my debate

So here's my debate of the new year.

I've decided that I deserve a gift. A gift from myself to myself. I have thought of two things that I really want.

One: an ipod nano or the regular ipod

Two: a digital camera

The problem is that both are great loves of mine. I love music. I would love to be able to listen to music whenever I want. I have about 2,000 MP3's to upload and it would be great to have them all on a portable device. I'm not sure a nano can handle all of that.

But then, there's photography. I love photography. Part of me loves being able to take film photography and not know exactly how it's going to turn out before I get it back from the store. but part of me thinks that if I really love photography I should have a black room and process my own film. I would love to be able to send pictures online. Then there's no waiting to get them processed and then waiting to receive them from whoever is sending hard copies to you.

And herein lies the other part of this debate. An ipod nano is considerably cheaper than a regular ipod. But an ipod nano may not hold all of my songs. And when it comes to a digital camera, I have expensive taste. I still want all the advantages of being able to control the shutter speed, the aperture and all those other fancy things. So really, my dream digital camera is about $400+.

So the debate really is... do I buy an ipod nano or a cheaper version of my dream camera?