Sci-Fi On the Rock

As most of you know, we have a local Science-Fiction/Fantasy convention, called Sci-Fi On the Rock. It started last year with a one-day event, and this year has graduated to two.

It's this weekend!! Saturday, April 19th, and Sunday, April 20th, at the Holiday Inn in St. John's (on Portugal Cove Road). The doors open at 9am on both mornings, and runs until 6pm. Tickets are $10 per day, or $18 for a weekend pass.

We'll be there with a table, with details about the Summer Semester, and also a few sneak peeks of what we'll be showing. Also, all of the executive will be in costume, so drop by and see what we've cooked up! (Personally, I'll be wearing four different costumes over the course of the convention, so come check them out!)

If that isn't enough reason, Mae and I are also doing a Cosplay workshop, going through the process of how we come up with these costumes and answering any questions you have. We'll be in the Roddenberry Room at 12pm on Saturday! You should come!!

Check out www.scifiontherock.com or their Facebook group (linked on their website) for details about who will be there, what the other workshops are, and all that good stuff.

Also, Society T-Shirts will be ordered following the convention, assuming that we have 24 items ordered. Currently we have 8 or 9. We'll have all the details about the orders there, so drop in and take a look, before we either a) make the order or b) give everyone's money back!! Please let it be the first, not the second!

Hopefully we'll see lots of you this weekend! Come support our local con, so that they'll be back next year with even more happening!!

Spring Festival

Hey everyone.

Sorry about the late notice, my laptop has been in the shop, and my life has been rather confused.


There's anime in two days!! A-1046, 7pm. Rating at 14+

Because it's our last showing for the semester, we're going all out. We'll start with a movie, then do trivia (and exec. trivia) (Trivia requires a membership, only $5!), eat some candy/food, have karaoke (a sing-a-long, really - we won't take away the vocals), and we're also having a COSTUME CONTEST.

That's right, you have 48 hours to dig out or put together a costume!! ^^; Sorry for not giving you a little more notice. Good luck! (We will be conscious of the fact that you've had 48 hours notice when awarding the prize, we promise!)

Our movie for the night is the Studio Ghibli's Classic, Princess Mononoke

While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god Ashitaka is injured and inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a mining village led by lady Eboshi.

Also, we're currently doing a t-shirt order, to be placed after Sci-Fi on the Rock. T-shirts are 15 dollars each and available in sizes XS-XXXL. You must pre-pay, so that we can be sure the shirts are sold. We're offering a choice of colors: Chocolate, Black, Light Pink, Sand, Natural, Ash, Maroon, Irish Green, Hunter Green, Gold, Daisy, Indigo, or Light Blue. See http://www.technosport.com/product_details.asp?PID=8&CatID=1&Dis=1 for pictures of the colors.

Once we receive the shirts, there will be an e-mail sent out to notify you. They'll be at our summer showings for pick-up. If you're out of town for the summer, don't worry - we'll keep them safe until a) you can pick them up in the fall or b) you make a trip in - we can arrange pick-up with you if you let us know.

Please have exact change, if possible, when you place your order - it's hard to have enough fives to change all of your 20s!

Good luck with your costume-making, and we hope to see you on Friday!!

Cosplay Day and Member's Choice Night

Regarding Cosplay Day - we're putting this on the back burner until early in the Fall semester, when we can organize costumes and your participation. Also, when we won't die of frostbite from stepping outside in anything that can be an obvious anime costume. ^^ Sorry to all of you who worked so hard, but it's coooooollllld, and I'm weak and timid. ^^ So yes, something for September when it's warm. In case my rambling wasn't clear - Cosplay Day tomorrow is CANCELLED. (If you do wander around in costume anyway, we applaud your bravery and devotion, and urge you to consider joining the executive in the fall.)

Regarding the Showing - I've heard back from our two members. (For those of you unfamiliar with what we're doing this week, two of our members had their names drawn from a hat last showing and they each got to pick out what we're showing this week.)

Ironically, they came up with a theme night without speaking to each other about their choices.

Notes - A-1046, 7:30 start. Nothing new. Rating: 16+

And our theme is....SPACE COWBOYS~~~

To start, we get Outlaw Star (1-4) thanks to Aaron.

Gene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Centinel 3. But all that changes the day that Hilda hires them for a bodyguard job. Now, thrust into a mystery they don't fully understand, they're on the run from the cops, the pirates, an angry alien, and a mysterious assassin. But they've got one thing going in their favor - they have the galaxy's most advanced ship, the Outlaw Star.

Gene Starwind dreams of life as an Outlaw, and fate smiles on him as he seems to suddenly wind up with a great job. But as things go awry, and he finds himself the new owner of the fastest, most technologically advanced space ship in the galaxy. Unfortunately, it's stolen and the owners want it back... Along with his partner Jim and the lovely Melfina, Gene must fight his way across the galaxy battling pirates, aliens, and assassins as he attempts to discover the secrets of the Outlaw Star.

And to complement this, we have Cowboy Bebop (1-4) courtesy of Eric.

Spike Spiegel, a bounty Hunter with a dark past, lives on bounty to bounty, barely making it each time, or not making it at all. His partners Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Ed and Ein the dog all help him in his adventures from planet to planet.

Hopefully we'll see you on Friday!

We're back on Friday!!

So, I just realized that we have anime this Friday, and that I hadn't sent the e-mail yet. This is what I get for relaxing and not thinking about things over break.

So we'll be in A-1046 as usual, starting at 7:30. If you have something to tell us, we'll be around after 7. We're rating this at

Because Midterm break started on the 15th, we didn't get to do anything for Valentine's. And given that there's so much anime absorbed with love, we just couldn't abandon a night of romance completely. But don't be afraid! This isn't your typical night of lovey-dovey romance flaunting itself to all the
singles out there!

To start things off, we're hauling out the classic romantic comedy anime - Ranma 1/2, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (Movie 1)

All is well at the Tendo residence when from out of nowhere, a Chinese girl named Lychee appears, seeking revenge on Happosai for a broken promise made since her birth. Things get worse when Kirin and the Seven Lucky Gods appear and abduct Akane to take as his wife. Ranma and the gang must travel to Nekonron, China, and save Akane from getting married to Kirin.

And because this is a "Valentine's Day" Showing....Magical Chocolate (8-minute Valentine's short)

A girl believes that chocolate given by a mysterious magical person will contain a love potion that will make her crush fall in love with her.

And to conclude the evening - Love Hina Again (3-episode OAV)

Keitaro has finally passed the entrance exams, and is officially a Toudai student. But after breaking his leg in an accident in the entrance ceremony, he thought and re-evaluated himself. Having new goals, Keitaro follows Seta on an overseas archeology trip. During his absence, however, all was not well in Hinata Lodge. Urashima Kanako, Keitaro's sister, arrives on the scene. She claims to be the new manager of Hinata Lodge starts to go against all the tenants. Things become even more complicated when they recieve a letter from Keitaro. The tenants and Kanako made a big mess trying to get the letter, but Seta's car crashes in before anyone could read it...

So hopefully everyone can come and enjoy an evening of romance and laughter, without too much of the stigma of Valentine's Day, if you feel negatively about it. It's a night of romance, Anime Society-style!! See you Friday!