WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5

FINALLY!!! That was one long ass week. :P

A friend of mine left a super-happy-never-wanna-forget-this-feeling-i'm-having-right-now message on his answering machine once. The reason? His wife just told him she was pregnant. Hows that for baseless conjecture? You are a geek though as am I and I realize it could be something else like maybe they named a new Apache or PHP module after you or something. That would be cool:-)

The suspense is |<illi|\|6 |\/|3.

Well its about damned time! ;) Even the soapbox thread of speculation has died.

Can't wait to find out - tho after all the buildup its slightly less epic. :P

Wil,

You are so strange sometimes...

I love it.

Yes I was wondering when he was gonna say something about that. It was almost like one of those awkward situations at work when you tell someone you can take care of it, but never do.

Hallelujah! its about time! although i'm waitng for you to do something evil and pull back from announcing for another day, or week, or month...again.

:P

As fun as it is to watch speculation, I feel compelled to point out that Anne is not pregnant, and that we have no plans for children of our own. :)

I was thinking along the lines of a big part in a big movie..

Oh was it that? I thought it had already been announced!

Can't wait.

I've been reading your site for just over a week now and loving all of it. I was dumbfounded as to how I missed this to begin with, but now I feel better cuz this amount of suspense would have KILLED me!! :)
can't wait to hear this!

Sounds like a contractual obligation thingy: You Can't Tell Anyone About This Until December 2, 2003.

so it's probably a gig.

Not holding my breath till I turn blue, but maybe for a coupla seconds...

-- Draken

Pshew, the suspense! I guess I can wait one more day for the aforementioned 'epic' announcement. :)

m3rry december to you t00, ye big geek.

the audioblog post is ace, you sounded like a kid at christmas. I'm trembling with anticipation...

OK...
So has Disney finally called back on a voice over for a new project, or is it Pixar? Epic perhaps?
Come on man...
You seem like the kind of guy who would TOTALLY and completely dig the "immortality" of being a voice for an awesome animated film or really good video game.
Is it at least a decent role?

Hey, make sure you let us know at 12:01am, okay? Don't torture us for any longer than necessary.

Unless you're evil like that.
:)

Dude,

Why do you have to tease us so? I've been waiting for like ever to find out what this epic announcement is. Though I believe it has something to do with the word epic. Well, I have to say I was kinda hoping for a young Wheaton to join the party, but I guess that's not in the cards. Give my love to the family, Wil!

Oh the anticipation. This is gonna be one long ass day.

I agree with Ionicus. If you are under NDA you will be able to @ 12:00 AM. But I am sure you know allllll about that crap.

TEASE!!!

ARGH!!

Post at midnight, would ya? :)

Have you bought the rights to TNG and Wesley is going to be a crazed killer who in the final scene dismantles Data and shoves him, piece by piece, up the *£%&! of the bridge crew.

ooooooooh so exciting!!!!

that was about the time i started reading this site regularly... id kinda forgotten... now im all excited!

as for the l337 hax0rin9.... lol

sara

"Wil Wheaton runs for the Republican nomination"

I've been speculating that would happen for a long time now.

Enough suspense already. This ranks up there with waiting for Christmas day as a kid.

Just wanted to say that my GF read my copy of Dancing to me as we made our way home from the holidays. She loved it as much as I. It's a great book to read aloud. Thanks Wil.

The Death Ray is complete and mankind is enslaved?

Does your announcement have anything to do with
having your house appraised?

Hmmmm....
Now I have to go get a life of my own instead
of living vicariously through you.

You are such a tease!!

"I am so 31337, i wil pwN j00, 5uXX0r!)"

Okay, I got everything but the "31337". "Evil"?
("I'm so evil(?), I will own you, sucker!" is how I read it.)

Translate from Geek to English, please.

"I am so elite. I will own you, sucker"

in this case, i believe sucker means "one who sucks" as opposed to an easily duped person.

Maybe Wil gets his own TV show? "Uncle Wil
Comes to Town!"

I've been wondering about that audioblog post since July. I wasn't sure if your mention of an epic announcement last week was related to that old post. I assumed that it was some sort of deal related to writing or acting. From your post, I didn't think it was a "baby on the way" announcement. Can't wait to hear the details...

Epic!? Let me guess...h@ll froze over and Ri@#k Ber@#%n asked you to do an episode of Enterprise as the "traveler" :) Yeah I know, not possible but hey if your gonna dream..... I bet it's a huge movie though. Can't wait to hear Wil, so out with it already.

i wonder what it iss

just read about this site today in the la times calendar addition. says that this is the best celebrity blogger site out there. just read a bunch of stuff and would have to say that the times is probably justified in so saying. never really a big star trek fan but saw enough episodes to know who you are (and watched the _trekkies_ movie, if that counts). love the honesty about your life and will be reading this periodically. did anyone see the la times article--"tripping through blogs of the stars?" i checked out moby's site and was impressed, but have to say yours is better.

wow...the suspense is making my ass twitch....

hahha..well..actually, its not..but man, i think thats a funny thing to say...

well what can i say wil..i loved the audio blog..man, you can totally hear the joy in your voice..now i guess we all have to wait to hear the grand news..
i wonder..
a) a great gig on a new movie..
b) a spot on something to do with star trek..as the traveler or something like that..
c) voice over work on a level of magnitude that will make geeks everywhere weep with joy...like a new pixar flick...or something funky from the mouse house...or something in the anime world..hmmmmmm
or
d) a show, starring wil, possibly sci-fi..possibly not..the possibilities are endless..
and it's possible...just possible...
that i like saying 'possible'.

;)

all the best wil, and to the rest of the regular commentators here...
hopefully we'll all be back here around midnight tonight!

I've got it now: Governor Schwarzenegger has hired Wil as his enforcer.

I'd love to hear the audio blog post you speak of, but the link is not to any post in particular. I've listened to about 8 posts, and none mention anything mysterious, or finishing up in a week or so... would it be a bother to give us a clue as to which audio post you're referring to??

Thanks, love your site
Rudy

Rudy.
the audio we're all refering to is located by clicking 'this' on the sentence, 'following up this audioblog post'
click the word 'this' and you'll hear what we've been talking about..

and don't feel bad..

i was in the same boat at first..if you click on 'audioblog post' you'll get a link to a dozen or more audio blogs...

anyhow, hope that helps..
it really is a great post to listen in to..

Great audio blog Wil! I must have missed this post when I was going back to listen to them. I'm really happy for you, you sounded so excited and now you can finally announce it:) I'm hoping you have a part in "The Incredibles", the list on IMDB only has a few cast members. Whatever it is though I'm sure it is a great opportunity!

Sure. He says Anne is not pregnant. Or is that Orwellian double speak for "You are right, citizen. My wife is with child."

Or maybe...just maybe- aw crap, I got nothing.

I'm standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil in all directions
Resolution of happiness
Yeah, things have been dark for too long
I don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
Yeah, don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
I found a love I had lost
It was gone for too long
Hear no evil in all directions
Execution of bitterness
Message received loud and clear
I'm standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil in all directions
Resolution of happiness
Yeah, things have been dark for too long
--------------------------------------------------
Excellent song! Can't wait for the announcement!

I've been a reader for most of this year, though I've never commented. Thanks for sharing your writing with us, Wil.

Jennifer in Arkansas

And you thought we had forgotten by now, eh? ;^) Of course not! :^P

P.S.
Good luck on the appraisal!

grrr argh! I am so going to be checking in after 12. lol

Hmmm....voiceover. I've got it! Wil's going to be on The Simpsons!

I predict Wil's been added to the Celebrity Poker Showdown :-) That would be awesome. By the way, Wil, there's a post over at Up For Poker about the pros and hole-card cameras.

ha. wil, you ol' rascal.
just to point out, folks, even if he does decide to be nice and post at midnight, that's still midnight pacific time.... not necessarily where all of us are currently located........as we await with bated breath

If Anne's not pregnant, what else can it be?
What can possibly be this dramatic?

Here are my guesses:

1) The blood test came back negative.

2) You've been elected as the ONLY judge of the first clothing optional Miss Universe Pageant!

3) Hugh Hefner has hired you permanently as the Playboy Mansion's official master of ceremonies.

4) Extreme Makeover selected your video, and you're getting an extreme makeover on television!

5) Bellagio has signed your comedy group for five years in their Grand Ballroom for weekday and weekend performances. Franco Dragone is designing the show as well as it's special effects.

6) Barne's and Noble, Borders, and Amazon, have ordered millions of copies of Dancing Barefoot, once the next printing is available. They've also requested that UNCENSORED illustration versions be exclusively available for the adult sections.

7) You've tasted the dark fluid contained in the Magic 8 Ball, and it tastes like Guinness.

8) Mary Carey will be running for President next year, and she selected you as her running mate.

9) There will be another Star Trek sequel, and both you and Ashley Judd have been given the starring roles.

EB

Am I close?

It always amazes me how you truly are "one of us". Here's your geek badge. Wear it with pride and honor. LoL

I hope this epic announcement is exactly that and has nothing to do with Star Trek. Geez, am I the only one who finds Star Trek to be a dead horse? How many more spin offs/sequels can they possibly milk out of this corpse?
Enough of this rant. I hope it's a much deserved film project or anything that will set you upon the masses. Whatever it is, Wil, we're all proud of you.

I too was hoping for an original baby Wheaton but I guess that isn't it eh? Now I'm clueless as to what it could be...dang you for making us wait! : )-

My God you sound so happy in the audioblog, can't wait to read what it is all about. I will be up at 2:00am EST so post as soon as you can.

Can't wait to hear the announcement...

It seems like too long to wait before you can spill the beans on what changed your life. You must be close to bursting, man!

Is it tomorrow yet??

0.o

*Falls over*

I hate waiting. At least at Christmas you get to shake the packages to guess what it is.

Um... 0.0 ... I am so not shaking your "package" to find out, Wil. *snicker*

I'm thinking that lack of sleep is getting to me. :P

Have a Good Evening!!

wow...
hadn't thought about the celebrity poker thing...
i'll be honest, i sort've have my heart set on it being to do with Star Trek...
which, i suppose, could be a pipe dream at best..
but what can i say..
ive ALWAYS thought that the coolest possible thing would be to bring back wesley as either

a) the 'Q' of this cast...
he fits all the requisites...he's been missing for all these years..spent all this time training and learning from the 'traveller', enough that he's probably a traveller himself..
hell...why not...instead of coming back to antagonize the crew, it could be more Yoda like...come back to enlighten them..or rescue them from themselves, when they screw shit up....

b) since voyager and DS9 ran at essentially the same time, why not give wil his very own show, based on the traveller, or something along those lines...
as cool as it would be to see him play opposite of Bakula, it would be equally as cool to see him in command of his own crew..
c'mon..
the generation that grew up with his character is all grown up now too..
hell, he was my fav on the show....

ok...

either that, or a gig on a really cool movie...

blah blah blah..

ok...

like everyone else here, i haven't the slightest idea what the big secret is..

i'll see ya all here around 12:00 tho..

cheers till then
ty

you cant do that! someone tell him he cant do that! i only just found out about the epic announcement today, at 8:45pm and i cant wait until tomorrow... you HAVE to put it up at midnight! oh, and i received dancing barefoot today and just sat down and finished it and i wrote some commentary on my blog "How To Wash A Shower Curtain"... yes, that IS a sad attempt to get more people into my blog. cop a 'tude! anywho... http://parrottalkback.tripod.com/howtowashashowercurtain

Oh now you have gotten me all excited and now I have to wait. Foo! You sounded like you were bubbling over with unadulterated joy and I hope that joy is still with you all these months later.

Whatever it is, I hope that it is something that the rest of us silly geeky people can enjoy right along with you!!!

Hmm... Wil's big announcement....

A new Star Trek series and Wil is going to play "Captain Wesley Crusher", who returns to Starfleet to command a starship?

No...that is too lame.

You have all of your cut scenes from Nemesis and you have been given permission to sell copies of it?

Hmm...wishful thinking.

Okay. I give. I'll stop guessing and just let you have the moment ;}

Here's an idea. Have a contest. Whoever guesses your announcement correctly (or at least the closest to guessing correctly) wins a free Obey Wil teeshirt! =} hehehe

LOL

This has been just too funny to read everyone's comments on what they're hoping the BIG announcement it. Hell - with all of this build up, it better not be something lame like "I have a bubble gum named after me."

Come to think of it...having a bubble gum named after yourself would be kinda cool...

Mmmmm......bubble gum......

Here's the thing. I'm torn with Wil's upcoming announcement.

Wil has gone to great lengths to let us know he is now Wil Wheaton, the writer and acting is really secondary.
So for him to call a role in a TV show or film "epic" would be backtracking his original comments.
Children would be epic. He's insisted it isn't that.
I'm having a hard time finding anything important enough to be so 'epic' that he would 'want to remember this moment in time forever!'

I mean, if he got even a great starring role in something, wouldn't his audioblog put WAY too much importance on it?

Like I said, I'm torn.

(and for the record, a role on Enterprise wouldn't be epic, or even astounding. It would be career suicide. Unless he pops up every 10 minutes or so clashing cymbals together to wake me up! Now THAT would be epic!)

I've got NO idea. Baby? No. VH1? Latest news on that came after the audblog in question. Another show? Not feasible, with VH1 still up in the air. Massive movie? Possibly, but again, acting has been shown to be secondary to writing. Massive book deal? More likely but still unsupported. Anything Trek? Probably not, too much unearthing of the past. There's been a secret recall of Ah-nold and Wil's the new Cali Gov? Unfortunately, no.

Well, just TELL us already. You can already tell we're not smart enough to figure it out on our own!

I can't wait.

I have been wondering from time to time(okay, everytime I visit WWDN.

Doug said "You seem like the kind of guy who would TOTALLY and completely dig the "immortality" of being a voice for an awesome animated film or really good video game.
Is it at least a decent role? "

Doug, Wil has ALREADY been immortalized as the voice on one of the best animated movies EVER: The Secret of NIMH.

I just got my copy of Dancing Barefoot. I absolutely loved it. If those are the stories you cut from JAG then JAG must be incredible.

I have now set my clock for 2 AM so I won't miss the big news.

You totally rock wil!!!

mel

Well, I dunno Buntz. Maybe he found out that he was nominated for an Emmy for "Best Child Actor turned Adult Writer that never ended up in Rehab"? That would be pretty epic to me. ;} hehehe

Hi Wil,

First time post-er. For your sake, I hope it truly is a change for you. I just hope it doesn't change you for the worse. I know we are all happy with the Wil we've gotten to know over the years.

Best of luck in your new adventure.

Hmmm ... Guinness spokesperson?? Commercial for Guinness??? I'm sure that you had the contract specify free Guinness for a year!! The stuff that dreams are made of.

It snowed today.

Mark finally gets to play himself--the older, more mature Luke Skywalker in Star Wars VII.

Good job, Mr. Hamil.

Mr. Crusher, it is time we see you visit the realm of Trek again! How is Beverly doing these days? My how we miss the days of old!

Looking forward to the announcement.

"Captain, we're receiving two hundred and eighty-five thousand hails!"

God speed.

My guess? One of the major publishing houses has picked up Dancing Barefoot, or has offered him shitloads of money for another book, or something like unto that. Anyway, it's literary, not, um, actorly.

mmmmm. Epic? Anyone think it may have something to do with Anne's ex and custody of the kids? That would be pretty epic. Whatever it is, I wish you all the best Wil!

My vote is for the triumphant return of "The BBC's Wil Wheaton", maybe as a daily spot on the world service, but I doubt that's it.

OK...I'm about to bust a few bubbles but Wil didn't say he would post at midnight, he could, just to torture us, make us wait until he has had his first, second third...cup of coffee, or later in the afternoon, after a trip to Hooters for a pint or two or three of Guinness... hehehe I would be that evil >:)

Actually I will be here bright eyed and bushy tailed to see what this is all about, the autoblog, I swear it sounded like near tears of joy and you just got more excited as you talked, I can't wait to find out!!!

Wil,
Are you really gonna tell us or are you just going to make us wait for another year or more?

FG

I'm just speculating, but maybe WILLIAM FUCKING SHATNER apologized. NAH! That sack of crap would never show a shred of humility to our beloved uncle Willie. I used to think he was the coolest man on Earth until I read Dancing Barefoot. AMAZING book, btw. My girlfriend and I both LOVED it!

I'm beginning to doubt that you will ever make this epic announcement, Wil. It rather feels as though we've been waiting forever. I've got a couple big announcements of my own, and I just have to share because I'm so excited. I won't even make anyone wait...my eleven year old step-daughter made the honor roll this term, this is a first for her and a really big deal because she has dyslexia and struggled so much up until she went to Sylvan before fifth grade (she's in sixth now). Also, my husband is opening his first ever art show this weekend with two original works-maybe three if he can finish one in time. If anyone lives near York, Maine they should come check it out at the York Art Association.

Hmm for some reason I have a feeling it is bad news...

Woo!!! Congrats, Shauna (and especially to your daughter!!! Awesome!)

Actually, I just finished writing the blog for the epic announcement. I'll post it in the morning.

In the mean time, this isn't epic, but it's still pretty damn cool: http://www.warehouse23.com/sales/current.html
(scroll down) :)

Russ, I don't know how it is that your posts always make me laugh, but they do.

Okay, everyone, it's very clear that your speculations are all wrong. I haven't heard that much excitement in Wil's voice since Picard first let Wesley on the bridge. It's obvious from the slip he made when typing Decemb3r that someone will be releasing a WWdN mod for CounterStrike tomorrow.

Way to go Wil! j00 |2 7|-|3 l337357 0# 7|-|3 3l337357!

ARGGGGGGGGGGG, I keep forgeting that your on the west coast, it's already 1AM here. faster.

remember, patience may be an vertue, but impatience is faster.

Congrats on making a bestseller list, Wil! I'll pass along your congratulations to Alexandria, but I doubt she'll believe me. She thinks you're cute, so she refuses to believe that you actually respond to "regular" people. I asked her once if she wanted me to get an autographed picture for her room and she said she would just think that my husband wrote your name on it.

SEE! ! ! I told yo he was gonna make us all wait hehe.

Yeah, he probably wrote the blog back in July and has been giggling ever since while he draws out the suspense.

In the morning??? Like 12:01 am in the morning (which, dammit, is 3am on the East Coast, so it better not be that) or "I've brushed my teeth, had my shower, mmm, good coffee" in the morning, which means I'm still going to miss it because I'll be at the dentist, double damn!

Oh, well, I've been waiting since forever. A couple more hours won't... argggh...

Seriously, my thought way back in the Stone Age was that some book publisher picked up Just a Geek as a hardcover book.

I guess this is a good night to be working on my papers. I'll be up all night anyway, so at least this now gives me a good reason to be up late! I hope he updates at midnight pacific standard time!

I was just about to make a very witty comment on the soapbox, but it kicked me out and I can't get back in. I guess I really wasn't so witty after all. Must be nightly backup time or something.

Of course. Wil has been cast as Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter series...

Right?

oh well..i guess we'll all be back here in the morning then..haha..

cheers all, and congrats to your step daughter and your husband, shauna... !

I know it has been ruled out, but you really had that "I'm gonna be a daddy" sound to your voice in the audio blog. I am still trying to guess at what could have happened that is so life changing other than having a child.
The suspense is torture.

Fess up wheaton! ;)

Thanks, Tyson! Goodnight, all. Hopefully, we'll finally get the epic announcement tomorrow.

I've listened to that entry a few times now.
AGH I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT ISSSSS!!!!!!
Adopting a child? Something kick-ass kind of cool about your kids?
A really big movie role that like, totally makes all the hard work in that area worth it x10??
Official super duper BBC news correspondent?
AGH I WANNA KNOW I WANNA KNOW!!
I hope it's something that totally makes you completely happy because you're such a cool guy and you deserve it. :-)

Wil!! It's midnight! I can't wait until morning. The suspense is overwhelming. Tell, tell, tell. As excited as you were on the audblog, I just know you must be bursting wanting to tell us. Please?

Have you seen the time.........
get moving

epic:
1.(n.) a. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats. b. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.
2. (adj.) a. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size. b. Heroic and impressive in quality.
Curiouser and curiouser said the girl with no life...

Well, apparently he didn't have it set to automatically post at midnight. Oh well. And I stayed up late and everything.

* TAPPING THE FOOT ! *

I'm all twitterpated with anticipation over here. I just listened to the audioblog entry, and gosh doggit, it sounds family related to me.

And as an adoptive parent and adoption advocate, I have to say, Wil, that you and Anne DO have kids of your own (reference to a comment way up top). You are as much a parent to those boys as if they had half your genetic make-up. I know you meant you two have no plans for MORE children, but give yourself some well deserved credit. Love, not just biology, makes a family.

Congratulations in advance for whatever your news may be.

Peace
Amy

If your waiting for a hundred comments before you post, then this is it!

How about OVER a hundred comments? (checks page) Damn!

Sheesh, I feel like I'm waiting for an eBay auction to end, I'm refreshing the page so much!

Maybe that’s it… Wil has designed an auto refresh page devise for when your waiting for some big announcement on the net.

I suppose we're being rather unfair here. I mean, Wil never did say he would stay up til midnight to post his announcement the first second he legally can. We should be grateful for as much as he does let us into his life and let him have his sleep now.

Besides, if he has decided to wait until tomorrow morning, he won't be online reading our squawking anyhow. If he was online, he'd post his announcement, whether or not we'd whined and complained all night. It's just logic, which I'll admit doesn't come easily while excited about something so "epic."

Good luck with everything, Wil.

I think it's a soon to be published short story in Asimov's or some other highly respected short story magazine... or a good part in a movie that Wil really wanted.
Or something familial like a really cool new house for an excellent price ...
We will know tomorrow.

Logic-Shmogic! I wanna whine and complain! :)

I'm just teasing you, Rena. You're absolutely right. Morning can't come soon enough for me, but it's Wil's news to tell, so I'll let him tell it when he's ready :).

Well kiddies, looks like Santa’s reindeer have thrown a shoe.

Could it be he's landed a cameo on Lord of the Rings / Return of the King ? It's an "epic" announcement, the audio blog suggested he's under some obligation not to talk until a specific date, then he sets that day to December 1 (the RotK premiere date) only to fix it to December 2 a few hours later... Somehow this seems to fit.

Oh how speculation is fun... and I'm sure when he gets up and had a few coffees, Wil will positively surprise us all, that's what he's after all best at :-P

what is it!
ive just read the blog and now im DESPERATE to know!
help!
wil, the suspense is killin all of us.
just tell us!

please?

please!

my guess is that they are doing a new star trek series with wil as the chief engineer and riker as the captain.
or, just a geek is finished!!! no, wait, hed have told us that.
ok, speculation just sucks.
someone wake him up!

why cant you be on english time?
it already 9:45 here and i wanna know!!!!
i suppose everyones asleep now
oh well, have to check back later!

could it be that hes doing a tour with his group?
please let it be that!!!
and come to England!
the place will be packed and ill get all my friends to come too!!!

Hmmm. Conjecture time again...

First, the pregnant wife thing is unlikely as he was excited about this back in July. She'd be in a few months if that were the case.

I like the reference to death rays and enslavement of man kind. Sounds like Trek 7 to me.

My wild guesses:

1) He has been cast as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jacksons' The Hobbit, the prequel to the cash cow herd that is TLOTR. Likelihood: 10 percent. Too tall, not enough toe hair.

2) Killed Russell Watson in a cross walk. Liklihood: 2 percent. Sure, "Faith of the Heart" deserves a swift death with a blunt, fast moving object, but if Wil's gonna be picking up the soap in prison for manslaughter, I'd hope he'd save it for the opportunity to send Rick Berman to the final frontier. And I don't mean the really bad ST V.

3) Cast as Clark Kent in the long rumored Superman movie. Likelihood: 5%. Clark had Kryptonite. I think Wil had Guinness and spandex. Not a good mix. :-P Jimmy Olsen maybe. (Turned down Batman. Two words: Rubber Nipples.)

4) Cast as "Brains" in Jonathan Frakes' remake of Thunderbirds. Likelihood: 5%. They'd have to dump Anthony Edwards, which would be a good idea. I got over Edwards when the killed him in Top Gun and then again when they killed him on ER. Enough, Anthony.

5) Picked up by a publishing company rather than being self-published. No pick pack and ship! Likelihood 20%. Haven't read his book (hoping Santa brings one), but if the chick who played Janice Rand could get a book deal, Wil should be able to. Sure he probably doesn't look good in a micro-mini (any photos out there?!) but he wasn't visiting the Valley of the Dolls during the filming of his show, although the writers were. The book will have everything a good Star Trek book needs: an anecdote about what a big prick Shatner really is. Just once I'd like to read about Sulu unplugged and ballistic that Checkov was getting too many tertiary lines of dialogue.

6) Got a mid-season replacement drama/sitcom. Cop Rock meets Coupling meets Seinfeld, for a show about a sketch comedy writer/actor who hangs out with his 20/30/40 something friends while they insult each other, screw each other while making wry observations set to music. Steven Bochco and Dick Wolf have been drinking again, and NBC is in a panic to replace Friends. The show will costar Christina Applegate and Ted McGinley. It will last to its third episode in which Wil and Ted jump a shark tank at SeaWorld on Fonzi's bike. Wait... that was just a nightmare I had. Either that or one of the unaired episodes of one of Ted's many failures.

7) New gig: Stunt Voice for the Governator. Finally, we'll know what state he's in and we may learn if Ahnold prefers Denebian, RedHat, Mandrake, or the simplicity of Lindows.

I am waiting up. It is 4:53AM.
Better be good Wheaton.

Well...it is well past the midnight hand...I have kept myself entertained by reading the comments as they just keep on commng. It's so awesome to see so many people just as excited about your news as I bet you are. Now I'm just goning to have to go to sleep so morning will get here faster!!

*grin* no pressure, wil........

“Can Saxon’s fight?”

“ALL DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT !”

True Dat, AmyO. :D

So.... ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?!!!!

:P

It's Yesterdays Tomorrow!!!

I hope you get full on Custody of the boys with your snokums. That'd be hella tight.

*HappyNekkidOtterButtDance*

are we there yet???

seriously, laws have been passed faster.

But also, cheers! this is more exciting than Christmas, and beats actually doing work.

After waiting since 11.00pm and, oh god am I still here, I want an invite to whatever this turns out to be!.

wtg on your success of your book. I'm glad I got my copy when I did. Glad to do my part to help make it a success. Many people thought I was crazy for buying what I could read for free on your site. I told them that it was a way for me to support you. My wife thought I was the craziest. Then I told her your copy of Dancing Barefoot went for more than $400 on ebay.

Well, it's 8:30am EST and I'll bet your site will get more hits today from people just checking in all day to see when your going to post.

Congrats.

If it's so epic, surely Mr Wheaton will have trouble sleeping, and wake up way before dawn to TELL US ALREADY!

...epic?

what can be life-changing at 11:30 AM on a desert highway?

apart from meeting Jim Morrison.
AND Elvis.

It's true....

im really excited!
and i had a good thing happen to me today too as opposed to all the bad things that have happened- I got officially labelled a scholar! w00t!

so now i can expect good things from our favourite Wil as well.... its shaping up to be a good day :)

oh and its 13.42 where i am.... (uk)
what time is it where you are wil?

come and visit soon!

sara

hes STILL not up!!
ok, ive been paitient for three and a half ours. it is now 1:40 and im still waiting.
im gonna have to wait till tomorrow to find out arent i?
oh well.
happy waiting everybody.

could it be that TPTB have finally bowed down to his superiorority and asked him to do the next series of star trek?
lets hope.

wil! tell us already.
wake up!
WAKE UP!!!

WAKE UP NOW!!!!
YOU WILL WAKE UP!
or i shall turn a phaser on you!

Okay, okay.

I think the "Cool contract" theory and "non-disclosure" rumors way up around comment 12 have sure spun out of control.

"Wil's making a huge announcement at 12:01 AM PST about his new Pixar job that let him voice-over and gives him complete creative control over the project, which is a cool Star Trek story about crew members transformed into Micronauts featuring the voices of Wil, Jonathan Frakes, John DeLancie, Ashley Judd, and William Shatner. Working title: 'Honey, I shrunk the Enterprise.' Wil is getting paid enough to buy the Ballantine Books publishing company that he will direct to publish exclusively memoirs of child actors. And he has enough money left after that to buy a palatial apartment in Singapore where he will move with Anne and the kids, and hire Keanu Reeves and Dogstar to play free concerts in the parks there."

I KNEW IT!

-- Draken.

*waits calmly and patiently*

I'm glad I wasn't listening to the audioblog back then - if I'd heard that, then had to wait 5 months for details, it would've driven me crazy!! Now I know why people keep bringing it up!

* joins crowd trying to wait patiently *

Did anyone else hear that...........…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... I think it's wil's alarm clock.........………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........hang on, I can see a light coming on upstairs…………………..……………..it wont be long now………………………………………………………………the backdoor is opening………….and……………………………………it’s Ferris going outside to pee.

Can anyone recommend a good book to read while we wait?.

I hear 'dancing barefoot' is quite good

F5 is my new best friend.

Who's that by?

Damn You Wheaton!!!!

I shake my fist at thee!!

Is Mr. Wheaton the only person on this planet that isn't on the internet?.

erg. i don't care if its only 6 in CA. i'd say that's a great time to wake up when you have an epic announcement. think of the east coasters wil! this is agonizinzing! we've already been up for a few hours!

:D

i listened to the audio blog again last night. he's so welled up with emotion. the only thing that could possibly do that to m