First Camera... or should I say first 35mm camera

Going way back in the archives this week I found this photo I took of my first 35mm camera. I loved this thing. IT WAS BLUE. I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand while in the 7th grade. I had previously had a disk camera and a 110mm but being in a foreign land I was obsessed with getting a real camera and then there it was.. in it's blue glory. Did I say I loved this thing? I went through 6 rolls of film before my dad made me process a roll to make sure it worked. I was not obsessed with the photos, I was obsessed with taking the photos. These days I have become a bit more obsessed with the photos... the computer can make you do that, but I am still obsessed with taking the photos and looking back on a lot of the images I have taken over the years I can get a little misty eyed. I love photos and the memories and emotions you can get while looking back.