The Guild Season 5 - Day Three

Today is our last day at the Long Beach Comic Con Expo. I don't think I mentioned this but it's a 2 hour drive for me to get to Long Beach.. luckily for today being a Saturday the traffic wasn't that bad.

Today was a special day because on set not only did we have cast and crew but we also had over 140 extras. And it was the actual day of the convention so we had a few hundred other people walking around. It was a bit crazy but in the end everything got done and everyone had a great time.

Jes and I

Gabriel and I

I got to meet some guildies that I only talk to on Twitter and Facebook.. it was so great to meet Jessica and Ron (and his two boys), Jes (creator of all things plushy) and Gabriel from the I Hearth Geeks Podcast.

After the fun filled day a small group of us went out to dinner to Islands. Joining Jes and Gab were Rupert, Robert, and my buddy Luis...good times were had by all.

Front Left is Robert, Rupert and Luis, Front Right is Jes, Me and Gab

My MASH 4077 Podcast

After work today I squeezed in some time to finish up my MASH 4077 Podcast episode 7, which isn't due to be posted until May 1st but as I've said in previous posts with my full time job and The Guild season five shooting I have no spare time so I have to try and get as much stuff done when I can. For episode seven I just had to finish adding audio clips from the episode and do one final audio pass to make sure everything sounded good. I outputted, converted and uploaded the file. All I have left is to build the webpage and add the show notes and it will be good to do.

The Guild Season 5 - Day One

Well today is the very first day of Season 5 shoot for The Guild. Of course I can't say much, we are at a local (Long Beach) Comic Con Expo. Today we got to hang out with Felicia, Amy, Vince, Jeff and Robin, along with a few special guests... lots of extras and for the most part a brand new crew. It's great seeing the gang in action again... this season, as I've said before is going to be Epic. I can't talk much about it.. other then it's tons of fun.. but that should be expected. For day one it was extremely smooth. I got some great interviews for upcoming CompanionCasts for my Knights of the Guild podcast and meet some great Guildies.

(BTW.. this is the only picture I could post from set that wouldn't get me in trouble)

Editing Knights of the Guild

Yeah I'm editing another episode of Knights of the Guild, it feels like it's a never ending process.. between Knights of the Guild and my other current podcast MASH 4077 I feel like I'm always editing one or the other. Today I worked on Knights of the Guild Episode 29, I'm enjoying this "new" format, even though the show content hasn't really changed the way Jenni and I record them have and it makes for somewhat of a better editing session for me. This one is due out on April 29th.. so I have a few days and so far I did my initial first pass.. next up is to build the actual podcast and then one final pass to make sure everything sounds good.. hopefully I'll get this done by Sunday... With work and The Guild, this Sunday is my only day off in the next month.

Guild Season 5 Read Through

First let me say that I'm holding in my hand the hottest script in town.. well if you are a Guild fan, that is.

I had the privilege of attending The Guild read through for Season 5 tonight. This is my 3rd one, I was there for Season 3 and 4 previously and they are always fun. For one thing you get to see all your friends again. You also get to hear them read the entire season of the guild in one go.

Of course I can't say anything about Season 5 other then it's going to be EPIC!!! but of course it's The Guild and we already knew that. I did quick interviews with the main six actors, producer Kim and director Sean for a Knights of the Guild Microcast which I'll hopefully edit in the next few days.

We start shooting in 2 days.. the next few weeks is going to be crazy!!!

PS... yes I blurred the script as I know how "you" Guild fans are.. being one myself.. :) couldn't take any chances of this image being blown up and words deciphered :)

RIP Elisabeth Sladen

Sad news today, actress Elisabeth Sladen, best known for her role in Doctor Who has died. Elisabeth Sladen played the fans most favorite Companion, Miss Sarah Jane Smith. She appeared in 81 episodes of the classic "Doctor Who" series (working with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker).

I grew up with her as Tom Baker's Companion and fell in love with her then. When she returned for a short time on the new version of Doctor Who with David Tennant  I was ecstatic. She is so well loved and popular that they did a spin off series called The Sarah Jane Adventures, which was a lot of fun. It was great seeing that after 30+ years she could pick that character back up and have people fall in love with her all over again.

She was only 63 years old.. far to young to have left us. I'm just a fan and I'm heart broken at the loss of this beautiful woman. My heartfelt sympathies go out to those who knew her best.. her friends and loved one. May she rest in piece. Elisabeth Sladen and her iconic character Miss Sarah Jane Smith will live forever in our hearts.

Editing my MASH Podcast

So much to do this week so little time. I got started with editing my MASH 4077 Podcast episode 7. Each of the hosts (3) record out own audio and then I import them all into Avid and lay them out on top of each other. We normally say "start" so I have an audio cue to link them all together but normally it takes some finagling to get them all in sync but with this episode I laid them all out and wham.. they were in sync on the first try.. After that the editing went pretty smoothly. Did my first pass in about two hours and by this time it was around 11pm and I was getting tired but I wanted to try and do my second pass, which means I add in audio clips from the episode. I did that for another hour before I could barely keep my eyes open and had to call it night... but it's so close to being done.. a few more clips and one final sweetening pass and it will be ready to be leveled, converted and uploaded.

My To Do List

My life seems to be on fast forward.. this is my "to do" list for this week... I'll never get it all done, but I'm going to be my best.

• Edit my MASH 4077 Podcast episodes #7 & #8
• Edit my Knights of the Guild Podcast episode #29
• Plan/Prep for recording of our next Knights of the Guild episodes #30 & #31
• Plan/Prep for recording of our next MASH 4077 Episodes #13 - #16
• Upload Quidditch pictures to my FTP site for collages who requested copies of the pictures from the Western Cup.
• Write a guest blog for my friend Andrews Blog site about Science
• Upload/Edit/Post Quidditch video from Western Cup from a few weeks ago.
• Start preparing CompanionCast questions and schedule for The Guild Season Five.
• Record audio comments about the latest Amazing Race for my friends podcast Fast Forward
• Tons and tons of yard work that seems to never end
• Research Podcast radio stations
• Prep/Plan for the big Tech Barbarians/Knights of the Guild podcast meet up.
• Continue to coordinate guests and topics for my new Epic Geek Out podcast.
• Continue to work on my Podcast hub.

And not to mention that I'm working full time at MTV Monday thru Friday and my show is about to finish the first few episodes which means going into Online (which is alot of work and stress for me).

Oh and my latest news about my Dad possible having his cancer return.. so I'm on edge about that as well.. just hoping for the best.

Yeah good times!!!

I know it seems like I'm complaining but I'm really not.. other then my Dad's possible cancer, yard word & MTV, it's all fun stuff that I love doing and that brings joy into my life.

Visiting Family

This weekend was all about family. On Saturday I took Harry and his family to visit my Mom and step dad Chuck. They offered to take everyone sailing, which Harry's family were very keen on. We also had to return the rental that I had gotten a week prior and his family was going to rent another, smaller car for their travels. So we were up early and getting ready to head over to Enterprise then we'd take two cars to my Mom's. Well I started to have some stomach issues and they continued for the next six or seven hours. They went ahead to Enterprise while I took a slew of medicine hoping to simmer down my tummy. It worked temperately and I went to meet them at a local gas station where Harry would join me and we would caravan to my Mom's.

We got there around 12:30pm, had some snacks and started to prep the boat. My Mom was not going sailing as she gets sea sick and since I wasn't feeling the best I opted not to go as well. So Chuck, Harry and his family headed out to the ocean. BTW my Mom & Chuck live out in Newport Beach on Balboa Island.

I started to BBQ lunch and by the time they got back we had lunch. We hung out for a few more hour before heading home. I had a great time visiting with my Mom, we've haven't had one on one time like that for a while. And Harry and his family had a great time sailing though there was no wind out in the ocean so they didn't stay out as long as I'm sure they would have liked.

Sunday was a busy day as Harry's family with exception to his mother were packing up for their 10 day travels around California. Harry's Mom will be staying with us the entire time. They headed out and I headed off by myself to visit my family (Dad, Brother, Sis-in-law & Nephew) as it's been almost a month since I've seen them (which is long since I normally go down every two weeks to visit).

Had lunch with my Dad, he's had some fluid or something in his neck area the past month.. he now has two large lumps. The doctors did some blood work and didn't find anything wrong, so they did a cat scan and found that there are two masses there. They are going to be doing biopsies in the coming week and we are hoping it's not cancer again (he had Hodgkin's back in the mid 90's). We then went back home and hung out a bit until Lora and my nephew Kenobi got home from visiting my Mom. Kenobi was in a very ornery mood so I didn't get to spend much time with him.. but it was still nice hanging out with my family.

Got home watched some TV as we've fallen really behind since family has been staying with us. But with the exception of my Dad's news it was an good weekend. I'll keep you updated on my Dad's progress.