destination: Vegas

"I'm the man with no name: Zap Brannigan."

Sometimes, a blog post needs to start out with a Futurama quote, you know?

I'm not sure if I'll be able to update my blog while I'm in Vegas for the Big Honkin' Convention, but I'll be updating via Twitter and Buzznet while I'm on the road, so if you're interested in that sort of thing, and you can't be at the convention, now you know how to get your hourly dose of me. (Which, I've just realized, sounds creepy and weird, not funny. Gross).

If you're coming to the con, I'll be reading from The Happiest Days of Our Lives and the TV Squad Chapbook (which is called Space Oddity, for those of you playing "Wil Names His Books After Song Titles Bingo" at home) tonight at 6:45. I guess Creation scheduled me for a signing immediately after, but if you can't make it tonight don't worry: I'll be in the dealer's area all day Friday and Saturday signing books and photos and stuff. I'm wearing my Expendable T-shirt tomorrow, so if you wear yours, we can totally be twins and take hilarious photos to show our friends. (Related to that: I realized that I was truly an adult, and truly comfortable where I am in my life when I packed a bunch of T-shirts for this trip. "I don't need to prove to anyone that I'm not a kid by dressing up," I thought to myself, "I can just wear cool Threadless T-shirts and be comfortable." It may seem like a silly little thing, and kind of sad that it didn't happen until I was 35, but it's significant to me.)

For the drive across the desert, I've loaded up the iPod with appropriate music, but I am also bringing two CDs which I told Ryan are perfect for this trip: he knows that one is the Swingers soundtrack, but I haven't told him yet that the other one is The Transformed Man.

Yeah, we're going to have a good time.

Vegas, baby! VEGAS!!11

Comments

[JeDiWiker]

"Kif! I'm feeling the 'Captain's Itch'!"

"I'll fetch the cream, sir ..."

Heh. Good times, good times.

JD

[PatrickD]

Now I really want a T-shirt that says, "I don't need to prove to anyone that I'm not a kid by dressing up."

[Meg Kribble]

How did I not know you were on Twitter yet?

Oh well, I'm glad you mentioned it now. Special bonus: discovering via you that Bad Astronomer also twitters.

See you Saturday!

[alikitty619]

I learned the 'dressing up' thing at a late age too.

Today, I wear what's comfortable and what I like and if anyone has a problem w/ my "Expecto Patronum" shirt.....they can kiss my grown up ass.

[Mike Belrose]

"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis

[Tara]

Good luck and have fun:) I'm sorry I can't be there, but with buzznet and twitter I can pretend I am:)
~~TARA~~

[Russty]

I won't be able to be there in person, so thanks for the Twitter updates. It makes it nice to feel like we're part of the fun.

I've recently reverted back to dressing the way I did as a teenager, long skirts, t-shirts, and doc martens. My parents hate it, but you know what it rocks just being yourself. Just because I'm a 30 year old, doesn't meant I can't wear what I enjoy and just be who I am. Major props, Wil for rockin your own geeky style.

[Amber Ferguson]

Gosh, it's funny because I started reading your blog when I was 15 years old and now, 5 years later, I stumbled upon it once more. As addicting as your writing can be, I’ve never actually gotten to read any of your books, though I have a feeling these next few weeks before I go back to college and after I finish The Godfather, I’ll probably be spending some time doing so. You wanna talk typo’s? The Godfather states to be the 30th addition, yet I’ve already seen nearly 4 or 5. Good luck with the conventions and stuff!

[thecrumb]

In todays news - Wil Wheaton, author, active blogger, and former Star Trek and child movie star was pulled over and arrested for child abuse during a routing traffic stop. During questioning the officer noticed that the suspects son, who was a passenger in the car, looked traumatized.

After questioning - it was discovered Mr. Wheaton was forcing his son to listen to "The Transformed Man" (a spoken word album by fellow Star Trek star William Shatner) during a road trip to Las Vegas.

During court proceedings the arresting officer, as well as Mr. Wheaton's son - both often in tears, described how Mr. Wheaton had played "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" over and over and at extreme volume. During the arrest the officer noted he had to forcibly remove Mr. Wheaton before he could enter the vehicle and eject the CD.

No word from Mr. Wheaton's lawyers - but William Shatner has issued a press release thanking Mr. Wheaton for the recent spike seen in the sales of "The Transformed Man".

[opak]

Rush is some good drving noise :)

Got nothing else. Good luck sir.

[Tara]

thecrumb:  lol that is hilarious!

[alikitty619]

thecrumb: Ditto!

[Smello]

I got my Expendable t-shirt in the mail today. It made me a very happy grown-up.

And, thanks, thecrumb. I now have Nimoy's Bilbo Baggins song running through my head.

[gbina]

Well that's it then. I have to wear my Expendable t-shirt tomorrow too. I won't be in Las Vegas (sadly) but will feel better knowing that I am connected to all things cool via t-shirtness.

[Jewels]

Have fun in Vegas! I wish I could be there. Thanks for the twitter updates though!

[Syndelin]

I've been following you on twitter for the last week or so, and I have to say... there's been some updates that really cracked me up. Makes me a more productive employee because I've learned not to check my texts until I go on break and go out of earshot of my bosses. I laughed out loud to far too many of them, and gotten many a funny look already. ~_^

Btw, I used to work in a casino, you get immune to the carpet. Good thing, since I now work in a bowling alley, and it's the same craziness underfoot every day, but it doesn't make me dizzy anymore!

Have fun in Vegas!

[Draxar]

"For the drive across the desert, I've loaded up the iPod with appropriate music"

"He's making playlists. Likes to listen to MP3s when he goes on drives. His own internal soundtrack, you know? Dark-core, trip hop, whatever kids these days are listening to. Me? I'm more of a Kenny G fan."

Ah, Hannibal King, the one redeeming feature of Blade 3.

[Starr01]

must have shirt.....

[Allstar]

Just got done watching you read at the convention... you were hands down the funniest and most entertaining speaker so far!!

[Verhoodled]

Don't head out of town on 15 without "Aw Mama, Can This Really Be The End?!?" blasting from the speakers. Remember, it's bat country out there.

[shewhobeatsass]

thecrumb: you have KILLED ME DEAD.

In other news, I want some of the good weather that you will allegedly be having in Vegas, Mr. Wheaton! It stormed like Armageddon out here in PA, and we even had a tornado take some roofing and windows out of the Carnegie Science Center.

Have a good time, and don't get writer's cramp!

[ProudTexasWoman]

Allstar,
Stop making us hate you! I'm out here in Texas having to settle for listening to the GnomeDex podcast again, and going to the site to Demand the great WW for my favorite nearby cities, and you get to be there in person?!?!

[zeelv]

I'm glad you went with the Rated R reading--far superior! Thanks for the hawesomely fun read tonight. I couldn't help but feel giddy recognizing the Blue Light Special and the raspberry sorbet (the kind you buy from a secondhand store) stories. Enjoy the tshirt LaChance!! (And hopefully effin' Sprawl-Mart will release my photos to me this time, ARRHHH!) HUGS!

[M.M. Fletcher]

Holy crap -- I won't be in Sin City this weekend (father lives there, long story, but if you see someone who looks like Danny DeVito's taller brother carrying a bag of baked goods, run in the opposite direction), but I must get one of those t-shirts nonetheless. And you'll be money in it, baby, Vega$ style!

[dagilo]

Not Shatner singing! well hopfully it won't be too long of a car ride *chuckles*