Happy Birthday USA!

Here is a photo of the snow globe Rich got me in Mickey Mouse Heck. Isn't it cute?

OK, so this post is a day late, but I had the day off of work in honor of Independence Day, and yesterday I was too busy reading the final novel in the Stieg Larssen trilogy about Lisbeth Salander. (Supposedly he was planning to write ten novels about her, but he died right after finishing the third one so it will remain a trilogy.)

I was lucky enough to get to see fireworks on Friday night (with Kathbert), on Saturday night (with Hardingfele), and last night with Richard Bonomo, Anna Banana II, and some other people. It was a crazy day that started when I woke up at 6:30 thinking it was 8:30 and I was going to be late for Mass; by the time I realized my mistake, I was totally awake. So I read and ended up running late anyway. I popped into a coffee shop for a scone and a cappuccino before Mass. Two cops entered the coffee shop with a young woman in tow, and imagine my surprise when I realized it was my office mate Light Bright! (She actually wasn't with the cops; she just knows how to make an entrance.) Then I went out to brunch with some choir members and hired the cast of my movie for $1, since they are 25 cents apiece in the vending machine by the restaurant's door. (Since I'd already had that scone, I was much more interested in purchasing a cast for my movie than eating.) Then I filmed last night's fireworks so they are also featured in this movie.

This is a birthday song for the USA. It was produced by Tropical Visor (cost me three times as much as the cast, but it came from Rockstar Tailor's website and not a vending machine), and it stars Tony Abalone, France the Crab, Canada the Crab, and Semper Fi the Seal. (When I asked Semper Fi which creature he would want to be, he said the seal.) France and Canada are both crabs because, like the USA, they have birthdays in July so they are Cancers too. Enjoy!

A number of people have mentioned that they couldn't understand the words to this song, especially what the Undersea Players are singing, so here are the words:

Semper Fi: Now let's sing America a really nice birthday song here.

Chorus: Happy birthday to the USA, happy birthday to you!

Tony: Tony Abalone sends birthday wishes, happy birthday, USA, to you!

Chorus: Happy birthday to the USA, happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to the USA, from two other Cancers to you!

France: France has a birthday on July 14th, so France is a Cancer too!

Chorus: Happy birthday to the USA, happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to the USA, from four little sea creatures to you!

Canada: Canada has a birthday on July the First, so Canada's a Cancer too, eh!

Semper Fi: Semper Fi says happy birthday!

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