Mr. Crusher, WE NEED MORE DATA!
September 6, 2011 We interrupt the wreckage to bring you this photo of Brent Spiner putting on a Carrot Jockey necklace:
This photo brought to you by my new favorite henchperson Morgan, who actually gave up her hard-earned necklace at Dragon*Con yesterday when Spiner spotted it, told her he liked the site, and that he wanted one. (Read about it on Morgan's blog here.) Rest assured, I am sending her a replacement - along with my hypothetical first-born-child, should she ever want it.
Morgan is also the person responsible for my blush-felt-'round-the world when she gave me a completely unexpected shout-out at the mic in front of nearly 2,000 people in Wil Wheaton's panel yesterday morning. I was so stunned I thought I might crawl under my chair, but Wil was amazingly gracious, saying, "Oh, is she here? Cake Wrecks is awesome," and then everyone was looking around for me, and I thought I was going to die, but instead I stood up for about 0.3 seconds and gave a quick wave and squeaked a "hi!" just so they'd stop looking and we could move on, and then I KNEW I was going to die because I'm just a socially awkward writer used to being locked in my office all day and who only ventures out for book tours and sci-fi conventions because I'm such a geeky fan girl and life-long Trekker even though I try to act all professional and nonchalant and stuff but it was totally worth it because WIL WHEATON SAID I WAS AWESOME - albeit indirectly and probably under polite duress - and BRENT SPINER HAS A JOCKEY NECKLACE THAT I MADE and this is all really too much for me and I think I need to go lie down for a bit.
That's all.
We now return you to the wreckage.
PS - On the off chance Brent and/or Wil ever reads this: thank you, gentlemen. Truly. I've been invited on Letterman and my book once made the NY Times' BSL, but for this geek girl, yesterday topped it all. (And Wil, I'm terribly sorry for interrupting your panel, which was excellent and totally worth waking up at o' indecent hours for.)
PPS - Also, you fellow fans should all go watch Spiner's new web series Fresh Hell, which is hilarious even when he makes a crack about Orlando, and read Wil's book Just a Geek, which I adored.
Reader Comments (118)
Awesomesauce, to quote my daughter! I enjoy cakewrecks for the cakes, but also the geekiness. And you have totally corrupted my 16 year old into all things geek, steampunk and cool. Thank you.
OH MY GOD. That is just the coolest thing EVER. EVER!!! I am just thrilled for you.
Oh, my happy geek-o-meter just went off the charts....Cake Wrecks and Brent Spiner AND Wil Wheaton all on one page.....so totally awesome! Congrats of the shout-out! Well deserved!
That is so cool! Wow now I wish I was there lol.
OMG THAT IS SO FREAKING COOL!!!! You are SO my hero!!!!!!!
I am SO SAD that I left Wil Wheaton's panel early and didn't see you! I had a 1pm flight, so my friend and I went just to see WW perform the piece and then we had to leave before the Q&A.
Ode to Carrot Jockey
Carrot Jockey is your taxonomic nomenclature
A plastic unclothed biped, on buttercream by nature
No hair about your eyes to cloud your keen visual senses
Contributes to your skill in finding wrecky cake offenses
I find myself intrigued by your frosted ambulations
A singular development of fondant machinations
That illustrates your need to ride on sugary confections
While pointing out a bakery's abuse of its directions
No clothing is essential for your wreck reporting talents
A hat, a vest or even pants might throw you off your balance
And carrots are a necessary part of locomotion
Although for geeky panelists they can cause a commotion
Carrot Jockey, the wondrous cakey carnage you display
Makes people snort their coffee, and brightens up their day
A naked bit of plastic I can from a chain suspend
To me, you'll always be a veggie-riding friend.
[Editor's Note from Jen: Sharyn, you win ONE THOUSAND INTERNETS. Best. Comment. EVER.]
So when is the Letterman gig? Just imagine the audience riding giant carrots and you'll be fine.
Seriously, you 'guys' deserve shout-outs and accolades and whatever else they have that recognizes in a positive way.
Aaaarrrggghhhh! I finally found the Carrot Jockey sale site, only to find they are sold out, again. Plus, you said to watch on Twitter for when they would be available again...I don't tweet. What's a girl to do? Could you maybe post it on CW?
I love CW. Truly, madly, deeply.
Cathy
I like this site. I like the people here. You have a fangirl moment and everybody's happy and squealing and bouncing with shared excitement for you.
Congrats! To have two people you admire publicly admit they like your work is pure validation (and maybe some vindication).
And judging by the run on sentence, you still don't know what kind of impact you have on us, do you, Jen Yates?
Wow! That is so cool! The geek girl inside me is freaking out for you.
Congrats Jen - *we* already knew you were awesome, but now you're officially awesome, because if those two guys think it's so, who would dare question it? ;)
Naked Mohawk-Baby Carrot Jockeys Spiner Wheaton!
This must be the new exclamation of excitement at Cake Wrecks. Just remember I said it first.
Wow. Just wow!
I think all my geekdom just crashed together in one big smashup. I couldn't be more happy for you had Spiner been dressed in Steampunk gear while Wheaton was wearing a wizard hat and the One Ring. Sorry, my emotions are all mixed up. I haven't said this since the 90's but all I can think is:
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Oooooh that is fabulous!!!!!
Your geekiness is what makes this site over-the-top awesome, and I'm a Scot, we don't say awesome very much!
Squeeeee! that is all :)
Congratulations! I would have fainted!
Great, that's amazing! I love this site and I love what she has done with this necklace and it is great you are sending her a replacement! You guys are the best!
Thanks for the link to Spiner's "Fresh Hell" series -- but alas, there are only two of them and all my attempts at finding news about if there will be more have been in vain. Anyone else know what's up with it? (Both of them were in April.)
Congrats on the fangirl moment-- you have a great site and those guys are (as far as I can tell) completely great guys who would of course love it, too.
Except that I'm a musician and you're a writer, we might just be the same person. If the same stuff that happened to you had happened to me and I were a blogger, this is exactly what my post would have looked like!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Fantastic!!! :D Now you just need to make one for WIll Wheaton. ;)
NOW "Data" is FULLY functional!!!!
They are now more cool for knowing what we all know - Jen, John and CW ROCK!!!!!!
Congrats to you, Jen. You deserve the praise and recognition. You truly bring joy into many of our lives.
That's so cool!!!
Whoa Jen, take a breath! I almost died of hypoxia trying to read this, which is not good for a 7mo prego woman!
Very cool.
Yes, this is quite high praise. I'm very happy for you, and keep up the good work!
WOW! Wow..
Wil AND Brent? Total fangirl SQUEEE! You really know how to make this old geek girl's heart sing, Jen! Congrats on a truly awesome Dragon*Con experience, which you totally deserve!
Congrats! That's so awesome. I got called out at a Comic Book convention once, so I totally know the awkwardness.
Oh my stars! This is so incredible. I am truly happy for you, and knowing how I am, I would have felt the same way.
Wow...just wow...I'm excited by proxy for you! Will you ever sleep again???
Nerdgasm! They are right though, you are awesome! So cool to get recognized by those who you admire. Soooo jelly.
You ARE awesome and you totally deserved the shout-outs. And by the way, that's how I felt when I got to meet you on Sunday! I put the pic of you and I on FB and all my friends are like, "NO WAY! You met the Cakewrecks girl?!?! Awesome!" They were much more excited about you than anyone else I saw there. So thanks for being a good sport and letting other star-struck, geeky girls get their picture taken with you. :o)
****SQUEEEEEEEEE*******
You ROCK!
CW ROCKS!
ST:TNG (especially Brent Spiner) ROCKS!
Whew -- I'm dizzy with all this rocking. Have to sit down and look at back issues of CW to recover.....
Dragon Con was awesome! Hate that I missed that panel :P
Oh Jen, congratulations, that's so wonderful! If I were there, we could hold fangirl hands and jump up and down and squee into the ultrasonic range. Eeeeeeeee! :D
That is awesome, no indirect about it.
I know how you feel - I once made scarves for Mystery Science Theater 3000, only to have them use one of them in a sketch Six Years Later. I nearly lost it! They were nice enough to send it back to me when the show was cancelled. Very nice people!
You couple of lucky b******s, you! I was in love with Wil Wheaton when I was a gurl!
NICE!!
I am so freakin' happy for you!! I can't stop grinning. Most awesome, indeed.
I just totally geeked out extra for you. This is all kinds of awesomesauce.
I think my ovaries just exploded.
Twice.
I Tweeted Wil and Brent about your mention...
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
*swoon*
Sharyn: Love your ode to the carrot jockey!
That is awesome! I loved Star Trek.
I love that you are a life-long trekker and I love this post.
My god. I would have DIED.
Eventually you will figure out something very important: you now ARE a geek celebrity.
Although it's totally adorable when you get all squeeful. :)
All together now,
one...
two...
SQUEEEE!!!
As has already been said, you truly are a geek goddess. Massive congrats!
Of course, of course! You ARE awesome, and you do good, good things!! HOW COOL!! And now even MORE nerds will be reading here, yay!
I'm totally geeking out for you. How cool are you?
Wil Weaton & Brent Spiner? I'm so freaking jealous! (I've had a crush on Data for as long as I can remember.) Grats, Jen! You deserve it!