Trapeze

[YouveBeenLaurified]

Nerdfighters, I think we have John Green's next punishment. *devious smile* c:

[rnj117]

is it bad that my first thought when i saw the hair in the background at 4:21 ish was "Oh my god ! it's river song !!!" ?

[MrSmiles51]

Fabulous music..... 

[CornwalltheOmni]

Can you imagine John Green trying to do that?

[ringsiderebel]

MJ talking to little children...... priceless. This video never gets old. I just keep coming back to rewatch!

[rainbowbubblesXD]

This is like me on the high ropes course when I was in Adventure Ed.

[rainbowbubblesXD]

This is like me on the high ropes course when I was in Adventure Ed.

[ishvampire]

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeally funny :)

[stargleekwhofighter]

I clicked on the video because I love the trapeze (it's kinda the only thing I do at camp), and as soon as you showed the street, my first thought was "She's going to TSNY. I was kind of scared walking down the street." and then I was like "YOU HAVE A GOTHAM GIRL SHIRT! MAUREEN LIKES ROLLER DURBY!!!! :D"

But really, flying trapeze is so much fun, and my personal fear is not of the actual trapeze, it's of the latter.

[emperessemma]

This does not feel like it was this so long ago!

[MisterSecurity702]

What I learned from this? I should go trampezing. My goofiness would have a goofi-gasm. :-P

[FifiTheWonderPoodle]

You were gonna do trapeezing (or whatever) with Kaleb? That woulda been AWESOME!

[apeckofowls]

Woah I've been there!

And I agree, you should vlog more, you're hilarious.

[SecondaryOrange]

Is it just me or does the bookcase in the background look like Hank's bookcase? =D

[WDWCPCrystal]

Um, you just died near my town. I thought I should let you know about this in case someone ask. Go to the Journal Standard newspaper and check out the obituaries. I kind of laughed/cried when I saw it. Highly inappropriate.

[iamflavadave]

Maureen Johnson makes me swoon. I totally have a crush on her now, lol.

[rebeccawesome]

Your videos make me so happy. I really wish you would make more.

[ariisapotato]

@maureenbooks hey i have been to that trapeze place, love your books

p.s is their anyway you want to meet up during christmas, i realise this is an odd request i am ari in grade 9 and i live in australia but i am from new york - coming back around december. I love to write and would love advice, i would be happy to shout lunch

[AwesomeAuror]

Your voice is a lot softer and sweeter sounding that the voice in my head when I read your tweets. Huh.

I took a trapeze lesson. I loved it - until I had to get off the giant net. They wanted me to roll 10 ft off the ground onto a stupid shiny blue mat. I wasn't going to kill myself, thank you very much.

Did I say how awesome you are? No? Well, you are.

[belleglass]

That actually looks really fun...

Hahaha MJ, you never FTBA :)

[OZeitona]

Is every writer terribly afraid of heights?

[ScienceWinsEveryTime]

One good thing to come out of this is that we all now know that Ms. Johnson nervously smiles when she's terrified, and how adorable it looks on her. :-)

[actsnubs11]

I like the moral of this story. It is the way I feel about spiders.

[love333strawberry]

Haha! I love the song

it fitted your situation greatly

while i was watchingggg the part with you swinging helplessly back and forth and the music playing i was literaly screaming at the computer screen screaming

"DONT FALL AND DIE I STILL HAVENT READ THE LAST LITTLE BLUE ENVELOPE" Lol (:

[68liagibA]

Just re-watched this. Totally awesome, mj. Way to be brave!

[trixy219107]

carrie bradshaw from sex and the city did the same thing once. also in new york.

[Soranima]

i learned one thing from this vid - MJ has a great rear

[sineadsmithh]

Great advise:)

[heyimtomato]

the advice... STORY OF MY LIFE

[mt51784]

MORE MOVIES!!!!

[VikiSil]

You think you're normal? You're such an... adult. It's just sad.

[kazyBarbarian]

COWBOYS WOO

[firnantok]

the song is hilarious and your advice in the end ..awesome :)

you should do more vids!

[rosieposie123xp]

lol i actually do trapeze :D but not flying trapeze... that really is terrifying

[ChasePitman]

Maureen,

Nerdfighter here. I have an idea in the vent John ever needs punished again. And since you know John and Hank I figure i will tell you. Lets make John do this trapeze thing.

[Flweep]

bahha I would have loved to see kaleb do it.

[cheshirexpirate]

I agree! For example: I thought that if I learned more about spiders that it would help me fear them less but, in fact, it gave me more reasons to fear them. Thank you for reassuring me of the truth!

[kira902k]

I think your advice at the end of this video is something to live by.

[punchrocker202]

I MEANT SONG!

[punchrocker202]

Nice sing.

[marilyndarlingshow]

run as fast as you can away from your fears 5 stars

[iheartjohnlennon]

i'd like to point out that you told me that you didn't like to do things that were dangerous

poor thing

[raidonthestadiar]

You should totes vlog more. Better yet, start a fiveawesomeYAauthors channel hahahaha. Y'all would be a huge hit.

[LadyKerrigan]

I'd be way too scared and make excuses NOT to do this. You are MY HERO, MAUREEN.

[IainDoc15]

That was such an awesome video!

Favourited!! (if that's a word)

You should upload regular videos. :-)

[acciofun]

YOU ARE SO BRAVE, MJ!!!! *applauds*

[charlottepoet]

i'd try it.....maybe :)

[grampaj0e]

I watch this every morning to remind myself to be awesome.

[KDGotToBeMe]

I've learned the same lesson Maureen. So, thank you for making me feel less weird for thinking that once you face your fears they can actually be just as bad after- if not even worse. x.X

[HazelWHOREFACE]

LOL. Like the lesson! :P

Looks so fun though :)

[johnnydepppirates]

Today I went to get my swine flu shot and I was terrified. The nurse told me to face my fears and I quoted you to her. She still stabbed me with the needle. :(

[luvthepuff]

Dear MJ,

Thank you for solidifying my want to never take trapeze lessons. I appreciate it <3

[AngelsLove4412]

LOLOL MAUREEN. I love that song. "And I'm pretty that I'm going ot die..." Haha! You're great Maureen :D

[emmfan09]

Maureen, you are so awesome hahaha I definitely love the bit in which you freak out. I'm happy that you did this! :D

[EccentricPuzzle]

Rofl, I hate when I'm asked if I've "ever done this before" when I'm about to jump off of ground attached to a rope. It feels like you should've taken some sort of PRE-class for the BEGINNER'S class. LOL.

[bloodyscribbles]

run! run away from fear!

i like that idea. lol

[brecahalley]

HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!!

[johnnydepppirates]

THAT.

LOOKS.

TERRIFYING!

Oh my GOD.

O_O

[sk8rdman]

Looks like a blast!

sux 4 u tho, srry bout that...

[AmazingNadia]

Good advice, Maureen! It's so true.

And I'm glad you FINALLY took that lesson.

[DarkDavy564]

i isnt even that high lol xD

[chewbobington]

Daw, Maureen Johnson, you have only made me want to take trapeeze lessons. THANKS A LOT.  I probably can't afford them.

[Ravensong814]

see this is why I don't make bets

[tolkienangel]

The last two times I tried to face my fears, learned that SAME LESSON! Once I wound up in the hospital and once I wound up having a panic attack. RUN AWAY!

But thanks for posting. ^_^

[AlisaCobriana]

Awh, MJ.

At least you went through with it?

Plus, it was WAY more impressive than John's table standing, plus you had a nifty song! =D

[BeingLolaStar]

Just watching this made me flip out a little.

[proudveggie]

I'd love to do that, but I have little-to-no upper body strength so I would crash to my death within a few seconds.

[milowent]

hilarious vid.

also, i never knew The Raspberries wrote a song about trapeze flying.

[shaidydreamer]

This. was. awesome. Way to ignore all voices of reason and common sense and just go for it!

[partyweetow]

Did you ever know that you're my hero, MJ?

[y0urstalker]

LIAR! I Totally saw you walk away from that thing. Suave!

[TheOrangeDream]

Hahaha, the sing-a-long cracked me up! xD

[clouddyl]

I could never do that o.O

[enialis02]

i love you maureen

[orangetree4]

you are so much fun to watch. update more!

[WalkedThePlank]

Beautiful flip getting off the net at the end. Not kidding around.

Also, roller derby t-shirt! Nice :)

[base753]

Good to see you finally go trapezing! I agree that the place did look scary from the outside.

[MagnoliaLoveBagel]

I love this! I want to go to Trapeze School. Good job MJ!

[hannahjoyhopes]

YAY MJ!! i'm so proud of you. so proud.

[cLeAnPLasticSun]

What a great video: well-edited, and maureen is a witty and quirky comic.

[winstonlocke]

WHAT!?!?! First video in six months! So I guess Maureen Johnson isn't just an artificially-intelligent, tweet-producing machine

[joebob1379]

Oh my gosh, MJ! THAT WAS AMAZING! When you were standing up there about to go, I was actually SCARED FOR YOU! My heart was beating so fast! And then you just DID IT! So cool. SO FREAKING JOKES!

You are my hero, MJ. My HERO.

I AM TALKING IN ALL CAPS A LOT IN THIS COMMENT. That is how EXCITED I am. VERY excited.

Also, that little flip that you did off the net was pretty jokes, too.

You didn't forget to be awesome, MJ. You put it off for a few months, but you certainly didn't forget! :)

[pete275]

holy shit, they have a tardis there!

[WhirledSol]

That's a toilet. Time or Idiotic Logarithmic Extra Terrestrials.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Obviously my faux insults directed toward you telling you to make more videos worked.

YOU FLAMBOYANT FEMALE NOVEL-WRITER WHO OCCASIONALLY HAS FOOD IN HER TEETH!

The next step is to get John Green to take trapeze lessons and watch him LITERALLY pee his pants (what a virgin)

(because all virgins pee their pants, especially the married ones)

I know you can do it because there's a 50% chance you're (or as angrymarlon would say YOUR) secretly the Yeti and he'll do anything you tell him.

[photosinensis]

I can say she is DEFINITELY NOT the Yeti.

Also, I see right through your angry beast facade: you're just another one of them Nerdfighters. Only a Nerdfighter would refer to Mrs. Green as the Yeti.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

THERE'S NO WAY (for me) TO KNOW THAT FOR SURE! You could be lying, people do that a lot on the interwebs.

unless, I see Maureen and The Yeti in the same room at the same time, which:

A. would completely ruin the mystery of The Yeti. (can't have that)

B.Could be attributed to some sort of trickery or movie magic.

but I guess that's ok cause I have a million theories bout the true identities of Maureen, the Yeti, and the vlogbrothrs.

(which reminds me MAUREEN COULD TOTALLY SECRETLY BE HANK!)

[DarthLizzy]

Nope she's certainly not Hank. I saw him last night at a Nerdfighter convention in CA when this went up. Sorry to burst your bubble. :)

[photosinensis]

I have seen an image (to remain mythical, but definitely not 'shopped according to my team of experts) that disproves the theory of Maureen being the Yeti. Furthermore, I have heard accounts of people having seen them in the same place--people whom I can trust and aren't John himself.

Maureen as Hank, on the other hand, doesn't work: they have been seen together several times to my knowledge.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

you're forgetting that Hank can, in fact bend time and space allowing him to make evil baby orphanages and be in two places at once. (which is usually used to support the "John an hank are the same person" theory)

And if you don't believe me, i can't give you any supporting evidence but you have to believe me anyway or else you're lame.

[photosinensis]

I hadn't thought about that. I'm not willing to concede defeat without hard evidence, but I'm certainly willing to discuss an armistice on the debate about whether Hank is or is not Maureen (or John).

But then, if Hank does have a time machine (or other ability to destroy causality as we know it) and actually is involved in implementing the Evil Baby Orphanage, why are Hitler and Stalin still in my history books? Why is there still a gaping hole in the NYC skyline?

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

because Hank was putting all sorts of even more evil babies in the Evil Baby Orphanage, (Hitler and Stalin were mild in comparison) capacity is filling up and time traveling with babies is hard work.

[theflawintheplan]

i think kaleb would have had a lot more visual freaking out. it would have been great.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Who's Kaleb? Is he that beardy guy in previous videos?

[reinix]

Yes. That's exactly who Kaleb is.

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Oh, awesome!

I mean, A LAME! I feel totally lied to. I thought he was just a random passer by.

(because you always randomly run into the same people in New York)

[DelynnWrock]

I am very proud of you! But i do like the lesson! And i would just like to say that for me the hardest part wouldn't have been swinging...it would have been the fancy flip dismount thing.!

[cbp743]

Wow just watching that made me really scared. Like... my palms are sweating. Heights suck.

[lalalaamichelle]

I love you, Maureen.

[RoboFillet]

MJ is my great hero! All hail the fearful Queen of Twitter!

[turquoisepenguin]

...am I the only one who would've LOVED to see Kaleb trapezing with Maureen??

:)

Good job, MJ!

[theflawintheplan]

no, no you are not.

[AngelOfLove103]

I learned that MJ is the bravest chicken in the whole world!

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

False: I would like to present Exhibit A-Chicken Boo.

Remember him? There's no chicken braver, I'll bet you feel dumb now.

[AngelOfLove103]

Nope, I don't feel dumb.

MJ is the bravest chicken. Not even Chicken Boo is a braver chicken than MJ.

[theflawintheplan]

CHICKEN BOO WAS THE BEST.

[Starlysh]

This is so inspiring. You're a hero, Maureen!

[fallofautumndistro]

I would never be able to do that, good job Maureen!

[regularguy5mb]

Aw, as scary as that looks, it's still awesome!

Glad you didn't die.

Also, I think I might have to add this to my bucket list.

[ColorOfTheNight43]

wait so all you did was just...swing? what a rip off.

jk :) haha nice vid :) :) :)

[imajamiefangirl]

way to face your fears MJ!

[iceteabeingstirred]

I think the best moment was when the guy pulled the belt and it looked as if you were about fall. I'm so proud of you MJ!!!

[lunylvgd]

I've done trapeze before. it's not so bad =)

do vlogs more often!

[nomielpenguino]

I've been trapezeing and it's actually pretty awesome once you get pushed off. ^_^

[memoirsofagenevieve]

Yay a new video! And an exciting one...way to go!

[AnimeAndMusicLover]

You should do more vlogs! They're funnier than reading your tweets. ALL DAY. Not that your tweets aren't funny. They're hilarious. But seeing you is better :)

[mbishardcore]

That looked terrifying.

[hallieclaire96]

I can't believe she actually did it! Why didn't you do fancy flips and such? Hahah joke. Congrats!

[joyisobelx3]

You're brave, Maureen :)

Also, I was on that street once. Um, this soccer team kept hitting on my sister and me... Sketchy.

[VoteBob]

Yes! Finally vindicated! You can at least feel good in that John Green wouldn't even be able to make it up the 3rd rung on the ladder. What is it with YA authors and a crippling fear of heights?

Also, I deeply want to do this.

[zanirra]

its been so long since your last video!!

[AJArgorn95]

Such words of wisdom "Run from your fears as soon as you realize how scary they really are." xD that was hilarious!

[ermzgracieisawesome]

I would like to be Maureen Johnson's husband.

[jessstarr09]

The sing along made my day :D

[UsagiOhkami]

when you first took off and started swinging I got chills!!! Way to go Maureen!!!

[AverseBliss]

That looked so freaking fun, I wanna do it.

[BubblyPudding]

Dude. When you were like, "Oh, that sucks." I was thinking the same thing. Only with a lot more "holy crap, that's freaking scary" in it, too.

You are a hero now, for facing your fear. Gold star.

[theoriginaledi]

Hooray!! So exciting! I could SO not do that. I could not even stand on a table, not even for $5000. No way.

#mjismyhero #fact :-)

[PKMNnerdfighter]

Oh Maureen, you silly gosling. You're inspiring me to fly. Surely this is a #badidea.

[kira902k]

This is the greatest thing ever.

Please please make more videos! I think that potentially, with enough practice, you could beat john green in the video making-skillage. Wouldn't that be something to brag about? You musn't let him beat you in anything! *taunts*

(jokes!)

Also, your morals are amazing. I will take them to heart. "Run from your fears as soon as you realize how scary they really are."

You're my hero.

And the funniest person I don't know. :)

[HPnerdfighter]

i wanna see John attempt this xD

standing on a table, trapezing.. basically the same thing xD

Maureen you are so rad xD

[DazzlinglyAbsurd]

I was thinking the SAME THING.

Although I'd like to see Maureen and John get so good at it that they'd become a double act like the'other' Spink and Forcible in 'Coraline'.

#maureenismysparklymirrorballc­ladhero

[biggestgilmorefreak]

That would be WIN!

[AnimeAndMusicLover]

That would be great. And then they could go around traveling with Cirque de Solei. I would so pay to see that

[rainbowbubblesXD]

that song is PERFECT.

i wanna go learn trapeze now.

[katiezellner]

i had a really really bad day today, and letting me enjoy your pain made me feel so much better, thank you!

[ekrammarkee]

Wow, that was amazing. Now I kinda want to go make a bet with the internet and loose. Then go on a trapize. lol, I'm crazy.

Love this, "Learn to face your fears then when you've seen how scary your fears are, run from them." :D Nice!

[AleeEvermore]

I didn't like the way to get down fom the net. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do it. I would stay still, and frozen on the net and cause a big scene.

[smallstegosaurus]

Haha, I was just thinking the same thing. Too scary!

[giantvee]

You know, there's such a thing as a LOW-flying trapeze, Maureen. The bar is at chest level and you can do lots of cool stuff. It's a single point rig so you can go in circles. Neat stuff. Anyway, good job!

[LISC998]

Don't give up your day job! Oh, I guess you already did! OK, keep on being a fantastic author...

[HPNweirdsis]

Great job! I love your advice at the end. See, this is why you're such a successful writer.

[Happybunyoo]

you did alot better than i did when i went on a trapeze, i screamed falired my legs and let go too late lol

[bonjourasmita]

That street of dreams looks promising. I might just have to go visit.

In other news, you were fantastic! And on the plus side, you aren't living in a jar. So yaaay for that. :D

DFTBA <3

[xGlowFliesx]

Am I the only one who thought it looked like fun?

[superj0kes]

i think we've learned not to make bets with the internet.

[americangirllover300]

hehe

[Painfoot]

so amazing :D

I knew you had it in you!

[patrickmcghee]

"You shoudln't face your fears."  This must be karma for making Libba Bray go to American Girl Doll Store

You're adorable and badass at the same time. BOO YAH!

[paperweighted]

You need to make more videos. I miss seeing your face in my subscriptions box lol

[SapphireWitche]

Well done MJ, glad you didn't die and join your Ghost (the jar would be squishy w/ 2 in it) :)

[spoonary]

Go Maureen!

[culbrethcow]

i don't understand how you can see this as a bad idea - this looks so cool!

[smilenose]

that was lovely

:D

[Chrystieness]

awesome! love the life lesson!

[LisaSlytherin]

You are SO brave! OMG. I was terrified, and that was from just watching the video.

<3 DFTBA

[thelastgoodkiss21]

That was fantastic Maureen. And overall, a very good life lesson.

Hahaha, glad that you finally trapezed. :)

[cookie4monster4]

HAHAHA so beautiful.

I cried.

[valerie2776]

hahahahhahahha well done maureen. well done.

[Jessielou1848]

Maureen! We are so proud of you! *Gives reward*

[MrsJasperHale08]

haha my 15 month old sister really likes the Trapeze song =D shes dancing to it lolol

[feishien]

was the trapeze song written specifically for this occasion? if so, that's brilliant.

also, FINALLY, Maureen, FINALLY. WELL DONE!

[SupernovakGirl]

lololololololol

[eeks1120]

Yay!! You lived! :) I wanna try that! :-d

[NinjaFanpire]

Well, you helped Libba face her fears, and now you've faced your own!

[aslanenlisted]

well done Maureen... Bravissimo

[MissPussyKatz]

I have a whole new respect for you Maureen =) lol

[hangingwithNadine]

First, who let Maureen talk to children! We all know that's a bad idea.

Second, excellent advice. Except I think I'll skip the facing them part and go right to the running away.

[HPPirates]

woohoo! It finally happened. Great advice.

[shessomickey]

Well done, Maureen! I think you win the phobias battle, since John could barely stand on a table ;)

[CrayolaaWonderr]

So, I had to pause when you were going up the ladder because I was scared for you. I'm better now, I've just watched it, and you're amazing.