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8 Things I Love

2010-12-14 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · advice recommendation

After correcting Hank's P4A start time (noon Eastern, December 17), John lists eight things he loves, mostly made by Nerdfighters: Stephanie Perkins's Anna and the French Kiss, Karen Kavett, the Beckoning of Lovely, a shirt from Nerimon, Charlie McDonnell's album, a white dog in snow, Vi Hart's math videos, and a child of the brothers's 'Napoleon' pointing.

What is said

00:00:00 — Correction of Hank's Friday video: P4A begins at noon Eastern on December 17; upload near noon; tune into youtube.com/p4a

  • ★★★ John corrects Hank's Friday video: the Project for Awesome begins at noon Eastern on December 17, not midnight, so upload videos close to noon and tune into youtube.com/p4a. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome

00:00:14 — Thing 1: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, a Nerdfighter John met at LeakyCon

  • ★★★ John loves Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: made of sweetness, funny and smart, and one of the most genuinely romantic stories he has read. — 00:00:15
  • ★★ John says a Nerdfighter approached him at LeakyCon years ago saying she had written a book due in 2010; when it arrived he couldn't stop reading. — 00:00:21 · LeakyCon

00:00:49 — Thing 2: Karen Kavett, designer of the P4A thumbnail and the French Revolution videos

  • ★★ John is grateful for Karen Kavett, a longtime Nerdfighter who designed this year's Project for Awesome thumbnail and did all the French Revolution videos. — 00:00:49 · Karen Kavett, Project for Awesome

00:00:59 — Thing 3: Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely and 10/10/10; John is a crier and wants to see Hank cry

  • ★★ John recommends his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project and a link to what happened on 10/10/10 in Chicago, which might make you cry. — 00:00:59 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Chicago
  • ★ John says he is a crier, doesn't think Hank has ever cried in their videos, and would like to see Hank cry in one; the last time was probably when John was punching him. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:12 · Hank Green

00:01:26 — Thing 4: a shirt given by Nerimon

00:01:33 — Thing 5: Charlie McDonnell and his album This Is Me

  • ★★★ John praises Charlie McDonnell, whom he met as a young lad and thought a genius, especially his new album This Is Me, which he can't stop listening to. — 00:01:33 · Charlie McDonnell, iTunes
  • ★ John says he has listened to 'Bread' on repeat 621 times, which raises the possibility that he is technically a fangirl. (playful) — 00:01:55

00:02:17 — Thing 7: Vi Hart, found through The Station is Watching You; a Nerdfighter since 2007; math is taught badly

  • ★★★ Through Joe Felice's The Station is Watching You, a show giving new YouTubers a bigger audience, John was paired with Vi Hart, whom he calls amazing. — 00:02:17
  • ★★ John says Vi Hart has been a Nerdfighter since 2007 and designed the original Nerdfighter pirate logo. — 00:02:30 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John urges Nerdfighters to watch a Vi Hart video, saying it will change their lives. — 00:02:35 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John argues people who think they hate math don't hate math; they hate the way they have been taught math. — 00:02:41 · education

00:02:58 — Thing 8: 'the Napoleon', a child of the brothers pointing where he wants to be carried

  • ★★ John calls a child of the brothers's new habit of pointing where he wants to be carried 'the Napoleon', joking that a child of the brothers believes John is a horse. (playful) — 00:02:58

00:03:15 — Summary: Nerdfighters making books, music and math videos; tell John what you love; end screen links and P4A subscribe reminder

  • ★★★ John sums up that what he loves is Nerdfighters writing books, making music and making videos about 'mathemusicianship'. — 00:03:15 · Nerdfighteria > «mathemusicianship»
  • ★★ John asks Nerdfighters to tell him things they love so he can find new things to love. — 00:03:19 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ On the end screen John reminds viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a, where P4A begins Friday at noon Eastern. — 00:03:30 · Project for Awesome

Humor (significant)

  • John tries to describe what Anna and the French Kiss is like. — 00:00:34 > «is like Maureen Johnson and I had a baby, a French baby»
  • John says he hasn't seen Hank cry since they were kids. — 00:01:21 > «Probably the last time I saw you cry was when I was punching you»
  • John says he has listened to Charlie's song on repeat 621 times. — 00:01:55 > «This raises the alarming possibility that I might technically be a fangirl»
  • John explains 'the Napoleon': a child of the brothers points where he wants to be taken. — 00:03:07 > «a child of the brothers clearly believes that I am a horse»

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