Skoodilypooping

2008-12-27 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

In a four-part letter to Hank, John points to Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project, names the five P4A charities he is giving $200 each, reads the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary with a story about his grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'', and asks for Paper Towns questions.

What is said

00:00:00 — Christmas pants; part one: The Beckoning of Lovely movie turns out to be the first part of Amy Krouse Rosenthal's project

• ★ John says his favourite thing about Christmas is Christmas pants, which is how he knows he's grown up. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Christmas
• ★★ John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and many Nerdfighters made a movie, The Beckoning of Lovely, with his friend and mentor Amy Krouse Rosenthal. — 00:00:00 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John says the movie turned out to be the first part of an ambitious project by Amy, also called The Beckoning of Lovely; more information is linked. — 00:00:00 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• ★★ John says he is still reeling from how awesome the Project for Awesome was; Nerdfighters lobbied for literally hundreds of great charities. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria

00:00:40 — Part two: John gives $200 each to five P4A charities and asks where Hank's and Nerdfighters' money went; start of part three on CAPTCHA codes

• ★★★ John says that in the end he chose five P4A charities and is giving $200 to each. — 00:00:40 · Project for Awesome
• ★★ John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — 00:00:40
• ★★★ John asks Hank where his money is going, and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A to give to charity where their money went. — 00:00:40 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
• ★ John says YouTube's CAPTCHA codes are usually not English words but pronounceable sets of consonants and vowels. — 00:00:40 · YouTube
• ★★★ John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome, YouTube

00:01:27 — Part three: entries from the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary

• ★★ John says the many CAPTCHA codes produced made-up-sounding words for which Nerdfighters invented definitions: a Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary. — 00:01:27 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John reads Nerdfighters' definitions such as Kamilanta (commenting on 15 videos a minute), Nippy Hat, Raypeto, Brucula (vampire Brussels sprouts), Hypochoso and cootie-oping. (joke) — 00:01:27

00:02:07 — Cootie-oping reminds John of his grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'' and a story about it

• ★★ John says cootie-oping reminds him of his beloved grandmother's word for making out, 'Scootily Poopin''. (playful) — 00:02:07 > «our beloved grandmother's word for making out, Scootily Poopin'.»
• ★★ John recalls arriving late with a high-school girlfriend to meet the brothers' grandparent and the brothers' grandparent; the brothers' grandparent asked if they had been Scootily Poopin', and when the girlfriend asked what it meant said 'as if you don't know'. (playful) — 00:02:07

00:02:36 — Part four: Paper Towns questions for the Blurbing Book Club wrap-up; sign-off

• ★★★ John says that to wrap up the Paper Towns edition of the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club he will do two videos about the book, ideally answering questions. — 00:02:36 · Paper Towns, Blurbing Book Club
• ★★★ John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave any questions about Paper Towns in the comments. — 00:02:36 · Paper Towns, Hank Green, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

• Reading the charity's name, John notices it sounds like it helps the disease. — 00:00:40 > «Wait, it doesn't benefit breast cancer. Detriments? Breast cancer?»
• An entry from the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary. — 00:01:27 > «Nippy Hat. A little hat you put on your nips to keep them warm.»
• John's high-school girlfriend asks the brothers' grandparent what 'Scootily Poopin'' means. — 00:02:07 > «And the brothers' grandparent just looked at her and said, as if you don't. know.»

Threads in this video

• retro · John's 8/8/08 event in Chicago: library talk, Grant Park and The Bean (2008) — John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and a bunch of Nerdfighters made the movie The Beckoning of Lovely with Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which turned out to be the first part of her larger project. (00:00:00)
• result · P4A 2008 edition — John says he is still reeling from the P4A's awesomeness: Nerdfighters lobbied for hundreds of charities and commented more than 200,000 times. (00:00:00)
• changed · Hank (with John): donate $1,000 to a P4A 2008 charity chosen by video quality (2008) — John reports his P4A donation: $200 each to five charities he chose, rather than one charity. (00:00:40)
• open · John asks Hank and Nerdfighters where their P4A 2008 charity money went (2008) — John asks Hank where his money is going and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A where their charity money went. (00:00:40)
• origin · John's grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'' (Skoodilypooping) (2008) — John introduces his grandmother's word for making out, 'Scootily Poopin'', the title bit, with the story of the brothers' grandparent asking whether he and a girlfriend had been doing it. (00:02:07)
• make · John: two videos answering questions about Paper Towns for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — John commits to doing two videos about Paper Towns, ideally answering questions, to wrap up its Blurbing Book Club edition. (00:02:36)
• open · John asks for Paper Towns questions for the Blurbing Book Club wrap-up (2008) — John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave questions about Paper Towns in the comments. (00:02:36)

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