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My Birthday Rocks

2009-05-13 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

Hank opens the birthday mail Nerdfighters sent him, singles out favourites (including Molly Lewis's Kiva gift certificate and a hand-made ABCs of Nerdfighting) and thanks Nerdfighters for being made of awesome.

What is said

00:00:00 — At the post office: opening birthday cards and gifts (corn-dog card, fortune, a card for John, giraffes, mystery candy)

  • ★★ Hank goes to the post office to collect his birthday mail and, amazed by the first item, fetches the camera to film himself opening the rest. — 00:00:00 · Hank Green
  • ★ The first item Hank opened shows what he thinks is a Raving Rabbid and has a corn dog with a candle in it; he thanks the sender. (hedged) — 00:00:00

00:01:01 — Eating unknown candy; a second post-office trip yields much more held mail; montage of the rest set to music

  • ★★ Back at the post office, Hank finds he had far more mail held for him than he thought, too much to talk about individually. — 00:01:01

00:02:06 — Song credit (Tom Milsom); birthday-mail superlatives; Molly Lewis's Kiva gift certificate; the ABCs of Nerdfighting; thanks; green screen tomorrow

  • ★★ Hank says the montage song was 'Summer Song' by Tom Milsom, to appear on his new album out soon. — 00:02:06
  • ★ Among birthday-mail superlatives Hank shows the largest birthday card he has ever received, a card with Katherine, John and the Yeti, and one saying he could have gone to Hogwarts had it not been stuck in time. (playful) — 00:02:06 · Katherine Green, John Green, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ Hank answers a card from a Nerdfighter who wanted to see him in Grand Rapids but was getting a bone marrow transplant: he loved the card and calls them made of awesome. — 00:02:06 · made of awesome
  • ★★ Molly Lewis (SweetAfton23) sent hilarious commentary on Elizabethan bunnies and one of the few two-dimensional gifts: a gift certificate to Kiva.org. — 00:02:36 · Kiva
  • ★ Hank shows a hand-made lift-the-flap 'ABCs of Nerdfighting' from two Nerdfighters, e.g. B for Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy and G for Golden Parachute. (playful) — 00:02:36
  • ★★ Hank apologises for cards he missed or hasn't received and thanks Nerdfighters, who are made of awesome and know how to make a birthday fantastic. — 00:02:36 · Nerdfighteria, made of awesome
  • ★★ Hank tells John he will see Hank and his new green screen tomorrow. — 00:02:36 · John Green

Humor (significant)

  • A card says he will frustrate his enemies by showing them indifference. — 00:00:32 > «Which is generally how I handle my enemies, since I didn't realize I had any.»
  • Hank opens a typed letter. — 00:00:32 > «Oh, it's typed. You could have just sent me an email.»
  • Nobody can tell Hank what the gifted sweets are, but he has eaten one anyway. — 00:01:01 > «I realize I took a tremendous risk by eating this despite not knowing what it was, but it is food.»
  • A card that 'made him mad' shows Katherine, John and the Yeti. — 00:02:06 > «there's Catherine, John, and the Yeti, who is invisible in her coat.»

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