I’ve decided that my websites need a little updating. I have a personal blog site, and a site about my tech geek business. My Rowlandpro site used to be a site for my multimedia and web design business, but I changed it to use for my geek for hire business. Then I started getting some good multimedia gigs. So I have been wanting to change it back. But before I can do that, I still have to have my geek for hire stuff up somewhere. So I looked at some other sites out there. Most freelancers have their professional website with a blog. So I thought that I should combine my personal site with my freelance site. Now I won’t be posting much personal stuff anymore. This site will now be for my freelance geek for hire, general Technology site. I will include posts on news about what projects I’m working on, and how my “Full-time Job” search is going. And then I will redo my Rowlandpro.com site to be a more business-like site for my Multimedia Business. Look for more changesand updates soon.

L8R,
– Rich

Nine days till Mission Sunday 2009. This year’s theme is “Light The Fire In My Heart Again!” Will we have the presentation ready? 2 of 6 videos done. David Lusk is doing the Ghana Video. Which leaves me 3 videos to go. Will have the Guyana video done soon. Costa Rica will get finished next week. And I will be making a Year-in-review slideshow video to the theme song “Light the Fire”.

Well, I know I haven’t posted much lately, seems there really isn’t much going on in my life. I still am bummed I can’t find a job and am felling broke. I don’t know what I am going to do if I can’t find a job by the time my car payment is due. Since I lost my job, it’s been really boring lately. However I have had a bit of fun with John McCranie and starting the new church (The Gathering Church of Christ). I was going to sing on the praise team, in fact I did for a couple of weeks, but now I am just handling the sound system. My Sundays are getting pretty busy, with Gateway church in the morning, then The Gathering church in the evening, and hanging with family in between, but it’s been real fun.

Lately, my grandma has been having problems with her knee, she has a hard time getting around, so I’ve been helping her out occasionally taking her out to the doctor, the grocery store and tomorrow to get her hair done. It’s been nice spending time with her.

So, I just turned 28 years old yesterday. It doesn’t feel any different! But I do feel weird that it’s only 2 years away from turning the big three-oh. Boy does time seem to fly. I remember turning 23, as if it was last year. Where does the time go?

I have been thinking about going back to school to learn something new and get into a different field of work. Some ideas have come to mind, such as computer and internet security, criminal justice, forensics, or learning to be a pilot. Anyway this has sort of been put o the back burner since I have to find a job, any job, to pay the bills and raise money to go back to school.

Well that’s my post for October 6, 2009. Will write again later.

Best Regards,

Richard Rowland

You might notice several changes and posts in the coming days. This is for 2 reasons:

First of all, I thought it was about time I changed some stuff up. From looks to content and more, I feel like showing a different side of myself.

Second, I just lost my job and since I am looking for a new one, I need to work on stuff to show my skills. I will be working on my portfolio, resume, and current profiles. I am also going to be spending some time learning some other things to make my skill set a little more rounder.

If anyone has any suggestions as to where I can find some work or what other things I might like to get interested in, please let me know. Also please pray I find a job soon so I can pay the bills.

So I guess I won’t have much time to watch TV shows for awhile. But while I look for another job I will be listening to podcasts and audiobooks. If anyone has a suggestion on some excellent content, please send it my way.

<>< Rich

Hello all,

Well I am going to be taking the next year to concentrate on myself. For the past decade I have been overweight and had little energy. I will be setting a new scheduled routine that I have to adhere to the strictest sense. I encourage those of you who know me to help me out with this and keep me accountable. 

Every day after work I will be going to the fitness room at my apartment complex and walking on the treadmill for a certain period of time. I am going to try to start off walking a mile a day then gradually work my way to 2 miles.  Right now at 283 lbs, I am definitely overweight and out of shape. I am hoping to lose 100 lbs by this time next year. My goal is to get to 180-190 lbs. 

Another factor in losing weight is a diet. I am cutting out a lot of high fat and high calorie foods and drinks. I am not really counting calories, but I am in a way. I am choosing foods carefully at the grocery store. I need to be working towards keeping a meal down to about 350-400 calories. This means no more fast food for lunches, except Subway® every once in a while. I am getting my food advice from my dad who has had real success in this sort of diet. Again please help me stick to this. 

So hopefully in a year, I will have changed into a whole new me. Again I ask all of you for your prayers and encouragement. Please help me stay accountable to this task. I pray that in time, you will see me again and see how much I’ve changed.

In God’s Love,

<>< Rich

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You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. The room is pitch black so you cannot see the colors of the socks. How many socks must you pull out (blindly) to be sure of getting a matching pair?

I am a big fan of Donald P. Bellisario shows. I have watched Airwolf, JAG, NCIS, and Quantum Leap. These shows are excellent dramas. I havn’t seen Magnum P.I. yet, but that will be coming soon. I think that Donald Bellasario was a genius when he came up with these shows. My favorite is NCIS.

On Sunday, November 2, 2008, Mesa Church of Christ had their annual Mission Sunday, where they collect funds for mission work planned for the next year. During the service, the congregation gets to watch a video of the past year’s mission trips and reports on the mission works. We have had several great themes since I’ve been involved in the creation and planning of Mission Sunday (“The Touch of Jesus”, “The Whole World in His Hands”, “Everybody Needs Jesus”, “The Time Has Come”). The theme of this year’s Mission Sunday was “Shout To The Lord” For the past 5 years, I have put those videos together. Now we are making a DVD of the Mission Videos to insert into the “New Member Packets”. I have been working in iDVD, and have constantly had problems with the video. This weekend I’ll be making a Raw DVD with just the video, no menus or slideshows. Hopefully next year will be better because we will be using Final Cut Pro for the video editing and DVD Studio Pro to make the DVD. Next Year’s Mission Sunday Theme is: “Light the Fire”.

Welcome to my blog site. I am finally working on getting this blog up and running. I will be updating it as often as I can. Look for posts on my daily life, hobbies, interests, tech stuff, or just random thoughts. You can see more up to date stuff in my twitter feed to the left.