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Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters

2007-05-08 · letter vlog · John · 3:06 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore, timely hook

John, flying from New York to house-hunt in Indianapolis, reports that the letters about The Bermudez Triangle seem to have worked, describes the stress of seeing a dozen houses, and asks Hank to help pick one.

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; a viewer's idea for a Brotherhood 2.0 calendar; at the New York airport on the way to house-hunt in Indianapolis

00:00:42 — Lost birthday wishes to be shown Thursday; from the Secret Project, a Nerdfighter in the National Spelling Bee

  • ★ John says several birthday wishes for Hank got lost in his email and he will show them on Thursday. — 00:00:42
  • ★★ John says the Happy Birthday Top Secret Project taught him about the Nerdfighters, e.g. one will compete in this year's (2007) National Spelling Bee. (playful) — 00:00:42 · Top Secret Project, Nerdfighteria

00:01:12 — The Bermudez Triangle halfway unbanned; the letters seem to have worked

  • ★★★ John reports Maureen Johnson's The Bermudez Triangle seems halfway unbanned: the school administration now says it only recommended a ban and removed the book from the shelf. (hedged) — 00:01:12 · Maureen Johnson
  • ★★ John mocks the administration's claim that recommending a ban and removing the book from the shelf does not count as banning. (playful) — 00:01:12
  • ★★★ John says the letters seem to have worked; it now depends on whether the school superintendent agrees the book should stay on the shelves. (hedged) — 00:01:12

00:01:41 — Hudson News tabloid headline; late night in Indianapolis after seeing 12 houses, stressed

  • ★★ By 11 p.m. in Indianapolis John had seen about 12 houses, all nice but needing work, and had about 30 minutes to edit and upload; he is very stressed. — 00:01:41 · Indianapolis

00:02:10 — The puff as a stress gauge; house shopping fun but scary; asks Hank to help pick a house; sign-off

  • ★★ John says that when stressed he does 'the puff', and his puff level directly tracks his stress level. (playful) — 00:02:10 · the Puff
  • ★★ John says shopping for houses is fun, exciting and interesting, but also scary. — 00:02:10
  • ★★ John tells Hank he will need his help on Thursday to pick a house. — 00:02:49 · Hank Green

Humor (significant)

  • John describes the proposed Brotherhood 2.0 calendar. — 00:00:10

    “It would be exactly like a regular calendar, except without weekends, and also the date would always be wrong.”

  • A Nerdfighter will compete in the National Spelling Bee. — 00:00:42

    “Hank, we have a semi-professional speller!”

  • John browses the tabloid covers at Hudson News. — 00:01:41

    “What's wrong with Brit's baby is not a sentence that ends in an exclamation point.”

  • John demonstrates the puff he does when stressed. — 00:02:10

    “the puff level has a direct correlation to the stress level”

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Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Indianapolis · The Bermudez Triangle

Also: People: Britney Spears · Maureen Johnson

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · Top Secret Project

Organizations: Hudson News

Terms: the Puff · world suck

Concepts: book censorship

Places: New York City

Events: Scripps National Spelling Bee

Also centred on The Bermudez Triangle: Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes

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