Peeps! Prom! Puppy!

2009-03-24 · letter vlog · John · 3:34 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Everyday life, Personal life) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, civic or action cta

In a four-part video John reports that Nerdfighters ate over 200 of the ~315 Peeps he owed, so he will eat the rest on Sunday; phones a viewer's crush to ask him to prom for her; shares Nerdfighter photos from the Ning; and shows Willy.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Four P parts; Peeps: John ate none of ~315 Peeps; Nerdfighters ate 200+ for him; he will eat the rest Sunday

• ★★★ John says he was supposed to eat about 315 Peeps yesterday (23 March 2009) but ate none. — 00:00:00 · Peeps
• ★★ John has a busy week turning around two revisions, one on a book he is writing and one on a movie, so eating 300+ Peeps in a day would hurt his productivity. — 00:00:24 · Peeps
• ★★★ A group of Nerdfighters banded together and ate more than 200 Peeps on John's behalf, so he now has to eat only about 102. — 00:00:24 · Nerdfighteria, Peeps
• ★★ John will eat the remaining Peeps this Sunday (29 March 2009) and make a video of it. — 00:00:53 · Peeps

00:00:53 — Prom: a viewer asks for help asking a boy to prom; John phones him

• ★★ At a viewer's request, John phones the boy she wants to take to prom and asks whether he will go to prom with her. — 00:00:53
• ★★ a guest: The boy answers that he will go to prom with her: 'Absolutely.' — 00:01:47

00:01:47 — Photographs from the Ning found by Ningmaster Tom; what else could DFTBA mean; cakes, shoes; upload your pictures

• ★★ John says Ningmaster Tom has done a great job of finding pictures on the Nerdfighter Ning, and shares some. — 00:01:47 · Nerdfighter Ning, Ningmaster
• ★★ John is encouraged when commenters ask what DFTBA means, because it means 'we're recruiting'. — 00:01:47 · DFTBA
• ★★ John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in the comments what else DFTBA could stand for. — 00:01:47 · DFTBA, Nerdfighteria
• ★ Featured photos include cakes (one a Looking for Alaska cover reading 'a cake'), John licking a cat, and remarkable Nerdfighter shoes. (playful) — 00:02:38 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
• ★★ John tells Nerdfighters to upload their photographs to their Ning profiles to be featured. — 00:03:07 · Nerdfighter Ning

00:03:07 — Puppy: Willy sits like a cat; sign-off

• ★ John asks whether he is just an overly proud dog parent or whether Willy really sits adorably like a cat. (playful) — 00:03:07 · Willy

Humor (significant)

• John predicts viewers will laugh at his pain when he eats the Peeps. — 00:00:53

  “if it weren't for schadenfreude, there would be no Freude at all.”

• John estimates how many Peeps he must still eat: slightly above 100. — 00:00:53

  “but below fatal.”

• After Miles agrees to go to prom with the viewer, John reflects on his own record. — 00:01:47

  “That went much better than the last time I asked someone to prom.”

• John stumbles over his forced 'p' title 'p-photographs'. — 00:01:47

  “I could have just called it part three pictures. Doofus!”

Threads in this video

• result reported · John asks viewers to donate to the Uncultured Project for Peeps for Bangladesh (2009) — John reports the donations came to about 315 Peeps' worth, the number he was supposed to eat. (00:00:00)
• changed · John: eat one Peep for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project (2009) — John did not eat the ~315 Peeps on the day; Nerdfighters ate 200+ for him, and he will eat the remaining ~102 on Sunday and film it. (00:00:24)
• update · John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008) — John says this week (week of 23 March 2009) he has to turn around a revision on 'this movie' (alongside one on the book he is writing). (00:00:24)
• asked · John asks Nerdfighters what else DFTBA could stand for (2009) — John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in the comments what else DFTBA could mean. (00:01:47)
• milestone · Nerdfighter Ning: the community site launches (2008) — John says Ningmaster Tom has done a great job of finding pictures on the Nerdfighter Ning, and shares some. (00:01:47)
• reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to post their creative work on the Ning as blog posts to be featured (2009) — John tells Nerdfighters to upload their photographs to their Ning profiles to be featured. (00:03:07)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John asks Nerdfighters what else DFTBA could stand for (2009) — reported back; last: result reported, 2009-04-23
• John asks viewers to donate to the Uncultured Project for Peeps for Bangladesh (2009) — reported back; last: result reported, 2009-03-24
• John: eat one Peep for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project (2009) — changed, no report it was done (2009–2026)
• Nerdfighter Ning: the community site launches (2008) — last documented in 2009 (looked back on in 2011)
• John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008) — told 3×, last update 2015; last: retold, 2015-04-28

Mentioned

DFTBA · Looking for Alaska (novel) · nerdfightastic · Nerdfighter Ning · Ningmaster · Peeps · Willy

Only in the description or credits: An Abundance of Katherines · Bangladesh · Ningmaster Tom · Paper Towns

← Previous: John Loves Amsterdam · Next → Squirrel Attack!