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Esther Day 2013

2013-08-03 · John, Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

On Esther Day 2013 John, joined by Hank, recalls a private person and the holiday she chose: saying 'I love you' to family and friends, 'a Valentine's Day for the rest of love'.

What is said

00:00:00 — John introduces Esther Day and the brothers say 'I love you' to each other

  • ★★★ John marks Esther Day 2013, the day in memory of a private person when people say 'I love you' not to romantic partners but to friends and family, to whom it is harder to say. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ The description asks viewers to tell someone they love them today, even and especially if it is hard. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ The description asks viewers to support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity a private person's family created in her memory, at tswgo.org or by buying TSWGO merchandise at DFTBA (all proceeds to the foundation). — 00:00:00 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ John and Hank tell each other 'I love you'. — 00:00:18

00:00:23 — John keeps saying 'that we met' and corrects himself to 'who'; Hank teases him

  • ★ John keeps saying 'a Nerdfighter that we met' and insists on 'who', refusing to accept the spread of 'that' for people. (playful) — 00:00:24

00:00:47 — a private person: met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston (Hank's first major concert); died in 2010 aged 16

  • ★★ John says a private person was a Nerdfighter the brothers met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston. — 00:00:43 · LeakyCon, Boston
  • ★ Hank confirms that LeakyCon 2009, his first major concert, was where he sold his first CDs ever. — 00:00:53 · LeakyCon
  • ★★ John: a private person was a dear friend and a really important Nerdfighter; she died in 2010 at sixteen. — 00:00:59 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:07 — Origin and meaning of Esther Day: spreading a private person's message of love between family and friends

  • ★★★ John: the brothers remember a private person on Esther Day and every day by trying to spread her message of love. — 00:01:07
  • ★ Hank calls love a great answer to what you want people to do in your memory. — 00:01:13
  • ★★★ John recalls telling a private person the brothers would hold Esther Day on her birthday as long as they make Vlogbrothers videos; she chose love between family and friends as its theme. — 00:01:19 · Vlogbrothers > «a Valentine's Day for the rest of love»

Humor (significant)

  • After John keeps saying 'a Nerdfighter that we met' and correcting himself to 'who', Hank shrugs it off — 00:00:39 > «That's just how we talk, now»
  • Hank says he sold his first CDs ever at LeakyCon 2009; John admires how far he has come — 00:00:57 > «Still selling CDs outta the back of your trunk.»
  • John tells Hank he loves him at the end of the Esther Day video — 00:01:39 > «soak it up, you won't hear it again for 365 days.»

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