Shopping

Today Harry and I went shopping.. we first went to Home Depot to buy a taller ladder then we already had because of leaks on the roof and our 8 foot ladder being to small to reach it. Luckily we had some gift certificates cause ladders are expensive. We picked up a few other thinks like bush trimmer and clippers.. We also looked at prices of Generators as we both think it's a good idea to have one for a "worse case scenario". They ranged from $600 to $1200, we didn't buy one tonight but plan to get one soon.

After that we headed to Target to pick up some more accessories for the house. We got a bunch of little things but what was cool is we found a picture that would work for our guest bathroom as well as a shower curtain. I have to say our guest bathroom looks pretty nice. It's actually the first room that is 100% complete. We also picked up some more candles, can never have to many candles and we planned to pick up a coffee table but the ones they had at that Target were damages so I plan to pick one up by the Target at my work.

Serenity Keychain

Can't afford the $2500 Serenity Model.. Well today QMX announced their really cool Serenity Keychain. Of course I didn't waste a second before pre-ordering mine. They are so Shiny!!!! They only cost $9.99

http://store.quantummechanix.com/Firefly-Replica-Keychain_p_85.html

KOTG News Minicast #2

The Guild Season 3 comes to DVD & iTunes

The Guild is pleased to announce the release of the Season 3 to DVD and iTunes. On Monday, January 25th, The Guild seasons 1 through 3 will be available for purchase on iTunes. Because of the length of the individual web series episodes, on iTunes they will sell as bundles of 2-3 episodes, each approximately 10 minutes in length.

Season 1 will be available in standard definition for $0.99 per iTunes episode bundle or $2.97 for the full season. The first episode bundle from Season 1, which is comprised of the episodes “Wake Up Call,” Zaboo’d” and “The Macro Problem” will be a free download” Zaboo’d - The Macro Problem

Seasons 2 and 3 will be available in both standard and high definition, priced at $0.99 per episode bundle (SD) or $1.99 per episode bundle (HD). Season passes are $5.99 (SD) or $9.99 (HD) for seasons 2 and 3. The iTunes contents are episodes only, no DVD bonus features are included with this release, with the exception of the Season 3 bonus feature “Tips on Making a Web Series” which is free on iTunes with the purchase of the season pass.

To Paint or not to Paint...

Well today we made another attempt to continue to paint the Master Bathroom. I started to tape of the corners in the bathroom. After that was done we tried to motivate ourselves to start with the painting itself. Well, we never managed to motivate ourselves. Both, Harry and I, are just really tired of painting. Guess the master bathroom will just have to wait a bit longer...

Snow

Today while I was at work it started to snow up at our place and not just a few flurries like before.. but really snow. I started to worry that I wouldn't be able to get home because of the snow so I left work early. It was just starting to get dark by the time I got home but there was still snow on the ground. Not as much as there was as it was already starting to melt. Harry did take some cool pictures and video so I did get to enjoy it through that..

Another Storm

Today storm #4 hit. This was another cold and very juicy weather system. This storm gave us this pretty rainbow right in our backyard.

Housewarming BBQ

Today I sent out the evite for our Housewarming BBQ. We plan to have it on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1pm. That will give us a month to finish panting the master bathroom and laundry room as well as put up pictures and by accessories to living up the place. I know I missed folks and I'm sorry so if I missed you and you would like to join us.. please let me know and I'll add you to the list.

BTW.. it's still raining like crazy.. but happy to report no more damage at our place.

Behind the Scenes of Avatar

This is truly an incredible behind the scenes of Avatar featurette.

The Perks of Podcasting

I love doing the Knights of the Guild podcast, it's a lot of work but well worth it from the positive vibes we get from our wonderful listeners. But I have to say it's nice getting some perks here and there. First we got some Geeky Cookies and now we got some Geeky Soap. They contacted me via twitter and asked if we would like to try out some of their soap.. of course I said yes and they sent me four bars of "Sexterity" soap. I plan on giving a bar to Jenni of course but also Felicia Day and Kim Evey. Will be talking about it on our next podcast but if you want to see some of there cool items you can check out their website. http://Geekysoap.com

So it begins.... Stormwatch 2010

Wow.. what day. Work was fine.. I'm talking about the weather. Today the first of four storms his and man did it hit. Because of my Jeep top not closing and having my back window opened Harry was kind enough to loan me he Dodge truck. On the way to work this morning while on the 14 the rain was coming down so hard and the wind was blowing 40 to 50 mph topped off with thick fog I couldn't see a foot in front of me. I took my time and managed to get to work without incident. While I work I kept getting updates from Harry from home. The rain was crazy but what was worse for us was the winds. They did manage to rip off two of our roof shingles but it doesn't look like it caused to much damage. The storm arrived a few hours earlier then expected so when I was going home in the evening there was nothing but wind.

Weather all over SoCal was bad, there were tornado's in the beach cities, power outages all over the place, mud slides in the burn areas and flooding. This was one of the worse days of weather that I can remember in a long time.. and this is the first of four and was suppose to be the weakest.. this is going to be a long week.

Shopping

Today Harry and I were finally able to get some shopping done. I've been wanting to go out the past few weekends but we've been just so busy. But today we hit Home Depot, ATT store and Ross. At Home Depot we picked up some shears for bushes and a rack. Now that the inside of the house is mostly done we have started to work on the outside and we are missing important pieces of equipment. So we picked up a few things.

Next we went to the ATT store so Harry could get his new phone. His plan was up and since I had gotten my new phone he has wanted to get his new phone. Of course he had to one up me and get a blackberry bold, which requires a $30 extra a month data plan, which I wasn't happy about but it made Harry happy so it made me happy.

After that we were going to do Ross then Target and look for house accessories. Well at Ross we actually found a nice painting for our guest bathroom, some odds and ends but the bit purchase was a bench for our master bedroom. We couldn't pass it up as it was the exactly color of our bed frame. Since we got that we could leave it in the back of the truck so we skipped Target and headed home. On our way home it started to rain but luckily the bench survived and didn't seem to have any water damage.

Little by little we are making this house a home.

Another Party

Tonight Harry and I went out to a birthday dinner for our friend Tom, yeah it's the same Tom that surprise party we went to last weekend. This was the dinner that Tom has planned, since he was unaware of his surprise party. So we celebrated Tom's birthday twice in a week. We went to a Italian place called Zach's down in Studio City. It was a fun time, lots of friends and good food.. couldn't ask for me.

Yard Work

Today I finally got some free time to work on our 2 1/2 acres of land. We have a weeks worth of rain coming and I really wanted to a start on pulling weeds. I spent from 9:30am to 1:30pm pulling weeds on a small portion of our land. Harry joined me around 12:30pm and we finished off the east side of our property. We started to dig out a drain that has been blocked since we moved in but after the long day of pulling weeds and not eating I was done for the day. I did wear gloves but unfortunately I had short sleeves and scratch the heck out of my arms.. I think I'm also allergic to the "tumble" weeds as I have red hives all over my arms and they were itching like crazy. All in all is was a good day of yard work. Now we only have another 2 acres to work on.

Owning lands is hard work...

Knights of the Guild Ep 12 pt1

http://knightsoftheguild.com

Show Notes:

Here it is Episode 12 part 1 of Knights of the Guild. We hope you enjoy it.

Today’s show features:

• * First up we have a Vorkism.
• * We are recording this weeks podcast from the back of the Vork-mobile
• * We discuss the latest Guild News
• * We have a great crew Interview with Artist Matthew Brackney

• * We find out what the cast and crew are up too.
• * We read listener feeback
• * Then we have our final words and we say goodbye.

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

Kenny & Jenni

More Podcast Editing

Seems like that's all I do nowadays, prepare, record, edited and post my Knights of the Guild podcast. It's a lot of work but it's also very enjoyable. I guess you can call it my hobby, at least one of many hobbies that I enjoy, but this one seems to be in the for front. Tonight I finished editing Episode 12 part 1 as it needs to be posted tomorrow morning.

I now have to edit Episode 12 part 2 which is uploaded on February 1st, prepare for Episode 13 which is our big party 1 year anniversary podcast set to record on January 30th at 7pm. Not only are we doing it live on Ustream we plan to have several special guest hosts, and I have to say that I'm surprised that the list keeps growing. Come Saturday the 30th it's going to be a huge podcast party.. so their is lots of planning that I have to do now. Then I'll have to figure out how to edited that down to 2 maybe 3 parts.. depending on material.

More Podcast Editing

Nothing much happened at work today. So I had a little more energy to work on an episode of Knights of the Guild. I'm almost done with Episode 12 part 1, just need to add the SFX and then start the conversion process. Need to upload in two days...

KOTG News Minicast #1

Today while I work I found out that Amazon.com gave The Guild Season 3 a release date so when I got home from work today I did a quick news minicast. Recorded, edited and uploaded it within an hour.

Show Notes: http://knightsoftheguild.com

Here’s our first “breaking news” minicast. Sometimes we have news that needs to get out there right away and we can’t wait for our regular podcasts so we created these minicast, they will only a few minutes long but will supply you with important Guildie News. Our first one is about The Guild Season 3 DVD. Including the RELEASE DATE!!!

Link to Season 3 DVD on Amazon.com

Take a Listen,

Kenny & Jenni

Editing a Podcast

Even though I'm not feeling so hot I need to get started on editing my Knights of the Guild podcast Episode 12 part 1. It needs to be released in a few days. I did manage to edit some stuff at work today so that will help. Will see how far I can get before my body gives out.

Should Have Stayed Home

Still not feeling well but managing.. well until my supervising producer came in and started to yell at me. I won't go into details needless to say I'm not one who yells or take being yelled at. I was fuming and should have released but that goes against everything I am.. I know if I keep bottling it up eventually I will explode but until then... :)

Being Sick

I've been really lucky and haven't gotten really sick the past few months.. but today I have to say is the worse I have felt in a while. Currently it feels like someone is poking my eyeballs from the inside of my head. I took some medicine and hope it will allow me to get through work. Guess it could be worse.