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2008-07-01 · letter vlog · John · 2:30 · watch on YouTube

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

From an airport, a hoarse John postpones Question Tuesday and reports on the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim: librarians are secret superheroes, one reader panned the second half of Looking for Alaska, and everyone asked for Hank.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Intro filmed Sunday; no Question Tuesday today; in an airport; hoarse after five days at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim

  • ★★ John apologizes that there will be no Question Tuesday today and says he will do it soon. — 00:00:00 · Question Tuesday
  • ★★ On Tuesday, July 1, John vlogs from an airport and tells Hank to get used to such walls, since he will be seeing a lot of them between now and October. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John is hoarse after five days of talking at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. — 00:00:00

00:00:46 — TSA's carry-on announcement every four minutes; back to talking about books at ALA

00:01:12 — ALA as the most fun of his professional year; librarians as secret superheroes; the old lady who disliked the second half of Looking for Alaska; everyone asks where Hank is

  • ★★★ John says ALA is consistently the most fun he has professionally every year because he loves librarians, whom he calls the secret superheroes of the world. — 00:01:12
  • ★★ Signing Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines, John met one sweet-looking old lady who loved the first half of Looking for Alaska but said the second half fell apart. (playful) — 00:01:42 · Looking for Alaska (novel), An Abundance of Katherines
  • ★★ Otherwise, people at the conference mostly asked John where Hank was. — 00:01:42 · Hank Green

00:02:11 — Hank is training for the Tour de Nerdfighting; Hank, nerdfighters and librarians made of awesome

Humor (significant)

  • John, hoarse after five days of talking at a conference, explains his voice. — 00:00:00

    “you may be wondering why I sound like Kermit the Frog with late-stage emphysema”

  • The TSA announcement about carry-on items interrupts John, as it does every four minutes. — 00:00:46

    “and indeed every four minutes that I'm in an airport in my entire life, which is, of course, a full 20% of the time”

  • An old lady tells John she loved the first half of Looking for Alaska but the second half fell apart. — 00:01:42

    “i was like well i really liked the first half of your comment”

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Mentioned

Central: ALA Annual Conference

Also: An Abundance of Katherines · Anaheim, California · Kermit the Frog · Looking for Alaska (novel) · made of awesome · Question Tuesday · Tour de Nerdfighting · Transportation Security Administration

Only in the description or credits: Four-minute rule · Los Angeles International Airport · Punishment · YouTube

Also centred on ALA Annual Conference: Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator · June 26: The American Library Association Parties · Book Nerd PARADISE

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