Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

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There was a Jeff watching movies in the common room.

This Jeff was watching very bad old horror movies.

This was a Jeff with a purpose. A Jeff with a plan.

This was a Jeff who was going to win a Film Off, yes.

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[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Really? It was a great pamphlet," Jim said. "You're missing out on color pictures, big, simple to read text, the whole shebang."

[intraspective]

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"I think I'll manage without it." Ino said, now looking amused, "I doubt it explained Fandom fully anyway."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No, but it did have very nice pictures of things you can see everyday," Jim said. "I mean you can live without it if you can call that living, but I dunno..."

[intraspective]

Ino snickered. "I'll just try and manage with my half-life then. It's proved interesting enough so far."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's good to hear," Jim said. "Is your dad going to be here this weekend? Because that'll make up for the lack of brochure for him, too."

[intraspective]

Ino stared at him like he was crazy. "I really hope he doesn't show."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Then I'll bribe the mail guy to make sure he doesn't get a belated brochure, either," Jim said.

[intraspective]

"What? I don't care if Dad gets a brochure or not. I just don't want him here." Ino waved her hands expressively.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"There's not a mail guy anyway. I just made him up," Jim said.

[intraspective]

Ino put her hands on her hips, "Are you always this irritating?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I'm funnier so people appreciate it more," Jim admitted. "I'm having an off-night."

[intraspective]

"Hmph." Ino rolled her eyes, "Why? Worried about parents coming in for the weekend?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No, I'm going to be happily parent-free," Jim said. "I think it's because my radio schedule got switched around. I'm used to trying to read squirrel writing at this time. I'm not joking there."

[intraspective]

"Oh." Ino shrugged, "I don't listen to the radio that often. And the squirrels are just creepy."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"I agree. I've been shunning them for weeks," Jim said. "I don't actually remember why at this point, but it sounded good at the time."

[intraspective]

Ino laughed. "How can you forget why you're avoiding them? Wouldn't that stick in your mind?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"You know, you talk so much on the radio that eventually it's all just words that you completely forget in time," Jim said.

[intraspective]

She looked at him dubiously, "I suppose... but if you're avoiding them, didn't they do something to you?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"It was something minor. I just like using the running joke on the air, really," Jim said.

[intraspective]

"Are jokes all you like to do?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No, but they do take up a lot of my time," Jim admitted.