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davidbeisner2010 May 13, 2013 7:42 AMSorry to see the last discussion got locked...
I saw able's comments via the e-mail notification, and I wasn't offended at all. I take those sorts of things in the jest in which they were intended.
But no, getting wealthy will never happen working for a Christian organization, unless something is REALLY wrong with the way the organization is set up! My wife and I are involved in Advocare, the world's fastest growing direct sales business, and our goal is to hit six figures/month in income, and then turn around and donate about 90% of that so that we avoid paying the feds a crazy high tax rate... I got turned on to it a little over a year ago back when I was in the film/video biz still and someone shared a Spark with me. Fantastic (healthy) energy drink that really made all the difference in the world for my editing and shooting... Then when I learned that was just one out of over 60 different products the company makes, I got intrigued and ended up going on to try their 24-Day Challenge and lost 50 pounds in two months (dropped from 300 to 250) and had so much energy that I was typically finishing my week's worth of editing by Tuesday and I'd have the rest of the week to work on projects I WANTED to do! Great stuff... No, I'm not one of those pushy salesemen, BUT, if anyone is intrigued by my story and wants to try a Spark, PM me your address and I'll mail you a sample.
That creative cloud stuff sucks! Call me old fashioned, but I want that software on my computer, in my hands, and with install discs I can call my own. Not dependent on some server farm somewhere in the cloud. Gah. I didn't read that thread in it's entirety... any ideas why Adobe is going that route? I've not heard of competitors making that move... But then, I'm not exactly deep in the industry anymore, either.
For those who may want to come visit me in CO... I'm in the southwest corner. Right up on the side of the continental divide (7500 feet elevation) and about 30 miles north of the New Mexico border. Little town called Pagosa Springs in the middle of the San Juan national forest. Beautiful place, and fantastic hunting grounds! I've got herds of elk, deer, turkey, and bear and mountain lion right on my property here. Come hunting season I could literally sit on my front porch and bag my limit on any of the above mentioned wildlife! We've also got some fantastic trout fishing out here, too... So if you want to come check it out, give me a shout! Our lodge is used by a private group from September 1 through December 7 every year and closed to the public, but other than that we're open for folks to come and stay with us any other time of the year!
I need to dust off the old editing skills and make a promo video for the lodge one of these days... that'd be fun! I still have my hard copy of CS6. Still. I'd have to learn a whole new method of shooting since I'd have to use my wife's Canon D60 DSLR instead of the JVC GY-HM700u ENG style camera I'm used to shooting with. Plus I have no sticks, dollys, jibs, audio, or fancy lighting equipment here. Oh well. Always learning new things, right? A friend told me once that as soon as I get comfortable with something I have to get off my butt and get uncomfortable with something else or I'll never keep growing. He was right!








