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Brotherhood 2.0: January 18, 2007

2007-01-18 · letter vlog · John · 1:29 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, song or performance

John does his happy dance for losing three pounds and his sad dance because he may have to extend the deadline he shared on the vlog, vowing to finish by Wednesday, then plays his walking game, singing a tally of nannies, rich kids and a funny dog.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Sped-up intro; greeting; happy dance for losing three pounds, 12 pounds from light heavyweight

  • ★★ John does his happy dance because he has lost three pounds this week (week of 15 January 2007). (playful) — 00:00:26 · Happy dance (practice)
  • ★ John says he is only 12 pounds away from being a light heavyweight according to the International Boxing Federation. (playful) — 00:00:33
  • ★★ John also does his sad dance: he may have to extend his deadline by a couple of days, humiliating because he shared it publicly on the video blog. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:43 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:00:46 — Sad dance: the publicly shared deadline may slip; definitely by Wednesday, next Friday at the latest

  • ★★ John says he will definitely be done by Wednesday (24 January 2007), repeating it, then allows next Friday (19 January 2007) at the very latest. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:55

00:01:10 — The 'Who's Outside on the Upper West Side of Manhattan' walking game and its chant

  • ★ On mornings off from writing John walks through the park playing a game he calls 'Who's Outside on the Upper West Side of Manhattan', chanting a tally of nannies, rich kids and a funny dog. (playful) — 00:01:10

    “Who's Outside on the Upper West Side of Manhattan”

Humor (significant)

  • John insists three times he will definitely finish by Wednesday, then immediately moves the deadline again. — 00:01:00

    “Next Friday by the very latest.”

  • John's park game tallies who is outside on the Upper West Side in a sing-song chant. — 00:01:18

    “Nanny, nanny, rich kid; nanny, nanny, rich kid; nanny, nanny, rich kid; funny dog!”

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Brotherhood 2.0 · Happy dance (practice) · International Boxing Federation · John's untitled new novel · Manhattan · Upper West Side

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