November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award
2007-11-02 · story · Hank · 2:59 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore
From Englewood, Florida, Hank shows their dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award and playfully presents a girl's compliment on John's book as the moment John became a writer.
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; in Englewood, Florida, wearing glasses to fit in with 'old Florida'; surprise promised to Englewood Nerdfighters; morning footage spliced in
- ★ Hank is in Englewood, Florida, part of 'old Florida' where almost everyone is very old, and wears glasses to fit in. (playful) — 00:00:04
- ★★ Hank tells Nerdfighters in Englewood that he has a surprise for them at the end of the video. — 00:00:04 · Nerdfighteria
- ★ Hank splices in footage taped that morning, so his hair looks longer and his shirt oranger; his mom has since given him a haircut. — 00:00:04 · Sydney Green
00:00:43 — Mom's haircut; reply on the secret sibling dating a prominent Nerdfighter: the foundation can pay the $100 train fare; It Just Isn't Fair won the Orange County Young Authors Award
- ★★ Replying to John, Hank is unsure which secret sibling is meant and asks if the 'prominent Nerdfighter' is an actor; needing train-fare help, they are probably not famous. (playful) — 00:00:43 · secret sibling
- ★★ Hank is willing to help and thinks the brothers' foundation can cover the $100 train fare. (hedged) — 00:00:43 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
- ★★ Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. — 00:00:43 · John Green
00:01:12 — Dad's home video of the award conference: the two Audubon Park winners, writers' groups, a girl's compliment as 'the moment' John became a writer
- ★★ Hank shows their dad's home video of the winners' conference: John and a girl as Audubon Park Elementary's two winners, then children reading their books in writers' groups. — 00:01:12 · Mike Green, John Green
- ★★★ Hank presents the footage as the moment John became a writer: a girl says she liked his book and it seemed like real life, and John feels the joy of being appreciated for what he made. (playful) — 00:01:50 · John Green
- ★ Hank tells John he is proud of him and his adorable little face. (playful) — 00:01:50 · John Green
00:02:53 — Tag: at Blind Pass Park in Englewood, Hank wonders what could be under a rock (the surprise promised to Englewood Nerdfighters)
- ★★ At Blind Pass Park in Englewood, Hank wonders aloud what could be under a rock, the promised surprise for local Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:02:53
Humor (significant)
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Hank explains that Englewood is part of 'old Florida', and why he is wearing glasses. — 00:00:04
“I mean it's one of the parts of Florida where almost everyone is very old. And so I wanted to fit in.”
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Hank introduces eight-year-old John in the home video, beaming beside the other winner. — 00:01:12
“And John Green, who apparently was told to smile and took it a little too seriously.”
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Hank narrates the girl's compliment as the solemn birth of John's writing career. — 00:01:50
“You've seen the moment when it happened. The moment. Amazing that it was captured on film.”
Threads in this video
- update · Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — Hank reports he is now in Englewood, Florida, wearing glasses to fit in with the old residents. (00:00:04)
- callback · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) — Hank replies he is not sure which secret sibling John means by the one dating a prominent Nerdfighter. (00:00:43) → refers to November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like
- told · Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007) — Hank shows their dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award conference and calls a girl's compliment the moment John became a writer. (00:00:43) → refers to October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair
- milestone · Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) — Hank promises Englewood Nerdfighters a surprise and ends at Blind Pass Park in Englewood, hinting that something is under a rock. (00:02:53)
- update · Hank finds and reads John's childhood book 'It Just Isn't Fair' (2007) — Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. (00:00:43)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) — last documented in 2007; last: looked back, 2007-12-28
- Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — followed over 5 videos (2007); last: update, 2007-11-06
- Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007) — told 4×; last: retold, 2026-03-03
Mentioned
Central: It Just Isn't Fair · Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award
Also: anonymous secret sibling (2007) · Audubon Park Elementary School · Blind Pass Park · Englewood, Florida · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · secret sibling · secret sibling's Nerdfighter boyfriend (2007) · Sydney Green
Only in the description or credits: Mike Green
Replies to
- continues · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — “So on Monday, I read a book that you wrote called It Just Isn't Fair”
- answers · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — “When you're saying she's dating a prominent nerdfighter, are you saying, like, an actor?”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan (John) — answers (retell on Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007)) — John thanks Hank and Dad for the award video and reinterprets it: the first moment he realized a girl might like him, not his writing connecting him to the world. (00:00:31)