First, the bad news: I chipped the evrlivingfuck out of my tooth a few nights ago. How did I do it, you ask? Something cool, like a bar fight, or a hockey fight, or jumping in front of a runaway shopping cart to save a GT40 from getting a dent?
Oh no. No, my friends, it’s much better than that. I chipped my front tooth so badly I don’t even want to open my mouth, by . . . . eating pizza. Pear and Gorgonzola pizza from Trader Joe’s, to be exact. (Which is frakin’ good pizza, man.) My jaw is all screwed up, and I’ve needed braces to fix my bite for years, but I always felt it was vain to worry about having perfectly straight teeth . . . and as a result, I’ve gotten this really nasty underbite. So I hit my bottom teeth on my top front teeth all the time, and it has resulted in three bondings in less than a year. I get to go back today to get yet another bonding, and this afternoon I’m meeting with the orthodontist so I can finally get the process of fixing my screwed up teeth started.
Now the good news: I got the unbound galleys of Just A Geek yesterday! It looks like a real book. Oh my god. I also got to see the cover art, which is amazing. I’m so excited! I have until the 24th to give them my edits and corrections, and then I won’t see it again until it’s printed and bound. I don’t have a street date, yet, but I think it will be June or July.
And holy crap, when you find out who is writing the foreword, you will shit. It’s just about the coolest thing ever.
I’ve also been talking with O’Reilly about a book tour, and right now it looks like we’re going to do something up the West Coast — probably San Diego to Seattle — in August. I don’t know if they’ll send me out to the rest of the country, but I’m sure if there’s enough interest, we can put something together. *wink*
Voice Over Excitement: Yesterday, I had the coolest VO audition of my life . . . for Family Guy! They are looking for “utility players,” and I got to go read about 12 different characters for them. If I book it, it will be a bigger deal to me than when I booked Next Generation. I did a pretty good job, I think. I didn’t “hear myself” in several of the characters I did, and I think my obsessive watching of the show on Adult Swim and on DVD helped me out, because I know what types of characters they have — I was able to go “bigger” than I normally would if I didn’t know the show so well.
Today, I have a major callback for this animation project over at Disney. I read three characters for this show about two weeks ago, and I felt like I completely blew it with one, barely made it with another, but totally nailed it with the last one — and they’ve bringing me back for the last one (a character whom I love, by the way) today!
Other stuff: A few weeks ago, I did an epic, three-hour long interview with Sequential Tart, the first part of which is up now. I read it last night, and discovered that I am a fucking LONG WINDED guy. I need to learn how to just get to the point and shut up.
There are two good reviews of Dancing Barefoot, too. This one is from MacCompanion, and This one is from The Southend, at Wayne University.
Okay, that’s it from me for today. I have to go work on Geek now. Anne’s got an update about Kris that she’s working on in the other room. It should be in a little bit.
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Family Guy rules — that would be awesome to do voice-over work for that show. I’m glad to hear that things are going well on both the acting and writing side of your career. And if you ever make to upstate NY on your book tour, I’ll be first in line!
“I’ve also been talking with O’Reilly about a book tour, and right now it looks like we’re going to do something up the West Coast — probably San Diego to Seattle — in August.”
Dude, I live in Vancouver, BC…but be damned if I won’t do a little 4 hour border crossing extravanganza should you find your way to Seattle, Wil.
You heard me. Now you have to go to Seattle.
At the risk of being “that guy,” I think you should get a full-on cameo like the many other celebs have done. Just a quick cutaway.
Peter fantasizes about being Captain Picard, and tells Ensign Crusher to set course for a beer-related destination. Wil flips out, denying he’s Wesley Crusher and is actually Wil Wheaton, etc. Peter finishes with “No, seriously, Ensign Crusher, that’s an order. I mean, who else could you possibly be?” Also could have Meg (Mila!!!) go crazy for “Teen Idol” and jump you at the end of the scene, with you screaming, “Get off me, I’m thirty with a wife and step-kids, seriously!”
Or something along those lines… Either way, Wheaton on Family Guy kicks ass… \m/
Hey Wil!
I was at school the other day in health and they showed a sex repect video about same sex marriage and you were in it! When did you do this?
yes! family guy freaking rocks. i hope you get a part 🙂
So, my guess is only a few, and they narrow as I think about what the book is about, and since it’s about your life in the past, and your becoming who you are. That being said:
Stewart, Reiner, or Spiner… hey.. I’m a doofus.. that rhymed.
— Robert
First stop, The Family Guy, next stop, The Simpsons!
P.S. Cake rules!
Olsonn’s in the Washington DC area, preferably the location in Arlington Courthouse. Another good indy bookstore chain. The only thing that would keep Wil away is Bush-Cheney ’04 re-election HQ is across the street.
Congrats on the VO auditions, Wil! The Family Guy kicks ass!
hey, its morgan and ima guy, lol, and straight but i chipped my front right tooth really badly, and it sucks, i chipped it about a half a year/year ago, and im sorta used to it, but it still sucks, but im goin to the dentist friday to hopefully get it capped if not im gettin my canine pulled down, b/c its growing wrong, well if you want to know the story behind how it got chipped(im 14 years old), i was a my house drinking at a party at my house, and my ex-girlfriend was there for some reason that im still not sure about…..but i was sitting there tal;kin to some friends and all and she walks up all pissed, prolly b/c i broke up with her the day before…lol, but she walked up really pissed lookin at me, and i went to take a drink and she rammed it into my mouth and broke my front/right tooth into 3 peices, and cracked the tooth left attached, so needless to say i dropped to the floor not relizing what was going on, and passed out, woke up the next morning on the floor and my tooth hurt like a b*tch so i felt with my tougue and i dint feel berly anything cept pain there, so i got up looke in the mirror and i had half a tooth!!
hey, hey, it morgan again, second post, and i love family guy, its bi-far the best cartoon, i love ta watch adult swim, but mainly for family guy, hes so freakin funny, lol, iight l8er dude, lol