I did it!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- In which John signs (and Lectrojogs) an actual ton. If you're in the U.S. or Canada, you can preorder a signed copy of The Anthropocene Reviewed book: bookshop.org/b...
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Thanks to everyone who has preordered the book, and also to everyone who joined in the signing livestreams. They were a blast, and I will miss them, even if I will not miss signing my name 250,000 times.
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Hi, hello. Some answers to your questions:
1. What does the review of signing your name 250,000 look like? It looks illegible even close up, but I have posted a picture here: twitter.com/anthroreviewed/status/1376940315194576900
2. Every copy of the hardcover U.S. and Canada edition should be signed. I do not know of a certain/reliable way to get signed copies if you live outside the U.S. or Canada. (There may be such ways; I just don't know if they'll work.) However, I am going to do a virtual book tour (more on that soon) that should make it possible for people outside the U.S. to order signed copies. Hopefully! I'm working on it!
3. The art you can see in the shot of the boxes is by the Brazilian artist Marilá Dardot. It's part of a series in which she takes books from her library that are written in languages she does not speak and repurposes them as art installations.
-John
I really want to say: congratulations! That sounds ridiculously difficult! Even harder than writing a book itself!
Re 3: and what's the cracked glass looking piece? It's mesmerising...
I read the review of signing your name 250,000 times and I'm actually crying. I'm so excited to get my copy!
I was really wishing by some luck that book end up in my hands. Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
@@nitfens6863 That's by Tara Donovan. (And it is cracked glass, or a photograph of cracked glass. I don't really understand how it was made.) -John
Tag yourself in my vision board. I'm "I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid." -John
I have big "manifest second shot in arm" energy rn
I'm "live laugh lumbar support"
"Make Life IRL Again."
"'Not having a care in the world' sounds kind of terrible".
Also "live laugh lumbar support"
On my old college campus a squirrel stood next me and ate a BIRD! They’ve never been afraid but I always be afraid of of them and their power.... that being said, this was in a town where they quite literally have a bridge for the squirrels cross the street on so maybe they are just extra comfortable there.
pizza delivery guy - Hey you're John Green. Can I get an autograph?
John - Too soon. Too soon.
Paperwork for Wimbledon sponsorship renewal or s/t: "Subject's signature here: ---"
John: [Shaky sip of coffee.gif[
Oh my God, I hope that 250.000th book goes to a nerdfighter who'll appreciate it ❤️
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Me too! -John
WE ALL WANT IT
@@julianaellameh9496 HAHA IKR
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you might say, you signed a *sheet-ton
*chef kiss*
Ayyyyyyyy~
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You, my dear fellow, are a genius!
John: never again
Electro jog: that’s funny
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Is the Lectrojog taking over the world by being just so darn fun?
@@nitfens6863 I, for one, welcome our new lectrojog overlord. ^^
That lectrojog is such a satisfying machine to use that one must invent reasons to use it.
Having worked in a print shop back in the typeset/offset printing days...the Electro-jog is for reel and it does what it does quite well (shake papers around until they are uniform). A lot of things from the electro-mechanical era are quite fascinating to watch and to ponder how they came to be.
John I feel like you should just keep a couple boxes of sheets at your place at all times. You can sign when you feel like it/when you want to. By the time your next book comes out you would have like 100k signatures ready to go.
That would be a good idea except he has to sign sheets that are the same size and paper that the next book is printed on and that can’t be known until its written.
Not sure that will work. Without the excuse of an upcoming book, it may be hard to justify to family/friends/coworkers even a small time commitment towards a seemingly useless task like this.
@@ArealMrsSmith eh, get the largest standard size paper, sign in the center, and cut down to whatever size the actual book ends up?
There's something here
@@SHolst727 The paper is provided by the publisher, Penguin Random House in this case. I know John has not changed his publisher ever, but even then, they are not gonna mail him a ton of large blank sheets without any book deal.
John: "I could really stand to be Electro Jogged right now." Lol you have signed so many pieces of paper that you have become paper.
In order to sign the paper, one must become paper.
Honestly though I kind of like the idea of being jogged around in a giant lectro jogger
@@juliettedavies1550 If no one makes this, why do we even have capitalism?
Watch him tattoo his signature on himself next
Human Lectrojogging = electroconvulsive therapy?
I am PRETTY sure that this will NOT be the last time he will sign his name this many times...
Maybe not this many times
We shall see, Katniss Potter Holmes. We shall see. -John
Stacks of paper, like a perhaps hand, coming carefully out of nowhere
I'm with Sarah on this one; these quantities of time start to feel like a waste of his talents? Maybe even life? It's not like, if there are 250,000 of them, the signed copies are especially valuable. And I mean, if you made it my job to sign my name quickly, over and over again, I think I'd ask for a pretty high salary.
John said its definitely the last time he attempts a 6 figure number of signitures.
this can only mean one thing: a 7 digit number of signed pieces of paper next time. one million signitures.
“I could really stand to be lectrojogged right now.” Same, John. Same.
It's like the spiritual opposite of the pear wiggler, while having very similar methods.
If someone could just lectrojog my life, please? I feel like that'd make things much easier
You know it's bad when this line REALLY struck a chord with you, hahahah.
"It is possible for perfection to emerge from disorder." What a beautifully poetic way to describe that.
I love to think that disorder at one scale creates harmony at a higher scale. It's my favorite.
I could imagine that being a motivational sign ‘Live, Laugh, Lumbar Support’ 🤪
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or a t-shirt from our lovely dftba warehouse.
@@sexyscientist SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN (caps in moderation)
It may not be Winter in the Northern Hemisphere anymore, but John’s about to hibernate like it’s -40 outside.
That should be in a song
This is why he will be approved by a turtle
This may be the joke, but I love that you chose the one temperature that is the same in Celcius and Farenheit
Greens don't really hibernate, they merely go into torpor. Everything you learned in high school is wrong 😲
@@TrailsVonMudder That is EXACTLY why I did that hahaha. Only the Kelvinists can argue now...
Re: "Plant bean garden"- Looking forward to the "How to cook 11 beans" instructional video
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and Hank turning them into a furbie?
... I thought it said "bear garden" and just... that sounds like an awful idea.
@@lmsalim Beanie Sansfurbs would be delighted to have company
@@ashleykayejournals8284 I dunno. To me it sounds grrrr...reat!
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Watching your signing livestreams has been a ray of sunshine in my life over the last couple of weeks :) from fun q&a to simple companionable silence, thank you, John
Thanks for being there! -John
I agree!
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Hearing you talk about your book going on adventures you could never imagine really makes me want to take my copy on a road trip...
Ahh that would make me so hpapy! -John
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How do you feel about an Aussie road trip, John?!
I wish I could let authors know the books of theirs that I have read on airplanes.
I want to take photos of my copy having adventures, like elementary kids with Flat Stanley
@@dragonharris5465 I did that and still have my Flat Stanley copy!
Good to know John vs the inadequately afraid squirrel continues to this day
I wonder if he remembers that meme
Hahaha that's a good throwback
Please remind me what video this is from. It sounds familiar.
@@superbubbleaquapower th-cam.com/video/HEW-U9a2Avg/w-d-xo.html this one! The squirrel appears at around 0:44 in the video.
New above-shoulder signing angle! Can't wait for the lo-fi version
Yes. How do we bring this into being.
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For next vision board: manifest lo-fi John Green
Wholeheartedly agree that "not having a care in the world" would be such a waste of the gift of consciousness.
CONGRATS! I promise to extra appreciate your signature when my pre-order arrives!! ♥️
Great to see Ariel here so cool!
Cheered out loud when you showed the 250000th signature and also when I saw "manifest SECOND shot in arm"!
So grateful to have my first shot down. -John
Every book goes on adventures its author can't imagine
Shirt!
I can't believe John hearted this despite the glaring its vs. it's error.
@@johnchessant3012 oooh no. What have I done?
@@johnchessant3012 I fixed it, but at what cost?
@@DavMat007 Oh noooo! I made you lose your heart :( I'm so sorry.
“A book going on adventures its author can’t imagine.” When I first published my book I made it available on Amazon Japan just for a laugh, so you can imagine how bemused I was when I sold a unit in KUJapan. To say I cried imagining someone in Japan, a country I have never been to, reading my words... Just know that I cried a lot.
I can imagine tomorrow, a delivery comes at Green's place and the person asks 'sign here, please' and John turns into a human mountain of N O P E
hahaha
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John: “SARAAAAHHHHHH, IT’S FOR YOU!!!”
Human persistence is so amazing.
It's my favorite thing about us! -John
Agreed. And robotic perseverance is pretty cool too. :)
@@katiegriffitts4311 Totally, but I think what makes human persistence do amazing is that, to be honest, initially you don't really expect it to be that good, but then it turns out to be even better.
It is REALLY nice to hear the Lectrojogger without livestream audio compression!
Yes yes yes!
“I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid.” 😂 You’re not wrong. Also, man I could go for an electro jog right about now.
You talking about your book going on adventures you may never know about makes me wonder if you'd appreciate us telling you where and when we read it in the comments here on youtube
That would be so, so lovely. -John
In that case @@vlogbrothers I'm from Jbay in Safrica
@@vlogbrothers just got my copy at the bookstore here in a suburb of montréal canada ♥️ it was signed in purple sharpie 💜
Also, “I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid.” I felt that.
Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the shaking tree
As though I’d a gun
To strike you dead?
When all I would do
Is to scratch your head
And let you go.
-WB Yeats
I am cry laughing at "I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid."
"A book going on adventures it's author can't imagine" is so John and so beautiful.
One of my favourite things about Library books was this aspect of them, namely the sign out sheet where you could see all the past times it had been taken out. I've been disappointed ever since Libraries have started doing this electronically and no long stamping books which means this has been lost.
The love affair between John and his lectrojog has been a delight to witness.
These vision boards make my week a little bit brighter
same!
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Unrelated and I'm pretty sure you hear this a lot but I absolutely LOVE your hair. It just makes me happy and I don't know why. Maybe this is the sleep deprivation talking. But yeah, I love your hair.
The Puff™
Thanks, all credit to my hairstylist David Moran. He does great work! -John
@@jessicaonymous4352 puff levels resemble my moods tbh
Me too! My boyfriend gets the puff and it makes me happy only because of John’s puff
I now feel like I have to have an Anthropocene Reviewed road trip. I have to read the Halley’s Comet essay in Florida, and I need to go to car-henge to read about it, and add a layer to the worlds largest ball of paint just after I’ve read the essay about it.
that is a beautiful idea
I was lucky to have shared some of the signing sessions with you virtually during those semi-secret lives.
I'm a high school teacher and I can't wait to utilize this book in my class. The Anthropocene Reviewed was my favorite podcast and I think my students will get into writing essays about some facet of our human-centered world during this unsettling and murky time in our history. Thanks as always for your work!
I would have loved that in high school
"Live. Laugh. Lumbar Support." really sums up my pandemic feels right now.
THE WORLD NEEDS FAN ART OF JOHN SITTING IN A GIANT ELECTRO-JOGGER!!
“...mesmerized flow state of contentment”. Yes please, i take that with a side of “...that seems so lovely to me...”
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If you are wondering where your books end up: I just found The fault in our stars in an old London phone box (in Germany) which has been turned into an bookshelf where everyone can have access to and find new books or give their own away ♥️
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I hate that feeling when you reach the End of something where during its entirety you wished for the End, but when the End arrives you look back on the process and wish you hadn't wished so hard.
Thank you John! Life has been a struggle lately and it has only gotten worse this during the last couple of days, but right when I'm at my lowest you're there again with a livestream. But it's not just a person signing their name 250.000 times, no it's a really really awsome person signing their name for a really awsome reason and simultaneously providing the comfort and connection that I really needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you, I don't know if I could have done it without you!
there is nothing more relatable than “i could stand to be lectrojogged right now.” i think we could all use a little order from our own chaos
I'll get one to Alliance, NE. Promise made.
I can't wait! :) -John
I live 50 miles north of Alliance. While that isn’t close in Indiana terms, it’s pretty much next door in the NE Panhandle. I promise to read the Carhenge entry while visiting there for the umteenth time because it is wonderful to spend time there.
a 14 month year, my favorite phrase from this video
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One copy of the anthropocene reviewed is going to Örnsköldsvik Sweden, I'm really looking forward to it, hope you have a restful break after such a stressful time :)
What a great place name that is!! -John
"I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid" as someone who has fed one too many squirrels, they are not afraid, and now I am afraid
Oh how the turn tables
Do you have any advice to a young writer? I’m 14 years old and have some ideas for stories but don’t know what things I can do to improve/where to go with said stories. You’re my favorite author and any advice would be greatly appreciated
Hey. I think the main thing when you're young is just to write as often as you can, and to explore how to take stories that live in your head and make them into written words. For me anyway, the stories feel so alive when I'm imagining them, but then it's hard work to turn them into words that can make the story live inside of someone else's head. That work, for me anyway, just took a lot of time. So when I was your age, I was just beginning to try to write stuff down and trying to figure out how to turn story ideas into words. Practicing that makes you better at it.
The other thing I'd say is to read a lot. Read the kinds of books you'd like to write, but also read other books. Read anything friends or family recommend to you. Reading is this amazing apprenticeship--through reading, we can learn how other people have used words to make stories feel real.
I wish you lots of luck! -John
Can we all agree that we'll take photos of the book in the place it ends up so that John can know these places even if he can't go to all of them? :) #AnthropoceneTravels or something like that :)
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That's a wonderful tag!
Oh my goodness, yes!!! I will absolutely do that!
gorgeous I love that idea
"I kind of want to put myself in the Lectrojog" has me feeling some kind of way.
John, with dreamy eyes: "I kinda wish I would fit into the electro jog.."
*jump cut*
"Anyway.."
_"It's definitely the last time I attempt a six-figure number of signatures."_
John upped his game to a seven-figure number, confirmed!
(oh God no, John. Please look after yourself)
Go John!!! I also just finished a (much smaller) task and immediately saw this title and was like, yeah, I did it!
Watching Crash course history with Jon was like watching "Law and Order" once you watch one episode you can't stop. And now to see Jon in the present. Is a present.
John, thank you for this small but meaningful gift to 250,000 people. Thank you for sharing this journey with us, not just the excitement and flow state, but also sharing your hand cramps and worry. I can't speak for 250,000 people but your sincerity and self-compassion has been helpful this year.
I'm really gunna miss the signing live streams. Always a great start to my day to get to just hang out.
Congratulations, John!!! You're amazing! We all appreciate you putting in the time and effort to sign SO MANY copies! Thank you, thank you!!! I'm crossing my fingers, hoping I get that last signed page!!! So happy for you! All the best!
Can we do a thing where when we all get the signed copies, we take pictures of them in the strange places they end up?
Yes!! There have been others talking about this in comments too and it is a lovely idea
There’s a discord server: FART (Fans of Anthropocene Reviewed, The) that has a whole channel dedicated to it.
I can get behind "Live, Laugh, Lumbar support." Please make that into merch
Hey John, Namibian nerdfighter here. Do you prefer writing non-fiction to writing fiction?
Hi! I felt like at this time in my life I wanted to write nonfiction because I wanted to write as directly as I could about some of the experiences and forces that I feel are shaping my little life, and human life more broadly. But taking three years away from fiction has made me miss it, so I am looking forward to trying to do it again once this book is out. Ideally, I would love to be able to write both! -john
John, your book went with me to a paleontologist summer camp in Ecalaca Montana, where I was then teased (in a good way) for having two books; one a collection of essays, and one a nonfiction book on the 1918 Spanish flu. So thanks John
Also John thank you for the HD lectrojog action 🙏
I live in India and for Turtles All The Way Down, I pre-ordered it and received a signed copy and I was so happy. I want a signed copy of The Anthropocened Review but it's only available in the US 💔
I'll still get a copy of the book though, thanks for writing it John! ❤️
Never reading a book after it's published is very wise. Few things are as frustrating as catching a "typo" (or worse) after it is already in print.
EDIT: I had to edit THIS to replace a word I thought better of.
I kept waiting for the obligatory footage of the LectroJog to show up in one of your videos, as I'm pretty sure it has shown up at least once in all of your videos that were about signing books. I was really starting to worry that we weren't gonna see it, but THERE IT IS!
Proud of you! 🥰
But also, as much as I love signed books, please take care of yourself. Ya girl has wrist issues from overuse due to flute playing. Be careful!
The joy in this video brings me so much joy! I have watched 90% of the signing streams and I sure enjoyed it:)
The fact that John accidentally numbered the last 51 sheets instead of the last 50 makes me feel better about every off-by-one error I've ever made. This was an amazing thing to do for his readers. Congrats!
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU JOHN!! In the same way that one is proud of their dad for doing something momentous - I am once again in awe of your determination
Well John, I don’t know if a copy will make it to your high school, but a copy will definitely make it to your rival high school!
Congratulations John, I am proud of you for doing this!!!🥳 I also can't wait for my signed copy. Your recent streams have really been a great support during my exam period, so thank you for that beautiful place! :)
I really want Hank's Friday video to be something comparing scales of 250,000 items (i.e. the volume taken up by 250,000 ping pong balls, etc).
One of them is going to be in São Paulo, Brazil. I couldn't miss the opportunity again and I called the amigo gringo card. Every time you went live while signing was joyful, knowing one of these sheets is mine. Thank you for still doing this for us.
After you sign your name 250,000 times, your body releases a chemical that makes you forget about the pain so you'll want to sign your name 250,000 times again. And thus the species shall continue.
I can confirm that one signed copy ended up at my local library. It made me laugh a lot when i noticed it was the signed version! I finished the book the other day and it was wonderful, the one that made me cry was Harvey. I think I might have to buy a copy for myself to own
The lectrojog is here to remind us that it is possible for perfection to emerge from disorder - John, the legend
Thinkin about generous art, and where it ends up, whether virtual or physical, is truly so lovely. Things keep adding grace in places over time. Again and again.
Hank’s patience could never. His wouldn’t last 30 minutes without getting distracted
He would get through like 45 and then want to do literally anything else.
Yay! So happy you did it! I know the nerdfighter community appreciates all the time (and hand pain) you put in. Congrats, John!
“I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid.” A squirrel chewed through three consecutive strands of my Christmas lights this past winter so I feel this 😂
Congrats John, you did it! Just preordered my copy from my local bookstore. I read the 250,000th sheet that you posted. You are such a kindhearted fellow. Can’t wait for the new book! Your friend, Katie
One of your books will go to Aguascalientes, México (after a detour through Ohio), where you have your house if you ever find yourself around here
There's something so hopeful and encouraging about hearing you talk about having finished this, and then thinking about the possibility of next things!!
The lectrojog yesssss, we love it!
We jog becase...
Granted I am not in Ocala, Fl, your old high school campus, or even Alliance Nebraska. I am in a small town in Texas, however your signed book copies will be in so many places, loved by the people who cherish your craft. Especially so from here, from me. I’m so excited to receive my pre-ordered copy of The Anthropocene Reviewed. Thank you for all of your hard work.
Will you read the audiobook? Your reviews are beautifully written but I find your voice to be really soothing.
I just ordered a signed copy! Soooo excited about it! And it's so thrilling to think that this signed paper was used in the Lectrojog. Thanks for sharing that passion and joy with us, John :D
The book also will meet people you never meet.
At least one of your books will make it to Dublin, Ireland and I can’t wait to have the physical copy in my hands! For anyone looking for a signed copy outside the US/ Canada, I ordered mine from book depository. I have a feeling it won’t actually be signed though so just don’t get your hopes up but we shall see! 😊 Looking forward to the virtual book tour if that goes ahead! Would love if you and Hank went on the road again and came to Dublin when we can travel again. Congrats on signing 250,000 sheets and thank you for caring enough to do that on such a big scale. It’s so thoughtful and so appreciated. Please go relax now and rest your hand!
Hey John, Namibian nerdfighter here. Trust me, the fact that you have probably never heard of my country, and will probably never come here is very scary to me, especially considering that your books and videos have such a large impact in my life. It's so strange and disturbing if you think about it too much, the fact that I know you but you don't know me. But I think it further proves that your videos and books are basically art. They aren't really YOU. But yeah thanks for building this awesome community. With appreciation from Namibia ♥️
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DFTBA to you and all of our nerdfighters from Namibia. Thank you for sharing with us.
The poetry of sending something you created into the void of everything far outweighs the desire to keep it pure. For sending it away surely will affect it's meaning but sharing it with others is the greatest joy of all.
“I feel like squirrels used to be more afraid”
I bought “Trutles All the Way Down” from a Barnes & Noble store in Fairfax, VA, then it was packed in my in-laws luggage travelling all the way frim DC to Qatar to Baghdad, Iraq where it made its final destination in the hands of my sister to whom I bought it as a gift. Her reaction after reading it was “How were you able to find a book that described exactly how I felt at that particular moment in time so well?!”. So thank you John, for putting this tremendous effort and care in your books, and good luck for this new batch on their upcoming adventures!
Notification squad go!
Yaaaayyyy!! So happy for you to have finished! Wow, you did that! Congratulations, can’t wait for the book!
That's amazing John! I'm so excited to get the book. Thank you for sharing yourself with us, I hope your hand starts to feel better soon!
Watching your videos often leaves me feeling peaceful. Ty.
Today is my birthday, so this was a nice sort of present. :) Thank you for being you and doing what you do, watching vlogbrothers videos and reading your books has cheered me up during this not so great time. Congrats on signing your name a ton of times!
I am SO EXCITED to get my copy ahhh!! I love the way you see the world John, as I see a lot of myself in the struggles of mental illness, and sometimes spiraling anxiety. You are good at finding the beauty of this world and have helped me find that beauty as well. I am so excited to see more of all of that from your BOOK!!! My copy will be visiting the beach in -perhaps too often- sunny southern California, and will on at least one occasion, have water spilled on it. It will climb some trees that are good for reading in, and will love and be loved most ardently.
I'll have you know that at least one copy will end up in Copenhagen in the hands of an eager university student. And a student of yours. I learn so much from you each and every week, John. I'm glad that you are through the 250.000.
CONGRATULATIONS JOHNNN!!!!! I'm sure the book is amazing and I'm excited to read it!!