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May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza

2007-05-07 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank recounts the two days around his 27th birthday (the Nerdfighters' surprise greeting, a John Kerry interview invitation, Neil Gaiman linking Brotherhood 2.0, a party at a fun center) and thanks everyone.

What is said

00:00:00 — Last day of being 26: the Nerdfighters' birthday greeting; an invitation to interview John Kerry

  • ★★★ Hank says on his last day of being 26 he woke up to about a hundred Nerdfighters giving him his best birthday greeting ever. — 00:00:12 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says an assistant of John Kerry emailed asking whether he would like to interview Kerry; he would, and calls it a nice birthday present. (playful) — 00:00:12

00:00:44 — Katherine takes Hank to Spider-Man 3, which he found bad

  • ★★ Hank found Spider-Man 3 really bad: it lacked depth, as if the makers skipped the writing and spent on special effects; he concedes audiences went anyway. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:44 · Katherine Green

00:01:10 — John calls: Neil Gaiman linked Brotherhood 2.0 on his blog

  • ★★★ Hank says John phoned before the film to tell them Neil Gaiman had posted a link to Brotherhood 2.0 on his blog. — 00:01:10 · Neil Gaiman, Brotherhood 2.0, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says few things beat having someone you are a big fan of become a fan of what you do, and thanks Neil Gaiman. — 00:01:10 · Neil Gaiman

00:01:37 — Birthday presents; eating an anatomical gummy heart on camera

  • ★ Hank shows birthday presents: Mountain Dew, Pop-Tarts and chocolate from Katherine, a Cowboy Bebop action figure from his dad, whiskey, an anatomical gummy heart and a Nerdfighter shirt. — 00:01:37 · Katherine Green

00:02:12 — The birthday itself: a combined party with a friend (Mexican food, a family fun center with go-karts, mini golf, laser tag)

  • ★★ Hank's actual birthday was a combined party with a friend turning 30: Mexican food, a family fun center (go-karts, obstacle course, mini golf won by Katherine with a hole-in-one, laser tag), then bars in Missoula. — 00:02:12 · Katherine Green, Missoula, Montana

00:03:11 — Bars in Missoula; thanks to everyone for the birthday messages; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone around the world for their birthday messages and says it was one of the happiest birthdays of his life. — 00:03:11 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Hank says his people got a call from John Kerry's people, then deflates the boast. — 00:00:12 > «I mean one of his assistants sent me an email asking if I would like to interview him»
  • Explaining his taste in films before panning Spider-Man 3. — 00:00:44 > «I like any movie that's loud enough that I can fart during and no one will hear it»
  • Part three of the birthday: drinking at bars in Missoula. — 00:03:11 > «Surrounded by guys with sombreros on because it's always like that on my birthday.»
  • Claiming no one in history has had a birthday like his. — 00:03:11 > «Certainly no one has eaten half of an anatomical gummy heart, washed it down with some Mountain Dew»

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