We went to the Holiday Boat Parade at the Wharf today. It was packed with people. We fought our way through the crowds to catch a few glimpses of some dressed up boats, but what really stole the show was the fireworks. The finale was just phenomenal; it felt like a kid had been given an unlimited budget and did what any kid would do – see how many fireworks they can make go off at once. It was briefly daytime at 8pm on December 6th.

But what baffles me to this day is all the people recording videos of the fireworks. Sure, I get the urge, “this is really cool, let me immortalize it”. But who has ever gone back and watched a video they took of fireworks? Seriously, leave a comment below if you have, I am dying to hear about it. In this day and age, enough of these people have had phones long enough to have learned this lesson. Just enjoy the moment for what it is, a fleeting spectacular.

I was recording the people with their phones up, not the fireworks. I swear, I’m different^TM

I suppose this ties into our “need” in this day and age to record everything. Of course, recording things is a great habit. Just look at me with this dang blog. Look at our wedding photo album. I wonder if there’s a heuristic we can use to determine “fireworks” or “wedding”. I.e. something worth more in the moment than it ever could be as a record, and something that is too important to not be a record.