A Healthier Me - Day 77

Yep.. worked out on a Saturday, to make up for not working out last night (Friday). Had a long day at MTV and when I got home I just couldn't motivate myself to get out there and work out.. And even though I'm not feeling the best today I did manage a pretty good work out.

Today's Workout:

30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical
3 sets of 10 on the chest fly for my chest (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the curl arm for my biceps (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 working on my back (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 for shoulders (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the front leg press (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the free weight (110 lbs)

Had my Forcecast Podcast keeping me company, they were discussing the latest Clone Wars episode.. so much goodness in one podcast.

Another Day at MTV

Today my next gig ask me to come in and work on the post schedule again. Of course I knew on Wednesday that the schedule I worked on all day would be useless and I'd have to do it again. And once again they had no shoot schedule and if they don't know when they are going to shoot I can't schedule when the shows will go into edit, as I need footage to edit with. So I got some possible shot days and worked on schedule after schedule trying to make it work and each time coming up short... 10 hours later I was still unable to get the schedule to work and finally told them it was impossible. And truthfully it doesn't matter because when they finally do get a shoot schedule the post schedule will change again. 

I also found out that I may be starting early December instead of last November, which I don't mind. I mean I've been off for over six going on seven months but not having a job and looking for work is very stressful and you're not really able to enjoy the time off.. Now I have the entire month of November off and can enjoy the time off because I know I have a job in December.

Knights of the Guild Ep 21 pt2

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Show Notes:

Here it is Episode 21 part 2 of Knights of the Guild. We hope you enjoy it.

Today’s show features:

* First up we have a Classic Vorkism

* We are recording this weeks podcast live in studio

* We discuss Behind the Scenes of Season 3 Episode 9 Wit's End

* We have another great fan interview with Troy Butcher

* Guild Something with Sean Becker
* We thank our donors.
* Then Business Time (We continue to use contest submissions, Thanks Megan, Jennifer, James, Donica, Jerod, and David)
* Then our Good byes

Thank you again for all your support, we do this podcast because we are fans and more importantly for the fans.

Kenny & Jenni

Other Important Links

• Knights of the Guild Feeds/Downloads http://knightsoftheguild.com/
• Knights of the Guild Daily Blog http://knightsoftheguildpodcast.blogspot.com/

A Healthier Me - Day 75

Today was my cardio workout day and I normally do a half hour to an hour of cardio but I'm having some major tooth aches and I did do a hour long hike earlier today with my friend Jeff and figure I did my cardio then.

Hanging with Jeff Valdez

Today I spent the day with my buddy Jeff Valdez, who's here from Philly. He came out for Blizzcon and has been hanging out since. I first gave him a tour of our property, then took him to Vasquez Rocks to go hiking. After that we came back home and picked up Harry and headed out to lunch. Wanted to take him somewhere they don't have alot of on the east coast so we went to El Torito and had a nice lunch.


After lunch we headed back home and hung out for a bit, we then did a fan interview for my Knights of the Guild podcast and chatted a bit more before saying our goodbyes.

It was a great visit and appreciate Jeff taking time out of his busy schedule to come visit me.

A Healthier Me - Day 74

A very late late late workout.. because I went into work and didn't get home until after 8 then had dinner, I didn't get to work out until 11pm.

I did something to my hip tonight, not sure what it was.. but I suddenly had this sharp pain in my left hip. Think I may have twisted the wrong way. But I still got out there and and worked out... though I only did 15 minutes on cardio as my hip was hurting to much to do the full 30.

Today's Workout:

15 minutes of cardio on the elliptical
3 sets of 10 on the chest fly for my chest (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the curl arm for my biceps (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 working on my back (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 for shoulders (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the front leg press (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the free weight (110 lbs)

My MTV Job

Yesterday I got a call from my next employer asking I could come in today and help them with the post production schedule, I of course said yes. It's at MTV down in Santa Monica which is about an hour drive from my house with no traffic and if you know LA there is "never" no traffic so I expected an hour and a half to two hour drive. I got up early and left my house at 8:45am, and as expected traffic was horrible and I did my best on getting off the freeway and taking side streets but in the end it took my about one and a half hours to get there.

Once there I found out the person who got my the job and the one I was suppose to go the post schedule with was out sick. They really didn't have anything planned so I had to start from scratch and build a calender in excel which I've used on previous shows and really liked how it worked out. That took me until after lunch about 1pm to finish building a nine months calender. Once that was done I got some info but not all the info I needed to make a proper calendar so I started to build a calender which I know I'll have to change completely but at least it's something. Around four the production coordinator came by and took me to get my pass so  I can get in the buildings and parking lot. I finished around 6:30pm and left at 7pm. They wanted me to come in tomorrow but I have plans so instead I'm going in on Friday to finish it up, hopefully they will have all the info this time.

Other then the long drive the office and people are great and I'm really looking forward to getting started full time at the end of Nov.

A Healthier Me - Day 73

Today's Workout:

1/2 hour of cardio

Only got a half hour of cardio done today, not really feeling it tonight and struggled to get a half hour done but I'm glad I got at least that much done.

Have my good days and my bad days.

Harry Potter Film Wizardry Book

A Healthier Me - Day 72

Almost forgot to workout tonight.. around 10:30pm it hit me.. crap today is Monday and I need to work out.. so I got out there and had a great workout.

It's Weight in Monday and my current weight is 207 which is the lowest it's been since I started working out. 7 more pounds to lose before the end of the year to reach my first goal.

Today's Workout:

45 minutes of cardio on the elliptical
3 sets of 10 on the chest fly for my chest (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the curl arm for my biceps (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 working on my back (75 lbs)
3 sets of 10 for shoulders (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the front leg press (45 lbs)
3 sets of 10 on the free weight (110 lbs)

Increased Property Taxes

Got our property taxes yesterday and realized they were due at the end of the month.. not sure what I was suppose to do as our property taxes are part of our mortgage that I pay every month. So I called Bank of America to ask. Good thing is they were aware of them and planned on paying for them by Nov. 1st. Bad thing was when she told me the amount $1139.25 twice a year, which was last years amounts it wasn't the same amount on this new statement. It is now $1895.94 twice a year. .that's about $1500 more a year in property taxes. And because of the increase our monthly mortgage is going to have to go up to cover the taxes. Now I have to wait for BofA to get back to me and let me know how much it's going to go up.. I'm expecting at least $125 extra a month, which is going to hurt us. I plan on calling the Assessor's to find out why the taxes went up to much from last year but in the end there really isn't anything I can do, I mean we have to pay property taxes, whatever amount they are.. Thank goodness I have a new job on the way.

Hanging with Will

After spending some hours with my friend Anne I went over to my best bud Will's place. It's funny we've known each other for over two years but I have never been to his apartment. I went over to not only visit him but to also help him upload Avid to his home computer. We accomplished that in a few minutes, he also transferred a bunch of TV and movie files from my hard drive.

A day before his Xbox gave him the ring of death so when I got to his place he was in the middle of trying to fix it. He asked for my help and I say sure.. I pretty much held the flash light as he did the work.. but I held that light pretty good. :) We got to a certain part and found out that we had the wrong washers so we headed to Lowes and Home Depot looking for the correct ones... though I wasn't able to hang out longer I had a great time spending a few hours with one of my best friends in this world.

Anne, Hollywood & Potter.. oh my

Today my friend Anne from New York and I got together for the first time. Anne's a friend from the internet and she is in town for Blizzcon (Gaming Con). She had never been to Hollywood so I decided to play tour guide. We walked around Hollywood Blvd, checking out the stars and the hand prints at Mann's Chinese Theater. We then went to Hard Rock Cafe, which wasn't there when I visited Hollywood the last time. After Hard Rock we went to Hollywood and Highland and concluded out tour with hitting he a few souviner shops.


Anne is also a Harry Potter fan so of course I couldn't pass up taking her to Whimsic Alley (Harry Potter Store) in Los Angeles. So we spent an hour or so walking around Whimsic Alley checking out all the cool Potter goodies. She purchased a wand and book of spells for her mom (who's a huge HP fan) and once again I came out empty handed which I have to say was very difficult.

It was a great 3+ hour visit, she is as sweet and funny as I expected and I can't wait to visit New York so she can be my tour guide.

Hanging with my Padawan

After the Fanboy Funhouse shoot I went to have dinner with my Padawan Troy. I texted him when we got out and asked if he knew of any places that he wanted to try. He said he heard of this place called Philipps, he said he had sandwiches. I'm not one for trying new places but I figured hey what can it hurt. I sent me the address and it's in downtown, downtown LA. I get there around 5pm and luckily they have parking in back so I park and wait. Troy arrives around 5:30 and we head into this place and it's PACKED!!! We get in line and the only food they have are french dips (come to find out that it's the birthplace of french dips). So we order a sandwich and coffee cake and sit down. We ate our sandwiches which wasn't that great and enjoyed the coffee cake, both agreed that we wouldn't come back. We sat there for about 2 hours chatting about everything.. it's was awesome. We then went to my car and sat in my car until 10pm talking. The restaurant closed then and we moved our cars out onto the street and continued to enjoy ones company until 1:30am at which time, I'm sure we could have stayed there all night chatting, but I had to get up early the next day (or I guess later that day) to hangout with my friend Anne who is in from New York. So we said our goodbyes and made plans to hang again soon.

It was a great end to a fun day. Never thought I would sit in a car for seven hours talking. We talked about anything you could think of. I got to know my Padawan a little better as well as he go to know me a little better. That's one great thing I love about Troy and my relationship is our ability to just be in each other's company and not really have to force a conversation, it's just flows naturally. He also had fun drawing on my fogged up windows. --->

I chose wisely when I selected my Padawan!!!!