Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to mentor this project!
I don't yet have a blog but will create one soon. I will post a link here when it is up and will use it to document the project progress. My Sage experience so far has mostly been with the arithmetic dynamics functionality and progress in that area is managed within a page of the Sage wiki. Is there a place for documenting goals/progress for general algebraic geometry related functionality in Sage?
Right now I'm set up to work in the location I will be staying during the summer. I think it would be good for me to try to get a head start on implementing what I have planned if possible. I also want to test the rational parameterization and genus functionality in Singular before the coding period starts.