The Happiest Days of Our Lives JustAGeek Wheaton

298 Pages·2009·1.22 MB·English

by  Wheaton Wil

JUST A GEEK
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JUST A GEEK
Unflinchingly honest tales of the
search for life, love, and fulfillment
beyond the Starship Enterprise
Wil Wheaton
with a foreword by Neil Gaiman
BEIJING • CAMBRIDGE • FARNHAM • KÖLN • SEBASTOPOL • TAIPEI • TOKYO
Just a Geek
by Wil Wheaton
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Table of Contents
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
A NOTE TO THE READER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
I N T R O D U C T I O N
THIS MONKEY’S GONE TO HEAVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
A C T I
O N E . WHERE’S MY BURRITO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
T W O . WIL WHEATON DOT NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
T H R E E . SPONGEBOBVEGA$ PANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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J U S T A G E E K
B R E A K I N G N E W S
THE WORLD HAS TURNED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
A C T I I
F O U R . STOP ME IF YOU THINK THAT
YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE . . . . . . . . . . . 71
F I V E . LAST PLACE YOU LOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S I X . BALANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A C T I I I
S E V E N . A SORT OF HOMECOMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
E I G H T . APRIL’S FOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
N I N E . ALONE AGAIN, OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
T E N . “YOU’RE GONNA BE A GREAT
WRITER SOMEDAY, GORDIE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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