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Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016

2016-08-03 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:39 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Philosophy & meaning (also: Projects, Personal life, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal essay · tags: calendar ritual, community lore

On Esther Day, Hank adds his memories of 8/8/08 (selling his first CDs at Terminus, which led to DFTBA Records), shares that he is going to have a baby, and argues that achievements are not what life is made of: the best lives are made of love.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Adding to John's 8/8/08 video: Hank's Terminus CDs, asking to buy old copies back, his first Harry Potter convention, and how it led to DFTBA Records

  • ★★ Adding to John's video, Hank recalls picking up 100 CDs of his music from Kinko's before Terminus: 'Songs from Hank Green's Pants Terminus Edition', mostly ripped from his YouTube videos. — 00:00:11 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says the CDs were not a high-quality enterprise, but they sold every copy they did not give away. — 00:00:30
  • ★★ Hank asks anyone who still has that CD or his earlier 'several songs from Hank Green's Pants', sold at an event in Michigan, to sell it to him. — 00:00:34
  • ★★ Hank says selling those CDs showed him in a new way how much support the community gave, and selling his music felt good; he wants a memento of that day. — 00:00:46 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Terminus was Hank's first Harry Potter convention and one of his first times playing music for people; he met people who are still dear friends. — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ Hank says the support from people buying his stuff, and knowing it would help pay bills, led directly to him creating DFTBA Records with Alan Lastufka. — 00:01:05 · DFTBA Records, Alan Lastufka

00:01:18 — Life-changing moments: Hank is going to have a baby

  • ★★★ Hank says he knows he is inside a life-changing moment right now because he is going to have a baby. — 00:01:21

00:01:30 — What makes life special is not big events but the people you love and who love you

  • ★★★ Hank says what makes life special is not big events, though he has had many, but the people you love and who love you, knowing and feeling it and helping them feel it. — 00:01:40
  • ★★ Hank thinks we too often forget the fabric that holds it all together: appreciating each other for who we are. (hedged) — 00:01:56

00:02:03 — Esther Day: celebrating kinds of love society is less good at celebrating

  • ★★ Hank says Esther Day, August 3, celebrates kinds of love society is less good at celebrating, though they hold society together. (hedged) — 00:02:03 · Esther Day, Esther Earl

00:02:16 — Hank tells John he loves him because he is a great brother

  • ★★★ Hank tells John he loves him not for their projects or as collaborator and thinker but because he's a great brother who stands by him even when he's a jerk. — 00:02:16 · John Green

00:02:54 — Achievements are not what life is made of; the best lives are made of love; thanks to Esther

  • ★★★ Hank says life-changing moments deserve to be noticed and enjoyed, but achievements are not what life is made of; the best lives are made of love. (hedged) — 00:02:54

    “achievements aren't what life is made of I think the best lives are made of love”

  • ★★ Hank thanks Esther for giving everyone a day to remember that. — 00:03:15 · Esther Earl, Esther Day

00:03:19 — Teaser: tomorrow's video on a long-planned project, mostly for Americans

  • ★★ Hank says John will see him tomorrow for a very cool, long-planned thing, mostly for Americans; non-Americans get this extra video instead. — 00:03:19

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says Esther Earl, a Nerdfighter who died in 2010 at 16, asked that her birthday be a day for saying "I love you" to people you love but don't tell enough. — video description · Esther Earl, Esther Day

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Esther Day · love · Songs from Hank Green's Pants Terminus Edition · Terminus

Also: Alan Lastufka · DFTBA Records · Esther Earl · FedEx Office · Hank's first album · Michigan · YouTube

Also centred on love: I Love My Brother · Happy Esther Day! · Two Love Stories · Uncertain and Afraid · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. · I L*** Hank

Also centred on Terminus: Metric Sabbath

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  • continues · Beckoning Lovely — “yesterday you talked in your video about 8/8/08 and terminus the Harry Potter convention that we went to”

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