Crime scene
April 27th, 2009
Photo by EssG on Flickr
It’s not often I find myself talking about violence. But tonight I was given the answer of something I have been wondering for a very, very long time in my life. I will never have to wonder about it ever again.
For as long as I can remember I have had this “memory”. It is from when I was a very young boy, maybe 6 years old or so. I believe my family was at a Pizza Hut together in or near Battle Creek, Michigan where we were visiting my Grandma Sailor. The only visual I have from this so-called memory was a crime scene in the parking lot, where there was yellow tape and a body. Quite a terrifying thing really.
But I never knew. For about 20 years or more that vision came to my head once in a great while and I didn’t know if that was something I actually saw, a memory I construed, or perhaps something I developed and remembered seeing in a dream or movie once.
For some reason I never wanted to ask my parents. I felt they’d think I was crazy (which is partially true). All I ever wanted to know if it was true or something I made up in my mind.
Well tonight, my parents drove through town and stopped in for a few minutes. They were in Battle Creek over the weekend visiting my grandmother. While there, they actually heard gunshots fired late at night on the block of my grandmother’s house.
And then…
My mom said, “When you were younger there was a time we had to shield you and your brother’s eyes from a crime scene in Battle Creek so you didn’t see the dead body.”
I KNEW IT! It wasn’t just my imagination. It was true! I can finally put to rest a thought that has plagued me for two decades. Now I can move on to the next unsure memory.
2500+ Daily Fruit entries
April 18th, 2009I first launched Daily Fruit on October 8th, 2001. It was always on my BugsyRocker.com domain name, and then as I traveled the country it was on the Hometown Invasion Tour website. And after a crazy year I had to take a short break of it.
Well in 2008 I brought it back, with a brand new domain name that it will have for a very long time, fruuit.com.
On April 5th, 2009 I’m happy to say that I wrote my 2500th Daily Fruit entry. It has come a long ways in nearly eight years.
I’m taking some pride in this. It has been a lot of fun and has given me a way to look back at a lot of memories. If I do it for another seven years I’ll hit 5,000 entries.
Some of my favorite entries…
- April 18, 2009 - it’s not that i don’t like ketchup, it’s just that by putting it on it’s one more step between deliciousness and my mouth.
- September 8, 2006 - the cows are lining up for recess.
- June 12, 2008 - if i ever meet someone who’s missing both their thumbs i’ll measure their nose and tell them, if you had thumbs they would be this long.
- January 25, 2009 - holy cow, this is the finest spoon i’ve ever used, the width, the concaveness, the strength, it just fits my mouth to perfection, i must find a secret place to keep it.
- October 22, 2006 - parkinson eucalyptus episcopalian.
- July 16, 2005 - that’s a really strong bow you’ve got.
- February 5, 2009 - beef face.
And if you’re still a little confused about what exactly Daily Fruit is after reading this entries, you can start with the about page. And yes, some of it is just corny, even though it’s one of my least favorite vegetables.
Some things about me
April 2nd, 2009
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Me and my brother share the same birthday (I am one year younger)
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My fastest Rubik’s Cube time is 66 seconds, and I keep it on my resume
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I received 8 stitches in my right eye brow when I was 3 or 4
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I didn’t have my first drink of alcohol until 5 months after turning 21
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I’ve had a helicopter tour of Michigan State
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I attended the largest outdoor hockey game in history
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My great aunt’s cousin is married to Wayne Gretzky (hey, it could have been any NHL player, but it happens to be The Great One)
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I am a direct descendant of the Mayflower
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I was photography editor for the Red Cedar Log (the largest yearbook in the nation)
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Monopoly is my favorite board game
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My favorite star is Betelgeuse
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I’ve never been in a fist fight
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My favorite number is 3
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I absolutely despise electric can openers
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I don’t know how to swim (very embarrassing, but that’s how it goes)
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I’ve seen Michael Jordan play basketball
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I’ve seen Tiger Woods play golf
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I’ve seen Wayne Gretzky coach hockey
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I’ve been to Fenway, Yankee Stadium, and Wrigley Field
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Two of my greatest experiences are seeing Stonehenge at sunrise, and seeing Aialik Glacier in Alaska
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I painted myself blue when I was 1 year old
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I like bacon to be nice and crispy so it breaks like a chip
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My first time eating cotton candy was when I was 24 years old
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I truly miss ice breakers on the first day of class in college
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Rebbecca Nurse was the first witch put to death in the Salem Witch Trials. She is my 8th or 9th great grandmother. I can get you proof.