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Hello all, I'm Arthur--You can also call me Phish! I'm a 19 year old journalism student from NY, USA. A little about me, I suppose:

I have an extensive background in marine science, specifically biology.
I'm an EMT.
I'm a TTRPG game master (yes I have a stupid little microphone and everything, I take my 'job' very seriously, okay).
I have a long and fraught background in classical music performance. If you're curious, I play the contrabass. Yes my instrument is taller than me. No, it is not that heavy, its hollow and I'm incredibly dramatic. Yes, it is annoying to lug around. Yes, I can play bass guitar. No, I still prefer contrabass, probably because I'm haunted by an old romance-era composer who loathes top-100 tracks and probably many other aspects of modern life (I beat him with rocks and twigs when he gets out of line). I also do not play professionally anymore because its a bit cringe (I don't have the time).
I would like to publish a shitty fantasy novel someday, with the caveat it has to be shit.

Currently Reading:

Wind And Truth, Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive #5) / I Cheerfully Refuse, Leif Enger

Just Finished Listening To:

The Silt Verses, Jon Ware & Muna Hussen

Currently Watching:

Arcane / Severance

Music Phish Enjoys

Artists in no particular order! I may organize this better later, as well as add a link to my spotify

Frog
The Weakerthans
Modest Mouse
Dear and the Headlights
The Wonder Years
Slaughter Beach, Dog
Colour Revolt
Frightened Rabbit
Three Mile Pilot
Rob Crow
Jeremy Enigk
Systems Officer
Pinegrove
Sun Kil Moon

Some of Phish's Favorite Books

The Lies of Locke Lamora/Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastard #1-2)
Between Two Fires/The Blacktongue Thief, Christopher Buehlman
The Child Thief, Dan Smith
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
The Bone Ship's Wake, R.J. Barker (The Tide Child Trilogy #3)
More Than This, Patrick Ness
The Son of Neptune/The Burning Maze/The Tyrants Tomb/The Tower of Nero, Rick Riordan (The Hero's of Olympus #2, The Trials of Apollo #3-5)
Words Of Radiance/Oathbringer/The Final Empire/The Hero of Ages/The Lost Metal/The Sunlit Man/Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #2-3, Mistborn #1,3,7)
Metro2033/Metro2034, Dmitry Glukhovsky (Metro #1-2)
Dr.Birds Advice for Sad Poets, Evan Roskos
Shy, Max Porter

I also read and enjoy a lot of classics, but I haven't included them here because I feel they sort of go without saying. You may have noticed I'm a big Brandon Sanderson fan. Kudos to you.

Audiodramas Phish Enjoys

Again, in no particular order!!

The Silt Verses, Jon Ware & Muna Hussen [Complete]
Wolf359, Gabriel Urbina [Complete]
Red Valley, Johnathan Williams/Alan Mandel/Richard Campbell [Caught up/In progress]
Malevolent, Harlan Guthrie [Not caught up/In progress]
Pretending to be People, Pretending to be People [Not caught up/In progress]