Chicago

place · in 39 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 6 · 2008: 12 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 11 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 1 · 2013: 2

Threads

John's Washington, D.C. trip and snowbound airport delays (2007) — story, tell, 2007–2007
John's 8/8/08 event in Chicago: library talk, Grant Park and The Bean (2008) — stage, retro, 2008–2012
John invites over-21 Chicago Nerdfighters to Mark Bazer's live talk show at the Hideout (February 6, 2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
John's Chicago Nerdfighter gathering (July 2009) — stage, launch, 2009–2009
John invites Chicago-area Nerdfighters to his gathering at the Harold Washington Library (July 23, 2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
John invites Chicago-area Nerdfighters to his La Grange, Illinois appearance on October 13 (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
How John and Sarah met: high school, a boxing sparring partner who was John's ex-girlfriend, and a year of emails — story, tell, 2010–2010
John's spring 2010 tour for Will Grayson, Will Grayson — stage, milestone, 2010–2010
John drives from Chicago to the Waupaca Book Festival, Wisconsin (2010) — story, tell, 2010–2010
The Beckoning of Lovely: Amy Krouse Rosenthal's 10/10/10 gathering at the Bean, Chicago (2010) — stage, result, 2010–2010
John invites Nerdfighters to a gathering in Chicago before the Beckoning of Lovely (October 10, 2010) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010
John's BlogTV fundraiser for James at War's cat's surgery and the $540 check for the difference (2010) — story, tell, 2010–2010
The Beckoning of Lovely 2011 edition — stage, retro, 2011–2011
John at an English teachers' conference in Chicago (2011) — story, tell, 2011–2011
John's LeakyCon 2012 in Chicago and his walk to the Bean (2012) — story, tell, 2012–2012
John's depression at 24 in Chicago: leave from Booklist, home to Orlando, and watching Harvey — story, tell, 2013–2013

What the videos say

2007

2007-02-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 13, 2007 — John goes from airport to airport by airplane, which is unfortunate because 'airplanes hate snow'; he is now in the Chicago airport. (00:00:40)
2007-08-10 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — The local election near Chicago got Hank thinking about the coming national election; he is scared and doesn't know who to vote for, though the brothers are 'supposed to be Obama guys'. (00:00:58)
2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan — John reports Nerdfighters found scavenger hunt clues (dollar bills in Indianapolis and Englewood, Florida, a note near Chicago), solved the anagrams and found the hidden video; a day's pause follows. (00:03:33)
2007-11-13 · November 12th: Brotherhood Clue Point Oh! — The blog's clue '24.1.2.19' pointed to John discussing Walker Percy's The Second Coming in a January Brotherhood 2.0 video; nerdfighters found a dollar bill in that book at a Chicago Borders. (00:02:22)
2007-12-12 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — Hank is not sure what the brothers will do on the last day of Brotherhood 2.0; it is his day, and he wishes John could be there, but John will be in Chicago. (00:02:12)

2008

2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) — John says he will perform that night (21 and over) at the Hideout in Chicago with his friend Mark Baser (name as heard). (00:00:00)
2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — John announces that at 2 p.m. on August 8, 2008 he will be at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago, talking, signing books and giving things away. (00:00:25)
2008-08-04 · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — Worried the Chicago library where they will speak lacks space, Hank asks people to pre-register via the sidebar, though he doesn't know if it guarantees anything. (00:02:36)
2008-08-04 · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — Hank tells viewers not to worry if too many people come to Chicago: 'we're going to figure something out. I promise.' (00:02:36)
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — Asked about the 8/8/08 Nerdfighter event in Chicago, John says the Harold Washington Library will try to accommodate everyone for the 2 p.m. event, and there will be awesome for those who cannot get in. (00:00:00)
2008-08-06 · Everyone's Your Friend... — Hank says this is the only New York video, since they are going to Chicago next, and he will see John in about three days. (00:02:14)
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — The next day Hank met John in Chicago; he says he always loves hanging out with his brother. (00:01:39)
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. (00:02:13)
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says over 380 Nerdfighters came to the Chicago library event, including many prominent Nerdfighters he had never seen outside YouTube. (00:02:42)
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — The report says John was already a successful teen author whose fame skyrocketed through the internet, and that he was back in Chicago, where he once lived, promoting his books at the library. (00:02:08)
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. (00:01:43)
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John recalls that at the end of the Chicago Nerdfighter night on 8/8/08 hundreds of Nerdfighters met Amy Krouse Rosenthal at the Bean without knowing her plan. (00:01:34)
…and 2 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

2009-02-01 · Super Bowl Analysis from an Idiot — John tells over-21 Nerdfighters near Chicago he will be part of Mark Bazer's live talk show at the Hideout on Friday, February 6 at 6:30; it costs five dollars. (00:00:00)
2009-06-15 · Iran Election Fraud: 5 Reasons to Doubt the Results — Reason one: Tabriz, Mousavi's home city, historically votes for him or his ethnic group's candidate, yet apparently voted 2 to 1 for Ahmadinejad - like John McCain winning Chicago. (00:01:48)
2009-07-15 · Sell Outs! — In a P.S., John announces he is doing a Nerdfighter gathering in Chicago next Thursday, with more info in the sidebar. (00:03:36)
2009-07-20 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — John announces he will be in Chicago this Thursday at 11 a.m. for a free Nerdfighter gathering at the Harold Washington Library, details in the sidebar. (00:00:00)
2009-10-07 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John says he will make two appearances in the next week; Chicago-area Nerdfighters can see him in La Grange on October 13. (00:01:01)
2009-10-07 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John hopes to see many Nerdfighters in Chicago and Indianapolis, promising presents and lots of hilarity. (00:02:29)

2010

2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Ten years later Sarah's sparring partner at a Chicago boxing club turned out to be John's ex-girlfriend, also from Alabama, which reconnected John and Sarah. (00:00:41)
2010-03-11 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John will be in Indianapolis on March 15 talking about vlogging, then on tour in April in Chicago, Boulder, Austin, New York City, Madison (Connecticut), LA and San Francisco. (00:00:29)
2010-04-07 · Shmancy Hotel Room Is Shmancy — John is in a schmancy Chicago hotel room with David Levithan, on tour for their book Will Grayson, Will Grayson. (00:00:04)
2010-09-16 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John says Amy launched the positive pranking campaign by reinventing ding-dong ditching, delivering actual Hostess Ding Dongs to strangers throughout Chicago; the video is linked in the description. (00:00:29)
2010-10-05 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John says Chicago has always been his favorite American city, a city of so many neighborhoods that you can never discover them all. (00:00:19)
2010-10-05 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John quotes Carl Sandburg describing Chicago as laughing 'under the terrible burden of destiny', the phrase that titles the video. (00:00:20)
2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John says today's video was going to be about a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Chicago before the Beckoning of Lovely, with more info on screen. (00:00:00)
2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John does his happy dance in his basement because he was too socially awkward to do it in front of hundreds of Nerdfighters at the Bean in Chicago, and shows theirs. (00:00:47)
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says the surgery cost less than expected, so James at War and his wife drove from Texas to Chicago with a check for the difference, which John pocketed unopened and later found was $540. (00:01:41)
2010-12-14 · 8 Things I Love — John recommends his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project and a link to what happened on 10/10/10 in Chicago, which might make you cry. (00:00:59)

2011

2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John will also be at the final Beckoning of Lovely event at the Bean in Chicago on November 11 (description: 11:11 AM on 11/11/11). (00:02:55)
2011-11-22 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John is in Chicago at a very crowded English teachers' conference, enjoying talking about books with teachers and signing his name again. (00:00:05)

2013

2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. (00:01:25)
2013-10-29 · Perspective — At 24, John's longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him; he lived in Chicago in what had been their apartment with what had been their cat, and was pretty depressed. (00:00:28)
2013-10-29 · Perspective — John's dad drove up to Chicago and they drove back to Orlando; John got into daily therapy, started a much better medication for him, and watched Harvey. (00:01:51)