Child stars steal your soul. But really, who didn't already know that?
Stand by Me has been one of my favorite films for a long time. The old taped-off-Showtime VHS finally crapped out on me, so I broke down and purchased the DVD at my friendly neighborhood (36-mile-radius neighborhood) Target. What a stroke of genius that was. I've spent the last few nights reveling in 90 minutes of cinematic Eden. For company, I have pre-Kangaroo Jack Jerry O'Connell, a not-yet-dead River Phoenix, the superior of the two Coreys, and the unfettered glory that is Mr. Wil Wheaton.
By now, I'm wondering about whatever happened to our buddy Wil. I do the regular IMDB'ing, but I am unsatisfied. I Google "Wil Wheaton," and what comes up? His personal website. At first, I think it's just your average settled-down former-child-star webjournal, but then I realize something much more sinister. Wil Wheaton and I are the same person.
You see, I'm a curious individual, so I spent quite a bit of time browsing his site. He's a rabidly anti-Bush and rather pro-Michael Moore. Good job. I click "Cool Sites" on his links page, and discover that it's basically a list of sites I've already bookmarked. Odd. Then I poke around some more and find out that he's a fan of Radiohead, the White Stripes, Oingo Boingo, Ozma, and (most importantly) the Strokes. Not bad, Wil. If I'd been born twelve years earlier, I'd have married this guy.
And so that's our happy ending. Wil Wheaton has made it through his glory days as Gordie Lachance and Wesley Crusher and come out the other side as a totally well-adjusted (though geeky even by my standards) 31-year-old webmaster.
My only concern is that on his FAQ there's a question about a supposed rift between him and Roxann Dawson. He says it's nothing, and it better not be. That's my family you're fucking with, dude. (True, by the way. Roxann is married to Eric Dawson, who is my dad's first cousin. Eric and my dad grew up in Lincoln together. Trust me, this link comes in handy when I play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I'm there in five.)
In conclusion, Wil Wheaton is still cool. Kinda geeky-cool, but cool nonetheless. This means that I can still safely admit to my friends that I totally had a thing for Gordie Lachance when I was twelve.
Stand by Me has been one of my favorite films for a long time. The old taped-off-Showtime VHS finally crapped out on me, so I broke down and purchased the DVD at my friendly neighborhood (36-mile-radius neighborhood) Target. What a stroke of genius that was. I've spent the last few nights reveling in 90 minutes of cinematic Eden. For company, I have pre-Kangaroo Jack Jerry O'Connell, a not-yet-dead River Phoenix, the superior of the two Coreys, and the unfettered glory that is Mr. Wil Wheaton.
By now, I'm wondering about whatever happened to our buddy Wil. I do the regular IMDB'ing, but I am unsatisfied. I Google "Wil Wheaton," and what comes up? His personal website. At first, I think it's just your average settled-down former-child-star webjournal, but then I realize something much more sinister. Wil Wheaton and I are the same person.
You see, I'm a curious individual, so I spent quite a bit of time browsing his site. He's a rabidly anti-Bush and rather pro-Michael Moore. Good job. I click "Cool Sites" on his links page, and discover that it's basically a list of sites I've already bookmarked. Odd. Then I poke around some more and find out that he's a fan of Radiohead, the White Stripes, Oingo Boingo, Ozma, and (most importantly) the Strokes. Not bad, Wil. If I'd been born twelve years earlier, I'd have married this guy.
And so that's our happy ending. Wil Wheaton has made it through his glory days as Gordie Lachance and Wesley Crusher and come out the other side as a totally well-adjusted (though geeky even by my standards) 31-year-old webmaster.
My only concern is that on his FAQ there's a question about a supposed rift between him and Roxann Dawson. He says it's nothing, and it better not be. That's my family you're fucking with, dude. (True, by the way. Roxann is married to Eric Dawson, who is my dad's first cousin. Eric and my dad grew up in Lincoln together. Trust me, this link comes in handy when I play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I'm there in five.)
In conclusion, Wil Wheaton is still cool. Kinda geeky-cool, but cool nonetheless. This means that I can still safely admit to my friends that I totally had a thing for Gordie Lachance when I was twelve.
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