okay okay...it's been awhile since i've written anything. apologies for those of you who care.

[sigh] soooo much has happened. i've been doing a lot of thinking. a lot of exciting stuff at work...amazon is joining up with borders. had my performance review---way too flattering. huge reorg announced: i'm completely affected. need to find a new place in my amazon world. talking to lots of people. need to make decision soon. difficult decision. want to be loyal to my projects and stay on...don't know if i have a choice. need to realize that i am no longer are a part of two groups i love so much: music & video. but it will all work out in the end. my officemate (gilia) is going to come back to complete chaos. things can change so much when you go off to borneo.

went boarding again last week up at mt. baker for the first time---it was absolutely amazing. i think we had like 10 inches of fresh snow....so beautiful. at one point, i stopped briefly, turned around and sunk into the snow, up to my waist. with a snowboard attached to my feet, you can see it was quite the dilemna. i eventually got out of it. my next ride up on the lift, you could see the exact points where i sunk, where i lifted my board out, and where i slowly trekked out of the deep madness.

went to my first U2 concert last night with jason--the elevation tour. it was great...they played all the classics. i love it when a band still sounds just as good, if not better, live.

last sunday, finally pulled together the smithie potluck that phoebe and i have been planning--essentially, a get together of all smithies in the seattle area that have graduated in the past 10 years. it was a lot of fun and we got a lot of great feedback. there are more 99's and 00's out here than i thought.

still trying to put together aaron's website...though have so little time for it. the project i'm working on now is sucking up my time. and next week, the PM is going on vacation...and guess who's the lucky soul who gets to step in as temp. PM? am i scared? i don't know. this whole project is scary...but we can do it!!! that's the spirit.