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Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving

2007-04-24 · letter vlog · John · 2:25 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Pop culture) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, civic or action cta

In a five-part letter John reminds Hank of Pawpaw's birthday, teases him about Helen Hunt and shares his own joking celebrity list, announces he is moving to Indianapolis because Sarah got a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and asks for a shorter Brotherhood 2.0 intro animation.

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; five parts; part one: Pawpaw's birthday; part two: Helen Hunt on Hank's 'guilt-free three' list; part three begins: John's own celebrity list

  • ★ John reminds Hank that it is Pawpaw's birthday and that Hank needs to call him. — 00:00:10
  • ★★ John questions Hank's putting Helen Hunt on his 'guilt-free three' list, joking about hunting cougars. (playful) — 00:00:10 · guilt-free three
  • ★★ Hank's 'celebrity do list' (a commenter's term) reminds John of his own list, which he keeps in his copy of 'How to Be a Lady in Your Pants'. (playful) — 00:00:10 · in your pants, guilt-free three

00:00:44 — The list, kept in 'How to Be a Lady in Your Pants': Natalie Portman, Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office), Judy Blume

  • ★★ John's list: Natalie Portman ('perfectly acceptable'), Jenna Fischer as Pam from The Office — he'd like Pam and John together more than Pam and Jim — and Judy Blume. (playful) — 00:00:44

00:01:05 — Judy Blume's kiss on the cheek; a pass on Helen Hunt; part four: Hank's house is for sale, so buy one in Indianapolis, where John is moving for Sarah's job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • ★★ John says Judy Blume is really cute; once at a conference she kissed him on the cheek, and he liked it and likes her. (playful) — 00:01:05
  • ★ Having listed his own, John concedes that maybe Hank gets a pass on Helen Hunt. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:05
  • ★★ Sorry that Hank's house is on the block, John suggests Hank buy a house, not in Missoula but in Indianapolis, Indiana. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:05 · Missoula, Montana, Indianapolis
  • ★★★ John is moving to Indianapolis: Sarah got a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which he calls one of the most exciting contemporary art spaces in America; they're really psyched. — 00:01:29 · Indianapolis, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ John is a little worried: he has no friends in Indianapolis and thinks he will miss New York. (hedged) — 00:01:29 · Indianapolis, New York City
  • ★ John consoles himself: Indianapolis is 'the New York of Indiana', he's told it has really good urban exploring, and online its houses look almost free. (playful) — 00:01:29 · Indianapolis, New York City

00:01:59 — Part five: after Hank's EcoGeek podcast animation intro, a shorter, more visual Brotherhood 2.0 animation, by Hank or a Nerdfighter; sign-off

  • ★★ John liked Hank's EcoGeek podcast animation intro so much that he thinks Brotherhood 2.0 could maybe have a shorter, more visual animation that doesn't spell communication wrong. (hedged) — 00:01:59 · EcoGeek, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John suggests Hank or a Nerdfighter make it; he'd do it himself but is bad at animating and must work out moving to Indianapolis with all his books. (hedged) — 00:01:59 · Nerdfighteria, Indianapolis

Humor (significant)

  • John can't believe Hank put the older Helen Hunt on his celebrity list. — 00:00:10

    “Hank, I'd just like to remind you that cougar hunting is not legal in the United States.”

  • John's list includes Jenna Fischer as Pam from The Office. — 00:00:44

    “The only thing I like more than the idea of Pam and Jim getting together. Pam and John getting together.”

  • John worries he will miss New York when he moves to Indianapolis. — 00:01:29

    “Although if you think about it, Indianapolis is like the New York of Indiana.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Indianapolis

Also: People: Helen Hunt (actor) · Jenna Fischer · Judy Blume · Natalie Portman · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · EcoGeek

Works: How to Be a Lady (“how to be a lady in your pants”) · The Office (American TV series)

Organizations: Indianapolis Museum of Art

Terms: in your pants

Concepts: urban exploration

Places: Missoula, Montana · New York City

Characters: Jim Halpert · Pam Beesly

Memes: guilt-free three

Replies to

Later videos replying to this one

  • 2007-04-25 · Helen Hunt (Hank) — answers — “Helen Hunt and Judy Blume are weird people to have in your guilt-free-free.” (00:00:04)

Part of an exchange of 6 videos, 2007-04-19 – 2007-04-26.