Podcasting Weekend

It's seems like the majority of my weekends are filled with podcasting. I can't remember a weekend when I didn't work on one of my podcasts. Doing the weekly Knights of the Guild CompanionCasts take up so much of my free time. Before when I had just MASH 4077 Podcast & the regular Knights of the Guild podcast which both came out twice a month it wasn't that bad but I don't know how folks do weekly podcasts week after week. Luckily The Guild's new season only runs 12 episodes (12 weeks = 12 CompanionCasts). Normally I can handle the work load but since I'm towards the end of my MTV gig (only two weeks left) things are crazy. But I'll get through it like I always do. I've always said that once podcasting feels like job and is no longer fun I'll stop doing it... and though it does feel like a job at times I'm still having a blast doing it.

Still hoping all this hard work pays off with some sort of professional podcaster for my next gig. Just need to figure out how I can make enough money to live off podcasting.

Anyways this weekend I wanted to get four podcasts done. 1 MASH 4077 Podcast, 1 Confessions of a Fanboy, 1 Knights of the Guild "Regular" podcast and 1 Knights of the Guild CompanionCast.

So on Saturday I got started early, felt great was going to get a ton done today. Started with my MASH 4077 Podcast, worked on it for hours before taking a break. Continued to work on it for the next few hours and finally around 5pm I was done. It took me a bit longer then expected but I'm very happy with the results. After dinner I started the next KOTG CompanionCast. There are 14 interviews in this one and I have to edit each and every one of them. I got about half way through it before my eyes went cross and I have to call it a night.

So I didn't get done was much as I was hoping but I still had another entire day.

So on Sunday I got up and really struggled with motivating myself to finish editing the podcasts. I did mange to finish the rest of my KOTG CompanionCast and now that's ready to be released next Thursday. I took a break from podcasting and went to lunch at Boston Market, then Best Buy to pick up X-Men First Class and finally to Target. At Target I picked up some shirts, shorts and a hat but wound up putting it all back as I really didn't need them. Instead I bought what I actually went there to get a new toilet seat as the one in the guest bathroom has broken completely off. It was strange shopping by myself. Again this is something that Harry and I did together. Just reminded me that I was alone.

Got home and jumped back on the computer. I started to edited my next "regular" Knights of the Guild podcast as I wanted to release it on the 15th but realized since it's a major relaunch and I want to do it right and add a few more segments I pushed the release date to the 1st of October which gives me a few more week to get it done. So instead I took a break and put on my new toilet seat but found out that I don't have a standard toilet and the seat I purchased was too small.. oh well it will work for the timing being. After that  I sat down to watch the latest Doctor Who and had some dinner. This weeks Who had me bawling like a baby... so good. After that I went back editing podcasts, this time I worked on my Confessions of a Fanboy and actually finished it before I was too tired and had to go to bed.

So I didn't get everything done that I wanted too.. but it was a pretty productive weekend.

Going Gray.. not!!!

Today in between podcasting I took a break to dye my hair. Well at least over it up for six weeks (so the box says). I've used the "Just for Men" before and liked the results so I opted to do it again. And once again it turned out pretty good. It's funny the box says it only targets the gray hairs but it actually darkens all my hair, which I don't mind. It's only temporary and the gray will be back. I don't mind gray hair as the years pass I'm just happy to still have a little hair left to turn gray.

Recording with Teal

Today after work I headed over to my friends Teal and Ali's house for some dinner. Teal and I were also going to record an episode of my Knights of the Guild podcast. I haven't done a "regular" Knights of the Guild podcast in a few months and really want to get them going again.

So I got to their place around 7:30, we had some yummy dinner and good conversation. Around 8:30 I set up my studio in Teal's office. Was using all my new equipment (Thank you all). Teal was my guinea pig not only my first new co-host with this new formatted Knights of the Guild but I hadn't worked with this new equipment in the field yet. Everything looked great until I realized that Garageband only recorded for 8 minutes at a time. I knew there had to be away to change the length as many friends us it to record long podcasts but for the life of me I couldnt' figure it out. Luckily I had my back up plan and had my awesome new hand held recorder and after a few false starts we got the podcast going. After an hour we were done and I think for a first attempt it went pretty good. If you listen to my podcast you know it's very structured and this new format felt all over the place. It's going to take some creative editing to piece it all together but I'm liking the idea of this newly revamped format for Knights of the Guild.. hopefully the listeners will like it too. It was suppose to come out Sept. 15th but I think I'm going to wait and really make it good and release it on Oct. 1st as the new podcasts come out on the 1st of every month.

Anyways it was a fun night hanging with my buddy Teal.. she's a sweetheart.

Potter Happiness

Today after a very long and stressful week I came home to a package on my door step. I had an idea of what it was and was very excited. The past few years I've been collecting Harry Potter mini busts (among others) and a few weeks prior I had found this really good deal of a set of four Harry Potter busts, Luna, Dobby, Sirius and Harry Potter (1st edition). Now these busts pop up on ebay from time and time and each can go for $100 to $250 each. Well I put my max bid in for all four at $300 and when it ended I won them for $280 + $13 shipping. So I roughly paid $75 a figure, which in my book is pretty good and I got some really hard to find ones.

Well they arrived and I excitedly unpacked them one at a time. First was Luna and she looked great, then Dobby and again he looked fantastic and then I unpacked Harry and noticed that both of his hand were gone. I noticed that one was removable and must still be in the box but the other one had snapped off and was laying next to the figure. :( I was disappointed at first and was going to write the person but they did wrap them up in a ton of bubble wrap and did everything they could to protect them so I couldn't blame them. Luckily the break was under his sleeve and with a little super glue you would never know it has snapped off. I then opened Sirius who looked great. So proudly displayed them with the rest of my Harry Potter mini busts and it was a great way to end this crappy work week. I love HARRY POTTER!!!

Only A Few Weeks Left

Is what I keep telling myself to get through another day of this stressful job. I don't know why I keep putting myself through all this stress. Yes the money is good but it's not worth the headaches, chest pains and sleepless nights worrying how I'm going to get all this stuff done. My official last day on this job is my birthday Friday September 23rd, which is only two weeks away but my list of things to do is so long that I may have to come back the following week for a few days to finish everything. And if I don't get done by then I'll be back after my Florida vacation on Oct. 10th but I really don't want to do that. I just want this job to end!!!!

KOTG CompanionCast S5E7

Download from itunes - http://bit.ly/KotGCast or listen, get direct download at http://bit.ly/2CrYxk

Show Notes:

It’s time once again for the next CompanionCasts for The Guild Season Five. First of all be sure you watched Episode 7 of season 5 “Downturn”. If you haven’t seen it yet watch it HERE

Our Season 4 CompanionCasts were a huge hit so we thought we would do them again for Season 5. So what is a CompanionCast?? It’s a behind the scene look at the current episode of The Guild.

I was on set everyday while they shot Season 5. As actors and crew were finished with scenes I would try and speak to them. Get some inside info about the scene they just shot. I also interviewed Felicia Day and Kim Evey about the storyline and Sean Becker about the directing. Each one of these CompanionCasts will be episode specific and will vary in length depending on how much guildie goodness I am able to gather.

In this CompanionCast I interview Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Vince Caso, Robin Thorsen, Sean Becker, Greg Aronowitz, Maurissa Tancharoen, Leslie Crystal & Erin Gray.

I hope you enjoy a look behind the scenes of Season 5 Episode 7 “Downturn”

Kenny

Confessions of a Fanboy Logo

Check out my new logo for my new podcast Confessions of a Fanboy. My friend Ken Todd surprised me with this today.

This is the same awesome guy who sent me this fantastic drawing (picture) of me for my 40th birthday

Fires, Podcasts & Glee.. Oh My!!

Today have been an interesting day... got up early with plans to finish my next episode of Knights of the Guild CompanionCast S5E7 and MASH 4077 Podcast #16. I also wanted to do a bit of cleaning and replace my headlight and a fuse on my jeep.

Like yesterday I had a very hard time keeping myself motivated. Those remaining six episodes of Glee kept calling to me.  But I resisted (for a while) and get started. I strung out my next Knights of the Guild CompanionCast and then cut together the three hosts audio for my next MASH 4077 Podcast. I then took a break to get some breakfast and watch some TV. And like yesterday this was a mistake as I watched not one, not two, not three but four episodes of Glee. Glee has been a hit or miss with me, I mean that's why I left the last 9 episodes on my DVR for months. But once I start watching it sucks me right back in and I'm so in love with Blaine (Darrin Criss) and I enjoy his relationship with Kurt, I just had to keep watching. I still have two more episode in season 2 but I really needed to get back to podcasting.

So I decided to work on my next KOTG CompanionCast as that is due Thursday and my next MASH 4077 Podcast isn't due until the next, next Thursday (Sept. 15th). So I already know I'm not going to get both of these done and the KOTG needs to get done first. So I work on that one for an hour before I remember that I wanted to go buy a new headlight and some fuses for my jeep. I figured I'd pick up some lunch while I was out as well. So I went to Pep Boys and then do Del Taco and as I was heading home I noticed a think black smoke coming from over the hills where I live. As I got closer I realized the fire is still a few miles away from me but it's growing fast.

So for the next few hours I'm on high alert, I can see the fire from my home across the valley. And smell the smoke in the air but there really isn't anything I can do but wait and see. So I ate my lunch and yep you guessed it I watched the last two episodes of Glee from Season 2.  I really enjoyed the last nine episodes of the season. So happy to see that Kurt and Blaine's relationship is going so well. I was afraid they were going to have a rocky one.. but I was wrong. Went out to check on the fire and while I was out I replaced my headlight in my Jeep, that was an ordeal but in the end I got done. And for the fuse I couldn't find the one that went to my dash board and it was too bright to see if the one I did replace did the job.. will have to wait until it's dark to see if I fixed that.

Back in side and no more excuses I had to get at least one of my podcasts done so I continued to work on Knights of the Guild CompanionCast S5E7. As I blog this I'm about 2/3'ds of the day done and will put the finishing touches on it tomorrow.

Just noticed that my Confessions of a Fanboy podcast website is done and must go to investigate.

Fire is still going on but it seems that the firemen have everyone under control, let's just hope the winds stay down and everything goes well tonight.. I'll keep you all posted.

Confessions of a Fanboy #2

Hey all you Fanboys and Fangirls, it's time for another installment of Confessions of a Fanboy. On this episode I chat with fellow Podcaster and all around great guy Kevin Bachelder. You may not know his face but you will definitely know his voice as he's hosted some of the top "geeky" podcasts out there. The Signal, Scapecast, Seekercast and Tuning into Sci fi TV Podcast.

If you want to confess your fanboy or fangirl-ism to me send me an email at ConfessionsofaFanboy@gmail.com

You can also follow the podcast on Twitter @FanboyPodcast, or follow the Host Kenny @Geekyfanboy. You can also follow our guest Kevin at @kbachelder

Please go to our podcast page on Facebook and "Like" us.. just click HERE

My Sunday

Today I had planned to do nothing but podcasting. Since yesterday was my Dad's family BBQ and tomorrow is my Mom's family BBQ. So today I wanted to get another episode of Confessions of a Fanboy done as well as my next episode of Knights of the Guild CompanionCast and MASH 4077 Podcast.

Well in reality I wanted to do nothing, I wanted to just kick back and watch TV. I have quite a few TV series DVR'd. So I started preparing my next Confessions with an interview I did last month with my buddy and fellow podcaster Kevin Bachelder. Strung it out and started editing it. Took a break for lunch and started to watch a Glee episode.. which was not a good idea. I had nine episodes on my DVR so I watched one, then another and then a third before forcing myself to stop and get back to podcasting.

Finally got my next episode of Confessions of a Fanboy #2 with Kevin Bachelder all edited, leveled, converted and uploaded. By the time I got done it was late and I had gotten a call from my mom earlier today cancelling the BBQ for tomorrow so I figured I would go to bed and work on the next two podcasts tomorrow.

So I started off wanting to get 3 podcasts done but by the end of the day I had only finished one but I did get 3 episodes of Glee watched and loving it. Still got 6 more episodes to go, maybe I'll watch them tomorrow... no bad Kenny.. must get my podcasts done!!

Family BBQ

Today was my Dad's side of the family's Labor Day BBQ. I hadn't seen his side of the family for a few years. (They were supporters of Prop 8 - Anti Gay Marriage Bill here in CA) so we (Harry and I ) boycotted going to family events for a few years. But it really was only one of my cousins and her family. And they're not bad people just Mormons.

Anyways it was time to see them again and I really did miss them as we just found them five or so year ago (Dad was adopted, found Wally his half brother five years ago). So I drove to a park out in Lakewood (I think), got to meet alot of Wally's family, played some volleyball with my cousins kids as well as some croquet. Played with Kenobi at the playground. It was nice visiting with them. They always treat us like we've known each other all our lives. Can't wait to see them again at Christmas time.

KOTG CompanionCast S5E6

Download from itunes - http://bit.ly/KotGCast or listen, get direct download at http://bit.ly/2CrYxk

Show Notes:

It’s time once again for the next CompanionCasts for The Guild Season Five. First of all be sure you watched Episode 6 of season 5 “Revolving Doors”.

Our Season 4 CompanionCasts were a huge hit so we thought we would do them again for Season 5. So what is a CompanionCast?? It’s a behind the scene look at the current episode of The Guild.

I was on set everyday while they shot Season 5. As actors and crew were finished with scenes I would try and speak to them. Get some inside info about the scene they just shot. I also interviewed Felicia Day and Kim Evey about the storyline and Sean Becker about the directing. Each one of these CompanionCasts will be episode specific and will vary in length depending on how much guildie goodness I am able to gather.

In this CompanionCast I interview Felicia Day, Kim Evey, Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Vince Caso, Doug Jones, Robin Thorsen, Jillian Armenate, Sean Becker, Greg Aronowitz, Maurissa Tancharoen & More.

I hope you enjoy a look behind the scenes of Season 5 Episode 6 “Revolving Doors”

Kenny
© Geekyfanboy Productions

What A Day!!!

Well the day started off with an email from our EP just ripping apart one of the mixes of our show. Not the thing you want to wake up too in the morning. That's when I headache started. Drove into work, took Harry's truck as it was super hot and his truck as AC. Well about halfway to work his engine light comes on, great something else I have to worry about now. I make it work and it's as thought all the crazies was just waiting for me to walk through those doors.

I won't go into detail as many of you would have no idea what I was talking about and others would just find it boring. Needless to say that I can honestly say that this has been one of the worst works days I have had in a long time and that's saying something as I have had many bad works days as of late.

Anyways.. I was stressed out, still had the headache and my chest was hurting again. Not a good combination. I took a few minutes to calm down and remind myself that I don't care what happens here. I already quit once and if I would to be fired I would welcome it. I even considered quitting again as chest pains are not a good result of your work enviroment. But I mangaged to calm down and as the day went on I was able to get things under control so that by the time I left work things were back in order and I was able to enjoy my dinner plans.

Dinner was with one of my best buds Will. We hadn't seen each other in over two months which is way tooo long. We had a nice dinner and chat at Chevy's out in Burbank. He was working and took a dinner break so we couldn't hang for hours but we did get to spend some great time together and it's just what I needed after the horrible day I had.

So the day started on a low but ended on a high.. thanks Will

MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 15

Download from itunes http://tinyurl.com/MASH4077itunes or listen/direct download http://MASH4077Podcast.com

Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild & Confessions of a Fanboy Podcasts, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast, Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House, Fast Forward & Just Because Podcast and our special guest Harry Dauz discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H

Today we cover Season 1, Episode #15 -Tuttle

Directed by William Wiard
Written by Bruce Shelley & David Ketchum
Production code J315
Original air date January 14, 1973

Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s

Plot Summary: Hawkeye creates a fake doctor (based on his imaginary friend from childhood), Captain Jonathan S. Tuttle, to give supplies to the local orphans. Henry wants Tuttle to be officer of the day, so Hawkeye creates a fake personnel file, and all his back pay is given to the orphanage. When General Clayton wants to reward his generosity by placing his picture in the newspaper and awarding him a medal. Hawkeye is forced to invent a story about Tuttle jumping from a chopper without his parachute! Of course, Trapper's new friend, Major Murdoch, obtained the fake dog tags and parachute...!

Hope you enjoy it,
Kenny

Editing KOTG CompanionCast S5E6

After work today I headed home and jumped on my computer and started editing the next CompanionCast for my Knights of the Guild podcast. Once again I string everything out and it's over 2 hours long with 14 interviews. I worked on it till midnight but my Avid was acting funky and finally when it crashed for a fifth or sixth time I took it as a sign to go to bed. I did get about 3 hours of work done on it and about about halfway done. Figure I'll get up early and get some editing time in before work tomorrow morning.

Lot's a great interviews in this episode. Season 5 of The Guild has been pretty epic and the companioncasts have been chuck full of awesome behind the scenes information. I hope to finish it tomorrow night and have it ready for it's Thursday night release.

Grocery Shopping

Well it's been several weeks since Harry left for Austria and I've been doing really well. I'm getting use to coming home to an empty house, sleeping and eating alone and watching TV by myself. I still have my moments when I open the door and expect an excited Daisy there to greet me. But today after work I went to Stater Bros. to pick up some groceries. This was the first time I've gone shopping by myself in eight years. This was always a couples thing that Harry and I did. When I got home and started bringing in the bags this overwhelming feeling of loneliness hit me. It was strange because it was so unexpected. I have been doing so well and getting use to being alone but now the panic and depression welled up inside me and my heart started to ache. It only lasted a half hour or so and then things went back to normal (or as normal as they are for me).

I know things won't be "normal" for a while but I thought I had gotten over the desperate feeling of loneliness, but I guess doing something that I've always done with Harry by myself effect me more then I thought. This is a learning process..

My Sunday

Since I didn't get done as much as I was hoping for yesterday I really wanted to focus on doing nothing but podcasting today. Got up at 8am and had to watched the last six episodes of MASH season one as I was having a skype call with my buddies Al and Simon so we could record episodes 19 to 24 of our MASH 4077 Podcast. Took a few hours to watch those six episodes and then I worked on MASH 4077 podcast episode 15 which is due to be released on September 1st. Worked on it a few hours before having to stop and jump on this skype call at noon. Took us 3 hours to record our six episode but it's always a blast recording with Al and Meds (Simon).

After the recording I headed out to grab a bite to eat. Got home and watched an hour of TV before jumping back on the computer around 5pm and at about 6pm I was finally finished with my first pass for the next MASH podcast. I then took a break to clean up my pantry/laundry room. Got back to work and did my 2nd pass on the MASH podcast (that's when I add the audio clips from the episode). That took a few hours and around 8:00pm I finished with it and finally was ready to do my final "polish" pass and that took me another hour or so. So at 9pm I had finally finished editing my next MASH podcast. I leveled the audio, converted the file and uploaded it in a half hour. Podcast #2 is done, finished Confessions of a Fanboy #1 yesterday and MASH 4077 Podcast #15 today. But I still had one more to finish. I knew it was hopeless so my new plan was to string out all the interviews for my next Knights of the Guild CompanionCast S5E6. There were 14 interviews and over 2 hours of audio and at 11pm I finally finished the stringout. Still got alot of work to do on it and if I wasn't so tired I would try to start editing but I'd rather get some much needed rest. I have a few days before this podcast is due so I'll be working on it the next few nights after work.

It was a Podcast kind of weekend. Launched a new podcast, got another episode done for my MASH podcast and got started working on my new KOTG CompanionCast. Also recorded audio for my MASH podcast episodes 19 - 24. Cleaned a few rooms in my house and visited family and got the best news I could wish for.... all in all it was a pretty good weekend.

Confessions of a Fanboy #1

Hey all you Fanboys and Fangirls, it's finally here... the first episode of my new Podcast all about being a fan. Figured since I'm a fanboy I'll start off with my own Confession.

If you want to confess your fanboy or fangirl-ism to me send me an email at ConfessionsofaFanboy@gmail.com

You can also follow us on Twitter @FanboyPodcast, or follow the Host Kenny @Geekyfanboy

You an "Like" us on Facebook just click HERE

Confessions of a Fanboy is a Geekyfanboy Production  and has a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Rights Reserved

My Saturday

So this weekend I have 3 different podcasts that I need to, if not finish, get a big portion of them done. So I got up around 7am and started working on episode 15 of my MASH 4077 Podcast. After several hours of editing and needed a break so I went and cleaned my kitchen. When I got back to my computer I decided to try and record and finish my very first Confessions of a Fanboy podcast. I recorded some of it a few days ago but still had some more recording and then editing of the podcast. 

At 10am I decided to take another break and this time I went out and did some much needed yard work. It was hot, in the high 90's so I only lasted a half hour, but got quite a bit of work done. After that I had to take a shower and get ready to go visit my Dad.

At 11:30am I headed out to my Dad's and arrived around 1pm. Had a nice visit with my Dad, had lunch, and took him shopping. He had his final chemo treatment a few days prior and so he didn't have a lot of energy so we took our time. I did get some great news.. as of my Dad's latest doctors appointment they did a cat scan and couldn't find any more cancer. All test were negative so the doctors have said he is now cancer free. His while blood cell count is below average and that's because the chemo kills the bad cells but also kills the good. So he'll need to take some meds for the next few months but he should be back to normal in no time.

I got back on the road around 4pm and arrived home at 6:30pm. Had some dinner and then jumped back on the computer to hope and finish both my MASH and Confessions of a Fanboy podcast. Well that didn't quite happen. I did finish my first episode of my new podcast Confessions of a Fanboy so I feel as thought I accomplished something... but that leaves two podcasts that I have to finish tomorrow. Oh well will see what happens.

A Magical Delivery

Well if you keep up with my blog you know last month I was robbed at San Diego Comic Con and along with all my podcasting equipment they took my Harry Potter wand. Now like any good Wizard I have to have a wand so I went on Ebay and planned on purchasing a replacement wand but there were so many cool ones to choose from so I got all SEVEN of them. And here they are...

Oh almost forgot they all light up as well.. soooo coooool (click on photo for larger version)

Hermione's Wand

Voldermort's Wand

Dumbledore's Wand (Elder Wand)

Mad Eye Moody's Wand

Sirius Black Wand

Ron's Wand

Harry's Wand

KOTG CompanionCast S5E5

Download from itunes - http://bit.ly/KotGCast or listen, get direct download at http://bit.ly/2CrYxk

 

Show Notes:

It’s time once again for the next CompanionCasts for The Guild Season Five. First of all be sure you watched Episode 5 of season 5 “Focus Problem”. If you haven’t seen it yet watch it HERE

Our Season 4 CompanionCasts were a huge hit so we thought we would do them again for Season 5. So what is a CompanionCast?? It’s a behind the scene look at the current episode of The Guild.

I was on set everyday while they shot Season 5. As actors and crew were finished with scenes I would try and speak to them. Get some inside info about the scene they just shot. I also interviewed Felicia Day and Kim Evey about the storyline and Sean Becker about the directing. Each one of these CompanionCasts will be episode specific and will vary in length depending on how much guildie goodness I am able to gather.

In this CompanionCast I interview Felicia Day, Kim Evey, Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Vince Caso and Greg Aronowitz

I hope you enjoy a look behind the scenes of Season 5 Episode 5 “Focus Problem”
Kenny

Professional Podcaster

So my current TV gig is ending in less then a month (Whoo hooo). I'm really trying hard to not go back into TV Post production supervising because as I am getting older the stress of the job is taking a larger toll on me mentally and physically. So what do I do instead. 40 is pretty late in life on a career change and my next career I would love to have less stress and I don't need to make a ton of money as long as I can pay for my mortgage and monthly expense then I'll be good. So what to do?? PODCASTING!!!

Well I love Podcasting; creating, producing, editing and hosting.. it's all tons of fun and I think I'm pretty good at it. Unfortunately podcasting doesn't pay and even costs money for URL's, websites and podcast servers. I got to thinking my podcasts numbers are decent Knights of the Guild is averaging 6000 to 14000 a month and my MASH 4077 is averaging about 2500 downloads a month. I'm also starting up my new Confessions of a Fanboy podcast so will see what the numbers are like for that one as well. Regardless, if I was able to charge 99 cents per episode/download that would be a nice monthly income. But I do realize that paying for a podcast is not the "norm", that most podcasts are free to download. I'm sure I would lose a lot of listeners because of it, but even if a 1/3 of my listeners stuck with me and paid the 99 cents per download,  I could survive on that and create even more fun podcasts and making podcasting my new career.

Of course there is always a plan B. Again my numbers are decent I might be able to get some advertising and/or sponsorship and go that route. But without HUGE numbers I wouldn't be able to charge enough money to survive solely on my podcasting.

These ideas are all still in there early stages, gotta do a bit more research on both charging for podcasts and finding advertisers and sponsorship. Unfortunately that means I may have to take another stress filled post job before I can put anything of my plans into action. But I'm determined to make my future living as a professional podcaster.

Chatting with Felicia

Tonight after a 2 hour 10 minute commute home I barely had time to take off my shoes before I had to be online and chatting with Felicia Day over skype for some upcoming Knights of the Guild CompanionCasts. We discussed episodes 505 and 506 (this weeks and next weeks episodes) Felicia was kind enough, on her one day off from Eureka to chat with me. As always it was a fun chat. I love hearing Felicia's thoughts on these episodes, you really get some detailed behind the scenes information that you can't get any where else. After the interview I tried to edit a bit more of the next CompanionCast (due out Thursday PM) but was too tired and went to bed around 10 knowing I had to get up early for a conference call with New York MTV.

Heading Over to the Whedon's

Today after work I had the pleasure of going over to Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon's house to sit down and do an interview with her for some upcoming Knights of the Guild podcast. Her character Alena appeared in episode 4 and I unfortunately wasn't able to interview her for that episode but I wanted to make sure I got her for future episodes.  Well I got to her place around 7:30pm and she graciously welcomed me into her home. I set up my Ipad to watch the episodes we would be talking about. Jed came downstairs and joined us. After the episodes we did the interview for about thirty minutes. Got lots of great information and also got an update for her fans on Mo's health... btw she looks fantastic!!

After the interview Maurissa and I just sat around and chatted about life for the next hour and a half. It was great. I meet Maurissa on the set of Do You Want to Date My Avatar (as she was a dancer and Jed was directing it). We chatted for a bit then and a few other times at wrap parties or Felicia's gaming parties and even on set but we never got any real good one on one time with each other... until tonight and it was so much fun. We talked about her current health situation and my person life craziness as of late. She let me in on a few upcoming project that she and Jed are working on, she also took me upstairs where they do all their audio recording and editing. 

About 9:30pm I said my good night and headed home. It was a fantastic way to end my day. Hopefully we have many more "hangouts" in our future.

My Return to Disneyland

Today I went to Disneyland to meet up with some "online" friends from Arizona. Both Al and his wife Joyce are huge Disney Fanatics and both have become really close to me though we had never met in person. They were here for D23, which is a big Disney convention so I thought it was time for me to visit the part again and finally meet two of my closest friends in person. They were in panels until around noon so I left my house around 9:30am and got the part around 11am. I've been wanting to buy and annual pass for a while now so when I got there I went to get it. I had planned to get a Deluxe ($380) one which allows you in both parks 315 days a year, which isn't bad. But then Joyce texted me and said "you should consider the Premium pass ($500) as you'll be paying $15 to park everytime you come" so it got me thinking, you pay $80 for one day pass at one park and $15 to park that's $95 a visit for one park only. If I come 6 times in a year that will pay for the Premium pass and you get free parking and you can visit both parks 365 days a year. Oh and you get 10 to 20% off food and merchandise.. sounded like a win win to me. I mean this was my first visit, I'm coming back again next month at the end of September and then once again in October when a friend comes down from Michigan. So that's three times in three months.. and who's to say I won't go in between those time.  Needless to say I got the premium pass.

I got into Disneyland around 11:30am and I figured my friends Al and Joyce would be heading over around Noon so I didn't want to get on any rides so I kind of wandered around, took some pictures, did lots of people watching.. it was actually nice being at Disneyland and not having to rush around feeling like you have to do to everything because you paid so much for your one day pass. Now I can leisurely enjoy the park. Al and Joyce made it over to Disneyland a little after 1pm.  They though they would sneak up on me by not telling me they were actually in the park but I actually spotted them and kind of followed behind them as they looked for. Until I finally said.. "who are  you looking for" It was like greeting old friends. If felt as though we've known each other for many years.. and the fact is we have known each other for a few years just never met in person.

First thing we did was grab some corn dogs as I was starving. After corn dogs we headed over to Star Tours (of course) and got in line. Said was going to be an hour but it actually took about 2 hours to get on. But I don't mind lines as long as I have someone to talk too. This was going to be my first time on the new and improved Star Tours. There are 54 different scenarios/combinations you can get. There are 4 different variation to the story.. (1) We got Darth Vader attacking (2) then went to Tatooine and got in a pod racing game (3) Yoda came to us (4) we were in a battle over Coruscant and then flew into the planet and through traffic. The new ride is so much fun.. felt like it just flew by. I can see myself riding this again and again and again.

After Star Tours we headed to Space Mountain.. at least Joyce and I did  as Al is not a big fan of roller coasters. It was nice having some one on one time with Joyce. She's one of the sweetest people I know and we've had some great talks over facebook. We had a great time on Space Mountain.

We met back up with Al and I wanted to go shopping. I wanted to pick up a Captain EO tshirt and a few Star Tours thing. I got my Captain EO shirt and also picked up an AWESOME Star Tours tshirt and one of my most favorite things my R2D2 Mickey ears with my name on the back.

After we did that we headed over to Disney California Adventure to go on the new Little Mermaid ride. That was actually alot of fun. Kind of reminded me of the Haunted Mansion (but less scary of course) same type of chairs and mover. But well worth the hour wait in line.

We then went and had dinner at an Italian restaurant which I can't remember the name of but it was some very good food. After that we headed over to the Toy Story ride (which I have never done) and stood in live for a good hour or so for that ride and I have to say that is one of my new favorites. I had blast trying to beat Al.. in the end he killed me but it was so much fun.. that's defiantly a must ride when I visit the parks.

I really wanted to do ElecTRONica so they took me over to that section and it was like a big Rave.. loud music and laser lights all over the place.. it was pretty great.

It's was now 9:30pm and I had planned to stay to Midnight but that wasn't going to happen. I was tired and my feet were hurting and I still have at least an hour and fifteen minute drive home, but before we left Al and Joyce had never had a Churro so of course I had to buy them one and they both really enjoyed them. After that we said our goodbyes and I got back on the tram to go to my car. Finally got on the road around 10pm and traffic was pretty heavy but I did manage to get home around 11:30pm.

Anyways it was a wonderful day. I finally got to meet two of my best friends and it was great visiting Disneyland again and now that I have my annual pass I'm sure I'll be going several times a month if not more.. that place is and will always be Magical!!!

You can check out more pictures HERE

Late Podcast

Today I had to get my next Knights of the Guild CompanionCast done as it was suppose to be released yesterday. So I got up early and worked (edited) the entire thing. Took me about 13 hours (with a few breaks) to get it done from beginning to end. I normally work on podcast a few hours here and a few hours there over days but since things have been so crazy and I've been so emotionally and physically exhausted I just haven't had the time. But now that the podcast was late I had no choice but to work those 13 hours straight to get it done and up for everyone to enjoy. That pretty much took up my entire Saturday as I expected it to. I cleaned around the house a bit and watched some TV but the entire day was editing my KOTG podcasts.. And now that that is done.. I have another one due next Thursday that I haven't started yet and a new MASH 4077 podcast due in about week and a half. Oh and I'm trying to get my first episode of Confessions of a Fanboy out as well. There just isn't enough time in the day to do everything I would like to do. Luckily all these things aren't life or death, so they can be delayed if needed.

One Week Later

Well it's been one week since Harry and I said goodbye. And this is the first weekend were I'm home completely alone. But I can say I'm doing much better then I was last weekend. I spent the entire weekend alone crying on and off. But this weekend I'm doing much better. I mean my heart still hurts and I'm sure it will for a while but I'm learning to live with that feeling. I'm keeping busy with work and podcasting but also cleaning up the house. Now that Daisy is gone I'm giving the house a good cleaning to get rid of all her hair. I'm kind of "spring" cleaning, getting rid of stuff that I haven't used in a year. It's going to take several weeks, maybe even months but I'll have streamlined my belongings soon. One of these weekends I'm going to tackle the garage where all my toys are being stored. Anyways.. I'm happy to report that one week later I'm doing better and I want to thank all my friends in real life and online for all your love and support.

KOTG CompanionCast S5E4

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Show Notes:

It’s time once again for the next CompanionCasts for The Guild Season Five. First of all be sure you watched Episode 4 of season 5 “Ends and Begins”. If you haven’t seen it yet watch it HERE

Our Season 4 CompanionCasts were a huge hit so we thought we would do them again for Season 5. So what is a CompanionCast?? It’s a behind the scene look at the current episode of The Guild.

I was on set everyday while they shot Season 5. As actors and crew were finished with scenes I would try and speak to them. Get some inside info about the scene they just shot. I also interviewed Felicia Day and Kim Evey about the storyline and Sean Becker about the directing. Each one of these CompanionCasts will be episode specific and will vary in length depending on how much guildie goodness I am able to gather.

In this CompanionCast I interview Sean Becker, Kim Evey, Sandeep Parikh, Robin Thorsen, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Vince Caso, Rileah Vanderbilt, Jason Charles Miller, Anthony Thompson, Adam Levermore, Grant Imahara and Greg Aronowitz

I hope you enjoy a look behind the scenes of Season 5 Episode 4 “Ends and Begins”

Kenny

Fun Night

Well after work today I had planned to go over to Kim Evey's house to interview her for a few of the upcoming Knights of the Guild CompanionCasts. Well about an hour before I left work I texted her to make sure we were still on and she said to come to Greg Aronowitz's house. Didn't really think much of it, just figured they were working on a new project or something. So I get to Greg's around 7:30pm (traffic was great) and as I'm parking I get a text from Kim asking me what my ETA is as she and Greg are hungry. I told her I was just outside the gate and would be inside in a few.

When I got in there I found Vu Bui loading up his equipment. Looks as though he was doing  interviews with Greg and Kim for the upcoming Guild Season 5 DVD extras. Also saw something that Greg was currently working on that was AWESOME!!!! Of course I can't say what it is.. but OMG I loved it. Anyways Greg, Kim, Vu and his friend and I went to a Rib place on Venture Blvd. I had never been there before and it was quite expensive but the potions were huge and the food was wonderful. We spent the next two hours chatting and laughing. It was a really good night and something that I needed badly. Found out about Kim and Greg's next project, got some juicy details about BTS of The Guild that I was unaware of. It was just fun chatting about everything with these guys.

After dinner Kim, Greg and I went back to his place were I interviewed Kim about episodes 4, 5 and 6. Finally at midnight we called it a night. I still have to drive home and Kim still had work to do with Greg. It was a long night but so much fun.. hope I have more nights like that in the near future.

Daisy Arrives in Austria

Well I'm happy to blog that Daisy has made it to Austria. I don't want to think about all the stress she must have went through in the long travel.. just that she is reunited with her daddy once again. She can spent her remaining years loving the countryside. And she loves snow.. so she'll love the winters there.

Harry said as soon as she saw him she became over excited and couldn't wait to say hello... that made me smile.

Pottermore Continues

Well today I finished with book 1 and that's as far as it goes. I went back to the beginning and did another pass to see if I missed anything. I also tried to make a potion and failed miserable. I practise my wand work for a bit to help if someone challanges me to a dual. Found my missing 11th Chololate frog and found a few more Galleons. I think I unlocked all the "extra" info from Mrs Rowlings and man was it as awesome stuff. My favorites were by far the Wand lore information and of course Minerva Mcgonagall's entire back story.. what a tragic life.. made me cry and made that character so much more richer then before.. can't wait to go back and re-read the story now.

Not sure when book 2 is coming out but there is plenty to do... time to earn some house points and I'm determined to make a proper potion in the allotted time.

My Hogwarts House

Well finally made my way through Pottermore to the part that I think most people are really looking forward to getting to.. the sorting. Now this is as official as it can get as JK herself created this test to place you into a house. It's like five or six questions with multiple choice answers. And you just have to honest truthfully and I have to admit some of the questions were tough to answer as multiple answers would have worked with me but I really looked deep inside me and answered with my first thought.

Now from the house descriptions I always believed I was a Hufflepuff, it's not the most popular house but Hufflepuff's are hard working, just, and kind. Loyal friends and true at heart. So I was 99% sure that was the house I was going to get sorted into.. well when it was revealed I was a bit shocked.

Yeah I'm a Gryffindor, of course if you ask most folks Gryffindor is one of the most popular houses and of course Dumbledore and Harry Potter are both Gryffindor. I have to say I'm a bit disappointed that I didn't get a different house as which ever house you get you would get a bit more background info about that house and of course Gryffindor is the main house we know alot about that house already. But the Sorting Hat has chosen me to be a Gryffindor, it obviously saw something inside of me that I haven't see yet... so Go!! Go!! Gryffindor

Saying Goodbye to Daisy

This morning Daisy begins her adventure to relocate to Austria. When Harry decided to go back to Austria after our break up we both knew he was going to take our dog Daisy. Though we both love her dearly it's clear that Daisy sees Harry has the alpha and adores him. We've had her for six years and Harry has been with her everyday for those six years.

Now we didn't want to go with shipping Daisy like a piece of luggage in the haul of an airplane. So Harry researched and found a company that does door to door service. They also handle all the paperwork to get through customs and such. They come to your house and pick her up and and personally make sure she gets on the plane in a special "pet's only" section and then they fly with her to Austria and deliver her to Harry's front door. It's a long process and extremely expensive (over $6000) but Daisy is like our child and totally worth it.

I got up around 6am to spend some final time with Daisy, lots of petting. I took her for several walks as I knew the flight was a long one (27 hours with layovers). At around 8:45 the driver showed up and we loaded up her crate. Daisy seemed to like him and wasn't as scared as I thought she would be. I mean she loves going places in the car so when the guy said "come on Daisy, let's go for a ride" she immediately jumped in the van and with a little coaching from me she went into the crate. He said he would take good care of her. Since her flight isn't until later in the day 3pmish, he planned on letting her out and walk around at the airport a bit. Of course he could have just left in there all day but I would like to think that he would keep his word, he seemed like a really nice guy.

So I said my final goodbye and she wasn't wining or anything, which made me feel better as I figure she would think that I was giving her away to a stranger. But I know in the end when she sees Harry all will be forgotten and she will be a much happier little girl.

Now the worse part is waiting over those 27 yours for a text from Harry letting me know arrived safely and is extremely happy to see him.

I've Been Accepted to Hogwarts

I got my official Pottermore invite this morning and of course I click on it immediately and get Site is down for maintenance please try again later so I did and got in a few minutes before I had to leave for work. So during my lunch I got in again. For the next two hours I was in heaven. Right off the bat you get additional information about the Harry Potter World. Here are some of my tweets about my first reactions.

I have just entered Pottermore, & the story begins, started the 1st chapter. But I have to go do work, will explore more later. #pottermore

Loving Pottermore.. just learned some back story on Vernon and Petunia, how they met and Vernon meeting Lily and James #Pottermore

Hmm I'm going around collecting things and putting them in my trunk.. don't have a clue why I'm doing this :) #Pottermore

Just opened my account at Gringotts, I can now purchase my school supplies. Wow.. that start you off with 500 Galleons.. Loving #Pottermore

Buying my books now at Flourish and Blotts.. this is too AWESOME!!! #Pottermore

Just purchased my Cauldron from Potage's Cauldron Shop, went with Pewter, standard size 2, could have gotten Brass or Copper but cost more.#Pottermore

Hmm choices, choices.. Owl, cat or toad? #Pottermore

OMG.. so many cool things to buy at Diagon Alley, Not sure if we can earn more Galleons or does this need to last all 7 years. #pottermore

Going with an Owl, now which type. Brown, Barn, Tawny or Screech. Guess Potter is the only one allowed to get a Snowy one #Pottermore

Went with a Tawny Owl, I liked the look of him. About to get my Wand.. so excited!!! #Pottermore

Rowan with Phoenix feather core, Eleven inches, Quite flexible wand just selected me for it's new owner :) #Pottermore

wow.. Galleons goes fast.. already spent 60g on my school supplies. #Pottermore

So much new Harry Potter info.. mind exploding!!! Reading about Wand Lore and the different cores. Fascinating stuff. #Pottermore

#Pottermore is the coolest thing ever.. only been on it a few hours and up to Chapter 5 but have learned so much more about this world.

As you can see I was very excited about exploring Pottermore. There is so much to see and read that I'm sure when I go back from the beginning I'll pick up even more. I can see this being a time sucker so I'm trying to make it last as long as possible for the enjoyment. A few hours here, a few hours there.

Next up is getting sorted into a house. I'm thinking I'm Hufflepuff so it will be interesting to see which house I'm sorted into.. Stay Tuned.

Here's my Wand

Quit my Job

Well I did for all of thirty minutes. I am working at home today because I'm waiting for some paperwork to be Fedex'd to me for Daisy's vet appointment tomorrow. Everything has to happen on time or she won't make her flight on Wednesday. So I worked from home. While I was at home I got another reprimanding email from the line producer complaining about one thing or another. I'm already in an emotional state from the break up, so it took all my strength to email her back and say that I was sorry that I was unaware of this rule and it won't happen again. It would have been fine if she would have left it.. but that's not her style. She had to get the last derogatory word in and that was it. I had had enough and wrote this:

"Person's name".. I think it's time that you look for a new post production supervisor. I'm tired of getting reprimanded for things I "should" have known. This is my first gig with "Network I work for", I don't know these "rules" you keep throwing in my face. I am doing the best I can and if that is not good enough then by all means find a replacement because I won't put up with being your whipping boy whenever there is a money issue in post."

It felt good.. she and I have been butting heads for a few months and I have been close to my boiling point several time and to finally let off some steam was great.

I didn't want to quit, I love everyone else I work with but I'm too old and set in my ways to put up with continuous crap from people. Also if I quit I would not be able to collect unemployment but I didn't care.

Well thirty minutes later I got an email from the post producer (someone I work with hand in hand with in post) She had talked with the person I had an issue with and with the show runner and they really wanted me to stay, they said we would all have a meeting on Thursday and talk it out. I agreed to stay part loyalty to those two and part funding for my European Trip I hope to take next year.  But I did say I won't put up with her crap anymore. One snide remark and I'm outta here.

So I go into work tomorrow, luckily she and I work in different buildings so we won't have to see each other until Thursday. I hope we can work things out I would like to finish this job in mid September. But I also am tired, emotionally drained and stressed out and have no problem quitting on a moments notice.

KOTG News MiniCast #8 - Thief of a Podcast

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Hey Guildies, there is no "regular" podcast for the month of August. Please take a listen to this quick news minicast for the details and how you can help Knights of the Guild Podcast.

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MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 14

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Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild Podcast, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast and Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House Podcast discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H

Today we cover Season 1, Episode #14 - Love Story

Directed by Earl Bellamy
Written by Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks
Production code J314
Original air date January 7, 1973

Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s

Plot Summary: Radar has received a "Dear John" recording from his fiancée and he has consequently become depressed. This is until a new nurse arrives at the camp and it’s love at first sight for him. But the new nurse is into poetry and music, so the guys coach him. However, Majors Burns and Houlihan want to break them up because their relationship is against regulations, forgetting that Radar's isn’t the only romance against regulations. So Hawkeye and Trapper get between her and Frank until she relents. Radar's "Ahhhh, Bach!" and "That's highly significant," quotes win him the girl.

Hope you enjoy it,
Kenny

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The Day After

Didn't sleep to well, as expected. But I got up early to work on some podcasts. Figured if I kept my mind busy I wouldn't be dwelling on the fact that Harry is no longer here. So that is pretty much what I did all day. I worked on the next MASH 4077 Podcast & my Knights of the Guild minicast, which took about ten hours to finish and between podcasting I took breaks to watch some TV and clean around the house. Was going to try and work on my new podcast Confessions of a Fanboy but by 8pm I was so exhausted and ready for bed, but I did mange to stay awake a bit longer to finish up the two podcasts I did get done today as they were being released at midnight tonight. Finally went to bed around 11pm.

I've come to realize why Harry's leaving hit me so hard and unexpectedly. I came out of the closet when I was 27 about to turn 28. Before that I had never been in a relationship and once I was out, from age 28 to 32 I only dated six guys and the longest relationship I had was six months. Then I meet Harry and he was the one, he was the one I was going to spend the rest of my life with. Well eight years later (and because of our government and other circumstances) our relationship ended. This was my first "real" break up, my first "real" broken heart. I'm 40 years old and I guess I've been lucky but I've never been this close to anyone in my entire life and then to have them be gone. No amount of preparation could prepare you for that. I have been fortunate and I've never lost (death) someone I was extremely close with. So I have never had to deal with this feeling of "never seeing that person again". Now of course Harry's isn't dead and I can still talk, text or skype with him. But since he's in Europe and I can't just go hang out with him, and I feel that same feeling of lose.

I'm happy to say that I am doing okay, not better, but okay. I don't think I cried the entire day. My heart hurts like I never thought it could, but I know this pain will go away in time and I'll learn to cope with the lose and move on. Right now I'm taking it a day at a time.