I’m guess I’m up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I’ve been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house.
I still get super tired pretty quickly, so I’m taking lots of naps, but I’ve got enough base energy to read and write, so I can get back to work on my new books this week, and I’ll be able to ship out all the Just A Geeks that were ordered through the fundraiser. I wish I could have gotten them all out sooner, but at least I’ll be hitting the 6 week mark of the 4 to 6 weeks I promised.
Over the last two weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about where my energy is going, both physically and emotionally, and I’ve decided that it’s important for me to redraw some boundaries and refocus my energy . . . my life has been severely out of Balance for the last six months or so, and I think it’s a big part of why I got so sick. So I’m making some changes to my life, including my blog and other creative commitments. I’ll write more about that next week, because I’m going to walk Ferris to the stop sign now. That’s funny — it’s like we’re doing physical therapy together.
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Wil, I’m glad to hear you are feeling better than ass crack, and have improved to 70%.
HERE IS A STRANGE TALE FOR YOUR COUCHSIDE ENTERTAINMENT:
You must have been on my mind, I had a weird ass dream last night… what the hell were you doing in my dreams anyhow?
WEIRD ASS DREAM
It is hard to explain, as most dreams are. I remember troubles with a handful of pesky tornadoes… and alot of running was involved. People got swept up. I remember hiding in a basement of a building with some others. Nothing about this portion of the dream makes any sense. I remember being outside and seeing 10+ tornadoes forming around me. Seemed like a trap with no escape. I saw you in passing as I was running for cover. You were with the Stand By Me cast and I remember you guys running near the railroad tracks with a white fence trying to escape the tornadoes.
After the chaos was over, I drove with a friend to some part of the city (seemed like it was in Phoenix) where you were putting on some kind of stunt show, with a train car or something. You were also doing Q & A. I’m not sure if I asked you anything or not. I know I wanted to though. You were in your early twenties at the time. We are the same age, so I must have been younger then too.
It was bright and sunny outside, temps were in the high-80’s. I remember how happy you were to perform, to be star of the show. Your fans were excited to be there as well. We were all standing in a group, walking with you. There were maybe 20 people or so.
After whatever you were doing was done, you came over to talk with everyone. You had a few friends with you. They were your childhood friends. I just remember how happy you were, that sticks out in this dream more than anything.
You invited a bunch of us over to your parents vacation place in Inglewood (don’t ask how, but we walked from Phoenix, it was a short walk)… it was behind a huge green iron gate. It was on about 1 acre. Some trees, but mostly grass with no shrubs. The house looked like a house at first, but it was really a 150 foot long white travel trailer on a concrete slab. (It was huge and would take up 2+ lanes on a highway, and its length was impossible)… but I saw the back wheels, it was made to be towed. It was like a traveling palace.
Your parents were happy to see you. You could tell how much they love you. There were maybe 5 of us from the show that came over to your parents house. Not sure what the purpose of going there was, but nevertheless we were all there talking. It was a happy time.
After the visit with the folks, I remember we all went walking to this area of town that was in a weird valley, not very green but was heavily forested in areas, lots of shrubs as well. This area of town has weird happenings. The townies talked about a large hairy creature that lived in the woods. They heard sounds that they couldn’t explain. Naturally we were all interested in this, especially you. You wanted to solve the mystery. The towns folk were not normal by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, they seemed like ex-cons. It was dangerous to be there, but the mystery surrounding the wildman of the forest was too intrigging to ignore, despite the danger imposed by the townsmen.
You walked into the town in the lead. You protected the rest of us with a confidence that was overwhelming. We walked to an area that was near a river, it was on a dirt forestry road. The road was a dead end. There were several hunters there with firearms. They were up to no good. But you protected us.
I CAN’T RECALL what happens next because my siamese cat decided to stand on my chest this morning meowing for no particular reason… then my parrot started eeeping for reasons only known to her.
HOPE YOU GOT SOME ENTERTAINMENT VALUE OUT OF MY WEIRD ASS DREAM WIL. MAYBE IT GOT YOUR MIND OFF OTHER THINGS FOR A FEW MINUTES ANYHOW.
Get better fast kiddo. Obviously I’m thinking of you. TAKE CARE!
🙂 Kel
Glad you’re feeling better. Here’s a boy who isn’t feeling so great today. Can you imagine an eight year old getting suspended for his love of Star Trek? I think things are getting out of hand in this country.
Hey, I’m all for refocusing. A happy Will is a healthy Wil. Or is that the other way around? Anyway, glad to hear you’re feeling a little more like a real person again!
You know Wil, I love what Bog said about you being the “friend I haven’t met yet”. I think so many of us feel that way. After all, so many of us call you will, and without asking permisison and all.
So I can say it’s true that if we were your everyday, come over to your hose kind of friends, it’s times in your life like this we’d pop on by and say, “Jeeze, what the hell is that smell? Is that you, Wil? Man, you smell like a sick person.”
But seriously, you absolutely rule. Keep doing all the things you do that make your fans/friends love you, which includes taking good care of yourself.
Wil,
It might be a good idea to quit taking things so seriously. Your sick and you need rest its not the end of the world. If being sick has made you realize that you spend way to much time on the net writing your blog then good. Im sure you have better things to do…like do a laughable 10 second “guest” appearance on CSI then act(no pun intended) like you were just cast as the lead in Casa Blanc.
Sidenote: I watched Star Trek Insurection the other day and I noticed that your name was on the ending credits. After the main actors and secondary actors were listed, they showed the names of such characters as “Guard #1”, then with all that out of the way, you were listed last. Wow, Someone at paramount must really not like you.
Im guessing that the industry folks dont like dealing with A-list actor craziness and self-importance from the B-level (this close from working at subway) crowd…
Wil for President! … Well Vice President
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Well, Wil — you take care of yourself, that’s the #1 thing.
#2, there’s no #2. Just take care of yourself!
dd
Ah… the re-balancing act. It’s so easy to pour your focus in the wrong direction – especially when you have so many things on the go. However, you have a strong support network, both real and virtual, and that makes all the difference. Good luck!
I felt the same way about Wil being the friend I had never met. Then I met him. I was very anxious and nervous just to say hi to him. My palms were sweating (which they never do), and I wasn’t really sure what to say without sounding like some lunatic.
The thing is, I think that most others, like myself, relate to Wil because we all have gone through or are going through a lot of the same things he has or is. In some ways, he has the life that most of us dream about (the wife, kids, pets, friends, etc.). His searching for acting work was just as bad as my graduating with a Computer Technology degree in May of 2001. I spent more than 2 years doing various temp jobs similar to Wil working on SciFi movies, just waiting for that 1 big thing to come around, which it never did.
I have also been going through a refocusing stage for the last few months. I find that computer work doesn’t allow me to be as creative as I need to be and my subconscious has screemed out a few times because of it.
So yeah, it is very easy to relate to this guy.
By the way .. My personal , I flew out to LA to meet Wil, see ACME Sex Machine, and get Dancing Barefoot signed, has become MIA in the move I did 2 months ago. whaaa!!! But somehow my JAG is still with me.