I went outside and caught one streaking across the sky a few minutes ago. So freaking cool. Now I'm all in the mood and wanting to know why we're a giant floating blue ball of life in the middle of no where.

"If you want to see this event you can venture out early in the morning of August 12 in Eastern Standard Time Zones and look toward the darkest part of the sky in the east/northeast. Perseid Meteors will streak across the sky at an extremely high rate this year."