Wil Wheaton has been outdoing his normal awesome self and written some brilliant and touching posts on life behind the scenes of Star Trek. There’s the story of how he met William Shatner (part 1 and part 2), then a blog post about being a celebrity:
When we were waiting to clear customs, a young girl came up to me and told me how much she loved my work. She asked me if I’d take a picture with her and her drill team, who were there for a competition or something.
I did my best to be patient and kind, but I told her that I was exhausted, and I looked and felt like hell. She was visibly disappointed, but said that she understood and apologized for bothering me.
“You know,” Anne (who had been barfing her brains out the entire flight, and surely felt worse than me) said, “that girl was really excited to meet you, and even though you’re exhausted, it only takes a minute to give her a good memory, or a lousy one.”
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Wow, I wasn’t that big into TNG, but boy those articles are a wonderful read!
@tgaw: Aren’t they? And I think his blog post is a lesson we can all learn from. Even though most people aren’t celebrities, we can also impact the lives of everyone we encounter. What might be nothing to us, or a moment of frustration or anger, can be something another person remembers for years. We can’t always be perfect people, but if we keep in mind that we might be making a positive or negative memory for those we encounter, I think it can make us better people.
I am always very patient in giving autographs, and am looking forward to being photographed with a drill team:)
@vailian: I’m sure it’s just around the corner
Ah, it’s been about 10 months since your post and the links to the William Shatner story still came in handy!
@vicky: You can’t leave me hanging like that! What’s the whole story? I checked your blog and Clint’s and didn’t find anything related, so, come on!