Big Day End.

I got back from LASFS about an hour or so ago. I was gonna just write about it real quick and then try to grab some sleep, but I realized I was hungry . . . so a bowl of pasta later (Yeah, that’s the way to get rid of the gut and double chin, Wil, have lots of PASTA before bed) I found myself watching “I love the 80s Strikes Back” on VH-1.
It was 1987, and I guess they talked about TNG on it, but I must have tuned in after they were done. Did anyone see it? Did they trash me? Mo Rocca and Michael Ian Black are two of the funniest people on Earth . . . but goddamn, they could burn me good if they had a mind to.
“Had a mind to?” Does anyone really talk like that? Sheesh.
So. LASFS was great. I got there about 8, and talked with them about the LosCon next month, and took some pictures for the wwdn MoBlog. This one is my favorite.
About 8:40 I went into their . . . clubhouse? Meeting place? Super-secret undisclosed location? Whatever you call it, it’s where they meet. I stood quietly in the back while they did official club stuff, and took a few more pictures with my cool cameraphone . . . and then I hit the wrong button and made it ring at about 6900 Db. Color me embarrassed. When I finally took the stage, I apologized and said, “Sorry about my cell phone ringing. I just thought I’d put some more distance between me and Wesley by showing you all how technically incompetent I am.”
It got a big laugh, so I guess it was worth it.
I talked a bit about the website, and the stuff that I’ve written since the last time I was there, and then I read from Dancing Barefoot. I picked out two sections from VegasPants: the first time I met William Shatner, and then the first time I rode the Star Trek Experience. Whenever I read from that book, I’m reminded of how much I miss those days when I was running around the Enterprise, and it makes me really sad. Tonight was no exception. I had to stop several times so I didn’t cry. There’s parts where I talk about Gene and Brent, and when I read it, I can hear their voices, and tonight, it was really hard to get through those sections.
I managed, though, and I think I did a good job. I felt really good about it when I was done . . . and I totally didn’t suck in front of my hero Larry Niven, either!
I don’t think I’m doing any more readings until LosCon, but that’s going to be a BIG one. I’m going to bring stuff from JAG and Barefoot, and some unpublished material, too. If you’re within a couple of hours of LA, it may be worth your time to come out and see me. I’ll do my best not to suck.
I’m about 6 hours away from driving up to Oregon to see Anne’s Grandmother. We’ll go to Sacramento tomorrow, then up to Oregon Saturday morning. I won’t have Internet, but I plan on sending in some AudioBlogs and MoBlogs, so check them if you’re into that sort of thing.
Have a good weekend, everybody.
Edit: I hear that comments are busted because of some stupid javascript error I don’t have time to fix. If you wanna comment on an entry, you can always click the time next to my name. That will take you to an archive page with all the comments there. And yes, we’re really running this late.

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  1. I’m actually watching an episode of TNG with you on it! Anyway… I’ve been reading your blog for a while and find your writing utterly fascinating.
    I hope that your drive is safe, and that life (and Oregon) won’t rain on your parade too much.

  2. Hey, if you get a chance on your trip to Oregon, stop by Rice Hill for some ice cream (on the west side of the freeway) – it’s something of a tradition for me everytime I take a long trip south.
    By the way, skipped a lecture I was supposed to attend today so I could see you kiss Ashley Judd like I’ve been hearing about. (Twas a good kiss too.) Good episode, you can be proud of that one for sure.

  4. I love the LASFS vibe. I visted a meeting when I was last in LA. Quite the fun.
    Wish you well with your movie and television project.

  6. Hope you had a good time in our wonderful state of Oregon this weekend, sounds like you did according to the audioblog. My parents live near the Rogue River and it is beautiful. Have a safe trip back! Watch out for those RVs and semis.

  7. I’ve been dying for you to get a space to add comments….
    then I got busy and stopped visiting the site….
    and now I don’t have anything good to say. 😐 Gawd, I suck.

  8. man, i got into star trek because of you. my babysitter when i was little had this huge crush on you. and so, through her ridiculous and frightening obsession of you, i became a star trek nerd.
    awesome.

  10. Hi Wil!
    First I just want to say that
    you are a really great actor!
    I have tried to send you this
    message on your email,but it
    doesn’t work.Well why I’m writing to you is because of,
    River Phoenix.You know,it’s
    almost 10 years since he died
    now,on oct 31.I understand
    if it’s to much to ask but,I
    was wonder if you like maybe
    could…ehh…share some of
    your memory’s of him,with his
    fans?It would be very nice of
    you,if you did!I know you are
    busy and have a lot of work to do,and I don’t mean to disturb you,or anything.I was
    just thinking of everybody who
    want’s to know what you have to say about it all.There will
    be ather people who knew River
    there to,but it would be absolutely GREAT if you could come!
    The memory-site is,
    http://www.river-phoenix.org/
    atw/
    I’s all up to you,what you deside.But I hope to see you there!
    PS:I’m a really big fan of your’s too!

  11. Sorry,it’s me again..!
    The address up there,don’t forget that it’s : atw/
    in the end..It’s much better
    if you do so.Then you find it
    easyer.

  12. Wil,
    Stay in Oregon for a few more days. It’s incredibly smokey in the Pasadena area from all the fires. Trust me, you do not want to be breathing that air.

  13. Well, shucks, Wil … I’m bummed that we couldn’t get you first for MileHiCon. Guess it just didn’t work with your schedule this year, but we had a good time this past weekend with Barry B. Longyear, Christopher Stasheff, et al. Would have been nice to have had you there, too, to do readings and be on panels.

  14. Hey this is kind of off topic but I remember watching the G4 channel prolly about six months ago and it seemed our dear Wil was writing and starring in his own (HILARIOUS) show. I don’t remember what it was called, and I haven’t seen it since. Is this show still in production? I guess I haven’t seen Wil post anything about it lately, so prolly not, but if anyone has more info on just what happened to this great show, I’d like to know. Thanx!

  15. I am really addicted to VH1’s I love the 80s and I love the 80s Strikes back, I did not see TNG menitoned in either show, and I did miss parts of them. I DID see Stand by Me and of course everyone remembers HMIC from that!!! I am hoping for I love the 80s the Return of the 80s so they can do TNG and all of the other stuff that they STILL missed.

  19. Barb and Informagic – hey, I agree. Oregon isn’t boring, and Portland ROCKS! Gawd, all the great restaurants, and the downtown area and Pioneer Square – and of course, Quarterflash playing at Oyster Bar, back when they were “Seafood Mama”… And let’s not forget the Dandy Warhols. Yeah, I loved Oregon when I was living there. And Boring really ISN’T boring.
    So – Mr. Wheaton, where exactly in Oregon is Anne’s grandmother? I’m betting it’s eastern Oregon (wilderness) or on the coast (Lincoln City/Newport)
    C Myers – Rice Hill? Where the hell is that? Y’know, when you live there, you don’t look at an atlas to see all the cities in Oregon. My bad. I’m putting it on my list of places in Oregon I didn’t check out when I lived there (along with Winston, Coos Bay, and Neskowin.)
    Love Corvallis – such a great little college town with funky boutiques, bistros and bookstores. Eugene is good, too – if you’re there and if it’s still around, Joe Federigo’s is cool. I went there on my anniversary about a million years ago (not married anymore, though) and we colored on the tablecloth and had Corvoisier VSOP and listened to this really awful guitarist who tried to play “Classical Gas” (by the way, did you know that Mason Williams, the writer of “Classical Gas,” hails from Eugene? Dazzle your friends, amaze your critics.)
    Shutting up now.

  20. Rice Hill! My husband introduced me to Rice Hill (he grew up in Talent). They have the best ice cream. Have you ever tried their fried mushrooms?
    That is the most wonderful meal (ice cream and fried mushrooms) untill you get another 50 miles down the road, it has gotten all churned up again…

  21. I think most people remember TNG as more of a 90’s phenom than an 80’s one…because it didn’t really start getting good until ’89-90…so no, they didn’t mention it on VH1.

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