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I AM COMPUTER MAN!!!

2009-09-02 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

With no planned topic, Hank updates John on recording three songs in the studio, new books (Bicycle Diaries, HotForWords' book, the Geektastic anthology with a John story), and a staged newspaper photo shoot, asking viewers to pick their favorite photo.

What is said

00:00:00 — Mom calls; no topic planned; Hank recorded three songs in the studio, including a cover he sings like David Bowie

  • ★★ Hank says he was just in the recording studio and recorded three songs very quickly. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank recorded a cover of a song called 'Can't' (credited to 'Alan and Tom', unclear), which he jokes sounds like David Bowie singing through him. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:47 — Studio versions of Mules Are So Half-Ass and the Demolition Derby song; new books: Bicycle Diaries, HotForWords' book, Geektastic

  • ★★ Hank also recorded 'Mules Are So Half-Ass' and a studio version of the Demolition Derby song, and plays the former in the background. — 00:00:47
  • ★★ Hank got a review copy of David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries, which excites him because it is not officially out yet. — 00:00:47
  • ★ Hank also got HotForWords' book, joking that it is great because it is 'extremely educational' and that viewers were surely looking at the words. (playful) — 00:00:47
  • ★★ Hank found in a store that the Geektastic anthology includes a John Green story, which John had not mentioned. — 00:00:47 · John Green

00:01:35 — Geektastic contributors including John; newspaper photo shoot for a story on recession-proof jobs; vote on favorite photo; 'Computer Man' and his Montana friends; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank jokes that John has enough books now not to mention his anthology appearances; so far Hank has read only John's story and says it is very good. (playful) — 00:01:35 · John Green
  • ★★ A friend who works for the newspaper photographed Hank at home for a story on recession-proof jobs, and apparently he has one. — 00:01:35
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to vote in the comments for their one favorite photo, since the photographer is unsure which to use and he may use it on Twitter. — 00:02:04 · Twitter
  • ★ Hank says he has one computer and a second monitor; the photographer brought another computer to look more epic, making him 'Computer Man'. (playful) — 00:02:04
  • ★★ Hank says his friends in Montana think he 'works on computers' and barely know what YouTube is, which he does not mind. (playful) — 00:03:06 · Montana, YouTube

Humor (significant)

  • Hank's phone vibrates in his back pocket during the greeting. — 00:00:00 > «which means my butt is vibrating. My butt is my mom.»
  • The third new book was hard to find. — 00:00:47 > «it was actually propping up my computer.»
  • The photographer brought in an extra computer so the photos would look more epic. — 00:02:04 > «I am Computer Man!»
  • Hank says his Montana friends think he works on computers; he tells them not to worry if they are watching. — 00:03:06 > «And who am I kidding? You're not.»

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