David Condolora

Day one.

Today is my first day at Pixar.

Since setting out for California three years ago with wide eyes and a narrow wallet, my life has consisted of one surprise after another. I’ve sat in the room as LOST was cut, been in meetings with John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, talked with Zachary Levi after a Bible study at his house, and said hi to Walter Koenig (Chekov from Star Trek) as he walked down the street with his wife.

All of that was great fun—but what resonates most deeply is how God has watched over Brooke and I. After those memories have blurred, I’ll still remember how the church that we had only recently joined provided for us when we were jobless, without even being asked. It was shocking, and a blessing spiritually even more than financially.

God is good.

In the documentary Art & Copy, advertising legend Hal Riney says something like this:

There are very few good people in this business, and it’s rare to get the opportunity to do really great work.

I’ve had the incredible opportunity to twice be a (small!) part of great work: first on Tangled, and then on Wreck-It Ralph. Now I’ll have that opportunity once more at Pixar. It’s a rush, and a ride I’m constantly surprised and excited to be on. I nervously wait for the day people realize that I don’t belong, and throw me back to the desert of local TV from whence I came.

Until then, I wonder. What’s around the next curve?

I have no idea. But I’m excited.