Food Truck Friday 2017!

              First of all Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there and my dad especially. hope they all have an amazing Father's Day! So back on Friday, I went to the Food Truck Friday in the town East of me and arriving into Bowmanville was sort of disappointed as I thought at least a block would be  more suitable but know to be told we got to one block there was the food truck Friday on the one side street which is better then nothing if you ask me. It doesn't have to be a big Food Truck Friday, because you would be looking for food for quite some time if it was a pretty big Food Truck Friday event. 

            The event was fun, small and plus got to do something else afterwards. There were different kinds of vendors there from Burgers, to hot dogs to french fries, potato tornadoes which next year I would like to try it when I hopefully plan to attend the event once again which I will talk about at the end of this blog post, there was donuts, snow cones which I might of had once in my lifetime, ice cream and many others. There was local vendors there like Lakeview Burgers which is near the lake, some from Enniskillen and around Ontario here so there was a variety. They also had dumplings which in my lifetime I have never ever had dumplings and plan on trying it one of these days soon. There was some vendors I never heard of but was neat to see there at the Food Truck. There was quite a variety for a small event but that's OK with me.  I didn't mind one bit and made the choice easy for me to make to what I was going to have. I chose to have Perogies if you don't know what they are, they are an European dish which is quite delicious. You can have it potatoes and bacon, potatoes and cheese, potatoes and Sauerkraut which that what my dad had, I had the potatoes and onions with onions and bacon on top, well all of them had onions on top with bacon smothered on top as well. The Perogies were home made which made them more delicious, they practically fell apart in your mouth when you ate it, that is how good it  was. I even said to my dad that it ties with Norm's Deli which is in the same town where the event happened so two favorite places for Perogies. 

             After the food truck festival we were going to take the 2 pm bus but ended up on the 130 pm bus just to ride around on the route. I ended up having the bus driver I use to have on my regular route out of my area from the studio here and also on another route I was on as well. In conclusion to this blog today on this Father Day's Sunday, I had a great time on Friday and I am planning on attending to attend again next year, it may not be a big event but it is well worth to attend and worth the money for quality food. 




Chris

Stress!

            Stress is not a good feeling to have honestly. It messes with your head and sometimes it makes you want to just give up and not give a damn about what you love to do. In this blog today I will be talking about stress and also what you can do when you are stressed out like I have been for the last 11 months since leaving YouTube. 

           So one thing that can get you stressed out is getting over worked, doing too many things at once and I had that problem last year when I was still on YouTube I over worked myself and that isn't good, you have panic attacks, you end up wanting to say is this worth it anymore? You get too much work to do to the point you just don't want to do it anymore, you just want to give up on what you love to do. Going back to the post yesterday if you are stressed out and not feeling you are into this anymore, just follow your heart and do what makes you happy and that doesn't stress you out, like for me YouTube just became a chore each and everyday and I was getting stressed out, not only that but my team getting on my nerves and being disrespectful got to me I just had it with the team situation. Also the fact my channel kind of died and lost views after The Entertainment Man ended kind of put me into a downward spiral. These are a good prime example of a stressful situation that isn't a good thing to have.

             Stress or having stress isn't healthy to have, especially on a daily basis and you need to have a way to deal with the stress. One way to deal with the stress is to put the most important task on the top of the list, here is an example below:

                  1. Blog post
                2. Podcast

                And so forth that is a small example that is one way to deal with the stress. Also you can utilize your calendar whether it is a digital version of a calendar on Google or wherever you would like online but also you can use your physical calendar on your desk to schedule the tasks you have or if you got appointments like I always have appointments to go to every week, I am always out and about at appointments on a regular basis and I always bring my calendar with me in my portfolio book to book the next appointment so I recommend to do the same so this way you can book the next appointment and you go into your calendar and see, oh I have another appointment 2 weeks this day or next week, this way you do not forget or I have to do this on this set day and make sure its done and ready for the due date you pick. There is many ways to deal with stress, if it is just very, very overwhelming take a break for a few hours or for the day and deal with it the next day which I will get into taking a break in a future blog post in the upcoming days but sometimes you just need to decompress and I did that after Big Brother Canada finished it's 5th season, took the entire weekend off and went on a mini break. Also if you are stressed out go to a dollar store and buy a stress ball and slowly not fast squeeze trust me I've done it and tried it and it has helped but stupid me I lost the stress ball and gotta find it or get a new one. Hope this helps you guys that feel stressed out and I am not a professional help just another human being giving advice and any questions please feel free to contact me through the contact page of my website here: chrisbontheweb.com/contact/ 

Have a great night everyone!



Chris

Never Giving Up & Following Your Heart!

                   No matter how much you are hated for the content or whatever you are doing out there you don't let anyone put you down whatsoever, don't let anyone get to you, like the saying goes, haters will hate. If you are on social media the best thing is to block the "haters" and not worry about them anymore. Also if you own a website like I own and run my own website: chrisbontheweb.com and it has a feature like I have to block IP Addresses, that is the best tool to have. I can share that I do got an counter on my website but you guys cannot see it whatsoever but it is on the site in the website html within the site. But anyway of security of your website helps you in any way, shape or form. Now even if things are going bad for example for me YouTube views going down or my team leaving me one by one, doesn't mean it is time to give up. Perhaps maybe time to change things up, for example I gave up YouTube because of my team decided to quit and turn their backs on me which I am now no longer upset or mad with them at this point but it was in great timing as YouTube was changing, the terms of service changed and I am sure tons of my old content would of been demonetized for some of the videos had language. So moving to blogging and podcasts was the best move I ever made as I have seen success with this podcast and planning to expand it in the future or bring back Team Chris B On The Web in the nearby future. You see I kept on trying and not giving up. I wasn't going to leave poor Chris B On The Web & chrisbontheweb.com to just sit empty and not in use anymore, someway, somehow I figured out what to put on the website in the way of content. 


                   Now as for following your heart, my heart told me it wasn't into YouTube anymore, I think I just grew out of the platform, did it for 10 years and didn't see much success in it hence I made the quickest and quietest exit out of any YouTuber, no questions ask, I just left deleted the channel and I should of stored the episodes on my computer for keep sake so I declared it ended after 4 seasons with possibility of Lost Episodes. So you see there I felt like I have completed a good solid run on YouTube and connected with tons of other YouTuber's and felt like The Entertainment Man Talk Show was ready to end it's run with it's 75 episodes and plus my team fell apart so myself & Justin came off the YouTube platform and the rest is written I began podcasting after a summer break as I felt it is the new thing on TV these days and there are tons of Reality TV so I followed my heart with that. Also my blogging took off with people re-tweeting and liking my posts when I put up the blog posts everyday or every second day, same goes with the podcast I am currently doing, I followed my heart to what I thought felt right and that will work for myself and Chris B On The Web & ChrisBOnTheWeb.com and what will be successful and not fail, but I'm not saying the others things I did wasn't successful, they were but I just got tired and part of following your heart, sometimes making tough decisions are a big part of it. I know that from dealing with it for almost the last year of did I make the right decision but now I know I did but when you follow your heart it takes time to re-grow what you love to do, so you have to be very patient to let things re-grow your passion and trust me it is very very worth it!


Have a great night!



Chris

Movie's I'd Like To See!

                 There are movies that have come out in the theaters or have been out of theater and close to or on DVD or Blueray. There is movie's I've missed seeing at the theater that with friends but hope they or myself get the movie on DVD so I can see the movie and you never know I may review the movie on here on my blog. So without further, here is my list of "movies" I would like to see either in the theater or on DVD that was out this year in the theaters that I never got to see in the Theaters:

1) Power Rangers: The Movie (2017) I am very, very excited to see them bring back some of the original routes from the original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers back in the early years, meaning the 1990's. I was originally going to plan on seeing the movie with my friend and former member of the Chris B On The Web Team Larry. But we were a little late and was around the week just before Easter Sunday we spoke about it and there was not many options to see the movie only if I remember 1 or 2 days in the week it was being shown. If we planned it better, most likely we would of seen the movie. 

2) The second movie that is on my list and is already out as I am writing this blog post and that movie would be Pirates of The Caribbean Dead Men No Tales which my parents and I are planning on seeing it or waiting until it comes out on DVD. But either way it has been a few years since the last movie, 6 years since the last one came out actually. The last one came out in 2011,  so it has been a while since the last movie but I believe they took a break from it but it is once again exciting to see the next installment of the movie.

3) Obviously the last but my favorite for last in my top 3 movies I wanna see this year is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, also known as Star Wars Episode # 8! Ever since seeing Star Wars: Rogue One, I have definitely been hyped up for this upcoming movie this year and really exciting where the story line continues on since we last left off where Rey came up the hill and saw Luke, it will be interesting to see the continuation of the story.

                 That is my list of movies I'd like to see this year and it isn't overly a big list that I have but I really want to see the movies and once again very very excited to see all 3 movies. I know for Star Wars I am probably going to be with Larry again as we have been doing for the last 2 years of the Star Wars trilogy but this is a great year for action pack movies!


Have a great Monday!



Chris

Everything About Reality TV Post Winter/Spring Season

              Now that Everything About Reality TV is now on HIATUS until June 30th, exactly 27 days from today, yes! I am definitely counting down and excited to be recording Big Brother US 19 & Amazing Race Canada 5. I am always happy to be covering Reality TV shows but it is nice to be off for a few weeks to rest and get ready for the upcoming season! It also gives time to wind down and keep an eye out for the cast for both shows and prepare for the Preview Podcast the week before it begins. I do got confirmations on shows for the Fall but waiting for the late summer to post it up officially announce what I will be covering in the Fall but got an idea what will be covered and what will not and Hell's Kitchen will be not returning back on the EAR TV Schedule but is coming out this fall but will be watching it in the fall though. I want to make my primary focus for Everything About Reality TV to Survivor, Big Brother Canada, Big Brother US, Amazing Race, Amazing Race Canada. But you will always be seeing me tweet or even blog about Hell's Kitchen, Masterchef US, Masterchef Canada & Masterchef Junior.  I am very, very happy with the results of this Reality TV season I covered on Everything About Reality TV this season that just concluded, however a few things that I could probably most likely improve on this summer when the podcast returns:

1) Redo the intro to the podcast and improve on the intro to the podcast, same intro theme which is royalty free obviously, wanna stay legit with it and has worked well for the podcast, just my voice over part needs to be updated and maybe a bit better and the volume of my voice through my mixer could be a bit lower then it has been but this intro has worked and you guys seem to like it but I wanna change things up a bit and I got a few ideas on my mind how to do this new intro and trust me you will actually like this one too! 

2) Work on my sound, tweaking my sound over the next 2 - 3 weeks between preview podcasts and making my sound is good quality and ready to go when recaps start back up at the end of the month of June. 


             So as you can see, I am working around the clock still and blogging still but also tweaking my sound and the intro to the podcast and getting the preview podcast ready for recording the week before the BB19 game begins for us fans and The Amazing Race Canada starts! I am not planning any other type of podcast for the next 2 weeks until the Preview Podcast comes out and including talking about the rumors and what my friends Eric and Dave told me. But hopefully by the preview podcast you will hear the new intro. Finally this is insight what is to come for this delightful and fun podcast talking about Reality TV!



Have a great Saturday! Might do a second post later on today!



Chris

Patience!

                I really never talked about this in the past on this blog, but I am today on this blog post. Sometimes when things are going very wrong for you, you gotta be patient and wait at the right time to make the right moves is a prime example, like now I am primarily doing Audio ONLY but down the line you never know if I will bring it back to Video platform again in the near future? You never know but right now the Audio ONLY has become a success from the get go, since September 22nd, 2016 when I took off on this podcast journey on Audio ONLY. Then building up to Stitcher that took patience after submitting to be on there, same with TuneIn.com but I got there and took nothing but patience for a response whether I was accepted into those platforms or not but I was, I managed to get onto that platform no problem at all and I have my patience to thank for that. Some people are patient at certain things and I admit I am not totally patient with everything and my team towards the end of the time I had a team left but they were kind of pushing it. 

               Now on that topic, it wasn't easy having a team even back in the old The Video Projects Team days I was patient to a point until my team decided to push my buttons that was where I drew the line with things then I would have to take appropriate action and deal with it accordingly. Even at the end of the run for Team Chris B On The Web patience was getting limited asking my team to do one simple thing over and over again and waiting months for something to be done that really ticked me off because I don't like to wait I'm a doer  not a waiter, I know that made no sense whatsoever.  Same with the suppose CBOTW Gamers Podcast I had a host lined up but waiting for them to get back onto Twitter and it took em 5 months and still never was done, if they never got suspended non of this would of happened and they would be underway to be hosting yet another great podcast on Chris B On The Web & ChrisBOnTheWeb.com

                 But now I am very patient and using my problem solving skills and deciding what works for me and what doesn't work for me and it has helped out so far and this is now my second week on my own, was like a couple of days before Big Brother Canada 5 finale came around. But I think I have started to become very patient with things and figuring out and problem solving and there is a lot of things I would like to fix and it will happen slowly but surely! The saying goes, patience is a virtue!


Have a great Wednesday!



Chris

Post Team Chris B On The Web Days....

            Ever since I ended Team Chris B On The Web, things have been less stressful, not saying Justin M was a problem because he wasnt. He was one of the best Staff I had since Larry was on the team. He helped set me up to be on my own eventually and that time is now. I may be losing tons of followers on twitter but it happens. I have managed to get a game plan together this way I am setting myself up for success, not failure. I have done a decent job since then but have struggled a bit to maintain the followers and been stuck between 2680 to 2693 followers but i have been in that rut before a few times in the past too so I should be use to it.

              Also since being on my own I have been more consistant with posting up blog posts every second day which was my goal to get a post everyday or at the most every second day. I am slowly getting there bur it will take time just like fixing my podcast scheduling issue of being on time.

Have a great Tuesday!

Chris