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Apr 19, 2012
Goodness gracious how those boys have grown! I haven't seen them since the Sent exhibit! Remember? Back when sending photos from your phone was super-amazing? :)
Commented Jan 24, 2011 on In which I am a proud father at WWdN: In Exile
In which I am a proud father
"I have to tell you," Jonathan Coulton's wife said to me on the last night of the cruise, "how wonderful your boys are." "I have two daughters," Peter Sagal's wife told Anne, "and I hope this isn't weird or creepy, but I really hope they meet guys like your sons." "Dude, you know you raised your...
Exactly! They wouldn't care about the rug... it was probably a hand-me-down from someone's ancient aunt. Again... a great choice for the characters!
Commented Feb 26, 2010 on The Cooper-Hofstadter Coffee Table Proof at WWdN: In Exile
The Cooper-Hofstadter Coffee Table Proof
(Image by me. Click to embiggen. Please link to this post if you reuse it.) As I walked from the comic shop set down to the bowling alley set today, I passed the set for Leonard and Sheldon's apartment, which is in the center of the stage. I gawked at it the way you do when you're a fan of th...
I officially want to sing "Love will keep us together" as a duet with my husband at our wedding... So many comedic possibilities.
Commented Feb 7, 2010 on Connect the dots! LA LA LA LA! at WWdN: In Exile
Connect the dots! LA LA LA LA!
Anne and I got to go see The Pee Wee Herman show last night. It was phenomenal, and I realized about 20 minutes into the show that I was sitting on the edge of my seat, grinning and jumping around like a little kid ... because that's pretty much how I used to watch Pee Wee's Playhouse. After the...
"In the room, but not really a part of what everyone is doing"
This really struck me. I am a photographer, I love the fact that my addiction for observation can be covered with a lens, and thus seem less creepy... :) I love my camera, because it gives me permission to be places, that normally, I wouldn't go. I love that it grants me an "all access pass" lots of times and it means, I don't have to sit and listen to what everyone else is watching--I can watch them!
I have noticed that lens literally blocks me from some of what's happening in the room. For the past two years, I have volunteered with an organization where we take portraits of dying babies and their parents. I can get through the session and do my job. When I look at the images later, it rips me up. I think the task of capturing it at the time (being observant like a writer) keeps me from feeling the emotions, but then later when I see the way the parents are looking at the baby or a smile through tears, it hits me.
So being an artist can remove you from the actual Sturm and Drang sometimes, but then lots about being an artist can make you feel alone! (I think that artists perceive the world differently than most normal folks.)
Commented Jan 12, 2010 on five quick things I think you'll like at WWdN: In Exile
five quick things I think you'll like
I'm doing something fun and geeky this morning, but I need to close some tabs before I can really get into it, so I'd like to tell you all that John Scalzi's book Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, for which I wrote the introduction, is now available in trade paperback. I genuinely loved this book, ...
This is why I am going back to reading your blog every day. (Instead of every couple days and catching up on a few posts.)
In my defense, it was my birthday when you posted this... but I feel like the last ant at the picnic!
Congrats!!
Commented Nov 11, 2009 on in which a fairly major secret is made secret no more at WWdN: In Exile
in which a fairly major secret is made secret no more
Back in the old days, before Twitter exploded into the phenomenon that it is now, I got a message from Greg Grunberg. Greg plays Matt Parkman on Heroes (this information, which most of you don't need, is provided as a public service to the seven of you who do), and has been in every JJ Abrams pr...
:)
Commented Aug 27, 2009 on Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job at WWdN: In Exile
Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job
Early feedback from tonight's episode of Leverage is overwhelmingly positive, which delights me. I'm so happy to hear that so many people liked it. If you've seen the show already, you may get a kick out of the pictures I took during production and just added to Flickr, but there are spoilers, s...
I ask really lame questions... also-- you know how you invent backstory (like for Walter..) What did you imagine for Chaos?
Commented Aug 27, 2009 on Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job at WWdN: In Exile
Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job
Early feedback from tonight's episode of Leverage is overwhelmingly positive, which delights me. I'm so happy to hear that so many people liked it. If you've seen the show already, you may get a kick out of the pictures I took during production and just added to Flickr, but there are spoilers, s...
I thought it was really cool...! So did they just grab stills on set or did you have a photo session as well? The headshots and such... Did the stuff come up on your screen while you were shooting or was that done in post? If it was practical, did it ever not work?
Commented Aug 27, 2009 on Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job at WWdN: In Exile
Leverage - The Two Live Crew Job
Early feedback from tonight's episode of Leverage is overwhelmingly positive, which delights me. I'm so happy to hear that so many people liked it. If you've seen the show already, you may get a kick out of the pictures I took during production and just added to Flickr, but there are spoilers, s...
I love it! What a great post, and an awesomely weird life you have!
Commented Aug 21, 2009 on i never did national network tv interviews later on in life like the ones i did when i was twelve at WWdN: In Exile
i never did national network tv interviews later on in life like the ones i did when i was twelve
When we filmed Stand By Me, none of us knew it was going to be the huge success that it became. None of us expected it to be part of that 50s revival that was so much fun in the mid-80s, and none of us knew that it would essentially launch all of our acting careers. But I think that, if you aske...
LOVED IT!!!!!
Commented Apr 10, 2009 on kyle + rosemary is finally online at WWdN: In Exile
kyle + rosemary is finally online
I'm too busy to write about how incredibly awesome my trip to Seattle was, but I just found out that kyle + rosemary is online, and I want everyone in the world to watch it, because I'm so proud of it: Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW (Thanks to reader squonkmama for the ...
Dude. I have so been there. The lack of merging lanes on the 134 is also crazy... LA driving is not for the faint hearted. I still remember driving in Burbank at 2 am and it was a complete standstill. It was a Sunday?!?! Who are these people and why are they on the road at 2AM on a Sunday?!
Commented Mar 14, 2009 on stupid murphy's law can bite me. at WWdN: In Exile
stupid murphy's law can bite me.
My plans to spend last night with the Basic D&D Dungeon Master's Booklet were derailed when I got a late-afternoon phone call from my manager. "You have a pilot audition tomorrow," he said. "I'm sending you all the material right now." He described the show to me; it sounds very cool. He describ...
It just all boils down to if your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine.
:)
It does seem a looong way away...
Commented Mar 14, 2009 on From the Vault: the safety dance at WWdN: In Exile
From the Vault: the safety dance
Last night, Nolan went through my iTunes library so he could put some of my awesome music on his iPod. He's been after me for months to give him Radiohead, The Beatles, Tool, Decemberists, and a lot of my 80s stuff. While he looked, the following exchange occurred: Nolan: Why do you have The Sa...
I love it! Awesome! So much better than reading it is hearing it... Audiobook--like all other Wil awesomeness... here I come. Wait... I need to put my wwdn shirt on first...
Happy New Year Wil!!
Commented Jan 8, 2009 on Blue Light Mashup, Part Three at WWdN: In Exile
Blue Light Mashup, Part Three
Oh kids … oh, kids. Our good friend amity1976 spared no expense to bring us all Part Three of Blue Light Mashup. Now, watch in amazement as I use this post as an excuse to plug the audio version of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which includes the story Blue Light Special. It's just $19....
I just heard and immediately came here, because I knew you'd have something lovely to say. I enjoyed reading all the comments. I love her voice, and Lwaxana was always good for a belly laugh. :)
Commented Dec 19, 2008 on a moment of silence, please. at WWdN: In Exile
a moment of silence, please.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry died yesterday. She was a hell of a lady, who loved Star Trek and Star Trek fans like no other. Some knew her as the original Number One, some knew her as Lwaxana Troi, and everyone knew her as the ship's computer, but I just knew her as Majel, my friend Rod's mom, who ...
I just heard and immediately came here, because I knew you'd have something lovely to say. I enjoyed reading all the comments. I love her voice, and Lwaxana was always good for a belly laugh. :)
Commented Dec 19, 2008 on a moment of silence, please. at WWdN: In Exile
a moment of silence, please.
Majel Barrett Roddenberry died yesterday. She was a hell of a lady, who loved Star Trek and Star Trek fans like no other. Some knew her as the original Number One, some knew her as Lwaxana Troi, and everyone knew her as the ship's computer, but I just knew her as Majel, my friend Rod's mom, who ...
Yea! Today's the day! Happy Birthday to you! Have a rockin' birthday!
Commented Jul 29, 2008 on castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually at WWdN: In Exile
castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually
(Epic thanks to WWdN reader Miss Kitty who took this, made me look cooler than I am, and gave me permission to post it on my blog.)
Yea! Today's the day! Happy Birthday to you! Have a rockin' birthday!
Commented Jul 29, 2008 on castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually at WWdN: In Exile
castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually
(Epic thanks to WWdN reader Miss Kitty who took this, made me look cooler than I am, and gave me permission to post it on my blog.)
it *is* awful quiet all over the place-- I am too busy enjoying the 30 minutes of good weather that MN gets a year...
I am seriously bummed about not living closer to get a chapbook!
I just ran across my roomie's dog in my WWDN shirt from all those years ago... I have also been meaning to post books in teh wild... I have a couple of those!
Have you seen those Lego Princess Leia in the hot getup keychain thing? I thought of you at the Lego store yesterday... but I wondered if you were more of a rebel troop guy... Hmmmm.
Have fun selling the chapbooks!
Commented Jul 24, 2008 on i'm off to nerd prom at WWdN: In Exile
i'm off to nerd prom
It's so weird to have this great week working on Criminal Minds that I can't talk about in any detail until October. I have no mouth, and I must scream, you could say. How about I just give up one little non-spoilery thing, and nobody tells on me, okay? At the end of the shoot, I was thanking a ...
it *is* awful quiet all over the place-- I am too busy enjoying the 30 minutes of good weather that MN gets a year...
I am seriously bummed about not living closer to get a chapbook!
I just ran across my roomie's dog in my WWDN shirt from all those years ago... I have also been meaning to post books in teh wild... I have a couple of those!
Have you seen those Lego Princess Leia in the hot getup keychain thing? I thought of you at the Lego store yesterday... but I wondered if you were more of a rebel troop guy... Hmmmm.
Have fun selling the chapbooks!
Commented Jul 24, 2008 on i'm off to nerd prom at WWdN: In Exile
i'm off to nerd prom
It's so weird to have this great week working on Criminal Minds that I can't talk about in any detail until October. I have no mouth, and I must scream, you could say. How about I just give up one little non-spoilery thing, and nobody tells on me, okay? At the end of the shoot, I was thanking a ...
"I saw Fabio in traffic" High Five!!!!
Yeah you! :)
Wens
Commented Jul 4, 2008 on the pretty white ships that i've been dreaming of at WWdN: In Exile
the pretty white ships that i've been dreaming of
I haven't had a theatrical agent for years, so I don't have as many auditions or opportunities to work as an actor as I once did. I have a fantastic manager, though, who always gets me into quality auditions, where I have a real shot at booking the job.[1] My manager and I have an understanding ...
"I saw Fabio in traffic" High Five!!!!
Yeah you! :)
Wens
Commented Jul 4, 2008 on the pretty white ships that i've been dreaming of at WWdN: In Exile
the pretty white ships that i've been dreaming of
I haven't had a theatrical agent for years, so I don't have as many auditions or opportunities to work as an actor as I once did. I have a fantastic manager, though, who always gets me into quality auditions, where I have a real shot at booking the job.[1] My manager and I have an understanding ...
You are making me miss California!
Commented May 19, 2008 on in praise of the scenic route at WWdN: In Exile
in praise of the scenic route
The 101 between Ventura and Salinas is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway I've ever driven (and I've driven a lot of them). The highway winds up to San Francisco from Los Angeles, along the coast in places, but mostly inland through soft rolling foothills and quiet farming valleys. Y...
You are making me miss California!
Commented May 19, 2008 on in praise of the scenic route at WWdN: In Exile
in praise of the scenic route
The 101 between Ventura and Salinas is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway I've ever driven (and I've driven a lot of them). The highway winds up to San Francisco from Los Angeles, along the coast in places, but mostly inland through soft rolling foothills and quiet farming valleys. Y...
tweeb.
I love wil wheaton type characters. He's a great Dad and writer.
snoogans.
Commented Apr 15, 2008 on more excellence in journalism at WWdN: In Exile
more excellence in journalism
In a review the Sarah Jane Adventures, Tod Emko at UGO writes: So, children's show, yes. Has young teens in it, yes. Yet, a show you may actually want to watch, despite your probable hatred for Wil Wheaton-type characters through the years. It's definitely one of the most intelligent shows for k...
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