Today (just today!) nerdfighters around the world have loaned more than $50,000 to entrepreneurs throughout the developing world, from Rwanda to Kosovo.
That’s more money than the kiva nerdfighter group loaned in its first YEAR. Happy Birthday, Hank!
If you want to join the lending binge, check out the nerdfighter kiva group!
Hi, Hank.
1. Happy 33rd Birthday.
2. In the past, we’ve gotten you extremely elaborate birthday presents here in nerdfighteria. We got you a piece of the James Webb Space Telescope, planted many trees in your honor, and so on. This year, I’m giving you the biggest and best present ever:
You don’t have to do anything elaborate for my birthday this year. I know this is a huge relief to you, and I happen to know it’s the present you want most of all.
2a. Also I am getting you a niece/nephew, which is a bit time-consuming at the moment.
3. I was going to make a video about this, but I didn’t because I just had oral surgery and there are a lot of stitches in my mouth.
4. You are a great brother, a made-of-awesome nerdfighter, and a person who is changing the world in cool ways. And I love you.
5. Nerdfighters, if you want to join me in celebrating Hank’s birthday, why not make a loan to an entrepreneur in the developing world through kiva.org? If you’re new to kiva, your first loan is free.
I made you a video critically analyzing GIFs of animals interrupting sporting events. (Really.)
I AM YOUR DOCTOR NOW, TUMBLR.
Henry and I made dinner together last night.
While we were discussing celery, he revealed that he is a communist, which should make tumblr happy.
The story of how tumblr facilitated a collaboration across three continents that culminated in an actual thing.
Updated post! We’ve added events from all across the country (even one event in Vietnam!) for the anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars! Check below for a live streaming or trivia (or both!) event near you. We will be adding to this list as we receive more details about new events, so check back!
It’s been a year since the publication of Green’s acclaimed The Fault in Our Stars. To mark the anniversary, Green and his brother will be speaking at Carnegie Hall—and everyone is invited, via live streaming video! Find an event near your hometown and you won’t have to miss a second of it. Be sure to check your local event, as some are first come first serve (no tickets), and some require reservations.
You can also host your very own meetup, and watch the Vlogbrothers livestream with Nerdfighters near you! Register at tumblr.com/meetups/organize and include the phrase ‘John Green Meetup’ in the venue field to receive a special Tumblr Meetup kit, while supplies last. 15 lucky people who sign up for a meetup kit will come with extra goodies, including a signed copy of the exclusive poster above!
CALIFORNIA
Keplers
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
4 PM
1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025Marin County Free Library Novato Branch
Trivia event
January 19, 2013
2-4:00 PM
1720 Novato Blvd, Novato, CA 94947COLORADO
Westminster Public Library
Trivia event
January 19 & 20, 2013
1-5 PM
3705 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031INDIANA
Cathedral High School Library/Media Center
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
4:00 PM
5225 E. 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46226The Learning Curve @ Central Library (Indianapolis Public Library)
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
40 E. Clair St, Indianapolis, IN 46208Hamilton East Public Library: Teen Zone
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
One Library Plaza, Noblesville, IN 46060Danville Center Township, Public Library
Live stream event: January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
Trivia: January 19, 2013
9-5 PM
Trivia: January 20, 2013
2-5 PM
101 South Indiana Street, Danville, IN 46122MASSACHUSETTS
The Public Library of Brookline
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
6:30 PM
361 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445Politics and Prose at Takoma Park Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7 PM
101 Philadelphia Avenue Takoma Park, MA 20912Beverly Public Library: Sohier Room
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7-8:30 PM
32 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset MA
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
35 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA 02025Gleason Teens at the Gleason Public Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
6:30 PM
22 Bedford Road, Carlisle, MA 01741MAINE
Fryeburg Academy Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
6:30 PM
745 Main Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037MICHIGAN
Gaines Township Branch of the Kent District Library
Trivia event
All Weekend, January 19th and 20th 2013
421 68th Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49548NEW JERSEY
Mount Laurel Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
6:30 PM
100 Walt Whitman Ave, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054Cape May County Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
4 Moore Road, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210Cherry Hill Public Library—Cherry Hill, NJ
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
6:30-8:30 PM
1100 Kings Hwy North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034Warren County Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7-9 PM
199 Hardwick Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823NEW MEXICO
Alamosa Books
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
5 PM
8810 Holly Ave NE Ste D , Albuquerque, NM 87122Bookworks
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
5 PM
4022 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest, Albuquerque, NM 87107NEW YORK
Anderson’s Book Shop
January 15, 2013
Trivia/Pizza Party
5pm
Live stream event
5pm
96 Chatsworth Ave
Larchmont, NY 10538TEXAS
Stephenville High School
Trivia event
January 15, 2013
11:40-1:10 PM (during all three lunches!)
2650 W. Overhill, Stephenville, TX 76401VIRGINIA
Chatham Hall Lee Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7:00 PM
800 Chatham Hall Circle, Chatham, VA 24531Jefferson-Madison Regional Library—Central Library
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7-9 PM (*trivia contest will be held all day—9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
201 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902Crozet Library
Live stream event: January 15, 2013
6:30-9 PM
Trivia: January 19, 2013
9-5:00 PM
5791 Three Notch’d Road, Crozet, VA 22932VERMONT
Phoenix Books
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
7 PM
191 Bank Street, Burlington, VT 05401WASHINGTON
Village Books
Live stream event
January 15, 2013
4 PM
1200 11th Street Bellingham, WA 98225VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh City American Academy
Live stream event
January 16, 2013
7:00 AM
16 Vo Truong Toan Street, An Phu Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
From California to Vietnam, people will be gathering to watch the Carnegie Hall Show with Hank and me and the Mountain Goats and other special guests. You could watch it at home on your computer, but it will be far more fun with other nerdfighters!
Why Does Congress Suck?In which John Green seeks to explain why the United States congress has become so astonishingly inefficient that it can’t even reach a compromise to avert disaster, and why—thanks to clever redistricting—most congresspeople are now incentivized not to work seriously on policy. Along the way there’s a bit of historical context, a lot of frustration, some screaming, and a celebration of the beginning of the 7th year of the vlogbrothers channel.
I was going to make a Huzzah for Six Great Years video, but then Congress did its thing. And by “its thing,” I mean nothing.
(I’ve started a DFTBA Records newsletter talking about what’s going on each month and highlighting new/awesome/etc. stuff available. I used to write newsletters very early in my writing career, and now I get to do it for a company I love and believe in, where your purchases support many made-of-awesome people around the world, from painters in Malaysia to Internet heartthrobs living in London. You can sign up for the newsletter on the homepage at dftba.com. Below is this month’s installment.)
I’m John Green and this is the DFTBA.com newsletter, which comes once every month, except for the months we forget about. It’s been a quiet month here at your friendly neighborhood e-tailer, and by quiet I mean INSANE. The DFTBA warehouse looks like a grocery store the day before a hurricane: You’ve ransacked the shelves, friends, and we are grateful for it. So while you’ll certainly find some items out of stock, we still have many wonderful things that make excellent holiday gifts, or also non-holiday gifts.
(Side note: If you live in the US, orders placed now will still arrive before Christmas. If you do not live in the US, well, your men’s national soccer team is probably better than ours, so that’s something.)
So what DFTBA item should you get for the awesome person in your life? Don’t worry. I have some suggestions.
First, we have JEWELRY! Longtime nerdfighter and typography fan Karen Kavett has made her trademark ampersand necklaces available to the world. Each necklace is handmade by Karen, and they are beautiful. If you are not inclined toward necklaces, there is also a first-rate keychain.
But maybe you are looking for SOMETHING AUTOGRAPHED BY ME. Fear not! Several of Mei Lee’sbeautiful posters of quotes from my books are currently in stock, and two—If You Don’t Say the Honest Thing and More Than a Person—are available with my thoroughly unrare but totally authentic autograph.
If you’re looking to DECORATE SOME WALLS without autographs, check out Keep Calm and DFTBA, the beautiful Crash Course World History posters, or Make Your Own Charlie McDonnell.
If you’re looking for PERFECT INEXPENSIVE GIFTS FOR YOUR NERDFIGHTER FRIENDS, check out the beautiful nerdfighter lapel pins, designed by my brother. These need not be pinned to lapels, incidentally. They can also be pinned to backpacks and non-lapel clothing items.
If you’re looking for PHYSICAL RECORDINGS OF MUSIC YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND, let me recommend Mike Falzone’s new CD, Eddplant’s “Nothing to Worry About,” and my brother’s “Ellen Harcastle.” Also, two DFTBA compilation CDs, “Volume 3” and “Taking Back the Covers” are both currently 50% off.
And lastly, if you’re a fan of CLOTHING ITEMS, some sizes are available of Rhett and Link’s Rub Some Bacon On It, the Trippy family’s CTFxC Is for Haters, and Chewie for President.
As always, thanks for supporting DFTBA Records and our artists. It’s been an amazing 2012. Oh and hey while I have you here, make sure you’ve signed up for the mailing list at projectforawesome.com, because the p4a starts a week from today! And as always if you have questions or comments, you can always reach us at dftbarecords -at- gmail.com.
Best wishes!
John Green
Today’s new video asks the question: Why are you on tumblr right now? Distraction or engagement?
It’s true, though. I think the first time we were on the front page of reddit was The Man Who Throws The Tetris Piece (which was also on the front page of Digg), and I kept saying to Sarah, “We* are on the front page of both reddit and digg,” and she was like, “Are those web pages?”
(By the way, if you’re a redditor, join us at the nerdfighter subreddit.)
* We, of course, being Hank.
In my new video, I explain why Hank lost the Great Noodle War of 2012 and also discuss my sparkling new treadmill desk.
(Also, since people keep asking, this is my treadmill desk. It’s expensive, but it’s supposed to be very reliable, and I find it super-comfortable and sturdy.)
…
So you guys can see why I’m growing increasingly uncomfortable with advertising on the vlogbrothers channel.
In my new video, I solve all your problems. Assuming, of course, you have these particular problems.
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