logomancer | (no subject) (Reply)

OK, so my 4^th was pretty much as what I expected. Some things changed:

We went to the big park from where they launch the fireworks instead of the high school field adjacent to the park. Principal difference: the park had preshow entertainment, including skydivers and bands (including the jazz band from my HS, who has members I count as friends). Not to mention some good funnel cake. Mmm.
Saw some friends from hgih school. A Good Thing, though they seemed only half-interested in me. The ones that were some of my closer friends at high school were not present. Unexpectedly, the Johnsons were there -- with the exception of my friend Jeremy, who had to work. Hmm.
The city didn't pay for the fireworks this year, due to (you guessed it) budget cuts. Thus, a campaign by many of the community's big players was launched to "Save the Fireworks." They made enough to fund this year and next, and are trying for more.
The fireworks were the best I'd seen in a few years, although they were a bit heavy on the big bangs. Almost deafening. But it was still a good show.
This year the city "strongly encouraged" everyone to park somewhere other than the park and use the shuttle buses to get to the park. Result: While getting in and out on the road was OK, there was a huge line to the outbound buses and we didn't get to go home until 23:00. File this under "poor organization", maybe?
Overall, I liked it.

I slept till about 11 or so today, and then decided to learn wxWindows. A fairly easy GUI wrapper, from what I've seen. A lot easier than trying to decipher the Win32 API, anyway. I may make a notepad to try it out. If that happens, I'll post it here. Hopefully it won't suck too badly.