Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goats
REMINDER: If you live in Missoula and are over 18, go see Hank play TONIGHT at 6:30 at the Badlander Bar (208 Ryman).
In which John talks about the aforementioned topics and mangles a T. S. Eliot quote. (Really: “Light / The visible reminder of invisible Light.”)
And thanks again to everyone who participated in the Happy Dance Project, whether by dancing or discussing!
First!
You know it’s funny cause I was actually thinking about what it would be like to comment first when I went there and it was all “No Comments” and I nearly had a heart attack of happy.
It’s amazing the joy you get from being the first to comment o.o
I wish I had Goats…Not really, I actually wish I had sheep.
Merry Christmas!
goats are smart and sweet, sheep are dumb and astoundingly afraid.
we actually have only one of the four goats in the herd… however they may all be ‘with kid’ and they usually have twins. talk about a population explosion!
Good to know you’ll be having some grand”kids” soon one way or another, Mom & Dad 1.0!
OK I REALLL Y NEED TO KNOW IF I CAN INTERVEIW HIM FOR TEEN INK!! PLEASE RESPOND BY A YES OR NOOOOO
Argyle= Absolutely amazing.
Goats are only fun if they are mountain goats and sing indie acoustic songs.
Second! (maybe)
Not second, but *sigh*
It doesn’t matter at all really….just one more John vlog left.
That’s a considerably disheartening thought.
somewhere high!
I too am a newfound fan of the mountain goats, but I like normal goats too.
And Hedwig is the secret to Christmas.
John, I think finally having enough time to read “Looking for Alaska” made my Christmas even better. Socks are great, but a good book is always awesome. Thanks!
i got an abundance of katherines for christmas. it was like a present from john.
Hey John, YouTube was being weird and I’m not sure if my comment over there got posted. In response to Hank using a video feed for the concert, on Friday he was trying out http://www.stickam.com/profile/hankgreen this site to try and set it up. Several of us who happened to be on ended up chatting with him for a while, so it was pretty cool. But that was the last I heard about it, so I thought you might know something I didn’t.
oh and john, next time you are at your parents house and are playing with the goats…try this.
1. find a poop free area by the goats.
2. get on your knees. (actually its more like shins)
3. put your head by your knees.
4.prepare to be climbed by several goats who will most likely fight over standing on your back.
ha! they LOVE to stand on stumps or logs or anything tall. makes them feel safer… they can see further.
Awwww, John you were so cute when you were a kid X3
John, I reeeally hope you’ll read and reply to this comment…I e-mailed you and Hank about a week ago, and haven’t gotten a response. It’d be awesome to know if you didn’t get it, or if you did and just didn’t get a chance to reply yet. I know you guys are busy, but it’s kindof time-sensitive stuff.
…Also, goats ftw. All I have is a golden retriever.
wow. i had no idea goats pooped that much. and wonderful footage of the goat pooping. very nice haha
my friend had a harry potter themed christmas. NERDFIGHTERS FTW!
I love the childhood hair. It has an elevated puff level, but somehow works that in.
It’s always so surreal the day after Christmas.
Man. Goats may poop a lot, but they are GOOD EATING. Seriously. John, if you ever have a chance to eat some goat curry, DO IT!
these goats, being lady goats, are mostly for milk … and making other baby goats. you really only eat the bucks, i think. they’re stinky to keep otherwise.
If your still in NC, come visit the Triangle area, we’d love to meet you!
Goats eat kudzu! (Thank god!)
1. The Green parents are awesome. (Did we even need more proof?)
2. I really like the idea of a used book/charity donation Christmas.
3. How fun are pictures of young John or Hank? Too fun.
Also, this afternoon I was listening to a Death Cab for Cutie cd and reading Looking for Alaska (both Christmas presents) when ‘Brothers on a Hotel Bed’ came on. I stopped–I knew that song! But from where? Then it hit me–it was the B2.0 theme. My life is 79.8% Green.
XD!!! GINTAMA! That series is so hilariously awesome! .. Uh, just to let you know. It’s good and weird. :3
Aww, your hair as a kid was so cute!!
I really hope you’re going to read that book aloud to us in video form! “Mummy, how do I know if I’m a Nerdfighter?” AWESOME! - please share it?! -
YouTube user Wynflete (the author) reads the book aloud on her channel …
Dude sweet! I totally got a pair of argyle socks too! I actually buy those regularly because I think they look awesome.
I remember my uncle used to have a goat. I was supposed to be as skinny as your parents’ goats. It was about five times fatter and then it died because it was too fat. I totally agree with the nonstop pooping thing. I couldn’t walk a foot without there being goat poop in my way. It also used to stand on the backs of cows and my Grandpa’s back.
Wow, I want a Hedwig ornament!
The goats made me think of Aberforth, LOL.
A guy with an acoustic guitar can so totally rock, just look at Alex Carpenter!
Aww, John, you were such a cute little kid!
I got argyle socks too! NERDFIGHTER SOCK TWINS.
By the way, John, you look very much the same as you did when you were (I want to say) 9?
Jon,
Not sure if you’ll see this but I just wanted to let you know author David LaRochelle pimped “Katherines” on Minnesota Public Radio today. David is the author of the gay young adult novel “Absolutely, Positively, Not.” *note: when I say gay I of course mean it’s a book about a gay character, not a pejorative adjective.*
I love goats - my mom had two for a while - to keep down brush.
I want fainting goats - I really think my dog would love some goats - she likes to herd things, and goats would be great for her to herd.
And if that doesn’t count as weird Magna, I don’t know what does - although from my experience with my teen daughters, most Manga is weird stuff - lots of gender identity issues, lots of ’school girl’ antics… but maybe that is just the stuff they like!
I am glad you had a happy christmas - and that your parents are nerdfighters - nerdfighters make the best parents!
I wish I lived in Montana and was 18. I want to watch Hank sing sooooooooooooo bad.
I’m the proud owner of several pairs of argyle socks, and I didn’t even realize they enhanced my nerdfighter cred. But I think nerdfighters are even more nerdfighterly when they do things because they like them, and not because they know they fit the nerdfighter image.
I’m so sorry we only have one John video left! Is it ridiculous of me to think that it’s unfair that, due to the odd number of non-weekend, non-holiday days in the year, Hank has one more day on the vlog than John? I think both brothers should have to submit a video on December 31, to say a proper goodbye to the Nerdfiighters.
Enjoyed the T.S. Eliot quote! My favorite is “in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.”
Also, I gave my sister (and fellow nerdfighter) “Looking for Alaska” for Christmas, and I can’t wait until she reads it. Brotherhood 2.0 has brought us closer together!
Merry Christmas, John.
I had plastered my favorite T. S. Elliot all over the Project for Awesome vids on YouTube - but just in case you missed it:
Moment, the moment in and out of time,
The distraction fit, lost in a shaft of sunlight,
The wild thyme unseen, or the winter lightning
Or the waterfall, or music heard so deeply
That it is not heard at all, but you are the music
While the music lasts.
T.S. Eliot: Four Quartets
Quartet III
The Dry Salvages - V
I realized on and around August fourth I was in exactly the same spot, doing exactly the same thing, as I did a year ago.
(for the record, this included: FEELING MASSIVELY ISOLATED. LISTENING TO KILL HANNAH AND THE SMITHS. MISSING THE GAY PRIDE PARADE. WATCHING THE FINALE OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. DID I MENTION FEELING MASSIVELY ISOLATED?)
Also, I think I was wearing the same shirt.
Throws your life into perspective, that does. A whole year of events, and I still end up in the same place doing the same things and feeling the same emotions.
it says the video is no longer available what gives?
This Rocked! I love the idea of exchanging used books-because there is no lacking of them!!! (and books like, rock with awesome) I like “Mummy How Do I Know if I’m a Nerdfighter” that’s just made of awesome. Who ever did that is totally a genius
It looks SO really too.
Hope everything went alright for you Hank&hope you all had an awesome, wonderful Christmas. (b.t.w. Hedwig Christmas ornaments are wicked awesome. I want one! Hehehehe)
361?! NO! That just reminds me how little time we have left!!!!*sighs*
At least you guys will get a break
I’m sure that’ll be a relief.
BeyondTheCrystalShores
1facThat Hedwig ornament is the most awesome thing I have seen in forever! Can you pretty please ask your parents where they purchased such an article of awesome?
Awwwww, Hedwig.
The goats are really cute!
Did anyone else hear goats and think, Aberforth?
Thanks Dad 1.0!!! The vid was awesome!
OMG, you have a hedwig ornament!!!!!!!* squeals *…i actually squealed when i saw it. man, i wish i had nerdfighter parents. Hank, i wish i could have gone to you “show”, but i live in MD and i’m only sixteen.
but i’m sure you were awesome!!!! can’t wait to see/hear it!
Ha! GinTama is awesome and weird. And it’s been nominated for YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Ah, those wacky librarians!
I used to have to milk the goats for a family I used to babysit for when I was in high school. Weird. That goat has the nastiest disposition!
D.
Oh my god, I’m in NC and you WERE in NC. I was singing at the Biltmore house on the 23rd. Blah.
There really aren’t that many more days of Brotherhood 2.0 and that’s making me sadder and sadder every day. I didn’t watch your video yesterday because I though that I might not watch the last few days so I would have to be sad. This is totally going to suck.
That book is so cute!
I’m with Emilita. the end is coming and it’s making me sad. These videos never fail to brighten my day and so many awesome things have come out of the project.
1f70Hey John, I was pretty upset when I heard about Benazir Bhutto’s assasination. I was wondering if you had any thoughts?
Was that T.S. Eliot quote in “Looking for Alaska”? Because it sounded strangely familiar, and, until recently, I have never been a big one for books, at least not novels and things of that sort. But that does sound familiar and the only book I have been reading recently was Alaska, so yeah.
By the way that reminds me, thank you Green brothers for increasing my interest in wanting to read more. You’ve thrown out in your videos, so I might start with those, and then discover anything else I would like to read, but thanks though. DFTBA.
Merry Belated Christmas and a Happy New Year (although it will be sad actually for you and for us NerdFighters)!
John, I just want to say that I really like your glasses. I am a really big fan of them. Also, I’m really going to miss you guys next year. And the funny thing is that I only started watching last week, but I can already tell that my life will have a big, empty, nerdfighter shaped hole starting January 1.
As if I didn’t love the Green family already - goats!!! I’m 32 years old and one of my dreams is to own goats one day! I lovelovelove goats!
I also suggested charitable giving with my siblings and parents (exchange charities and donate for one another), and got horrible responses! One brother - knowing I’m animal-friendly - responded with a caustic email, including “It ain’t dinner till something dies”, and a sister told me I had taken all the FUN out of HER Christmas. It was awful. So my brother sent me a knife (?) and no one answered my phone calls or replied to me when I called them on the 25th. It was so odd.
Maybe I was switched at birth and I was supposed to be your sister! No worries. Note to Sheryl - thanks for being there and supporting me!
Ah… cute goats.
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1f4fMerry Christmas Nerdfighters! (Even though I’m posting this on December 29th, I feel I ought to say it at some point.)
The Happy Dance project was awesome - even though my happy dance wasn’t on there
Three videos left until the end.
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Hank, please sing my Accio Deathly Hallows or It’s Too Hot sequel in a video. I will keep posting this message until you either sing it, or say no to this request in a video.
Aw man! I’ve read Gin Tama, it was hilarious. Somewhat lacking in plot, however. I got it for free at ALA.
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