It's All About The Wheaton
As per the King of Blogs contest, I had to answer a challenge question. The question is below. Immediately following the question, you can read my response.
"You are going to have dinner with 3 different people. One is a fellow blogger, the next is a famous person currently alive, and the last is someone from the past not currently alive. Who are they and why did you select each."
There are so many bloggers I would like to meet, all for very different reasons. Some are big time, some small time. All of them have one thing in common: they take up MY time.
Still, that being said, I have chosen the man, the myth, the legend, Wil Wheaton as my blogger of choice.
Now some of you might be wondering, Why Wil Wheaton? Meanwhile, others of you might be wondering, Why not Wil Wheaton? Interestingly enough, the latter part of you are no doubt, affiliated with the man himself, if not indeed are actually him.
You might recall Wil Wheaton from his child actor days, most noticeably for his role in the eighties classic, Stand By Me. For those of you who still need a refresher, he was the kid who didn't get messed up in drugs and/or reinvent himself into a hot stud for the ladies. I can just see the light bulbs turning on over your heads as I type this.
Of course your next, logical question would be, Whatever happened to Wil "Stand By Me" Wheaton? Well the answer to that, along with much, MUCH more is provided at www.wilwheaton.net.
You want to know where Wil will be appearing? Check the blog. Do you want to purchase the latest Greenday album but really would like Wil's take on it first? Consider it done. Do you want to read about everything from odd attempts at recapturing glory days gone by to family cat emergencies? It is all one click away. In fact, from day to day Wil talks about things you and I might normally click past had we not invited this person into our living rooms all those years before. Just face it. Wil had us at hello.
One might think most people would not care about a guy now that most did not care about all those years ago to begin with. But it is amazing with twenty years of nostalgia will do to a fellow. Now Wil is retro and therefore, that makes him cool by default. Trust me. Blogrolling alone has 877 unique links to the man.
877!!
Those are more fans than Wil had back when he was famous, period. Hell, he even got nominated as best Big Name Blogger, but that is not really fair since there is only him, Zach Braff and a lame weblog created by Al Roker to speak of.
So the fellow blogger has been chosen. But meeting one famous person who is still alive? Now that is really tough. Ahh, who am I kidding? No it's not. It would also be Wil!! Mainly this is because I am a big fan of the kill two birds with one stone theory that all the kids go crazy for.
Mainly, it is the little things. It is because he uses phrases like by popular demand in regards to himself, without a trace of sarcasm to be found. It is because he manages to garner, on average, 100 comments a day all the while he can't get one legitimate callback. It is also due to the fact that Wil scores with fellow bloggers without any flashy design to speak of. For these reasons alone the man is in a word, intriguing.
Which brings me to the person I would most like to meet who has since passed away. Once again, this honor goes to Wil Wheaton. Now before you cry foul play, let me explain. To many, many people Wil Wheaton is in fact, dead. Some folks mistakenly think he died years ago, while big Hollywood agents simply treat him as if he died years ago. But through the powers of the Internet, Wil has been born again through blogging. Now, all the throngs of girls who scoured over their Teen Beat magazines day and night can get their fill of all things Wil, 24/7.
And with that, my post comes full circle.
Lucky for me, Wil manages to fit the criteria for all three categories and thus is quite the cheap date. There is less to buy, less mess and more time…with the guest of honor.
So you see, Wil is the perfect choice because he is once, twice, three times the blogger, to me.
"You are going to have dinner with 3 different people. One is a fellow blogger, the next is a famous person currently alive, and the last is someone from the past not currently alive. Who are they and why did you select each."
There are so many bloggers I would like to meet, all for very different reasons. Some are big time, some small time. All of them have one thing in common: they take up MY time.
Still, that being said, I have chosen the man, the myth, the legend, Wil Wheaton as my blogger of choice.
Now some of you might be wondering, Why Wil Wheaton? Meanwhile, others of you might be wondering, Why not Wil Wheaton? Interestingly enough, the latter part of you are no doubt, affiliated with the man himself, if not indeed are actually him.
You might recall Wil Wheaton from his child actor days, most noticeably for his role in the eighties classic, Stand By Me. For those of you who still need a refresher, he was the kid who didn't get messed up in drugs and/or reinvent himself into a hot stud for the ladies. I can just see the light bulbs turning on over your heads as I type this.
Of course your next, logical question would be, Whatever happened to Wil "Stand By Me" Wheaton? Well the answer to that, along with much, MUCH more is provided at www.wilwheaton.net.
You want to know where Wil will be appearing? Check the blog. Do you want to purchase the latest Greenday album but really would like Wil's take on it first? Consider it done. Do you want to read about everything from odd attempts at recapturing glory days gone by to family cat emergencies? It is all one click away. In fact, from day to day Wil talks about things you and I might normally click past had we not invited this person into our living rooms all those years before. Just face it. Wil had us at hello.
One might think most people would not care about a guy now that most did not care about all those years ago to begin with. But it is amazing with twenty years of nostalgia will do to a fellow. Now Wil is retro and therefore, that makes him cool by default. Trust me. Blogrolling alone has 877 unique links to the man.
877!!
Those are more fans than Wil had back when he was famous, period. Hell, he even got nominated as best Big Name Blogger, but that is not really fair since there is only him, Zach Braff and a lame weblog created by Al Roker to speak of.
So the fellow blogger has been chosen. But meeting one famous person who is still alive? Now that is really tough. Ahh, who am I kidding? No it's not. It would also be Wil!! Mainly this is because I am a big fan of the kill two birds with one stone theory that all the kids go crazy for.
Mainly, it is the little things. It is because he uses phrases like by popular demand in regards to himself, without a trace of sarcasm to be found. It is because he manages to garner, on average, 100 comments a day all the while he can't get one legitimate callback. It is also due to the fact that Wil scores with fellow bloggers without any flashy design to speak of. For these reasons alone the man is in a word, intriguing.
Which brings me to the person I would most like to meet who has since passed away. Once again, this honor goes to Wil Wheaton. Now before you cry foul play, let me explain. To many, many people Wil Wheaton is in fact, dead. Some folks mistakenly think he died years ago, while big Hollywood agents simply treat him as if he died years ago. But through the powers of the Internet, Wil has been born again through blogging. Now, all the throngs of girls who scoured over their Teen Beat magazines day and night can get their fill of all things Wil, 24/7.
And with that, my post comes full circle.
Lucky for me, Wil manages to fit the criteria for all three categories and thus is quite the cheap date. There is less to buy, less mess and more time…with the guest of honor.
So you see, Wil is the perfect choice because he is once, twice, three times the blogger, to me.
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