I "need" a new camera bag.

This is my first ever blog entry, so I thought it would be appropriate to include a small summary of my current life status, and then talk about camera bags.

I live in a townhome close to campus with two guys that are both a year older than me. I drive a quickly-deteriorating 96 Ford Explorer with a V8 and an appetite for petrolium products. My girlfriend Stacy and I have been dating steadily since December 6, 2005. She's a Minnesotan with an attitude and a great family. She is also very beautiful.

I plan on graduating in May 2008 with a degree in News/Editorial Journalism. I like to take photos and to explore the functionality of technology (which is why I am excited to actually have my own blog).

Daktronics, Inc., has trapped my soul, and will probably provide me with my first "real" job after I graduate. My current responsibilities at "Dak" include editing internal publications, managing content for newsletters, writing and photographing. I really like it there, but Dak is a cliche job in Brookings, and I hope to move on before my soul is consumed by Dak's appetite for graduate labor.

My most recent free minutes have been spent in search of a new camera bag to house my Canon 40D and friends. I really like this one from National Geographic ($150), but I don't want to look like a tool when I wear it. I also like this one from Lowepro ($90) because I'm sure that it will be big enough, but it might be too big, and it is definitely more "normal" than the NG one. I'm not sure why I'm so worried about looking like a tool, but I just want a practical camera bag that I don't have to be embarrassed to wear.

Thanks for reading,
-John.