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I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks!

2009-06-07 · letter vlog · John · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, community lore, punishment or challenge, guest or collab

John recaps his Australia trip: Paper Towns scenes performed at the Reading Matters conference in Melbourne, sightseeing in Sydney, and Nerdfighter gatherings; he notes the sandwich is winning the vote for his punishment.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Crowd says good morning; John tired but avoiding another punishment; Paper Towns scenes performed at the Reading Matters conference in Melbourne

  • ★★ John says he is very tired but is making the video anyway because he cannot afford to be punished again. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Punishment
  • ★★★ John says that in Melbourne he attended the Reading Matters conference, where actors performed a series of scenes from Paper Towns. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns

00:00:42 — Sydney sightseeing montage: city named after their mother, yeti foot, umbrella dance, HMAS Vampire at the National Maritime Museum, platypuses and a dugong at the aquarium

  • ★★ John and Sarah visit Sydney; he shows a warship called HMAS Vampire at the National Maritime Museum and an aquarium with platypuses and a dugong. — 00:00:42 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★ John says the duck-billed platypuses reminded him that evolution can do extraordinary things. (playful) — 00:01:33

00:02:03 — Nerdfighter gatherings: people filming, meeting Community Channel, Frezned, Tom and the "secret Australian family"; Debbie's Happy Dance song and a puppy-sized elephant song

  • ★★ John remarks that many at the gathering are filming it, joking that they can only enjoy it later when they replay it. (playful) — 00:02:03
  • ★★★ John says he met hundreds of Nerdfighters, including Natalie (Community Channel), Frezned, and "our secret Australian family, the kiddos". — 00:02:03 · Nerdfighteria, Australia
  • ★★ At the Melbourne Nerdfighter gatherings Debbie warmed up the crowd with the Happy Dance song, and Natalie and Calvin sang about puppy-sized elephants. — 00:02:32 · Happy dance (practice), puppy sized elephant

00:03:46 — Thanks to Australian Nerdfighters; punishment vote reminder: the fat sandwich is winning

Humor (significant)

  • John wonders why a dugong is so fat when it eats only lettuce. — 00:01:33

    “Maybe it's because he also has a brother who comes up with crazily fatty punishments.”

  • John shows the warship HMAS Vampire at the National Maritime Museum. — 00:01:33

    “do not mess with Australia's Navy. They will drink your blood.”

  • John notices many Nerdfighters filming the gathering on video. — 00:02:03

    “You can't enjoy it now, but you'll replay it later and you'll be like, oh, that was nice.”

  • Natalie and Calvin sing about puppy-sized elephants. — 00:02:32

    “Hank, I hope that you have recently had your cute vaccine, because otherwise, this might kill you.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Australia · Sydney

Also: People: Debbie · frezned · Natalie Tran · Sarah Urist Green · Sydney Green (“our mother”)

Works: Harry Potter (book series) · Paper Towns

Organizations: Australian National Maritime Museum

Rituals: Happy dance (practice) · Punishment

Terms: puppy sized elephant · secret sibling

Places: HMAS Vampire · Melbourne

Events: Reading Matters

Only in the description or credits: wynflete

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