Being Wil Wheaton

Despite what the title says, there is not a small space that you can crawl into and take over my body…not yet, at least.
It refers to the title of this really wonderful story that was written about me and WWDN by this guy Tod Goldberg (BAHHH!!! Who’s next?!).
Big thanks to Joyce who emailed me about it…makes me want to finish SpongeBob Vega$pants.

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  2. Awesome.. It’s time someone finally figured out that you’re a pretty cool dude! The sweep of the Bloggies is much deserved!
    BTW, I caught you on “Beat The Geeks” the other night and what an awesome job! I especially loved the gesture as the doors closed as you were leaving!!
    Mr. Wheaton does have a possie! 🙂

  3. That article sums it up perfectly. That was exactly how I was feeling when I started my journey on this website a few months ago. I think I need to send out the link to everyone who looks at me funny and asks “Tell me again what websites you look at and why?”
    Wil, since you mentioned SpongeBob Vega$pants, remember all those Trek X stories you promised us….?
    Not that I’m trying to make your life any busier, but you mentioned SpongeBob, which made me think of Trek X, which….
    Aw hell, now you think I’m making unreasonable demands on you, which I am….
    I’m going to bed now.

  5. That was a great article! Exactly how I feel and why I’m addicted to this site
    Hello, my name is Danielle and I’m a Wiloholic, it’s been 6 hours since I’ve last been to this site …
    Wil, any thoughts about going to do Dave Scott’s Vegas con this year? I hear Patrick Stewart is none too happy with Dave these days.

  6. Oh. Yeah. I should post something serious, before I lose my rep for being an arrogant, crusty crabass (Juicy on the inside! 😉
    It’s great to see that Mr. Wheaton (SIR!) is doing so well and that He’s getting the recognition He deserves.
    It’s a shame that Spudnuts didn’t get a mention, though….

  7. Is it me or does Wil’s star seem to be on the rise again? I think it’s fabulous that it is and look forward to the time that I can go to the movies and see a *huge* blockbuster with Wil in it.
    ‘Cos it’s not every day that you can think to yourself “he seems like a pretty genuine guy and good on him”….
    Then again, he could just be a psychopathic, check-shirt wearing, serial killer….
    Sorry, my mistake. That’d be Skippy…

  8. P.S. Just thought of something – Vin Diesel is getting ahead as a star these days because he’s got the VOICE baby… all deep and gravelly…and the body ain’t half bad to look at either 😉
    Off on another tangent – are most of the posters and lurkers female or is it just me??

  11. Cool story. Hmmm…Wil, did you ever think about creating a forum @ the soapbox dedicated to stories/fanfics? Could be pretty cool to see what you guys come up with.

  12. Well done story TODD GOLDBERG.
    And please complete Spongebob!!!!
    Yup! Believe it or not Wil is a real every day person. And he pushes the control buttons on the space ship that he keeps in his garage the same as the next person.
    Opps I messed up there! Nothing fits into Wil’s garage except stuff for future eBay auctions.

  14. Like heroin? Ya, that’s it. It’s not a lurid fascination, honest.
    Congratulations on another good article.
    Pretty soon someone will have to come out with “Wil Fucking Wheaton” shirts to reduce the swelling your head must be doing lately.
    🙂

  15. I never really noticed that posters/lurkers here at WWDN were female or not. I just read the comments. Well, besides the scary lusty teenager types that seemed to pop up when comments came back. That was just plain scary.
    Anyhoo, yeah, I’m a female. To me, Wil is among many Blogs that I like to read because I dig their interests, their personalities, humor, etc.
    Rawk!

  16. Great. Now I won’t be able to get any sleep tonight because I’ll be pondering whether Jamie Lee really is a hemaphrodite.
    Where does SpongeBob rank in the Bob pantheon? Above Barker? Next to Gibson? Within shouting distance of De Niro?

  17. I’m writing a collection of patriotic limericks for Reader’s Digest with Wil Wheaton as Audie Murphy, the little retarded pilot who baked fresh huckleberry pies for old ladies and orphans in the sleepy town of Lawrence, Kansas.

  21. Great story, I was out of work back in mid august and started reading you’re site (off of the /. mention) and shortly there after found myself “hooked”. I’m back to work, I think it had to do with being around SO MUCH mojo, it musta rubbed off.
    Just remember, sheep go to heaven.

  22. Lucky thing he never stumbled on to the comments page nor the soapbox.
    If he had, then he would retract his rave review so fast, there would be a giant sucking sound on the internet.
    Not that a giant sucking sound on the internet is necessarily a bad thing, of course.

  23. Wil,
    A couple of months ago I was checking out Who Magazine (An Australian version of People) and there was an article about actors who had a website and yours was in there. I had nothing better to do so I thought I would check you out. Since then several things have happened, I have only a few bookmarks and your site and Fark are the top two. I have also decided to try and start a website of my own and have taken your recommendation and have chosen Logjammin as my host. I just have to figure out how to set it up. If you are ever in East Timor look me up.. we have Guinness here..

  25. SPONGEBOB VEGA$PANTS! SPONGEBOB VEGA$PANTS!
    YAAAYYY! Woo-Hoo!
    *Jumps up and down excitedly*
    *Ahem*
    I’m sorry its my problem and I’m dealing with it….

  26. You are [insert any positive, flattering adjective here] and I know exactly how that author feels. I too am addicted. I wonder if anyone out there is reading my stuff….

  27. Since people are sharing their “first time” stories, I figured I’d chime in.
    It was back in ot-six, the weather was warm and the rain was a-plenty. The corn was as high as an elephant’s eye…. Oh, wait, that’s something else…
    It was early August when my brother said to me at a family dinner, “hey, you know who Wil Wheaton is?” “Star Trek: Next Generation, right?” >nod

  28. Heroin- yes that would be a good word for our addiction, hell i got my sister stuck on you and she never really got into you where i have a scrapbook of interviews on you way back in the day and small collection of mag.pictures “remeber Bop Mag?”She of course like me now checks what you have to say everyday! We love you Man!!! I truely think that you are geting your second wind and I can say that I am proud to be a WWDN Fan! I need the shirt- keep up the awsome work!!!!

  29. Another step up the ladder, Wil.
    Just remember your posse when you get all famous again, OK?
    Yeah, and where are those juicy Star Trek X stories…oh, wait you meant the tenth star trek movie, not that other Star Trek X stuff with the oil and the whips~
    I’ll stop right there.
    (Will has a posse, Will has a posse!)

  31. Oh good. Someone else brought up the Trek X stories.
    Now I don’t feel like such a crummy, demanding posse member making demands on the one half-hour Wil has left over to himself.
    But if it does involve oil and whips, Troi and Beverly, I might step up my demands. : )
    (Sorry, Wil-I know Gates played your “mom”, but let’s just say I thought Dr. Pulaski was a “cosmetic step down” in Season 2. And of course-what remains to be said about Marina Sirtis’ Trex symbol image that hasn’t already? )
    Great-first I’m a loser demanding fan. Now I’m a pig.
    Can we start comments on the next entry please? : )

  32. You know your mind is in the gutter when you look over at your “watch” list and see “Twin Peaks” and automatically think it’s a porno.
    bow chica bow wow

  33. That article speaks the truth. I am addicted to your site because I have always liked you and your work. (Ever since Star Trek) But some of my office friends have started reading your blog everyday, even though they had never heard of you before. One girl in my office is always amazed at how you and her pick the same music and reading material.

  35. Roughy – The Cheese Behind The Expectations…a Lifetime original movie.
    Look for it on a website not about WilWheaton.Net near you.

  36. Throughly enjoyed the article.
    Sorry you had to suffer the wraths of Dave Scott at a Vegas con to get money!
    (Sorry I really hate the jerk!)
    But I enjoyed seeing what you or other actors go through before a stage performance! It gives ya some kind of insight, y’know?

  37. >Despite what the title says, there is not a
    >small space that you can crawl into and take
    >over my body…not yet, at least.
    Oh, but there is. WWDN is just like that, except we’re not allowed to take over….

  38. I do have to say that was one of the best oieces written about you. Now I have another link t go visit. So………. how did the audition go?
    Oh, and Keith Coogan still acts today. Check out
    imdb.com to find out in what.

  39. WWDN is like having poison ivy. No matter how much you itch it, it still itches, yet I keep itching.
    I wonder if that is a record for the most forms of itch in one post?

  40. What a wonderful article. Gotta say, I’m kind of curious if Tod will find his way into the comments, so we can share our accoladed with him also.
    As for me…I either lost my WWDN virginity (snicker) through the /. articles or through a piece on O’Reilley’s site about setting up Apache under Mac OS X that had a link to WWDN somewhere in it. Now, this has joined the small list of sites that I try to visit daily. Good stuff. I only wish my blog was this worthwhile. Maybe when I get around to being an ex-Trek actor/movie star/comedian with a wonderful wife and two kids balancing a day job, a website, and auditions, mine’ll be more interesting, too, eh? 😉

  41. How the hell did I find this site anyway…I can’t even remember…
    Right…cool article…um…interesting photo with it…

  42. Congratulations on the extra publicity and Bloggies. I think what makes a journal a great journal is honesty and the ability to not be pretentious. You are neither. It is an addiction, because I and many others basically saw you week after week, night after night, doing your thing on the Bridge. In a way, you became part of our families, friends and world… and to have a chance to extend that is something that feels natural. I know if any of the other actors had a blog, I would probably be just as hooked.
    Anyway, good luck and have a great weekend!
    Regards.

  43. *laughs* I meant to say you are both, not neither. [insert stupid spell/brain checker reference here]

  44. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! Everybody go out RIGHT NOW and pick up this week’s edition of “People”!
    Uncle Willie, shame on you for not telling us!

  45. 50,000 monkeys, and, apparently, this Goldberg fellow, can’t be wrong, eh? Now where is that bookmark?? Congrats again, and yeah, what about that callback?

  46. Re: Amy In Boston’s post – did I find the right thing?
    From this article – http://people.aol.com/people/special/0,11859,179788,00.html
    “This February, inspiration struck, and over the course of a weekend, [Danica McKellar] busted out a 20-page script called Speechless, a film about the love affair between a speech-impaired student and a psychology graduate student. With her help of her manager, McKellar researched the roles, secured financing and got a cast together, which includes Wil Wheaton of Stand By Me and Lauria. McKellar also co-directed and starred in the film, and started a production company called Morning Starlight Productions to handle the making of the picture. She is currently submitting the half-hour film to nationwide festivals as well as working on a full-length version of the script.”

  47. Today’s Need To Know (http://www.ntk.net) leads off with an article on the Bloggies, in which Jorn Barger, “weblog ur-father,” is mentioned, and then:
    “WIL WHEATON, by contrast, is the well-rounded cute geek boy of legend: the quoteable, filmable, film-quoting ex-RenFaire ex-Trekee [sic] yukster who tips a beanie to the Fark guys, knows the slashdot mod jokes, and gives respect where it’s due. No surprise he won most of the awards. And isn’t that what the Net’s about?”
    For those of you who don’t know that site, NTK is a UK-based digest of Net happenings published every Friday evening GMT (which means it’s usually available before noon Denver time). It’s sarcastically funny in that British-humor fashion.
    (Damn…MT doesn’t allow HTML in comments? Even “limited” HTML?)
    Eric

  48. What’s in People magazine? An article/interview with Uncle Willie? And a nice picture, too? Tell me, tell me!!

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