I kicked ass on the audition, according to the CD.

She told my manager that I was “amazing,” that I had “just incredible energy when he walked into the room” and that I “‘got’ the character — something we’re really having trouble with.”

I guess nobody who reads this character groks him, and I did. That’s cool.

But I’m too young. I play late 20s and this guy is early 30s.

So no job for me . . . but a great audition, and a good impression made on a big time casting director.
A year ago, I would have been all torn up about this, but I got the news, and was like, “Oh, okay. I’m going back to work on Just A Geeknow.”
I have even more exciting Dancing Barefoot news:

• We’ve added all sorts of cool stuff to the Media Kit: an excerpt from the book, including a scaled-down illustration, a collection of some of the reviews, and updated banners and stuff. The Media Kit page is designed for other bloggers who want to help support my book, by linking and stuff. You can also use the downloads to convince your significant other that it’s worth buying the book, or to show your local indie bookshop owner why they should stock it. 🙂
• We’re very close to finalizing international shipping. This has been a real pain in the ass, but I think we’ve worked out the best balance of cost vs. shipping time. We should have something set in digital stone by the end of the week.
• I have gotten two more awesome reviews, and I share them now:

It goes without saying that Wil Wheaton is one of the great geek
stories of our time. But who’d have thought he could DELIVER some
more great geek stories? Well, in the pages of Dancing Barefoot, the
man behind Wesley Crusher does just that. Full of humor and humanity,
Dancing Barefoot’s writing style is packed with the kind of easy,
natural, honest quality that is so in evidence on Wil’s award-winning
Blog site. Touching, genuine and funny, these are true-life stories
you don’t have to be a dork to enjoy. Deeply impressive, I can’t wait
for his next book!
-John Kovalic
Creator, Dork Tower

Holy.
Crap.
It’s like Bob Gibson telling me, “That’s a hell of a fastball you’ve got there, kid,” or Patrick Stewart saying, “That was some nice acting there, Wil.”
*beam*
I also have a review from the great Kibo himself:

Wil is a great writer, and the proof is in the way he makes you smile so
easily.

Ferris and Riley seem to think that the best place to play (and by play I mean wrestle, with the snarling and the barking and the jumping and the flaven) is immediately underneath my desk.
Unless I walk to the kitchen to refill my coffee. In that case, the best place to play is running tight circles around my legs. I guess there are bonus points if they knock me down.
So the big news in my life is the stunning success of Dancing Barefoot. Since Thursday, when we took the Monolith Press website live, we’ve had over 10,000 unique visitors, and I’ve taken orders for over 200 books! 200 books in four days, man! Without any real advertising beyond the Internet! How cool is that?

Happy Fun Pundit weighs in with the Top Ten Things I Hate About Star Trek.
I haven’t laughed this hard in days. It’s like a Friar’s roast of Trek.
(Thanks to john for the link)
If this list makes you laugh, I know for a fact that you’ll enjoy my friend Karl’s band Warp 11.

It is my first effort.
I wish you would like it.

If you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, they say, those monkeys will churn out something great, like Shakespeare.
If you give 50,000 monkeys at 50,000 typewriters enough time, they won’t get anything done, because they’ll be too busy reading WWdN!
But!
I have read at Fark, (and gotten about 600 e-mails about) what happens when you put 6 monkeys at one computer. (Hint: they put about as much effort into creating something great as the people behind “The Bachelor.”)
So I watched the ABC show last night. At first, when they announced, “Coming up next . . . your favorite stars from Reality TV and CHARO!” I thought that I was totally screwed.
I mean, I’m not exactly “A” list . . . or “B” list . . . or, really, on the list at all right now.
But I can claw my way back, if I want to, you know? When I saw that . . . well, let’s just say my stomach tightened and my palms began to sweat. The “has-been” voice screamed in my head, as it so often does.
When the segment came on, though, I was really pleased. I thought I photographed well (you totally have to stare to see my awesome double chin) and I thought I came off very well.
Though I wondered if “I’ve written a book,” has become the 2000 equivlent of the 1970s “I’m in a band.”
Heh.
Guess who got confirmation of his Trogdor shirt shipping today?
Oh yeah!
Have a great weekend, everybody.