It’s been almost a week and my bonsai trees are still alive and well (as far as I can tell anyway). As yet I’ve been unable to identify either of them. I did Google image searches on all the different species listed on the back of the information cards that came with them, but nothing that came up resembled the either of the two trees that I have. I wonder if they’re really bonsais. Knowing my luck with Kroger and its underhanded trickery, somebody probably just dug up some weeds and I bought them for $12 each.
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After an exciting weekend full of laundry and haircuts at home, I headed back to Cincinnati. On the way back I stopped at Kroger to pick up some groceries. Kroger visits are usually times of either intense joy or intense pain for me. 90% of the things I buy come from the produce section, and often times the quality of that department in a Kroger is hit or miss. Sometimes they have immaculate, beautiful, and plentiful food. Other times their selection is sparse and crummy. And on top of that, the time of day you visit the store is a major factor. The mornings and afternoons are usually best. Many times the evenings hold only the picked-over and undesirable. So I was surprised when, at about nine in the evening I found a veritable cornucopia of good produce.
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Over the weekend I decided to bite the bullet and buy a new camera. It’s a Nikon CoolPix L3, if that means anything to anybody. It’s nice and small and takes pretty good pictures. I don’t really know anything about photography, but compared to the $80 camera I bought at Target, this one is like a god.
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I had a fairly interesting dream last night and since I haven’t had a good one to write down in quite some time, I figured I’d share it. And just as a warning, I generally censor myself and life when I write it down here, but in order to preserve the authenticity of the dream, I wrote this candidly.
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I can’t believe that it’s been almost a week since I last updated. And a lot has happened too. I guess I just haven’t had any time to write. I spent nearly every free second since Tuesday practicing bass. Jaysen, the guitarist from the band I used to be in, called me early this week and asked if I’d fill in on bass for a show on Friday because their bassist was out of town. I said O.K. and then set to work learning the five songs for the show.
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