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Social Butterfly?
I love Sundays. I get to see folks I don’t normally see during my week, and I get to go to church 
For those of you who don’t know, I tape the sermons and put them on DVD and on the internet. I’ve been doing it for almost 3 years solid, maybe sitting in a pew 4 times or so since my first day. Either way it went fine, some audio problems at the start but we got them fixed. It’ll be weird to stop taping things on a Sunday but I am looking forward to it. Being in ministry is tough, because on one hand you have a great responsibility to serve God, on the other hand you find yourself wanting to experience ministry and not run it all the time. Sometimes I wish I could just come on a Sunday and have nothing to do, just greet folks and enjoy the sermon. I think I’ll find that enjoyable in LA wherever that is. Showing up with nothing to do but make friends and listen to the message, woo!
After church I went to the Brickyard with Kevin to eat and chat. It’s a great restaurant, one of my first jobs took place there for almost 2 years and almost ruined me spiritually. Being in a kitchen with a bunch of guys very unlike myself makes things difficult, and being a Christian…makes it worse. That job showed me just how bad an influence people can be on you, no matter how strong you are they start to seep into your being. I’m not sure I’ve been around non-Christian people regularly since, so I’m sorta bracing myself for LA. I’m just glad I’m not stupid and blind and know that it’ll be a challenge. I’m pretty sheltered but the fact that I know it is good. Lots of people just figure “ah I’ll be ok” and fail miserably once they leave the nest. I’ll face the same things, but knowing going in that I’ll be facing them. Should be an experience for sure…as will finding a new church, friends, and starting over.
I’m changing a lot of things about myself this past month and the next. I’ve been more outgoing I think then I’ve ever been, met more new people than I ever have, and just been a lot happier overall socially. I’m also changing my appearance as I had mentioned with new clothes, and a new haircut soon. I also need new glasses since mine are bent so maybe I’ll either get new ones or try contacts. Then I’ll look really different. All that plus the beard I now have going and the out of the ordinary social behavior, I’ll be almost a different person before I leave. I’m looking forward to it. I’ve never been happy with what I wear or how I look. I have very few things I like to wear and I’m happy wearing, same with my hair and such. Days when I feel like crap are mostly days where I don’t like what I look like. I got rid of so many old High School shirts and stuff from when I was much bigger than I am now. All that baggy stuff…yuck. Time for changes there, big time.
I went to VOC tonight, which was great again. I met more new people and hung out with friends. We went to Applebees (yes again) and hung out there as well until closing. It was a fun time.
The Life Giver website is going to be just fine I think, I sent a contract into the folks yesterday and will get it on Tuesday. I’m glad God brought along this job, it’ll be nice to have more dough in the bank when I leave. I’ll feel a lot better. I’ll actually have more in my account than I have in years when I leave…which is funny considering (at the moment at least) I’m broke.
Standing Firm is going well too. We will be shooting again either the end of this week or the next, or both. I’m waiting on one more persons schedule before I can make anything positive. Time is ticking and we probably have 5 days of shooting to do. The ADR will be the bigger challenge I suspect because none of us have done it successfully before. I hope things go well. I’ll also be scrambling to get a rough edit of the entire film together to make sure I have ABSOLUTELY everything I need. Not a single shot missing. I won’t have a lot of time to get it if there is something missing and the time to edit will be a little while. I’ll be cutting it close I suspect if there is any problems. We should be good though, God has brought us this far. Pray for nice weather! We can’t afford to have a day blown because of rain or something annoying. We need as much sunlight as possible to shoot. Cloudy days don’t do us any good.
Till next time…
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God never ceases to amaze me. Just a few days ago I was looking at my checking account and it’s mere 100 dollars or so in it. I knew that I had money coming from a client or two but little did I know what God had in store around the corner. As I mentioned yesterday I got a call about doing a web job for a new film. The film is called The Life Giver and it is the first project by Calvary Pictures, a newly formed production company from a church in TN. The story sounds very powerful, hearing the lowdown from the Director himself David Evans. I greatly respect the man after only a few phone calls. He has a humble spirit and a real heart for God that fills every word he speaks. I loved hearing about all the wonderful things God has done in the past few months leading up to their July 09 Shooting date. The film is very “Sherwood” in its implementation and size, as well as budget. I’m very excited to see what God has in store for them this year. I’ll be creating their website, and implementing some viral/web marketing for them around the internet and on Facebook. I never thought I would see the day where I would technically be paid to use tools available on Facebook…but the day has arrived! The fact I was called by them was a real treat. I know I said that marketing wasn’t really where I wanted my career to be but I suspect that it will become a majority money maker for me, even if it doesn’t consume the majority of my time.
Besides that I worked a bit on the Get a Life website, there is much that needs to be done. I also met with Kevin Michael this morning to talk more about the film, our schedule, and get a basic idea laid out to set days for shooting. I’m waiting on a schedule from one of my actors so I look forward to getting that and moving forward. Besides those few things, I also might have found someone to buy my Television. Kevin was interested while we were talking and it seemed to be the perfect solution to get rid of it without it costing me a lot. Shipping it to CA is dangerous as the odds of it getting broken are great, and the cost of actually doing so is half the Tv’s worth. Also selling it to any old joe would be around the same cost as the TV would need to be shipped to them as well. Kevin buying it is the best solution, and it gives me a lot more dough to take to California. I was never concerned about my finances but to be Blessed with so many things at once is quite overwhelming. There are even two other things that have come about that I won’t mention right now as they aren’t set in stone. Either way things are going well, very well.
Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll hopefully be going shopping for some new clothes before I move. I’ve worn the same old stuff except a few little things for years, and they are all beat up and ragged looking. I went through my stuff and put it all in a pile to either give away or take to the Salvation Army. I need a new look besides, I’m sick of what I look like in my clothes, very few things I wear I actually like. All the baggy stuff has to go, time to wear things that fit properly and don’t make me look 50lbs heavier than I am. What’s the point of losing weight when you have an XL shirt? I mean seriously… Also I’m getting a new “doo.” Not sure what I’ll be doing about that, but I want to change my hair too. I might look all “California” before I even get to California. LOL. Lots of changes going on, not just financial and locational. I’m looking forward to going shopping for once, and I’ll have two girls with me to “yay” or “nay” at items, which will benefit me (thanks Dev and Mal!).
Well that’s about it, lots of stuff going on. O I almost forgot something. It was 70 degrees today, something I’ve been waiting for! I had my window down, my sunroof open and smiled a lot while I was driving today. I also caught the smell of a bonfire and fresh cut grass on my way to work today, which was amazing. I miss those smells…Summer is here!! Woo!!!
