John's 30th birthday (2007)
story · status: followed over 6 videos (2007) · last event: update (2007-08-29)
John turned 30 on 24 August 2007, after counting down his last days of being young; Nerdfighters marked it with sung greetings and blended birthday cakes, and John joked it beat Oprah Winfrey's best birthday ever.
Told alongside: Secret project: Nerdfighters' birthday greetings for John (2007)
About: Oprah Winfrey
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-16 | told | John counts down to his birthday: as of Thursday, August 16th, he has only eight days left to be young. (playful) | August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat 00:00:09 |
| 2007-08-17 | update | Hank notes that John's birthday is coming up. | August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? 00:02:12 |
| 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) | update | John's birthday is marked with a sung Happy Birthday and greetings. | August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 00:00:03 |
| 2007-08-24 | update | John turns 30; contributors toast him with blenderized cake. (playful) | August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 00:02:32 |
| 2007-08-27 | update | John says his birthday this year (2007) was better than Oprah Winfrey's best birthday ever. (playful) | August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos 00:00:00 |
| 2007-08-29 | update | Hank's song marks John turning 30, recalling that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday. (playful) → refers to August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos | August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John 00:00:03 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John says it is Thursday, August 16th, which leaves him only eight days to be young. (playful) — 00:00:09
- 2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — ask: Hank: Noting John's birthday is coming up, Hank asks Nerdfighters who want to email him about a secret project to write to his Gmail address with 'secret project' in the subject line. — 00:02:12
- 2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: The video opens with Happy Birthday sung to John and a WRAS Atlanta radio birthday dedication from his secret siblings and Nerdfighters in Atlanta. (playful) — 00:00:03
- 2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: Greeters note that John is turning 30 and tease him that he is old and will start getting shorter and achy. (playful) — 00:00:47
- 2007-08-29 · August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John — Hank sings John a birthday song bidding goodbye to '29 year old John' and teasing that he is now 30. (playful) — 00:00:29