The Rise of the VLOG

Here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for:



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SALVETE OMNES

WJCL NUNC TWITTER HABET. IF YOU DONT HAVE A TWITTER, GET ONE NOW AND YOU CAN GET WJCL UPDATES STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONUM!! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE UPCOMING VLOG LATER TONIGHT!

B-A-UTIFUL

Salvete Omnes!!

Today was the WJCL November meeting at Brookfield Academy! It was tons of fun needless to say, and check the site for minutes and a few changes!!

If you would like to run for a position, follow Julie Gokhman's example and send the candidate forms to Evan Diprete Brown via either fax or carrier pigeon (recommended)!

State Convention is SOON!! GET EXCITED!!!! AHHHHHHHH IM EXCITED!!! I HAVEN'T FELT LIKE THIS SINCE LAST TIME I CUDDLED WITH THE WALLACH KITTENS

AVE ATQUE VALE AMICI

This One's For Duncan

Test Test Test How's it look?

Loose Ends

Salvete Iterum Omnes!

First off, special thanks to our beautiful tech coordinator Duncan Adams for saving the world from total annihilation (i smell a derivative)!!! I have learned my lesson!

Also, here is the answer to my previous question:

3 BEAUTIFUL KITTENS!!! (that's me by the way)

Carpete Hebdomadem!

SALVETE AMICI

HELLO EVERYBODY!! I am Gabe Jacobs, your new WJCL Secretary!!!

I just wanted to make this post to introduce myself and remind you guys of some deadlines. Also I'm going to experiment with some things so I can make this blog all nice and pretty, so bear with me!

Supes Important Deadline: STATE REGISTRATION IS DUE DECEMBER 1st !! Get those forms in!

State Theme:

DIMIDIVM FACTI QVI COEPIT HABET -- 'He who has begun has half the deed done'

--Horace

And I shall leave you with a Board Member Trivia Question!!

How many cute little black kittens does President Marnie Wallach own?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

Write your answer on a Sticky Note, tape it to a sportula filled with delicious garum, and send it to my house. The answer will be revealed later tonight!

Noctem Bonam Habete!

Okay so I know this is really late...

But better late than never!
I am handing the blog over to Gabe, our new WJCL Secretary. I hope he and the next secretaries will have fun updating the theme, posting, and maintaining the calendar.
But anyways- goodbye for now!

Safeeyah

Right Before

The night before Wisconsin embarks to Kentucky... and I am in another state entirely. I am beyond excitement! I'm getting random shivers in anticipation. I can't wait to be with the other JCLers. At Nationals, we convene to celebrate not a dead language, but a "zombie" language as former WJCLer said. This analogy is perfect. We have resurrected the culture and joined the craze ourselves, integrating the past with the present. Latin is part of everyone's lives in the modern world, and it is our duty as JCLers to promote it.

I've been thinking about Harry Potter lately (but who hasn't?). Many spells in the book are Latin-based- so did the Romans develop formal magic in addition to the foundations of civilizations around the world? In the world of HP, if there wasn't methodical magic before the Romans made spells for it, then could the ancient residents of the Tyrrhenian peninsula have invented it? Or, from the opposite perspective, was Latin based off of the words of magic spells? With this "logic," we JCLers would be magical zombie people.

If anyone reading this post has any thoughts, please comment!

An Idea

I just got an idea 5 minutes ago. This Nationals, I will make a documentary! I'm so excited!

Saf

Mirabile dictu!

Let me be among the first to say that this new website is Amazing! Good job, Duncan!

Safeeyah

Ohmygoodness

So- there was a board meeting today and we talked about a LOT of stuff (please see the minutes). The purpose of this post is a mark-your-calendar reminder:
March 25- Deadline for registering for Middle School Certamen Invitational and sending in numbers for Nationals.
April 2- Board Meeting and Middle School Certamen Invitational at BA.
May 1- Election Board Meeting at DSHA.
May 14-15- Relay for Life at Homestead- let's have a WJCL team!
There is more information for these dates in the calendar above.

Also- there is a Border Battle coming up. Wisconsin is traveling to Illinois this spring at a time TBA.

Valete,
Safeeyah

After Convention

I love convention... so I wanted to take note of the past few days, as this is a blog for WJCLers to connect and share their own experiences. I personally had a blast. This was by far the best convention I have ever been to. The greatest part was getting to know people from all schools better.

Here are a few of my convention memories and shenanigans:
1. Trying to dye my hair purple (didn't work... I did end up with a violet towel and scalp, however)
2. Madison West's awesome musical talents (Isaac- you are especially amazing!)
3. Ha Ha Ha Ha... (quoth Red Morph Suit Man from BEast)
4. Megatron!
5. Getting a tossup in Certamen with my blue moon ice cream
6. The dance (the way some of you dance cracks me up... and that's the best part of the dance for me!)
7. Tangoing with Mara
8. Screaming down W Gilman Street in search of the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative with a super-heavy load of books (multiple times, too)

I am always so sad after convention and hate that it's over too soon. On Sunday, I found it hard to accept that convention was over: I kept my nametag on afterwards and only took it off after I came home. Now, I miss everything and everyone. Convention may be over, but I hope especially that everyone keeps up their friendships, new and old.

Valete,
Safeeyah

New Calendar!

Hi all,

I made a new calendar for the WJCL with Google Calendar, so expect to see it up soon.

Saf
:)