Fandom Radio, February 16

[laceycantlie.livejournal.com]

Lacey: Hi, Fandom! Happy Tuesday, happy week before spring break, and I hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day.

Katchoo: I sure as hell did. Did you?

Lacey: . . . everyone but you, I meant. *sigh*

Katchoo: I live to disappoint you, Lacey, what can I say?

Lacey: Nothing at all?



Classes

Katchoo: Everybody's gotta have an unfulfilled dream. You're just an overachiever that way. Speaking of overachievers, what have you crazy academic people been up to today? Let's see. I'll take "Things I Never Used to Expect I'd Wonder About" for a thousand. The answer is: The lecture for this class discussed when and if it's ever okay to use magic to affect someone's mind. What is Magical Ethics, Alex? Aw, screw that schtick, I always sucked at that game. Edmund the TA and Alysha were around for the talking to. Ethics had choices today, once the lecture was over: disable a slaver's ship, or go after the guy. Personally, I'd pick the second option. Dunno which Andy picked, but he talked to Anakin after class about help with his powers.

. . . frikkin' everybody around here but me, seems like.

Lacey: Excuse me? What am I, chopped --

Katchoo: You really want me answering that?

Lacey: *sigh* Never mind. Monomyth got coffee with their midterm, and before they got started Blysse talked to Cindy about, um, literacy issues.

Katchoo: You turn this into a PSA, Lacey, and you're getting this microphone down your throat.

Lacey: Fine, fine. The midterm contained a hundred percent less lightsabers and a hundred percent more essay questions on the details that differentiate the masculine and feminine journeys and which class texts are an example of one of those, with a bonus "which do you prefer" question. The TAs miiiiight not have been accounted for, but Cindy was. Concepts of Justice's midterm was more essay-y and less lightsaber-y too, but not without a lecture from Alex before the midterm . . . on stuff that involves Latin phrases, case studies, victimless crimes, and the adversarial system. Not to be confused with yours truly and cohost.

Katchoo: Different kind of adversarial system, innit?

Lacey: Oh, this one is special. Oh, yeah. Alex, Kurt, and Karla were around in their official class capacities, and Ben and Ender both checked in with Alex after class about missing last week.

Katchoo: . . . heh.

Lacey: What?

Katchoo: Nothin'. Carry on.

Lacey: You are so strange. Living With Difficult Women talked about gift-giving --

Katchoo: -- and there better not have been any *FEEDBACK* involving stupid frikkin' lightning storms and portrait windows being *FEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK* scary.

Lacey: Oh, right. And diamonds make it all better, huh?

Katchoo: Bull*FEEDBACK*.

Lacey: My thoughts exactly. The squirrels report nothing about that being part of the lecture, though. In the world of what-ifs, students discussed who could've been the lucky recipients of Valentine's Day gifts from them, and in the world of things that actually did happen, Max was available for conversation.

Katchoo: And over in the library, Anemone crammed for Monomyths and left Henry to the fun of reshelving. Fraser had paperwork as usual, 'cept the whole being distracted thing probably didn't make a huge dent in that. Summer had less paperwork and more email, which Lacey'd probably say was more environmentally friendly.

Lacey: Obviously.

Dorms

Katchoo: And it's that day again. Most of us call it Tuesday, but some of you call it Fighting Reserve day. Because you're crazy. Today's insanity had to do with figuring out how to improvise when you don't have weapons on you. Or, y'know, hanging out and eating cookies, or discussing the actual subject if you were Dinah, Kurt, and Illyria. Or talking to the reserve leader guys. Zack and Leto didn't get pestered, but Merlin wanted to know if Arthur was gonna throw things at him, and Morgana asked Arthur if he heard last night's radio. I didn't, but whatever you're doin', Morgana, I approve.

Lacey: And tonight seems like it was a good night for girl talk with Rose, Elena, and booze on the dorm roof, catching up on everything that happened while Rose was gone. Kate was enjoying the flowers she got on Valentine's Day, and apparently she called Hannibal a dork on the card she sent him, since he came by to tease her about it, and about dunking her in the pool over spring break. Leto dropped by, too, with less pool-dunking and dork talk and more apologies from Kate about how she's been lately. As for Calvin, he's human and naked again.

*chittering* Okay, he was at the time. They were apparently too scandalized by the open door to stick around and confirm whether he got dressed eventually. Some commitment to journalism you guys have.

*thunk*

Katchoo: You deserved that.

Town

Lacey: Did not. That was completely unwarranted. So, in today's business news, Jill held down the fort at Fourth Dimension; so did Spock at Stark Industries, Raven at Dite's Decadent Delights, Oz at Coyote Medicine, Tim at Android's Dungeon, and Fiona at Cabot and Associates, but Jack Burton was asleep at Photo Hut. Dimitri was reading at Atlas Gym until Rose came in for a serious conversation about responsibility and feelings. With a lot of eeeeeeeeeeees.

Katchoo: Start singing, and you're eating the mic.

Lacey: Stop talking about that poor microphone like it's for eating. Hinata was being literary at Book Haven, working on some scrolls, and in a less themed workday activity Ino was dancing with a broom at Covent Garden Flowers. At least until Jaime came in to tease her, and ask about her Valentine's date.

Katchoo: No no, the way it's written you're supposed to pronounce it "daaaaaaaaaaaaate," I think. What is it with the squirrels and spelling it that way? Never mind, I don't wanna know, so. What were Fandom's apartment landlords up to today? Loki had a daaaaaaaaate with the daaaaaaaaartboard at MHA, and at MCA Mina was working on a report.

. . . I can't say that word with too many A's. Dammit. Tim came out of the holosuite, because everybody's gotta take a break from swordwork sometime. Oh, hey, Lacey, there's more Valentine's stuff in the next bit. You can do that.

Lacey: Never. Speaking. To. You. Again.

Katchoo: That's a resolution that'll last ten minutes.

Lacey: Oh, if only I was getting paid by the hour for that. Valentine's Day was a good one for Didi, who was in a good mood at Turtle and Canary, which was a good thing for Jaime. He got candy out of it, on top of hearing about how great Didi's Valentine's Day was. Over at the Arms, Mary was changing out the decorations.

Katchoo: 'cause the next candy-hawking holiday is just around the corner. Bye-bye hearts, hello bunnies. Joy.

Lacey: Lion-O got to explain Mardi Gras to Angua at Cafe Fina, and Henry dropped by Groovy Tunes to discuss music -- surprisingly -- and Vonnegut with Jono. Dani brought several farm animals into the Gig, and Kris was out for a ride and didn't expect that.

Katchoo: Well, who goes around expecting a llama to be part of their day? Don't answer that. Hey . . . no Caritas tonight?

Lacey: Apparently not . . . maybe Robin was watching the Olympics too?

Katchoo: That screws me out of a chance to mock you for your fangirling.

Lacey: Can it wait until later? They're running a replay of the curling and I don't want to miss that.

Katchoo: I stand corrected. And I'm laughing at you.

Lacey: Good thing I'm used to it, then. I've got some curling to watch now, so good night, Fandom!