Anyway, the parade is ending so here’s my overall reaction: It was okay. Nothing out of the ordinary. No freak accidents involving a balloon and a dozen or so spectators. It was nice to see the Spiderman balloon again. but they just skimmed through him and the rest of the parade was pretty much a big rush. It seems that the parades are better during years when there’s some kind of crisis going on. For instance last year we were going into the economy crisis and the parade was sort of a pick-me-up. Also, you think about 2001 and the events of 9/11 and still they performed a parade a little more than two months after that tragedy. I don’t know, I’m sure it was the same parade but my own personal feelings towards it was different in those years than they were this year. You’d think that being in Iraq this year would have a significant effect on me with the parade but it didn’t. Oh well, that’s the Macy Thanksgiving Parade of 2009. I’m already looking forward to the 2010 parade. Not only will I be back in the states by then but I’ll also be out of the Army. This should be my last comment for a while. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!