Ipad Accessories

Today Harry and I went shopping for Ipad accessories. First stop was Best Buy, were to got a Camera Connection Kit which includes a USB adaptor which is what I really wanted. We then went back and forth on cases and wireless keyboard and in the end only got a wireless keyboard as none of the cases really stood out to us.

We then went to the Apple store to see about getting a case for the iPad there. Though we didn't find the case we both got a Smart covers and I picked another set of Earphone with Remote and Mic, as my previous ones were stolen. I also grabbed a dual USB car charger as once again my previous one was stolen.

Though we didn't find cases we got plenty of other goodies for our iPads. One thing is for sure.. owning a iPad is not cheap.. spent over $325 dollars today on just accessories.

One Week From Today

Wow.. one week from today Harry will be on a plane back to Austria. Never would have thought when I meet him eight + years ago that this would ever end, but it just goes to show you that you never know what your future holds. Though we've been broken up for months now it doesn't really feel like we have broken up. During those months we lived together, eaten together, watch TV together and hung out like we did when we were a couple. But as the day approaches of him actually leaving I'm feeling more emotional about it. And I guess that is to be expected. Not that I ever expected to get back together with him, but him leaving actually makes it real. I've come home everyday from work the past eight years and he's been there to greet me. But a week from today he won't be.

I'll be alone for the first time in eight years. Part of me can't wait for that, as I've always lived with someone, first my parents, then roommates. I did have a 10 month stay of living alone before meeting Harry. But part of me will be lonely, I don't like being alone. I'm going to be living in the middle of no where in a big house all by myself and that's going to take some getting use to. I'm sure I'll cry when we say goodbye, this past week I've cried on my way home from work just thinking about the whole situation. Not sure what my future holds, but I'm looking forward to taking that first step.

My New iPad

Today our new iPads showed up. I had to replace my stolen netbook and instead of buying another netbook I opted to go with an iPad 2. A friend of mine (Lisa) works for Apple and was gracious enough to let us use her "friends and family" discount... and by we I mean Harry and I as we both have been wanting to get one.

So they arrived in the afternoon and I was still at work so I had to wait until I got home to open it and play around. I got home around 9pm and immediately opened my iPad to check it out. First thing that Harry and I did was plug into our computers and start downloading Apps. Since I have an iPhone I already had quite a few apps but Harry was starting from scratch. But I did know the very first app I was going to download was the Star Trek Padd app.. which I did and it's AWESOME!!! Didn't get a lot of time to explore it as I had to go to bed and get up for work tomorrow but I know days this will become my favorite new toy and I'm hoping I can use it alot for my podcasting.

KOTG CompanionCast S5E2

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Show Notes:

It’s time once again for CompanionCasts for The Guild Season Five. First of all be sure you watched Episode 2 of season 5 “Crash Pad”. 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, Sean Becker, Kim Evey, Sandeep Parikh, Robin Thorsen, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Vince Caso and Greg Aronowitz

I hope you enjoy a look behind the scenes of Season 5 Episode 2 “Crash Pad”

Kenny

What A Day!!!

Started off getting my Jeep smogged. The older the jeep gets the more worried I am that one day it won't pass smog. My tags expired at the end of July but because the DMV is so backed up the extended it for another month. But my jeep passed and I finished renewing my registration.

I got up early to get the smog so I was finished by 9am, which gave me an hour to get to work. I normally hit traffic but today it was sooo horrible. It started backing up at Nordoff and for those who don't know the 405 that's about 4 miles from where it normally does. It was hot and my jeep as no AC so I'm sweating, sitting in traffic and it was miserable. It's times like that when I ask myself, why do I work so far away from where I live. But even with the bad traffic I got to work around 10:20.

Lot's to do today.. well everyday now that the show are starting to finish up. And as soon as I sat down problems started to happen. One issue was an actual mistake that I made but luckily it wasn't too bad and was fixable. Around lunch I needed a break and walked to a local food court. While there I got a call asking why I wasn't on this weekly chat (every week each department jumps on a conference call and goes over their status). Well I never got the email informing me of this so that is why I wasn't on this call. I then got a call from "someone" and they started to yell at me, saying it wasn't their responsibility to make sure I'm on the calls... blah blah blah.. Don't  have a clue why they were attacking me but I didn't appreciate it and did everything in my power not to yell back. I too old to be yelled at. There is a way to talk to people and this wasn't the correct way. I'm on the verge of just walking, of course I would burn a few bridges but to be honest I don't care. Only thing that's keeping me here is loyalty to a few co-workers and if I quit I can't collect unemployment.

It's now 5pm and only have a few more hours left in the office but things seemed to have died down a bit. At least enough for me a breath and calm down from earlier events. So for now I'll stick it out.. only have another month and a half, but it's going to be a really hard and stressful month and a half... ugg!!

Booking my Florida Trip to WWofHP

This has been a Potter kind of day. My day started with a buddy signing me up for Pottermore, my user name is FireboltCrimson66 and I finally after putting it off for a few month because my work end date kept getting pushed back. Well regardless if my job gets pushed back the time has come to book a flight and hotel. I've been wanting to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter since it opened last June 2010.  So today I did it.. I booked my flight for Monday October 3rd and will be returning to LA on Friday October 7th. So I arrive Monday, attending The Wizarding World on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and then flying back home on Friday. I was going to stay another week and do Disney World since I have never been there but it came down to cost. With my flight, hotel and 3 day pass at Universal it's costing me about $1000. Since I will not be working and have no job lined up I figured it was best to limit my costs so I opted to only do Universal this trip and plan a Disney World trip in the future.

Anyways I'm extremely excited to be going. I am going solo but that really doesn't bother me, but if there are any friends out there who want to join me please drop me a line. Of course I'll be taking daily video and pictures and blogging about each day there. October 3rd can't get here soon enough!!!

MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 13

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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 #13 - Edwina
Directed by James Sheldon
Written by Hal Dresner
Production code J312
Original air date December 24, 1972

Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s

Plot Summary: Edwina Fergusson isn't the most attractive nurse in the camp, but she is lonely. The other nurses come to her aid by refusing to go out with anyone in the camp until Edwina gets a date. The men draw straws, and Hawkeye is the big loser, especially after Eddie nearly kills him in a scene resembling teenage "mating" rituals.

Hope you enjoy it,
Kenny, Meds & Al

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Pottermore

First of all if you don't know what Pottermore is it's an online community for Harry Potter fans, there is nothing else like it out there. They started beta testing it on Sunday July 31st (Harry Potter's Birthday). 7 Books, 7 Days, 7 Chances is there slogan. Once a day The Magical Quill will appear and ask a question. If you answer it correctly and there are still slots you can get in to be a beta tester. Well the first day was Sunday and it happened sometime in the early AM, 2am I think so when I got up and went to the page it informed me that Day 1 registration was closed... it was only 7am and already closed.

So I was determined to stay up last night for Day 2. Well 1am came and I fell asleep. They don't announce the times but they seem to be more European times while it's super early here in the US, especially the west coast. Anyways by the time I got up at 7am Day 2 registration was closed. I was bummed, figured I wasn't going to be one of the beta testers and would just join in October when it opens up to the public.

Well I get on my computer and noticed a message from my buddy Jerod. he said "Oh by the way I signed you up for Pottermore, I hope you don't", "you're password is ******". I was in shock.. I wasn't sure which email account he used or anything so I quickly went to my Gmail account and there was the email informing me that my Pottermore user name is FireboltCrimson66 and all I had to do is click on this link enter my password and a letter(invite) would be sent to me with in two weeks. So I clicked the link and that's it.. I'm now part of Pottermore. Waiting for my letter with my official invite but I sat there with tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe how awesome Jerod was for doing that. I never mentioned it to him I only tweeted a few tweets yesterday about not being able to get an invite and here it is.

I truly have some amazing friends.. Thank Jerod.. you made this one of the best Monday in a long time.

KOTG CC Pick Up Interviews

Today I headed over the Kim Evey's house were several of the Guild cast were being interviewed for some DVD extras stuff. Since I wasn't able to interview everyone on set during the shooting of Season 5 I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to sit down while they are waiting to be interview and interview them myself.

When I first got there Sean Becker was being interviewed by the DVD crew and Vince was just hanging out waiting for his turn so I grabbed and we needed to talk Episodes 11 & 12 as I had gotten everything else on set. Had a great conversation with him and then Sean Becker came out and podbombed us.. it was pretty funny.

Vince went in to do his DVD interviews and I sat down with Sean Becker to discuss episode 3, when none other then Miss Felicia Day came in and podbombed Sean's interview.. at first she just stood there staring at him while he talked and made him uncomfortable.. then they bantered back and forth.. great stuff.

After Sean I went in and watched Felicia being interviewed for the DVD. I had already talked to her about a few episodes so didn't need to interview her today. My next interview was Amy and that was a great interview, lots of cool info about Amy and her thoughts on Tink this season. And finally my last interview for the day was Robin and she's always a laugh.. it was a nice way to end the day.

Got lots of great audio clips for some upcoming KOTG CompanionCasts.. can't wait share them with you all. Remember new episodes are out every Friday following a new episode of The Guild