For those still wanting to know, we made it back safely! And it was fantastic. Italy was beautiful and the people were actually surprising with how accommodating they were. Let me digress for a second…

Maybe it’s just me, but I half expected the real Italians (not just the 3 generations-removed Italian-Americans we know here) to act the same way depicted in movies/TV or on the streets of New York–bold, opinionated, vocal, etc. I’m glad to say… Continue reading →

That’s right…in 1 week my wife and I hop on a plane to head to Italy. My first time ever in Europe! (if you don’t count the layover one time that I had in London where I never even made it out of the airport. But I digress…)

While I don’t really know what to expect out of this trip, I think the thing I’m most excited about is to learn about my spiritual heritage. Getting to see the same lands that the apostles walked excites me to know that I could learn more about the One who gave His life for me. And that’s worth the price of admission any day. Jesus has been so gracious and faithful–especially these past several weeks–and I can’t believe that now I would get to take this time and invest in our relationship. That’s a gift.

I have plenty to write about (and I will have plenty of rants in the future, just you wait), but for now I must sign off. Feel free to ask any questions or give suggestions for things we should see, do, and so on while we’re there.

Thanks!
Josh

Nothing like an epic title to kick off the less than stellar new start to my website. Basically, I hadn’t touched by last Ruby setup for my site and when MediaTemple made it an extra expense to maintain it, I had to drop it and go with a different option. Seeing as this site needed to be a “no hassle, just get in and get out” kind of an option, I decided to switch to WordPress and see what the fuss was about.

I know…no seriously, I know.

You could call me a very late adopter–to my friends who’ve been blogging since before it became popular, died out, came back around, and is cleverly disguising itself as “behind the scenes” awesomeness.

You could call me a sellout–for all my fellow hand-coding, do-it-yourself, designers out there.

In the end, I promise you’ll thank me. If I can make this the hassle-free option it should be, then it translates to getting more of my art out there and hopefully get more feedback from my you. As an artist, I’m constantly looking for inspiration and ways to improve my own work, so I’m hoping this new installment does just that–and I hope you take me up on that offer through this site and it’s contents.

With all that said, let’s start this thing off and be looking for new work soon!

Thanks!
-Josh