Jesus, where have you guys been?
Okay, so I haven't updated in a long, long, time. Thanks to those who stuck around. Thanks even more to those who expressed concern. As you can see in my profile picture, I'm fine, if a little bored.
Things have actually been going really well for me. I finally got around to finding a job. I applied to, interviewed with, and was offered a job by two really excellent labs, one in Seattle, one in New York. Both are fantastic, filled with fantastic people, publishing fantastic papers and located in fantastic places, as well as being fantastically well funded. It was a hard decision to make. My personal life was sort of pulling me to New York. I have good friends there that I would have enjoyed living near again. I don't know anybody in Seattle. However, I decided that I would make this decision primarily on what kind of research I wanted to do and not so much based on what city the lab was in. The research I really want to do seems to be at the University of Washington lab. Both labs would be fine and dandy, but I think I can be really great there.
That's it, then. I'm moving to Seattle in November. My outlook has gone from excited to scared as hell. I've always lived in Chicago, so this is a real change for me. I'm very optimistic, though. I think my lifestyle will be a bit more peaceful there, and a lot healthier. If I get lonely, I can just bury myself in work. It's a postdoc position, which is really all about getting a ton done in a couple of years so I can get a real job, so that's not a bad thing.
Of course, the hardest part will be being even futher away from my girlfriend than I am now. She's been great, though, and I think we're both up for the challenge. It will take effort, but it's the good kind of effort, so I don't mind.
Okay, so I haven't updated in a long, long, time. Thanks to those who stuck around. Thanks even more to those who expressed concern. As you can see in my profile picture, I'm fine, if a little bored.
Things have actually been going really well for me. I finally got around to finding a job. I applied to, interviewed with, and was offered a job by two really excellent labs, one in Seattle, one in New York. Both are fantastic, filled with fantastic people, publishing fantastic papers and located in fantastic places, as well as being fantastically well funded. It was a hard decision to make. My personal life was sort of pulling me to New York. I have good friends there that I would have enjoyed living near again. I don't know anybody in Seattle. However, I decided that I would make this decision primarily on what kind of research I wanted to do and not so much based on what city the lab was in. The research I really want to do seems to be at the University of Washington lab. Both labs would be fine and dandy, but I think I can be really great there.
That's it, then. I'm moving to Seattle in November. My outlook has gone from excited to scared as hell. I've always lived in Chicago, so this is a real change for me. I'm very optimistic, though. I think my lifestyle will be a bit more peaceful there, and a lot healthier. If I get lonely, I can just bury myself in work. It's a postdoc position, which is really all about getting a ton done in a couple of years so I can get a real job, so that's not a bad thing.
Of course, the hardest part will be being even futher away from my girlfriend than I am now. She's been great, though, and I think we're both up for the challenge. It will take effort, but it's the good kind of effort, so I don't mind.
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isnt chicks the ONLY reason to do ANYTHING? ha.
did al gore turn off the internet in chicago for the summer? seemed like a black hole on my sg buddylist this summer from that region.