(plays guitar) Good morning John, it's Thursday, July 26th. And hello to our new viewers! Welcome. This is Brotherhood 2.0. (lunchbox on head) Sometimes we put stuff on our heads. (zips closed over face) (coughs) It smelled funny in there. It's been a little bit difficult for me to stop doing my happy dance lately. I'm out, at the store, and I'm doing my happy dance. I'm walking down the street and I'm doing my happy dance. I'm in the shower and I'm doing my happy dance even though it's really dangerous because there's no traction in my tub. And that could really- it could- it could turn bad. It could turn bad. For those of you who've never seen it, I just did my happy dance a little while ago and I caught it on camera so here it is. (Happy dances)
It's excellent aerobic exercise. I think that everybody knows why I've been doing my happy dance. But if not, just go onto the front page of YouTube and on there you will see me. Looking. Out. From the front page of YouTube from a little square. Aksio akio ashio assio oshkosh bigokio Deathly Hallows has been featured on the front page of YouTube! And it's been watched over 200 thousand times! 200 thousand times!
Now I know what you're all thinking. You're thinking Hank, it's really great that you were featured on the front page of YouTube. I'm- I'm happy for you. But what is the price of YouTube fame? The price is that for every 100 views your video gets there will be one comment. And when there aren't very many comments you can take them each individually and they seem lovely. And occasionally annoying. But when there are 2000 of them they start to take shape and it's a shape kind of like this (bell curve) and while this nice bell curve at the top you have lots of people being very nice you also have these two extremes. In which people are either being way too mean, or way too nice.
A sample of a comment from each section would be something like this. (starting at mean side of bell curve, moving to nice) You have: Yr Gay, Yr Gay, But yr funny, Cool video, Laughing my ass off, yr a fricken genius!, and please let me have your babies. The strange this is that when you have a big sample like this every person sees it very differently. For example your mom will see this (graph with only Cool Video Well Done :-) and LMAO, Yr a GENIUS) Whereas your wife will see this (graph with only pleaaaese let me have your babies) and you, yourself, will see this (graph with only Yr Gay and Yr Gay, But that was Funny). So in the end it becomes kind of a very stressful thing. It feels like half the people are saying you're gay, and half the people want you to have their babies. I imagine I don't have to point at the irony here. But in either case your wife is upset! But I've been able to temper it. I've been able to see that most people are just being very nice and supportive. If I can just shave off the people who either want to be my girlfriend or want me to get a girlfriend, then I can just- I can be happy.
And when they're not saying that I pronounced Accio or Akio wrong, which fine, I did, it's nice. It's pleasant. The people are very cool. Ahem, the people are very jokes. Um, yes, I do think that it would be jokes if we used the word jokes instead of jokes whenever we said jokes. I mean, I think it would be cool if we said the word jokes instead of cool every time we said the word cool.
John I'm glad you're feeling better and I will see you tomorrow.
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Wednesday, November 3
Friday the 13th: Step it Up!
Good Morning John, it's Friday April 13th. I don't know very much about Kurt Vonnegut, but it's pretty clear that the English nerdfighters do, and with them I mourn. In times of mourning, it's easy to concentrate on the increase of worldsuck, but Brotherhood 2.0 isn't about recognizing when suck levels increase, it's about decreasing suck levels. This stuff on my head is for Kurt Vonnegut, but this video is for decreasing worldsuck.
(is wearing a compact fluorescent lightbulb on his head) Let's spend a little bit of time talking about global warming. As my last video showed, I spend an awful lot of time thinking about global warming, and while a vast majority of Americans have decided that global warming is a really big deal and that we really need to do something about it, so far no one is doing anything about it. I mean, we are individually, people are buying Priuses and turning off lights and using compact florescent lightbulbs, which I heartily encourage you to do. What needs to be done, can't be done just by individuals. There are pretty much three types of entities in the world: there are people, there are corporations, and there are governments. We got the people. We need the corporations and the governments. And I'll tell you what, it feels like we have the corporations more than we have the government, which is just screwed up! So if you want to talk about decreasing suck levels worldwide, we need to talk about decreasing temperatures worldwide, or at least decrease carbon emissions.
And just by coincidence, tomorrow is Step It Up Day. Step It Up is a campaign started by Bill McKibben, the guy who wrote that book I told you to read. Basically, its a campaign to say "Okay, Congress, uh, now we all agree that there's a problem, and you all agree that there's a problem, now you should do something." And the good news is that almost everybody can participate in a Step It Up event because they're like, they're everywhere. We've got one in Missoula, and one in Glacier, and one in Corvallis. I mean, in terms of Montana, thats like having three block parties on the same block. This is a big deal! There's like 400 of these things going on in New York City alone. Basically, everybody's getting together and having a bloddy fantastic time, trying not to emit very much carbon, and getting really angry at Congress! I mean, I love being angry at Congress.
John, I know that there's a bunch of these cool things going on in New York, and I challenge you to attend one of them. I want to see video of you at a Step It Up rally, even if you have to have a Step It Up rally of one, I want to see you asking Congress to step it up for 2007 and actually make some change. Also, I know there's some eco-nerdfighters out there, I want to see you guys stepping it up too. My personal step it up project, I am going to turn off my house. All of it... a-all of it, you won't see me on the internet, I won't be there because my house will be off. I will also be attending a rally in downtown Missoula and, uh I will be gardening, because that doesn't take any power, and it's a good thing to do anyways.
I have to go because this thing is falling off my head. I'll see you on Monday.
(is wearing a compact fluorescent lightbulb on his head) Let's spend a little bit of time talking about global warming. As my last video showed, I spend an awful lot of time thinking about global warming, and while a vast majority of Americans have decided that global warming is a really big deal and that we really need to do something about it, so far no one is doing anything about it. I mean, we are individually, people are buying Priuses and turning off lights and using compact florescent lightbulbs, which I heartily encourage you to do. What needs to be done, can't be done just by individuals. There are pretty much three types of entities in the world: there are people, there are corporations, and there are governments. We got the people. We need the corporations and the governments. And I'll tell you what, it feels like we have the corporations more than we have the government, which is just screwed up! So if you want to talk about decreasing suck levels worldwide, we need to talk about decreasing temperatures worldwide, or at least decrease carbon emissions.
And just by coincidence, tomorrow is Step It Up Day. Step It Up is a campaign started by Bill McKibben, the guy who wrote that book I told you to read. Basically, its a campaign to say "Okay, Congress, uh, now we all agree that there's a problem, and you all agree that there's a problem, now you should do something." And the good news is that almost everybody can participate in a Step It Up event because they're like, they're everywhere. We've got one in Missoula, and one in Glacier, and one in Corvallis. I mean, in terms of Montana, thats like having three block parties on the same block. This is a big deal! There's like 400 of these things going on in New York City alone. Basically, everybody's getting together and having a bloddy fantastic time, trying not to emit very much carbon, and getting really angry at Congress! I mean, I love being angry at Congress.
John, I know that there's a bunch of these cool things going on in New York, and I challenge you to attend one of them. I want to see video of you at a Step It Up rally, even if you have to have a Step It Up rally of one, I want to see you asking Congress to step it up for 2007 and actually make some change. Also, I know there's some eco-nerdfighters out there, I want to see you guys stepping it up too. My personal step it up project, I am going to turn off my house. All of it... a-all of it, you won't see me on the internet, I won't be there because my house will be off. I will also be attending a rally in downtown Missoula and, uh I will be gardening, because that doesn't take any power, and it's a good thing to do anyways.
I have to go because this thing is falling off my head. I'll see you on Monday.
Tuesday, November 2
March 26th: Thanks
(John in a hospital bed; his left eye is barely open) Good morning, Hank. It’s Tuesday, March 27th. I’m coming to you from NYU Medical Center where I’ll be for at least one more day. Sarah was like, “Make sure they know you’re sick!” (holds up arm to reveal hospital bracelet and IV tube) I’m sick; that’s my IV port. But I’m doing okay, and I’m doing a lot better since I watched your video. Man, did that make my week.
You know, I’ve said thank you about thirty-five thousand times in the last few days. You say thank you every time the, uh, the woman comes in and gives you a new IV; you say thank you when they bring you your food. You say thank you when the yeti, uh, shows up. (the yeti’s hand caresses his face; he smiles and looks at her; she laughs) I like the yeti. You say thank you when the yeti spends twelve hours a day here. You say thank you every minute of every day, basically, because you’re helpless and you need a lot of help and you’re grateful for that help.
Uh, but it’s a very different thank you when you’re saying thank you to someone for going way above and beyond the call of duty. He said doodie! And, uh, that’s what you guys did. Um, Hank, you in particular, but also all of the viewers to send in those pictures of stuff on their head. And for me to be able to learn the exciting spoiler that Ron Weasley is going to die via suffication in a plastic bag in The Deathly Hallows, to learn all of the wonderful things that one can put on one’s head, from an ironing board to a large, knee-length boot. I don’t know what else to say except (does Nerd Fighter sign). Thanks, Nerd Fighters. You guys are made of awesome.
Anyway, Hank, the word on the street is that I should be getting out fairly soon, either tomorrow or Thursday, provided things continue to move along as they’ve been moving along. If you look at it’s way better. (close-up of face; left eye is pretty red) Hmm? Look how much…look how much more white there is! You’re looking up my nose, aren’t you? You are. Dammit.
Hopefully I will see you tomorrow here, but you will see me on Thursday at 88th Street.
(after the Brotherhood 2.0 logo) Thanks again.
You know, I’ve said thank you about thirty-five thousand times in the last few days. You say thank you every time the, uh, the woman comes in and gives you a new IV; you say thank you when they bring you your food. You say thank you when the yeti, uh, shows up. (the yeti’s hand caresses his face; he smiles and looks at her; she laughs) I like the yeti. You say thank you when the yeti spends twelve hours a day here. You say thank you every minute of every day, basically, because you’re helpless and you need a lot of help and you’re grateful for that help.
Uh, but it’s a very different thank you when you’re saying thank you to someone for going way above and beyond the call of duty. He said doodie! And, uh, that’s what you guys did. Um, Hank, you in particular, but also all of the viewers to send in those pictures of stuff on their head. And for me to be able to learn the exciting spoiler that Ron Weasley is going to die via suffication in a plastic bag in The Deathly Hallows, to learn all of the wonderful things that one can put on one’s head, from an ironing board to a large, knee-length boot. I don’t know what else to say except (does Nerd Fighter sign). Thanks, Nerd Fighters. You guys are made of awesome.
Anyway, Hank, the word on the street is that I should be getting out fairly soon, either tomorrow or Thursday, provided things continue to move along as they’ve been moving along. If you look at it’s way better. (close-up of face; left eye is pretty red) Hmm? Look how much…look how much more white there is! You’re looking up my nose, aren’t you? You are. Dammit.
Hopefully I will see you tomorrow here, but you will see me on Thursday at 88th Street.
(after the Brotherhood 2.0 logo) Thanks again.
March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads!
Good morning, John. It’s Monday, March 26th. I hope you’re feeling better. Last I heard, you were. And if you’re not, you will be soon. I mean, this is awesome.
(Video of a bunch of people with stuff on their heads; music playing is “Thank You (For Not Being One of Them)” by The Mr. T Experience)
Ends with a girl with a lava lamp on her head: Get well soon!
(after the Brotherhood 2.0 logo)
A man with a colored chandelier on his head: I’m going to eat this clove of garlic. (sticks clove of garlic in his mouth)
Woman next to him with a stuffed duck on her head: Yuck.
Man: It kind of hurts.
(Video of a bunch of people with stuff on their heads; music playing is “Thank You (For Not Being One of Them)” by The Mr. T Experience)
Ends with a girl with a lava lamp on her head: Get well soon!
(after the Brotherhood 2.0 logo)
A man with a colored chandelier on his head: I’m going to eat this clove of garlic. (sticks clove of garlic in his mouth)
Woman next to him with a stuffed duck on her head: Yuck.
Man: It kind of hurts.
Woman: Yeah, I don’t think I’m going to be kissing him for quite a long, long time.
(man gags; woman laughs and pats him on the back)
Man: Oh, my God. I think that I just saw God.
Woman: Okay, John, we really hope that your eyeball gets better.
Man: Yep.
Woman: Okay, bye guys!
Man: See ya later. Oh, my God!
(Puppet show behind a plaid sheet and/or couch)
(man gags; woman laughs and pats him on the back)
Man: Oh, my God. I think that I just saw God.
Woman: Okay, John, we really hope that your eyeball gets better.
Man: Yep.
Woman: Okay, bye guys!
Man: See ya later. Oh, my God!
(Puppet show behind a plaid sheet and/or couch)
Hand with a British accent and a plastic bag on its “head”: Look guys! Look what I’ve got on my head!
Two sock puppets: Ron, no! (Ron chokes and then dies)
One of the sock puppets: He’s dead.
The other one: Noooo!!!!
(white screen that reads, “Music: The Mr. T. Experience / Thank You (For Not Being One of Them);” transitions to white screen that reads, “Nerd Fighter Music / Written by Frank Portman, Author of King Dork;” transitions to “Thank you to everyone watching!”; transitions to “And especially to everyone who submitted pictures”
Two sock puppets: Ron, no! (Ron chokes and then dies)
One of the sock puppets: He’s dead.
The other one: Noooo!!!!
(white screen that reads, “Music: The Mr. T. Experience / Thank You (For Not Being One of Them);” transitions to white screen that reads, “Nerd Fighter Music / Written by Frank Portman, Author of King Dork;” transitions to “Thank you to everyone watching!”; transitions to “And especially to everyone who submitted pictures”
March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards
(Hank has a box made of misprinted EcoGeek business cards on his head) Good morning, John. It’s Thursday, March 22nd. I just mixed a Misprinted Business Card Utilization idea with putting stuff on my head. Now all I have to do is put a misprinted business card in my pants and then put my pants on my head. Hmmm? (holds up box; puts box in pants; puts pants on head) So, I haven’t figured out what I’m gonna talk about today. Well, first I have to show you how I made this misprinted business card utilization idea. And second, I think I’m going to talk about my new edition to the Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club. (pants slide off head; shakes head)
A very long time ago a commenter suggested that I make a cube out of my misprinted business cards. And I thought he was kind of crazy. But then I realized all I needed was a little magic. (waves fingers in midair; business cards fly up and form into a perfect box) Okay, actually he sent me to a tutorial. You need six business cards. You actually will eventually need twelve, but start with six. They all have to be the exact same size, which is fine for me because all of mine are the same size.
Then, you take one and you bend it over the other (demonstrates). You end up with these little cups. You have to combine them using a lot of manual dexterity. Put them together (builds box) This is half the cube…this is when it starts to get really hard. Get this on camera because you have to hold everything while you’re doing it. one more piece and the cube will be done. Voila! Suddenly a surprisingly sturdy cube. Now, this is kind of ugly. What the tutorial advises is that you use these flappy things, here and here, and you use other little cups that you’ve made, and you slide them into your flappy things like so (demonstrates). Your face becomes a flat, pretty face instead of these tabby, ugly faces. So, now you just do that six times, and you’ve got this! (complete box) This is a beautiful little EcoGeek cube, that I’ve used now in my intros to my EcoGeek videos, which you will soon be able to see on ecogeek.org.
Now, everyone knows that I had to read We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with our Families. You didn’t have to read anything because the book I made you read was your book that you were writing because you needed to finish your book because you were past your deadline. Plus, all the people who watch Brotherhood 2.0 are John Green fans, and I think they would all hate me if I stood between you and finishing your book. So I’ve decided that you should read (holds the book up) World Changing: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century. Yes, it is this big. Yes, I am kidding. I considered having you read The God Delusion, but I think maybe that would be a little too inflammatory. So, instead, I’m asking you to read Bill McKibben’s new book, Deep Economy. Because I run EcoGeek, I’m getting a free copy of Deep Economy, and I’ll be reading it too because I’m probably going to be interviewing the author for my website. And it’d be good to know what the book's about first, and I’d like to talk about it with you before the interview, if possible, before the interview.
(with a tan purse on his head) Thank you to everyone who has taken my plea to put stuff on your heads so seriously. I really do believe that this is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease WorldSuck. (turns head sideways) I look like a Trojan! (raises arm, pretending to carry a spear, trumpets) Doo-doo-doo-doo!
I hope you all won’t think I’m selfish when I say this. I mean, it’s great to see John with dumb stuff on his head, and I do like putting stuff on my own head, but I kind of want to see stuff on your head. So maybe we could set something up where people could send us pictures of stuff on their heads. And videos, and videos of stuff on their heads! And people doing stuff while stuff is on their heads! Yes, yes, I think this is a good idea. Anyhow, I’ll see ya' morrow.
A very long time ago a commenter suggested that I make a cube out of my misprinted business cards. And I thought he was kind of crazy. But then I realized all I needed was a little magic. (waves fingers in midair; business cards fly up and form into a perfect box) Okay, actually he sent me to a tutorial. You need six business cards. You actually will eventually need twelve, but start with six. They all have to be the exact same size, which is fine for me because all of mine are the same size.
Then, you take one and you bend it over the other (demonstrates). You end up with these little cups. You have to combine them using a lot of manual dexterity. Put them together (builds box) This is half the cube…this is when it starts to get really hard. Get this on camera because you have to hold everything while you’re doing it. one more piece and the cube will be done. Voila! Suddenly a surprisingly sturdy cube. Now, this is kind of ugly. What the tutorial advises is that you use these flappy things, here and here, and you use other little cups that you’ve made, and you slide them into your flappy things like so (demonstrates). Your face becomes a flat, pretty face instead of these tabby, ugly faces. So, now you just do that six times, and you’ve got this! (complete box) This is a beautiful little EcoGeek cube, that I’ve used now in my intros to my EcoGeek videos, which you will soon be able to see on ecogeek.org.
Now, everyone knows that I had to read We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with our Families. You didn’t have to read anything because the book I made you read was your book that you were writing because you needed to finish your book because you were past your deadline. Plus, all the people who watch Brotherhood 2.0 are John Green fans, and I think they would all hate me if I stood between you and finishing your book. So I’ve decided that you should read (holds the book up) World Changing: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century. Yes, it is this big. Yes, I am kidding. I considered having you read The God Delusion, but I think maybe that would be a little too inflammatory. So, instead, I’m asking you to read Bill McKibben’s new book, Deep Economy. Because I run EcoGeek, I’m getting a free copy of Deep Economy, and I’ll be reading it too because I’m probably going to be interviewing the author for my website. And it’d be good to know what the book's about first, and I’d like to talk about it with you before the interview, if possible, before the interview.
(with a tan purse on his head) Thank you to everyone who has taken my plea to put stuff on your heads so seriously. I really do believe that this is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease WorldSuck. (turns head sideways) I look like a Trojan! (raises arm, pretending to carry a spear, trumpets) Doo-doo-doo-doo!
I hope you all won’t think I’m selfish when I say this. I mean, it’s great to see John with dumb stuff on his head, and I do like putting stuff on my own head, but I kind of want to see stuff on your head. So maybe we could set something up where people could send us pictures of stuff on their heads. And videos, and videos of stuff on their heads! And people doing stuff while stuff is on their heads! Yes, yes, I think this is a good idea. Anyhow, I’ll see ya' morrow.
Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head
(squinting his left eye due to a case of pink eye) Good morning, Hank. It’s Wednesday, March 21st. I assume you don’t want to look at my eye for the next three minutes, so let’s find something else to do. First, we’re gonna look at these beautiful pictures that the guide shot inside the abandoned cathedral, I mean theatre, in Detroit. (another picture) They do a much better job showing what it’s like to be inside than the video does. (another picture) Thanks to the guide at snweb.org for these pictures.
And finally, Hank, I’ve been thinking of what you should do when you’ve had a long day that’s kind of been bad, and your eye hurts, and it’s weepy and gross and no one wants to be near you and everyone looks at you funny. And it seems to me that the answer is simple. You just take stuff…
(with a box of Shredded Spoonfuls over his head) And you put it on your head! Wait, where’s the camera…where am I? Put it on your head!
(singing)
(with a green laptop case on head) When you’re sad and you’ve got pink-eye,
(a blue and while bowl) the world seems rough and suck levels are high,
(a pair of tan argyle socks) just remember there’s one thing that you can do.
(a copy of An Abundance of Katherines) And it always works, too.
(a map of Manhattan) You’ve gotta put stuff on your head, put stuff on your head.
(a blue tote bag) Well, it can be blue
(a red pair of shorts) or it can be red.
(a copy of mental_floss) The color doesn’t matter if it’s on your head!
(a picture of Woody Guthrie) Attach a photo of Woody right on to your mellon,
(a Christmas stocking with a reindeer) or affix a Christmas stocking to your cerebellum.
The only rule of thumb is don’t use a plastic bag…‘cause that could go really wrong.
(the blue tote bag) You gotta put stuff on your head, put stuff on your head.
Well, it could be blue
(the top of a Scrabble box) or it could be red.
(the Christmas stocking) The color doesn’t matter if it’s on your head! Thank you New York!
What’s on your head?
(the red shorts) Hank, I’ll see you tomorrow.
And finally, Hank, I’ve been thinking of what you should do when you’ve had a long day that’s kind of been bad, and your eye hurts, and it’s weepy and gross and no one wants to be near you and everyone looks at you funny. And it seems to me that the answer is simple. You just take stuff…
(with a box of Shredded Spoonfuls over his head) And you put it on your head! Wait, where’s the camera…where am I? Put it on your head!
(singing)
(with a green laptop case on head) When you’re sad and you’ve got pink-eye,
(a blue and while bowl) the world seems rough and suck levels are high,
(a pair of tan argyle socks) just remember there’s one thing that you can do.
(a copy of An Abundance of Katherines) And it always works, too.
(a map of Manhattan) You’ve gotta put stuff on your head, put stuff on your head.
(a blue tote bag) Well, it can be blue
(a red pair of shorts) or it can be red.
(a copy of mental_floss) The color doesn’t matter if it’s on your head!
(a picture of Woody Guthrie) Attach a photo of Woody right on to your mellon,
(a Christmas stocking with a reindeer) or affix a Christmas stocking to your cerebellum.
The only rule of thumb is don’t use a plastic bag…‘cause that could go really wrong.
(the blue tote bag) You gotta put stuff on your head, put stuff on your head.
Well, it could be blue
(the top of a Scrabble box) or it could be red.
(the Christmas stocking) The color doesn’t matter if it’s on your head! Thank you New York!
What’s on your head?
(the red shorts) Hank, I’ll see you tomorrow.
March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age
Good morning, John. It's Tuesday, March 20th, and I have begun watching The Office. (listens to theme song for the US version and dances along) I like The Office! I...I am on Team Pam! I haven't met Karen yet; definitely so far am a fan of Pam. In fact, maybe too much of a fan, as I've been watching it with Katherine and repeatedly telling her how much a fan I am of Pam. But it's okay, right? I mean, I can think of four guys right off the top of my head that Katherine has crushes on that she's never met. Eddie Izzard, Christian Bale, Edward Martin, Hugh Jackman, Hugh Grant. Wait, was...was that five?
Your little building excursion got me thinking. It was also my experience with the punk-rock Peep-eating. Now, a lot of people say that, as you get older, you get smarter, you mature, you start doing less stupid things. And those same people say that young people are stupid. But those people must have never met your guide or Kurt, the punk-rock NerdFighter. Kurt and the guide were ready for experiences. Things may be a little bit out of the ordinary, maybe even a little bit illegal. Illegal experiences I do not condone.
When the opportunity presents itself, why ignore something new, something interesting, something different? And I’m proud of you for fighting your fear and going ahead and chasing after that experience. I’m starting to very seriously consider the prospect that, as you get older, you get stupider, incrementally, every year, stupider and stupider. What I mean is that maybe you have a bad experience, or…or you put your values in all the wrong places, and you end up really consciously avoiding anything that might be fun.
I mean, go to any Walmart in America and watch what happens. The little kids put things on their heads, run around, act silly, do stupid things. And then their parents are like, “Billy, you can’t do that in Walmart! This is just not the place to be having fun!” You know what? I think we should all be at Walmart, putting stuff on our heads! (has a polka dot gift bag on his head) We need to take a cue from the four-year-olds of the world. Putting things on your head is fun! Fun is good for you! There’s no Walmart police force telling you not to put things on your head!
More than a dozen people completely ignored me when I was sitting on the street giving away Peeps. What I felt like I was saying was, “Here, this is something different, something that doesn’t generally happen to you in your normal day. Take this strangeness, this experience, and have some fun with it!” Kurt heard me loud and clear. But that’s not what most of the people heard. They heard something like, “I’m weird, and weird people are dangerous.”
If you find yourself getting older and less silly, do something about it. Put something on your head! Do it. Put it on your head! I’ll see you tomorrow.
Your little building excursion got me thinking. It was also my experience with the punk-rock Peep-eating. Now, a lot of people say that, as you get older, you get smarter, you mature, you start doing less stupid things. And those same people say that young people are stupid. But those people must have never met your guide or Kurt, the punk-rock NerdFighter. Kurt and the guide were ready for experiences. Things may be a little bit out of the ordinary, maybe even a little bit illegal. Illegal experiences I do not condone.
When the opportunity presents itself, why ignore something new, something interesting, something different? And I’m proud of you for fighting your fear and going ahead and chasing after that experience. I’m starting to very seriously consider the prospect that, as you get older, you get stupider, incrementally, every year, stupider and stupider. What I mean is that maybe you have a bad experience, or…or you put your values in all the wrong places, and you end up really consciously avoiding anything that might be fun.
I mean, go to any Walmart in America and watch what happens. The little kids put things on their heads, run around, act silly, do stupid things. And then their parents are like, “Billy, you can’t do that in Walmart! This is just not the place to be having fun!” You know what? I think we should all be at Walmart, putting stuff on our heads! (has a polka dot gift bag on his head) We need to take a cue from the four-year-olds of the world. Putting things on your head is fun! Fun is good for you! There’s no Walmart police force telling you not to put things on your head!
More than a dozen people completely ignored me when I was sitting on the street giving away Peeps. What I felt like I was saying was, “Here, this is something different, something that doesn’t generally happen to you in your normal day. Take this strangeness, this experience, and have some fun with it!” Kurt heard me loud and clear. But that’s not what most of the people heard. They heard something like, “I’m weird, and weird people are dangerous.”
If you find yourself getting older and less silly, do something about it. Put something on your head! Do it. Put it on your head! I’ll see you tomorrow.
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