Well, I was twisting the truth a bit about Monday’s episode being the last Star Trek pun.
Every week I post about what I’ve been up to, how about some of you add the fun thing/s from your week in the comments below? Life’s too short to waste. Make sure you do something fun at least once a week.
This week, on August 28th 2007, I finally met William Gibson. For those who need a bit of back-story, I spent around seven years writing a PhD thesis about Gibson’s novels, and I finished it at the start of this year. Was I excited? Damn straight. Was he a very nice chap? Yes, he really was. Did he sign my PhD thesis? Why yes; yes he did. His response to that was ‘I don’t have any words,’ which is ironic considering he’s one of the most important authors of the last fifty years. You’d think he’d have the words for many things. It’s something to remember: I shook the hand that first typed the word ‘cyberspace’. That’s special to me. I graduate in just under two months, and meeting Gibson was a great way to wrap up that part of my life. Magic.
On a more debauched note, I’m off to a stag night this weekend. ‘Hope you’re going to have some fun too! I look forward to hearing about it on Monday!
Have you washed your hand since? Or is it already sealed inside a time capsule? Like that guy in Zoolander.
I haven’t done anything fun this week, but I did meet a pony last week. He was nice.
Congrats to you! Speaking as a fledgling (actually more sort of flailing at the moment) author, I’m jealous. Of William Gibson.
Hahaha, you cheeky blighter Pat.
Ponies are good, when they’re not plotting to hypnotise the masses.
They’re tricksy them ponies, not like horses, horses are rubbish!
Mata that’s so cool! I’ve found it’s often the case that people you write about/ research/ look up to from afar aren’t always that nice in person so it’s good to hear that Gibson seemed like a nice chap.
What ‘something fun’ did I do this week? I bought a friend’s kid along with me to my radio show fulfilling a promise I made before the holidays. He’s eighteen but is disabled and was so over the moon about coming along. We had a ball and played some great tunes too
I love horses, best of all the animals.
I’m kicking myself: I met up with people from the Gibson forum in London, and I just found out that he went for dinner with them the next night! Doh! Oh well…
‘Good to hear you’re having fun SmilingMrJ!