Christy, you are such an incredible dork for EVER having had a crush on Wil Wheaton. This is a man who went straight from panty-waisted adolescent peach fuzz directly into thirty-something doughiness with absolutely nothing in-between (well, I'm sure he must have partied like a rockstar on the convention circuit for at least a few years). I share your non-plussed yawn at what he's come to. But I can't fathom that even a pubescent child could ever have been stirred in even the remotest mitochondrion by Wesley Crusher. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!

HA! From Wil's pictures gallery:

"If you are looking for pictures of me shirtless as a 12 year old, so you can touch yourself, you are a sick fuck, and can leave now."

Clearly, since fame is transitive (or was it transitory?), the more comments you get, the more famous you become. And soon you, too, will be in the new Star Trek movie. So I have helped you become more famous. Please don't forget me when you hit the big time. (Actually, I think I used the associative property up there, but that would have ruined my demi-pun.)

"I don't mean to be the snotty, faceless public who quickly dismisses the poor life-in-the-harsh-limelight former child star, but... "

What are you talking about? His site is awesome because it is so entirely ordinary. He's just a guy with a family and a dog who apparently watches a lot of TV.

Who dictated that weblogs have to be profound?
There's something inherently offputting about the word banal.

The thing is that thousands of people are reading this ordinary, TV-watching guy's very pedestrian blog. Why? They flock in droves to read ordinary thoughts about last night's WB lineup because they're the thoughts of a "celebrity." I think Xy is just pointing out the silliness in thinking celebrities are any more interesting than anyone. They're just as dull as I am. Show me some other doughy dude with a dog and a family and nothing interesting to say whose site gets that kind of traffic.

Good point!

But I wonder if many of those people visit his site not because he's a "celebrity" but because they're intrigued by how ordinary he is and how he isn't even trying not to be. By not living up to expectations he becomes interesting.

Anyway, Wesley Crusher was an annoying snot and that should have been enough to keep Xy from having a crush on him, ever, regardless of how boring his website is. ;)

A lively debate.

I can't fault Wil Wheaton for writing about the daily humdrum. But reading a site that contains entries like "today I washed my dog" requires a lot of investment on the part of the reader. You have to be willing to follow the saga, get inside his head... and I can guarantee you that the people who followed the metafilter link to this site probably weren't looking for that kind of commitment.

And thank you ALL for stomping all over my tender 12-year-old heart. Honestly. You better hope you don't have geeky daughters who don't know any better than to fall for smart loser guys who get to work on spaceships and fight aliens.

What about the time he crashed through the flowerbed on the paradise planet, was condemned to death, had to be rescued on the spot by Worf and Riker, stood trial, worried his mother sick, and made Captain Picard violate the prime directive to come save his sorry ass? Reeeeeeeeal sexy - esp in that skintight silver condom-with-armholes of a uniform they always had him in.

Yeah, Debbie Gibson's a real hottie, Andy.

That's DEBOARH Gibson.