Oh, this state is so brilliant! That's one of the best ideas I've ever heard.

I'll be heading out to the East Coast to work for most of June; I'll be in Philadelphia at the Crazy Horse Too starting June 6th. It's going to be an interesting trip; the traveling dancers stay in a condo together, so I'm crossing my fingers that my potential roomies are, oh, I don't know, not crazy. I know, from the internet, the woman I'll be sharing a room with and am confident she'll be fine but who knows about the others?

It seems like business is slowing, whether because of the sunshine or the insane drink price hike at the club I don't know (I don't think you can get away with $6 for a draft Mirror Pond in Portland). It's been decent enough for me, but the last two Fridays have been worse than Monday nights. Definitely quieter than last month.

One of the dancers was talking about her upcoming entry into pharmacy school, and this started a conversation about the opportunities available to young, attractive women in pharmaceutical sales, a career path undertaken just as often as real estate by enterprising former dancers. "You can make so much money doing that; the doctors ask for the hot girl, you know?" she said.

"I want to sell drugs!" said her friend. Hee. Also a career path for dancers.

The guy who tipped me to talk politics last week was back in this past Saturday and we hung out for a couple of hours. He insists that doing dances is against his rules, but this time made it clear he wanted me to make him break those rules (potentially so he could absolve himself of culpability because hey, I made him do it, as he was under the influence of Bud Light and my intoxicating presence). He took care of me and I had a blast hanging out with him; I'm bummed I won't be around this weekend as he's a really refreshing customer. A bit of a smartass and all, and really, really bright.

Annnnnd it's off to Vegas this Friday afternoon for a couple of days. I can't wait to get out there, meet my internet stripper friends, and see some posh clubs. And hopefully eat a couple of insanely good meals and place a few bets. It'll be a quick, quick trip though. Back to work on Monday for my last week in Portland for a month. It's kind of funny that I moved up here in part for the nice summer weather and now I'm going to go sweat in Philly.