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This thing has been happening to me since I built my first blog about 25 years ago, and you’d think that by now it would have stopped, but here we are.

The longer I go between posts, the more SUPER IMPORTANT the next post becomes. This is especially gross after I’ve been promoting something. I feel like I’ve bombarded the world with my promotional stuff, so I ought to give the world something to offset that.

…only when I sit down to do that, the part of me that creates those things is like, “Oh hell no. I’m on vacation.”

So I come in here, day after day, get to about this point in a post just like this one, and then I get frustrated, delete it, and go play video games.

I have to break that cycle, so here’s a little bit of a roundup to put something new here.

Yesterday, I finished building the LEGO Batmobile, which I started months ago. It has some adorable little details that were a lot of fun to discover, but holy shit was it tedious most of the time. It turns out that building vehicles, even one that I have been obsessed with since I was a little kid, is not something I enjoy.

I think I’m doing the Haunted House next.

If you’d told me a year ago that the Stanley Cup final in 2025 would be the same teams from 2024, I never would have believed you, and once again I am cheering for Florida because Edmonton is literally the only Canadian team I just can’t abide. Sorry, Oilers Nation, but fuck Corey Perry.1

Remember Trek Side of the Moon? It’s back, in T-shirt form.

I loved the movie, but am very late to the What We Do In The Shadows series party, so I’m only now getting into its third season. A couple nights ago, I watched an episode that takes them to Atlantic City. Nandor gets completely hooked on a Big Bang Theory slot machine, and is delighted to discover that there is a television series that is “faithful to the slot machine.”2

The thing is … because The Big Bang Theory canonically exists inside the What We Do In The Shadowsverse, that means I exist inside that universe. This feels like an achievement that should come with a badge, and it makes me stupidly happy.3

Late last week,I saw that Loretta Swit passed away. We worked together when I was a kid, and I remembered some things about her.

A friend of mine observed that we are slowly becoming the Elders, and that’s just really weird. I have been thinking about that, and it turns out there is a lot about that I’m not really ready to embrace, like accepting that people I love, who mean so much to me, are getting older (and elderly) with all that implies. It’s just … it’s really weird. At the same time, it feels really good and … gentle? … to embrace a position in life that allows me to be a kind, patient, supportive, and encouraging person in the world for anyone who needs it.

I’m thinking a lot about how I can talk about things from a place of experience, in a way that younger me would have been able to hear and internalize. I want to be a Helper so much, y’all.

I had a meeting with my team to discuss next steps on It’s Storytime. The audience is small but passionate, and growing steadily. I think we’ve found a way to make it break even, or slightly better, while the audience continues to grow. Thank you to everyone who is supporting the show on Patreon, to everyone who has liked and subscribed and whatnot. It looks like the audience is right around 20,000 listeners which seems like a lot to me, and something I feel really good about! But you know what’s crazy? In the podcast world, it’s tiny. Isn’t that nuts?

When I was walking Marlowe, I came across this weirdly bent spoon in the street, so I posted it in my Instagram stories with the caption “If anyone sees Yuri Gellar, tell him I found his spoon.”4

I think this is a pretty good joke.

I watched a fantastic film a couple nights ago, about the post-punk scene in West Berlin from 1979-1989, called B-Movie: Lust & Sound. It’s streaming all over the place, and if you like the same kind of music and aesthetics that I do, it’s probably worth your time.

I think that’s all for now. Have a good day, friends.

  1. Also, Florida sent 9 players to Four Nations, and Four Nations was the most exciting and satisfying hockey tournament I have ever seen. So there’s that. ↩︎
  2. I love how this show keeps surprising me like this. The first time, it was throwing the bone off the roof in the werewolf fight. I never saw it coming, and it just killed me. ↩︎
  3. I also exist inside Tommy Westphal’s snow globe, but that doesn’t feel as exclusive. They’ll let anybody into that thing. They let me in there! ↩︎
  4. If you get this reference, that means it’s time to schedule a colonoscopy, if you haven’t already. And make sure you’re getting enough vitamin D, because our aging bodies need it. ↩︎
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13 thoughts on “behind his eyes he says ‘i still exist’”

  1. C S says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:22 am

    Love it. ❤️

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  2. Stanton-Anderson says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:27 am

    The Vampire Council in the episode The Trial contains such a wealth of blood-sucker Easter eggs!

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  3. Craig says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:27 am

    I am super excited to hear that It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton can continue and keep growing!

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  4. misangela says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:28 am

    I actually SQUEED when you said the Trek Side Ts were back! I get so many compliments on mine!! I’ve posted about it everywhere! XO

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  5. Denise Mastenbrook says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:29 am

    Saw you on Celebrity Family Feud recently, loved seeing the whole Trek team. And that’s what I have to say about that…

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  6. HJ says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:30 am

    The jokes on you, Wil of Wheaton, for not only did I get your bent spoon reference, but verily my colonoscopy is already set for Friday.

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  7. Ally Warren says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:31 am

    A beautiful story Wil. Such a lovely memory.
    I’ll remember Loretta for her role in MASH, I always like to think ker character was my inspiration to be a theatre nurse,

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  8. Tim Trentham says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:32 am

    I got the Batmobile not long after it came out. I was also obsessed with that show as a kid. I had fun building it (most of the time) but it did take a while. They got me with the Jaws Orca set as well. Yes, we’re getting old.

    The Loretta Switt post was nice.

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  9. Victor says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:35 am

    I get what you mean about becoming an elder. I turn 48 on Friday.

    It is that realization that we are all getting older, but the promise of being the person we needed when we were younger.

    As a gay man, I also realize the privilege it is to get older because I didn’t have a lot of elders when I was coming up. So there’s that as well.

    What we do in the shadows is hilarious ! Let us know when you watch episodes 7 and 8 of season 3 — those were two of my favorites of the entire show!

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  10. thoughtfully87d28dfd6b says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:45 am

    Let me offer an alternative thought. The longer you go between posts the more important you post ANYTHING so we know you’re doing ok. Not to sound creepy but we can start to worry from radio silence.

    Good news about storytime. I do miss it.

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  11. Harry says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:47 am

    I just noted my Trek Side of the Moon shirt was almost too faded to recognize anymore. It’s one of my favorites. Already ordered a replacement. Thanks for creating this!

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  12. Neil Hendin says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:47 am

    I once found a spork in the road, and was not sure what Yogi Berra would say.
    (if you get that reference you probably need to schedule your second colonoscopy) 🙂

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  13. Socolofi says:
    3 June, 2025 at 11:47 am

    Thank you for the gifts of Storytime, and the opportunity to crush your spirit once more this season!

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