I'm for serious

I'm mapping out my plans for a complete overhaul of my website, scottstpierre.com. I'm in the severely early stages of learning Flash, but due to the simple requirements I've made for myself, I think I may be able to pull it off with the limited knowledge I've so far acquired. I've narrowed down my website's requirements to 5 key areas.

• News. This would be what most of you are reading right now. A simple link to my blogspot page.
• Links. This would have the tentonstudios.com link and ironically enough, my linkedin.com link as well along with whatever else I want to link to.
• Writings. Right now I'm bouncing around a few different titles for this section, but I think it's important that I start showcasing my writing in a more public forum. With the trouble the publishing world is going through right now, I don't see some giant company coming along and picking up a relative no name to gamble thousands of dollars to promote. Most of the content will be complete stories, but the larger works that I've completed will more than likely just be a few chapters with the full PDF available for sale through Paypal.
• Music. While I know for a fact that any sort of career in the music business is unlikely, I do think some of the songs I've written do have a smattering of entertainment value and that perhaps they might make at least one person smile, if only on the inside. If having a music section of my little ditties can do that to at least one person, then I think having a whole section devoted to it will be worth it.
• Gallery. I like to take pictures. Like most photographers I like to share those pictures with other people. This is the section I would share the pictures I liken to think people would enjoy looking at.

While there is certainly more to my life than being a wanna-be writer who used to write songs but currently enjoys dabbling in photography, I think my online presence is best limited to these things. If something unfortunate happens, like I lose my job, I will most certainly add another section titled "Portfolio" which will be filled with the pretty graphic images I have created for my current job.

The company seems to be doing well and since I've taken over photographing all of the product shots I'm saving them a ton of money when compared to how much the independent photography studio was charging them, so I at least have that value to my employment here. Buying the Adobe Creative Suite (mentioned in my last post) played a large part in increasing my value to this company. I think, in a lot of ways, that showed my boss that I am, indeed, dedicated to my position and would very much like to add value to my skill set. We're currently on a salary freeze, and though I was due for a raise last October, there is little doubt in my mind that I won't at least see my Creative Suite investment given back to me in my wage increase. In the least, it doesn't hurt dreaming. In this economy I'm just happy to have a job. I'll worry about an increase when I start noticing all my co-workers driving shiny new BMW's.