Junior Parent's Weekend

Hey all! I am just coming off of a busy but fun weekend with my parents. Every year, UP sponsors a Junior Parents Weekend. The school plans various events, but given that my parents have already been to campus several times (including Orientation two years ago), we did not go to any of the events that the school sponsored. We mostly ate delicious food and explored the Alberta district, a small artsy area about ten minutes away from UP. On Friday night, my friend Moon joined us at Mio Sushi, my favorite sushi restaurant in Portland. Both Moon and my dad had been there with me previously, but Saturday morning the three of us met up with my friend Trever and his dad--both of whom my parents enjoyed meeting. We spent a few hours relaxing in my room yesterday, and my friend Traci stopped by with her family to say hi. Even though we did not explore downtown as much as I had hoped we would, I still enjoyed spending time with my parents and of course, eating delicious meals off campus.

Delicious sushi at Mio

Moon and I

My parents and I at an excellent Vietnamese restaurant

As we know, all good things must come to an end, which means I must get back into academic mode. I have a philosophy test on Thursday and a term paper due on Friday for my film class. However, two pieces of exciting English news are on my horizon. Some of you may know this already, but I will be presenting my Catcher in the Rye paper at NUCL (Northwest Undergraduate Literary Conference) in two weeks! Also, I submitted my thesis proposal for next year earlier this week. I am hoping to expand on the Catcher paper I am presenting, but I had to put down two other choices as well. If I get to expand on that paper, I would write about how the novel influences teenagers and why they like (or don't like) it. I won't know for another few weeks what I'll be writing about, but cross your fingers that I get to write about my favorite book!