Fandom Radio, October 27

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Lacey: Hi, Fandom, and happy Tuesday! This is Lacey Burrows on WTFH Radio to bring you tonight's news along with my cohost, who . . . wow, you're really not looking like you're all here tonight, are you?

Katchoo: Says you. Look, I'm just gonna cut right to it, okay?



Classes

Katchoo: Oh, yeah, Halloween's coming up, innit?

Lacey: How could you forget? I've been decorating forever.

Katchoo: She's mistaking me for a social person. That's cute. Classical Genre shared scary stories for the horror fiction unit, and I dunno if it's meant that way or not, but getting lectured by a teacher in, uh, tight space cowboy pants might fit riiiiiiiiight into that theme there. Or not. Maybe the pants were a defense thing so Rick could hang onto his candy. Or maybe Helen the TA was protecting it. Fandom Versus the Real World got Halloween explained to 'em too, with less space cowboy pants but still a lecture where Jon passed Raven a note, and a horror movie to watch. Or Aeryn to talk to. *rustling* Take over for a second, would ya?

Lacey: Sure? Sex Thru the Ages covered -- I know this is a big surprise now -- Halloween. In the form of slutty costumes. That went well with the class, I'm sure. Emma and Karla weren't thrilled, Tony backed Karla up, but Kirk was kind of unmoved. Leda passed notes to Karla, and everyone looked up costumes in catalogues. Kirk and Algren could have been looking through the catalogues too, but that's purely speculation on my part. Anyone Can Cook covered a very useful subject today in their midterm: a lecture on cooking for people on restricted diets, working in groups, all under Colette's expert eye, I'm sure. Nazi propaganda was the subject of World Wars in the Media today, with Mitchell's lecture and the Allies-versus-Axis boardgame that made up the class activity. Dinah was there, of course, as TA, and Kate talked to Mitchell about the lesson in one of her classes last week. His assessment: it was stupid.

Katchoo: Anemone's Halloween-themed library decorations got Robin the frog's attention. *yawning* God. Tired. Summer's office hours were quiet, but Anakin got the usual weekly visit from Raven, who was pretty upset this week. Can't blame her.

Dorms

Lacey: Am I missing something?

Katchoo: Usually.

Lacey: Not your attitude, that's for sure. You are way too quiet today. Kate got her dance on in the gym early this morning, and the reserves met behind the dorms in the afternoon as usual -- for a three-legged race on Zack's watch, which meant lots of snacks to mingle with. Or hugging, if you were Ben and Tahiri. Or asking Zack out on a second date, if you were Jennifer. Or -- wait, this doesn't actually have anything to do with the snacks, does it? Leto was there, too, even if Arthur wasn't today. Tonight in the fourth floor common room, Hayley had a movie about . . . oh, gosh. Evil clowns from space. Those things give me nightmares. Jack Burton thought they were freaky too. Elle was more of the opinion that the movie made no sense, and told Jack she didn't think clowns are so bad.

Katchoo: And Jaina was hitting things in the gym. If I had energy I might do that. Jak's -- the one who doesn't spell it with a C -- morning plans to drink a whole lot of Beaver Buzz got derailed by Dinah coming by for comfort and eventually a nap.

Lacey: I thought you'd have something sarcastic to say about that.

Katchoo: Not really. Leda had Karla over for hot chocolate this evening. Hannibal had his nap interrupted by Angela warming her hands on his stomach, but I'm not thinkin' he minded all that much. Kennedy was reading until Tara dropped by . . . what is that?

Lacey: I think that was a squirrel giving another squirrel the Heimlich maneuver.

Katchoo: . . . right then.

Town

Lacey: Really early this morning, looks like Dite's Decadent Delights was the wake-up zone for a bunch of people: Karla, Raven, Dinah, Ender, Emma, Katchoo here, Francine, Ben Skywalker, Aphrodite -- you know, you could --

Katchoo: Don't. Just don't.

Lacey: Whoa, okay then. It, um, sounds like it was traumatic anyway. I can't believe you let me say your name on the air.

Katchoo: Gimme until next week. Then you're in trouble. Read s'more.

Lacey: I find you more frightening when you're quiet, actually. Jono was at Groovy Tunes with a headache and quiet ragey music, but a visit from Didi, who knows pressure points, helped both of those things. Ino was not looking so good at Covent Garden Flowers, but Book Haven had Hinata in a good mood and Cordelia was in the same boat over at Pixie Dust. Didi had -- eeeee!

Katchoo: Ow.

Lacey: . . . Turtle and Canary decorated for Halloween, which had Leda in to talk about costumes and Jennifer to get persuaded by Didi to . . . dress up as a squirrel.

*chittering*

Katchoo: Keep that in mind for next time you guys give me attitude. It doesn't look like productivity was a big thing for Jack Burton at Photo Hut, Oz at Coyote Medicine, or Tim at the Android's Dungeon. Raven didn't get much work done at Decadent Delights either, with Aphrodite checking in on her after everything that went down last night. Karla came in for some counseling with Aphrodite afterward.

Lacey: In the world of people dealing with technology, Fiona spent a lot of time on the phone at Cabot and Associates, and Mary was yelling at her computer at the Arms. Lion-O, on the other hand, got teased by the silverware at Cafe Fina. Avoiding them like Bones was with the nurses at the clinic: is that an option? No wonder it was quiet; everything was happening at the Boards for play rehearsal. Mostly because Karla was huddled in a corner, and Savannah, Dinah, Hinata who endorses kitten therapy, Sam Winchester, Jack Burton, and Robin the Frog all came to check up on her and offer support. Jack Priest got to hear about her picking a fight with a teacher in class today.

Katchoo: Which, hey, totally don't blame her for that. Jack got some teasing Dinah in there, too, sayin' he wouldn't marry her if she didn't wake up more. Which led to talking about feminism. There have been less logical segues. By the way, there was actually rehearsing going on there, and the crew was . . . not so talkative, but Jack Priest asked Tony Foster why it seems like nobody got any sleep. Tony blamed bad dreams, and got thanked by Dinah for sticking up for Karla in class today. The rest, she doesn't wanna talk about. Sophie . . . came to talk to Geoffrey and found out he's worried about Halloween. Not in that -- god. Being a smartass is too much effort tonight.

Lacey: There's always Caritas? Where Marshall was late and Jack O'Neill told him Tino was complaining about it? Or going down to the docks where the aforementioned Jack had a sign about paying money to abuse the grumpy old man.

Katchoo: That . . . actually does sound kinda tempting. 'cept for the whole energy thing. Fred wondered if he'd make the boat sink. Jack thinks it's sturdy enough. Y'know what's not sturdy enough?

Lacey: Your continued ability to stay conscious?

Katchoo: No, just my continued ability to stay upright.

Lacey: I did notice that. And I think that's it for the night, so . . . this is Lacey Burrows, on behalf of Katchoo --

Katchoo: *muffled mumble*

Lacey: -- and myself, signing off. Good night, Fandom!