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My 9th: Singing and Randy

2007-05-09 · song · Hank · 3:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, Global development) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, punishment or challenge, community lore, heavy topic

Hank accepts a challenge to write a song every two weeks and sings a farewell to his 26-year-old self; then he debuts the viewer-built World Suck Index at 'red' because a viewer's best friend died, directing two weeks of Foundation donations to the friend's family.

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; Hank accepts the challenge to write a song every two weeks

  • ★★★ Hank officially accepts John's challenge to write a song every two weeks, which 'the other guy from Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants' suggested; he will sing on each of his Wednesdays. — 00:00:10 · John Green, Song Wednesday, in your pants

00:00:31 — Song: goodbye to his 26-year-old self (birthday, Neil Gaiman, master's degree, weddings)

  • ★★ Hank's song treats his 27th birthday as the death of his 26-year-old self, recalling the birthday wishes, Neil Gaiman's blog post and mini corn dogs with his girlfriend. (playful) — 00:00:31 · Katherine Green

    “Oh goodbye twenty-six year old me”

  • ★★ In the song Hank credits his 26-year-old self with making a lot of money, earning a master's degree and marrying 'a girl we adore', though his bank account then shrank. (playful) — 00:01:51 · Katherine Green

  • ★ The song says that at 26 Hank watched many friends marry, including John and Sarah. (playful) — 00:01:51 · John Green, Sarah Urist Green

00:03:06 — World Suck Index debuts at suck level red after a viewer's friend dies; two weeks of Foundation donations go to the family; sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • Hank compares his song-every-two-weeks plan to Jonathan Coulton. — 00:00:31

    “It's not Jonathan Coulton, but it's as good as I can do.”

  • The song opens by treating Hank's birthday as the death of his 26-year-old self. — 00:00:31

    “The day that you died was a good day”

  • The 27-year-old Hank complains his younger self could have worked harder. — 00:01:51

    “Yeah, I could have used a few more thousand dollars”

  • After listing couples who married that year. — 00:02:20

    “Holy crap, I bet they'll all have babies”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Also: People: Jonathan Coulton · Katherine Green · Neil Gaiman · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0

Works: Hank's song to his 26-year-old self

Rituals: Song Wednesday

Terms: in your pants · world suck

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