Both Races went incredibly well, and all the contestants had a great time. One of these races was for our first client, the staff of E! Live Events, and we are already scheduling upcoming events for groups including Teach For America and various colleges.

Our contestants have also given us rave reviews! Here are some quotes from post-Race surveys:

• "The closest you can get to being on the real show!" - Shaun Smith, 30
• "An unforgettable team-building experience that challenges every fiber of your being." - Jennifer Stewart, 25
• "Truly one of the best adventures I�ve undertaken in a long time!" - Gerry Johnston, 47

If you or your group would like to participate in one of our Reality TV inspired games, visit our website!

-Pete

I am heavily involved with Last Lantern Productions, a new L.A.-based production company launched by former Ithaca College professor Changhee Chun. I am one of the founding members, and we will be producing various video, web, multimedia and print productions for a variety of clients. If your business is in need of a production team, please visit our website.

I am also now freelancing for New Horizons Pictures, where I am a Web Producer. Our team is responsible for launching a new multimedia and e-commerce website to market legendary filmmaker Roger Corman's library of over 400 classic films. Other freelance web development projects I've taken on recently include the site for the documentary Craigslist Joe; student television station Rollins College TV; and dress wholesaler PolyUSA. I have also launched one more website of my own: Power Hour HQ, a directory of video drinking games for the college crowd!

-Pete

Ernest Hemingway was challenged to do just that in the 1920s, and it resulted in what he considered to be his best work: "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn."

I was inspired by Hemingway's challenge, and thought that a website all about super short stories would be pretty cool - so I made one! Six Word Stories is a daily-updated collection of the best six word stories -- written by famous authors, amateurs from around the world, and submitted by fans of the site. It also has its own Twitter Feed.

This site launched just a week ago, and it's already a big success! Over 500 stories have been submitted, and it's had 50,000 unique visitors in the past two days. Check out Six Word Stories and let me know what you think.

-Pete

I returned from my trip through Asia a few weeks ago, and it's great to be home in America! When I left at the beginning of July, I had just my backpack and a hunger for adventure. In all, I saw Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Olympics, China, Tibet, Nepal and India. The trip was absolutely incredible -- but it's hard to sum it all up here, so check out my travel blog for a more detailed account. One thing's for sure: I caught the travel bug, and I will be going on another long trip as soon as I have the chance.

I am now home in New York for the holidays, but I will be returning to Los Angeles in a few weeks. I hope to resume all the projects I left behind this summer, and try some new and exciting things as well.

I will also be seeking a new job when I return to LA; if you have any job opportunities, send me an email at pberg1@gmail.com!

-Pete

I am now in month four of my backpacking trip across Asia, and I'm having an absolutely amazing, life-changing time. I have climbed Mt. Fuji; slept on the beach in Okinawa; driven a moped up Taiwan's treacherous Taroko Gorge; marvelled at the Hong Kong skyline; watched America win gold at the Beijing Olympics; fed bamboo to giant pandas; herded yaks in Tibet; slept at the base of Mt. Everest; trekked through the Nepalese Himalayas; bungee jumped from the world's second highest freefall; made lots of friends; and learned so much. And that's just the beginning...

Along the way, I have been blogging occasionally at my travel blog, Bootstrappin', so I thought I would share it here.

I've posted hundreds of photos from my trip on this blog, and post whenever I find something interesting to talk about. I hope you enjoy reading about my discoveries and adventures!

-Pete

Tomorrow, I am taking a one-way flight to Tokyo, and for the next six months, I will be backpacking around Asia -- starting in Japan, and heading west (and anywhere else the winds will take me). I've planned nothing in advance, so it should be very exciting trip. If all goes well, and my money lasts, I'm going to continue heading all the way around the world.

For the time being, I will be putting all of my television and Los Angeles-based projects on hold, and I have just wrapped my job at Actual Reality Pictures. I'm still going to update all of my websites while I travel, as best as I can, though I'm sure they'll also slow down a bit while I'm busy sightseeing and exploring.

I'm really excited for this trip, and I'll be sure to share my adventures with all of you as I go!

-Pete

In April, we ran our first game -- a three day Survivor event for 16 people in Leo Carrillo State Park outside of Malibu. You can watch a short trailer of it here:

Unlike conventional event planning companies, our events are much more elaborate and intense than the typical trust falls and ropes courses. We create an authentic Reality TV game, with all of the tribal councils, pitstops, twists and intricacies of the competitive reality shows on television. The only difference is that there's no cameras, and they take place over a weekend rather than a month.

We will be launching the official Reality Rush Adventures website soon at www.realityrush.com, and next month, we will be running two events: Sabotage: Los Feliz (based on The Mole), and The Race: City of Angels (based on The Amazing Race). Stay tuned to Reality Rush Adventures for the latest news on our company!

-Pete

In March, I took a job as a swing Associate Producer at Actual Reality Pictures, where I worked on Flip That House season 4 for TLC, and Greenovate for the Discovery Home network.

I am currently a Segment Producer for a new show on TLC called Should I Stay or Should I Go?, also produced by Actual Reality. It's a home renovation show about the American mortgage crisis, where we help families in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure fix up their house, thus allowing them to refinance. I spend most of my days out in the field, shooting, conducting interviews and field-producing. It's a fun job where I get a lot of creative input, and I'm having a great time working on this show.

I have also recently become a member of a Reality TV think tank called The G Group. The G Group is a company headed by executive producer Brian Gadinsky (American Idol, America's Most Wanted, American Gladiators), and its primary function is to come up with new Reality TV concepts -- and then sell them to networks. As a member of the think tank, I attend weekly meetings where we come up with original reality show ideas, and then develop them. If we manage to sell an idea, everyone in the group gets a cut, as well as a job on the show (if we want it). I'm very excited about this opportunity!

-Pete

The Race was also featured in the latest issue of IC View, Ithaca College's alumni magazine. The article gives a great look at how The Race came about, and how we were able to pull everything off. You can read the article online, or download the scanned version!

-Pete

One of my favorite hobbies is watching online viral videos, and I've always wished there were a site I could go to that would take the very best of the day's viral videos and put them in one place for me to watch.

That's the idea behind Pie Heaven -- it's a daily-updated website where my friends and I post the best and funniest viral videos that we find online. Granted, there are already several other websites already doing the same thing, but our goal is to post new and undiscovered videos, rather than re-posting ultra-popular videos that everyone has already seen. Hopefully Pie Heaven will grow and become a popular diversion for people all over the Internet.

You can visit the site at: www.pieheaven.net

-Pete