Ok. I know what I'm doing.
I picked
Seattle
over
Tucson (226 days ago)
In the end it came down to the city; I like Seattle better. Hard, hard, hard.
lakmiseiru: Which research and professor sounds more interesting? (ignore school location) - try 2 with less text :^)...
I picked
Toby Bradshaw - http://faculty.washington.edu/toby/ - studies the genetic basis of adaptive trait evolution in natural populations, especially as it relates to the origin of new species. Mostly plants.
over
Michael Nachman -
http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/nachman/ - studies the forces that shape genetic variation in natural populations, speciation. Mostly mice and rabbits. (226 days ago)
Hell that was hard. Hardest decision I ever made, actually.
kevinr: I occasionally get stuck in a mental place where I feel too bored to go to sleep. Nothing exciting, interesting, or productive enough has happened to me lately (ie. in the last couple hours)....
I picked
Force myself to go to bed bored.
over
Stay up significantly later and read something/watch something/chat with people/play some game so I feel satisfied. (227 days ago)
Having a cup of herbal tea and trying to "wind down" seems to help.
kevinr: I'm currently using a hosted wiki as a personal wiki to keep a lot of random crap^Winformation together, but I want to move it to a server I own. Said server currently has PHP installed, but I'd like to avoid adding more new services that depend on PHP if possible....
I picked
Use something else (suggestions in comments?)
over
Use MediaWiki (yes, I know it's PHP.)
(227 days ago)
probably gonna go with Wifty, when I get the time to set it up.
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Western-style futon or
Japanese-style futon (bought from where?) (227 days ago)
Oops, forgot to increment.
kevinr: I'll be moving out of the dorm to an apartment in a few months. (Option Z, "build a new loft," will be considered only if you tell me in what free time I'll accomplish this.)...
I picked
Give/sell the loft to someone in the dorm and build/buy another form of bed and mattress. (double bed? futon? ...?)
over
Keep the loft and buy a new Twin XL mattress for it (since I don't get to keep the dorm one). Yay extra floor and storage space. (227 days ago)
Turns out it won't really fit in any of the rooms in the apartment. Oops. Also, I think I'd like a bigger bed /anyway/.
snobiwan: My current job is challenging and I learn something new every day, but I get almost no support (it's always the same problems) and I have the feeling my job function will be centralized elsewhere. An opportunity just came up to apply for a transfer to a position for which I'm a perfect fit but I swore publicly I'd never go back to doing....
I picked
Take advantage of the new opportunity, go back on my word, and abandon my teammates.
over
Stick with the challenges of the current position, hoping things will change for the better. (228 days ago)
Submitted my application and advised both teams today. Everyone supportive of the decision!
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