queencallipygos
2007-03-28 04:24 pm UTC (link)

I actually can't wait to see if Wil Wheaton says anything about this on his blog.

(Seriously -- he's actually got an interesting perspective on the whole Trek phenomena and having been in it...he's doing some TNG recaps for a web site, and in a recent recap he had a paragraph that effectively said, "Okay -- you know, yes, I've been hearing about all the 'Wesley Crusher must die' stuff for years, and yeah, it kinda hurt -- but I just watched the way they have Wesley in this episode, and you know what? I totally get it now.")

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	nekoneko 2007-03-28 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	Would you happen to have a link to that website? I'd love to read the recaps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

queencallipygos
2007-03-28 04:43 pm UTC (link)

His recaps are all here. It looks like he's only done a few so far, but it seeks to be an ongoing thing.

His own blog is here right now -- he also posts links to where he has other stuff -- he writes a lot, and recently recapped a true story for the SUICIDE GIRLS web site where William Shatner insulted him when he was a 16-year-old child actor, and Gene Rodenberry called Shatner and made him apologize -- and he also writes on his blog about some really neat stuff that happens with his two kids. (He married a woman who already had two young boys, and the boys are teenagers now and he has been very patiently training them to be geeks. Sometimes he talks about just how nerdy they all are, and I'm sitting there thinking, "oh, you all would SO be the kind of guy I'd have gone for in high school.")

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	Wow, trip down memory lane pointsandlaughs 2007-03-28 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Wil is great! Back when I was into TNG it was highly uncool to like him, but I did anyways. I've always had a thing for geeks, and I thought he was so cute. (I still think he is, and I got all flustered when I saw him at a con in Pasadena a few years ago.) I always wanted to attend Starfleet Academy, so much cooler than Hogwarts even...g (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Wow, trip down memory lane sockpuppet_rat 2007-03-28 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	I loved him too! And oh, my, god is he funny. He's also a really great writer, Gordie. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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pointsandlaughs
2007-03-29 04:48 pm UTC (link)

I think Wesley qualifies as my first real telly crush, and I never realized that he might be anything but adorable and omg!smart. And then I crushed on Wil, and that was all before the times of the net, so I never found out terribly much about him (plus I didn't read English very well...). But then I saw Stand by me, and man, the kids there just rocked! So, yeah, that's my Wil Wheaton story...

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	Re: Wow, trip down memory lane puipui 2007-03-28 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	I've always loved Wil Wheaton madly, ever since he was on TNG, which always made me feel kinda bad about how much I really wanted someone to gut Wesley Crusher and hang him from the warp core to bleed out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Wow, trip down memory lane pointsandlaughs 2007-03-29 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I loved Wesley just as much. I guess I was just too young to realize how much of a pain in the backside sometimes... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Durr... pointsandlaughs 2007-03-29 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	...how much of a pain in the backside he was sometimes, even! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2007-03-28 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, wow. That man is absolutely hilarious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	queencallipygos 2007-03-28 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I really like the ones with his kids -- the most recent one was when one of his kids responded to something he said by doing a Mr. Horse imitation ("No sir, I don't like it.") and his immediate thought was, "Oh, shit, the kid found the Ren and Stimpy stash -- my wife is going to kill me." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thebratqueen 2007-03-28 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	... Those recaps are made of so much win it's not even funny. As though I didn't have enough reasons to love Wil. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_mouse 2007-03-29 05:21 am UTC (link)
	I have never seen a Star Trek episode, but after reading those recaps I have a sudden urge to watch TNG. Who would've thought Wesley Crusher could draw in fans? ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kadath 2007-03-28 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	I can't imagine why he's divorced. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	the_mouse 2007-03-28 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	Hee! I loved how they stopped captioning when they came to the picture of the guy. It was like even the website people were going "There are NO WORDS." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2007-03-28 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Kirk was divorced. Picard was divorced. It's the scope of engagement between a man and his ship or appartment that does it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	carlanime 2007-03-29 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	And then we found out: His wife? The Enterprise. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	black_spot 2007-03-28 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	I think this is the one where he doesn’t have a bed. One there’s no room and two, he’s got a bad back and sleeps on the floor. There weren’t any pictures in my paper yesterday. It’s too Next Generation for my taste. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	babsbunny 2007-03-28 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	Man, don't tell me that apartment is STILL for sale! O.O Honestly, it looks kinda cool, but it doesn't look very comfortable. It looks pretty cramped. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	black_spot 2007-03-29 06:25 am UTC (link)
	Well, it was up to last week. http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/03/13/starship_voyager_flat_up_for_s.html Can't find the article about his bad back. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sashenka 2007-03-29 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	The colors and crap would drive me nuts. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nlb_muffin 2007-03-28 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	The apartment's current owner said he wanted to create the ultimate bachelor pad You certainly can't get more bachelor than that. (Reply to this)

	wankismyfandom 2007-03-28 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Been linked a million times, but relevant and still true: The Geek Hierarchy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	digigirl132 2007-03-28 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	I have to admit, that made me laugh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	usagivindaloo 2007-03-28 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	cough Would I be expelled from the wanka collective if I said that I find the apartment ridiculously awesome? >.> And I don't even LIKE Next Gen ~~TOS and DS9 for the win!~~ (Reply to this)(Thread)

	puipui 2007-03-28 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	It is definitely awesome. I think is was the realization that slide 9 is probably a picture of his actual stovetop that brought me the most glee, possibly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	singe 2007-03-28 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	I agree. I'm loving the stove/microwave combo. (Reply to this)(Parent)

seraphtrevs
2007-03-29 12:10 am UTC (link)

I'll join you in exile then, because my first reaction was "OMGCOOL!"

Then again, I did go to the prom with a guy who wore a light saber replica on his belt and would have gone full Jedi robes if the school had allowed him, so my concept of cool is most likely a little off. ; P (Ah, that was a star-crossed romance - he was a Star Wars freak, I was a Trekkie - no wonder it never worked out.)

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	mute_button 2007-03-29 04:40 am UTC (link)
	My reaction was pretty much, "OMG, I totally want one. Except in DS9 style." But I don't think I could actually manage to live in a place like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jedilora 2007-03-29 04:55 am UTC (link)
	...I may have made a triangle shaped pillow this one time. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	enoh 2007-03-29 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	Snap, though I think it would break the Mary Sue writing part of my brain. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	babsbunny 2007-03-28 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno if it's who's geekier....I think it's who's scarier...LOL! (Reply to this)

	dr_tristessa 2007-03-29 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	I saw this guy on TV a couple years ago! He had a new wife or girlfriend at that point, and she didn't seem quite on board with the whole living-on-the-Enterprise thing. I don't blame her, considering how much money he's thrown into it. Something tells me they're not together anymore... (Reply to this)

	izzygal 2007-03-29 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	I was all "ZOMG want!" then I saw it was Voyager ;) (Reply to this)

	amaltheia 2007-03-30 10:37 am UTC (link)
	He's been trying to sell that flat for years. No one will pay him what he thinks it's worth... (Reply to this)