathers. ;)