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Hey Wil I’m 20 and am trying to find something to make into a career. Do you have any advice you wish you could go back and tell your younger self about job hunting?

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wilwheaton:

If you haven’t gone to college, GO TO COLLEGE. Take classes that interest you, and something will inspire you to pursue it for a career.

Here’s the thing they never told us about college: it’s the last time in your life you can focus 100% on education and just increasing your knowledge. It’s also the best time in your life to learn how to think critically, to be challenged in your beliefs, and to explore who you want to be, in a relatively safe environment.

You don’t have to go to an expensive university; you can go to a local community college for your AA or BA, and by the time you graduate, you’ll know if you want to continue with your education, or go on to work in whatever discipline you’ve found that inspires you.

I don’t have a ton of regrets in my life, but one of the VERY big ones is that I don’t have a formal college education, or a college degree. So if I’m giving 20 year-old me advice it’s this: you’re going to regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t go to college, and have the experience of being in college with other people who are your own age who are at the same place you are in your life, studying and learning about things that will serve you for the rest of your existence on Earth.

In Star Trek, whenever you had to be interacting with one of the display screens, was there a specific kind of sequence or any direction regarding how you tapped the screen or did you just wing it and pretend to press buttons at random?

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wilwheaton:

Back in those days, I think I was the only one of all of us who had specific controls and patterns for specific tasks, and it was VERY important to me to keep those things consistent.

These days, most of the screens you see actors interact with are semi-interactive. Usually, they run a flash animation that will change when you click a key, tap the screen, or click the mouse. Some of the more complicated touchscreen ones have hotspots that do different things. So for an actor working with those screens today, the order of operations is very important, because they affect what happens on the screen. For us, it was backlit plexiglass with the occasional blinking light.

But you know what’s cool? The LCARS interface that you see all over the Enterprise D from 30 years ago *clearly* influenced the screens you see on all your favorite science fiction shows, and I love that.

I’m sure you get this question 50 million times a day, so I apologize for asking it again. Here’s hoping I might be asking something novel: Would *you* ever want a Wesley Crusher show? As an actor, creator, etc. Is it something you’d want to do? And if so, what do you think it might be like? Hope you’re having a good day!

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wilwheaton:

You’re right, I am asked a version of this question all the time. But it’s okay to ask, because it’s the first time YOU have asked it!

The long version is all over various answers, blog posts, and videos from cons. The short answer is: Wesley had his time 30 years ago, and his story has been told. It’s time for new actors, new characters, and new adventures.

I’m proud of the work I did, I’m frustrated the writing wasn’t better, I’m stung and still hurt by the vitriol (even today, knowing that Wesley was beloved by an entire generation, and maligned by a small and vocal minority who never gave him a chance), and I’m so honored to know that Wesley inspired countless kids – boys and girls – to pursue careers in science and engineering. I love Wesley, I love that time in my life, and I love that I get to be part of Star Trek until the day I die.

Wesley will always be part of my life, and I will always love him like he’s one of my own kids. But even if we tried to tell one of his stories today, it wouldn’t be Wesley’s story we’d be telling. Wesley is a kid, and he’ll always be a kid. I don’t think anyone wants to see what Wesley is doing now that he’s the same age Picard was when the show started (and if they do, they can watch Doctor Who! 😉

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wilwheaton:

This whole canvas is a happy accident.

I was practicing mountains, and just doing a shit job. I could not get the paint to break, I felt like I was using someone else’s hands, and it was a frustrating, demoralizing experience.

Every time I wanted to stab the canvas, I scraped it clean and started over. Eventually, I ended up with a ton of various blue shades on my pallette.

I didn’t want to just throw it away, and I didn’t want to give up while I felt like an asshole who will never be any good at this, so I just started practicing again, but this time I didn’t care much about the colors. I ended up working with those colors and got something that matches my mood pretty accurately.

I don’t think you can see it, but the *technique* for my trees is real solid, even if the colors aren’t there. The mountain is okay, but not great. I’m struggling like hell to see it in my head before I get into it, and I still can’t do that. I feel like I end up icing a cake when I try to out on the snow, and it’s really demoralizing and frustrating. The distant trees going up the slop make me happy, and I like the reflections I tried out.

I still feel unsettled and kinda pissed at myself because I am just. Not. Getting. It. With the mountains, but I’m gonna a focus on how I ended up with this color study (I guess? Is that what it is?) that just feels like bleakness trying to be beautiful, which is very much how I feel in the empty space where my soul should be.

#BobRoss #painting #art #practicemakesprogress
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I still feel like I want to put on a heavy coat and grab some hot chocolate and go hang out there for a couple hours.

funny thing, without the artist’s commentary, you’d never know how much struggle went into this painting, or how much work went into getting it to look like this. You’d think the artist just tossed this off no problem, or something.

I can’t tell if the shadowy mountains in the distance are previous fuckup mountains that got removed, or if they’re there on purpose, but honestly I wouldn’t have doubted on purpose without the commentary. It looks like a fog is descending and there’s a whole mountain range back there, half-hidden.

I think it just goes to show that as an artist (or writer, or singer, or whatever) you see all the ways that it didn’t turn out how you wanted it to, but the audience only sees the way that it did turn out. The audience isn’t comparing it against the imaginary perfect artwork in your brain.