There's a post-doc that I'm thinking about applying for. I think I've got a decent shot at getting it, and it's something I'm really interested in, but it's in Arizona, which is making me think maybe not. I don't know what to do. (But I have time to think about it, since they're not going to start accepting applications for a few months.)
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
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Hil R. - Aug 24, 2011 2:14:01 pm PDT #28371 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2011 2:27:40 pm PDT #28372 of 30000
brillig
I like the cut-rate Vegas I can get to by the Fun Bus, but I go for the free buffet and the $5 minimum blackjack. I'm better at keeping my winnings separate at table games, because that looks like real money. The machines look like video games, so I don't think of them the same way.
Laga - Aug 24, 2011 2:28:16 pm PDT #28373 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
How are you with dryness, Hil? My lips chapped pretty much the moment I crossed the border into AZ. On the other hand it is absolutely beautiful country, and it is possible to find a less dry climate in some parts of the state.
Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 2:31:16 pm PDT #28374 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Where in Arizona, Hil?
Hil R. - Aug 24, 2011 2:36:54 pm PDT #28375 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Where in Arizona, Hil?
Tuscon.
How are you with dryness, Hil? My lips chapped pretty much the moment I crossed the border into AZ. On the other hand it is absolutely beautiful country, and it is possible to find a less dry climate in some parts of the state.
It's not so much the climate that I'm worried about, though I'm not so great with heat. It's that I don't know anybody there. I'm not so good at meeting new people. I wish there was a program like this one in Boston or Philly or New York or somewhere where I already know people.
Actually, now that I think about it, there might be similar programs in some of those places. Time to do some more research.
sarameg - Aug 24, 2011 5:10:54 pm PDT #28376 of 30000
Tuscon is a nice city.
§ ita § - Aug 24, 2011 5:12:07 pm PDT #28377 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tucson is lovely. Hella dry, but lovely.
Cass - Aug 24, 2011 5:14:19 pm PDT #28378 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Tuscon.
Tuscon is actually kinda nice for an Arizona city. It's - the parts I know - an academically oriented city more so than Phoenix.
It's cooler than Phoenix too. Not that most everything in the desert isn't leaned to having air conditioning and, from my perspective, you adapt to finding a warmer average temp comfy.
Mostly it reads to me (having never actually lived there) as a more academically oriented city. Not that it skews to college kids, but that the academic world matters there and is a big part of the social structure.
Not that any of this means you'd be happy there. But it could be worth thinking about.
Ginger - Aug 24, 2011 5:31:46 pm PDT #28379 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A friend moved there about 10 years ago and he really likes it. From what he's said, it does have a university town feel, with added snowbirds and California refugees. Tucson apparently sneers at Phoenix.
sarameg - Aug 24, 2011 5:44:45 pm PDT #28380 of 30000
Oh, Tucson SO sneers at Phoenix. I'd chose Tucson over ABQ any day, and I'm a NM girl. It's definitely an academic town.