MJCL Tongue-In-Cheek Classical Fashion
Photos & Memorabilia from 8 MassJCL Events and Activities!
Never-Before-Seen TRANSCRIPT of the MJCL Officer Skit at States!
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TABLE of CONTENTS
//5 Spir.Party
July 17th, 2010, Milton, MA. In preparation for Nationals!
//12 Nationals July 26th through 31st, 2010, Fargo, ND
//22 VYS Day September 25th, 2010, Lunenburg, MA.
// QUOTE OF THE ISSUE
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//26 Kick-Off October 23rd, 2010, Williamstown, MA
//4 FORWARD FROM THE HISTORIAN
NED: Tell me your deepest secret. AARON: [hesitates very briefly] I ‌ I want to become President. NED: [surprised] Of MassJCL? AARON: [seriously] No, of the United States. [he pauses.] of Mexico. //64 Snowball // 38
Classics Day // 32 PAGE/2
Certamen // 44
Artwork at States // 60
States // 49 PAGE/1
....................................... .................................. Spirit Party Forward Credits
Dear Reader, It's been a great year serving Massachusetts as Historian. I learned a lot about photography, about friendship, about cheesiness. But above all, the closeness and camaraderie of MassJCL members will never leave me.
Programs Used Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word
I find it hard to write plainly about my feelings, since there are so many! Joy, above all; contentment, certainly; but also a sense of happy anticipation for the future. I’ve made friends here that I’ll keep for the rest of my life; I’ve learned lessons here that I could not have learned from any other student organization; and I’ve grown to become a better, more self-confident person.
Nereid (Calypso) (p19): Michelle84.deviantart.com
That’s what I think JCL is all about— creating this safe, nurturing environment for us students to learn quickly, read widely, and grow immensely as individuals. Whether we find our niche in Certamen, or socializing, or leading, we all find places for ourselves here. But we’re never restricted to our roles, which is another great thing about the Junior Classical League. Athletes are friends with academics; artists talk to anti-government activists; and I’ve run out of nouns that start with A. I will continue to love and endorse and support the Junior Classical League in any capacity that I can. And I hope that my respect for this organization can be gleaned from this scrapbook. That’s all that I want, really. Emily Chang MassJCL Historian 2010—2011
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July 17th, 2010 -Milton, MA
Every year, the Massachusetts Second Vice President throws a Nationals Spirit Party to get the Massachusetts delegation excited for Nationals, and to practice Cheers so that we can dominate.This year’s SecondVP, Christopher “Chriso” Hynds, threw the party at a lake park in Milton, Massachusetts. The weather was pleasant and the games were fun. Plus, the cheers practices worked, because we won Spirit a few weeks later!
Perfume Bottle (p19): http://peoplewearclothes. wordpress.com Athena (p20): Scebiqu.deviantart.com Artemis (p24): JasonEngle.deviantart.com The Grace (p36-37): Kidchan.deviantart.com Cupid and Psyche (p42): Clavichord.deviantart.com Medusa (p48): Enchantedgal.deviantart.com Persephone(p71): Lotherious.deviantart.com
ABOVE The weather was exquisite.
BELOW MJCL relaxes before the cheering practice.
All artwork, photography, and writing not creditted here or elsewhere belongs to Emily Chang. Special thanks to Connie Chang, who helped proof-read.
Theme: Tongue-in-Cheek Classical Fashion Magazine Number of Unique Photos: 162 Number of Memorabilia Pieces: 14 Number of Pieces of Art: 16 Number of Pages: 72 PAGE/5
Spirit!!! ......................................... ................................. Milton, MA
LEFT ABOVE, ABOVE Boston Latin School and Boston Latin Academy delegates play the Human Knot. BELOW Karen Bui and Karyn Greene from Boston Latin Academy. BELOW Chriso (2ndVP), Grace (President), and Sam (Secretary) explain the cheers.
ABOVE This was the cake we ate.
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National Convention ........................ .................................... Fargo, ND July 26th through July 31st, 2010 -Fargo, ND
ABOVE One of the State Co-chairs, Ma Keeley (far right) assigns everyone attendance count-down numbers.
ABOVE Here, Certamen was hosted.
BELOW The FargoDome, where all GAs were held.
ABOVE Members of the Mass Certamen teams waiting for instructions.
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ABOVE Zach Hall, MJCL President 2009-2010, at Open Forum, campaigning to be the next NJCL 2ndVice President.
ABOVE Grace (4th from left) leads everyone in a game to get the MassJCL delegates familiarized. P A G E / 11
National Convention ........................ .................................... Spirit!!!!!
ABOVE The 2010 NJCL Convention Program Booklet.
ABOVE Look at how Cheerful we all are! Purple and Gold Day.
ABOVE MassJCLers cheering in the Fargodome. BELOW MassJCLers cheering on the way to the Fargodome. ABOVE The Lunenburgers. From left: Sam Collette, Patrick Londa, Derek Booth, Grace Thomas, and Dylan Drolette.
LEFT INSET Gabrielle Belisle (Franklin) cheering in the Dome ABOVE Caroyln Chan (left) and ToriWu (right). P A G E / 12
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National Convention ........................ ................................... Life in ND BELOW The twoVioliches from BLS being awesome.
ABOVE Two judges at Sight Reading.
BELOW The judges present at Dramatic Interpration.
ABOVE From left: Karen, Karyn, andVanessa from Boston Latin Academy woman Bazaar.
ABOVE I enjoy capturing photos of people looking slightly dumb. Sam (left) and Thomas (right, BLA).
ABOVE MassJCLers wait in line for That's Entertainment P A G E / 14
LEFT MassJCL sells these wonderful, hand-designed cards every year at Bazaar. ABOVE BLS JCLers. Scrapbooks are magical - they really bring people together.. P A G E / 15
National Convention ....................... ....................... Friendly Competition
ABOVE The final round of theWorld Series of Certamen.The team on the left is from Massachusetts! LEFT ABOVE Tai (BLA) at Impromptu Art. RIGHT ABOVE Ned Kleiner (Parli) leadsVoting Fellowship.
LEFT ABOVE The MassJCL Novice Level Certamen Team.Whiz kids, all.
ABOVE Jared Hicks (BLA) takes Elections seriously. ABOVE The Convention Ear Election Issue. P A G E / 16
RIGHT ABOVE Sight poetry.
ABOVE National Academic Testing - a "whole new level" of dedication. (by J. Zhang, BLS)
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National Convention........................
ABOVE Congratulations to the 2010-2011 NJCL Board! (We're so proud of you, Zach!!!)
ABOVE I actually made everyone from BLA laugh!!! A moment to remember, always.
ABOVE The "dream team" of MassJCL runners. P A G E / 18
...................................... The End
ABOVE Zach Hall (2nd from left) is up on stage with the Senator from North Dakota!
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. - Seneca
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EDUCATIONAL
Voice Your School Day Learning stuff from the MassJCL Board
Ipsa scientia potesta est - Francis Bacon Knowledge itself is power
SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2010 - Lunenburg High School, Lunenburg, MA
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ABOVE The entrance to Lunenburg.
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BELOW Some MassJCLers enjoy lunch.
n 2009, Grace Thomas, then the 1st Vice President, came up with the idea to create a day in which MassJCLers could learn from current MassJCL board members about different topics. For example, students interested in website design could learn from the MJCL Technical Coordinator about creating websites. Named Voice Your School Day, this event is now a part of the MJCL calendar and draws student delegates from many MJCL chapters every year.
> EDA KACELI Since she's in charge of publicity for MassJCL,
Eda Kaceli, MassJCL 1st VP, taught a Publicity Workshop for VYS day. Rahi Punjabi (AMSA) and David Hines (BLS) attended. Eda's workshop.
Instead of teaching a workshop like the other officers, > CHRISO HYNDS
I can never spell her surname correctly,
> ALYSSA TOM.
but Alyssa Tomkowicz is amazing nonetheless. As MassJCL Editor, she gave a "Publications" workshop at VYS Day. Connie Chang (BLS) and Kim Dilego (MTG) attended Alyssa's workshop.
Chriso Hynds, MassJCL 2nd VP, went around selling raffle tickets to raise money for the organization. His family donated a gift card and some other goodies in a gift basket. Over the course of the day, he raised a good amount of money for MassJCL. However, Chriso couldn't anticipate that Melinda Wang (MassJCL Treasurer) would win 3 of some 5 raffles. In the end, Melinda gave two of her baskets away.
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This workshop was so awesome, it required two (II) MassJCL officers to (wo)man it.
> MEL & SAM
> ARIVU ANUKANTH
Melinda Wang (left) and Sam Collette (right) teamed up to give a workshop on-you guessed it--being a good MassJCL board member. Several students were there, from BLS, BLA, and Lunenburg. In the background, Zach Hall (former MassJCL President) did some whiteboard wiping.
> ARTWORK
Few people are so After listening to me blatantly full-on corrupt, ramble for 15 minutes but Arivu Anukanth (BLS) has no scruples about about the Aeneid, accepting bribes to create websites for people that he would later judge. Luckily for all, Arivu was only kidding--or so I am told. Anyway, Arivu appropriately used a digital medium to teach how to make a website.
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a very nice girl from BLA who attended my Scrapbooking workshop created this card for me to put in the State scrapbook. Clearly, she's a great artist!
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Juvenal But who watches the watchmen? P A G E / 25
10 CATAPULTA KICK OFF
October 23rd, 2010 - Mount Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown, MA
DULCUS > WHOSE MACHINE IS THAT?
Mount Greylock High School The name of that catapult is pretty sick.
WINNERS! > MARSHMALLOWS
Watch em fly! This all girls' school won in its category.
FOTOBOMB DOG! > SPANGLISH > DOGGY!
Tinkerbell is creeping! Look at its little windbreaker! Dr. P is up at the stadium. Many a MassJCLer was Jacob Perry is behind him. tempted to run off with it.
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WORM RACE > BLS > MTG > ??? Friendly competition! Everybody looks forward to the worm race.
CREEP! > WHO IS THAT IN THE BACK?
Why, it's none other than Brian! BLS JCLers mill about before the event.
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10 CATAPULTA KICK OFF
October 23rd, 2010 - Mount Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown, MA
GORGEOUS > THE WEATHER, THAT IS
MassJCL execs do manual labor. Melinda and Arivu measure lengths.
FOTOBOMB > MAS SPANGLISH
Jacob Perry really likes to photobomb. By the way, he earned the nickname of "Tinkerbell" from States 09, when he impersonated Tinkerbell under the influence of hypnotism.
SIGNAGE > Ad hulam hoopam
Towards the Hula Hoops! MTG JCL set up signs to help visitors navigate.
Audentis fortuna iuvat. - Vergil Fortune favors the bold. P A G E / 28
HOPE > AMSA
Awesome Catapult! Hope from AMSA stands next to her awesome Catapult.
GRIFFIN > Franklin
Random Factoid: Griffin is very good at Certamen! Wish him and the rest of the MassJCL Certamen teams luck at Nationals 2011!
TO SEE FOOTAGE OF "RENT" IN LATIN VISIT: BIT.LY/RENTINLATIN P A G E / 29
EDUCATIONAL
Classics Day
Learning about Roman Holidays from Professors December 10th, 2010 - Boston University, Boston, MA
CLASSICS DAY Held every December at Boston
University, Classics Day is the ultimate celebration of classical learning in MassJCL. Traditionally, it's held on a Thursday--students get waivers from MassJCL to leave school for a day in order to learn about the classics. This year's theme, as selected by 1st VP Eda Kaceli, was Roman Holidays. The classes are all taught by Classics university professors or high school teachers. Lunch is also included for the students.
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Notre Dame High School
Grace Thomas, MassJCL President, addresses the audience.
Eda Kaceli (left) organized Classics Day 2010. By the end of the day, she confessed that she will feel weird not having too much on her plate for the rest of the school year.
One of MassJCL's middle school chapters.
Dr. Paul Properzio and his associates gave a class on "Teaching Latin" to students who were considering a future in classical education. PAGE/1
EDUCATIONAL
Classics Day
Learning about Roman Holidays from Professors December 10th, 2010 - Boston University, Boston, MA
Meet Tim, the guy who keeps jumping in front of the camera every. SINGLE. TIME!
To get folks excited for Classics Day, Ma Keeley, one of the MassJCL co-chairs, got everyone doing the Wave.
The BLA delegates built a tower made from the cardboard lunch boxes.
BLS “We can start a Bad Romans! Oh, oh, oooh … ” The winning skit at Classics Day!
Tables, tables, tables...
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Meet Tim, the guy who keeps jumping in front of the camera every. SINGLE. TIME!
Ms. Fillion, one of the state co-chairs helped Eda register delegates and sponsors for the event.
Cogito ergo sum. - Rene Descartes PAI G Eam. /1 I think, therefore
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February 26th, 2010 - John Hancock Conference Center, Boston, MA
Every February, the 2nd VP organizes a Semi-formal Snowball dance to raise "funs" and "funds" for MassJCL. People generally enjoy the Snowball, as evident from these photos.
Semi-formal Snowball
These girls are really enjoying the song! P A G E / 38
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Three muskateers from BLA.
Chriso’s plan to duct tape the girls together was thwarted.
Meet Tai, the human koala bear.
Mel and Nessa from BLS. P A G E / 40
The DJ and his awesome turntable.
Everyone had to sign one of these.
Two friends take a much-needed break from dancing. P A G E / 41
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Every February, the 2nd VP organizes a Semi-formal Snowball dance to raise "funs" and "funds" for MassJCL. People generally enjoy the Snowball, as evident from these photos.
Two Franklin High School students enjoy the refreshments.
Two BLA students take a break from dancing.
Alyssa's Forum Factorum issue covered Snowball.
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Grace Thomas and Chriso Hynds.
Credula res amor est. - Ovid In love, you'll believe anything. P A G E / 43
COMPETITION
CERTAMEN MATCHES C
ertamen is a major part of the MassJCL experience. Year after year, the MassJCL sends incredible teams to compete at the National level, and year after year, new people try the sport. With such incredibly dedicated coaches, it's hardly a surprise that this is the case. Enjoy this sampling of photos! The photo to your left is of the Harvard Certamen Scrimmage's Upper Level Finals (4/2/2011).
At the Roxbury Latin Certamen Scrimmage (11/17/2010), Certamen players milled around in the Great Hall before, finally, the president of the Classics Club welcomed the players to the tournament.
(Left to right) Teams from Franklin, Lunenburg, and BLA face off against each other at the Lunenburg Certamen finals (3/26/2011).
Franklin High School Certamen Tournament's (12/11/10) program. Competition can be extremely draining. Stefan Herlitz (FHS) takes a break from Certamen after competing at Harvard.
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Certamen players enjoy their lunch break at the Harvard Certamen scrimmage. In the end, the Harvard Classics Club ran out of pizza to sell!
The inexorable BLS Lower team relaxes after the SCL Certamen Tournament (3/5/2011). Photo taken by Connie Chang.
Boston Latin School used this program booklet designed by yours truly for their Certamen Tournament (2/12/2011).
Carpe Diem! - Horace
Seize the Day!
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COMPETITION
CERTAMEN MATCHES Two teams relax before the Harvard prelims. Ms. Lewis (AMSA) keeps score at BU.
A team from Virginia flew in for Harvard.
“If you lose this round, it’s back to the dungeons for you~!”
Program Booklet.
Grace, David from LHS.
Grace relates important information to her team.
Students cram before being told their rooms.
Franklin High School at Lunenburg. P A G E / 46
Every year, the MassJCL hosts a State Convention at Barnstable High School in Hyannis, Massachusetts. State Convention is the event to be at if you're a MassJCLer. Modelled on the National Convention, the MassJCL State Convention has
academic testing, art contests, a Certamen tournament, athletic competitions, dances, karoake, elections, and, of course, That's Entertainment. 4/29 - 5/1/2011. Hyannis, MA.
Left | As can be seen, everyone was very excited at the General Assembly after the Spirit Parade (some people still have their togas on!) Lower Left | A teacher tries to take attendance before boarding the school bus. Lower MIddle | Bridget and Melinda from BLS, before boarding the bus. Lower Right | Alyssa Tomkowicz from MTG.
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General Assembly I
Chriso Hynds stares at me with his large, soulful eyes. Naturally, he didn't realize that I took his picture until after I, well, took his picture.
The Karoake Master
An SCLer poses with the Karoake Guy. He has a lot of great classical rock hits in his repetoire.
Meet your mothers
XS?
The brains behind everything
Get out.
These lunch ladies kindly donated their time to the MassJCL State Convention. They have truly seen it all - food grubbers, "Can I have seconds?," and late-comers. Ma Keeley wisely instructed the delegates to treat them like their mothers.
Ma Keeley (left) and Ms. Fillion (right), two of the three State co-chairs, were instrumental in the success of State Convention. If it weren't for them, we're not too sure where MassJCL would be right now. P A G E / 50
Dylan Drolette and Vanessa Ruano--the incoming and outgoing MASCL Presidents, respectively-got up on stage to advertise the MassJCL State T-shirts. Dylan realized only after he tried putting his shirt on that he had grabbed an extra-small. JCL Sponsors need to take breaks from sponsoring once in a while, so they escape to teacher lounges. These three BLS Latin teachers were surprised to see a student wander into their headquarters.
Academic Testing
Sight Latin
So many choices!
Athletics
MassJCL students are very studious indeed! Here, a group of students who have signed up to take over 9 tests in 2 hours smile before their death toll rings.
A delegate studies his options with enough intensity to start a fire. Registration always takes a while.
Impromptu Art Contest
Impromptu Art is always a big hit at States. In fact, this year, some students had to be turned away because there was no more room left. Here, some students from Boston Latin Academy work on their creations. P A G E / 52
Like at Nationals, delegates participating in Sight Latin at States are given fifteen minutes to prepare before entering a room with a judge.
Swimming is a major event at States. Participants have to wake up at 5 am to compete! (Right) Maddie, BLS; (Far right) Hanui, BLS; (Far right, middle) An AMSA student; (Far right, lower) Ned Kleiner isn't doing his job; (Below) Alex, MTG.
Random Activities
(Right) Dr. Paul Properzio from BLA judges Sight Latin, Poetry at States. (Below) An AMSA girl dresses up as a ghost for the Costume Contest. (Far Below) An AMSA girl sings a song at Karoake.
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Random Activities
(Left) Art registration is always crazy, because it takes a while to write. (Below) The cover of the program booklet. (Far below) Liza Ruano holds up a piece of artwork she created while supervising Impromptu Art.
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Elections
(Right) Oftentimes, candidates will enlist friends and classmates to help with campaigning. Hope, from AMSA, simultaneously campaigns for her friends Rahi (who was running for Editor), Meghana (who was running for Treasurer), and Artem (who was running for TechCo.) Perhaps thanks to her, all three AMSA candidates won. (Below) Artem. (Below middle) Pearl from Mt. Greylock, running for Secretary. (Below right top) Dan from BLA, running for TechCo. (Below right bottom) David from BLS, running for President.
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Voting and Results
(Right) The Boston Latin School Voting Fellowship room. (Below) Grace Thomas, the outgoing President, swears in Eda Kaceli, the incoming President.
MassJCL Board 2011-2012 President: Eda Kaceli 1st VP: Derek Book 2nd VP: Sam Collette Secretary: Pearl Sutter Treasurer: Meghana Vaghwala Parliamentarian: Chriso Hynds Historian: Kim Dilego Technical Coordinator: Artem Nurlat Congratulations to the new board, and good luck with this year!
Artwork
Art is considered to be an important part of Roman and Greek culture. Naturally, there are many opportunities for talented artists to showcase their abilities at State Convention. Because all artwork is kept anonymous, I have been unable to concretely identify the creators. But let's just enjoy their work. (Third from right): Medals for artistic achievement won at States.
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"Types of People"
Comedy Sketch
Skit, skit, Severus Skit (Aurelius!)
Sing your heart out
Connie Chang from Boston Latin School performs an original composition, "Types of People", on the guitar. That’s my lil sis!
(Right) The SCL’s skit, a parody of a MassJCL board meeting. (Bottom right) Vanessa Ruano auctions off Brandon Bark, past NJCL President. (Bottom far right) Two Mount Greylock students watch the
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A comedy routine performed by two friends!
A MassJCLer performs a traditional Irish song.
Music is my life
(Right) The next Louis Armstrong! (Far right) Kim Dilego from Mt. Greylock performs a heartfelt song on the piano.
Certamen Prelims
Three schools face each other off at a round of Certamen preliminaries.
Lower Level Finals AMSA, Boston Latin School, and Boston Latin Academy faced each other off in the Lower Level finals.
Everrett High School
The Upper Level Certamen Team from Everrett High School relaxes before the match begins.
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Lunenburg High School
The Lunenburg High School Upper Level Certamen Team, who came in first in their division.
Advanced Math and Science Academy
The AMSA Novice Level Certamen team, who came in first in their division.
You could cut the tension in the room.
(Right) The upper level finals. (Far right) Scores from the Novice Preliminaries.
Advanced Math and Science Academy
Milton High School
Boston Latin School
Cheers!
As the AMSA Spirit Parade delegates passed by, I was deafened by the volumne of their cheering.
Boston Latin School had a very creative idea for their part in the Spirit Parade - they encated a skit in which Roman soldiers defeated and captured a group of wild Gauls.
Boston Latin Academy
The delegation from Milton High School, clad handsomely in white and red, parade down the street.
(Right) A school cheers loudly as Ma Keeley calls their name. (Far right) This is a ribbon won by an entire school at State Convention. (Below) A delegation of white-and-purple students pass me by.
Boston Latin Academy, the largest delegation sent to this year's MassJCL State Convention, blinded me with their voices.
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Tears!
The end of State Covnention always brings people to tears. I guess it was especially emotional for Grace, who, as President this past year, organized the whole thing, and did a really great job of it.
Bene legere saecla vincere. - Isaac Flagg To read well is to conquer the ages. Faces!
Believe it or not, these are the reactions of two people who listened to the same question, which is rated too mature for this magazine. You can only wonder what was going through their heads...
CONGRATULATIONS! You're done with reading through this scrapbook. I hope you enjoyed it!h P A G E / 70
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