Today was a typical Sunday. I’ve worked at my church for almost 3 years (3 years officially the end of April) as Director of Media Production. I got up at about 8:30am. There wasn’t any cereal I really wanted to eat (a bunch of healthy cereal). Typically I like that stuff, but this morning I just wasn’t into it. I grabbed a few Fiber Bars and a glass of milk. I had Chocolate Chip & Almond and pounded those down for breakfast. Don’t worry, it wasn’t like a Milky Way lol, it’s got lots of Vitamins in it.
I got to church about 10am, which is typical for me. Our services start at 10:30 so I like to get there, open my office, get the camera out, get into the sanctuary, and have enough time to say hi to some folks. Gave my friend Sam his DVD back (Thr3e), and congratulated my friend Shawn as his wife Stacey had their baby boy yesterday. They have had a few miscarriages and Shawn had been waiting for a boy for a long time. I’m glad God has finally given him one, he’s looking forward to catch in the backyard and all the cool dad stuff. 
Another friend of mine Derek spoke today since the leadership was away at a retreat for the weekend. He did a great job, and many people seemed Blessed by the message. It’s always great seeing someone I know get up there and pulpit fill. We are lucky to have so many men in our church willing to step up and serve. In a perfect world, every man would have the ability to fill that pulpit if needed. It was great to see a few people from another church I attend on tuesdays for College Group (it’s called Vintage) come out and support Derek. Great conversations after church as well.
I went to lunch with Derek, Doug (friend from Vintage), and Vinnie (brother of my friend Devan). We went to the Brickyard Pub & BBQ. That place has amazing food. I had a big salad (haha Seinfeld), and chicken and black bean quesadillas. It was good, I’m hungry just thinking about it. We had some great conversation there, I don’t get to go out with folks very often and I hadn’t hung out with Derek for a while so that was great. I also drove them there from the church. I’m always driving alone, I never have anyone in my car and I like driving folks around for some reason. Probably because I’m always so alone in the car it’s kinda refreshing to have it full of people. Friends in the car, music playing, sunroof down, hey I could actually pass for someone my age! Imagine that!
We are shooting at Kevin’s house tomorrow for Standing Firm and it should be a pretty short day. I’m still going to prep for tomorrow after I write this so pray it all goes well. Unfortunately we have to come back again I bet (for Rob not for everyone) because of time constraints. One thing very difficult about this film is we didn’t have the whole thing story-boarded and 100% planned so we’ve found things we need well after we’ve finished shooting. We’ll get it done though, Eric (playing Steven) should be done at that location after tomorrow and Rob should only have one more day. All the days this week should be fun and I’m looking forward to getting back into filming again. The day we are officially 100% done shooting will be a party day for me. You’ll read about it here, don’t worry. We started shooting a little after my birthday last year (June 5th I think, my Birthday is June 2nd) so it’s been a LONG TIME. I can’t wait to be done shooting! Ugh. There is a fear after so long of getting lost in your storytelling and messing things up. Think about being uncertain of yourself, your story, whether or not your terrible at what your doing, etc. during shooting. In that case it would be normal to feel that way to some degree but almost nobody shoots over almost a year, so spread out that nervousness over that long time. It’s sorta a crappy, anxiety filled nightmare way to spend a year. I can’t wait for that day when I’m positive the movie works, because that day hasn’t come. This is all new territory, and it makes me ill just thinking about it.
Well I’m off to prep, thanks for reading.
A funny video for your enjoyment as well.
