I finally got around to bringing my camera in to get it fixed. The only way to fix it, they told me, was to clean both sides of the contacts... which I cannot do myself. They also had to format the card before returning it. But they managed to recover my 2 000-ish photos from the card and put them on a disc, a process that they call a "rescue". The name amused me a bit.
It turns out there was only nine photos that I REALLY wanted, the rest I would have been able to let go. (If only they could rescue my computer files)
This all happened yesterday, which was just a bit after I bought a Sony Cybershot. I could have had better timing, but at least now I can try new things.

Speaking of new things, I got a new tattoo! It's of one of my deviations... haha. This deviation has had a total of 3 views... so I really don't think anyone reading this has seen it. [link]
I only got one of the designs (the one on the right), and got it inked onto my left shoulder. I may decide to post a picture when it's fully healed and looks a bit better.