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I have a camera. It only likes to work when it is eating the juice of these rechargable kodak batteries. Not any other batteries. The charger is really cool because instead of just having the electrical plug things stuck on it, they're removable and it has a bunch of other plug things so that when you travel to different countries with different kinds of plugs, you can still charge your batteries without getting an electric shock. However, I lost the plug for America. Hm. Howe convenient. I couldn't find it for about two weeks. It's been a long time of not taking pictures.

But yesterday I found it! I was overjoyed. My little brother Jeff was talking to my boyfriend Ian on the phone and I was screaming and dancing around as I plugged in the charger for the first time in weeks. I'm excited to start taking pictures again!

My piano teacher lives out in the country, and each week as I drive out there in the light, I think, "I should really come out sometime with my camera." It's gorgeous. There are horses everywhere, and there is this rock that is split in two. Then on the way home, since the dark is eeking further into the night, the sky was in transition from medium blue to dark blue, with streaky clouds in the sky. Mmmmm. I wish the whole world could sit for a moment and enjoy. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me. It's at school.

I find that I am always thinking of things in terms of photos. Once again, I draw an example from my drive to piano lessons today. I could hardly stay on the road because there were so many people going about the streets and parks I drove by in the neighborhood part of my drive, and as I said, there were horses out for the first time since fall and there is a little pond with the cutest wooden fence. I wanted to slow down, take pictures. There was a baseball game going on; Couples walking down the street holding hands; families at DQ.

I've learned something from all this. Two things actually.

First - Always have your camera with you. Always. Just don't leave it places. You miss out. The bit of extra weight and thought is worth it.

Second - If you think you should take a picture, you should. For instance, you drive by a beautiful scene. You have your camera with you because you've learned your first lesson, but you say, "I might be late. I don't really think stopping would really be a good idea. Plus, it's cold out." Then by the time you almost have it in you to stop, the sky has changed anyway. What's the point now? But, if you had stopped the first time, you can always stop again when it's changed and equally beautiful. I've said to myself a dozen times, "I'll never forget this sunset." I forget it the next day. Not to say that pixels are superior to man, because we all know they are not, but they definitely do have a better memory.