u/Baby_Toothless

Just finished the book, and I wish I had this for my first read. I like to look at the art, but it breaks my immersion to have to google all the time. So as you read through the book, I've added links to the art, artists, museums, locations, and movies. Some things are fake though lol.

There are a couple where I couldn't find the exact Dear Hank and John episode, so any help would be appreciated!

Is there a subreddit just for the book, or are we just discussing it here lol?

Signature - John’s signing live streams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD_KiVM7O2k

SPOILERS BELOW!

Part 1
Chapter 1
Drawing of Juniper by Kai - Is there any fanart of this?
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Vertigo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)
3
The bitter pill https://bitterpill.bandcamp.com/album/livin-aint-cheap-dyin-aint-free
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The philosophy of Andy Warhol from a to b and back again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosophy_of_Andy_Warhol 
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Andy Warhol museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Warhol_Museum 
Screen tests, Edie sedgwick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Tests , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2468166/ 
Jackie Kennedy at her husband funeral https://whitney.org/collection/works/16292 
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Andys polaroids https://www.thelacmastore.org/products/andy-warhol-polaroids-1958-1987?srsltid=AU7gw4Vs1u5apC3aFhmLG6NgzluzdCyIQVXQdj4LHJD5yjpvjJZ2g5Li 
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Carnegie museum of art https://carnegieart.org/ 
Joan Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mitchell , https://collection.carnegieart.org/?creator=%22Joan%20Mitchell%22 
Kerry James Marshall Untitled (gallery) https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/d93f17fb-fca8-403f-8a2b-e85e5d43f35f 
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Last supper paintings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper_(Warhol) 
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Joan Mitchell triptych painting Sans Neige https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Neige 
Julie Mehretu stadia II https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/3229aff9-ee40-4ef0-9789-106221a25892 
Monets water lilies https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/7053d468-bf1f-42c9-b5bd-c7ccdb335c66 
Van Gogh https://collection.carnegieart.org/?searchbox=%22Vincent+van+Gogh%22 
Boudin https://collection.carnegieart.org/?searchbox=%22Eug%C3%A8ne+Louis+Boudin%22 

Part 2
1
Andy Warhol diaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Warhol_Diaries 
The goddamn moth joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMt7wAkMieI Also been told many times on DHAJ, much to Hank’s dismay :P
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Hotel bel air https://www.dorchestercollection.com/los-angeles/hotel-bel-air 
How much does it cost a night? 1485-5580 👀 
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Mountain goats tshirt https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/the-mountain-goats?sort_by=manual&filter.p.vendor=The+Mountain+Goats&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.p.product_type=T-Shirt 
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120 squirrel onion headline https://x.com/TheOnion/status/176755576787836928 
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Lou Reed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_Drella 
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Silver Audi A8 https://www.audiusa.com/en/models/a8/a8-sedan/2027/overview/build/?pr=4NL5DA0_2027%7CL5L5%7CWH%7CMEIH5MC#configurator 
The great escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(film) 
Once upon a time in Hollywood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood 
Gods of Agamemnon lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon 
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Hamlet the devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/2/2/ 
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John Wick 1 and 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick 

Part 3
1 
Escape rhinoceros 🦏 - Does anyone have any links to an actual news story, or video/audio from the press junket?
“But as I may have mentioned on the podcast before, Hank, there is nothing that I have ever done in my life that I found as horrible as a press junket, which are these days when you sit for 12 or 14 hours in a place, and every 6 minutes a reporter comes in and they ask you the exact same questions, and then they leave, and then one minute later a different reporter comes in and asks you questions for 6 minutes only it's the same questions all day long. And I found it intensely stressful and terrifying and unpleasant, and Nat Wolff and I were in these press junkets together on both The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns movies, and during the Paper Towns press junkets, people started testing like whether or not we were properly friends with each other, by like quizzing us about each other. And a lot of times people would say "what's your favorite animal" or "what's your spirit animal" or whatever, and we would have to write down our answers separate from each other, and then show them. And at the time a hippopotamus or possibly a rhinoceros had just escaped from a zoo in Prague I think, and so whenever we were asked that question we would both answer "a rhinoceros recently escaped from a zoo in Prague." And people would be very impressed at how well we knew each other.” https://nerdfighteria.info/v/dearhankandjohn-270115014/ 
“You've been very public about this” DHAJ episode - somewhat recently John talked about how reporters say “you’ve been very public about this” as an excuse to ask about his OCD, and Hank his cancer… anyone know the ep?
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MoMA https://www.moma.org/ 
Agnes Martin paintings With My Back to the World https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/46/725 
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Warhol dollar sign green and blue on yellow background https://revolverwarholgallery.com/portfolio/dollar-sign-277/ 
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The goddamn 3 legged pig joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMt7wAkMieI 
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Spirited away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away 
Moonlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight 
Not my circus not my monkeys https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/it-monkey 
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These are the bones that wait for your bones https://www.visitevora.net/en/bones-chapel-evora/ 

Part 4

Day 2
The blue lagoon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Lagoon_(1980_film) 

Day 4
A View to a Kill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_View_to_a_Kill 
Rush Hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Hour_(franchise) 
The Pursuit of Happyness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Happyness 

Epilogue
Crown Hill cemetery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8xaYrDIC0 , https://crownhillhf.org/visit/ 

Previous update: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHailMary/comments/1wj89f9/quilt_update/

I am halfway through one square, and I have to buy materials for the last 2 and then I'm done! Those with a keen eye will notice that a few squares are not as they are in the original quilt. That is because the original makers either just used a fabric that I cannot buy or duplicate, or the art was too complicated for me to duplicate. After my efforts on the blue birds (bottom, third from left), I am done trying to make complicated stuff lol. So I just used fabric and previous embroidery projects from my stash. But I think about 80-90% of the squares are as close as I could get to the original, and I don't think my additions detract from the overall aesthetic too much.

I have started putting pieces together and its really coming together! I am not much of a quilter, I've only made 2 or 3 in the past, so it's not going to be the neatest thing ever, but I'm fine with that!

Not sure if this counts as sashiko, but I used a straight stitch? I was inspired by zendoodling, and wanted to use that to make something that Rocky could *see*. I am also making a grace, but he's not done. I want to use these as pieces of the quilt that Grace has, maybe put these in the middle, as if he made them on the way to Erid. Because Rocky would be able to see embroidery!

I got three yards of this adorable and soft stretchy fabric at my last trip to joanns (RIP) and just haven't found a project worth cutting this up. It's soft (fake) velvet on the top but just smooth stretch fabric on the bottom. It's a bit yellower in person.

I am trans masc so not keen on dresses or skirts. I was thinking pants but don't know how well it would hold up with it being kinda on the heavy side. My only idea I liked was to use a strip of this as the ribbed knit edges on a bomber but that only uses a bit of this fabric. And I don't think I'd wear a bomber with just this fabric.

I also make a lot of items that are more like crafts and household. But I'm just stumped by this!

I do wish the joanns near me had done more steep discounts and that I didn't move right after the Joann downfall, there are so many kinds of fabric that I used to get there and haven't found a good replacement for :( but my local fabric shop (local like 45 min away) has good stuff so I'm not totally adrift

Makes me giggle every time I put them on (sorry for feet pic but I figured it was ok since I have socks on...)

On a related note if anyone bought the size m/l and didn't like their sock I would buy some off of you since my wife decided she's jealous of my socks after the sign up window rip

This guy has been hanging up in my childhood bedroom for the last 10-15 years and I finally went home and got it. I remember it having a tear but this is worse than I thought. I want to mend it and hang it up again without doing further damage. It's quite old, my dad said that my grandma gave it to him, but he didn't remember when, so maybe in the 70s or 80s? I have no idea if it's authentic to a place or just like a cheap wall hanging.

I know how to darn and mend and stuff, but I don't really think any of my skills apply here. I wonder if it's best just to use an iron on interfacing to hold it together on the back? I have no idea. Any thoughts appreciated!

I just finished adding substrate and plants yesterday. I plan to wait 2-3 months for the plants to take root before adding my little dinosaur (crested gecko). I have isopods and springtails.

I would love feedback on how to add more clutter. I'm thinking another big ol stick going across the front, maybe I could add moss to it. I regret not doing the spray foam on the sides, even just a few inches on the sides, but we're well past that :/ I was thinking of getting some mushroom ledges that magnet on the sides for him to crawl on, maybe a magnetic hide, or something to hang from the top (how do people suspend things from the top mesh? wire?). I had my eye on an adorable 3d printed couch that magnets on which I think is hilarious because he loves to watch tv with us. I was also thinking of looking for a little rope bridge to go from side to side.

His current tank is smaller than this one (I moved and had to get something set up in a hurry, I'm trying to upgrade him asap he needs his space!), and his current tank is fake plants, not bioactive, so it's suuuuuuper full of clutter and he loves it. Not quite sure how to replicate it. I tried to make him a bioactive build like 5 years ago and the plants never thrived, and I gave up.

This is probably the dumbest thing I've ever made, but also super easy? I saw a bunch of giant worm on a string plushies online and thought, I need that. But I DON'T need another giant stuffed animal... but then I saw my Blohaj and thought, he's the right shape!

I made like a little bodysuit/sweatshirt thing for him by tracing him directly onto the fabric (rolling him as needed). It's 3 pieces, two on top and one for the belly. I just extended it in the front to make a tube, and then wrapped embroidery floss around the tube to make the little front bit. I didn't end up adding the "string" because I thought it would be annoying. I made sure to leave open a few spots for his fins and tail. And I got giant googly eyes from Michaels :) This fuzzy fabric made a mess! I like that I can pull the top over his head, or let it fall back like a sweatshirt :D

I did try and do this type of thing again to turn one of my squishmallows into a pink slime from slime rancher... it was an epic failure oh well.

This is so dumb but I'm kind of proud of it!

Just some thoughts and considerations I wish I knew before buying one

Overall this bike is only good for very specific circumstances like I have. Tiny apartment, semi secure bike parking that makes me anxious to park there, tiny hallways in my apt. I am not able to lift a huge bike. I don't have a place to store a huge heavy bike. Because this folds, I can tuck it out of the way and not bump into it a lot. I can handle it and lift it up stairs! It also moves alright while it's folded, but only straight and not backward. 

It doesn't have a huge range, it can make it one way on an 8 mile commute. The other carbon fold (non step through) can hold a second battery for twice the range, but I didn't like the aesthetics of it. And it was a bit heavier. I put a pannier rack on mine and can hold a lot back there. I feel like the pedal assist is very natural. I can also bike if the battery runs out, or stretch it by using eco mode. My bike shop installed the throttle for free and it is addictive to zip around and not have to pedal. But that runs the battery down so fast. The website claims 3-3.5 hours for a full charge. 

Pros

Folds quite small, I can put in the back seat or trunk of my car

Very light

Built in front and back lights

Easy to maintain

Throttle 

5 levels of assist, very natural cadence assist

There are a bunch of other features but those are pretty common across all ebikes these days and you can check the website

Cons

Not a far range in distance 

Not a big range in rider (height) though you can move the handlebars and seat up and down quite a bit. Just isn't comfy for taller folks

Can be annoying to fold and unfold

Pinch points on folding

The magnet to hold it together while folding doesn't hit quite right and isn't very strong. I use a Velcro strap to hold it together

Bumpy ride. In exchange for weight and folding, you lose a lot of shock absorption. I even notice that when I go on particularly bumpy or long rides, all of my accessories shake and unscrew, like my phone holder, my bike seat holder, my handle bar holder? I'm going to try and screw those on much tighter but sheesh it's annoying for my handlebars to slowly slide down 4 inches after 20 mins of riding! I gave up on using my side mirror because it just keeps bouncing out of place no matter how hard I tighten it.

I would recommend if you are shorter than 5'6" and need a light, folding bike that you can put in your car or small living space. And if you don't care about range or speed or bumpiness. I would also only recommend it if you have a pedego or other shop that services urtopia in your area. I wish I had one closer (closest is 30 in good traffic which there never is), and I wish my local shop down the street would service it :(

If you don't need it to fold, I would not recommend it. It you just need it to be light, urtopia has a carbon bike that is maybe 35 lbs? And is much more normal bike haha. And other brands do light bikes as well. If I didn't need it to fold and be light, I would've gotten a very different bike haha.

Happy to answer questions about the bike, I have only had it for about a week and a half? So I may come back and update my review.