Media Missionary Focus

New Days in New York

I love New York City! I grew up near Chicago, but after Bible College Lisa and I moved to New Jersey to work at a church just across the river from the city. Now I love New Jersey, too, but New York is just “it”. And this week I am in New York! Well, actually I am staying in New Jersey, but every morning I am taking the train over to the city to attend the DV Expo East. So, I am actually in Manhattan for the majority of each day.

One of the best things about New York City is the variety of people who are there. I love being in a place that can feel like so many other places from around the world! But that’s beside the point. The point is more about another of the things I enjoy about NYC; the access to cutting edge technology and trends. The DV Expo is one of those “covet” events. A “covet” event is one of those shows where you see all these new gadgets and gizmos and stuff that makes you go “Oooohhh… I need one of those!” Why exactly you need it, and what you are going to do with it isn’t important, what’s important is it’s really cool!

Now, I have been spending money while I am here on cool new stuff. However, I DO have a use and plan in mind (at least for most of it). The one piece of software that I plan on buying tomorrow that I don’t have an EXACT plan for is called “Animation Master”. It is a roto-scoping 3D modeling and animation software. What does all that mean? It means really cool computer toy for Troy! No, seriously, it creates 3D animated stuff. This is the kind of software that guys who work at Pixar play around with in their free time. And it is on special at the Expo for a song (relatively speaking)! So although I don’t yet have a plan for it, I know this is cutting edge stuff that we could use easily down the road. So, like most of this cool stuff, there is a HUGE learning curve, so I am getting it to start working with it.

Saturday I will finally be meeting up with Lisa and the kids in North Dakota, and on Monday it is back to Cambodia. Until then, you can find me drinking Starbucks and eating a shish kabob from a street vender on a park bench in New York, thank you very much! Is there some spiritual lesson here? No, it’s just good to be in New York.

posted by Troy In Cambodia @ 6:24 AM