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Brotherhood 2.0: June 4th: The First Nerdfighter Wedding!

2007-06-04 · letter vlog · John · 3:43 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Books & writing, Science & nature) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, on location, guest or collab

John reports a weekend of crowds: Book Expo America's free books and gifts for Hank, then the wedding of his cousins-in-law Phyllis and Blake, which he celebrates as the first Nerdfighter marriage.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Phyllis and Blake's wedding-dress introduction; a weekend of crowds begins at Book Expo America

  • ★ John thanks his cousins-in-law Phyllis and Blake, Brotherhood 2.0 viewers, for introducing the video in their wedding clothes ('We're already married!'). (playful) — 00:00:04 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ John spent part of the weekend at Book Expo America, 'probably the biggest book thing in the country', where free books can be taken if you're subtle. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:04

00:00:34 — Book Expo America: free books, cameos, manga and a poster for Hank, swag to give away once Hank launches it

00:01:03 — Harry Potter bag; flight to Decatur, Alabama; the first wedding between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers: priests, a cardinal, papal elections, 600 guests

  • ★ John got home, rose at 4:15 and flew to Decatur, Alabama, wearing non-ironically the seersucker suit he wore ironically a month ago. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • ★★★ John says it was his first time watching two Brotherhood 2.0 viewers marry, and calls it a magical thing. — 00:01:03 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Many priests, a bishop and a cardinal officiated at the wedding; John jokes the Catholic Church was that excited, and says the cardinal did a fantastic job. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • ★★ John says there are about 200 cardinals in the entire world. — 00:01:32
  • ★★ John explains that the cardinals pick the next pope, and every cardinal under the age of 80 may take part. — 00:01:32
  • ★★ Seeing the giddy couple talking at the altar, John jokes they must have been discussing the Evil Baby Orphanage: 'Everybody's talking about it.' (joke) — 00:02:02 · Evil Baby Orphanage
  • ★★ About 600 people came to the wedding, which John takes as a sign of how excited people were about the first wedding between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers. (playful) — 00:02:02 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:02:31 — Reception cake; Blake's comment on liquid coal and cleaner coal technology

  • ★★★ Blake (quoted): Blake commented that cars should never run on coal, but developing cleaner coal technology makes sense since countries like India and China won't phase out coal in 50 years. — 00:02:31 · China
  • ★★ John finds Blake's comment on liquid coal, written right after his wedding, very interesting and looks forward to the environmental discussion on the Brotherhood 2.0 forum. — 00:02:31 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum, Brotherhood 2.0

00:03:00 — Forum plug; what weddings are really about; hope for more Nerdfighter marriages; Banff; sign-off

  • ★★ John asks whether he has mentioned the forum enough times today, pressing Hank to launch it. (playful) — 00:03:00 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum
  • ★★ John says weddings aren't about the cake, the pot roast or a cardinal officiating; as at Blake and Phyllis's, Hank's and his own, they're about how cute it is when kids dance. (joke) — 00:03:00
  • ★★ John says both brothers are happy about the first Nerdfighter marriage and hope for many more; the couple is honeymooning in Banff. (hedged) — 00:03:26 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Everyone was excited about the first marriage between Brotherhood 2.0 viewers, John says, citing the clergy present. — 00:01:03

    “the Catholic Church was so excited that they sent, like, 14 priests to officiate.”

  • Looking over a crowd of about 600 wedding guests, John has one thought. — 00:02:02

    “if I happen to have a super drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, a lot of people are in a lot of trouble.”

  • John shows Phyllis and Blake cutting the cake at the reception. — 00:02:31

    “you can't see Phyllis because she happens to be the same height and wearing the same color as the cake itself.”

  • John builds up to what weddings are truly about, beyond cake, pot roast and cardinals, at every wedding he has seen. — 00:03:26

    “They're about how cute it is when kids dance.”

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Mentioned

Central: Blake (cousin in law, mentioned from 2007) · Phyllis

Also: People: Maureen Johnson · Scott Westerfeld

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum

Works: Harry Potter (book series)

Organizations: Catholic Church

Terms: Evil Baby Orphanage

Concepts: coal liquefaction

Places: Banff, Alberta · China · Decatur, Alabama · India

Events: BookExpo America

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Part of an exchange of 5 videos, 2007-06-04 – 2007-06-27.