The Journal of Sam Winchester

Good morning, Fandom. It is I, Boston, familiar to Adrian Blackwood. Ms. Finch, the normal reporter, is indisposed, and somehow the squirrels have decided that it should be my witch's problem. Since he is currently a plant, it falls to me to read these notes. That being said, rodents, while I am generally above chasing you, I am occasionally willing to make exceptions. Are we clear?

*intimidated chittering*

Excellent.

I believe it is customary to start with School, so we shall do so. Teamwork paired people up and gave them false offspring to care for. Well, that is surely going to go well. 2 Problem 2 Creative had a distinct lack of cats in class and tried to pass that off as a good thing. They also had to order pizza but without saying specific words. I believe there's a board game with a similar premise. How To Waste Time On The Internet talked about watching longer and more relaxing videos, and yesterday would have been an excellent time to have discussed TikTok - I believe that is the app, being a cat I would not know, obviously - but, sadly, the class did not. Thinking on it further, I don't think it's important or necessary to spend any time on it at all in any future classes. Last, Destiny & Free Will discussed the semantics and the difference between fate and destiny. A fascinating topic, and a pity I missed it.

No Dorms, and so we go to Town. The Magpie Emporium had a great deal of pizza, but these notes assure me that no amount of pizza is too much pizza. Interesting, especially since I had not asked. Pizza Planet quiet, a little too quiet, and Officer McGarrett was taking down suspect information at the Trooper Station. The Clinic was a hotbed of anxiety due to pacing, and the notes have no word on whether or not it was resolved.

There was also a movie showing at the park. Plenty of people attended, including Mr. Gray, both Miss Zarrins, Ms. Pryde-Barton who had set the whole movie up, and Captain Flint. Ms. Skywalker and Mr. J. Stark caught up with each other, neither of them having seen the movies and both keeping busy. Mr. J. Stark has also spent a great deal of time...making breakfast for a cat? I approve. More people should prepare meals for their cats. Miss Skywalker also shared food with Mr. Raiden and they discussed history. Mr. Skalitz - Mr. Of Skalitz, perhaps? - received a brief explanation of what movies and explosions are from Mr. Rogers, before Mr. Skalitz began focusing on the dogs accompanying Mr. Rogers. Mmmm. I suppose that's a choice. Ms. Ingram - hmmm - and Mr. Amicitia were also watching the movie for the first time and had a picnic basket to share. Mrs. Solo-Fel was there with Mr. Fel and their sons, and they were joined by Mr. Skywalker and his son, who also discussed snacks. This appears to be a very snack-forward group. Understandable. Treats are very important. I haven't had any in days. Mr. Argentum and Mrs. Solo-Fel left the topic of snacks to discuss children, specifically their own, and not random urchins, probably because this isn't a Dickensian novel. Mr. Rogers caught up with his husband, Mr. T. Stark, to continue the custom of conversing about snacks, though in this case, the snacks in question were charcuterie and wine. Oh, and the dogs were there, which apparently concerned Doctor Blake and delighted Mr. J. Stark.

That is all the news the squirrels have, since presumably conversation and activity stopped when the movie began. Since I am finished here, I believe it is time that I, too, found something to eat. Fortunately, I still have Adrian's credit card. If he didn't want this many sushi purchases, he shouldn't have been a plant.

pocketpretzels posting in

Good morning ~~despite the timestamp no the player didn't forget that Mondays still happen even on vacation shut up~~, and welcome to your recap of yesterday's goings-on.

Miss Skywalker was celebrating her birthday at work with a free drink courtesy of the Starbucks. Happy belated birthday!

And in other birthday related news, Dr. Quinn received a delivery of a potted plant. Happy belated birthday as well, Dr. Quinn.

It was not the elder Miss Zarrin's birthday, but that did not stop her from enjoying a blended coffee and some pastries over at the Perk.

That is all there is to speak of for yesterday. Until next time, Fandom.

stykera posting in

fandom_clinic

Coffees had been brought to the clinic and the crab was being...well, himself. But more so.

Stabby was pacing anxiously outside the perimeter of his tank. The nurses weren't sure why but it seemed best to leave him be.

The pacing waa making Stark anxious as well though.

The clinic was open, the crab was anxious, and the alien was anxious and on as well.

intheeyeofthebeholding posting in

Jon nodded to his class. He...was not in a bad mood. Look, this class might be pointless, but at least it wasn't stressful.

"One of the best ways to waste time on the internet is to watch videos. They take longer than pictures, after all, and unlike music or podcasts, you can't really multitask while watching them." He frowned. "I assume. Normal humans can't really, anyway." He shook himself. He was not going to attempt multitasking right now.

Instead, he held up his phone. "You'll find some videos on Instagram and other social media, but there are two main sources for them: Youtube and TikTok. I tend to mostly use Youtube because the videos are longer and the search function isn't quite so egregiously horrible." Also because he was a Millennial and not Gen Z, but hush.

"Cat videos are wonderful, but don't tend to be very long, so if you're looking to really waste a lot of time, I encourage you to look up how-to videos, science demonstrations, house renovations, and that sort of thing. Oh, and if you want to waste a bit of time but not quite that much, this little gear here lets you switch them to double speed, so you can watch the same thing but faster."

He nodded. "Right, so - find something and share it, and let's all waste time."

Seriously - least. Stressful. Class. Ever.

grenadesandohana posting in

Steve was on the phone with the Baltimore police. "No," he said. "No. No, sir, we haven't seen anything like that, but if we do run into two Welsh guys and a stolen penguin named Dirk, you'll be our first call."

He hung up and turned to Calvin. "Can you go check in with the raccoons and check that there's not a new penguin here named Dirk?"

How was this his life. How.

The Trooper Station was open, especially if you were a penguin named Dirk.

atreideslioness posting in

Class today met down at the pond, as Ghanima felt like feeding the flamingos.

"Today, children, we discuss semantics," Ghanima said briskly from her seat on the grass. "Although the words are used interchangeably in many cases, fate and destiny can be, and should be, distinguished." She smiled slightly as Trebor dug his hands in the grass and giggled. "Don't groan at me. Semantics are your friends, I promise. When you know a word, inside and out, it becomes more than a word. It's a friend, a weapon, and a great source of fun at the expense of other people."

( 'Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.' -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton )

"So, let's chat. Semantics and harbingers of fate. I'm curious to hear what you think."

sith_happened posting in

When the students came in, they were greeted by table and chair with a pizza box (sadly empty), and a strange object sitting on it.

"Good morning, everyone," Anakin said. "I am still not a cat!"

Congratulations, Anakin.

"There are also far fewer cats involved in this week's class," Ahsoka remarked, almost regretfully.

Anakin looked smug. "Yes, there are." Unless someone brought in a cat as a satisfying thing to touch.

Let's be real, there was a non-zero chance someone had. Speaking off, it was time to touch all the things that had been brought in.

"Homework first and then we will explain the pizza box," Anakin said. Well. Sort of explain it.

If you ever felt you knew less by the time these classes ended than when they started, it was possibly entirely by design.

Once all the things had been touched and judged. Ahsoka continued "Your task today is to order a pizza."

"Yes," Anakin said, eyes twinkling. "Using that phone, order an extra large vegetarian pizza with pepperoni and bacon, and without tomato and cheese. You may not use the following words: extra; large; vegetarian; pizza; pepperoni; bacon; tomato; or cheese."

"You will also receive a bonus point if you can get the person taking your call to say ''bubbles," Ahsoka added.

carbsliftthespirit posting in

There were no gremlin breakups happening in the supply closet this week. All of the deliveries had gone off how they were supposed to. Nothing weird was coming out of the taps.

"Suspicious," Raiden agreed, "but we're gonna go with it until all hell breaks loose."

Specials
BBQ Chicken Pan Pizza
Cheeseburger Puff Pastry Pizza
Beer Brat & Caramelized Onion Pizza

Pizza Planet is open!

throughaphase posting in

The park was set up with a large screen for the movie to project onto, the sound system was up and working, and there was plenty of room for people to spread out with blankets, chairs, picnic supplies, or whatever else they might have brought. Alcohol was fine as long as you kept in mind that this was a family-friendly event, in that younger kids would only probably really be interested in the cars and older kids might enjoy the actual movie.

So come one and come all, and watch yourselves some 2 Fast 2 Family.

giveittoyoursister posting in

Because reasons, Vi came back from class with pizza for lunch. Several boxes in fact.

Enough pizza that some people might even venture it was too much pizza.

Those people were wrong.

solo_sword posting in

Jaina was back this week, and looking a little too excited about today.

"In case you were not aware," Jag began, "we are the parents of twins, which at times has been... challenging going."

"The early days were hell," Jaina stated simply.

"I wouldn't go quite that far," he said.

"I would," Jaina said. "They cry and you have no idea why, at any time of day. Sometimes they cry just to cry. You're constantly trying to make sure they don't kill themselves by accident. You don't sleep a whole night through. People try to tell you what you're doing is wrong even though you know it's fine. And most of the time you're trying to do it all around the things you had to do before, like work and chores."

"Today you will be given droid babies," Jag told them. "You will be paired up, and it's your responsibility to work out co-parenting. The babies will cry, they will need to be fed, they will need to be entertained. They will continue crying until you solve the problem. You are not allowed to break them, use powers on them, or do anything along the lines of locking them in a closet. Next week you will report back on how things went and how you worked with your partner."

"Good luck and may the For e be with you," Jaina said, and that's how you knew you were in trouble.

even_bigger_teeth posting in

If it weren't so dang hot out, Luma might have been inclined to go on a nice run today. She was feeling pretty restless, though, and unwilling to just stay inside, so she figured it would be a good idea to grab some new book she'd picked up recently that sounded promising and head to the Perk for one of those yummy blended coffee drinks, and a cinnamon roll, too.

Oooh, or perhaps one of those berry tarts!

No, no. The cinnamon roll.

But those tarts...

...clearly, she was getting both. She could practically burn it all off just by transforming a few times, anyway, really...

[[ and open, of course! ]]

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imafuturist posting in

Okay, it's Sunday once again... and there are notes! A change from how things have gone recently. Let's get started with the new brunch place, Over Easy where Raiden contemplated a healthy diet for a bird before a black cat who is actually Liliana came looking for food. Well. So long as she doesn't turn into a pony, I guess it's not stealing my thing. Over at Caritas, Jane dealt with Tino being Tino about the drink specials. That fully tracks from my brief interactions with him, yes.

And that is all there is. So everyone enjoy yourselves. Hope to see people tomorrow at the movies in the park.

thatwaslucky posting in

Rey didn't really do things for her birthday, so today was pretty much a regular day where she talked to people from home more than usual.

She did however get free Starbucks today, and she'd been sort of upsold into a venti so now she got to work with a giant pink drink. It was for the best they didn't get her a trenta. She'd be horrified.

[Open!]

needsacatchphrase posting in

Tino had spent time on the mainland now that the number of bartenders here on Fandom had gone down. And he was now making that into Jane's problem with the drink specials.

Honestly, she was just glad that he didn't have a replica of one of her outfits again. That had just been the weirdest part of that one weekend. And that was saying something.

Specials
Long Island Iced Tea
Manhattan
Jersey Quarter

At least the drinks seemed drinkable.

mustbeawitch posting in

Good morning, everyone--and it is a good morning, as there were no horrid 'drills' yesterday, so let us learn what did happen, shan't we?

At the school, Drama in the Park-a-Rama announced the cast of their play, and Markets of the Worlds visited a farmer's market on Dantooine. There was produce, of a sort. Mr. Rand claimed he was too 'New York' to enjoy the experience. First Aid reviewed proper triage procedure, with Captain Flint having some questions about...amputations.

Let's move along quickly from that, shall we? I've nothing for the dormitory, but in the town, Detective Watts was singing at the Trooper Station before he was joined for luncheon by Mr. Grant. Miss Eleanor was working on some sleep aids at Plant Parenthood, whilst at Needful Things, it seems hand fans were on sale--most needful in this weather--and I've a note that it will be Dr. Quinn's birthday tomorrow! Many happy returns, Miss. Miss Skywalker was dealing with a plague of confetti at her warehouse, which caused Dean Skywalker to worry he had missed some sort of celebration. Dr. Isley took a break from her research at Pick Your Poison to take a walk with Dr. Quinn. And lastly, but far from least, Dr. Pryde-Barton was about town putting up flyers for a "movie night" in the park on Monday evening. It seems they shall be showing 2 Fast 2 Family, a thrilling tale of fast cars and even faster friendships, and I'm sure it shall be a lovely time for all, even though I'm not sure how entertaining automobiles can be. Until next week, dear listeners!

carbsliftthespirit posting in

Raiden was back at work today at Over Easy, but he was a smidgen distracted by trying to find out what constituted a balanced meal for a bird.

You know. Normal problems.

"I feel like we should provide options for when people turn into things, but there's so much variety. I don't know what to feed a plant!...You're right. Plant food."

Specials
Crab & Asparagus Frittata
Creme Brulee French Toast
Shrimp & Grits

Over Easy is open!

throughaphase posting in