About the Meeting Tomorrow [April 1st]

In case any one has not read the email sent out or missed the Facebook post from the President herself, there will be no club meeting tomorrow due to lack of things that need discussing this week.

Meetings will continue as the normally would next week to discuss the club Saturday Picnic and the Finals Week plans for the study rooms.

Hope you all have a good Monday and enjoy the nice weather we're having.

~ Maddie Stricklin

Update from the Tuesday Meeting

If you missed the meeting Tuesday here's a quick update one what we discussed.

The picnic/Saturday Social is set for April 12th at the moment, starting at 5 PM. It will be potluck style and the document will be available on the Facebook for you to add what you will be bringing. We will be grilling out at the West State Street ball field back behind the University Commons and behind Larry's Dawg House (do not worry. It is about a 25 minute walk from campus).

The list of what is being brought so far is as follows:
Hannah Yinger = buns!!
Maddie Stricklin = Homemade Sugar cookies

There are some upcoming events through OU that the club may take a part in - once that is decided, we will update you!

Also, tomorrow night at 7:00 PM at the Memorial Auditorium there will be a Tao: Pheonix Rising Taiko drum concert. It costs $12 for OU Students to get in at the door and it looks to be a great show. Ali and myself will be going so feel free to join us!

See everyone tomorrow at the showing
~ Maddie Stricklin

Election Results and Upcoming Events

Hello everyone and welcome back to Ohio University. Hope everyone had a good spring break and is not hating life too much now that they are back on campus.

This week we had our board member elections for next year. The results are as follows:

President: Samantha Faris
Vice President: Matthew "Scottie" Luhn
Treasurer: Jimmy Bulow
Scribe: Maddie Stricklin
Web Master: Hannah Yinger

Also discussed was a date for the Club Picnic and group photograph. The date suggested right now is April 12th, the Saturday a week before Easter. We are planning for it to be later in the day, around 5:30 PM or around that time.

There is also the possibility of a final Saturday Showing in April as an end of the year get together before the university lets out for Summer.

Note for scheduling: Ohio University has put up their course offerings for the Fall '14 Semester! They were uploaded Monday night. It is not possible for everyone to start looking up classes for the upcoming year!

I will also begin planning the Fall Semester schedule for next year, as per the new requirement of my position.

Enjoy the rest of your week everyone! And see you all on Friday.

~ Maddie Stricklin

Friday Showing #3

Another round of anime! Here's what you missed!!

Super Sentai Gokaiger
    Episodes 7 and 8

Dinner Break!!
    Played Flappy Bert on Sesame Street's website. High Score of 49 achieved by Maddie
    Another game of Cards Against Humanity was played. Cathy won with a whopping 3 points in the group of 10 players

Space Battleship Yamato 2199
    Episodes 9, 10 and 11

Symphogear
    Episodes 9, 10, 11 and 12
    Season 1 finished!! Season 2 starts next week!

Hellsing OVA
    Episode 4

Friday Showing #2

Hello all and welcome to Sibs Weekend at OU! I know a few of you brought your brothers and sisters with you for the viewing but if some of you were out and missed the showing, here's a line up of what was watched!

~ Super Sentai Gokaiger
    Episodes 4, 5 and 6

~ Dinner Break
    Music from YouTube
    A club wide game of Cards Against Humanity: Online!!

~ Space Battleship Yamato 2119
    Episodes 5, 6, 7 and 8

~ Sympho Gear
    Episodes 5, 6, 7 and 8

~ Hellsing OVA
    Episode 3

If you want to catch up, chat with VP Zoe for the files so you can marathon them when you have time and be caught up by next week!!

Have a happy and safe Sibs Weekend and see you Tuesday!
~ Maddie Stricklin

What You Missed: Meeting 4

Today's meeting consisted of many things because of the missed week last week. If you couldn't make it to the meeting, here is a synopsis of what you missed...

Constitutional Review:
    It was put to a vote tonight; general consensus says we should do the review and changes before elections as there is a possibility of dropping one of six members

Midoricon 2.5:
    If you enjoyed Ohayocon and wish to try out another convention, Midoricon 2.5 is being held on March 29 & 30 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Badges are $25 and with 5 people to a room will run $20 a person. General consensus of 20+ [4 rooms] says we will attempt going. More information will be available on the website:

http://www.midoricon.com/2.5/

Saturday Showing:
    Dates were suggested and are as follows:
~ February 22
~ April 12

Other date suggestions? Let us know! Possibility of using both dates is in the air. Updates will be up next week on this idea.

If you drove to Ohayocon, Scotty has money to compensate you. Compensation for parking is still being worked out, so please be patient :)

Discussed at Roundtable:
    - Lego Movie Trailer --> Group to go to the movie is being set up for Sunday at the Athena Grand. Time is 1:30; meet at the theater or
    - In Morton 235 after meetings Zoe and Scotty will be showing Code Lyoko. If the place changes an update will be issued
    - Watched "Video Game Quiz" by SmoshGames on YouTube
    - Hearthstone trailer was shown by Fajer
    - Happy Birthday Jocelyn Brown!! :)
    - Alex Schmitz is filming this weekend and next weekend and is looking for extras to help with filming. Contact him on Facebook for more information.

There is supposed to be some bad weather coming out way tonight so be careful tomorrow. Stay warm and stay safe!!

~ Maddie Stricklin

Friday Showing #1 (Jan. 31)

If you missed the Friday showing, here's a lineup of what we watched and did during the dinner break with the club!

Super Sentai: Gokaiger,
   Episodes 1 - 3
~ 1 hour dinner break ~
   Watched YouTube videos ranging from Llamas with Hats to Cows & Cows & Cows
    Many strange videos were watched this night
Space Battleship Yamato 2199,
   Episodes 1 - 4
Sympho Gear,
   Episodes 1 - 4
Hellsing OVA,
   Episode 2

The lineup will go this way until February 21st when we switch out an anime for Tiger & Bunny.

Spring 2014 Showing Agenda

For those of you who have yet to see our showing schedule that will begin this Friday at 5 PM in Morton Hall, Room 235.

As a side note we will be starting with the Hellsing OVA Episode 2, not 1 as we watched through the entire episode for the Grab Bag Showing two weeks prior.

See everyone there!
 ~ Maddie Stricklin

Update for the Day

Hello fellow J-Convicts. Welcome to the hell that is winter - well, at least the worst of it here in Ohio. There is NO meeting tonight due to the fact that Ohio University has closed it's campus for the first time in a few years. Long story short:

I hope everyone has warm blankies and hot cocoa and socks - preferably socks fresh from the dryer - and a snuggle buddy, because you're going to need it!! Stay warm, stay safe!! Maddie Stricklin

What You Missed: Meeting #2

Yesterday we discussed rides and etiquette for Ohayocon. President Sam gave a wonderful presentation about how to act and such. Biggest rules: "Ask the cutie before you touch the booty" and respect the talent at panels and such.

The anime was revealed for the Friday showings. They are as follows:
~ Sympho Gear
~ Space Battle Yamato 2199
~ Tiger & Bunny
~ Basilisk
~ Hellsing OVA
~ Gokaiger (Space Pirate Power Rangers)

Showing schedule will be announced next Friday after Ohayocon!!

In other news, Fajer Boarki will be taking photos if you ask her nicely while at the convention this weekend so please do not hesitate to ask her for a couple shots on your down time!!

The Ohayocon schedule has been posted to the website so those of you who wish it may create an itinerary for yourselves. The ball is Friday night - better get there early if you wish to attend!!

I hope everyone has their cosplays packed away nice, clean and safely, and/or that they are completely finished. I personally have just applied my acrylic nails and am working on their functionality. So far so good!

Driver listings are on the Facebook. Do make sure to remember where you are meeting and who to contact if  you are going to be late and whatnot.

Sorry for the delay and God speed to you all!
Maddie Stricklin

Welcome to the JCon Page

Hello all.

On behalf of The Japanese Connection, I, Maddie Stricklin - your Public Relations officer - would like to personally welcome you to our page!

To further extend our roots and show others outside of Ohio University what we do, this webpage will be used to upload photos, updates and other information regarding our club affairs. Missed a meeting? No problem: notes on what was covered during that day will be shared here. Want to see how an event went that you were unable to attend? Look at our photos! Want a list of upcoming events with times, dates and locations!

That being said, I wish everyone a happy Wednesday - or "half day hump day" as my boss calls it - and may all your anime give you the feels on this late school night.

Cheers!
    - Maddie Stricklin