Here I am, proving that I can update early sometimes. Nothing unexpected this week. Perfect for people who hate surprises!

• Monday Meeting: Monday, February 13, 6PM, MC 4063. This is for people who love bureaucracy and business. Plus, there’s a free bonus of fun and socialization. Unless you don’t like that kind of stuff. I guess you’re the same type of person who hates surprises too, huh?
• Project Night: Wednesday, February 15, 6PM, SLC 2133. Well, there’s no surprises here. At least, no planned ones… Come hang out and play games/work on projects in a fun, social environment. Don’t be nervous! We’re mostly good people. Mostly.
• Games Night: Friday, February 17, 4:30PM, PHY 313. Can’t get enough games? Maybe you missed last week’s because of our anime marathon and you’ve got an itch? Let us scratch it! Unless it’s in a weird place… Uh… come play games with us!

That’s it. Meetings! Projects! Games! What else could you ask for? What’s that? Anime? Uh, I think you have the wrong club. In other, completely unrelated news, show 3 is slightly delayed due to the forthcoming reading week, so look forward to it on March 2 and 3!

Dylan “Where does my day disappear to!?” Mead

After a fun-filled, exhausting weekend of CTRL-A show goodness, you’re probably sick and tired of watching anime, right? No, of course you aren’t. We do actually have some anime for you to watch this week. More on that later. Here’s the events of the hour (I mean week):

• Monday Meeting: Monday, February 6, 6PM, MC 4063. Regular meeting awesomesauce. Come to discuss all the latest in club business, and feel free to  hang out with folks after.
• Mini-Cosplay Panel: Wednesday, February 8, 6PM to 7PM, SLC 2132. Amy is continuing her brand new event, mini-cosplay panels, this Wednesday! During the first hour of project night, come learn from a successful cosplayer what cosplay is all about, and why you should be doing it. In fact, why aren’t you in costume now?
• Project Night: Wednesday, February 8, 6PM, SLC 2133. Of course, project night continues this week as well. After going to the aforementioned cosplay panel, this would be a great opportunity to work on a costume! You can also play games and just generally socialize with other awesome people. Come on out!
• Games Night: Friday, February 10, 4:30PM, PHY 313. If you can’t get enough of the games, games night is here to prove that “games night” isn’t just a name; it’s a night filled with games! Come play all the games!
• Wandering Son Marathon: Friday, February 10, 4:30PM, AL 113. If anime is more your speed, and we predict for many it is, on Friday we are also showing a special marathon run of Wandering Son, in conjunction with GLOW. Click either link to learn more. The marathon will show all 11 episodes of Wandering Son, with an intermission somewhere in the middle. Should be a good time, so come check it out.

Is that enough stuff for you to do this week? I think that’s enough stuff, but if you have an idea for an event you think we should be doing, then bring it up at the meeting! We’re always looking for cool people who want to volunteer to run events. You could also throw up a thread on our forum and get some feedback/suggestions. Actually, even if you don’t have an event idea, you should go post on our forum. If you miss us when we don’t have an event scheduled, you can still talk with many of us on there. Feel free to jump into a discussion or create your own!

That’s all for this week. Have a good one!

Dylan “Can feel Final Fantasy XIII-2 slowly eating away at my day” Mead

I’m too tired to be dramatic so I’ll get right to the point. Show 2 is this weekend, and it will be awesome. Be there, or be somewhere else, but you really ought to be there. You should be at our other events too. They’re all great. Seriously.

• Monday Meeting: Monday, January 30, 6PM, MC 4063. It’s meeting time, it’s meeting time. Hey, everybody, it’s meeting time. Planning for show 2 will be held at this meeting, among other things.
• Project Night: Wednesday, February 1, 6PM, SLC 2133. Taking us into the second month of the new year is project night! Come play games and work on projects or otherwise with a great crowd of people.
• Show 2: Friday, February 3, 4:30PM to 10PM, AL 113 and Saturday, February 4, 2:30PM to 9PM, AL 116. If you like anime (and we know you do) then you’ll love this one. We get to sit down in a theater together and watch anime! Isn’t that awesome? Come check out the epic sequel to the critically acclaimed show 1 this weekend! The schedule is available here.
• Weiss Schwarz Tournament: Saturday, February 4, 11AM, AL 211. With the sequel to show show 1 comes the sequel to show 1′s coinciding Weiss Schwarz tournament. The second of four WS tournaments take place this Saturday. It’s still not too late to sign up, so go to this forum thread if you’d like to join.

That’s it for this week’s events. And remember, if you’d like to get in on the group rate for Anime North, get $40 to Josh by the end of show 2!

Also of note, thanks to the generosity of Andrew Fuiks, we have the first three volumes of the original Emiko’s Genesis comic available for viewing in PDF format. If you’re interested in more of the origin of our enigmatic club mascot, check out the Club Mascot page for the new links.

Dylan “Too many video games to play” Mead

We’re two short weeks away from our second show. Exciting, no? Yes you are excited. It is an unequivocal fact. You are also excited about this week’s events, which I’ve described below:

• Monday Meeting: Monday, January 23, 6PM, MC 4063. Planning for show 2, and other such business. Our meetings are hotbeds of bureaucracy where we discuss all the serious issues that affect…no, not really, but they’re usually fun, and followed by a random activity and/or dinner. So come out.
• Mini-Cosplay Panel: Wednesday, January 25, 6PM to 7PM, SLC 2133. For the first hour of project night, in the first of what is hopefully a weekly event, Amy, our resident cosplayer extraordinaire, will be giving lessons on everything to do with cosplaying. For details on what specifically she has in mind, check out this forum post.
• Project Night: Wednesday, January 25, 7PM, SLC 2133. For the first time in at least a year, Project Night has changed rooms! Not by choice, mind you. We were unable to book the usual room. But this new room should be fine. Same stuff, same time, different place. It’s all good.
• Games Night: Friday, January 27, 4:30PM, PHY 313. Games night continues, as it does on every weekend without a show. If you’re the kind of person who enjoys games, plays games in your free time, buys games, or otherwise views games in positive light, come be an awesome person and play games with us.

Anime Conventions: More urgently this time, our VP, Josh is collecting money for our group registration for Anime North. Get $40 to Josh by Show 2 (Feb. 3 & 4) if you want to get in on the discounted rate. Also, closer at hand, Con-G, an anime convention in Guelph, is coming up February 25 and 26. For more information, check here.

That’s all for this week. Time to go!

Dylan “Un-convention-al” Mead

Sorry for the delay. I had a busy day yesterday and couldn’t get around to this.

We’re back to our regular schedule starting this week. While you look forward to the next anime show (February 3 and 4), we’ll have a bunch of our regular events to keep you happy and having fun. Here’s what you can expect for this week:

• Monday Meeting – Monday, January 16, 6PM, MC 4063. Now that show 1 is behind us, we’ll be looking forward to the other events we have upcoming, and other miscellaneous business. May include a fun activity and dinner.
• Project Night – Wednesday, January 18, 6PM, SLC 2109. Great for new members who want to meet people, or anyone looking for a fun social experience. You can come play a game with other people, or otherwise just have some all-around social fun. Come to the SLC every Wednesday. You know you want to.
• Games Night – Friday, January 20, 4:30PM, PHY 313. This is our all-purpose games night, rampant with video, card and board games galore.

Also, you may have heard, but the largest convention within reasonable driving distance, Anime North, has an attendance cap this year, so if you’re planning on going, you should decide soon. As with previous years, CTRL-A is organizing group passes, as if we buy our tickets in bulk, we save a bit of money. If you want to get in on this, get forty of your Canadian dollars to our VP, Josh, at any time you encounter him until January 31. He will be available at all meetings, and accepts cash, cheque and PayPal.

That’s all the relevant info for the moment. Any later updates will be indicated in bold at the top of the news post, until it is no longer relevant, so you can check back for new updates at later dates.

Dylan “Formula to maketh verbs archaic: Addeth “eth” to the end of every verb” Mead