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Fandom Radio, Tuesday, January 16th 2024
Yeah, yeah, okay, I'm back. At least this time, I'm fully dressed for the cold, because I didn't assume that the birds' urgent summons were a sign something was wrong. Sorry to anyone out there who has a genuine emergency, but people only show up after getting fully dressed, snagging a thermos of tea, and leisurely sauntering out to you. Blame the birds and squirrels for crying wolf for broadcasts too often.
*indignant animal noises*
I'm just saying, the squirrels can write. You could carry a little note that says something like 'You've been selected for broadcaster duty, please follow us to the station' or whatever and then there'd be no confusion at all, would there?
*a moment of silence and then a lot of animal noises*
Wow, okay okay! I get it, sheesh! Anyway, good morning Fandom, this is Arden Finch and apparently I'm your new Tuesday morning broadcaster because a bunch of animals said so. That's right, I've been pressganged by rodents and I'm not sure what that says about my life, apart from that I've lost control of it.
*snide chittering*
...Oh. Ah. I see. Well, I've just been told that I wasn't actually their first choice for this slot, but the other options were 'too scary,' and I was 'safe,' so I guess I'll just...sit with that for a bit post-broadcast. Thanks. Hey, wait are you Leroy? Yeah, I kinda figured. Your reputation precedes you, my guy, and that ain't a compliment.
Anyway, let's move onto the news before I end up throwing hands at a day-drinking squirrel. First up in School, we had Introduction to Paleobiology, our only non-exclamation pointed class of the day. Which means, yeah, I'm absolutely calling it Paleobiology! now, just to have it match. So, Paleobiology! discussed phytoliths and looked at plant pollen fossils, with Professor Vess getting 'creepily excited' - that's what the note says, not me - about discussions of extinction events and being 'very disappointed' about the size of the trilobite fossils they'll be looking at. And then DI Goodman found out the hard way that Professor Vess's morning enthusiasm only extends to mass population die-offs and not, like, people when he tried to greet her this morning.
--I was just handed a note that says 'I DON'T COVER THE SCHOOL BEAT, I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS SAID.' Um. Okay. Thanks?
Moving onto second period, Let's Plan A Heist! showed an instructional video about heists--and all the squirrels just took a drink. Okay, I'm guessing this is some weird drinking game I don't know the rules to yet. Third period saw Learn to Have Fun! all quietly reading by a fire, which does sound super nice, and lastly Creative Writing--So Simple Even You Can Do It! (Probably) talked about talking, and also about butts and the squirrels honestly don't seem sure which one of those was the point of the lesson. Cool.
The sad expression the porg is wearing tells me there's no Dorm notes today and I guess I'm just going to finish out this broadcast holding a weepy porg. It's okay little guy, there there.
Moving over to Town, Turtle and Canary was celebrating National Hat Day, which sounds so much less like a harassment claim in waiting, unlike last week's bubble bath debacle. No hats present in Photo Hut, but there was a guy who had successfully not broken a camera yet and I guess that's a big deal for him, because Professor Argentum told Mrs. Argentum about it and they both sounded really hopeful he'd keep it up. So, if you're listening camera guy, we believe in you! Over at Diaz & Ass, Detective Diaz was dealing with prank calls by out-pranking the pranksters. Which may or may not have solved a case? Unclear. At the Infinite Consortium, Professor Vess was filling up little bottle gnome guys with potions to see what they did. It seems the answer was 'march around some and/or sleep,' but the notes assure me that it was really cute. "They're just little guys!" is a direct quote from the notes. Professor Scientia showed up with treats and got the lowdown on how bottle gnomes worked and they chatted a bit about how to incorporate them into their house defenses. Neat. That's a very normal conversation to have.
*insistent chittering*
It is? A bunch of people have defenses in the houses? Really? Okay, studio poll. When you hear this call or text into thepost studio and let us know whether or not you have defenses in your house like you're preparing for some kind of invasion.
*gales of squirrely laugher*
What do you mean, that's how you can tell I'm still new? Hmph. Whatever, anyway, over at Blackstone Foundry and Forge, Professor Blackstone got a special order in for a Valentine's Day gift and, wow, not prepared to think about that holiday yet. At Mystery Sign Theater 3000, Uly was selling tickets to a movie that was released two years before I was even born. I showed up with an apology cupcake because Southerners use food for everything, it's a rule - just ask Saffron over at Magpie Emporium who kept leaving bouncy dice 'kills' for Vi, which is maybe the cutest thing I've heard all day. Granted, my day has basically just consisted of this broadcast, so low bar, but still. Umm, the Trooper Station was using Old Bay seasoning to de-ice the walk and I have just so many jokes I could make right now, but history suggests that's a poor plan, and I'm saved from another week of HIPAA violations as the only note from the Clinic is that Professor Not-The-Rich-Stark brought the crab a donut today before talking about his birthday weekend with the nurses. Happy belated birthday!
Ms. Ingram was having a lovely day at Covent Garden Flowers, so good that even a grumpy customer couldn't ruin it, and then she went home where she and Professor Amicitia had their weekly gathering, though it was the first time Professor Amicitia was an official co-host, rather than a guest. - though his contributions seemed more along the lines of stealing veggies Ms. Ingram was cutting up for dinner. Professor Vess offered him congratulations for moving in and the rest of the note for the conversation just says IT'S FINE IT'S ALL FINE LET'S JUST MOVE ON. Okay, you're a weird little squirrel, buddy, you know that, right? Professor Scientia showed up with pear upside down cake, and he and Professor Vess chatted about potential Cup Noodle tee-em decor and THAT'S ALL DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT. You know this is actually more sus than if you just wrote out what they were saying, right? Ms. Ingram offered him hospitality and safety and he also gave her congratulations about moving in together and pointed out that she wouldn't be losing wardrobe space to Professor Amicitia's shirts. Professor Vess poked around at Ms. Ingram's book collection and they talked about the difficulties of reading Shakespeare and learning to read new languages. It was Steven's first time at the weekly gatherings - hi Steven! - and he also offered Ms. Ingram congratulations that the move was over and he checked in on Ms. Ingram's bees to make sure they were warm for the winter. He and Professor Vess talked about what moving in together meant culturally and a bit about how Steven and Detective Watts got together - awww - while Professor Amicitia welcomed Steven and got congratulations in return. And Detective Watts - hi Detective! - was also present with a gift of cinnamon buns, while he and Ms. Ingram joked about not recognizing each other, and Professor Vess talked about the joys of baking, honesty, and flattery.
The Devil's Nest was also busy last night, busy not celebrating Hat Day, for one thing, even though Mr. Tiny was really trying to make it happen. Tanizaki-sensei stopped by asking for the finest American beer they had and even I know the answer to that is 'imported,' and Mr. Northman noticed she was new to the island and not old as a person. Professor Not-The-Rich-One-Stark recognized Tanizaki-sensei from his birthday party this weekend, because they live in the same building and she showed up. He also asked Mr. Northman about the hats and learned about a weird alliance between Mr. Tiny, Mr. Tino, and Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon. Not at all ominous and I'm starting to rethink my stance on home defenses. Professor Raiden stopped by and was told he should be by more often and and Ms. Blake visited and got into a discussion with Mr. Northman about...oh. Being a vampire of the people. Heh. Of course. Yeah. I...Huh.
Hrm.
Welp! Anyway, this is Arden Finch signing off. Don't forget to respond to our informal poll and I'm leaving you today with 'Wasabi' by Little Mix to get your day going with a bit of a groove. Have a good rest of your day, Fandom!
*indignant animal noises*
I'm just saying, the squirrels can write. You could carry a little note that says something like 'You've been selected for broadcaster duty, please follow us to the station' or whatever and then there'd be no confusion at all, would there?
*a moment of silence and then a lot of animal noises*
Wow, okay okay! I get it, sheesh! Anyway, good morning Fandom, this is Arden Finch and apparently I'm your new Tuesday morning broadcaster because a bunch of animals said so. That's right, I've been pressganged by rodents and I'm not sure what that says about my life, apart from that I've lost control of it.
*snide chittering*
...Oh. Ah. I see. Well, I've just been told that I wasn't actually their first choice for this slot, but the other options were 'too scary,' and I was 'safe,' so I guess I'll just...sit with that for a bit post-broadcast. Thanks. Hey, wait are you Leroy? Yeah, I kinda figured. Your reputation precedes you, my guy, and that ain't a compliment.
Anyway, let's move onto the news before I end up throwing hands at a day-drinking squirrel. First up in School, we had Introduction to Paleobiology, our only non-exclamation pointed class of the day. Which means, yeah, I'm absolutely calling it Paleobiology! now, just to have it match. So, Paleobiology! discussed phytoliths and looked at plant pollen fossils, with Professor Vess getting 'creepily excited' - that's what the note says, not me - about discussions of extinction events and being 'very disappointed' about the size of the trilobite fossils they'll be looking at. And then DI Goodman found out the hard way that Professor Vess's morning enthusiasm only extends to mass population die-offs and not, like, people when he tried to greet her this morning.
--I was just handed a note that says 'I DON'T COVER THE SCHOOL BEAT, I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS SAID.' Um. Okay. Thanks?
Moving onto second period, Let's Plan A Heist! showed an instructional video about heists--and all the squirrels just took a drink. Okay, I'm guessing this is some weird drinking game I don't know the rules to yet. Third period saw Learn to Have Fun! all quietly reading by a fire, which does sound super nice, and lastly Creative Writing--So Simple Even You Can Do It! (Probably) talked about talking, and also about butts and the squirrels honestly don't seem sure which one of those was the point of the lesson. Cool.
The sad expression the porg is wearing tells me there's no Dorm notes today and I guess I'm just going to finish out this broadcast holding a weepy porg. It's okay little guy, there there.
Moving over to Town, Turtle and Canary was celebrating National Hat Day, which sounds so much less like a harassment claim in waiting, unlike last week's bubble bath debacle. No hats present in Photo Hut, but there was a guy who had successfully not broken a camera yet and I guess that's a big deal for him, because Professor Argentum told Mrs. Argentum about it and they both sounded really hopeful he'd keep it up. So, if you're listening camera guy, we believe in you! Over at Diaz & Ass, Detective Diaz was dealing with prank calls by out-pranking the pranksters. Which may or may not have solved a case? Unclear. At the Infinite Consortium, Professor Vess was filling up little bottle gnome guys with potions to see what they did. It seems the answer was 'march around some and/or sleep,' but the notes assure me that it was really cute. "They're just little guys!" is a direct quote from the notes. Professor Scientia showed up with treats and got the lowdown on how bottle gnomes worked and they chatted a bit about how to incorporate them into their house defenses. Neat. That's a very normal conversation to have.
*insistent chittering*
It is? A bunch of people have defenses in the houses? Really? Okay, studio poll. When you hear this call or text into the
*gales of squirrely laugher*
What do you mean, that's how you can tell I'm still new? Hmph. Whatever, anyway, over at Blackstone Foundry and Forge, Professor Blackstone got a special order in for a Valentine's Day gift and, wow, not prepared to think about that holiday yet. At Mystery Sign Theater 3000, Uly was selling tickets to a movie that was released two years before I was even born. I showed up with an apology cupcake because Southerners use food for everything, it's a rule - just ask Saffron over at Magpie Emporium who kept leaving bouncy dice 'kills' for Vi, which is maybe the cutest thing I've heard all day. Granted, my day has basically just consisted of this broadcast, so low bar, but still. Umm, the Trooper Station was using Old Bay seasoning to de-ice the walk and I have just so many jokes I could make right now, but history suggests that's a poor plan, and I'm saved from another week of HIPAA violations as the only note from the Clinic is that Professor Not-The-Rich-Stark brought the crab a donut today before talking about his birthday weekend with the nurses. Happy belated birthday!
Ms. Ingram was having a lovely day at Covent Garden Flowers, so good that even a grumpy customer couldn't ruin it, and then she went home where she and Professor Amicitia had their weekly gathering, though it was the first time Professor Amicitia was an official co-host, rather than a guest. - though his contributions seemed more along the lines of stealing veggies Ms. Ingram was cutting up for dinner. Professor Vess offered him congratulations for moving in and the rest of the note for the conversation just says IT'S FINE IT'S ALL FINE LET'S JUST MOVE ON. Okay, you're a weird little squirrel, buddy, you know that, right? Professor Scientia showed up with pear upside down cake, and he and Professor Vess chatted about potential Cup Noodle tee-em decor and THAT'S ALL DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT. You know this is actually more sus than if you just wrote out what they were saying, right? Ms. Ingram offered him hospitality and safety and he also gave her congratulations about moving in together and pointed out that she wouldn't be losing wardrobe space to Professor Amicitia's shirts. Professor Vess poked around at Ms. Ingram's book collection and they talked about the difficulties of reading Shakespeare and learning to read new languages. It was Steven's first time at the weekly gatherings - hi Steven! - and he also offered Ms. Ingram congratulations that the move was over and he checked in on Ms. Ingram's bees to make sure they were warm for the winter. He and Professor Vess talked about what moving in together meant culturally and a bit about how Steven and Detective Watts got together - awww - while Professor Amicitia welcomed Steven and got congratulations in return. And Detective Watts - hi Detective! - was also present with a gift of cinnamon buns, while he and Ms. Ingram joked about not recognizing each other, and Professor Vess talked about the joys of baking, honesty, and flattery.
The Devil's Nest was also busy last night, busy not celebrating Hat Day, for one thing, even though Mr. Tiny was really trying to make it happen. Tanizaki-sensei stopped by asking for the finest American beer they had and even I know the answer to that is 'imported,' and Mr. Northman noticed she was new to the island and not old as a person. Professor Not-The-Rich-One-Stark recognized Tanizaki-sensei from his birthday party this weekend, because they live in the same building and she showed up. He also asked Mr. Northman about the hats and learned about a weird alliance between Mr. Tiny, Mr. Tino, and Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon. Not at all ominous and I'm starting to rethink my stance on home defenses. Professor Raiden stopped by and was told he should be by more often and and Ms. Blake visited and got into a discussion with Mr. Northman about...oh. Being a vampire of the people. Heh. Of course. Yeah. I...Huh.
Hrm.
Welp! Anyway, this is Arden Finch signing off. Don't forget to respond to our informal poll and I'm leaving you today with 'Wasabi' by Little Mix to get your day going with a bit of a groove. Have a good rest of your day, Fandom!
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As for the poll, he assumed she knew the answer to that as far as Midnight was concerned.