So, out with 2006, really.  I got real tired of it, to be honest, especially towards the end.  Too many friends getting sick (or worse), too much stress...too ragged, really, to maintain my interest.  

 

I think 2007 will be good, really.  I think I went off on this in the past, but odd numbered years have been better for me...graduations, marriage, travel...all odd numbered years.  This one’s starting off like crazy.  I will be in San Francisco for MacWorld, then off to Tokyo for a press tour starting the 14th.  I have a juicy call back in two days and work is looking up, too.  

 

A few things I am thinking about or mentioning:

 

 

- Christmas in Bemidji, Minnesota!  Very fun, very mellow, very...Bemidji!  I had a lot of fun hanging out with Whit’s family.  I actually visited an actual Wal Mart, which I will discuss later -- it was insane, insane, insane.  But Christmas was great and it was really nice to hang out and see the holiday from Whit family’s point of view...which, I must say, was very relaxing and ridiculously stress-resistant.

 

- XBox 360 - Tom got a deal and all of sudden, a bunch of us have 360s.  The system’s really tight, the HDTV graphics are insane, the XBox Live features are very, very cool, and the games that I got are awesome.  I will do an entry on just this in the future--it deserves a nice stretch.

 

- Tokyo - I’m going to Tokyo?!!??

 

I just wanna get this entry up, so I will end it here.  I wanted to write during my week off but I never got around to it.  I did get a lot of reading done, saw a few good movies and feel pretty energized about 2007.  Very much looking forward to it.