Category: WWdN in Exile

reminder: barnes and noble at the grove tonight

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For all five of you who are in Los Angeles: I’ll be signing the Star Trek Manga at Barnes and Noble at The Grove tonight at 7:30. I talked to Erin at the SG Newswire about it yesterday.

This is one of the few stops where I won’t have The Happiest Days of Our Lives, because Barnes and Noble doesn’t have it in their system, and can’t sell it, but that’s the price of being an indie publisher who doesn’t play by The Man’s rules, I guess. \m/

Speaking of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, I took the first batch of orders to the post office yesterday, and I’m processing another big batch of orders this afternoon for delivery tomorrow. I can’t believe this is really happening!

in honor of my dad

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After my sister’s wedding, our two families gathered on the beach where Amy and Andrew were married and threw flowers from the bouquets and reception into the ocean, as a memorial for our family members who aren’t with us any longer, and couldn’t be there to witness the ceremony.

It’s been a tough year for my dad. He’s lost a lot of people from his family who he loved very much.

With these pictures, I hope to remember my dad as he remembered them.

Dad at the Memorial

More Dad

In loving memory . . .

that’s why i said i relate

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On the way home from school today, Nolan said, "I think D&D Girl likes me."

"Oh?" I said, "Really?"

"Yeah," he said, "I think it’s because I cast a level three Charm spell on her."

There are few things more joyous for a parent than seeing yourself reflected back at you in your children, and these precious moments make all the sacrifices and challenges worthwhile.

memorial

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Memorial

My sister got married this weekend, and after the wedding, our two families gathered on the
beach where they were married, and threw flowers from the bouquets into
the ocean, as a memorial for our family members who aren’t with us any
longer, and couldn’t be there to witness the ceremony.

I threw in a flower for my Aunt Val, who I miss more than anyone.

a bit more about my episode of Family Guy

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So recording Family Guy yesterday ranks in the top five most awesome moments of my acting and geek lives.

Seth MacFarlane directed my session, and when I met him, I said, "Okay, I’m not even going to try to pretend to keep it cool. I am a huge fan, and this is more exciting for me than I can quantify."

Yeah, I said quantify. I say stupid shit like that when I’m giddy and excited.

"Well, if you’re going to do that," he said, "then I’ll have to tell you that Next Generation is my favorite of all the Star Treks, and I’ve seen every episode about a thousand times. The First Duty is just great, man."

I did my best not to faint.

We had a meeting of the mutual admiration society for a few minutes, and then I went into the booth to record my lines. It was incredibly fun and creatively fulfilling, and even though we only worked together for fifteen or twenty minutes, I instantly liked him. He reminded me of my friends from ACME, and I hoped I earned another bit on the show at some point in the future, because he was really fun to work with.

When I was finished recording, I asked him if I could talk a little bit about my episode on my blog, without giving away too many details, and he said that would be fine, so . . .

I play myself, in a story that you could call a tribute to Next Generation. Pretty much everyone from the cast is on board for the episode, and holy shit is it funny.

I can’t divulge any specific story details, or give away any jokes, but there’s a joke with me that, if it makes it to the final cut of the episode, could quite possibly be the funniest thing I’ve ever done on television.

The show will air in about a year, I guess, and I can’t wait to see it.