November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY!

2007-11-19 · letter vlog · John · 2:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore

John vlogs a nervous day of raking and a doctor visit while waiting to hear whether the book he co-wrote with David Levithan will be published, then celebrates when the call comes.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Raking; the book with David Levithan and today's hoped-for news about publication

• ★★ The description says the book John is writing with David Levithan should come out around summer 2009. — 00:00:00
• ★★★ John says that several years ago he and his writer friend David Levithan started writing a book together, and today he hopes to learn whether, by whom and for how much it will be published. (hedged) — 00:00:03

00:00:40 — Waiting: nerves, driving to the doctor, too many possible outcomes, the doctor visit

• ★★ John says he is nervous, it has been a long day, and he threw up in his mouth a little earlier. (playful) — 00:00:40
• ★ John vlogs while driving to the doctor, adding that this is not an endorsement of vlogging while driving. (playful) — 00:00:40
• ★★ John says he likes situations with few enough possible outcomes to think through in advance how he will feel about each; this one has too many. — 00:01:11
• ★★ John has a prostate exam at the doctor's office and reports that he is okay. (playful) — 00:01:40

00:01:40 — The call comes; celebrating with David Levithan; champagne

• ★★★ The awaited call comes and John celebrates with co-author David Levithan; worrying about how the book will sell can wait, today he only needs champagne. — 00:02:19

00:02:49 — P.S.: no scavenger hunt clue today; thanks to those who freed Hank from his kidnappers

• ★★ John says there is no scavenger hunt clue today but the hunt will return soon. — 00:02:49
• ★★ John thanks everyone who helped free Hank from his kidnappers. (joke) — 00:02:49 · Hank Green

Humor (significant)

• John imagines his agent calling at any moment to say "Sorry, John." — 00:01:11

  “All your dreams are dead.”

• The long-awaited phone call finally comes and John is overjoyed. — 00:01:40

  “this is so much better than the part of my day when the doctor was giving me a prostate exam”

• P.S. to nerdfighters after apologising for the missing clue. — 00:02:49

  “I wanted to thank everyone who helped free Hank from his kidnappers”

Threads in this video

• told · Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John and David Levithan sell their co-written book (2007) — John waits for the call on whether and by whom his co-written book with David Levithan will be published; the call comes and he celebrates. (00:00:03)
• setback · Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) — John says there is no scavenger hunt clue today and the hunt will return soon. (00:02:49)
• launched · Will Grayson, Will Grayson: publication (2010) — John says that several years ago he and his writer friend David Levithan started writing a book together, and today he hopes to learn whether, by whom and for how much it will be published. (00:00:03)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) — last documented in 2007; last: looked back, 2007-12-28
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson: publication (2010) — completed; last: outcome, 2011-04-06
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John and David Levithan sell their co-written book (2007) — followed over 6 videos (2007–2010); last: update, 2010-03-29

Mentioned

Central: David Levithan · John and David Levithan's co-written book

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Nerdfighter Scavenger Hunt

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