NB before I start blathering about NJCL: I just feel like remembering my time at convention. There’s a lot of terminology (primary/secondary members, Certamen, That’s Entertainment, etc) that I just gave up on explaining because I’m really just writing to reflect, not to get feedback this time. :)

( A small subset of thoughts about NJCL this year )

This is something I used to do after every Latin convention back in high school. I don't think I did it at all last year... but I had enough great stuff to remember about Fargo, so I picked it up again.

I used to use Xanga in high school. I looked back through the old convention posts and was really surprised to see myself updating every other day, ( Read more... )

No, this isn't a post about how I get sunburned so easily, although that is a factor about why I like cloudy days. :P ( Read more... )

 I have a friend from home (Meryem) who can be very spontaneous, adventurous, and enthusiastic about somewhat-unreachable things. (Luckily though, I like turning somewhat unreachable things into totally doable things.)

Saturday, Meryem calls me and asks me how I feel about going to Chicago... Apparently she thought she had found really cheap train ( Read more... )

Happy new year! I usually don't make resolutions, but a friend of mine linked this from his facebook and I thought it was an interesting sort of twist. (The link goes to my list, which isn't public yet because I haven't thought of enough to fill it yet!) Resolutions always seemed to me like people saying to themselves, "Self, as soon as I wake up ( Read more... )

I just got back from Woodscotch. For those of you who don't know, Woodscotch is sort of a culmination-of-the-semester party/presentation thing for Scotch 'n' Soda. They have little performances (songs, skits, improv, &c.), baked goods, and the induction of new members at the end.

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