How It Felt

In which John makes a video for future John, future Hank, and future Katherine about what happened at the 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting and how it felt. Thanks to everyone who came out for the tour this year, to all the awesome independent bookstores and theaters that hosted us, and to the nice nerdfighter who held the camera.
HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS:
Shirts and Stuff: dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers
Hank's Music: dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green
John's Books: amzn.to/j3LYqo
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Hank's Twitter: / hankgreen
Hank's Facebook: / hankimon
Hank's tumblr: / edwardspoonhands
John's Twitter: / realjohngreen
John's Facebook: / johngreenfans
John's tumblr: / fishingboatproceeds
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Other Channels
Crash Course: / crashcourse
SciShow: / scishow
Gaming: / hankgames
VidCon: / vidcon
Hank's Channel: / hankschannel
Truth or Fail: / truthorfail
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Nerdfighteria
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effyeahnerdfighters.com/nftumblrs
/ nerdfighters
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[@laurennicole04]

John Green: continually promises to stop singing, yet continually sings in videos

[@aimelle3]

Yet, he made that promise at the end of 2007.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Lauren Cosentino it doesn't matter; I love his singing.

[@Sable_ish]

9 years. This is how it felt, to be carefree, to be with the ones who love us and whom we love. I still think about this video often when I'm alone.

[@saber1epee0]

DAA DUH DAAH DAAA.

[@KoriC4077]

How many groups of strangers get together, and are all so trustworthy you can give your camera to a random girl in the audience to tape your show for you. and it not get stolen. Nerdfighters are awesome!

[@rhy7476]

all of Johns videos are sooo much louder, you turn the volume up for Hanks forget then BOOM screaming fans give you a heart attack

[@numairakhan9237]

I'm 14 years old and really have never heard 500 miles until recently (like I think 2 years ago) and so I first heard this on How I met Your Mother, and when I heard John and Hank singing it, I was fan-girling so hard over the fact that HIMYM (my favorite show) and my favorite youtubers both sang it.

[@vatsalamolly]

I love John's tshirt! HOLDEN CAUFIELD THINKS YOU'RE A PHONY.

[@songofsunrise]

It's amazing :D!!!

[@Kelseyplanet]

This might be my favorite vlogbrothers video of all time...so simple, and yet it perfectly captures the essence of John, Hank, and Nerdfigheria. I'm so grateful to all of you.

[@sophialo6133]

has anyone else seen david tennant sing 500 miles along with the rest of the doctor who cast and the proclaimers?

[@allicatstrike11]

Yes and that's all I could think of while watching this video :)

[@erinkiple1578]

was watching old vlogbrothers videos earlier and came across 500 miles and I loved it and it got stuck in my head. So I just heard it on a car commercial and I started singing it and my family looked at me all weird. lol I love being a nerdfighter💘

[@MehekNaresh]

This is my favorite vlogbrothers video. It captures this feeling and makes me feel so many things. Hope for the future, joy, a wistfulness for the past. I just. This video makes me feel

[@jamie.2413]

For some reason, this is honestly one of my favorite vlogbrothers videos. It just reminded me of what this community is about- being awesome- and how all these people can come together and just sing an awesome song, even if they can't sing well, and no one else will judge them, because we all love each other. Thank you, John and Hank, and thank you, fellow nerdfighters. ♥

[@sofearb9065]

This makes me so very happy

[@MRS4EVA]

Can't unsee: holden Caulfield thinks you're A PONY Well played, Caulfield, well played.

[@BlasterTheGuineapig]

MRS4EVA the h is obvious though.

[@MRS4EVA]

BlasterTheGuineapig In some shots, the shirt is wrinkled enough to cover the 'h' so it looks like it's not there.

[@falleithani5411]

+BlasterTheGuineapig Also worth noting is that how the human brain parses written text makes it very easy for errors of this sort to slip by unnoticed, particularly when the mistaken reading makes sense to the reader. For a convenient example, see the people who misread "The Price of Dawn" as "The Prince of Dawn", as commented on the video where John reads chapter 2 of TFiOS aloud.

[@alannar.8701]

Awww... wish I could have been a part of this. Still, an awesome community that I love being a part of now.

[@nerdlife6676]

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[@courtneyjean18]

Thank you so much for doing this tour. I was so glad I could go to the Seattle one. I was able to find other nerdfighters in my school because of this, I got to meet Kristina Horner, and I ran into my friend that I haven't seen since she moved in 9th grade. It was amazing.

[@kiranicole2096]

This is still one of the most formative memories that I have, going to the Seattle show. My heart craves connection like this, and I hope that I find it again someday.

[@allicatstrike11]

You all should get reacquainted with this feeling soon and.. you know.. like, tour again :) hint hint

[@aminavance2031]

Yes, to Canada!

[@emilyhay681]

I find it weird how famous 500 miles is when probably no one outside Scotland knows much else by the proclaimers

[@daydodog]

that whole album is amazing

[@Gregchilcott]

This video literally brought me to tears. This is one of the best communities I have ever seen and one that I am proud to call myself apart of. I'm new but this is certainly something I have been looking for. Thank you Hank, John, and everyone else here in nerdfighteria.

[@ladysbaby]

You guys did it. Thank you, that just made my day.

[@pantopia3518]

Will power resisting pizza right behind you.

[@nitfens6863]

I want that shirt that John is wearing in the ind of the video.

[@ummjoey]

I stopped around these videos and started from the beginning. I had an amazing time watching all their videos. These recent ones are much more meaningful now.

[@aerilyn]

THANK YOU, for this video and this tour. It was a great experience. Never had waiting in a line for hours been more fun--Portland nerdfighters, you rock!

[@ccubed215]

My grandma calls that the "Lots of Vodka" song

[@nikkimorris4569]

I'll just keep this then.... XD AND I WOULD WALK 500 MILES AND I WOULD WALK 500 MORE JUST TO BE THE MAN WHO WALKED 1000 MILES TO FALL DOWN AT YOUR DOOR

[@mrdonehead]

Getting at tearful at vlogbrothers videos has become more and more common place over the past few weeks. guhhh you guys rock! :D

[@mackemforever]

I love this video so much. Loved the nerdfighter calling John Sir when he asked her to hold the camera too!

[@JLLFMTM]

I was having a rough day today but then i watched this video and remembered how much awesome there is in the world. Thank you guys, i love Nerdfighteria

[@SavannahCullen]

Goodness, John and Hank, you have changed so many lives and taught so many people so much. Thank you. I can't wait for the day that I get to thank you both. :)

[@flusty24]

I was feeling a bit down but then John started speaking and then they both started singing and I started singing along and now I feel much, much happier. Thank you!! :D

[@mkwuuu]

Thanks for coming to Vancouver! Nerdfighters for life!

[@mydigitallog2652]

Still one of my favorite videos. I can't wait for the next tour!!!! I hope you make it to Denver :)

[@Th3DarthHom3r]

This may just be the best vlogbrothers video :D

[@StephAteYourEars]

What I love about you guys is that you can make me feel all the things. When I read TFIOS I was crying and appreciating life, when I watch crashcourse/scishow I get the feeling that the world is actually really cool although it looks kinda lame sometimes, and when I watch videos like this you make me smile like a madman. So, John and Hank, I would like to thank you for All The Things.

[@SritaCaramelo]

I cried watching this video. Happy tears. This is such an amazing community. It kind of sucks wtching this being all the way in Argentina, but you know. Maybe someday I'll get to see you and share a moment as awesome as this one.

[@Blawwmkw]

John and Hank, I hope that when you watch this and remember the awesomeness of the tour, it inspires you to do another one. Because I know that John missed his family a whole lot while on the trip, but I certainly hope that the love of the Nerdfighters filled that hole a little bit. And I hope that you will do this again and again, especially for those of us who couldn't make it, but for all of Nerdfighteria. Because we love the connection and love these tours bring, perhaps more than anything.

[@ellism96]

I've been waiting for this for 4 years now. Thank you so much. I am so happy to be part of nerdfighteira

[@z0mbiearms]

I'm so glad I was in Portland for that performance. What an awesome show. Thank you, Brothers Green!

[@thatwritergirl]

500 Miles is kind of the theme song of the group of kids I sit with every morning before school. I can't even recall how many times we've randomly begun to sing this song so far this school year. This video just made the song infinitely better in my mind, a feat which I thought previously impossible. Thank you for being awesome.

[@RawringAtYouNoobs]

One of my greatest fears in life is to not be remembered; to make no impact on the world, and I watching this amazes and inspires me. You have both made such a force on so many people's lives and what you do is truly awesome! Every video fills me with a sense that the world is not as bad as I think and that I can do something too to inspire and motivate people in the same way that you do. Thank you, John and Hank, you are truly awesome, and remind me every day to never forget to be awesome too

[@adarosefairy]

this is beautiful. thank you.

[@mimi_wandering]

I was really sad that you guys didn't tour some of the midwest, but then I watched livestreams and talked with so many other amazing nerdfighters around the world. And some really good friends that I made through Nerdfighteria got to go, and called me right after and took a lot of video and so I still experienced it all in my own way. I just think Nerdfighteria is the best home ever and thank you everyone.

[@emilysunshiney]

When I see videos like this of John and Hank it gives me hope for my future. They didn't know they would become this popular with other intellectually minded people and make multiple businesses out of their ideas like they have done. It gives me hope to see this, if John and Hank can be this successful at doing the things they love and having such an awesome base of people supporting them, why not me? Thank you John and Hank for the hope and joy you bring to me and Nerdfighteria!

[@NimmoPie]

PHWOAR! I just went through every single video on this channel in one month! YOU ARE NERDFIGHTER:)

[@Sapedasi]

This just seems like the happiest place to be. I've never been to a nerdfighter gathering, but it is my dream to go! Everyone is so excited and energetic, and Hank and John, you guys are so amazing. I can't imagine how fun it would be to be there, feeling accepted and just being a part of this, with all the other awesome nerdfighters. This video makes me really happy to be a part of Nerdfighteria. Being a nerdfighter is one of the best things to happen to me. :')

[@filmfan41]

I so wish I coulda gone, but I am SO glad that some parts of the nerdighter community got to be there in our proxy and share back to you some of the joy and awesome you two have put out into the world. I love your work, and ... (still want clues where to find a Nor Cal Nerdcache,but that's just me.) ... Thanks, and you are welcome for the joy we NFs give you.

[@SplyBox]

I'm so happy that I was able to go to the Boston event because it was immensely awesome. The atmosphere before, during, and after the show was beautiful. It was not dissimilar to the feeling I got when I took a tour through MIT, a bunch of creative and intelligent people who have infinite respect for each other. That feeling is what I love about Nerdfighteria the most, the shared respect for one another and the understanding that we are all human. I eagerly await the next meet-up, DFTBA!

[@smileygirl123ish]

This was the video that led me to subscribe to you. Thanks for a funny, educational 4 months.

[@MsCovergirl98]

this makes me smile. i'm so blessed to be a nerd.

[@corey_el]

my immense sadness for not being there to see this was covered by the amount of admiration and love and disbelief of the sheer awesomeness of these 2 people.

[@Raandomneess]

that was completely epic shiz!! It made me smile so much, I'd love to have been there :D

[@Tahonamaya]

This. This is why I love being a Nerdfighter, because it was so amazing being there and being a part of this amazing thing we call Nerdfighteria. I'm crying, I love all you people so much.

[@CaraINW09]

This absolutely made my day. I did a band tour of Europe a couple years back, and then another just last summer. I know how you feel. You think that you're never going to forget it, but you do, even though you try to keep a death grip on it. I see my first tour through a haze, and my most recent one is growing misty. But this- this is exactly how the tour felt like. The energy of the audience, the adrenalin of performing, and 500 Miles.

[@smileyrose131313]

Just gonna say HI! and that I'm the girl in the star shirt jump/skip/dancing at 1:17. Thank you Portland Nerdfighters I went to dance with and other Nerdfighters for coming and dancing with us. You made the experience awesome! Thank you John and Hank for just being extremely awesome and changing my life. DFTBA ^_^

[@cassidyOldVids]

YOU GUYS WERE GREAT IN PORTLAND!! (which is where the video was shot, I see myself and my friends in it.) Sooo glad you could make it there. At the end, when we all ran up to the stage, that was the best part!!

[@kumagoro73]

Ok. This is by far my favorite video.

[@thewesternmoose8324]

I come back to this video a lot.

[@Kbbrianne]

This video makes me cry. Every single time. Isn't this all that we look for out of life?

[@taggrey]

oh wow. actually knowing the song makes this video so much more enjoyable!

[@lyndz1010]

You guys singing the proclaimers makes me so much more happier that I spend so much time on youtube.

[@Its4Olive]

Finally!!! The Proclaimers cover we have been waiting for since the olden days!!! This is basically my favorite thing ever

[@unscrewedhorses]

I'm glad you posted this so that Hank can always look back and see himself prancing off the stage like that.

[@LindsayMead]

Amazing, as always :)

[@edsterrock]

I hope this the Nerdfighter tour happens again when John's next book comes out.

[@EntertainTheDeranged]

This song came on at work the other day and I couldn't help but smile from ear to ear :)

[@TheBlueorigami]

Hearing Hank Green cover one of my favorite songs ever has made me so happy today. :)

[@whereisangie]

it felt wonderful to be in the audience too :) thank you, vlogbrothers, for visiting canada!!!

[@omgsoferosh]

Hank running at the end, though. So precious!

[@SuperLittledip]

This song was no joke stuck in my head all day, even before I saw this video.

[@mdemoree]

This makes me so happy!

[@Raiderhater1013]

That is awesome, you guys are awesome!

[@madisonmartinez3963]

This just makes me so happy

[@Juutje2111]

You guys are so sweet, I hope you had a lovely time and will continue to do so much fun things! :)

[@lightningchaser93]

I just love you guys.

[@SketchAmyButterflies]

Oh my word, this video made me too happy! :')

[@sleepyzebra11]

John, you give me so many chills

[@AntarcticAnt]

Makes me happy to know that there are amazing moments like these in the world, even if I can't be there to be part of it.

[@marygilmore5951]

I discovered nerdfighteria about 3 weeks before this video and, at the time, i lived in seattle and nearly came to this event. In the end, i didn't go because the thought of going alone, taking a bus i'd never ridden to a place i'd never been to see people i didn't know, touched a cold and familiar fear and made me anxious. I didn't know that i was going to miss this, and that i actually knew a couple people who attended because i just saw them in this video. MAAAAAAAAAAN.

[@PeachyKeen2007]

You guys just make me smile. :)

[@iaReminion]

That song is the bane of my life, but you guys still make it awesome.

[@hollabooiers]

Love you guys and all of nerdfighteria. Off to reread TFiOS now. :)

[@TheRowaboat]

i've watched this like five hundred times, and would watch it five hundred more

[@TuskehTehTroll]

Absolutely wonderful :)

[@ExclaimationPoint27]

this made me smile.

[@xgoldlion07x]

you guys are the rockstars of the nerd world

[@JacobRiddel]

Greg, thank you for being awesome.

[@splizzle88]

love that u left the camera

[@ShinigamiGuys]

It's moments like this that make me wish I lived in the states again. I think this video also shows the power and unity of being a nerdfighter. It makes me think that this (the awesomeness which nerdfighters have) is one of those bigger infinities that we see.

[@BrennanJTC]

Meeting you guys in Vancouver last night was AWESOME. It was a totally surreal experience, seeing you two in the physical world. Thank you for the opportunity. :-)

[@KiltAllen]

I cry every time I watch this

[@ButWhyNot23]

Having not been to one of these, I tear up every time I watch this.

[@emzealous]

Twitter told me to watch the reunion video playlist for seratonin and it was a GREAT suggestion

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

We have a couple new ones now!

[@cantankerousharridan]

Aww, I love Hank's run!

[@unisarahtops]

John drops the mic like a boss, Hank prances off the stage. All is right with the world.

[@xzailax]

There is so much joy in that room that I'm surprised the venue didn't go supernova.

[@Kruglord]

I think this is the first Vlogbrother's video that made me realize that I had found something really special here.

[@idefine777]

This made me feel very happy. I couldn't stop smiling :D

[@darkkittenangel]

Very awesome!!! Totally sad I couldn't make it there this year :(

[@ashliegh634]

I was watching this and trying to sing along but I couldn't because I was half laughing and half crying at the amazingness of Hank and John and Nerdfighteria.