I PUT ON MY ROBE AND MASTER'S HOOD.

[Suu]

My path is going to put me in a museum too. I'm still juggling with the idea of if a PhD would be worth it. There's not a lot of doctorates in historical textile and costume that I can find, so I would have to go somewhere where it could be tailored (no pun intended) to my needs. There are doctorates in fashion, and history, and archaeology, but why would I have to get THREE to do just one job?

I was talking with my textiles professor last week after my final, and she wanted to know exactly what I wanted to do. She actually commended me for NOT wanting to go into design or merchandising, and told me straight up that as long as there is fashion, there will always be a history of fashion, and that there are always jobs. They aren't the glitz and glamour of runways...sure. I'll be piecing together textiles cut from bodies recovered from ancient graves, analyzing 400 year old fabric samples and rendering reproductions of what something COULD have looked like based on archaeological finds and period artwork, but to me, it just sounds fascinating. It's what *I* want to do.

I didn't mean to pressure you, it just feels like there's TOO much emphasis on what piece of paper you have hanging on your wall these days over what you actually can do despite the paper.

That /is/ fascinating. Museums are my favorite human places other than libraries. Also, that sort of hands on research into ancient textiles sounds absolutely stunning. I've always liked archeology. Got way too much cathexis sense on me.

How about the both of us agree to something. Whatever paper we end up with, we put it in our file cabinent and put a pretty picture on our office wall instead.

Deal!