i ain’t lost my job. many folk have called/emailed/texted me to make sure i’m alright. and i am. thanks for checkin up on me

also, this has been a historical week, if you haven’t noticed. i can’t say i’m a ride-or-die obama supporter, nor can i say i have a genuine interest in politics, but i was proud (to say the least) to see a black man take the oath on tuesday. i hope everyone got a chance to see the ceremony, whether live or re-aired.

and… another highlight of last week was microsoft’s mlk celebration. the guest speaker was magic johnson (yep!) who talked about his entrepreneurial experiences in bringing businesses to “urban” areas that would not normally be in those markets. and he did a great job of connecting it to dr. kings dream. it was very refreshing and inspiring to hear what he’s doing for the community and the impact he’s having.

aight, holla

1. i miss everyone back in st. louis!!!!! i’m grateful for the time to come home for the christmas holiday. it was great to connect with the fam, my transformation peeps, washu alum, my intervarsity foundations team, sluh c/o ‘03 5yr reunion, and random kickin it with people.

2. you gotta check this clip out: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3070902
it’s a preview of an mlk performance that yasmin will be in. this mug is hot!!!! if you’re in the seattle area on monday, please attend the event!

3. ya boy has been on the grind. for real. work has been cool, but there’s definitely been a lot of it. it’s an exciting time to be on the ie and windows teams (check out the stuff on the windows 7 beta…)

4. the sun came out today!!!! in a seattle winter, that’s something to praise God for

5. i went to a small group on wednesday night hosted by a couple from eastside church. good times, good times. and good people.

6. i need to start workin out again. i hate saying that at this time of the year because everybody is saying it. it’s the cool thing to say in january. but i want to get back into it for real for real. i went runnin last weekend and got too excited and i stressed my it band (iliotibia band runs along the outside of your leg). i ran too far and ran on steep hills. i’m fine now, but i had to walk (instead of run) back to my apartment, in my running gear, which made me look like i was over dressed for a walk :-/

7. ever seen “burn after reading"? if you haven’t, don’t start now. waste of $4 rental

8. i have nothing else to write. it’s just that 8 is an even power of 2.

holla