I wrapped CSI on Wednesday. A brief audioblog about it is here.
I watched the show last night with Anne and the kids, and drove them crazy with comments like, “Oh! Behind that wall is where the craft service table is!” and “See where that corridor curves? That’s the end of the set and if you take a right you’ll walk right out of the stage.” and “Jorja Fox is even more beautiful in person.” and “I was totally in that set on Monday!”
They endured my enthusiasm with patience and good humor. Heh. Anybody else see it? It was seriously the most disturbing episode I’ve ever seen.
Lots of people have asked what flavor of CSI it is, and when it will air. It’s the original CSI (the one in Las Vegas) and it was apparently going to air the first week of March, but it looks like CSI is going to be preempted by March Madness, and it will air later.
But! You can see my World Poker Tour Hollywood Home Game on the Travel Channel on Sunday February 20th. I hardly ever caught cards that night, and I hope I don’t look like a total dope when it’s cut together.
I’m playing in the WPT invitational in less than a week, and I haven’t sat at a poker table since November . . . I haven’t played NLHE in even longer, and I don’t know when I’ll have time to get my game back up to speed between now and then. I have figured out that I need an extra four hours in each day, so I have time to write, be a husband and stepfather, and play poker and D&D. Can someone get on that for me? Thanks.
My latest Games of our Lives is up. This week, I look at a Space Invaders bootleg called Cosmic Monsters:
Let’s be honest, okay? You take the Earth for granted. We all do. But a horde of Cosmic Monsters have turned their greedy, multi-faceted eyes on our Big Blue Marble, and they’re determined to bring their unique brand of alien terror to mankind! Luckily, you’ve got three shields and a missile base that moves left and right. Though the Cosmic Monsters are numerous, they don’t have the most advanced battle plan, so be prepared for them to move from side to side as they drop closer and closer to Earth. And since saving the planet may not be enough for you (it is the ’80s, after all), you will be rewarded with points, hundreds and hundreds of points, which you can use to… uh… impress your friends, or something.
Sketch is doing really well! I’m leaving in about twenty minutes to take him down to the kitty cardiologist for a re-check, but I am very hopeful that he’ll get a check-plus from his doctor. He’s eating, grooming himself regularly, and his breathing is between 24 and 36 (depending on how much he’s been playing with his Kitty Hooch mouse, of course.)
My friend Kevin is in an art show at the Richard Heller Gallery Saturday night. Kevin is a fantastic artist, and all you Westsiders should check it out.
Oh! I’m officially added to the lineup at the Creation Grand Slam show in Pasadena March 11 – 13. You’ll notice that March 12 is a Saturday, which means if you’re coming to town for the convention, you could take a field trip to Hollywood that night and catch me and two other EarnestBorg9 cast members in our supermegaawesome sketch comedy show Acme Love Machine.
It’s raining here, and there’s a pretty strong breeze blowing across my backyard. There’s a tiny hummingbird with a shiny green breast sitting on a telephone wire that connects to the eave just above my office window . . . the wire’s moving all over the place, but he’s not letting go for anything. That’s cool.
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Hey Wil!
I am taping your Poker Appearance as I type this!
John just went out…..
Anyhow, glad you had fun on CSI!
Oh and BTW.. I was very excited that you wore THE SHIRT and had a monkey by your side.
*proud*
After watching WPT tonight, I don’t think I’d ever want to play poker with LeVar: he can be downright scary sometimes…
Mad props to Wil for playing for the EFF! It doesn’t have the same emotional tug as the Pediatric Cancer Foundation (Kids! With cancer! The big “C”! Can there be anything worse?) but it is very important nonetheless.
No shame in giving Andrea your money, bro. She was hawt! And playing with her hair like that? It was over before it started.
You did good, kid. You made my TiVo wishlist proud. (I have no idea what that means…)
I was excited to randomly find you playing poker tonight (while flipping channels at the in-laws’), but my oldest daughter was even more excited to see her friend Levar from Reading Rainbow (five year-olds; they have no understanding of fame).
I missed the poker show, and I would love to have seen it. Does anyone know if will be rerun? DUH. Scroll up and there it is. I’ll see you on Thursday!!
Wil,
Great job on WPT last night…That was a fun game to watch! You should have heard us yelling and screaming during the bluffing! It was wild! Congrats on CSI, that will be the best CSI ever, I am sure 🙂
Still sending mojo to fat boy and family!
Tim in Nor Cal
Just a few random thoughts about the WPT show:
Other than the hand you lost to Andrea, I thought your play was quite respectable. Your play at the beginning of the show, where you pushed LeVar out with your pair of sevens, was classic. I knew when it got down to three players and you were short stacked, the next hand would be do or die for you. You just couldn’t do anything with a K2 suited without help from the board, which didn’t come. Still, I didn’t feel like you made any other major missteps.
You also looked like you were having fun, especially compared to LeVar, who looked like he was taking it more seriously than necessary. He is a pretty good player, though, I have to give him that. Congrats on lasting longer than he did!
Good luck in the invitational this week. With a few good cards, and your skills, I predict you’ll be right up there at the top of the heap.
Wil you did awesome in WPT! You should absolutely be proud of yourself and you represented us monkeys well because we are proud of you too! I would love to see you play in that Bravo game. The players don’t look so intense (LeVar)! Hey guys, lets start a campaign to get our Wil on that Celebrity Poker Showdown!
Hey wil…
Watched your WPT episode and I thought you played rather well except for that one hand that I’m sure you’re kicking yourself for. I put a little write up over at Up For Poker. Any analysis is bound to be a little unfair because we only see a small sample of hands. I enjoyed watching you… too bad you didn’t have the luck that Mekhi had… and too bad you couldn’t drop the HAMMER!!
Hey Wil,
I did catch the WPT thing last night. You did fine. Getting out at number three wasn’t so bad. Pretty good I thought. If I were a celebrity, I don’t know if I would have made it that far, but who knows.
How long ago was that taped? I don’t remember seeing it before, and I usually catch almost all the WPT shows on the Travel channel.
One question though… Was Lavar peeved at something? He seemed kind of miffed all through the show.
Anyway, good luck in the invitational. I think you should do well.
Hey Wil,
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and am amazed at just how normal of a guy you are, for someone that I’ve only known on my tv screen… It’s kind of amazing to me how easy it is to just tap a few keys, and have access to you.
Anyways, I just wanted to say congratulations on the CSI gig. I’m looking forward to seeing the episode, and I’m glad to hear that Sketch is doing better too.
-N. Main
Hey Wil,
I watched the Poker Tournament and I wanted to
say that it was great fun to watch, you did real well. (Last hand excluded, HaHa)One question though. Could you look any cuter with your little good luck Monkey? (HaHaHa)
Hey Wil! It’s great to hear you’ll be on CSI in march, the wife and I watch it often. Its been awhile since we’ve chatted, I dunno if I told you but we had a daugther, shes 7 months old now. Her name is Shelby. Have you been playing any MMORPGs lately? I’ve been into World of Warcraft, you should check it out. Take care Wil.
Hey Wil! Watched the WPT Sunday night, and you played great (yeah, with the exception of that one particular hand). Darwin got alot of monkey face time, which is cool, and you played really well against LeVar, which must have felt somewhat good, given poker’s role in the later seasons of TNG.
Third place isn’t that bad, and you should be proud of your showing. You played great, and the commentators most certainly didn’t overlook that fact. They could tell that you’re a poker enthusiast, for sure.
Always good to see you on my TV, Wil! Good luck at the Invitational, plenty of Poker Monkey Mojo coming your way! And lots of hugs to Sketch! How’d his re-check go? Kitty Mojo still coming his way!
I similarly make my sister completley crazy when she comes to see plays I’ve worked on. All throughout the performance I will regale her with tales of the pre-production or tech rehersal and more. During the last one, she kept having to hit me because I was anticipating the jokes and laughing BEFORE they happened, or I’d laugh at things that only other crew members would find funny.