A Fresh Start

01/31/2025

Every once in awhile, seemingly more often than I'd like, I feel the desperate need to nuke everything and start over. This is the first time I've fully nuked this website and started completely from scratch, though.

I've been having a lot of thoughts and feelings about things lately -- which isn't surprising given the absolute fucking state of the world, especially the United States (where I live). But specifically, I've been diving into nostalgia and looking explicitly into things like vintage digital cameras, old-school mp3 players and even film cameras -- though I haven't really been able to get majorly into that hobby yet... I did buy a nicer film camera than my Kodak m35 but sadly, I think it broke in transit or I fucked it up trying to load film into it because I might be a little bit clumsy.

Funnily though, I've managed to get what I think is a pretty decent start into photography as an actual hobby now, even if I still don't have any actual pro-level equipment. I came to TX to see my partner in November with two cameras: an older Instax and my yellow Kodak M35, "Sunny". I'll be leaving Texas with the following:

- "Sunny" Yellow Kodak M35 35mm film camera
-Shaper Image Branded FujiFilm Instax Camera
- KS II Super 35mm film camera from Sears (1970s-1980s)
- Polaroid One Step Instant Camera (unsure of date)
- Canon Digital Rebel EOS XT (2005)
-Vivitar Vivicam f124 (2009-2012)

The real steal here is the Canon, I think, which I spent like, 70$ on total (including battery charger, CF card, card reader and lens adapter). Since the KS II Super is broken, I nabbed the lens off it for the Canon using a lens adapter -- which renders all the autofocus modes on the camera essentially useless but I don't care lol.

Uh anyway. I guess that's all I've got for now, lol.