touched...Whitney's Home Going Service...

This is the honest truth...I wasn't attached to Whiteny's passing. I wasn't sure if it was the fact that I felt deep down that the drug abuse at some time mixed with an aging body was going to catch up to her, or what...but when news hit, I was in Atlanta. A text went to my phone, and it was verified for me through Twitter (the world we live in). Odd and unsettling, yes. Unfortunate, absolutely. My thoughts went directly to Bobbi Christina and Bobby Brown. Their whereabouts, and reactions. With the Grammy's, NAACP Awards, and now an impending funeral, I knew it was going to be a week of her, as it should be.

Now, it's here. Just across the water, in Newark, New Jersey. I'm watching the funeral on my TV screen, and I was unprepared for this. My reaction. I have cried through about 70% of the service so far. I didn't even cry like this watching Michael's funeral. It's not just her impact hitting, but that of the people chosen to speak and sing. As I watch Kevin Costner, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Tyler Perry, Clive Davis, Alicia Keys, Rev. Kim Burell, and Stevie Wonder....my lawd Stevie Wonder, I can't NOT be touched. It's real now for me.

It is not a media fest, it has been a genuine afternon of personal anecdotes, and a look into the life of Whitney Elizabeth Houston. We get a chance to peek into her life as a person, a human, a friend, a mother,  not just a performer. As it's been said, this family has given us the privledge of sharing her with the world. For that, I thank them. My condolences to the family. Her spirit and voice lives on forever.

transition generation...

I am tired as all hell right now. This weekend had me up in Poughkeepsie for a wedding I found out about on Monday (Congrats Siobhan and Joe), then Jersey for some cooling out with a Tribe Member, but it was tonight's Power Meeting with my two closest male friends, and a new potential business partner that is really panning out the focus of the rest of my night before falling into a deep sleep. I had one of the most outrageous nights of my life last night. Definitely one for the personal history books...I digress.

During our Power Conversation, Josh brought up a concept that had me jotting down blog pointers for the rest of the night ahead:

We are the Transition Generation.

We are the generation that was in college when Facebook started. We witnessed a world before, and after it. We are the generation that remembers working on typewriters and word processors before ever having a computer. We are a generation that knows life before and after the introduction of Reality TV. We watched the creation of cell phones, and their evolution from bricks to touch screens. We are the generation in which Apple went from a bulky barely functional computer, to a techological cult and power house machine.

We are the generation that knows both sides. That is a huge realization when put into the context of business practices going forth. We innately have a knowledge base that comes from both sides. If weilded properly, that fortune alone has the potential for major strides in marketing and productivity going forth.

On my evierobbie. ish....