UToronto is offering me admission.
An interesting startup is recruiting me.
Choices are always difficult.

I would like to defer my U of T admission a few months—a sem at
most—and try out the startup. Having my cake and eating it too. I'm
excited about the opportunities. I want to learn about the business
side of things. I want to see a startup try to get all the way to
shipping a product. I'm looking forward to picking their brains.
Lawrence and Luis have worked on other startups before, and they've
been quite successful. I want to learn why. I also want to put
together a little investment kitty I can use for myself in the future.
I think the business experience will enrich my research work and make
me even more valuable to the department.

I was going to post a long entry thinking through some other factors,
but posting it as I had originally written it would be doing a grave
disservice to my mother. Initially I was frustrated by her lack of
enthusiasm and her skepticism (although not straight disapproval).
Silly me, of course! Not only is my mom a very savvy business person
who's just reminding me to do due diligence (and indeed I will e-mail
the former companies of the guys heading the startup), but she's also
my mom, and although she's not entirely keen on the idea of my being
away, she knows it's a selfish feeling and won't let that stop me from
going.

Conclusion: I have an ubercool mom who is handling all of these things
far, far better than other moms can be expected to.

I really, really love her.

So I'll check this thing out. If the guys pass whatever tests I can
think of _and_ the UToronto people say OK, then I'll sign up with them
for a stint. If not, I'll head over to Canada so that I can get
started right away and come home soon.

I lurv my mom.