Well, I am finally ready to let loose a bit of a teaser. Some of you know that I’m in the middle of writing a script for a film that I would like to see produced and submitted to festivals. It’s been an interesting process so far and we are definitely still in the infant stages of this. All of this is subject to change (including the title), but if you’re interested you can head over to verbatimmovie.com to check out the Verbatim teaser page. Currently there is only some sparse graphics and a song at that page, but a synopsis and accompanying materials will arrive in time. I want to document the process of this film from its early stages, hence this teaser site.

For those of you interested, the song was put together in GarageBand in conjunction with a MIDI keyboard that I use to compose with here at home. Let me know what you think.

It’s a sure bet that if you aren’t seeing consistent postings here on the blog, that I’ve got my creative juices embedded in some other project or musing. Such is the case of late. Recently I’ve been…

• Working on a rough script for a short film I’m hoping to create and submit to some local film festivals with some long-time friends of mine. This is still in the infant stages of creation, but so far I’ve had a few WONDERFUL brainstorming sessions with my fellow film cohorts. We’ve been making great progress in the story development department and I’m really looking forward to the prospect of being able to complete a project of this magnitude.

• Revamping the blog. I’ve dived into an abundant amount of materials related to blogging design, scripting, and do’s/don’ts in an effort to create a blog homebase that is truly meaningful and eye-catching. I’m not rushing it though; I still have plenty to learn and many errors to make in my endeavor to better the interface and design of this blog. Thanks for your patience in enduring the violent yellow text that litters this site!

• Attempting to do a better job at keeping myself involved in local ministry and in general. It’s easy to skew your priorities and blame it on ‘just being too busy’. I loathe that excuse… everyone uses that excuse; very unoriginal… and yet I find myself using it all too often. We just started a new evangelism series with the college and career group that I help lead at our church and I’m really excited to be jumping into it. It’s definitely a humbling thing to be leading a group in a discussion of this subject (or any subject for that matter). I find myself constantly being convicted by my own shortcomings in the areas I speak on. But then again, isn’t that a huge blessing? Thank God for the conviction and humbling nature of his Word. I’m infinitely grateful to the Lord for showing me how truly weak and frail I am when my reliance is not placed solely on Him.

• Playing games. Yep, I’m not going to fib on this… I’m playing video games more frequently. I had all but given up this practice during my whole graduation/marriage/buy a house/transition part of life. I’ll admit it, I’m having fun and enjoying the downtime I get to do this. It’s nice to have an outlet for stress/tension… hmmm… perhaps I should channel more of that into working out… ummm… did I say that out loud?

The new blog format is taking a bit longer to get working than originally expected. I blame this mainly on two of my own personal shortcomings- 1) I keep tweaking things so that it will look ‘just’ right, and 2) my lack of experience in the coding and CSS styling world is rearing its ugly head. I just make things look pretty for goodness sake, what is this coding business?!? Ah, but that is the nature of the gig, you have to dive into the tools in order to get good results. Here’s to hoping that I can complete a successful dive into this blog design restructure…

A couple more notes about the redesign:

I’ve change my mind yet again… Pulse of Thought and Vigilant Studios will no longer be two separate entities (I know, I know… how many times now has this been debated…). The current trend in graphic design seems to show that more and more designers are making their personal home pages a platform for blogging. This was something I had been trying to do for awhile, but it didn’t seem generally accepted up until a year or two ago. Now graphic designers are using the blog format as a way to draw in potential clients and to share insights and thoughts with their fellow desigNERDs. All this to say, the new format will be much more ‘Vigilant Studios’ in theme and less ‘Pulse of Thought’. Rather, Pulse of Thought will become a subtitle name of my blog which is under the Vigilant Studios name… thoroughly confused now? Good.

1) Iron Man definitely lived up to the hype. I don’t even need to say any more than that… go buy tickets- NOW.

2) The site look/feel is about to undergo major changes (goodbye yellow color scheme!). My apologies to those of you who may be viewing this site while I’m in the middle of messing with the CSS and trying some ‘live’ edits. This is the one big downside of using blogger as my primary interface- there is no testing environment to drive the edits on before launching them. See you on the other side…

I’m gearing up for an intensive graphics load in the coming months here at Food for the Hungry (FH). There are quite a few print/ad projects that need attention, and on top of that I have a website redesign to attend to. Don’t get me wrong- I am pumped about this work- but it can seem a bit daunting at times when your project load takes a huge spike. Thought its been a few months in development, I really think that the new FH web site will be well-worth the time and effort that goes into it. The web team here in-house is extremely capable and has given me pretty broad limits as far as design goes. I’m posting a black and white print ad I just completed today for the upcoming GMA (Gospel Music Association) week. FH has two of our amazing artist advocates playing at the event, Leeland and 33 Miles. This should be a great acoustic show for those who are able to attend!