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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This one time, at computer camp… oh never mind, it’s a bit of an old joke…
as corny as it sounds…i really liked todays log. your life is as exciting as mine.
yay, i’ near the top…
i have blocks when i write my journal too… sometimes i have lots to write but dont have time or dont know how to wri it and other times i have plenty of time and bugger all to write about! gah!
elias xxx
sometimes the entries where you just sit down and type whatever comes to mind first are the most entertaining, insightful forms of catharsis known to man.
falafel…yum…
Oh, GREEK … i thought you said “geek”
I dug this entry. I like the random ones people post the best. It makes them seem more real instead of just words on a screen, I guess.
“I have to go make dinner: Falafel, tabouleh, and hummus. How Greek of us.”
Thanks. You had to mention that as I sit on the couch watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
More Ouzo, please.
Life is not all drama and action. There are slow times and quiet times and even down right boring times.
I like this log because it gives me insight into your life and mind. I find it informative and entertaining but logs like this can also be soothing and reassuring.
You don’t always have to have a punch line. Just let me peek into your life and I will always come back for more.
Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes just letting it flow is what you need to do. I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying cons more these days – it makes the experience tons better for the fans who attend when the guests enjoy themselves and aren’t just going through the motions. My family is considering coming to the Grand Slam, for Saturday only if we do make it, and we will definitely come to see your part of the show if we are there.
I like to listen to music while I mow the lawn too. But it will be a few more months before it will be time for that again here in Texas. š
Looking forward to the book(s)!
>Falafel, tabouleh, and hummus. How Greek of us.
you mean how arab of you? unless they have those things in greek cuisine too?
try fattoush it’s the best!
You gotta love the slow times in life.
As for ‘experience with a printer’, my parents own a print shop. But we’re all the way up in Canada. Its a fun place to work. Don’t know of any printers down your way. Sorry.
-BW
What exactly is a falafel?
Yay Randomness.
My favourite kind of ness.
I love the feeling of just letting your mind unravel for a time, especially as people seem to be educated to keep a rein on their thoughts
“Dont day-dream, you’ll never amount to anything dreaming etc”
I’m glad to hear there will be more Vegaspants. I was re-reading the archives and it remains a favourite of mine. And son of spongebob vegaspants as well….
Would you ever consider doing a UK convention. If you would i’d be happy to gather the UK monkeys to the flag and apply pressure to the organisers.
I find mowing the lawn like a haircut. It’s so fresh and open, it always feel like i can start again and shrug things off and i suppose literally it is. Perhaps all of the bad things in life an be put down to hair. Perhaps haircuts and lawn mowings are a kind of cathexis/catharsis where you literally remove the problem, if only for a time until it comes bag. Does that mean bald people are happier? *makes notes*
maybe…
No. No i do not love Raymond.
I love how you love Anne though. I kinda know how you feel, but to hear it from other people is so refreshing.
People dont say it often enough…
My god that was a long and incoherent post that nobody probably wanted to hear.
But
It’s 0242hrs here and my mind is wandering….to my keyboard apparently.
Goodnight all.
For the KDE 3.1 upgrade – use the Konstruct tool kit. It’s “a build system which helps you to install KDE releases and
applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs, checks
their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds and installs them.”
http://konsole.kde.org/konstruct/
Happy upgrade …
…if thats what you write when you cant think of anything to write…I would love to read the book when you have known what to write….somehow I dont think its gonna come to new Zealand..
I’m a bit sad..I think we are gonn lose the Americas Cup…
Wil,
2 feet of snow puts my day in reality. It happens here every 10 years or so. Hearing that howling wind is cool and nerve twisting at the same time but I survived.
I thought you were taking a break from updates. Hmmmmmmmm. Do not be to hard on the bands that you do not like because its only Rock and Roll.
FG
Yea! Did well photoshopping Wil as a Homestarrunner cartoon.
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It’s a play on the cartoon from the store shwag. And I hate Raymond. But Peter Boyle rules.
I love “Animals”! Though it always struck me as odd that, on an album called “Animals”, 3 of the songs are about Pigs. (Though if you count “Pigs (three different ones)” as three tracks, the rankings end up as Sheep 1, Dogs 1, Pigs 5. (Which of course reminds me of Monty Python episode 1, “Whither Canada”. But enough parentheses).
Glad to see you enjoying some stream of consciousness writing. I’ve been doing that quite a bit in my “Joe Millionaire Play-by-Play” (yeah, yeah, I actually watched it). I just had a woman write me to ask whether one of my sarcastic comments was for real (“Yes, maam, Zora really /is/ a man!”). *sigh*.
But then, I’m getting off topic, so I’ll stop here.
From Spike Jones, the director of “Adaptation,” comes an exciting new film: “Being John Malkovich II: Being Wil Wheaton.” See the world through Wil Wheaton’s eyes for 15 minutes!
Starring Jim Carrey, Halle Berry, Lucy Liu… and Wil Wheaton as himself.
Randomness is wonderful. It’s hard to sit and write about *something* all the time. I tried to sign up for one of those web journals and when I finally found one, I forgot my password the next day. So I’m still stuck with pen and paper. (Note: If anyone knows a good online journal that is free, please let me know.)
And you know, sometimes out of those ramblings come the most amazing idea. Not that I have any, but I’d like to say that I just watched Joe Millionaire (well, intersperced [that was hard to spell] with the Senators-Rangers game) and am sad that I did. My life is truly boring. The saddest thing is that I have so much that I should be doing.
hehe.
Sorry, it appears as if I am trying to hijack your blog.
Well life is good, keep it coming!
streaming straight from the mind…unfolding as they will unrelated thoughts from a relative time…there’s no better way to say what you want to say if you can’t find the words to say…so say everything and the thought is in there somewhere…along with everything else that happened on the way to the show…at the show…and on the way home…the heart of improvisation lives on in the writings of one who just lets it STREAM!…way to ramble wil!
“Hulk smashed grass. Now Hulk greener. Hulk walk dog now.”
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Awww shucks Wil, you sound so sweet when you talk about Anne like that! Seeing your ramblings is better than not hearing from you at all so bring it on!! Can’t wait for your book – hopefully they’ll sell it here in Australia but if not, I’ll just order it from Amazon anyway.
wil: i was looking at your “blue hair” picture on the left side of the screen…and i thought man…that picture would make a great album cover for PINK FLOYD…of course the yard behind you would need to be covered with ripe bananas and kites…yeah really!
You know, sometimes you do your best work when you are not really trying to do anything at all.
It’s funny but you show more of your soul when you “just write”.
Something always comes out. š
Wow, that was quite the different post.
Anyways, keep it up Wil.
Let us know if you get KDE 3.1 working with Konstruct. I’m itchin’ to upgrade, and I’m a’fear’d of the instructions… I’ll get more gumption if’n you suss it out.
Why’d I go all hillbilly all of a sudden? :-S
No Wil I don’t think everybody really does love Raymond cause personally I think it sucks. The way you talk about Anne is so sweet. AAWWW. Your day is about as eventful as mine…went to class…watched Meet the Parents (God I love Jinxie Cat) how about you? We’re watching Dr. Strangelove in my International Relations class next week. When my teacher said this I turned to my roommate and said, “Mel, Wil Wheaton recommended that movie!” Amusing stuff. Plus we’re watching it on Sean Astin’s birthday. Ok, I’m sure that if you read all that you really didn’t care anyway. Take Care Wil. Love ya!
Printers… if you’re looking at an offset press (which would require some upfront investment on your part, as well as maintaining inventory) I’d recommend DeHarts in CA ( http://www.deharts.com )
If you’re looking to go digital, and not have to mess with keeping an inventory, plus have immediate access to Books In Print, and auto listing in Amazon.com and B&N.com, as well as distribution through Ingrams, I’d recommend Lightning Source ( http://www.lightningsource.com )
Buy more than 10 ISBNs, too… it’ll help getting into brick and mortar stores.
Yes, I remember MUSCLE figures, the little orange/pink fellas. I think they were advertised as some kinda pro wrestlers. I doubt that I ever would have remembered that Dark Tower game without having been reminded of it. I had a buddy in elementary school who had that game.
And as much as it pains me to admit it, I see a lot of myself in Raymond. I was astonished to learn in the course of my first real relationship that I was the one to say the most boorishly insensitive thing and the worst possible moment and then wish I could go back and redo the previous seven seconds of my life. I always figured I would be more of a sensitive romantic than that.
Great post. It is wierd because I am watching WWE right now and looking at my collection of M.U.S.C.L.E figures on my computer desk.
GURPS is the best RPG ever. Too bad all my old gamer friends live someware else. I used to mow in my old rubber bottomed mud boots they work great and dont stain. Realy looking forward to reading just a geek.
OPA! Anyways I had only five muscle men and the only one I can remember is the one that was just a brick wall. Anyone had that guy?
Everybody Loves Raymond is cr@p. The same people that have made this trip into a comedic juggernaught are the people that made Full House, and Home Improvement such non-comedic mainstays on nineties network television. Does anyone ever want to see a rerun of The Cosby Show? Full House? Home Improvement? The same fate awaits Everybody Loves Raymond.
What’s shocking is that a comedian with such a lightweight act like Seinfeld, could create perhaps the most brilliant live action comedy of the television era (MASH, and I Love Lucy aren’t quite up to snuff in my view). Seinfeld was rather dull in my view, as a comedian, just as Ray Romano was, yet Seinfeld and Larry David created something that only The Simpsons could rival in its sheer brilliant. The same definitely cannot be said of Everybody Loves Raymond.
To call Puddle of Mudd a shitty band is one thing, but to call POD in the same group is something totally different. There is no, * NO * other band out there that in my opinion deserves respect like POD does. Having seen them before they made it huge (for $1 no less), upon their arrival to super-stardom they have not lost their touch with what made them huge. God. Prayer. Religion. They actively preach at their concerts and let people know that they could not be where they are, without His grace. So I’m sorry that you don’t like their sound, but if you would ever listen to the lyrics that come out of that band’s songs, I assure you your opinion would change.
Please, judge the book by it’s content, not it’s appearance.
I like the freeflowing journal entries!
Don’t knock the lazy days, man. My life is so hectic right now, I envy the bored!
Gods I HATE Raymond. That is the most inane fucking show on television. Seriously, are Americans really that …. oh wait, we did put George W. Bush in charge…
By the way, cheers to Senator Byrd (from the link in your last post).
I’m a big fan of the random entries, its fun and insightful… To be honest with you I really miss the days of just a bunch of random entries. Too much structure is a bad thing…Keep it up!
Nice to see you’re feeling better about writing, I wish I could put into words how reading your blog is a bright spot in my day.
How does one spell baklavah? I’ve been craving it for a week, but it would mean a trip through Canadian winter to the market, although the comic book store is next door to the market…calling me…calling me…
Speaking of Canada…how about Toronto Trek this summer?
When I lived in Asia I developed a love for WWF/E. When there’s nothing on the tv in English, wrestling still works, even in Cantonese dubbing. Shots to the groin work in a universal language….
Hi Wil — My husband has had six books published and is working on his sixth. He may have more information on the printing stage but mostly from the point of having to edit proofs over and over again. š You can always ask him more questions, you can find his contact information on the web page I included. Good luck, it’s a nerve wracking process, especially the first one. When you do have in paper, make sure to have a book party, it’s a good way to celebrate! — Rachel
GURPS r00lz.
One thing I noticed when the, um, first edition came out was how much the GURPS manual read like Inside Macintosh Volume 1. Two totally modular systems put together by geniuses who thought of everything and simultaneously knew it wasn’t done yet.
Oh too cool, I thought, and the AD&D Monster Manual retreated to the bottom of The Box of RPG Reference.
Made my friends switch. Drew prerequisite charts for the Magic System myself. And I still have this idea for a Freaky Side of the FBI module inspired by Twin Peaks and the X-Files. “Scully, No! It’s the Black Lodge!” — will Mulder meet Dennis/Denise? Didn’t Frank Black move to Seattle…..
I loved the Dark Tower game. We just played with the electronic tower and ignored the bored most of the time. I refuse to give up my old dying cell phone because it is the only one I’ve heard that uses the sound effect from Dark Tower.
“praise chorus” is definitely an inspiring song- i can see that it might be a good lawn-mowing tune. on a related note, “hear you me” made me cry, and i can’t think of another time that i cried to a rock song.
and yes, POD is definitely shitty.
This is one guy who most definately does NOT love Raymond. That’s gotta be one of the least funny shows I’ve seen, including non-comedy genres.
And damn it, Wil! Why do you get the wicked true love deal and I don’t? Live it up, man because I’ve still gotta wait for mine. Bah!
LOL, u just kept writing and writing and this spontaneity really makes a fan like me happy. š
Why do you hate American food so much? If you hate American food so much, you should just move to
that place where they eat tabouleh
wherever that is
Hmm, what about something like iUniverse.com or xLibris.com for the book?
Or did I miss the part where Wil already has a publishing solution and doesn’t fancy print-on-demand or saddling Eager Reader with somewhat scary sticker prices?
Probably. I was napping. Sorry. Is there any more dip?
Have you considered going through a regular publishing house? There are disadvantages of course –having to submit to an editor, getting only a small percentages in royalties, waiting a long time to go to press, not being to control if you go out of print.
On the other hand, you get access to their marketing and publicity machinery, their editing expertise (if it’s a project they believe in) and their distribution network, and you don’t have to put any of your own money up.
Selling a self-published book can be a full-time job. Of course it will be easier for you because of WWDN & all your blog fans. But on the other hand, as a celebrity, it would probably be easier for you to sell to a publishing house than for most people (particularly if you chose one with a ST connection…).
Stay away from RedHat Linux 8.0 – not because it is bad, but because RedHat 8.1 is about to be released over the next month, and it includes KDE 3.1, besides fixing a huge number of other issues (and introducing a whole lot of new ones ;). I am using the 2nd (and probably final) beta, and it rocks.
Note that RHL 8.0 is a .0 release, and it shows – more than a CD’s worth of updates released so far. š
Great post Wil!
Try mowing your lawn in odd geometric patterns, like maybe a whale or a person, or a mule. Thousands of years from now people will think the people of Nazca took vacations in southern California like the rest of the world did hundreds of years later.
On second though, mow the Apple logo into your lawn.
I really don’t love Raymond either. I don’t even get why my wife loves Raymond. “There’s something about Raymond”.
Tony