Well here we are, another week late on a blog post. As long as the intervals are getting closer together it's progress, right? Anyhow, last Saturday I was attending the awards ceremony for the 180 film festival at SEU where I was nominated for best sound design, and twice for best original music. I ended up taking best original music; super excited about that! I'm really trying to wrap my head around how my website should truly function so bear with me as we both take this journey! I'm also aiming for this blog to really take shape and become something a hair more professional. And….if we're lucky enough, I'll start making regular time to put out a monthly podcast to accompany the blog! We can dream right? Oh, and if you're wondering what I was up to for the past two weeks, it was just busy busy busy; so there! I'll become increasingly more interesting as I get better organized :)

Ok, so I didn't write anything last week… well it was kinda my birthday! So there! Anyhow, let's get to this week. My work schedule got shifted around this past week and it wasn't the most comfortable adjustment. Hopefully all returns to normal! At LHOP we started our Tuesdays at Harvest Church which was great! We'll be going from 10am - 8pm with continuous worship and prayer every Tuesday. Thank you Harvest Church for hosting us!

Friday and Saturday March 16-17 Southeastern University will be holding it's annual 180 Film Festival. I have had the wonderful opportunity to be a part of two of those projects: Movie Magic (original music) and Shotgun 2 (original music, sound design). Each year the festival grows and expands, thus the way in which it's carried out does as well. This year, the nomination results for each award category have been posted already! Shotgun 2 and Movie Magic have both been nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Design (although I only did sound design for Shotgun 2). The festival is also spanning the course of two days in order to spread out the lectures, screenings and awards ceremony. I can't wait to find out the results!

This past Thursday, March 8th, I had an opportunity to work with Rosie Cafarelli reporting for The Daily Buzz and The Lakeland Ledger to capture some pictures and video of Tim Tebow at Southeastern's National Leadership Forum. The Forum is an annual conference that has hosted the likes of Craig Groeschel, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, John Maxwell, and many others. This year the headlining speakers were Tim Tebow and Robert Gates. Getting to hear Tim speak about the challenges he faces to live holy and diligently within the context of his career as a professional athlete was very inspiring and comforting. The inspiring element of his talk was simple because amidst the complexities of the nature of the career, and spotlight that comes with it, he chooses to keep his life as simple as possible. This was encouraging and reinforced my own recent efforts to simplify my own life. The comforting element during the interview could be boiled down to: he doesn't try to take himself too seriously; he loves football for the sport that it is, he loves God and lives devotionally in the place of prayer, and he just enjoys being Tim for who Tim is.

A good book end to the week was today when I got to hang out with one of my music students Jacob. We went and had lunch, saw a movie and chatted over coffee afterwards. One thing that Tim Tebow said in the context of leadership is that 'someone is always following you.' Jacob is just entering high school and truly has a desire to follow God's desire for his life. I would be remiss to not take time outside of our music lessons to invest in Jacob's well being. That capacity may be as simple as just lending time to sit, listen and talk with him but it is profoundly effective beyond what I may ever be able to understand; for that I am overjoyed.

We have come to the end of another blog, in hopes that I will remember to post again soon.

Well, I'm going to attempt to blog now on a weekly basis. I think Saturday's will serve as a good day to accomplish this, seeing as it is usually the day I have the most time and it comes at the end of my week. So let's begin by talking about this past week! I now lead 8 hours in the prayer room at LHOP, which is really fun. I just completed scoring for a film that will be entered into the 180 film festival called "Movie Magic" by director Kyle Tye. This is my first time working with Kyle, and I have to say that it has been a great experience in doing so. He truly understands music and holds a value for an organic sort-of way of doing things; brilliant! This website is going to go through some transformation as I will be modifying and adjusting how I communicate to the world as well as how the delivery of that communication happens. Until next time!

It has been a very busy month these past thirty-some days. It seems that I will be blogging at least once a month, which I guess is good news. It seems like everything is in constant expansion and contraction! As I mentioned in my last blog post, I am the music director at the Lakeland House of Prayer (http://lakelandhop.org). I have also picked up a night shift job, which not only helps with the bills but allows me to have time for LHOP during the day (which is very important!). You will see that there is a new page on my site that explains in better detail what it is that I do at LHOP and why. On to other things! Brit Spit, my podcast network, has some new things in the works coming soon! If you would like to be a part of one of our shows (out in front or behind the scenes) please let me know so I can fit you in properly! Well, that's all the time I have for now. Happy Hanukah!

Yea, so, I don't really have a love/hate relationship with my blog, I've just been really busy, lol. Anyhow, since I last blogged I have become the music director for the Lakeland House of Prayer! I would love to tell you all about LHOP here but just head on over to our website to find out more information: http://lakelandhop.org    I am also trying to expand my website business so if you need a website, or know someone that does, I would appreciate the referral! It looks like I'm going to have to depart once again, but we'll see if this can't become a regular part of my online life. :)