Skoodilypooping

2008-12-26 · letter vlog · John · 2:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Global development, Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, self promotion, civic or action cta, calendar ritual

In a four-part letter to Hank, John points to Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project, names the five P4A charities he is giving $200 each, reads the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary with a story about his grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'', and asks for Paper Towns questions.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Christmas pants; part one: The Beckoning of Lovely movie turns out to be the first part of Amy Krouse Rosenthal's project

★ John says his favourite thing about Christmas is Christmas pants, which is how he knows he's grown up. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Christmas
★★ John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and many Nerdfighters made a movie, The Beckoning of Lovely, with his friend and mentor Amy Krouse Rosenthal. — 00:00:00 · The Beckoning of Lovely, Nerdfighteria
★★ John says the movie turned out to be the first part of an ambitious project by Amy, also called The Beckoning of Lovely; more information is linked. — 00:00:00 · The Beckoning of Lovely
★★ John says he is still reeling from how awesome the Project for Awesome was; Nerdfighters lobbied for literally hundreds of great charities. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria

00:00:40 — Part two: John gives $200 each to five P4A charities and asks where Hank's and Nerdfighters' money went; start of part three on CAPTCHA codes

★★★ John says that in the end he chose five P4A charities and is giving $200 to each. — 00:00:40 · Project for Awesome
★★ John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — 00:00:40 · Save the Children
★★★ John asks Hank where his money is going, and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A to give to charity where their money went. — 00:00:40 · Hank Green, Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
★ John says YouTube's CAPTCHA codes are usually not English words but pronounceable sets of consonants and vowels. — 00:00:40 · YouTube
★★★ John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome, YouTube

00:01:27 — Part three: entries from the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary

★★ John says the many CAPTCHA codes produced made-up-sounding words for which Nerdfighters invented definitions: a Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary. — 00:01:27 · Nerdfighteria
★★ John reads Nerdfighters' definitions such as Kamilanta (commenting on 15 videos a minute), Nippy Hat, Raypeto, Brucula (vampire Brussels sprouts), Hypochoso and cootie-oping. (joke) — 00:01:27

00:02:07 — Cootie-oping reminds John of his grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'' and a story about it

★★ John says cootie-oping reminds him of his beloved grandmother's word for making out, 'Scootily Poopin''. (playful) — 00:02:07 · Skoodilypooping

“our beloved grandmother's word for making out, Scootily Poopin'.”
★★ John recalls arriving late with a high-school girlfriend to meet Nanny and Papa; Nanny asked if they had been Scootily Poopin', and when the girlfriend asked what it meant said 'as if you don't know'. (playful) — 00:02:07 · Skoodilypooping

00:02:36 — Part four: Paper Towns questions for the Blurbing Book Club wrap-up; sign-off

★★★ John says that to wrap up the Paper Towns edition of the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club he will do two videos about the book, ideally answering questions. — 00:02:36 · Paper Towns
★★★ John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave any questions about Paper Towns in the comments. — 00:02:36 · Paper Towns, Hank Green, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

Reading the charity's name, John notices it sounds like it helps the disease. — 00:00:40

“Wait, it doesn't benefit breast cancer. Detriments? Breast cancer?”
An entry from the Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary. — 00:01:27

“Nippy Hat. A little hat you put on your nips to keep them warm.”
John's high-school girlfriend asks Nanny what 'Scootily Poopin'' means. — 00:02:07

“And Nanny just looked at her and said, as if you don't. know.”

Threads in this video

looked back · John's 8/8/08 event in Chicago: library talk, Grant Park and The Bean (2008) — John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and a bunch of Nerdfighters made the movie The Beckoning of Lovely with Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which turned out to be the first part of her larger project. (00:00:00)
outcome · P4A 2008 edition — John says he is still reeling from the P4A's awesomeness: Nerdfighters lobbied for hundreds of charities and commented more than 200,000 times. (00:00:00)
changed · Hank (with John): donate $1,000 to a P4A 2008 charity chosen by video quality (2008) — John reports his P4A donation: $200 each to five charities he chose, rather than one charity. (00:00:40)
asked · John asks Hank and Nerdfighters where their P4A 2008 charity money went (2008) — John asks Hank where his money is going and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A where their charity money went. (00:00:40)
first use · John's grandmother's word 'Scootily Poopin'' (Skoodilypooping) (2008) — John introduces his grandmother's word for making out, 'Scootily Poopin'', the title bit, with the story of Nanny asking whether he and a girlfriend had been doing it. (00:02:07)
promised · John: two videos answering questions about Paper Towns for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — John commits to doing two videos about Paper Towns, ideally answering questions, to wrap up its Blurbing Book Club edition. (00:02:36)
asked · John asks for Paper Towns questions for the Blurbing Book Club wrap-up (2008) — John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave questions about Paper Towns in the comments. (00:02:36)
closed · Hank asks Nerdfighters for ten-word Paper Towns blurbs for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — John says that to wrap up the Paper Towns edition of the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club he will do two videos about the book, ideally answering questions. (00:02:36)

Where the stories that moved here went next

John asks for Paper Towns questions for the Blurbing Book Club wrap-up (2008) — reported back; last: result reported, 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied)
Hank asks Nerdfighters for ten-word Paper Towns blurbs for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — reported back; last: closed, 2008-12-26
John: two videos answering questions about Paper Towns for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — kept
Hank (with John): donate $1,000 to a P4A 2008 charity chosen by video quality (2008) — changed
P4A 2008 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2009-06-21

Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns · Project for Awesome · Skoodilypooping

Also: People: the brothers' grandfather · the brothers' grandmother

Projects: Blurbing Book Club · Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary

Works: The Beckoning of Lovely

Organizations: Save Darfur Coalition · Save the Children · Susan G. Komen · Wounded Warrior Project · YouTube

Concepts: CAPTCHA · multiple sclerosis

Events: Christmas

Memes: pwned

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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