Diary of a Mad Editor

I was on the NaMoWriMo site earlier trying to figure out how to upload a profile pic, when I occurred to me that I don’t really have a recent profile pic to upload. All of my profile pics on all of the social network sites I belong to have pictures that are at least 2 years old. Currently, I’m completely bald and sporting a goatee, but none of my pics reflect this.

The reason I don’t have a recent pic of myself is that my digital camera is from the stone age of digital cameras — which means it’s not of a very fine quality and doesn’t have a rechargeable battery source. I take a few pictures with it and I have to run to the store and buy more batteries, not to mention that the pictures all turn-out like crap (I’m sure the fact that I’m not a gifted photographer has a little something to do with this). As such, I’ve been in the market for a new camera for a while.

Aside from this purchase being a bit out of my budget at the moment, I’ve been reluctant to buy a camera because A.) I don’t really take that many pictures (I think my teen niece took more pics yesterday than I have in the last 3 years) and B.) there’s just to many brands to choose from I couldn’t make up my mind. Should I go with a bulkier Digital SLR, like a Canon EOS or Canon PowerShot SX Series, or should I choose a lightweight camera like one of the smaller Nikon Coolpix models or Panasonic Lumix? I suppose what I’ll probably do is continue to procrastinate about buying a new camera. Eventually I’ll get around to the dollar store and buy new batteries for the old camera. Still, it’s often fun to window shop.