29.10.10 i heart waffles from the future; shout out to mr. @wilw

this is not a waffle. this is my london fog from commune café. to the right of the photo, off frame, would be sitting the amazing mr. wil wheaton. i had been thinking about ways to tell about how i managed to actually meet him.

see, i get ridiculously star struck... perma-smile, profuse giggling, shaky thumbs (incoherent typing)...
i'll just say that if it weren't for my twin prodding me all the way from victoria, and my lil sis prodding me from where she was at (burnaby?), i wouldn't have stayed on twitter... and inevitably seen the tweet he wrote that pulled me off my seat:

wilw
@merboo double dare you to come over and say "waffle"

yes, he dared me. and not just some dinky dare, it was straight to the DOUBLE dare.

i KNOW. this sh*t just got real.

and my friends know at least these 2 things about me: i'm not one to flinch (don't expect me to dodge a dodgeball), and i do not back down from good dares. and THIS, my friend was the ultimate in good dares. it was a GREAT dare.

so i excused myself (by then i was in the presence of randy, cristina and cflo). i casually/nervously walked toward the end of the table, made no eye contact, stopped beside mr. wheaton and said in my best secret agent voice "waffle".

i stood up straight with probably the goofiest smile i've ever worn as he looked up at me and laughed. not AT me, more so WITH me... or maybe it was a bit at me, but i didn't care, it was HIM! he could've squeezed lemon juice in my eye, my face would've remained just as goofy.

anyway, that broke the ice real fast and turns out the most awesomest of awesomeness is a really cool dude too. i didn't expect him to be a jerk or anything, but i'm really appreciative that he humored my geeky star-struck-ness. i've been a fan since stand by me, then st:tng, and for real, he's an awesome storyteller, writer, nerd... i truly felt special. he's just so awesome.

so after a quick, amazing, conversation, i let him get back to his venn diagram of nerdiness (refer to his photo: ) as i returned to my friends.

this experience made me (and my sisters AND my friends) so happy. also, i am going to take the train to the eccc next year, first class, and drink beer all the way down.

mr. wheaton, meeting you was a pleasure. if you don't find that red racer ipa down in the states, let me know. i'll gladly bring down a six pack for you when the con comes around.

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