Celebrate Your Independence!
July 3rd, 2009 by Braddah Lance"In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States." Courtesy of Wikipedia
The 4th of July in Hawaii is celebrated just about da same as New Years with fireworks and bbq's but with the added exception of increased beach activity kapu'ing da best spot all da from Ala Moana to Kailua to White Plains. How are you spending your 4th? Dis year we're going over to a friends house (just up da road too!) for a potluck bbq and let's just say dat I'm glad dat it's up da road. 
But let's talk about life's independence.... with a game!
List your independence from - watevahs! All da things dat you're doing "on your own" aftah being taught from any age.
Hopefully we'll break da century comment mark if anybody is at work today.
btw, Happy Feel Good Friday and have a great July 4th!!! Pah-tay hard and please, please pah-tay safe!
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Tags: 4th Of July, BBQ, Braddah Lance, Feel Good Friday / Tip Of Da Day, Fireworks, Independence Day, Wassap Wit Dat!, WWD!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
I wipe my own okole!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
I can drive on my own.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 am
I ride (motorcycles, bicycles) on my own
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 am
I can feed myself without making airplane or choo-choo noises.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 am
Just padding my own stats hea.
I can tie my own shoes.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
Howzit BL
Sorry no mo time to read
gatta run 
NKHEA....jus helping to pad the post
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
WHY WOULD I WANT MY INDEPENDENCE when I got my husband to drive me around and buy me cake and give me allownace then he bar b que without burnign my food...NO THANKS BEING INDEPENDENT I WILL DEPEND on him forever....too bad my husband can't do my hair and nails. !
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
DO I HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT I LIKE BEING CATERED TO BY MY HUSBAND !
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:34 am
STINKS TO BE INDEPENDENT......!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
i can cross the street on my own??? i can go out on my own??
Yeah, dat's all i got. it's Friday and my brain doesn't work on Fridays
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 am
I pay my own rent, live in my own apt, which means I can eat Rice Krispies for dinner if I want, go out at 10pm if I want, come home at 4am if I want, don't go out if I don't want... then again, sometimes it's too quiet in here.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 am
Happy 3rd!
I am grateful that I can pay my own mortgage and buy my own groceries. I don't like having to rely on other people except for amusement
Sweetie and I goin' chillax at home tomorrow. I no like be on da road wen so many peeps have been drinking and not paying attention to wat dey doin'. Get terrific view of fireworks from da roof of our building, so we goin' BBQ at home.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
I'm thankful for the freedom to choose
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
I'm glad that I can go to the grocery store and spend $50 on a few steaks and the makings of a salad and some juice.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Independence allows people to shop at will and my wife can
ordermake me go shopping when every American is shopping tooJuly 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Yes, I can ride my motorcycle
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
I can travel within the state without having to carry travel vouchers or show my ID at every intersection (unless I doing something wrong and being cited by the law. (nah, I nice guy)
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 am
Independence day means I get today off
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 am
I served time in the military for the good of the people
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
I have the freedom to be a post hog (within reasons of course)
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am
OK your turn. I gotta go do my yard before the rain comes. Das wat I get on my day off
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 am
wow i thought i was the only person at work today but guess not
misery loves company
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am
sally: I hear ya! I'm in the same boat!!
My independence: I can overclean if I want and no one has to know about it unless I reveal it on O&E!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Thanks for serving Ynaku. And to all that have and are serving to keep our country free. (A little less nowadays, but still a great country)
Have a safe holiday everyone. (I gotta work tomorrow)
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I can make hard boiled eggs. Hah! Mom taught me ova da phone couple months ago. haha. BTW, Braddah Lance, I sent a "Friend Request" on FB.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I can bake a sweet potato, da kine you buy on the street corners of Seoul wit da crispy skin. Wot? Da XGF taught me how.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I can wake up as late as I want on the weekend, well, except for Saturdays because Mom always calls at 08:30 (Japan). What time is it in Hawaii? 13:30, I think.
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I CAN EAT HAMBURGER AT MIDNIGHT NOBODY TELLS ME WHAT TO DO SINCE I AM MOMMY..I RULE...yes great to be mom! I CAN MAKE MY HUSBAND WIPE MY ASS IF I WANT TO See independence! YOU MISS A SPOT ! omg funny huh
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I CAN DRIVE BUT WHY SHOULD I MY HSUBAND CAN DO THAT FOR ME!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
can't you see I am independent so long as I can depend on husband to take good care of me... I yell at him go fetch the garbage can't you see I am independent!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
gtg watch my movie independently no kids to pester me.!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Howzit BL!
I can do whateva I like as long as masako says I can.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I've been washing everybody's dishes since 5th grade, washing everybody's clothes since 10th grade, cooking rice since elementary school...hmm, some dependence would be a good thing!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Little late but I try help make it to 100.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Tanks to all that served and sacrificed to give us our independence!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Can wipe my own too!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:28 am
I BEE OCD too!
July 6th, 2009 at 8:51 am
I can boil watah.
July 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Ditto hanapaa!
Uh, I can heat stuff up in the microwave. I can cook basics like stew, teriyaki beef, oyako donburi, shake n bake chicken.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am
my independence from mommy and daddy: living at the dorms and learning how to drink like a fish! (fish don't really drink, huh?) then i turned 21 and it just wasn't as fun no more. ...i don't drink beer. it smells too much like pee. elevator pee. dorm elevator pee. BLEH!
July 6th, 2009 at 10:46 am
@9th island...
me too...5th grade. wash rice, wash dishes, wash clothes. just call me tita wash.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I can walk outside and not worry about an IED going off. Thank you to all the brave men and women of the armed forces for risking their lives for our country.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
With that - on to the lighter things. I can iron my own clothes.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I can wash my own dishes (along with the rest of the family's).
July 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I can drive my own car. Which as Rosette says, makes my family dependent on me.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:37 am
i can wash my own dishes (and the family's), clean up after myself, make my own meals, make a fool of myself all on my own, make my own mess, plan my own party (or someone else's!), make my own friends!