Never judge a book by it's cover

Last Saturday on a British TV show called Britain's Got Talent as very modest and quirky woman took the stage to laughs, eye rolling and ridicule from the crowds and judges. Then she opened her mouth and this angelic sound came from it. The crowd went crazy with applause, the judges jaws dropped and this very sweet older lady blew away this crowd.

My friend Tim Tweeted and posted on the Treksf forums the video of this since being in the US I wasn't able to see this. I watched it on Monday morning and was in tears. It was so inspirational, moving and the perfect way to start my week.

What is more is this woman's background and the life she lead. She had been taking care of her dying mother for years and years until recently when she passed away. She lives with her cat Pebbles and has never been kiss. So the song she sang I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserable just fit her life so well, it added another dimension to this lovely woman's performance.

Now five days later I still cry watching her performance and am moved beyond words.. I've watch it about 20 times so far. Her video on YouTube has had more then 16 million hits in five days, she has become a worldwide celebrity over night and I couldn't be more happier for her.

Today I watched her first (of many) US appearance on CBS Morning Talk Show and she is very quiet and awkward and you can tell she still not quite sure what is happening.. but she sang again live and it was FANTASTIC.

Bottom line is we put FAR TOO MUCH emphasis on looks and FAR TOO LITTLE on just accepting a person for his or herself. And shame on us. I have never been one to judge people on look alone but this video and Susan's courage to stand up there as inspired me to double my effects in accepting everyone. Susan, you are an inspiration. You are a BEAUTIFUL person with a voice to match!!

If you haven't seen her check her out on you tube.

Recording The Ready Room

Today was my day to rest, I had to record the latest Ready Room podcast with my friends Jen and Rick and that was alot of fun since we haven't all been together for over a month since we all have been busy here and there. So that was alot of fun. I did a little editing but most of the day was spent with Harry on the couch trying to catch up on some missed TV. So it was a nice relaxing Saturday.

Still at Work

Well it's going on 12 hours and I'm still at work.. it's not the longest I have every been at work but it's been awhile since I pulled a shift longr then 12 hours. Oh well luckily it doesn't happen to often and I do still have my internet to keep my company. I hope to get out of here soon.. I've already eaten an entire bag of popcorn and now feel sick.. want to get out and pick up some dinner for the hubby and me.

It's One of Those Days

We had six outputs to upload to the Network today. Each one takes about three hours to prepare. Even though everyone knows it takes a long time and we ask they have to ready by lunch time it never happens that way.. it's not 4:30pm and we have gotten one episode done. The other shows were either no where near ready or they tell us it will happen in ten minutes which stretches into four hours.. so now we wait. Jermey my day AE has to leave at 5pm today which means I will be the one waiting for these editors/producers to give me their episodes so I can get them up on the network ftp site.

Besides those uploads we have DC special and webisodes that we have to upload to the network.

It's going to be a long night.

New Harry Potter Trailer

Check out this new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer. This movie look amazing. If you know me you know I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and when I watched this trailer it brought tears to my eyes. It looks so amazing and I haven't wait to see it on July 15th.

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Knights of the Guild Ep 3

Knights of the Guild Episode 3 <--- click on link to go to feed

Show Notes:
Here it is Episode 3 of Knights of the Guild. We hope you enjoy it.

Today’s show features:

• First up we have our monthly Vorkism, every month Vork will bestow his words of wisdom to us.
• Our location today is Clara’s house, babysitting her kids
• We talk breifly about Season Three.
• For our Fan interview we have die hard fan Chris F.

• We update you on the Cast and Crew and what they currently are up too.
• For our BTS segment we discuss our experience working on Season Two Episode Five: Sacking Up.
• We have a very special cast interview: Vince Caso who plays Bladezz

• We have our Fan Feedback section with our very first audio feedback.
• We ask for Donations.
• Then we have our final words and we say goodbye.

Please send your audio or written comments to knightsoftheguild@gmail.com or you can leave your comments in the comment section of this site.

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Thank you again for all your support, we do this podcast because we are fans for the fans.
Kenny & Jenni

Other Important Links

• Captain Dan Dixon vs. The Moth Sluts From the Fifth Dimension http://zombiejoes.homestead.com/CaptainDanDixonVSMothSluts.html
• The Crew http://TheCrew.tv
• The Guild http://www.watchtheguild.com
• Delta H Con
• Kim Evey’s Workshop http://www.swamp.org/workshops.html
• Knights of the Guild Feeds/Downloads http://knightsoftheguild.podbean.com
• Knights of the Guild Daily Blog http://knightsoftheguildpodcast.blogspot.com/

Podcast Promo’s played during the show this week:

• Waffle on
• World of Wayne
• Anomaly
• Take Him With You

Knights of the Guild Ep 3 - Editing

After the Paley Festival I had to do one more pass on KOTG #3. After listening to it I heard a few things that I needed to polish.. so at 11pm I did some last minute editing. I wanted to get it done by midnight so I was able to post it at midnight on the 15th.

Paley Festival - Dr. Horrible Sing Along Blog

Today I went to the Acrlight Cinerama Dome to watch the Paley Festival presentation of Doctor Horrible Sing Along Blog. My friend Chris got some tickets and knew I was a huge fan so he asked if I wanted to go with him.. of course I said yes. We had such great seats.. about seven rows back but right in the middle.

The night started with watching Doctor Horrible on the big screen which was FANTASTIC!!!! After that Joss, Zack, and Jeb Whedon along with Nathon Fillion, Felicia Day and Maurissa Tancharoen came up on stage and talked about filming, producing and acting in Doctor Horrible. Then they took questions from fans. It was a very fun night but the best part happened when it was over.

As soon as they said goodnight hundreds of crazy fans rushed the stage for autographs. I wanted to say hi to Felicia and introduce Chris to her. I tried to fight the crowd but soon gave up and Chris said we should go stand where the exit and about ten minutes Felicia started to head out as she was leaving she had to get her purse and as she was walking back to her seat I got as close as I could and said hi. She looked up and saw me, she gave me that wonderful smile and said "Kenny.. it's so good to see you, I'm so happy you came." and gave me a hug. Of course folks were clamoring around us trying to get her autograph. She signed a few then introduced me to George Ruiz (her agent) as he went to shake my hand as Felicia mentioned that I was the one who did the Behind the Scene stuff for season two and he gave me a give big smile and said "Oh Felicia sings your praises, thank you very much for all your work." I was beyond flattered. I then was about to introduce my friend Chris to Felicia she greeted him with a smile and hand shake. She then went to sign more autographs and I decided to leave as I got to say hi and it was going to be a while before those guys would be able to get out of there.

It was a great night and again it just re-enforced how wonderful Felicia Day is. Can't wait to get back on set for Season Three.

Home Loan

Today I went to Bank of America online to check out their mortgage offer. Well I saw that you could get pre-approved for a home loan in 10 minutes.. so I filled out the few pages and hit send. About three minutes pass and I get a page saying you have been pre-approved.. I couldn't believe how easy it was. There was a number to call to confirm all this so I called because I wanted to know about locking in the rate and had a few other questions. Well come to find out that the online thing wasn't really official. It was more of a preliminary pre-qualifying thing. She asked if I wanted to go ahead and send this info to the under writers and get a real pre-approval, it would cost $50 but I thought it was worth it so I spent about an hour and a half on the phone giving out info and getting really confused. The woman (Regina) was great, it's just a very complicated process. We talked about various options and luckily I had talked with my friend Jeremy who gave a quick lesson in home buying.. in the end I got a really great 30 year fixed deal. The current rate is 4.85 with no points but they rate can vary as they won't lock it until we put a bid in for a house and start escrow. So we are now officially pre-approved for a home loan. I qualified for a little bit more then what we wanted to spend. The approval is for 90 days so that means Harry and I have three months to find a home or will have to do the pre-approval process again.

Now the fun begins by looking for a home.. I'll keep you posted.

The Ready Room Podcast

Tonight I finished editing The Ready Room Podcast #53. This was just a "clip" show. It was about an hour and 20 minutes of post readings. Makes it easier to edit and luckily my friend Rick offered to do the music pass. I normally do that last and it's my least favorite part so I was very happy to pass it on to him.

Still want to do one final pass on KOTG #3 before I post it on the 15th.

Easter Lunch

Today Harry and I went to my Dad, Brother and Sister-in-Laws for a nice Easter Lunch. My family isn't religious but we normally visit my Dad every other Sunday and this time it happen to fall on Easter so we decided to have a nice ham/turkey with all the trimmings lunch. It was a nice time and since I have been so busy the past month we hadn't seen everyone in a while.