Joe Manafo

this is stupid…

…my calendar, that is. i’ve crammed too much in recently, and i’m not out of the woods yet. amongst my mess of thoughts, duties and passions are:

*Sarnia Short Film Festival: It was a hit. We had lots of fun, made a bunch of new friends and took in some very creative work. We’re going to do it again next year, and probably do a reprise of this year’s showings at ArtWalk. You can read all about it here and here.

*Documentary: There’s a new entry up here, and we’re on the road next week. Keep us in your prayers.

*Quitter: Sometimes [read: everyday] I feel like getting a normal, safe job again and kicking this church plant bit to the curb. But after awhile I come to my senses and remember why we’re doing this in the first place. Thanks to Doug, Sarah, Nathan, Rachel, David, Shawn & Marry-Anne for reminding me today.

*Return the Landscape: Today I started a new documentary project. More details soon.

*Grand Tours: Nathan and I are starting a new business to help fund our church planting habit. More details soon.

*The Shade of Poison Trees: Last week, 15 year old girls around the world and me clamoured to get our copy of Dashboard Confessional’s newest release. 7.5/10 on the Joe scale. A solid effort, but nothing terribly exciting.

*The Alchemy Index: The newest discs from Thrice. Some pretty good video clips of their progress in the studio can be found here.

*Thinkerlabs.ca: Our little site has been wrongfully neglected over the last few months…though this week we posted 2 new, free, original videos. Check ‘em out: Psalm 23 and What Does it Mean to be Human? Also, a site revamp is in the works: We’re going to focus on what we do well and drop the rest - thinkerlabs.ca: Film//Imagery//Liturgies. It’ll all be re-organized by the end of 2007.

*Sarnia Sting: I’m taking my son to his first ever hockey game on Saturday. Thanks Nate for the tickets.

*Speaks: I’ve got 3 lined up for this fall…Waterloo, London & Hamilton…and all for friends. Should be fun.

*HPPC: Whilst in Toronto this week, I visited the church (building) of my youth. They’ve transformed the turn of the century cathedral into pricey loft apartments….it was surreal. I’m still kind of weirded out by it.

*Bruggemann: This book is currently kicking my rump and inspiring me at the same time.

later…

Filed by Joe at October 11th, 2007 under Rants, Cool Links, Documentary