Off the top of my head, without any editing, a stream a consciousness:
Man, I really want to write, but I am just out of ideas. It’s not that I’m “blocked,” or anything, I just can’t think of anything to write about.
So I’ll just make myself write, and maybe something interesting will come out.
Maybe it’s because there’s not too much going on in my life right now: no auditions, nothing really exciting at home . . . I’ve just been working on rewrites of Just A Geek, and collecting some other weblog entries that I really like, (but couldn’t put in JAG) for their own smaller book.
Just A Geek came in at over 350 pages today, and “Dancing Barefoot” comes in at about 90. I’m applying for ISBNs tomorrow.
I did some heavy rewriting of SpongeBob Vega$ Pants, to clean it up and make it flow better, and while I did that, I relived those five days. Jesus, what a great time that was. What a great con.
Jesus, I really hate Puddle of Mudd, and POD, and all those shitty bands that sound like them.
I’ve been trading calls with Adam from Creation about the Grand Slam show, and it sounds like he’s excited to have me there. I’ve been thinking about conventions a lot lately, because I talk about them a great deal in JAG, and realized something: I have ALWAYS had more in common with the fans than the franchise, and attending conventions, as a speaker or a paying fan, is something I’ll always love to do. Now that I have stories to read, a website to talk about, and comedy shows to do, I don’t feel any angst about doing the shows. I can’t tell you enough how great that feels.
As I get closer to finishing JAG, and it’s younger brother (which requires far less work) I’ve been looking for printers . . . and actually got some quotes today for the first printing. It’s very exciting, and also terrifying.
If anyone reading this has experience with a printer, and you’d like to share comments about that printer (good or bad) I’d really like to hear them.
I mowed my lawn tonight, and my shoes are grass stained and smelling like a summer morning.
When I mow the lawn, I like to listen to Jimmy Eat World on my car radio. “A Praise Chorus” is one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. This afternoon, I didn’t listen to the radio, but I did sing “Dogs” from Pink Floyd to myself as I mowed in a circle, rather than the diagonal lines I usually make.
My cool neighbor moved away on Friday. He’s like 80, and Anne and I both felt like he’s moving away to die. He’d lived in his house since 1951. That made me really sad. Now his house is empty, and will remain that way for a long time, according to neighborhood gossip.
Ferris wants to go outside.
Nolan is watching WWE. I remember when I was a kid, and I’d get up each Saturday morning to watch WWF when it was on KCOP here in Los Angeles. I loved it, once I figured out it was fake.
Anyone remember M.U.S.C.L.E. figures? The Dark Tower game from Milton Bradley? I bought a new GURPS 3E last week, to replace my old and falling apart copy. Boy do I love RPGs.
This was more fun than I thought it would be, but I can guarantee you that I’ll read this in a few days and want to take it down. Well, I feel pretty satisfied now. Maybe I am blocked.
Does everybody really love Raymond? Because I really don’t.
Anne just walked in, and Ferris doesn’t want to go outside any more. Now she just wants to run around with Anne.
I really love Anne a lot. She is TRULY my “other half.”
I have Red Hat 8.0, and I want to install KDE 3.1. Has anyone else done this? Is it going to bork my machine like it did when I tried to upgrade on Mandrake 8.2? Why can’t I get CUPS to work?
I have to go make dinner: Falafel, tabouleh, and hummus. How Greek^H^H^H^H^H Lebanese of us.
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I remember M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. I had a whole slew of ’em when they came in one colour. Then they started molding them in multicoloured plastic. It disapointed me. I stopped getting them.
Peace.
Dark Tower – the love/hate relationship you can’t get away from.
Ever try Hero Quest – the MB board game? Talk about the greatest board game ever! It’s for those times when you just don’t have the energy for a true RPG.
Everybody loves Raymond Chandler.
Wil,
You may think that you have run out of ideas, but,if this log is any indication of your writing talents, all I can say is KEEP ON WRITING!
peace,
jane
Check this out – about half way down is a photoshop including starring Wil! Not as cool as the Homestarrunner/Wheaton, but still…
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=441417
Wil:
Ever read The “Chronicles of Amber” by Zelazny? They turned it into a great diceless role-playing game a few years back. A lot of fun.
Check it out.
Wil, honestly….do you EVER have time to read
all of these replies? If you do, my “kudos” to you! Well, I of course am MORE than looking forward once again to seeing you at the Grand Slam in Pasadena (which is right next door to me!)
I will definitely buy “JAG” as soon as it comes off the presses!! Can’t wait to have you sign it for lil’ ol’ me! Why don’t you listen to DMODE
while you mow the lawn? Come to think of it, nah!
The awesome hooks on their songs might make you mow “other” people’s lawns, and who would want that, right?! L8er, bro. š
P.S. I LOATHE Raymond! Yes, it’s that extreme.
I don’t get people who watch that retarded show!
So I’m sitting at my own comp, listening to some bouncy J-Pop, and you know what I want some Mickey D’s…
Anyways, thanks, wil.
I’m glad you found Anne.
*icysmoochies*
will,
I like Red Hat too. I use it at work and I used to use it on my home computer (I’ve also used debian and netbsd). Lately I’ve been using gentoo on my home computer though and it is really a lot of fun. Among other things, it already has kde 3.1 and gnome 2.2. The install takes forever, and you can’t be afraid of editing etc scripts, but the instructions are clear (I found them that way anyway) and there is a certain high water pants pleasure to be had from compiling everything from scratch. If you have a spare computer or partition, you might want to give it a try.
So if you’re going to Creation’s Grand Slam does that mean you aren’t going to Creation’s Official Star Trek Convention in Vegas????? I was really hoping you’d be there! I have tried to contact them to let them know but their contact link doesn’t work anymore!
Wil,
You’re lucky to be mowing the lawn. Ours are snow covered up here in Canada! š
Can’t wait for the book!
Sean
Re printers:
before all copies are printed, make sure you get a proof copy, which is the printer’s example they make up, of what all the copies are going to look like. Proofread it very carefully, check font types and sizes, make sure all pages are in the right place
the printer should then produce all the copies of the book exactly the same as the proof copy
if there are errors in the final copies, that weren’t in the proof copy, then the printer must redo the work for free – often they will try to charge you again if they have to fix mistakes – but if the proof copy was fine and the error has then appeared in the final copies, it’s the printer’s responsibility – you’ll have to be assertive about that however – that’s why it’s so important to read the proof copy carefully
check the final copies carefully before paying. Read one copy thoroughly then grab a few others – from different parts of the pile, the bottom, the side etc – and make sure they generally look OK, they are bound properly, no flaws in the cover, etc. Check the inside back cover, as well as opening the from the front, as any flaws in the finishing work might not be obvious from the front end
still be nice, polite, etc – but you have to be assertive and firm as well – speaking from experience š
Falafel, Tabouleh and Hummus is Lebanese… not greek š
KDE 3.1 is pretty cool…
We (roomie & I) installed it on one of our machines. It did kind-of bork things up for a bit. We had to fudge around with some settings, because for a while it wouldn’t let us log in. But after resetting passwords and such it seems to be working fine.
Hopefully that’s the only glitch. š
i worked in commercial printing (magazines) for about 6 years. if you have any questions about printing in general, i’d be happy to help you where i can, teach you about signatures and impositions and stuff like that.
i don’t know any good book shops, though. i’m more of a periodical guy myself, but I’m a whiz with quark, postscript, eps, pdf, and stuff like that, if it helps.
-jeremy
Which is more important: peace or freedom? or Falafels?
If you’re at peace, you are free.
What the hell’s a Falafel?
Peace doesn’t necessarily mean freedom.
Will, I can get your Redhat working, I’ll bet. Shoot me an email if you can and I’ll help you out. Right now I’m wondering if you have installed apt for rpm. Also, what exactly is the problem in CUPS? Email me, man and we should get it fixed in a couple of emails.
baxshepATcoxDOTnet
the mysterious foods you mentioned wil…what are they made of?…innards and such…or are the dishes of a more benign origin.
Wil,
Sorry that NYC is being such an ass. I’M a member of the working press and believe me, any of us who are legitimate and honest DO NOT use our work to wreak revenge on someone we don’t agree with. NYC is either a child or a blowhard — but I doubt he is a member of the press. If he is, he shouldn’t be.
As a journalist I’ve always taken as my “motto” Capt. Picard’s speech to Crusher et al. in the episode where Wesley et al are caught doing a starburst maneuver and a cadet dies. Picard says, (and these words have always been with me): Your first duty is to the truth!
As a journalist (granted I’m a science writer, but it applies across the board), my first duty is to the truth. If NYC is truly a journalist, his duty is there too — not to his own putrid little vengeance.
Wil, it’s your board and your blog — and if NYC or others who act like children when they don’t get their way can’t play by the rules, then fark ’em. But I have to say this: NYC, you defame what it is to be a journalist (if you really are one).
Okay, enough from me. I’ve got a book of my own to get to the publisher. Keep on keepin’ on everybody: no matter what your POV, if you can discuss it civilly, you’re aces.
SpaceWriter
Hey, Gwalch, where’ve ya been?
SofU
Whenever I’m blocked, I usually try to get as far away from my computer as possible. Go to Huntington Gardens, bring some motivational classic or a book of strategy (try Sun tzu) or How To Think Like Da Vinci, read a chapter or two and with out trying something will pop into my head. Stream of Unconciousness !!! It’s Great!
Paul is dead?
I LOVED Dark Tower. I haven’t thought of that since Junior High, maybe even 6th grade. My best friend, Laurie, had it and we used to play for hours (or so it seemed).
Gotta go do my kid’s night night ritual…no Dark Tower for me tonight.
Mugs
For printing, try Oddi Press ( http://www.oddi.is/ ) in Iceland. They publish McSweeneys Magazine ( http://www.mcsweeneys.net/ ) and a host of books by McSweeneys – type authors.
Good luck to you!
Just another rabid wilwheaton.net fan in Estonia. I linked you on my site, and am duly dropping a note.
Best of luck with JAG. I’m looking forward to reading it.
M.U.S.C.L.E. figures OWNED
I’ve never liked Raymond.
M.U.S.C.L.E. figures always weirded me out. They were always so freaky, and pink.
Tzatzki rules.
Can I just say that self-publishing is a bad idea. Although you will get a much larger percentage of the sales money (all of it!), this will not make up for the fact that sales will be very limited. Publishing it yourself makes it look like noone else would publish it for you, which makes people think it is crap. Even thou it probably isn’t.
Wil,
Good luck with the book. I would love to make an attempt at creating something of that magnitude some day, but I think I need more life experience first. Also, writing about personal stuff is often painful. How do you keep from pissing off family, friends, old friends, etc? So many things that are worth writing about will make some one look really bad or at least different from how they see their life.
Thanks for sharing your daily thoughts.
Scott
I like Raymond…
***runs for her life***
I think you should write about what it is like to be famous. The good, the bad, and all. I mean everybody wants to be rich/famous but is it really worth it? I wouldn’t know, but you would.
What the heck are you talking about? Everybody Loves Raymond is an excellent show! That show is hilarious. You’re missing out!
I LOVED the stream-of-conciousness post. I ENJOY your blog, even when you’re just babbling. That’s what blogging is all about. Trolls suck. This is YOUR HOUSE, you can do what you want. *** š ***
Glad you’re back,Wil. Good to see normal service resumed, edited or not. Don’t worry you’re still doing a great job, and I’m looking forward to reading JAG. Talking of which, will you be making copies (signed ?) available through your store somehow as I would really like one but being outside the US will probably not find it easy to get one. Bet ‘Seastreet’ in Estonia and a few others will have the same problem…..such is your international following, Wil.
Any time you install or update anything on linux, you have a chance of something going wrong. Red Hat and anything else using rpm as the package manager, runs into problems with dependencies. Conectiva, a Brazilian Red Hat clone, has done a lot of work with combining apt-get with rpm in Apt-RPM, which handles it better. But, you should probably roll your own and go with Slackware, if you want to really learn Linux. Basically download source, compile, install. Or run a Debian based distro and feel the power of Apt-Get! Muahahahahaha! Or ditch the x86 world and get PowerMacs and install fink with Apple’s Xfree. Then simply fink it to compile from source, apt-get or dpkg to install from precompiled binaries. Once you use Mac, you can never go back. Muahahahaha. Well, you could, but that would be boring and those new 12″ and 17″ AL PowerBooks sure DO look good. š
Everybody Loves Wil
I hate Raymond!
Since the post was about stream of consciousness, I feel obligated to go offtopic on something Wil should probably like anyway…
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UPCOMING LARRY NIVEN COLLECTION
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This is probably old news to hard core Niven fans, but it’s new to me. According to Larry’s website (spectifically http://www.larryniven.org/exclusive.htm – look for comment next to “Albacon Trip Report”), the next Larry Niven story collection will be titled Scatterbrain. No dates, but it will at least include “Albacon Trip Report,” which is a set of reflections on a trip to the WTC three weeks before the towers came down.
Again, likely old news to some, but I thought it’d be neat (if OT) to post here.
Does everybody really love Raymond?
ha ha ha
good luck on the writing… maybe you should get out and see a good jamband? just a thought…
thanks for the good reads
I have a whole lot less going on in my life and never know what to blog about. Don’t worry, it happens to all of us.
Quote of the year:
“Does everybody really love Raymond? Because I really don’t.”
Thanks for making my day.
wil.. you need to post š and how’s the lawn by the way?
elias xxx
Wow … this post reminds me of school … so totally and completely random.
I like the part about Ferris wanting to go outside, because my dog wants to go outside but when I open the door she just looks out then looks at me. She also chased my best friend around my kitchen. Hee hee.
I love random. Tis the best.
š The Fishy
Because I am an idiot …I forgot to add this;
This is the most extrememly sad thing that has ever happened at my school. Rock music is officially banned. I go to a Catholic school and our head priest banned Rap and Rock recently because “they believe that mother is the first half of a word”; we are oppressed! OPPRESSION! “Do you see him repressing me? Do you see him? Do YOU?” We can’t bring our CD players to school w/ any rap or rock music or we get detention. Like it matters, I’m already banned from computer class. But it ticks meoff because you know what … that’s against my rights. I brought this up because I think POD is really crappy and I would never listen to it, but Puddle of Mudd is okay, not great. And the other day one of my guy friends got his POD cd kidnapped by our homeroom teacher. But… anyway.
But you know, I’m only an 8th grader. I guess I don’t know what oppression is. But then again, my school doesn’t allow us to wear coats even though our school has no heat because we can’t afford it.
Whatever.
Sorry that was sort of on topic but off.
meeheehhee.
š Love the Fish
can i reiterate a question from another poster? (reiterate? is that the right word to use? anyway….)
What exactly is a falafel?
I dont even know how you spell it!!! do we have them here in the uk? what do they look like?
Falafel, tabouleh and hummus are actually Lebanese dishes, I should know, by mother is one of them!
Its all good food anyhow. Enjoy!
wow… i’ll sleep soundly in the knowledge of knowing what Falafel is… š
ok, ok.. i’m sarcastic.. so sue me…
elias xxx
I didnt think you were going to post anymore because you were having a little fit waaah! waaah!