Mi Viaje

Se acabo, as they say in my country.

On May 7th I graduated! Mom, Dad, and Kate came down for the festivities. We had a SWELL time that weekend. One of the first nights they were here, we went to one of Portland's tastiest and most elaborate restaurants, Marrakesh, as you see Dad noting in the first picture. The second photo is Evan (in my Mom's coat because he was SOOO COLD), my ma, and Evan's dad. The third photo is my view during the graduation ceremony, which took place in the gym because it was very cold and rainy outside. Finally, you have Evan and me during the after-graduation reception in all our regalia.

So, now I'm in Austin, Texas, getting ready to start graduate school in the fall. I'll post some pictures of the new place after a while. Ciao mein.

Puzzle

After many months of trial and tribulation, the roommates, all our friends, and I completed this exceedingly difficult 1000 piece puzzle.

Casino Night

Every February L&C student government hosts a huge party in the cafeteria called Casino Night, when staff and faculty become the dealers at an elaborate gambling facility. It's usually pretty fun. This year the theme was Wild West, or something of the sort. So my roommates and I dressed up up up, and headed down. I dressed as a pious Senorita.

In the first photo are most of my roommates and me, posing in our costumes. The second features Evan in the handicapped bathroom, where he, Liv, and I spent much of the evening since boozing is not allowed in the Student Union building. Finally, you'll see Liv and me playing black jack. I lost horribly. Liv did pretty well, by winking and fluttering her eyes. Somehow that helps.

Speech and Debate

Oh boy. I am so far behind. I'll just begin at the beginning, which is about in January. So, for my last two years or so at college I was on the internationally-renowned Lewis & Clark Speech and Debate team. While I did debate a couple of times, I was mostly a "speechie". Being on the team, I got a scholarship every semester and got to travel ALL AROUND THE US, just about every weekend.

In the first photo, you'll find my fellow speechie Tess, resting during a debate round during which we would have lots of free time. In this photo, we were in Salt Lake City. Tess and I had planned to debate together during this tournament, but she fell terribly ill with strep throat and we weren't able to. Oh well. We were sharing a bed at the hotel, and I didn't catch her contagion, so really I consider myself pretty lucky. In the second photo, you'll see Meredith, Ben, Evan, and Amy at the San Diego airport where we'd gone for the RATHER IMPORTANT Point Loma tournament. In the third photo, you have Amy, me, and Coach Kyle waiting for the awards ceremony to begin at the Southwestern Speech tournament, which happens in San Diego the day before the Point Loma tournament starts. I'd been in the finals of Program Oral Interpretation, so I was rather excited. The fourth photo is my accepting my award. I'm the turquoise in the sea of black, which was kind of typical of my garb at Speech and Debate competitions. The fifth photo is my kissing my little trophy. At those two tournaments in San Diego, I went to finals in an event both days, of which I was VERY PROUD, since speechies from the Northwest tend to not do very well in national competition.