Indecent Exposure

Mark finally got tired of me bitching and whining complaining, and him and I went shopping last week for a new camera… I’ve had my eye on a new camera for a while now, but Mark’s always managed to talk me out of it.

“Sam, there’s other things we need to worry about before we start shopping for a new camera… food and electricity, for instance.”

“Macaroni and cheese is cheap, and I don’t mind lighting candles… what else have you got?”

I’m not ashamed to admit that whenever I would see a parent at a football/soccer/basketball game with a dslr, I had visions of snatching their camera away from their hands and running up and down the sidelines while screaming at my kids…

“SMILE, baby, and SCORE!!! Quick, before they catch me!”

I’ve always managed to restrain myself (just barely), and instead I tried to make the best with what I had. Which was shit.

That’s Gage scoring his first touchdown. Do you see him?

There’s Carter heading a ball… isn’t he precious?

After last weeks’ Football Photo Op debacle, I convinced Mark that now was the time for us to splurge and buy something for ourselves for a change. And because he can’t resist me when I beg (it didn’t hurt that I promised him he could take nekkid pictures of me, either) him and I drove to Clarksville Thursday afternoon to buy ourselves a new camera.

As soon as him and I walked into Circuit City, I felt it… an unexplainable something… and I knew it was meant to be. The lights dimmed, the aisles parted, and Neil Diamond serenaded us on stage in his bedazzled jumpsuit and freakishly large man brows…

“Where it began, I can’t begin to knowin’, but then I know it’s growin’ strong. Was in the spring then spring became the summer. Who’da believed you come along? Hands touchin’ hands, reachin’ out… touchin’ me, touchin’ you…”

And there it was… a Canon Rebel XSi.

I walked as if in slow motion to where the camera was on display. I held it in my hands, afraid to move… afraid that if I as much as blinked it would vanish from my grasp. And it whispered softly in my ear.

“C’mon… buy me. You know you want me. Let’s say you ditch that Kodak Easyshare Z650 and run away with me… we’ll take beautiful pictures together. I’ll make you happy, I swear… I’ve got focus you wouldn’t believe, baby.”

“Mark, get your wallet… I HAVE TO HAVE THIS CAMERA!”

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him pay for anything as fast as he did that camera in my life… I think that he was afraid I would embarrass myself if he were to wait any longer.

When we got home I eagerly opened the box and started playing with my new toy… words cannot express what I felt when I held my new camera in my hands for the first time. I normally wouldn’t put out on the first click- I’m just not that kind of girl- but I couldn’t help myself. After all, this wasn’t just any camera- this was 12.2 megapixels with a 9-point user-selectable autofocus system and 3.5 frames per second. This was POWER!

“That’s right, you know what I like… focus for me, baby… c’mon, I’m almost there… yes, yes, YES!”

I think I’m in love.

Don't you think we make a cute couple?