First, and most exciting, I bought a new camera.
I have learned that maybe, just maybe, I am a little tough on my cameras(2 in 2 years?), and maybe I should accept that fact. Thus, I bought myself an Olympus Stylus 770 sw... I can drop it 5 feet onto concrete, I can take it 33 feet underwater, into temperatures of 14 degrees Farenheit, AND, it can be sat on by heavy dudes. 220 lbs. of pressure, or something to that effect.
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Hey, guess where I went?
Yes, home to Michigan. I think the following were taken at the end of February.
Guess where I am going this coming weekend? I can't help it, tickets are so cheap and Kelsey misses me.
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Oh, and I turned 25. Yay. :
Seany came to visit the weekend before St. Patrick's.
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We went to Shamrockfest. It was fun, except when Sean tried to fight a girl.
And Adam visited this past weekend:
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We saw many of the important sights in DC, including:
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C-3PO
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Seinfeld's Puffy Shirt
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A giant gold thumb
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And some cherry trees.