Life of Kyle

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“…I wanted to update everyone and let them know how things are going. They’re going extremely well The cut is moving towards a lock for this month (I hope we reach the goal!) and God has opened new doors in regards to our distribution and post-funding for our score/sound-mix. He’s also providing some free advertising for us which is fantastic….”

The past two days have been relatively uneventful.  I did go to lunch with Ben yesterday which was done on a whim, and I was lucky I caught him on the phone.  We just went out to eat and talk, although I’ve seen him a few times since I got back from moving around…we haven’t really truly had a chance to catch up.  I did work on the film a bit more than usual the past few days as well.  It’s coming along, and here’s a new blog entry I posted today.

Matt is a friend of mine (look at the link) and he was over today to just catch up and hang out.  We got into discussion about a bunch of things and in the end we were talking about each other, future outlook, etc.  I got to thinking as I have been a lot lately, just how this summer has effected me.  Since Summer is pretty much over, I figured I would give a bit of a recap of what God has done in my life.

May 2009: I ended a 3 year stay in ministry at Niagara Frontier Bible Church as Director of Media Production

June 2009: Moved 3000 miles to work at a Production Company in Los Angeles, I left at the end of the month for personal reasons.

July 4, 2009: I arrived back home in NY, and waited to see what God would have for me next.

Aug 2009: God moved me down 1000 miles to Memphis, TN to work on a film.  Two weeks after arrival, I left (long story…) and headed back to NY again.

So yea, I’ve been around a bit this summer.  I’ve been a ton of places, met a lot of new people, had some excellent times, and some horrible ones.  I’m almost flat broke, I have no job, I have a feature film I’m trying to finish and get distributed by Summer 2010, and for once in my life…I’m HAPPY.  I’m not longer going crazy over what’s next, how I’m going to pay my bills, etc.  One thing God has taught me is to be patient and just wait.  I’m normally a guy with a plan.  That’s not to say I’m not still a planner, but I’ve learned to let go of the things out of my control and let God be GOD in those areas.  I’ve started making some new friends that I hope to grow with for years to come, and I feel that God has brought me back to Western NY for a reason…which I’m still trying to find.  It’s possible I could go back into ministry full time, it’s possible I could get enough web jobs to stay afloat, or I could end up at my local gas station (over my dead body, but yea…).  I’m at a crossroads, somewhere I need to be at the current time.  Completely reliant on the Lord to make something happen, with nothing under my ability to influence.  I could get an email tomorrow saying “I want to give you $2000 to make my website,” “come work for my company,” “we want you in our ministry,” or “This is Sony, and we do want your film so lets talk.”  My life could change with one phone call or email right now, weird place to be but the place God wants me

It’s sorta cool to know that I’m not in control but that I can trust the one who is, what a concept! *grin*

The job in ministry seems like the most solid opportunity right now, and it’s no small change.  It’s not even an offer at the moment, even that I’m waiting on a phone call to see what could happen.  If I’m to stay in WNY, that is one of my few options to keep myself afloat and grow.  There aren’t many choices for a guy like me unless I want to go work at Tim Hortons.  Jobs in Graphics/Web/Video around here are slim to none unless your doing cheesy commercials or wedding videos.  We’ll see what God does!  I’ve been saying that a lot lately but honestly, that’s all I can do right now…I don’t mind!

I’m just waiting on Him, waiting to be clear on what He wants, then I’ll go for it.  As I said an entry or so back “whatever you want Big Guy, I’m game!”  Pray for me, that something would happen soon and that whatever direction I’m supposed to go, that I would have peace about it.  Also pray for wisdom in what we should do with our movie.  Besides locking the edit, there isn’t a whole lot I can do.

This movie looks like it will be great, I’m looking forward to it.  There seems to be a lot of films coming out that show the War in Iraq in a more credible and relatable way.

When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. BROTHERS tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirtysomething Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie (Mare Winningham) and Hank Cahill (Sam Shepard), a retired Marine.

View the Trailer @ Apple.com

ATTENTION: The site is being edited at the current time.  Just be aware that anything could happen…and I mean anything…

Here is a web banner available to post on your site/blog or whatever.  It’s a standard 728×90 size and I’ll make some other sizes soon.  I just figured I would get something out there!  Click on the image to see it full-size.

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I added a new theme to the blog as the old one was a tad lame.  This one is a common theme around the net and I prefer to be original but it instantly makes things look better  I also got rid of the Contact page and merged it all into the Who Am I? page.  There is more information there for those looking to contact me or check out some of the other things I might be working on.

EDIT: NEVERMIND!  I made it custom after all!