Can the tension get anymore exciting? Can the excitement get anymore tense? The MacWorld keynote is only 8 hours away and I can’t wait. The Apple community is going nuts. There are some WILD rumors going around right now and that’s just adding to me going insane. I know one thing at this point. If Apple decides to release anything even close to exciting this morning, I’ll be buying it later on in the day when the Pasadena store has its grand opening. An updated iPod seems to be the consistent rumor, but I’m seeing stuff about an ultra-portable PowerBook too. Like I said, whatever it is, I’m getting it. All of it! Screw the sofa.

Ok, now that I got the wishful thinking out of the way, I’ll lay down some (what I would consider to be) realistic predictions. These aren’t educated guesses. There’s nothing educated about me. They are my “shots in the dark”.

• Updated iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, and iChat. (iTunes is excluded)li>iDVD, iMovie, and iPhoto will be commercial updates.li>AirPort will be updated to 802.11g (AirPort 2?)li>Strong emphasis on wireless technologies. (802.11g, Bluetooth)li>Hardware revisions will be built-in Bluetooth and FireWire 2 on pro and consumer models.li>There will be NO other hardware updates. (very disappointing)

I wonder how wrong I’ll be. I’m sure I’ll have tons more to say after the keynote. Good luck to us all…

The weekend flew by super fast and now I have to deal with the first full work week of 2003. Oh joy.

I did pick up my home theater system on Friday and I’ve been playing with it ever since. It sounds great, but I need to still get stands for the speakers tonight. I’m thinking I’ll do a QTVR of my living room sometime this week when I get the chance.

I should have said something about this last week but it slipped my mind. Smashem won the 2002 Football Pickem group and will be receiving the cheapest most generic form of cereal I can find. Congratulations c*cksucker.

Anyone know where to get a sofa for a good price? I’m done with what I have now and probably need to get something in there very soon. I’m thinking about one of those “L” shaped ones, but I really want black leather too.

MacWorld Expo starts tomorrow and I have a feeling nothing too special will be announced at it which is too bad since all of the recent MacWorld Expos have been kind of a let down. In a way, I hope I’m right because I don’t want to spend anymore money for a while (which is what will happen if ANYTHING comes out tomorrow). I really need to just get my sofa and be done. In any case, I can’t wait for the keynote tomorrow morning.

Chevrolet introduced the Chevy SS concept (pic 1, pic 2) and I really don’t know what to think. It looks real good in some spots and looks real bad in others. They’re branding it the “4 door Corvette”. I say give it only 2 doors, leave the 2+2 seating, shorten the whole length, rework the front end so it doesn’t sit so low, and replace the “SS” name (“SS” has always been a trim level and not it’s own model) with something like, oh I don’t know, Camaro, and I’ll be the first in line for it.

Although the news has been official for almost a year now, today the general public got its first glimpse of the 2004 Pontiac GTO production trim showing at the LA Auto Show.

The car will come with the exact same engine/transmission combo found in the Corvette and Camaro, but is rated at a very strong 340hp (compared to the estimated 305hp of the 2005 Mustang it will compete with). It was originally thought that the base version was going to be 380+ horsepower, but that’s not the case. A lot of people think they didn’t want to tread on the same ground as the 350hp base Corvette. Look for an even more powerful model later in 2005 that will go heads-up with the 390hp Mustang SVT Cobra. Anyone who said “the pony car wars are over and Ford won” were dead wrong.

You already know that I’m not a big fan of Ford and an even worse fan of the Mustang, but the new Mustang GT concept is being released today and The Car Connection (my favorite automobile industry news site) has the full article on it with pictures, so I figure I’d share.

My honest opinion: They’re definitely going for the retro look here with that front end. It’s a huge fad going through the industry right now and although most are pretty nice when you first see them, the style gets tiring pretty quickly (i.e. PT Cruiser or Thunderbird). This car is no exception. I think a lot of people will get tired of it pretty quickly after it gets nation wide exposure. The rear end is hideous (although I heard the production version is a lot more toned down). They says it takes after the ’68, but I don’t see it anywhere and as a stand-alone design, it’s bulky and ugly. The front end can definitely relate to the ’68 though and I think it’s pulled off pretty well. I would have preferred Ford did not do the retro thing all together.

Although the Mustang has tried to emanate an image of power and handling, it has always came off as more of a trendy car with the 6 cylinder version way overselling the 8 cylinder versions. The target buyer of this car has always been late 20 year old early 30 year old women who want that sense of performance. I don’t think they’ll have any problems selling this new one to them.

What do you guys think?

From all of me to all of you, have a happy and safe new year and a great 2003.

I don’t know how this happened, but I guess it’s worth mentioning and then giving ya my comments on it. Some off site did a Best & Worst Make-Out Cars article and they named a Camaro (any year in red) as the number one car to make out in. I have no idea how they came up with this, but it’s absolutely bullsh*t. There is a very good reason why I’ve never done anything in my Camaro. It’s tiny ass all hell on the inside.

Anyway, what do you think is the best car to “make-out” in? The Acura has seen a good amount of action. I think sedans are really the way to go if you’re gonna do that in a car.

I think I’m gonna have to ditch the bike idea here for a little while. The only reason I had decided to go with it was because I got the Acura to pass smog and I didn’t need to get another car. Well, even though it did pass, I’m not quite sure how much longer it will last. I’m also putting more miles on my Camaros now and that’s not good since I want to hold onto them for a very long time. Ths being the case, I started to look into loan options from my credit union for a car. Haven’t decided if I’m going new or used yet, but if I go new, I’m definitely looking at the Nissan 350Z Performance or Infiniti G35 Coupe. If I go used, it’s probably gonna be another late model Camaro that I can tinker around with or maybe a late model non-turbo Nissan 300ZX that I can also toy around with. If ya can’t tell, I have a very short attention span and tend to change my mind a lot.

This is great news for me. Now I have an Apple Store only 5 minutes away from me. Actually, this is terrible news because I have a greater chance of throwing away money on things I just don’t need. Oh well.

And so the work week quickly comes to a close. I’m sitting here right now trying to quickly cram about 3 months of work into a couple of days before the year is over.

I just finished doing my football picks for the weekend. They’re pretty decent picks and I’m thinking I should have second place by the end of the season. There’s no way I’m catching that first place guy, but I’ll be more than happy with second.

I just found a bunch of old Shockwave movies I made back in the day when I was just learning Flash. They are absolutely terrible but still very amusing to watch so I’ll put those up on my site sometime soon. Please don’t make fun of me too much. I was very very early on. ;)

That storm never came through this week so I’m thinking there might not be as much snow in the mountains as I had planned. I guess we’ll just have to see because I’m going to try and go up there anyway. Gonna take a crap load of pictures so look for that album soon. Also look for my Christmas day album with all the things I was doing with the family. I know that must be so interesting to you.

I’m going out on a “date” tonight. No details right now because I don’t want to pump it up in my mind (or on here) and if it turns out not very interesting, then I probably wont write anything about it. I don’t do the whole “date” thing very well so we’ll see how it goes. I’m more use to the “come over and screw” thing. jk I actually hope it goes ok because this person is more interesting than any of the girls I’ve dated in the last year and a half.

Be back later this weekend with some sort of update. Good luck to us all…

How could I almost forget about this great holiday? Kwanzaa, unlike other holidays around this time, focuses on culture instead of particular faith or person. Read here to learn more about it. Although I may not be black (or at least that’s what people tell me), I do feel a special kinship to these great people. I mean I see some everyday. I have black friends and I talk to them occasionally. Well, it’s not really conversation. It’s more like, “Give me back my wallet you f*ck!” while they run and scream white obscenities that belittle my Anglo culture, but that’s beside the point. Anyway, I have my kinara all ready to light and I hope you do to. Help me in celebrating this great holiday for the next 7 days. I love you all my brothas and sistas. Black people are cool!