Final Stage Podcast Episode 3 + Life update and reasons for delay

I thought I needed to post about this since I've been getting a lot of questions (and concern) over the past week since Sasuke 31 aired in Japan.  First of all, thanks so much to everyone for their well wishes and show of support.  I'm thankful for my long-time readers and friends who know this sometimes happens.  I hate bringing this up but this hit me pretty hard this month and I'm so far behind  in everything that I needed to come out and post about it.  Some of you already know about this, but for others that are new (and there are a lot of you), I wanted to bring it up again so everyone can understand why there is such a huge delay this year. I'm still getting cluster headaches during the day so I have to pace myself when I do these blogs. When I have them, I'm out of commission for several hours. Clusters also don't just come in "one" big headache.. that's why they call them clusters and when they hit, I can't do anything but try not to hurt myself.  No, I can't take anything for them and yes they come in cycles so it's over a prolonged period of time. So far it's been about 2 weeks for this set to hit me hard every morning.  I'm dazed most of the day and it's affected every facet of my life. You all may remember that I am unemployed for that reason. And yes, I've been trying to get state assistance since this is unfortunately a permanent issue in my life.  I'm hoping when this cycle subsides I can continue and update the site with a massive backlog of information, photos and videos.

In order of tackling, I managed to record a podcast this week with William. I'll update this blog with the most recent episode which William is currently working on (we had some tech issues so he's trying to fix it, and I'm in no condition to rerecord an almost 2 hour podcast all over again).  Thanks to William for keeping on schedule for this and being patient to sit and fix the audio problem for several hours! Until we upgrade his recording set up, we may run into this problem from time to time. I ask everyone be patient on the recording of the podcasts from here on out as this is still a new venture.

Graphic for Episode 1

Thanks to William for adding graphics of a synopsis of the episode content for this month on Final Stage Podcast!  I'm also happy to announce that this and all of our previous podcasts are now officially up on iTunes and on the hosting site of Podbean.

Edit: It's out!  SPOILERS - Note that this was taped AFTER the Sasuke 31 taping and as such we talk about spoilers in the show. I haven't blogged about it yet (note above) so if you are waiting for that please wait to hear the podcast until after you see Sasuke 31.

Sasuke 31 is here! And it's good! Join us as we discuss all the happenings of the latest Sasuke tournament, including the awesome 1st Stage, the awesome 2nd Stage, the awesome 3rd Stage, the awesome Final Stage, and, of course, Wreath Man!

Sasuke 31 was really good, you guys.

Hosts:
William: https://twitter.com/2D2Will
http://www.twodashtwo.com/
http://www.twotwentytwoproductions.com/

Arsenette: https://twitter.com/Arsenette
http://ramblingrican.blogspot.com/

Show notes:
0:53 Intro
2:22 Sasuke 31 initial reactions
4:09 Spolier Warning!
6:13 Arsenette's AnimeNext Sasuke panel postmortem
8:38 The beginning of the show
12:11 #Sasuke trended worldwide on Twitter! (Also, TV ratings were good!)
18:45 The success of Kenji Darvish & the show's editing with celebrities and fan favorites
27:30 The rise of Wreath Man, Anastase Ragivaru!
41:28 The addition of the lottery audience
42:12 Roller Hill discussion
45:48 Celebrity commentary and production discussion
49:36 Tackle vs Makoto Nagano, Yuuji Urushihara, & Ryo Matachi
1:05:37 Kenji Takahashi is 39 and doesn't show it
1:07:39 Should the Crazy Cliffhanger be replaced or modified?
1:09:58 Drew Drechsel's 1st of 2 attempts on the Crazy Cliffhanger (yes, you read that right)
1:16:02 Jin Cheen-Howng's questionable departure from Stage 2.
1:21:31 Wreath Man prior to Stage 3
1:23:37 Salmon Ladders discussion & other stage 2 talk
1:31:39 Music Box discussion
1:34:31 Log Grip and Side Winder bruising people
1:38:40 A woman (Ayano Oshima) made it to the top of the Warped Wall!
1:42:22 Yusuke Morimoto 3rd and Final Stage runs and why he is amazing
2:04:14 Final Sasuke 31 thoughts
2:14:55 Closing

Music Credits:
"Blocksketball"
https://isaacwilkins.bandcamp.com/track/blocksketball
by: Isaac Wilkins
https://isaacwilkins.bandcamp.com/


Next on the list will be the video for AnimeNext.  It was 1 1/2 hours and provided I can stare at the computer long enough I'll edit that and put it up on my YouTube channel.  Thanks to both my hubby and to William for each of their videos. I just have to get it out of my laptop, onto my PC and work on it properly. I just couldn't stare at the computer long enough to do it.  Third mailing out all of the perks to my fundraiser who everyone has been PATIENTLY waiting for me to mail out.  I'm so sorry that I'm delayed from when I originally said I would. I know I listed all of the perks on the website as December but I really planned (and announced) I'd have it just after the Sasuke 31 broadcast.  I intended to do a lot of that during the week before the broadcast but that damn storm that cut out my power really screwed me over.  Then of course I got sick and threw the whole schedule completely out of whack.  Next is the MAMMOTH set of blogs of Sasuke 31's TBS airing (this year will be particularly long as there were 4 stages).  Followed closely by at least one Sasuke 31 competitor blog (you may know him as Wreathman).  Then going back to posting personal videos and pics of my trip to Japan.

Forgive me if I'm a bit depressed of how far behind I am.  It's just in my nature to be this way, even with all of the encouragement I've had.  Uuuuugh.. This is of course while working hard on a huge project that I hope to be able to announce soon.  I'll update as fast as I can within reason as my health also affects the quality of my writing and limits the amount of time I can stare at a computer screen.  I'll update twitter first as usual as I can always just look at my phone for a bit and write something out. Blogs take a lot longer for me as I'd have to stare at my screen for it.  I promise I'll get them  out soon, just please be patient and I hope I can deliver with the quality everyone has gotten used to.