Apres le jour

[tealin]

So ... what was up with Bastille Day this year?

I mean, not in France; obviously there were parades and fireworks and stuff. I mean in the U.S. of A. I never remember this much attention being paid to Bastille Day outside of 'Learning about the culture is just as important as learning the language' bloody useless French class. Did I just never notice it before? Is it a California thing?* Or is it, as I cynically suspect, because we have a new administration and thus it's OK to not hate France anymore so anyone with an international perspective is celebrating this by overcompensating?

*very much doubt this

Comments

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

I read through both ndgmtlcd's and your dad's intellectual posts and then my eyes crossed and I promptly forgot half of everything I just read. I was that impressed. XD

Kind of makes me wish I was impassioned enough about a topic to learn everything about it and be able to say something intelligent about it when it comes up. Alack, alas, I am ambivalent to the core. :I

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

As am I, which is why I usually avoid political posts of any kind,* but this seemed like an interesting enough social phenomenon that I might get some varied discussion and insights aside from the expected political side. Which I did!

*some people have a tendency to sink their teeth in and not let go ...