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I was in an open-air production of Macbeth last summer, and we had a pair of hawks hanging around the stage for the whole run. We named them Malcolm and Donalbain, and they should have gotten top billing. It was just one of those perfect little things that happen sometimes.
Commented Nov 30, 2010 on the circling hawks at WWdN: In Exile
the circling hawks
Two days in a row, in two different places, twenty miles apart, I’ve seen two hawks circle in the sky above me. I know it’s simple coincidence, but I like to believe that they’re the same pair, soaring gracefully and beautifully on thermal currents just for me, so I don’t forget to appreciate th...
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Nov 30, 2010
I'm 5'10". When I dropped down to 118 pounds, my doctor was threatening IV's. 5'10" and 110? I have a tough time buying that as "healthy."
Commented Oct 3, 2010 on Into thin air at fourfour
Into thin air
It wasn't Annamaria's constant bragging or the camera's lingering on her supposedly unhealthy body that let me know she was going home. It was her attempt to defend herself from Tyra's criticism and the death blink that followed. At this point, I knew it was all over for her. I'm a little bit ...
I had the flu and a high fever on 09/11/01. For days I thought I had dreamed the whole thing.
Commented May 18, 2010 on some of us are looking at the stars at WWdN: In Exile
some of us are looking at the stars
On January 28, 1986, I was home from school with the flu. I remember that, no matter what I did, I couldn't get warm, so I was sitting in a hot bath when my mom knocked on the bathroom door. "There was an accident with the space shuttle," she said, in the same voice she used when she told me th...
I am so glad you remembered the word "slow" in "I am totally giving you the slow clap."
Commented Oct 26, 2009 on you may ask yourself, "how do i work this?" at WWdN: In Exile
you may ask yourself, "how do i work this?"
I stayed up way too late last night, waiting for Nolan to get home from the Horror thing at Universal. When I was younger, staying up until 3 was no big deal, but making it past midnight is a serious challenge, especially since my stupid brain insists on waking up between 7 and 8 no matter when ...
WELCOME to the world of TOMORROW!
Commented Oct 24, 2009 on ugly bags of mostly water at WWdN: In Exile
ugly bags of mostly water
I know, I know, posting Twitter conversations is the new posting pictures of your cat, but if you'll indulge me one more time, I think some of you will be glad you did: @levarburton: The Angels have demonstrated genuine character tonite... Unlike the Dodgers who simply punked out!!! @wilw: @lev...
What a beautiful girl. She and your family were so lucky to have found each other.
Commented Aug 25, 2009 on through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes at WWdN: In Exile
through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
My dog Ferris, who was rescued from a bus stop in Monrovia by my wife Anne almost exactly 8 years ago, had a heart attack and died this morning. It happened very quickly, and I was with her, which is supposed to make me feel better, but at this moment all I can feel is nearly-unbearable sorrow, ...
What's this about dodgy lingerie?
Commented Aug 13, 2009 on announcing THE AWESOME HOUR!!1 at WWdN: In Exile
announcing THE AWESOME HOUR!!1
The schedule for PAX 09 has been posted, and I am on it. BEHOLD: Wil Wheaton first came to PAX in 2007, when he gave the keynote address that your parents won't stop making you listen to in the car. In 2008, he returned for a panel that asked and answered the burning question, "Can Wil Wheaton r...
Wow, I didn't realize you and I had the same cat! I wonder how he manages the commute between the East and West coasts?
Commented Aug 10, 2009 on just another day at WWdN: In Exile
just another day
The Sun reached out from 93 million miles away, pushed against the curtains in my bedroom until it found a small gap, and poked though it. As it moved across the sky, it crept silently down the wall behind me, then deliberately down the headboard until it landed on my forehead. Once there, it to...
I'm really trying to not buy more books, and dammit, you're not making it easy, Wheaton!
I always appreciated that Wesley acted like a dumb kid sometimes. I mean, if they weren't going to have him be as messed-up as most teenagers are, what would have been the point of having him BE a teenager?
Commented May 29, 2009 on I don’t know much about brain scans... at WWdN: In Exile
I don’t know much about brain scans...
Each entry in Memories of the Future is broken up into sections: the synopsis, some quotable dialog, the obligatory technobabble, a behind the scenes memory, the bottom line, and a final grade. I'm striving to strike just the right balance among the main sections, and working very hard to be hum...
The da Gama/traffice comment is exactly the kind I WOULD make! I guess it's comforting to know that in the future, everyone will be just like me!!!
Commented May 22, 2009 on It's misty and stormy, and other words that are not also stage names for strippers at WWdN: In Exile
It's misty and stormy, and other words that are not also stage names for strippers
Remember when you had some huge project due in middle school, and you really didn't want to do it, so you just kept putting it off? Then, when you finally get to work on it, it's actually more fun than you thought it would be and you wonder why you didn't want to work on it in the first place? W...
Yeah, I've seen that one, too. And I certainly can't claim to have read every interview by everybody involved in the film, so I may not have the big picture on what's been said by whom.
Commented May 14, 2009 on Geek in Review: Star Trek Has Been Reborn, and it is SPECTACULAR at WWdN: In Exile
Geek in Review: Star Trek Has Been Reborn, and it is SPECTACULAR
For this month's Geek in Review, it was only natural that I write a column about the new Star Trek movie. This was much easier said than done: Since I saw Star Trek a little over a week ago, I’ve struggled to write an adequate review of the movie, and what it meant to me, as someone who was par...
It's really hard to be objective right now. So much could have gone so terribly wrong with this movie - even the most optimistic of us had every reason to expect abject disappointment. So, the fact that they were able to produce something watchable and fun makes it seem like Casablanca-quality compared to what it easily might have been.
There were some elements I would have found profoundly silly in ANY movie. Do they ruin the whole thing? Probably not. But I'll probably revisit that a little later on when the relief that it wasn't Battlefield Earth-quality wears off.
Geekery and nitpicking go hand in hand; always have. But the attitude that's been created by the publicity around this movie is: If you don't completely love everything about it, you're just a 100-year-old stick in the mud who resents the fact that it was even made. And that's just not an accurate picture.
Commented May 14, 2009 on Geek in Review: Star Trek Has Been Reborn, and it is SPECTACULAR at WWdN: In Exile
Geek in Review: Star Trek Has Been Reborn, and it is SPECTACULAR
For this month's Geek in Review, it was only natural that I write a column about the new Star Trek movie. This was much easier said than done: Since I saw Star Trek a little over a week ago, I’ve struggled to write an adequate review of the movie, and what it meant to me, as someone who was par...
During the first airing of "Hide and Q," I was sewing my costume for my first SCA event. The levels of geek are just crashing in on each other.
Commented Apr 21, 2009 on screw you, q. coffee is for closers. at WWdN: In Exile
screw you, q. coffee is for closers.
I'm editing Memories of the Future, and ... well, this bit from Hide & Q made me laugh: Riker explains that, even though he's pretty much a golden god, he's still the same old lovable Riker they've known for ten episodes, and to show them how totally awesome he is, he's going to give some gifts ...
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