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An Awful Lot of Touring

2012-02-04 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · reflection essay

Back home sick after the three-week 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting, Hank finds the tour hard to remember or place in his normal life, but argues that doing things outside your comfort zone is vital for understanding other perspectives.

What is said

00:00:00 — Parody song 'An Awful Lot of Driving' (after Chameleon Circuit's 'An Awful Lot of Running') about tour life

  • ★★ Hank says someone on tour suggested he redo 'An Awful Lot of Running' as 'An Awful Lot of Driving', and he did; he sings the parody about tour life. — 00:00:00 · Tour de Nerdfighting
  • ★ In the song Hank describes the tour bus, playing Xbox 360 and beating John, waiting stage left every night, and stopping at 17 places in 21 days on cookies and gas station food. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★ In the description Hank says 'An Awful Lot of Running' is on Chameleon Circuit's first album and that both are extremely worth owning. — 00:00:00

00:00:54 — Two notes (Hank is sick; he finally got the glasses viewers voted for); the tour is over and Hank and Katherine kept saying 'we did it' all the way home to Missoula

  • ★★ Hank says he is sick and apologizes if he is not his usual boisterous self. — 00:00:54
  • ★★ Hank says he finally got the glasses viewers voted for long ago; they have anti-reflective coating, which is good for SciShow. — 00:00:54 · SciShow
  • ★★ Hank tells John that he and Katherine kept saying 'we did it' after the last show, at the hotel, the airport, landing in Missoula and getting into their own bed. — 00:00:54 · Katherine Green, Missoula, Montana, Tour de Nerdfighting

00:01:35 — Hank can't recall the tour: three weeks feel gone, like one file in a directory structure cut off from his normal life

  • ★★★ Hank wants to look back on the three weeks but can't: asked for a fun tour story he can't think of one; the tour feels like it lasted forever and took no time at all. — 00:01:35
  • ★ Hank says his trouble remembering is probably partly due to all the NyQuil he has taken. (hedged) — 00:01:35
  • ★★ Hank compares the tour to one file in a computer directory structure: unrelated to his normal life, so he can't contextualize it, which makes him ponder the limits of his brain. — 00:02:04

00:02:33 — It is vital to do things outside your comfort zone; it is the only way to understand other perspectives instead of hating each other

  • ★★★ Hank says it is really vital to do things outside your comfort zone. — 00:02:33
  • ★★★ Most people can't do a three-week tour with crowds who know his songs, which Hank finds weird, but he thinks everyone has chances to leave their comfort zone, like volunteering at a homeless shelter or going where people line dance. (hedged) — 00:02:33
  • ★★★ Hank argues this is the only way to really understand different perspectives; without that understanding people start to hate each other and accuse each other of ruining the country. — 00:02:33 · perspective-taking

00:03:18 — 'We did it': thanks to everyone who made the tour possible; Hank goes to bed; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank thanks the many people who made the tour possible, especially those who came out and were enthusiastic, and says he doesn't know how he got so lucky. — 00:03:18 · Nerdfighteria

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