It's Official!

So I am officially an employee of Phoenix First Assembly! Well...pretty much. We still have to send in W4's and all that jazz but as far as administration-approval goes, I'm as good as gravy! :D

I am very excited for this new position! Here are the following reasons why I like my job:

• My team-mates are really awesome people
• It's full-time
• With full benefits
• I get my own office
• I can decorate my office
• I can use my exercise ball as a chair
• And when I get tired of sitting on a ridiculous ball, I have a nice chair as well
• I can listen to my music all day
• I get paid 11.53/hr
• They are giving me a $60 monthly phone allowance
• I get to be totally creative and work on cool projects
• I am going to be doing a lot of "professional" things like Press Releases and Purchase Orders that I've never done before, so this is going to be a huge growing opportunity
• Hopefully, once I get an apartment, it will be a short walk away from my bachelor pad!
• I get paid vacation and sick time
• All of my co-workers share my faith and encourage my walk with God
• Everyone is positive and awesome
• I have great mentors working above me whom I can learn much from!

All around, this is an incredibly great opportunity and ALL 100% of the credit goes to God. Many people were praying for this, including myself; I spent many hours on my knees and the LORD has provided. Jehovah-jireh! He is this the direct cause of everything good in my life! Every opportunity, every relationship, and every small blessing is either a direct gift from Him or it comes from the fact that HE has shaped me into a young man of character. I would be nothing if it wasn't for Him shaping me throughout the years. I love my Daddy and all that He and my Savior-King has done for me! Praise God!

My oh My!

It truly has been a long time since I have last blogged! Over a week, I presume!

Well at least I'm doing it tonight. :) Tonight's blog will air a tad bit earlier than most, simply because I plan on eating and then heading straight for bed. I have to wake up at 6 tomorrow morning so I need my beauty sleep! Plus, RED crew went out last night to ASU and gave out otter pops and chilled at a few parties, so I didn't get home until about 2:30, so I'm wiped out anyways.

I'm in a sketch tomorrow morning at church! :D I'm pretty excited to get back into some of my acting passions. The past few days have been very fulfilling. Chopped full with reading, writing, serving, hanging out with friends, falling in love more and more (with God) ugghhh it truly is the Great Romance!, and just enjoying the busyness of life.

Over the next couple of months, if everything goes well, I will have a full-time job and a part-time internship, both at the church. I am planning to get an apartment around early June and there are two separate complexes with an astonishing proximity to the church, so the plan is to take up residence in one of those! Now I just need to find a roommate!

My goal is to make a trip back up to CDA around late summer. Most likely the middle of August before my peeps in the 208 head back to their universities! :)

Anyways, I'm overjoyed because of how much God loves me. It is quite overwhelming. Oh hey! If you like fiction, I would suggest reading Black 

It is awesome and has opened my eyes and captivated me like nothing else!

Alright guys, I love you all!!

-Austin

Big Day Manana!

I wish I may, I wish I might, finally type a blog post tonight!

Hurray! Wish came true! :)

Yo yo, wassup my peeps?

 Long time no talk! Well I'm back. Sorry, I always forget to stay in touch whenever I find a new show I really like on Netflix. This past week's obsession was Kyle XY.

You see, I call it Accelerated Media Education also known as AME.

"Why Austin! Accelerated Media Education sounds wonderful! But what is it?"

Simple. I watch shows that have already came out on Season DVD's on Netflix. By doing so, not only do I avoid any stupid evil commercials altogether but I do not have to wait for the next episode on a week to week basis.

Here is the corresponding mathematics for my new method of watching television:

The average show lasts for about 4 seasons. Each season has approximately 12 episodes. At night, after I have finished all of my other work, I watch about 3 episodes. Without commercials, the duration of the show is cut down to a little less than 43 minutes.

Assuming the broadcasting company airs one season each year, it will take the average person 4 years to finish the series and they will spend an estimated 2,880 minutes in front of a screen.

With my method, it takes me about 16 days to finish a series. And I knock out over 800 minutes by not watching commercials that irritate me.

All of the "morals" and "life lessons" that are talked about at the end of each episode, I learn in a little over two weeks...rather than four years.

And yes, obviously, I don't have to watch these shows at all, but I want to go into acting, writing, directing, and producing so I like all of this stuff. I've learned things from watching different shows. I get new ideas for things I might want to create some day. I gain new input and understanding. Plus it helps me relax at the end of the night.

So that's the subject for tonight, Accelerated Media Education.

Oh, and I have a big job interview tomorrow morning. I guess that's important too. :) So pray for that!

Love you all! Goodnight! <3