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searchsoleil) wrote2007-11-02 01:12 am
searchsoleil) wrote2007-11-02 01:12 am
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Hoo ha! Nerdfighters!
Okay, so there is this Youtube project that I have been obsessed with since May. It is called Brotherhood 2.0. They have a website.
Brotherhood 2.0 is a video blog shared between, you guessed it, two (nerdy) brothers: John Green, the YA fiction writer, and Hank Green, maintainer of ecogeek.org. They decided to ban textual communication between themselves all year, and are now limited to phone calls, occasional visits, and alternating weekdays of posting a vlog to the site.
What results is something far greater than their original intentions. In-jokes have developed, challenges have been leveled, punishments for violating the ban on textual communication have grown steadily more hilarious, and perhaps best of all, the fan base has proliferated under the unifying term, Nerdfighter (because we are legion, and together, we could probably save the world).
Their videos are often informative, inspiring, and astoundingly creative. They are always funny and will never fail to brighten your day.
Take for instance, today's video. John talks about types of nerdfighters he likes, and the topic comes around to child nerdfighters. This leads to what may be my new favorite Halloween anecdote of all time:
I GET STUFF LIKE THIS FROM THEM EVERY DAY. PLEASE SOMEONE GO AND WATCH THEM AND THEN COME BACK AND FLAIL WITH ME.
P.S. Don't forget to be awesome.
Brotherhood 2.0 is a video blog shared between, you guessed it, two (nerdy) brothers: John Green, the YA fiction writer, and Hank Green, maintainer of ecogeek.org. They decided to ban textual communication between themselves all year, and are now limited to phone calls, occasional visits, and alternating weekdays of posting a vlog to the site.
What results is something far greater than their original intentions. In-jokes have developed, challenges have been leveled, punishments for violating the ban on textual communication have grown steadily more hilarious, and perhaps best of all, the fan base has proliferated under the unifying term, Nerdfighter (because we are legion, and together, we could probably save the world).
Their videos are often informative, inspiring, and astoundingly creative. They are always funny and will never fail to brighten your day.
Take for instance, today's video. John talks about types of nerdfighters he likes, and the topic comes around to child nerdfighters. This leads to what may be my new favorite Halloween anecdote of all time:
There was this little six year-old nerdfighter who was trick-or-treating and he came up to my door and he said, "Trick or treat!" and I said, "What are you dressed as?" and he said "L’État, c'est moi!" And I was like, "Are you Louis XIV?" And he said, "Oui! Trick or treat!" Little nerdfighters! So cute!
I GET STUFF LIKE THIS FROM THEM EVERY DAY. PLEASE SOMEONE GO AND WATCH THEM AND THEN COME BACK AND FLAIL WITH ME.
P.S. Don't forget to be awesome.
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How's the paper?
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i'm trying to fix my stupid internet connection. it's making it very difficult for me to watch ugly betty.
and you? are you still in nyc?
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My parents called today and asked if I was eating properly, and I sort of whimpered and told them and they were like, "DO YOU WANT TO COME HOME? WE WILL OPEN OUR DOORS TO YOU AND FEED YOU DELICIOUS THINGS AND THEN WE MAY HUG YOU A LOT, BUT WE WON'T MAKE A DISPLAY OF OURSELVES. REEEEALLY." Except they were totally lying and I would never get any of my papers done. BUT I NEED FOOD.
*sighs and resignedly studies takeout menus*