OK–so Burbank…

Why?

I’ll tell you…soon…soon…I have some training today, homework to do tonight–plus finishing the Easter tracks for MPC and a LOST party…I’ll get there, I PROMISE.

I’m posting from my phone…so it will be short.

This summer we’re moving to Burbank.

I cannot tell you how geekily thrilled I am to see this.
This summer promises a flurry of great flicks–Indy 4, Prince Caspian, The Dark Knight (Batman’s latest…) and more…

But Christmas ’08…that’s what I’m waiting for…

Daniel is working in his home office.
Christy is checking her email in the living room.
Christy sends Daniel an email.
Daniel replies to that email.
Christy replies back.
Daniel replies to that email…and so on, and so forth…

We’re so hip.

Got another gig for the guy I sang the Disney tunes for a few months back. This is a different type of gig…but still aweseome.
He rocks.

I get so excited and scared…it’s actually a fantastic blend of joy and horror…

Starbucks is taking a new approach after a decline in revenues and a stock plummet in recent months. They actually hired back Howard Schultz as CEO (he was CEO from 1987-2000). It’s an interesting read…I have no idea how long the LA Times keeps up articles…who knows if that link will work tomorrow or in a week.

There are also some incredible changes to the iPhone software. I updated mine last night and it is SUPER fun. I can’t wait to hear Steve Jobs’ keynote speech from the huge Macworld 2008 event. I know…call me geeky…

More later…

Something happened last night in my new winter-quarter class at CSULA that doesn’t often happen to me: I was inspired.

Now, that might sound hokey, or something–but it’s true. I was really burned out on arranging after the gig I did for Concordia. It seemed like the plates were never going to stop spinning during that time and the busyness of life wore me out. I did school last quarter, but my heart really wasn’t in it. Ironically, it was the film scoring class. FILM SCORING! I MEAN–this is what I walked into my undergraduate degree saying I was going to do forever…and I went through the motions in the class.

But not last night.

Not now. And God bless my professor–she is amazing. I love her classes (took two last year also).  The class we had last night absolutely cemented some things in my mind–things I had wondered about before, but was never certain about. I’m SO looking forward to this course. The real irony about all of this is that I almost didn’t go back to school this quarter (for reasons that are not pertinent). I thought, “I’ll go the first time and see what this class is like–and see if it’s worth going to. Otherwise, I’ll just go next quarter.” I think it’s obvious how that turned out.

This quarter I have to interview 3 successful people in the industry that are doing something similar to what I’m doing. I’ll be pursuing Steve Bartek (Danny Elfman’s orchestrator), Hans Zimmer, and an orchestrator’s agent for starters. John Williams was my first choice, but he’s a little busy…

I’m starting to feel it–this year is going to be my year.

More life changes coming soon…

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I love the rain.

Even though one’s love for the rain could be squelched by reports of mudslides, floods, horrific traffic accidents all over the freeways, and other disasters attributed to this natural act of God–and those things can cause quite a bit of devastation (which is truly terrifying)–I still love the rain. There is something about it that feels clean and refreshing. Maybe it’s the smell in the air, or the fact that the running water is washing over the earth–but rain feels clean to me.

This brings to memory a song…which I’ll try to post here…written by Sara Groves and first introduced to me through the Midway Kids Choir in the production “Acorns to Oaks” (Clydesdale).

(Lyrics)

Call it what you will, I call it rain
When troubles come and pan against my soul
Go in if you like, I will remain
And let the washing waters make me whole

Just when I’m sure that I can’t bear the rain
A tiny leaf starts pushing through the ground
In a place where the soil was too dry to sustain it
A new tiny flower can be found

Once I was stuck, I thought things would never change
And I watched that cloud pass through the sky
And right before my eyes it took a different shape
And I knew, so would the clouds in my own life

Just when I’m sure that I can’t bear the rain
A tiny leaf starts pushing through the ground
In a place where the soil was too dry to sustain it
A new tiny flower can be found

And I see Him in the rain
And I feel Him wash away
What I do not understand
So new life can spring up once again
And I see Him in the rain
And I feel Him wash away
What I do not understand
So new life can spring up once again

And the flowers come to show
That all that rain was helping me to grow

I think I could have posted the audio–but I decided not to because A) It’s illegal (and I have a conscience about these things) and B) Xanga threatened to shut down my account if they found out the material was copyrighted. Hm…not gonna chance it.


I found a wonderful and amazing resource for my church planning this week– www.planningcenteronline.com
It’s an all web-based program to aid me in my worship set planning. I can’t even go into the many ways it will save me time and energy (and be really cool for other people) in the future. Just know this: I love it, and I’m spending an absurd amount of time playing with it right now…I just can’t stop! Also, that 24 oz coffee from 7-11 that I had on the way home tonight might have something to do with it…

Oh my goodness.
I am back at work after having the most relaxing vacation of my life for the past 11 days.

I cannot possibly tell you how difficult it was to wake up this morning…ugh.
And it’s not like work stinks…it just stinks to have to wake up early after sleeping in until whenever you want for over a week.