• work.  More specifically, January is going to be crazy here...we at long last have the replacement for my old role (operations manager) in-house, and I need to spend a lot of time training.  Add to this the fact that we've got more programs launching in January than we've ever had before, plus I'm trying to move into my new planning role.  Too much going on means long long hours at the factory.
• traffic SUCKS.  More specifically, 520 is black from 148th across the water, and 90 is black from 405 across Mercer Island.

I'm about to say f it and leave anyway, but figured I'd dash off a quick blog entry to ring in the new year.  Like many others, I made some fairly informal resolutions (that's an oxymoron I guess), which include

• play more video games...this is actually something I need to do for my job (I catch quite a bit of shit for my piddly gamerscore), but I figure it'll be fun too.
• start DJ'ing again.  I had stopped doing this, don't really know why.  Gina's planning to buy some new records, I got some great stuff for xmas (thanks Tad/Chloe/Mark/Beth!), and I am going to do some buying as well.  Hopefully that'll get me back on the horse.
• get my bike tuned up and ride it around the hood and Seward Park.  I'm feeling quite blobby post-holidays.
• try to relax more and not be so tightly wound.

So there you have it.  No marathons or triathalons, nothing fancy.  I think and hope I can manage it.

P.S...RIP, James Brown

P.P.S...Go Seabags!