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Early Voting with Hank

2008-10-28 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · announcement promotion

Hank reports voting early and finishing his bookshelves, previews the Seattle Paper Towns event, John's last stops and the Tour de Nerdfighting starting in Plano, names Paper Towns the new Blurbing Book Club book, and urges viewers to vote early.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank just voted early; haircut; finished bookshelves and home library

  • ★★ Hank says he just voted early, filling in a ballot at a polling place, so the day feels to him like election day, November 4th. (playful) — 00:00:00 · United States presidential election
  • ★ Hank got a haircut and finished his bookshelves late last night, so he can organize his home library as he likes, with shelves behind him like John's. — 00:00:00

00:00:44 — Webcam-delay gag; flying to Seattle tomorrow for the Nerdfighter event; John's Menlo Park stop and final Paper Towns Halloween event

  • ★★ Hank says he flies to Seattle tomorrow, where he will see John and many Nerdfighters, and urges people near Seattle to come. — 00:00:44 · Seattle, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank says John then goes on alone: Menlo Park on the 29th and a final Paper Towns Halloween special on October 30th for anyone in the western United States. — 00:00:44 · Paper Towns Tour, Halloween

00:01:31 — Hank will miss the Halloween event to clean his house; Tour de Nerdfighting begins in Plano, Texas on November 2nd; lead-in to the book club

  • ★ Hank will miss the Halloween event because he will be cleaning his house to get his security deposit back. — 00:01:31
  • ★★★ Hank announces the Tour de Nerdfighting with John (and apparently Katherine) begins in Plano, Texas on November 2nd, and invites people to come party. — 00:01:31 · Tour de Nerdfighting, Katherine Green

00:02:20 — Paper Towns is the new Blurbing Book Club book: ten-word blurbs; early voting was easy, go vote

  • ★★★ Hank names Paper Towns the new Blurbing Book Club book after a long gap since the last pick. — 00:02:20 · Blurbing Book Club, Paper Towns
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to capture the essence of Paper Towns in a blurb of ten words or less that John would be proud to put on the back of his book. — 00:02:20 · Paper Towns, Blurbing Book Club, John Green
  • ★ Hank says a Nerdfighter blurb on the back of the book would be cool, though he does not know if it can be worked out with the publisher. (hedged) — 00:02:20 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ Hank says early voting was really easy: no line, no set day, just a call to the elections office. — 00:02:20
  • ★★★ Hank urges viewers of voting age who have not yet sent in an absentee ballot to just go vote. — 00:02:20 · United States presidential election

00:02:49 — Early voting needs no excuse and removes election-day risk; see you in Seattle

  • ★★ Hank says he could not have voted on November 4th anyway because he will be in Indianapolis. — 00:02:49 · Indianapolis
  • ★★★ Hank argues early voting needs no excuse anymore and removes the risk that something on November 4th keeps you from the polling place. — 00:02:49 · United States presidential election

Humor (significant)

  • Hank opens by announcing that it is Monday, November 4th, election day. — 00:00:00 > «Well, it may not be for you, but it is for me.»
  • Hank points out he now has bookshelves behind him, just like John. — 00:00:00 > «You know, I never stop wanting to be like you.»
  • A slight webcam delay means that if Hank looks fast he can see himself looking at himself. — 00:00:44 > «Because he's always looking away right when I look at him.»
  • Hank acts out his call to the elections office asking whether he can vote. — 00:02:49 > «Come on, let's vote.»

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