Yea you heard me…chillaxin. That’s sorta been the mentality lately. Just hanging with the family, watching a movie or two, and doing some work on the side. I finally got my TV out of the box and set up in my room again for the first time since May. It pained me having a new 50in Plasma sitting in it’s box in the spare room when I moved, I think I teared a little. I didn’t do an entry yesterday because there wasn’t much to tell but one thing we did do was watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when it played on TV. Seeing that movie in HD was nice 
I also forget what a great story that is. The ending really is a great twist and a touching moment. Good old message but as strong as ever. Character, integrity, and kindness triumphs over the greed, disrespect, and evil of the rest of the world…good stuff.
One thing I’m excited about is I finally have a trailer for Standing Firm. Only one person had the suggestion I take the trailer a total different direction but that’s ok. I think I finally found something that I’m happy with and that others like. I tweaked it a little, evened out the dialog, mixed the music a tad, and color corrected some of it. It’s not 100% final or anything, but I’m hoping to show it on sunday morning before Rob preaches tomorrow. That’ll be cool for everyone to finally see something… The rest of the day was just tweaks and small changes to the Parable Cinema site, Standing Firm edit, Kevin came over and we chatted about some business things, etc. I was looking forward to later because we had CORE which is the name of the college aged group at my church. This year we’re at our church and not at peoples homes, and it’s every friday instead of every other. We had a good group for kickoff night, and a lot of faces there I didn’t expect to show. It was good times, and I met some new folks which is always cool. We all went to Applebees after and shared some laughs. Overall just a great day, and the weather has been beautifu
Another thing I didn’t mention is during the lesson God really confirmed for me that the next idea I had for a story is what he wants. The message that night had everything to do with what kind of story I wanted to tell, and the song he played that went with the lesson was perfect. It carried the uplifting emotional tone I want. As everyone made their comments to the questions he was asking them, I jotted down notes and sat the rest of the time all ancy with my knee going up and down. I had a big fat smile on my face just realizing how awesome of a story I had in mind. Here’s a taste I suppose. If you had one last thing you could tell someone, what would it be? What changes when it’s a Christian vs. Non-Christian? Things like that. I don’t want to give away the story idea until I flesh it out and get a good solid idea in my head. Either way it will involve the issue of death somewhat like Standing Firm did (more exclusively for Standing Firm in terms of the theme/message), but in a different way. There’s also the issue of friendship and manhood, something I really want to do a story about. Ok I’ve said enough…lol. Either way I just love the calling God has given me. Nothing gets me more excited than to just think about telling a story that can change folks and do some good. It also allows me to flesh out things that I’ve thought about for years or things I missed out on. Sorta living it and expressing it through the film for personal reasons on top of the others What a treat…
