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November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication

2007-11-28 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · comedy performance

Exhausted after finishing the latest revision of Paper Towns, John says his brain feels liquid, challenges Nerdfighters to work out where a liquefied brain would exit, jokes about Amy Winehouse, and invites questions for next week.

What is said

00:00:00 — John's nerd glasses are back; the 'too old to be emo' review answered with Edgar Allan Poe; writing setup moved to the office

  • ★ John is wearing his nerd glasses again; after bad reviews (he looks like he's trying to be emo but is too old), he may alternate them with his other glasses. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:03
  • ★★ After several days of working about 16 hours a day in an 'ocean of paper' in the living room, John has moved his writing setup into his office. — 00:00:03

00:00:45 — After 16-hour days in an ocean of paper, the Paper Towns revision is finished; too tired for a happy dance, his brain feels liquid

  • ★★★ John announces he has finished the most recent revision of Paper Towns. — 00:00:45 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ Too tired for his usual happy dance, John says his brain feels like it has turned to liquid and might drip out of his nose or ears. (playful) — 00:00:45 · Happy dance

00:01:14 — Challenge to Nerdfighters: where would a liquefied brain come out?; the handsome reward will be delivered before year's end

  • ★★★ John challenges Nerdfighters to work out whether a liquefied brain would come out of his eyes, nose, ears or a combination, saying he has learned not to underestimate them. (playful) — 00:01:14 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John tells Nerdfighters he will deliver their handsome reward before the end of the year in some fashion. — 00:01:14 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:37 — Sniffing his brain back up; Amy Winehouse's 'liquid brain'; Christmas on Friday

  • ★★ John jokes that Amy Winehouse may not have a drug problem but a liquified brain she must keep snorting back up, which is why she cancelled her concerts. (joke) — 00:01:37
  • ★★ John says he wants to talk about Christmas on Friday, and is thinking he could answer Nerdfighters' questions early next week. (hedged) — 00:01:37 · Christmas, Nerdfighteria

00:02:16 — Call for Nerdfighter questions for early next week; sign-off; scavenger hunters already have today's clue

Humor (significant)

  • Reviewers said John looks like he's trying to be emo but is too old; he counters with the very emo, very old Edgar Allan Poe. — 00:00:03 > «Checkmate!»
  • John sniffs after wondering where his liquid brain would drip out. — 00:01:37 > «Do you think that was brain?»
  • John suggests Amy Winehouse snorts every few minutes to keep her liquified brain in her head, explaining her cancelled concerts. — 00:01:37 > «She has liquid brain! I'd cancel my concerts, too!»

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