It’s been a slow-motion roller-coaster ride these past couple of years, but I’ve finally been extended an offer for full-time employment with Rick’s Computers in Danbury, Iowa.

In one of those moments that seemed like providence I left Dallas to head back to Anthon to see my boys and I was asked by Scott Yockey to interview at Rick’s Computers.  It was a great interview; very relaxed and open. I was blunt and honest about my abilities and short-comings, and they seemed to appreciate what I had to say.

After a week in Anthon soaking up the time with my boys, I left on Friday to head back to Dallas. In the middle of Kansas I got a call from Bob where he extended me the offer and told me to think it over this weekend. Not much to think about. I’m excited to get back to some honest work and get my life going again. It’ll be nice to get my own place to make my own and enjoy the days I get my boys.

I start on July 6th, which will be a Tuesday. Huzzah!

Bob and his girls took the boys and I out golfing today. It was the first time for my boys, and I just took pictures. Bob gave the boys some great instructions which helped them a lot. Gage is like me and over-thought the whole process—I have no doubt he’ll eventually golf great if his mind and body can come together. Caleb on the other hand was a natural; great form, and even dressed right for the occasion. This is wonderful for Caleb since he finally found a passion for a mainstream sport.

I finally updated my WordPress to the latest version which allowed me to easily add some much needed features to the site.

I’ve added an ‘Animation‘ and ‘Videos‘ category to the site. The ‘Animation‘ category shows some of the work I’ve done while at Animation Factory. I’ve added a demo reel plus some of my favorite ecards I made.

Also, a while back I made a music video from a collection of clips taken while playing Half-Life 2 multiplayer. It took a long time to make since I only worked on it a bit here and a bit there over a few months. That video is in the new ‘Videos‘ category.

Kid’s Day began today with the kiddie parade as always. I’ve posted some photos of Kid’s Day in general and of the Fundermann family having fun. Later, with the full parade, my parents and I sat with my cousins Stacey and Stephanie and their families.

On a funny side-note Bob spotted a teenager at the carnival that had stolen from a bait shop in another town. The kid managed to show himself on video robbing the place; he had some obvious tattoos that gave him away.

Today I got a chance to photograph the local police while they re-certified for their firearms. The man doing the certifying was Bob Fundermann, a friend of mine from school. Recently I’ve been doing ‘ride alongs’ with Bob while he patrols, which has been a lot of fun. Re-certifying was the police chief and Michael Stehr—the full-time officer for Correctionville and Anthon.

Currently I’m in Iowa right now trying to start my new business Form Foto.  To understand my business model just take a look at the leading martial arts portrait photography business, Photo Kicks, but ramp-up the quality. I’m creating photo-realistic scenes in Lightwave such as an Asian temple, erupting volcano, or ninja training room. After the person is photographed with or without weapons, they will be composited into the scene and made to look as if they were actually there. Eventually I’ll expand into qymnastics and dance. If the business takes off I’ll probably move to a large city like Dallas (who knows).

Yesterday at work (Moroch) we took a long lunch and went to the Texas State Fair. We mostly ate. …Then we ate some more. Finally we went on the huge ferriswheel to cap off the event. It was a lot of fun just walking around and chatting it up.

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Welcome to my blog. I don’t have much posted yet, but so far I have some photos of mine in the photography section. I hope you enjoy.