Tomorrow, I will make an epic announcement, following up on this audioblog post I made all the way back in July. In the post, I think I said something like, “I’ll update this in a week or so,” or something like that . . . well, that week or so ends tomorrow.
Happy December, everyone.
(heh. When I typed that, I hit the “3” so it looked like “Happy Decemb3r” — I am so 31337, i wil pwN j00, 5uXX0r!)
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My God you sound so happy in the audioblog, can’t wait to read what it is all about. I will be up at 2:00am EST so post as soon as you can.
Can’t wait to hear the announcement…
It seems like too long to wait before you can spill the beans on what changed your life. You must be close to bursting, man!
Is it tomorrow yet??
0.o
*Falls over*
I hate waiting. At least at Christmas you get to shake the packages to guess what it is.
Um… 0.0 … I am so not shaking your “package” to find out, Wil. *snicker*
I’m thinking that lack of sleep is getting to me. 😛
Have a Good Evening!!
wow…
hadn’t thought about the celebrity poker thing…
i’ll be honest, i sort’ve have my heart set on it being to do with Star Trek…
which, i suppose, could be a pipe dream at best..
but what can i say..
ive ALWAYS thought that the coolest possible thing would be to bring back wesley as either
a) the ‘Q’ of this cast…
he fits all the requisites…he’s been missing for all these years..spent all this time training and learning from the ‘traveller’, enough that he’s probably a traveller himself..
hell…why not…instead of coming back to antagonize the crew, it could be more Yoda like…come back to enlighten them..or rescue them from themselves, when they screw shit up….
b) since voyager and DS9 ran at essentially the same time, why not give wil his very own show, based on the traveller, or something along those lines…
as cool as it would be to see him play opposite of Bakula, it would be equally as cool to see him in command of his own crew..
c’mon..
the generation that grew up with his character is all grown up now too..
hell, he was my fav on the show….
ok…
either that, or a gig on a really cool movie…
blah blah blah..
ok…
like everyone else here, i haven’t the slightest idea what the big secret is..
i’ll see ya all here around 12:00 tho..
cheers till then
ty
you cant do that! someone tell him he cant do that! i only just found out about the epic announcement today, at 8:45pm and i cant wait until tomorrow… you HAVE to put it up at midnight! oh, and i received dancing barefoot today and just sat down and finished it and i wrote some commentary on my blog “How To Wash A Shower Curtain”… yes, that IS a sad attempt to get more people into my blog. cop a ‘tude! anywho… http://parrottalkback.tripod.com/howtowashashowercurtain
Oh now you have gotten me all excited and now I have to wait. Foo! You sounded like you were bubbling over with unadulterated joy and I hope that joy is still with you all these months later.
Whatever it is, I hope that it is something that the rest of us silly geeky people can enjoy right along with you!!!
Hmm… Wil’s big announcement….
A new Star Trek series and Wil is going to play “Captain Wesley Crusher”, who returns to Starfleet to command a starship?
No…that is too lame.
You have all of your cut scenes from Nemesis and you have been given permission to sell copies of it?
Hmm…wishful thinking.
Okay. I give. I’ll stop guessing and just let you have the moment ;}
Here’s an idea. Have a contest. Whoever guesses your announcement correctly (or at least the closest to guessing correctly) wins a free Obey Wil teeshirt! =} hehehe
LOL
This has been just too funny to read everyone’s comments on what they’re hoping the BIG announcement it. Hell – with all of this build up, it better not be something lame like “I have a bubble gum named after me.”
Come to think of it…having a bubble gum named after yourself would be kinda cool…
Mmmmm……bubble gum……
Here’s the thing. I’m torn with Wil’s upcoming announcement.
Wil has gone to great lengths to let us know he is now Wil Wheaton, the writer and acting is really secondary.
So for him to call a role in a TV show or film “epic” would be backtracking his original comments.
Children would be epic. He’s insisted it isn’t that.
I’m having a hard time finding anything important enough to be so ‘epic’ that he would ‘want to remember this moment in time forever!’
I mean, if he got even a great starring role in something, wouldn’t his audioblog put WAY too much importance on it?
Like I said, I’m torn.
(and for the record, a role on Enterprise wouldn’t be epic, or even astounding. It would be career suicide. Unless he pops up every 10 minutes or so clashing cymbals together to wake me up! Now THAT would be epic!)
I’ve got NO idea. Baby? No. VH1? Latest news on that came after the audblog in question. Another show? Not feasible, with VH1 still up in the air. Massive movie? Possibly, but again, acting has been shown to be secondary to writing. Massive book deal? More likely but still unsupported. Anything Trek? Probably not, too much unearthing of the past. There’s been a secret recall of Ah-nold and Wil’s the new Cali Gov? Unfortunately, no.
Well, just TELL us already. You can already tell we’re not smart enough to figure it out on our own!
I can’t wait.
I have been wondering from time to time(okay, everytime I visit WWDN.
Doug said “You seem like the kind of guy who would TOTALLY and completely dig the “immortality” of being a voice for an awesome animated film or really good video game.
Is it at least a decent role? ”
Doug, Wil has ALREADY been immortalized as the voice on one of the best animated movies EVER: The Secret of NIMH.
I just got my copy of Dancing Barefoot. I absolutely loved it. If those are the stories you cut from JAG then JAG must be incredible.
I have now set my clock for 2 AM so I won’t miss the big news.
You totally rock wil!!!
mel
Well, I dunno Buntz. Maybe he found out that he was nominated for an Emmy for “Best Child Actor turned Adult Writer that never ended up in Rehab”? That would be pretty epic to me. ;} hehehe
Hi Wil,
First time post-er. For your sake, I hope it truly is a change for you. I just hope it doesn’t change you for the worse. I know we are all happy with the Wil we’ve gotten to know over the years.
Best of luck in your new adventure.
Hmmm … Guinness spokesperson?? Commercial for Guinness??? I’m sure that you had the contract specify free Guinness for a year!! The stuff that dreams are made of.
It snowed today.
Mark finally gets to play himself–the older, more mature Luke Skywalker in Star Wars VII.
Good job, Mr. Hamil.
Mr. Crusher, it is time we see you visit the realm of Trek again! How is Beverly doing these days? My how we miss the days of old!
Looking forward to the announcement.
“Captain, we’re receiving two hundred and eighty-five thousand hails!”
God speed.
My guess? One of the major publishing houses has picked up Dancing Barefoot, or has offered him shitloads of money for another book, or something like unto that. Anyway, it’s literary, not, um, actorly.
mmmmm. Epic? Anyone think it may have something to do with Anne’s ex and custody of the kids? That would be pretty epic. Whatever it is, I wish you all the best Wil!
My vote is for the triumphant return of “The BBC’s Wil Wheaton”, maybe as a daily spot on the world service, but I doubt that’s it.
OK…I’m about to bust a few bubbles but Wil didn’t say he would post at midnight, he could, just to torture us, make us wait until he has had his first, second third…cup of coffee, or later in the afternoon, after a trip to Hooters for a pint or two or three of Guinness… hehehe I would be that evil >:)
Actually I will be here bright eyed and bushy tailed to see what this is all about, the autoblog, I swear it sounded like near tears of joy and you just got more excited as you talked, I can’t wait to find out!!!
Wil,
Are you really gonna tell us or are you just going to make us wait for another year or more?
FG
I’m just speculating, but maybe WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER apologized. NAH! That sack of crap would never show a shred of humility to our beloved uncle Willie. I used to think he was the coolest man on Earth until I read Dancing Barefoot. AMAZING book, btw. My girlfriend and I both LOVED it!
I’m beginning to doubt that you will ever make this epic announcement, Wil. It rather feels as though we’ve been waiting forever. I’ve got a couple big announcements of my own, and I just have to share because I’m so excited. I won’t even make anyone wait…my eleven year old step-daughter made the honor roll this term, this is a first for her and a really big deal because she has dyslexia and struggled so much up until she went to Sylvan before fifth grade (she’s in sixth now). Also, my husband is opening his first ever art show this weekend with two original works-maybe three if he can finish one in time. If anyone lives near York, Maine they should come check it out at the York Art Association.
Hmm for some reason I have a feeling it is bad news…
Woo!!! Congrats, Shauna (and especially to your daughter!!! Awesome!)
Actually, I just finished writing the blog for the epic announcement. I’ll post it in the morning.
In the mean time, this isn’t epic, but it’s still pretty damn cool: http://www.warehouse23.com/sales/current.html
(scroll down) 🙂
Russ, I don’t know how it is that your posts always make me laugh, but they do.
Okay, everyone, it’s very clear that your speculations are all wrong. I haven’t heard that much excitement in Wil’s voice since Picard first let Wesley on the bridge. It’s obvious from the slip he made when typing Decemb3r that someone will be releasing a WWdN mod for CounterStrike tomorrow.
Way to go Wil! j00 |2 7|-|3 l337357 0# 7|-|3 3l337357!
ARGGGGGGGGGGG, I keep forgeting that your on the west coast, it’s already 1AM here. faster.
remember, patience may be an vertue, but impatience is faster.
Congrats on making a bestseller list, Wil! I’ll pass along your congratulations to Alexandria, but I doubt she’ll believe me. She thinks you’re cute, so she refuses to believe that you actually respond to “regular” people. I asked her once if she wanted me to get an autographed picture for her room and she said she would just think that my husband wrote your name on it.
SEE! ! ! I told yo he was gonna make us all wait hehe.
Yeah, he probably wrote the blog back in July and has been giggling ever since while he draws out the suspense.
In the morning??? Like 12:01 am in the morning (which, dammit, is 3am on the East Coast, so it better not be that) or “I’ve brushed my teeth, had my shower, mmm, good coffee” in the morning, which means I’m still going to miss it because I’ll be at the dentist, double damn!
Oh, well, I’ve been waiting since forever. A couple more hours won’t… argggh…
Seriously, my thought way back in the Stone Age was that some book publisher picked up Just a Geek as a hardcover book.
I guess this is a good night to be working on my papers. I’ll be up all night anyway, so at least this now gives me a good reason to be up late! I hope he updates at midnight pacific standard time!
I was just about to make a very witty comment on the soapbox, but it kicked me out and I can’t get back in. I guess I really wasn’t so witty after all. Must be nightly backup time or something.
Of course. Wil has been cast as Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter series…
Right?
oh well..i guess we’ll all be back here in the morning then..haha..
cheers all, and congrats to your step daughter and your husband, shauna… !
I know it has been ruled out, but you really had that “I’m gonna be a daddy” sound to your voice in the audio blog. I am still trying to guess at what could have happened that is so life changing other than having a child.
The suspense is torture.
Fess up wheaton! 😉
Thanks, Tyson! Goodnight, all. Hopefully, we’ll finally get the epic announcement tomorrow.
I’ve listened to that entry a few times now.
AGH I CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT ISSSSS!!!!!!
Adopting a child? Something kick-ass kind of cool about your kids?
A really big movie role that like, totally makes all the hard work in that area worth it x10??
Official super duper BBC news correspondent?
AGH I WANNA KNOW I WANNA KNOW!!
I hope it’s something that totally makes you completely happy because you’re such a cool guy and you deserve it. 🙂
Wil!! It’s midnight! I can’t wait until morning. The suspense is overwhelming. Tell, tell, tell. As excited as you were on the audblog, I just know you must be bursting wanting to tell us. Please?
Have you seen the time………
get moving
epic:
1.(n.) a. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats. b. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.
2. (adj.) a. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size. b. Heroic and impressive in quality.
Curiouser and curiouser said the girl with no life…
Well, apparently he didn’t have it set to automatically post at midnight. Oh well. And I stayed up late and everything.
* TAPPING THE FOOT ! *
I’m all twitterpated with anticipation over here. I just listened to the audioblog entry, and gosh doggit, it sounds family related to me.
And as an adoptive parent and adoption advocate, I have to say, Wil, that you and Anne DO have kids of your own (reference to a comment way up top). You are as much a parent to those boys as if they had half your genetic make-up. I know you meant you two have no plans for MORE children, but give yourself some well deserved credit. Love, not just biology, makes a family.
Congratulations in advance for whatever your news may be.
Peace
Amy
If your waiting for a hundred comments before you post, then this is it!
How about OVER a hundred comments? (checks page) Damn!
Sheesh, I feel like I’m waiting for an eBay auction to end, I’m refreshing the page so much!
Maybe that’s it… Wil has designed an auto refresh page devise for when your waiting for some big announcement on the net.