You Are Awesome

2010-10-27 · letter vlog · John · 3:09 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development · mode: Announcements · tags: fundraising ask, community lore

John rounds up Nerdfighteria's world-suck reduction: Sean's Nerdfighteria-funded work in Bangladesh, This Star Won't Go Out bracelets whose full price goes to Esther Earl's family's foundation, and a $540 leftover from a BlogTV cat-surgery fundraiser that he asks Nerdfighters to direct.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Reminder of the unanswered sing-a-ma-jig question; Henry's pizza Halloween costume; Sean's Nerdfighteria-funded work in Bangladesh and the pond-sand filter

• ★★ John notes Hank's Monday video failed to address whether John can be his sing-a-ma-jig player, and pleads with him. (playful) — 00:00:01
• ★ John says a Nerdfighter made Henry a Halloween costume: he is going as pizza. (playful) — 00:00:01 · Henry Green, Nerdfighteria
• ★★★ John says Shawn from the Uncultured Project is now in Bangladesh, working with Save the Children to help 10,000 kids in a project funded by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:01 · Save the Children, Nerdfighteria
• ★ John asks viewers to stay tuned to Shawn's Twitter and YouTube channel, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:01 · doobly-doo
• ★★ John says Shawn has heard since arriving that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still up and running. — 00:00:01 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:42 — This Star Won't Go Out bracelets honoring Esther Earl, sold at DFTBA.com/Esther for her family's foundation

• ★★★ Answering Nerdfighters who asked where to get a 'This Star Won't Go Out' bracelet like his, John says they are now sold at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:00:42 · DFTBA Records, This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Esther Earl
• ★★ John says the bracelets honor Esther Earl, the brothers' friend and fellow Nerdfighter who died a couple of months ago from cancer. — 00:00:42 · Esther Earl, cancer
• ★★★ John says they bought the bracelets and Alan at DFTBA Records processes and packages every order free, so 100% of the money goes to the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation. — 00:00:42 · Alan Lastufka, DFTBA Records, This Star Won't Go Out (charity)
• ★★ John describes the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation as a new organization founded by Esther's family to help other families with kids who have cancer. — 00:01:11 · This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Esther Earl, cancer
• ★★ John calls the foundation another way to work with Esther to make the world suck less and urges viewers to get a bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:01:11 · This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Esther Earl, world suck, DFTBA Records

00:01:11 — The BlogTV fundraiser for James at War's cat and malaria, the forgotten $540 check, and where the money should go; thanks to Nerdfighteria; sign-off

• ★★ John says a recent BlogTV show raised a lot of money for surgery for James at War's cat, plus an equal amount to fight malaria. — 00:01:11 · malaria
• ★★ John says the surgery cost less than expected, so James at War and his wife drove from Texas to Chicago with a check for the difference, which John pocketed unopened and later found was $540. (playful) — 00:01:41 · Chicago (city)
• ★★★ John says the $540 is not his money but Nerdfighteria's, so Nerdfighters must decide where it goes, and asks them to say so in the comments. — 00:02:04 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John's inclination is to give it to This Star Won't Go Out and then hold a matching BlogTV fundraiser for the Uncultured Project and Save the Children, or the reverse, or something else. (hedged) — 00:02:04 · This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Save the Children
• ★★ John thanks Nerdfighteria for all it does to decrease world suck, from their own communities to Bangladesh, and for being awesome. — 00:02:47 · Nerdfighteria, world suck

Humor (significant)

• A Nerdfighter made baby Henry a Halloween costume, and John asks Hank to guess what he is going as. — 00:00:01

  “Pizza!”

• Mid-story John goes looking for his 'French the Llama' llama prop and can't find it. — 00:01:41

  “This is why we're never gonna be a top-class YouTuber. No props.”

• John redoes the check discovery with the llama prop found, opening the forgotten check from James at War. — 00:02:04

  “French the llama! $540?!”

Threads in this video

• looked back · Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008) — John reports Sean is in Bangladesh with Save the Children helping 10,000 kids in a Nerdfighteria-funded project, and that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still running. (00:00:01)
• asked · John asks viewers to follow Sean's Bangladesh work on his Twitter and YouTube channel (2010) — John asks viewers to follow Sean's work on his Twitter and YouTube channel, linked in the doobly-doo. (00:00:01)
• launched · This Star Won't Go Out bracelets sold at DFTBA.com/Esther for the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation (2010) — In answer to Nerdfighters' questions, John announces 'This Star Won't Go Out' bracelets honoring Esther Earl at DFTBA.com/Esther; DFTBA Records packages orders free, so 100% goes to the foundation. (00:00:42)
• asked · John asks Nerdfighters to buy This Star Won't Go Out bracelets at DFTBA.com/Esther (2010) — John urges viewers to get a This Star Won't Go Out bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther, and asks again later whether they have got one. (00:01:11)
• told · John's BlogTV fundraiser for James at War's cat's surgery and the $540 check for the difference (2010) — John tells how his BlogTV fundraiser for James at War's cat's surgery came in under cost, and James and his wife drove from Texas to Chicago with a $540 check that John forgot in his pants until laundry day. (00:01:11)
• callback · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) — John looks for his French the Llama llama prop, then exclaims 'French the llama!' on finding the $540 check. (00:02:04)
• asked · John asks Nerdfighters where the $540 left over from the cat-surgery fundraiser should go (2010) — John asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments where the $540 should go; his inclination is This Star Won't Go Out plus a matching BlogTV fundraiser for the Uncultured Project and Save the Children. (00:02:04)
• reminder · John asks to join Hank's band as its sing-a-ma-jig player (2010) — John notes Hank's Monday video ignored whether John can be his sing-a-ma-jig player, and pleads. (00:00:01) → refers to Rocky Horror + Glee = ?
• retold · Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) — John says the bracelets honor Esther Earl, the brothers' friend and fellow Nerdfighter who died a couple of months ago from cancer. (00:00:42)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John asks Nerdfighters to buy This Star Won't Go Out bracelets at DFTBA.com/Esther (2010) — reported back; last: reminder, 2015-08-03
• This Star Won't Go Out bracelets sold at DFTBA.com/Esther for the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation (2010) — last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2012)

Mentioned

Central: Esther Earl · Shawn Ahmed · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · This Star Won't Go Out bracelet

Also: People: Henry Green · James at War

Organizations: BlogTV · Save the Children · Uncultured Project

Terms: doobly-doo · French the llama · world suck

Concepts: cancer · malaria

Places: Bangladesh · Chicago (city) · Texas

Events: Halloween (holiday)

Products: Singamajigs

Only in the description or credits: Alan Lastufka · DFTBA Records

Also centred on Shawn Ahmed: Nerdfighting in Bangladesh · Three Things · A Video about Videos

Also centred on This Star Won't Go Out bracelet: Then I Took Off My Bra

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• continues · Rocky Horror + Glee = ? — “in your video on Monday you failed to address the pressing question of whether I can be your sing-a-ma-jig player”

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