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Two Love Stories

2017-11-21 · story · John · 3:07 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Personal essay · tags: civic or action cta

Sick with the flu, John cheers himself up with two Nerdfighter love stories: Sara and Luis, who met at a 2012 tour stop near Washington, DC and married, and Kenny and Amy, who met at his 2012 Cincinnati event; love, he says, surrounds us.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — John has the flu and wants to cheer himself up with two love stories

  • ★★ John has the flu, everything hurts and he is miserable, so he tries to cheer himself up by telling Hank two love stories. — 00:00:00

00:00:11 — Sara and Luis meet at a 2012 tour stop near DC, marry; Turtles tour gift; rainbow dress code

  • ★★★ On the January 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour, at a hotel ballroom outside Washington, DC, Nerdfighters Sara and Luis met before the show, hit it off and later began dating. — 00:00:11 · The Fault in Our Stars, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Sara and Luis fell in love, got a dog named Scout and a cat named Boo and decided to marry, while John was failing to write a new book. — 00:00:33
  • ★★ The Turtles All the Way Down tour returned to Washington, DC two days before their wedding; they came, and the brothers gave them a KitchenAid mixer and champagne. — 00:00:43 · Turtles All the Way Down
  • ★★ Sara and Luis married with many Nerdfighter friends present; the dress code, 'comfortable but dressy rainbow colors', makes it almost certainly the greatest wedding ever. (playful) — 00:01:04 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John says he just barfed between takes. (playful) — 00:01:24

00:01:29 — Kenny and Amy meet at John's 2012 Cincinnati event; Kenny asks on Reddit how to propose; wedding advice

  • ★★★ In October 2012, before John's Cincinnati library event, Kenny tweeted asking whether to skip business law class to come; John said no, school matters more, but he came anyway. — 00:01:29 · Twitter
  • ★★ Kenny sat next to Amy; they talked, exchanged contact information, fell in love, got two dogs and three cats and bought a house. — 00:01:44
  • ★★★ Before the Turtles tour returned to Cincinnati, Kenny wrote John on Reddit that he met his girlfriend at John's signing five years ago and wanted advice on proposing. — 00:01:53 · Reddit, Turtles All the Way Down
  • ★★ John congratulates Kenny and Amy. — 00:02:15
  • ★ John's unsolicited wedding advice: only an open bar matters, and if possible make the dress code comfortable but dressy rainbow colors. (playful) — 00:02:15

00:02:27 — Love happens once if you're lucky; get a flu shot; we are surrounded by love; thanks and sign-off

  • ★★ To viewers wondering why this never happened to them, John says that if you're lucky it happens exactly once in your life. (playful) — 00:02:27 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says we are surrounded by injustice and microbes and must never become complacent, which is his way of saying get your flu shot. (playful) — 00:02:37 · vaccine
  • ★★★ John says we are also surrounded by love, romantic, friend and family love; as the poet wrote over 2,000 years ago, love conquers all. — 00:02:47

In the description and comments

  • ★★★ The description's health update: after shooting the video, John was hit by vertigo that made him barf for days; it appears to be labyrinthitis and recovery is slow. — video description

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Mentioned

Central: Amy (person, mentioned from 2017) · Kenny · love · Luis · Sara

Also: People: Virgil

Works: The Fault in Our Stars · Turtles All the Way Down

Organizations: Reddit · Twitter

Concepts: Influenza · romantic love · vaccine

Places: Cincinnati · Washington, DC

Also centred on love: I Love My Brother · Happy Esther Day! · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 · Uncertain and Afraid · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. · I L*** Hank

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