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I AM COMPUTER MAN!!!

2009-09-01 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Projects, Books & writing) · mode: Personal update · tags: civic or action cta, self promotion, song or performance

With no planned topic, Hank updates John on recording three songs in the studio, new books (Bicycle Diaries, HotForWords' book, the Geektastic anthology with a John story), and a staged newspaper photo shoot, asking viewers to pick their favorite photo.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Mom calls; no topic planned; Hank recorded three songs in the studio, including a cover he sings like David Bowie

  • ★★ Hank says he was just in the recording studio and recorded three songs very quickly. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank recorded a cover of a song called 'Can't' (credited to 'Alan and Tom', unclear), which he jokes sounds like David Bowie singing through him. (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:47 — Studio versions of Mules Are So Half-Ass and the Demolition Derby song; new books: Bicycle Diaries, HotForWords' book, Geektastic

  • ★★ Hank also recorded 'Mules Are So Half-Ass' and a studio version of the Demolition Derby song, and plays the former in the background. — 00:00:47
  • ★★ Hank got a review copy of David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries, which excites him because it is not officially out yet. — 00:00:47
  • ★ Hank also got HotForWords' book, joking that it is great because it is 'extremely educational' and that viewers were surely looking at the words. (playful) — 00:00:47
  • ★★ Hank found in a store that the Geektastic anthology includes a John Green story, which John had not mentioned. — 00:00:47 · John Green

00:01:35 — Geektastic contributors including John; newspaper photo shoot for a story on recession-proof jobs; vote on favorite photo; 'Computer Man' and his Montana friends; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank jokes that John has enough books now not to mention his anthology appearances; so far Hank has read only John's story and says it is very good. (playful) — 00:01:35 · John Green
  • ★★ A friend who works for the newspaper photographed Hank at home for a story on recession-proof jobs, and apparently he has one. — 00:01:35
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to vote in the comments for their one favorite photo, since the photographer is unsure which to use and he may use it on Twitter. — 00:02:04 · Twitter
  • ★ Hank says he has one computer and a second monitor; the photographer brought another computer to look more epic, making him 'Computer Man'. (playful) — 00:02:04
  • ★★ Hank says his friends in Montana think he 'works on computers' and barely know what YouTube is, which he does not mind. (playful) — 00:03:06 · Montana, YouTube

Humor (significant)

  • Hank's phone vibrates in his back pocket during the greeting. — 00:00:00

    “which means my butt is vibrating. My butt is my mom.”

  • The third new book was hard to find. — 00:00:47

    “it was actually propping up my computer.”

  • The photographer brought in an extra computer so the photos would look more epic. — 00:02:04

    “I am Computer Man!”

  • Hank says his Montana friends think he works on computers; he tells them not to worry if they are watching. — 00:03:06

    “And who am I kidding? You're not.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

People: David Bowie · Marina Orlova · Sydney Green

Works: Bicycle Diaries · Demolition Derby (song) · Geektastic · Mules Are So Half-Ass

Organizations: Twitter · YouTube

Places: Montana

Only in the description or credits: Cecil Castellucci · Cory Doctorow · David Byrne · David Levithan · Holly Black · Sara Zarr · Scott Westerfeld

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