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[pazix]

And maybe a new plan? Portland has been rough for T and I. We've been struggling heartily to find jobs of any kind, let alone jobs that had appeared to exist here in an oasis of non profit, alternative culture and... oh wait who am I kidding, we knew it would be hard here. This shit has gotten a little out of hand though. Last night we discussed

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[pazix]

We both got really inspired watching the famous Stamets Ted Talk - that led us to his web site, then to the library and we're going to try growing some shiitakes - so we're both pretty amateur at this point, but curious and of course, inspired. I think we'd both be happy doing grunt work at fungi perfecti for 10$ an hour, but I'm not sure we know the right people - though I did work on their web guys house when I was working in Seattle and I seem to recall meeting a dude at a kegger maybe two years ago in Olympia out by "The Place" or whatever it's called who worked there in some capacity. More research needed on that front for sure.

Yeah I kind of assumed INS would be in her future, if this is the route she decides to take. I seem to remember her saying something about taking some science her freshman year at evergreen (but I can't seem to remember what kind of science...?) and I have tried explaining to her how grueling that course is from everything I've heard from friends and acquaintances - but she seems really confident and she's definitely got what it takes and has a solid mind for science. Aside from hearing how rigorous and intense it is, I've also heard it's mega rewarding - and I think it would be a good crucible for measuring her dedication to the topic.

[tericarper]

One of my good friend, Anna Lisa's dad works at Fungi Perfecti. He's a food scientist and does quality control tests, I think. He has a masters and 20 years experience. It's not an easy place to get a job for whatever reason.

I, for one, would recommend the INS & M2O route. But if you've seen my journal at all in the past three years you know that. I learned so much and completely changed what I wanted to do with my life because of those classes & the faculty. It's not like it's hard, really, just a LOT of work. You have to be really motivated and that's the problem for most Evergreen students. If she wants to do it, she definitely can.