Last Thursday, Patrick and I crowded onto a bus with about 75 other UO students at 6:45 in the morning to make our way to Career Symposium in Portland.  The event is usually tailored to the students of the Architecture and Allied Arts school, but when I took a gander at the sessions offered, I noticed there was someone from a museum, and museum work as always interested me as a possible career path, so I went to attend those sessions as well as some general career advice sessions.  I learned some, got some conflicting advice on my resume (career objective or not, list wage or not, list interesting/useful classes or not?) and made some connections.

I didn’t attend every session, because of the AAA focus, so I hit up the array of vintage shops close to the Embassy Suites where the event was being held.  I found a fabulous little Sa’bett of California vintage blouse, for a mere $8.00! Great condition.  Also, Pat and I were able to slip out during the reception to continue a tradition we have in Portland – visit the photobooth at the Ace Hotel (the one he proposed to me in).

I hope you all have a swell weekend, I’m putting my nose to the grindstone.  I was asked to give a guest lecture in my Pacific Northwest class on my seminar paper, the one about crime and corruption in Portland during the 40s and 50s, so that’s Tuesday, and I have three essays due that same week!