Hanging with my Padawan

Today my buddy Troy came over for the weekend. We had planned to shoot his SAM-e Good Mood Blogger video entry but something come up and he wasn't able to get to our place till around 3pm and we had plans to go see Darren Criss in LA at 7pm. So we wound up hanging out at the house a few hours eating lunch before heading down to LA for the concert. Darren Criss is an up and coming musician/actor. His came to fame was playing Harry Potter in a You Tube video A Very Potter Musical, which has gotten over 3 million views. He stared playing clubs and recent was cast as a semi-regular on Glee. Anyways Troy is a big fan of his and I thought it would be fun to experience something that Troy likes. I mean since he is my Padawan and I have been teaching him the way of the Geek..it was only right for me to have him teach me something.

Got to the Mint and had a great time watching Darren preform. He's got a great voice and is on the rise. After the performance he was selling CD's, shirts and other DC Stuff.. I bought Troy and I a CD and got in line to have him sign them and take a picture with him... it was a fun time.

Afterwards we came back to my place and played around with my new webcam program that allows you to take fun pictures of yourself.

After that we hung with Harry and just chatted while watching a little TV until 2am.. when finally we sent to bed since we had to be up early the next day to shoot his video.

Kenny Vs. The Woodpecker

I was woken up at 7:30am by the tap, tap, tap, tapping on my bedroom wall. I jumped up put on some sweat bottoms and ran outside to kill that woodpecker.. but of course the moment you get close it flies off. This is the first time I have seen the new damage that this bird has done since last weekend and it's getting worse.

We've tried shiny things to deter the bird, we've tried bird repellent  and nothing is working. I know they said it's tough to get rid of a woodpecker but there has to be a way other then killing it (which I am close to doing).

Couldn't got back to sleep so I got up and filled in all the hole with wood puddy and plan on hanging CD from the roof and hope this will detract the pecker from pecking. I can tell this battle is far from over.. but in the end I will win one way or the other.

Tixs for Midnight Showing of Harry Potter!!

Finally got around to getting tickets for a midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Was really surprised how many places were sold out already. I mean I know it's a week until it comes out but I didn't expect so many places to be sold out. I finally found some tickets at AMC 16 in Burbank. Got 3 tickets, one for me, Harry and my Padawan Troy.

Plan on wearing my Gryffindor robes, tie and scarf. Good celebrate the beginning of the end in style. If you live in the LA area and want to join us on Thursday Nov. 19th at 12:01am in Burbank let me know.

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is my Mom's 56th Birthday.. yes if you do the math I just turned 40 a few months ago that would make my Mom 15 years older then me.. well now 16 years older. She had me when she was just a baby.. we've always been close because of that.

Happy Birthday Mom.. Love you!!!!

A Healthier Me - Day 89

Well I forgot to blog this, this morning.

Today's Workout:

1 hour of cardio on the elliptical

Woo hoo I did a full hour of cardio today. Started off slow but got into a rhythm and was feeling pretty good.

My Crazy New Schedule

So now that I'm working again I've come up with a weekly schedule that seems to be working and will be my schedule for the next seven months.

6:30am - Get up, eat something quick.
6:35am - Go out to the garage to work out for about an hour.
7:30am - Take the dog out for her morning walk
7:45am - Take a shower and get dressed
8:00am - Jump online blog/check emails
8:15am - Eat Breakfast
8:30am - Leave for work
10:30am - Arrive at work and start my day
10:30am to 7:00pm - Work
7:00pm - Leave work for home
8:30pm - Arrive at home
8:45pm - Eat Dinner
9:00pm - Depends (hang out with Harry, watch TV or emails/blog
10:30pm - Bed

Of course this schedule if very flexible as I may have to stay late at work, or need to stay up late to work on a podcast or catch up on some TV. I also want to see some of my friends after work.

My weekdays schedule is packed and things that don't get done during the week will spill over into the weekends. I expect visiting with friends and family, blogging, podcastings, TV watching, house duties will mostly be done on weekends.

I hope I survive this!!!!

A Healthier Me - Day 88

I'm liking this getting up early and working out before work. When I get home after a long day normally around 8:30 I'm exhausted and so happy that I don't have to go work out. Of course getting up super early isn't fun but I think I'm getting use to it.. but it's only been three days.

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)


Plan on upping my reps next week to 4 of each.

Nominate Knights of the Guild

Hey Guys, please take a moment and nominate my Knights of the Guild podcast for a 2010 podcast award.

http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=index

You can nominate Knights of the Guild twice and I'm trying to get everyone to focus on two categories. People's Choice and Entertainment.That way we might get lucky have actually become a nominee.

Don't forget our website is http://KnightsoftheGuild.com

I'd really appreciate the support... Thanks!!!!

A Healthier Me - Day 87

Once again got up at 6:30am to work out. Today is only a cardio day

Today's Workout:

45 minutes of cardio on the elliptical

Not bad should have pushed myself to do a full hour but opted to stop at 45.. oh well 

1st Day on the Job (MTV)

Today I got up at 5:30am to work out  then got ready for my first day with MTV. Left the house around 7:30am and got to work at 9:30am.. yep.. two hour of wonderful traffic, but I expected that so it wasn't huge surprise. I am going to see if I can come in a bit later and shave off 30 to 40 minutes off my commute.

But I got into work at 9:30am and met the new line producer Liz. She then introduced me to the new PA Johnathan and then took me over to another building where the post department would be. There were two edit bays that were set up and my lead AE Johnny was already getting to work, he's pretty awesome and I'm extremely happy to have him on my team.

Don't have an office, computer or desk yet but I hope to get all that settled in the next couple of days. Today I hung out in the AE room and helped Johnny try and makes heads and tails of the pilot info.

All in all if was a great first day, going to have challenges but my team is coming along nicely. Other then the extremely long commute, thought coming home I found a pretty good route and it only took me an hour. I'm extremely happy with this new gig.

A Healthier Me - Day 86

Starting my new job today so I got up super early 5:30am to work out.  Not sure I will continue to get up early to work out.. but wanted to test it out. This is the first time I'll be working out in the morning. Up till now I've been working out late at night. I'm hoping by working out in the morning it will give me loads of energy throughout the day.

Today is Monday and that means weight in day.. Currently 207.5

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)

Unfortunately I didn't lose any weight, but at the same time didnt' gain any from last Monday. I actually weight myself everyday and I did get down to 205 mid week. Oh well the fight goes on. My new challenge is not eating out for lunch everyday now that I have the new job.  Wish me luck!!!

Hanging with my Padawan

Yesterday my Padawan Troy came over to hang out with Harry and I. First we hung out and chatted, then went out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse and had a really great dinner. After that we headed to the super market to get some lemons and limes as we wanted to try those miracle fruits. So when we got back all three of us tried it and had some lemons, limes, salsa and broccoli. We video taped the entire thing but nothing really happened so I don't think I'll post it. The lemons were a bit sweeter and the limes and salsa had a sweetness to them but the broccoli was still horrible.

After that Troy showed me some videos on YouTube that he wanted to share. We then recorded a piece for my upcoming Knights of the Guild podcast and finally we chatted and chatted and chatted. Harry, Troy and I stayed up until 5am (really 6am but time changed early this morning) talking. Troy wanted to drive home though I protested as I was exhausted and tired but he on the other hand said he could make the hour and a half drive home. He is 20 years younger so he left and Harry and I went to bed. Didn't sleep that well and woke up at 7, 9 and finally just got up at 11am. And now I'm super tired and not sure what my plans are today.

I had planned to go down and visit my Dad, Bro, Sister-in-law and nephew but both Harry and I haven't been feeling 100% and don't want to get the baby sick, plus being sleep deprived on top of it isn't really helping me feeling any better. I could go hang out with my buddy Will which would tons of fun but I have to see how I'm feeling in a few hours. Plus this is my last free day before starting my new job tomorrow and I need to be up at 6:30am, leave my house by 7:30am to get to work by 9:30am... and that's if I work out after work. If I work out before work I need to be up by 5:30am.. uggg.. good times ahead.