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November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY!

2007-11-20 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

John vlogs a nervous day of raking and a doctor visit while waiting to hear whether the book he co-wrote with David Levithan will be published, then celebrates when the call comes.

What is said

00:00:00 — Raking; the book with David Levithan and today's hoped-for news about publication

  • ★★ The description says the book John is writing with David Levithan should come out around summer 2009. — 00:00:00 · David Levithan
  • ★★★ John says that several years ago he and his writer friend David Levithan started writing a book together, and today he hopes to learn whether, by whom and for how much it will be published. (hedged) — 00:00:03 · David Levithan

00:00:40 — Waiting: nerves, driving to the doctor, too many possible outcomes, the doctor visit

  • ★★ John says he is nervous, it has been a long day, and he threw up in his mouth a little earlier. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • ★ John vlogs while driving to the doctor, adding that this is not an endorsement of vlogging while driving. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • ★★ John says he likes situations with few enough possible outcomes to think through in advance how he will feel about each; this one has too many. — 00:01:11
  • ★★ John has a prostate exam at the doctor's office and reports that he is okay. (playful) — 00:01:40

00:01:40 — The call comes; celebrating with David Levithan; champagne

  • ★★★ The awaited call comes and John celebrates with co-author David Levithan; worrying about how the book will sell can wait, today he only needs champagne. — 00:02:19 · David Levithan

00:02:49 — P.S.: no scavenger hunt clue today; thanks to those who freed Hank from his kidnappers

Humor (significant)

  • John imagines his agent calling at any moment to say "Sorry, John." — 00:01:11 > «All your dreams are dead.»
  • The long-awaited phone call finally comes and John is overjoyed. — 00:01:40 > «this is so much better than the part of my day when the doctor was giving me a prostate exam»
  • P.S. to nerdfighters after apologising for the missing clue. — 00:02:49 > «I wanted to thank everyone who helped free Hank from his kidnappers»

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