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Unexpected
Today I got quite a bit of work done, thank goodness. I got working late last night on a new website for Standing Firm and within the last 24 hours came up with something really special. You’ll all love it when it’s done. I think I finally found a concept that fits the film we have…after all this time. Shaun Smith needed to come over today so we could work on the website for the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission. We just saw and threw around ideas and got working on a banner and a page.
I was pretty hungry so later on we headed to Lewiston to eat at the Brickyard. Jason Myers came along which was an unexpected surprise. He called right around the time we were heading over there so it was perfect. As we sat and ate I was a little uncomfortable because of where we were sitting. Everyone seemed to be staring and I felt like I was being observed. I really hate it when that happens. You think in your peripherals that someone is looking at you but you can’t turn your head to actually make eye contact. It’s just awkward.
Afterwards they both came back to the house to work on the Gospel site. Jason just sorta sat and watched and threw in his 2 cents as we started making it. It was a fun time and they were there until later at night. I spent the end of my day continuing to work on the Standing Firm website and completed about half of it by bedtime. I can’t wait to get it up and running, it’s very slick.
G’night folks, church tomorrow! 
Last Day in Ministry
Posted by in Journal on May 22, 2009
Well there’s never a day I’ll be done with ministry amen? But in this case I’m done with official title given ministry at my church. I’ve been working for NFBC on staff as Director of Media Production for over 3 years now, and it’s time to say goodbye. We’ve sent DVD’s all over the world, starting things in my bedroom with a crappy old PC and a 1 to 1 burner. Determination goes a long way, and man did God Bless. I’m sorry to say that my last day there (last two actually) were pretty bad. I’ve been really sick lately…worse than I normally get. It’s rare that I get sick but I think in the last year especially with so much business and stress with the film, my body just hasn’t been up to par. That said I’m down to 210 now steadily which is good news. I got another 20 to go before I think I would be happy. My face is fat, every pic shows it…YUCK. Either way it’s nice to not just lose weight but have it pretty much kept off no matter what. When I got to the church today I was a zombie. I immediately got something running on my office computer before Shaun showed up (Gaffer on Standing Firm) so I could shoot his interview. It went really well and I was glad to get it done. Shaun has a tremendous heart, especially once you give him some time to open it up and really speak what is on it. Things went well and we packed up, and I honestly didn’t stay very long. I packed my car up as fast as I could and went home. I was so exhausted only hours after getting up. I really needed to come home and crash, but that was after I unloaded my car of course which didn’t help much. Maggie and Katy came over to finish ADR and that took a few hours but we got it done. Glad to have that out of the way now and not just before I leave. After that later at night I went outside to get a quick shot of my mom I needed for the film. We needed a shot of her cutting her wheel over in the car as some car lights get bright on her face. It was simple but the bugs were annoying as all get out! We got the shot quickly and got inside, those bugs suck! I finished off the day with Terminator 2 on Bluray, which I had bought but hadn’t watched since then. It looked pretty good although the movie shows its age. The film really needs a remastered image, the 80s film stock and some of the mistakes in the FX are clearly seen in 1080p. I got to bed early to make sure I got another good nights sleep, after pounding down some medicine.
Glad to be done with my job, it’s been long and tedious. Something else I forgot to mention was of course on my last day something was bound to go wrong. Not me being sick, no car problems, etc….but the server for the NFBC site took a huge dump the previous night. Nothing was on it, it was totally gone besides the videos folder we had. Turns out the server crashed and we lost tons of stuff. I’m not sure how we’ll get it up and running again, especially since I’ll be leaving. I hope everything works out…I predict some chaos after I split.
Beginning of the End
Posted by in Journal on May 18, 2009
Artistic Filter Added 
I went to work today to start my last week at NFBC. I’ve been there over three years on staff. I can’t believe its been that long. The first day our new Pastor preached on a sunday was my first taped sermon and we never let up from there. Thousands of DVD’s sold to countries all over the world, it boggles the mind. Started it all in my bedroom with my little PC and a 1 to 1 burner…whoda thunkit?
I’m really excited to leave though, it’s a lot of routine and I need some artistic changes before I go batty. They’ll be OK though they got enough people to keep it pumping. I hope they have many more years of success in that ministry and reach more people than we every did while I was there. Reach for the stars!
I got some other stuff done at home today but mostly just relaxed. I watched part of TAKEN with my mom which she rented and downed some awesome Chinese food we ordered. I scarfed that stuff up really quick. I tried to get another good profile pic of myself today and came out successful. You probably take 50 pictures of yourself before you find one that is at a good angle with good light that you don’t look like a moron in. We have this window at our house with white curtains that act like a soft-box for a picture…so that’s where I took it. I look good…. 
I met with Kevin today to go over some things for the film. I’ll be working on the film in some capacity the next 3 days. ADR tomorrow, Last day of shooting on Weds along with my Gaffers interview, ADR with the rest of my actors on Thursday and my Pastors interview, then we are DONE. This week is gonna be bittersweet!
Btw, I just got sent this by a friend of mine and it rocked my world! SO AMAZING.
