Neverland

Today was a ridculously long day. Anne and I are working on our friend’s movie (she’s the hair dresser and I’m one of the actors), and we’re shooting it really, really far away from where we live…so we drove something like 160 miles total today. We also had to juggle where the kids were going to go before and after school, and what we’d do with Ferris for the day. We are going to have to repeat this for the next 8 days, and I have a very strong, and new-found respect for families with 2 working parents, who have to deal with this sort of thing every single day.
The shoot went really well, today. All the actors are wonderful! They’re all from the theatre, so they know what the hell they’re doing, which is not something that usually happens on low budget movies. The whole crew is really wonderful, too, and we’re all having fun, and getting good work done, too.
Tomorrow afternoon, I have my second callback for the producers for this MOW. If you’ve got some mojo to spare at 4:30 PST tomorrow, send it my way, and I’ll be forever grateful.

Awesome!

Guess what?! I just checked the results of the 2002 Bloggies(TM) , and I swept my nominations!!!
I am so proud, and so humbled, and so excited!! I share awards with websites like Slashdot, FARK, MeFi, and Little, Yellow, Different!
I have worked really hard to make this website not totally suck, and I love it that so many people enjoy coming here (90,000 of you a month, eating up close to 25 gigs a month), and I am so giddy that you cast your votes for me, and WWDN. There is so much more that I want to do with this site, and, not ever being content to rest on my laurels for too long, I will be building some really cool stuff over the next couple of months.
I want to thank some people, since I don’t know when I’ll ever get to give and “acceptance” speech again…but first, I’d like to call attention to the plight of the…haha. Just kidding.
I would like to thank my wife, for enduring the website-as-other-woman, and my step-kids for hearing, “Not now, I’m working on my website”, but still asking me to play with them the next day.
Loren, Josh, Ben, Ashley, and Logjamming Hosting, for helping me get this thing going in the first place, and extra-special thanks to Loren and Roughy for really helping out with some techincal issues.
Jim and .drow for some bigtime behind the scenes help.
A huge debt of gratitude is owed to Noah Grey, who wrote Greymatter, the weblog program that I originally used, and Amy, who helped me fix Greymatter and get all my old entries exported into MoveableType, which I am currently using. I also have to give recognition to Ev, and Blogger, which was so easy to use, and so reliable, I was able to continue this weblog, even while I was having hellaproblems with GM and then MT.
Finally, I want to thank the entire community of people who read and contribute to WWDN. Whether you’ve been here from the beginning, or if you’ve just found us recently, you guys have added a great deal to this lame little website. I consistently get emails praising the thoughtful discourse we have here, and the fact that most of the people who read and post to WWDN are smart, thoughtful people, who will argue issues, not personalities, and I am proud to say that we’ve had some great arguments here over the last 6 months or so, without a single stupid flamewar.
For those of you keeping score at home, here’s the categories that WWDN won:

Best Merchandise of a Weblog
Best Tagline of a Weblog
Most Humorous Weblog
Best American Weblog
Best New Weblog

and…

Weblog of the Year, 2002

I am humbled, shocked, awed, excited, and extremely grateful.
Thank you.
/me does the happy dance

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166 thoughts on “Neverland”

“…/me does the happy dance”
Wil,
What exactly does the happy dance entail? Does it involve external props or special clothing?
Is it a sort of Tango or an impromptu jig or what?
Inquiring young minds want to know…

Well Mr. Wheaton, all in all you deserve the award, not to mention the 20 bucks.
Come spend it in canada, it’s worth like a few grand at this point. 😉
You work hard, and now it’s paying off. In the form of a gold star, just like teacher! 🙂
later
Drax’n

Congratulations, Wil! While you’re doing the happy dance, pat yourself on the back… You deserve it. Thanks for all the time you spend, busting your ass, to give your posse a good laugh, a good site and perhaps even something to think about. Anne, your family, and your friends have my/our eternal gratitude.
Dearest Steve, my hands are empty. The nearest vat of boiling oil is at least a three-block walk to the McDonald’s on the corner. That said, please allow me to hop up on my soapbox for a moment. You’re right, it doesn’t matter what “The Bloggies” think. What matters is that people who enjoy Wil’s site &/or his work voiced their opinions and earned Wil the recognition he deserves. Regardless of the source, it’s always a great thing to be rewarded, in any form, for hard work and a job well done. If I were Wil, I’d be psyched, too! If I were Anne, I would’ve divorced him by now… You at least have to give the man props for being able to deal with “the sigh” and the jealousy factor. He’s still married, he’s still a dedicated father and actor, he still has a life, and he still finds time to work on this site… I think he’s worthy of a little praise, don’t you?

We love ya Will.
Congratulations on winning!!

Roughy said: “What’s the cheese get to do?”
The cheese stands alone.
I’ve been waiting for FOUR DAYS to say that.

Wil,
That is grand… homeruns all the way!!! Enjoy your brewski and your happy dances!
— Beej Martin

Congratulations, Wil. I’ll send the mojo in about 12 hours :).
Steve–Jessika made almost all of my points for me, but I must add that we don’t boil people in oil around here for “dissenting” opinions (right, bluesman?) Except if they’re from Indiana, I guess, but one hopes we are past that ;).

I’m so happy you won! I knew all or our voting would pay off! Congrats!

The Bronwyn stands alone too, apparently. *snif*

Rob….
You worry me.
The mental picture of a 95-pound Mr. Wheaton (SIR!) doing the happy dance (ala Road Trip) worries me too….

You know, in order to win next year, you’ll have to do something more stupendous and fantasmagorical — like Flash animating the subtitles of all your bloggies.

You’re the 900-pound gorilla of the blog world. And you deserve every award you’ve won. Now put them on the mantel and write some more funny stuff — I love stopping in for a read. (And break a leg with the callback.)

Congrats, Wil! I’ve been checking the site everyday since late October and really enjoy all you have to say.

Well done Wil. What can one say but keep up the good work and all the very best for the future.

The 90,000 monkeys bow down and worship the monolith that is Uncle Willie.
Congrats and good luck with the callback.

Sweet Jesus, you rock the hizzouse, there, sweet uncle willie! Now, if only we could all vote at like the Oscars or something, then you could sweep all those other gold statuette thingies and place them all in a box, seal it with tape, drop it in a mold of concrete, and then put your kick ass little bloggies star on top – the one that means the most.
sfg

OK, this is totally random, but…
I was reading these messages this morning when I got an email.
From my first ex-boyfriend.
After seven years.
Just to say “hi.”
Anyone else have any bizarre stories to start the day with?

badass, wil. go get tanked.

Found your site a couple of weeks ago, love it. And I’m happy you cleaned up at the Bloggies!! 🙂 I won’t digress about the posters of you I had on my bedroom wall as a child, instead these two words… You Rock!
Kimmie

WooHoo!!
Its well deserved, Wil. Congratulations.

shell said “we don’t boil people in oil around here for “dissenting” opinions (right, bluesman?)”
Right Shell, i dont mind folks dissenting from my opinion.
What bothers me is this your either with wil or your against him attitude.
to me freedom is more that a http://www.ww.net bumper sticker on a electric powered vehicle OR a ralph nader for president sign in your yard.
And while im at it, RFB should be all blues all the time, unless he wants to go All Merle all the time (Haggard)

i did that on purpose

Fantastic keep up the good work.
WOOOO!!!!!

Sure you did.

Wil, Congratulations. Little things mean alot. I don’t care who or what people are and do, encouragement is encouragement. I enjoy your site alot when I can get to the keyboard; the more encouraged you are the longer the site lives.
Steve, you must be very strong in the self esteem department to be fussy (mean that in the least offensive way possible)about where accolades come from. I would take whatever I can get. I wish that I could focus more On what I think of me instead of what someone else thinks of me.
Kendoka,
Here’s a weird way to start he year on a positive note when i thought that the old year was waiting to kick me in the teeth…
After nine+ years of not seeing hide nor hair of my ex in a town of 20-30,000, I suddenly see him in the parking lot of a well known chain two weeks before Christmas. Of course, there is no turning back. Obligatory tear fest ensues. A couple weeks after New Years I see him again. He works at an establishment with a guy I have a crush on. I am here all the time for work so I can’t really avoid him. I also do not have a vindictive streak in me, refuse to embarrass myself publicly, a abhor people who can not control their emotions. (Yes, I’d love to be Vulcan, couldn’t you tell?)So we get along. Lots of water under the bridge is on the rise and I’m going nuts trying to sort everything out. Amazed by the qamount of residule emotional garbage, I ask him to a round table discussion on the not so fine points of our defunct marriage.
Wow! What a mind boggling experience. After five hours of “What about this?” “Why did this happen like that?” etc… we said our “I’m Sorry”s and “I forgive you”s and moved on.
The parking lot meeting was very close to our tenth divorce anniversary. The round table discussion was near the date of what would have been our 11th wedding anniversay. I realized this only a couple days ago. Eerie.
To all,
Forgiveness is a powerful force. It can heal; cover over a multitude of sins that love doesn’t quite erase; and it unlocks all sorts of doors that we think are protecting us. Bitterness is pure evil, folks. Ever since I had that discussion, I have almost no anxiety about being 32 and single. I don’t indulge in the man bashing that I know is wrong. And in general, there is a huge burden that is gone. Of course, I’ll ahve to fill that with some drama, but in general my emotional well-being has never been so high in the last ten years. That is a long time to suffer needlessly. The ex an I will not be the “Best buds” some would like to be. But he isn’t the five headed monster hiding under my bed and in my closets that devours new boyfriends like movie theater popcorn either. Forgiveness… I recommend it for everyone for all things. With one caution… forgving doesn’t mean that you lay yourself out like a door mat. I just means you get the resentfull heebie jeebies out of your heart.
Wil,
I know you must have somehting to say about forgiveness.
Sorry about soapboxing… but Kendoka asked. If there is a limit to postings in the webettiquette book I don’t know about…someone kindly let me know. I’m still a newbie.

One other thing, When GWB sends up the Texas Rednecks to to start drilling in Alaska, They are gonna bring their hunting rifles, These guys gotta eat and the Taxidermy shop in Crawford gave a $135 contributions to the campaign.

Hey Wil — Congrats on your awards for this terrific site. I voted for you. 🙂

with some perserververance and a helecopter they might get one of them there polar bears

Way to go Wil! Congrats and all the other stuff.

Roughy said: “What’s the cheese get to do?”
The cheese stands alone.
I’ve been waiting for FOUR DAYS to say that.
Posted by Rob Matsushita
Dammit, Rob, you stole my thunder.
(Way to go, Wil.)

Been lurking for months now, Love the site, Love all your work (I’m a Theater geek) Wish you all the best at callbacks (sending good karma your way) Congrats on the awards, you deserve em’ Wil!!! 90,000 monkeys at 90,000 computers are obviously very right!

Why is the time messed up? Is it really 2:37 am? my clock says 8:37 am pacific. I am really screwed, I need to go back to bed. It’s too early for me to be up.

Philisophical discussions on the source of accolades? Dude, this party is getting heavy! Rob! You took your time, I’m table dancing anyway. Pass the shots.
Nacey.
(A song for Uncle Willie now: Willie Willie Bo Billie, Bonana Fanna Fo Filly, Fee Fi Mo Millie, Willie! )

Congrats, m’man! What are you going to do with your winnings?

First-time poster, now de-lurking.
Way to go Wil! Glad to see you get the recognition you deserve for all your hard work.
As someone else suggested, you should spend you winnings in Canada. You could probably get a month vacation up here! 😉 Okay…but you could get a days skiing in.

Much, much, much mojo to you at three.
“harvest the wheat.”

Again, congrats! Well deserved.

Rob:
Roughy said: “What’s the cheese get to do?”
The cheese stands alone.
I’ve been waiting for FOUR DAYS to say that.
Posted by: Rob Matsushita on January 30, 2002 10:15 PM
Dammit, man…I sent the lobbed volley over the net and it took you THAT LONG to respond?
Just for that, you have to read http://www.unrealisticexpectations.com now. (shameless plug)

DUde! 90,000 a MONTH? Shit man, you got some laxitive for your servers?

BAD ASS! You Rock Wil!

congrats to you!! This is such a fun site to visit. Will be sending more good mojo your way this afternoon!

I’m not sure why the time’s are all messed up. They’re messed up in the Soapbox, too. We did a reboot the other day, and I think that may have something to do with it. I’ll bug loren.