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John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007)

story · status: told 5×, last update 2021 · last event: retold (2021-05-25)

Told alongside: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · John: Hank, help me pick a house (2007) · John and Hank's dad grows up in Indianapolis and leaves it for good weeks after John's birth · John makes his first Indianapolis friends, Chris and Marina, at a neighborhood party (2007)

About: Indianapolis, Sarah Urist Green, New York City, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Washington, DC

date event what video
2007-04-24 told John announces he is moving to Indianapolis because Sarah got a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; they're psyched, though he has no friends there and will miss New York. Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving 00:01:29
2007-05-08 update John tells of flying from New York to house-hunt in Indianapolis, seeing about 12 houses that all need work, and the stress of it. Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters 00:00:10
2007-05-10 update On day three of the house hunt John and Sarah have seen 26 houses and put an offer on one they love; they await the owners' answer. Brotherhood 2.0: May 10: House Hunted? 00:01:04
2007-05-15 update Hank reports that the owners accepted John's offer on a house, though the purchase is not final. May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia 00:00:27
2007-05-29 update John and Sarah are packing to move out of New York: they hunt the streets for free boxes and have almost finished packing all their books. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies 00:00:37
2007-05-31 update Before leaving New York, John and Sarah have agreed to eat everything in the refrigerator. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating 00:00:00
2007-06-06 update John and Sarah are hopefully closing on their Indianapolis house today; John is off to the bank to put his savings into it. (hedged) June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants 00:00:10
2007-06-08 update John is officially a homeowner and shows the house, including a bedroom set aside for Hank. Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues 00:01:16
2007-06-18 update John records his last video from New York before the move and lists what he will miss about the city. June 18th: Leaving New York City 00:00:03
2007-06-19 update Hank reports Sarah and John are in the moving truck leaving New York, wishes them luck getting to Indianapolis and moving into the new house, and thanks John for his farewell video. → refers to June 18th: Leaving New York City June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN 00:02:56
2007-06-20 update John drives a 24-foot moving truck from New York and arrives in Indianapolis after about 18 hours. Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving 00:00:03
2007-06-22 update John says he moved to Indianapolis two days ago and is already off to Washington, D.C. for five days; he thanks Hank for his good wishes during the week's travel. → refers to June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator 00:00:10
2007-06-28 update John films in his new backyard and must go back inside to paint his office. June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier 00:00:00
2007-07-23 update John and Sarah buy a dining room table and a 1960s TV for the new house at an antiques fair. July 23rd: The Tickling of the Innards 00:00:33
2007-08-29 retold The song recalls that John got himself a house, with a yard that needed mowing. (playful) August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John 00:01:17
2010-09-29 retold John says that three years ago he and Sarah (the Yeti) moved from New York City to Indianapolis, where more space meant buying a lot of furniture. MY FRIEND CHESTER 00:00:43
2013-03-26 told John tells how the U-Haul man who welcomed him and the Yeti to Indianapolis, asked what he thought of the city after 30 years, said 'You gotta live somewhere.' A Poem for Spring 00:00:29
2016-07-05 (happened 2007) retold In 2007, living in New York, John called Dad to say Sarah had a job in Indianapolis; Dad said, 'You can't be serious.' The Horizon Line 00:01:33
2016-07-05 (happened 2007) retold In 2007, living in New York, John called Dad to say Sarah had a job in Indianapolis; Dad said, 'You can't be serious.' The Horizon Line 00:01:33
2017-07-18 (happened 2007-07) retold Fifth: in July 2007 John and Sarah had just moved from New York to Indianapolis for her job and bought a first house, exciting but scary, and John had no friends there. Accio Decade Hallows 00:01:54
2018-08-07 (happened 2007) retold John says he and Sarah moved to Indianapolis in 2007 for Sarah's job, making him a 'trailing spouse'; he knew almost no one and, working alone in his basement, struggled to make friends at work. How I Made Friends 00:01:09
2018-08-07 retold John says he and Sarah moved to Indianapolis in 2007 for Sarah's job, making him a 'trailing spouse'; he knew almost no one and, working alone in his basement, struggled to make friends at work. How I Made Friends 00:01:09
2021-05-25 retold John left Booklist and Chicago in 2005 when Sarah got into graduate school in New York; afterwards they moved to Indianapolis, where Sarah was contemporary art curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated 00:07:31

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