new phone... new service

my Cingular 8525 almost died today. It has been sick for several weeks now and is on it's last mili-amp. So, I knew the time had come to get a new phone. Again. However, for many reasons, I decided that I hated AT&T and wanted to go to Verizon. The biggest reason for leaving AT&T was the fact that they use a technology that interferes with audio equipment in a very bad way. Being that I'm in production techinical, that means it effects my job in a negitive way. can't have that. so... bye bye AT&T. Burn. ooo.... yea... I like fire. :) (I really need to go to bed)

So... off to the Verizon store to buy the Samsung i760. Despite my desire to hold off for a few more months because of hope for newer and better phones yet to be released, I had no time. My current phone/service was hindering me from doing my job and I can't have that.

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=verizonwireless&model_cd=SCH-I760ZKAVZW&fullspec=F

Further reviews to come....

Med Kit

So... The Pelican case I ordered came in today... I moved all my medical supplies into this case to make a super nice med kit! It's not fully stocked yet, but this is a good start....

Long time, no post....

So... it's been a long time since I have posted anything. Sorry... a combination of being busy and forgetting about it is my excuse.

quick update, not much has changed in my everyday life... I came down to Mobile to help with Camp of Champions as tech director... I brought gear from 5 churches and several person friends and put together a sound and video system for both camps. It was hard, long, but a lot of fun!

Now that I'm back, I'm back working at Perimeter Church doing what I do... work and learn. :) We're about to move a large portion of the staff to another building a couple thousand feet away (the tech dept is going to be outfitting several conference rooms) and we are drawing up plans to build a 500 seat chapel for weddings and simple worship services. (obviously, tech is involved there too) For now, my job is restricted to repairing gear and upgrading current systems. Which is fine with me... all that other stuff requires a lot more desk work! (which Matt gets to do instead.)

That's about it... I'll try to post something more often... have fun!

Ultimate 6-14-08

http://picasaweb.google.com/ronaldashleylanejr/UltimateFrisbee61408

It won't be up forever... so enjoy for now!

Pictures of the Gym Service 6-8-08

Here are some pictures of the Gym service at Perimeter Church 6-8-08.

FYI, I will not keep this link active forever...

http://picasaweb.google.com/ronaldashleylanejr/GymService6808

I wish I could be somewhere in between!

Friend wheel

So... this is my friend wheel... These are all my friends on facebook. It basically can be divided into 4 sections. 1 - Covenant Church of Mobile. 2 - Cottage Hill Baptist Church. 3 - Perimeter Church. 4 - Random people I know in TX.

Cool notes: Steve Simmons (my boss) knows Jamie Johnson and James Williams. (cool story here, but I'll save it for another time) Zoe Huff (Perimeter) Knows Melissa McCarty (CCM/TX) Because of Camp of Champions(Jamie Johnson), most of the TX people I know also know the CCM people. (and some of the CHBC people)

I think it's really cool to see how everyone can mostly be grouped up by network areas...

Rehearsal 4-24-08

These are my favorite pictures that I took that night. I actually took 154 pictures, but these 2 are the ones I'm most proud of...

Top Photo: I used a Canon Rebel XTi with Apture at 1/160s, ISO at 800, and f stop at 5.6. The lens was at a 35mm equivalent of 89mm.

Bottom Photo: I used a Canon Rebel XTi with Apture at 1/50s, ISO at 800, and f stop at 5.6. The lens was at a 35mm equivalent of 219mm.

Gathering Photos 4-20-08

http://picasaweb.google.com/ronaldashleylanejr/Gathering42008

Here are pictures of The Gathering - the young people's group at Perimeter Church. The LD was Hermon Jones...

Weekend Rehearsal... fun stuff

here are some of the pictures I took during a rehearsal at Perimeter Church...

http://picasaweb.google.com/ronaldashleylanejr/41708WeekendRehearsal

the LD for this weekend was Chris Landreth...