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Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd

2007-02-02 · letter vlog · Hank · 2:56 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore, self correction

On his first even-numbered-day video, Hank, heading from Orlando to Sarasota, shows his slept-on hair and walks back 'Orlando sucks' with Guitar Hero and Little Vietnam.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greeting; first video on an even-numbered day; hi to the maker of the first Brotherhood 2.0 reply video

  • ★★ Hank says this is the first day he has done a video on an even-numbered day. — 00:00:03
  • ★★ Hank greets the viewer who made the first Brotherhood 2.0 reply video on YouTube: 'Well done'. — 00:00:03 · Brotherhood 2.0, YouTube

00:00:29 — Hi to the EPA conference; on the way to Sarasota; this video runs forward, unlike his 'Movie Magic' videos

  • ★★ Hank says hi to all 300 people at the EPA conference and says he is on the way to Sarasota, Florida. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ The rest of the video shows what Hank did this morning going forward in time, the opposite of his backward-running 'Movie Magic' videos. (playful) — 00:00:29

00:00:53 — Messy hair on Brotherhood 2.0: slept on wet hair, touches it, much worse; in Orlando, about to go to Sarasota

  • ★★ Told by friends that his hair is sometimes messy on Brotherhood 2.0, Hank went to bed with wet hair, shows the result, and touching it makes it much worse. (playful) — 00:00:53 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Hank is in Orlando and about to be in Sarasota, Florida, near Tampa and St. Petersburg. — 00:01:21

00:01:45 — Apology to Orlandans: reasons Orlando doesn't suck - Guitar Hero at a friend's ('Ziggy Stardust')

  • ★★★ As an apology to Orlandans upset by his comments that Orlando sucks (though no one seemed upset), Hank lists reasons Orlando doesn't suck. (playful) — 00:01:45
  • ★★ First reason: a friend has Guitar Hero; Hank plays David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust', sliding up and down the neck. (playful) — 00:01:45

00:02:14 — Guitar Hero feels cooler than it looks; Little Vietnam versus Missoula's lack of diversity; buying candy; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank suspects playing Guitar Hero may be another of those things that feel cooler than they look. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:14
  • ★★★ Another good thing about Orlando is Little Vietnam: Missoula has little ethnic diversity, so Hank likes having a part of town different from everywhere else. — 00:02:14 · Missoula, Montana
  • ★ Listing what is different in the Little Vietnam stores (language, religious icons, fish, smells, eggs, lunch meat), Hank says he usually just ends up buying candy. (playful) — 00:02:37

Humor (significant)

  • Hank inspects the hair he slept on wet: a skateboard ramp, a wave and little tufts. — 00:00:53

    “Tufts like I'm a baby bird.”

  • Hank apologizes to all Orlandans upset by his comments that Orlando sucks. — 00:01:45

    “Actually, no one seemed upset at all.”

  • After showing himself playing Guitar Hero ('Look how awesome I look'), Hank echoes John's line about the Wii. — 00:02:14

    “may be another one of those things that feels cooler than it looks.”

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Mentioned

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Guitar Hero · Ziggy Stardust

Organizations: United States Environmental Protection Agency · YouTube

Rituals: Alternating days

Places: Little Vietnam · Missoula, Montana · Orlando, Florida · Sarasota, Florida · St. Petersburg, Florida · Tampa, Florida

Only in the description or credits: David Bowie

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