Brotherhood 2.0, February 1, 2007

2007-02-01 · letter vlog · John · 1:44 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore

Stuck four hours early at the Savannah airport with little laptop power, John misses the Yeti, finds an arcade game that 'seems to be called Nerd Fighters' and hunts golfers.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Savannah River and missing the Yeti; stuck at the Savannah airport, no power charger, flight situation

★★ At the Savannah River, John says a year ago he was in this park with the Yeti; now he is alone, misses her and is sad. (playful) — 00:00:13 · Sarah Urist Green
★ John wonders whether divorce would be like being in Savannah, Georgia for the rest of his life with no Yeti. (joke, speculative) — 00:00:13 · Sarah Urist Green
★★ At the Savannah airport John must record in one take: he left his computer's power charger at home, has 23 minutes of power and may not get back to New York by midnight. (hedged) — 00:00:13 · New York City
★★ John arrived at the airport four hours early but cannot leave before his regular flight, as there are no earlier flights. — 00:00:13

00:00:54 — The arcade game 'Nerd Fighters': John picks Sweden and plays a 'Viking nerd killer'

★★★ The good news: an airport arcade game that seems to be called 'Nerd Fighters', his favorite kind of fighters; he chooses Sweden and plays a 'Viking nerd killer'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:54 · nerdfighter

“This game seems to be called Nerd Fighters.”

00:01:18 — He doesn't like to travel; walking the airport spotting golfers (Hilton Head); 'My chin is prepared'

★ John says he doesn't like to travel. — 00:01:18
★ Walking through the airport, John points out many golfers, explaining that the airport serves Hilton Head, South Carolina. (playful) — 00:01:18
★★ As a word of parting, John says his chin is prepared. (playful) — 00:01:18

Humor (significant)

Choosing Sweden in the 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game, John becomes a Viking nerd killer. — 00:00:54

“Now I shall kill nerds.”
Walking the airport, John points out the golfers one by one. — 00:01:18

“Golfers. Baby. Golfer. Golfer.”

Threads in this video

told · John's trip to Savannah, Georgia and airport wait (2007) — John reports from the Savannah, Georgia airport: four hours early, without his power charger, and it looks increasingly like he won't get back to New York by midnight. (00:00:13)
callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John recalls being in this Savannah park with the Yeti a year ago and says he misses her. (00:00:13)
first use · John's 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game at the Savannah airport (2007) — John finds an airport arcade game that 'seems to be called Nerd Fighters', his 'favorite kind of fighters', and plays a Viking nerd killer. (00:00:54)
accepted · John: punishment for accidentally CC'ing Hank on an email (2007) — In a word of parting, John says his chin is prepared. (00:01:18)

Where the stories that moved here went next

John's 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game at the Savannah airport (2007) — running joke (last seen 2013); last: callback, 2013-09-10
John: punishment for accidentally CC'ing Hank on an email (2007) — performed; last: changed, 2007-02-05

Mentioned

Aero Fighters (“Nerd Fighters”) · Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · nerdfighter (“Nerd Fighters”) · New York City · Sarah Urist Green · Savannah River · Savannah, Georgia

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