adventures in sleep deprivation

Okay, so maybe I am still considering a mud.  I have been building a city and looking over codebases.  If I decide to go ahead and start work on one I need a code Kahuna is familiar with so when I get hopelessly lost (when, not if) he can help me untangle the mess.

I am also looking for one that has a lot of builder-friendly features already coded in.  I have no desire to reinvent the wheel.  If someone else has done the work I am fine with using it. 

At the same time I am also considering just going off to build for someone.  Except we get into issues of time and also theme.  I have several areas I want to build but don't know how to go about finding a mud they will fit on.  I have been checking out some muds that need builders but so far the themes are not exactly what I am looking for.   I am also not sure how many bites I would get with the "er, sometimes I can build daily, but othertimes it might be a week or more between log ins' ad.  I would love to build for the right mud, but I can't lie and promise them the moon.  Not when my schedule is so unpredictable.

I plan to spend a couple a days looking over more muds.  And maybe going over Dawn of Time to see if it would work. We'll see.