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2010-06-11 · letter vlog · John · 2:51 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Personal life (also: Projects, Sports, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: timely hook, self promotion, community lore, on location

In a twelve-part vlog filmed in a Milwaukee hotel while watching the World Cup opener, John says Viacom still owes him for stealing his video, gives VidCon 2010 logistics, reports Ningmaster Tom's recovery and announces his new website and the UK publication of Paper Towns.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Milwaukee hotel for the Yeti's cousin's ordination; a 12-part video during the World Cup opener; Viacom stole John's video and owes him $2

  • ★★ John is in a Milwaukee hotel because the Yeti's cousin is becoming a Catholic priest, and he is there to witness it. — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
  • ★ John says he has watched at least part of every World Cup game since 1994, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup has just begun. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ As far as John can tell, what Viacom did to him and hundreds of others is exactly what it is suing YouTube for purportedly doing to Viacom. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ John says that, as far as Viacom stealing his video goes, he still wants his money. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ John reports the brothers have talked to some lawyers, who think Viacom probably made about $2 from stealing his video. (hedged) — 00:00:00

00:00:45 — Viacom's $2; VidCon 2010 logistics: hotel full, prices rising, nearly sold out, YouTube keynotes, under-18 hotel rule

  • ★★ John says that if Viacom is so opposed to piracy, he assumes it will be sending him his $2 soon. (playful) — 00:00:45
  • ★★★ VidCon is less than a month away: the conference hotel is full but there is a group rate at another hotel, prices are about to rise for the last time, and it is almost sold out. — 00:00:45 · VidCon
  • ★★★ John tells Nerdfighters who want to go to VidCon that they should probably register now. (hedged) — 00:00:45 · VidCon, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Besides the YouTubers, many people from YouTube will be at VidCon giving keynotes about YouTube's inner workings, which John expects to find fascinating. — 00:00:45 · VidCon, YouTube
  • ★★ VidCon attendees under 18 need someone over 18 in their party in order to check into the hotel. — 00:00:45 · VidCon

00:01:23 — Natalie Tran can't come to VidCon; soccer as creativity plus discipline, like writing; counting and Thierry Henry gags

  • ★★ Natalie Tran (Community Channel) can't come to VidCon all the way from Australia; John says they are bummed but understand. — 00:01:23 · VidCon, Australia
  • ★★ John loves that soccer rewards a perfect balance between creativity and discipline, exactly like writing books, only far more beautiful, which is why he isn't working today. — 00:01:23

00:01:52 — Watching on mute; Ningmaster Tom is recovering and thanks Nerdfighters

  • ★ John gets so nervous watching that he has to watch on mute, though he says he doesn't even care about this game. — 00:01:52
  • ★★★ Ningmaster Tom, comatose the last time he appeared in a video, is fine: he has problems with his left eye but is doing much better and is grateful for Nerdfighters' support. — 00:01:52 · Nerdfighteria, Ningmaster

00:02:17 — New website JohnGreenBooks.com with upcoming gatherings; Paper Towns published in the UK; sign-off to watch France v Uruguay

  • ★★★ John's new website, JohnGreenBooks.com, lists forthcoming Nerdfighter gatherings and other events, in places like Washington, D.C., Munich, Edinburgh and London. — 00:02:17 · London
  • ★★★ Paper Towns has just been published in the United Kingdom. — 00:02:17 · Paper Towns, United Kingdom
  • ★★ John asks people to buy Paper Towns in the UK, joking that otherwise no other book of his will ever be published there. (playful) — 00:02:17 · Paper Towns, United Kingdom

Humor (significant)

  • Lawyers think Viacom made about $2 from stealing John's video; Viacom is famously opposed to piracy. — 00:00:45

    “If Viacom is so opposed to piracy, I assume they'll be sending me my $2 soon.”

  • In his announced twelve-part video John jumps from an empty part 3 to part 4 and on through parts five and six. — 00:01:23

    “I'm so good at counting.”

  • Watching the World Cup, John laments the handball that helped France qualify. — 00:01:23

    “Oh, if only it weren't for Thierry Henry's hands.”

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Mentioned

Central: FIFA World Cup · Ningmaster Tom · Viacom · VidCon

Also: People: Natalie Tran · Sarah Urist Green · Thierry Henry

Works: Paper Towns

Organizations: Catholic Church · YouTube

Places: Australia · Edinburgh · London · Milwaukee · Munich · United Kingdom · Washington, DC

Policies: Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.

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