May 2011
92 posts
“To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness...”
– David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
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middleclasscommunist asked: You do realise that, if you look up "John Green" on Wikipedia without specifying a profession, the third person from the bottom is a yeti researcher?
“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a...”
– - W. H. Auden
Bridget Zinn, a writer whose blog I’d followed for years, has died. (She had cancer. She was 33.) I didn’t know her at all except as a fan of her storytelling. Even so, I was reminded of this great poem by W. H. Auden, which I love because it is unafraid to be angry and...
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I met a Nerdfighter IRL today!
spindip:
I was getting on an airplane wearing a Vlogbrothers shirt, and this girl came up and said “Hey, I love your shirt!” We started talking and it turns out that she’s a huge fan of VBs. We had a really fun conversation about the videos and both of us agreed that Hank and John are ridiculously intelligent. Which is obvious, but still.
Anyway, I’m excited because I’ve never met a...
TIL that many Belgian nerdfighters have tumblrs.
Hello, Belgians. Thanks for the great day in Bruges, and for the chocolate and for the DFTBA card that many of you signed and for the general vibe of awesome that surrounds you and also for helping me navigate the labyrinthine world of low country train travel when seemingly every train to Amsterdam was afgeschaft.
DFTBA!
I’m going to go to bed now.
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dimensionallytranscendental:
CRYING
OH MY GOD JOHN GREEN
WHY
Sorry.
DFTBA not found →
effyeahnerdfighters:
>:)
This is why you should use dft.ba as your link shortener: Even when it fails, it succeeds.
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I made a nerdfighter intro packet!
ghostofchristmaspast:
YOU CAN ACCESS IT HERE!
For my friends imonlyherebecauseofsodaspill and hearts-still-beating, but also for everyone who is interested in becoming a nerdfighter or learning more about nerdfighteria! Please share with all of your friends who are possible nerdfighters!
This is fantastic.
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Just finished another draft.
I believe I will have a glass of wine now.
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“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of...”
– -Wallace Stevens
This is the fifth of Stevens’ famous “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” and my favorite. Stevens knew how to break a line, didn’t he? Reminds me of sillage, the word for the scent a perfume leaves behind when the person wearing it has walked past.
NERDFIGHTER ALPHABET
effyeahnerdfighters:
A- Anglerfish
B- Blenderized Happy Meal
C- Chester Drawers
D- DFTBA
E- Esther Earl
F- French the Llama
G- Giant Squid of Anger
H- Hanko de Mayo
I- It’s Too Hot
J- J-Scribble
K- Katherine
L- Looking for Alaska
M- Maureen Johnson
N- Nerdfighters
O- Obama Llama Song
P- Peanut Butter Face
Q- Question...
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toastermic asked: What do you think when you see yourself in 2007 in your first video saying "I'm not going to be good at this..."
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loverandwriter-deactivated20110 asked: Please tell me that you are trolling us with the comment about Q and Lacey.
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thisblogklilsproductivity asked: About Josh Schwartz’s screenplay that he wrote for Looking for Alaska - can it be released publicly? Or is that not possible because of legal things? Because I desperately want to read it :)
I feel like a bad nerdfighter because I've not...
saffythegeek:
I’ve tried so hard to find them though, they’re always sold out or not in stock when I go looking for them :(
Dear saffythegeek,
1. Do not feel like a bad nerdfighter! There are many excellent nerdfighters who have not read my books, and that is okay! Your nerdfighterness is not defined by what you read or listen to or any such silliness.
2. I am very fortunate that my books...
