Stardate: -317759.74

My parents gave me a generous graduation gift, and I used the money to buy some new music (which hasn't arrived yet) and a digital camera. I've wanted a digital camera for several months now; it seems frequent that I see something and think, "I want to take a picture of that." I'm not sure why I'm more excited about the possibility of photography than I used to be. Maybe I see the world through different eyes, and I know now that the kind of pictures I want to take are not typical. If, for instance, I take pictures of people (which may not be very common), they won't usually be the "stop-and-look-at-the-camera-and-smile-and-say-cheese" type, but instead I'll try to catch them in natural moments when they're just being themselves.

At the very least, it should be something challenging and interesting for me to experiment with as a hobby. I've wanted another hobby recently. Also, it will help my visual memory to take pictures of things and people, as I have difficulty recalling what someone or something looks like when I haven't seen them for a long time.