Labor Day Weekend!!!
Yup, indeed summer will officially come to a close as this weekend passes. Mother nature on the other hand seems like she decided she didn't want summer to end just yet. It's been the hottest this past week than the entire summer, I actually had to use my A/C on my car. Oh well, it's a Holiday Weekend and lucky me decided to pull a VAC day from work so I got a full 3 days to do jack! What's on the agenda? I have no clue hahaha. As I write this a couple buddies can't decide whether to head out to Old Town Pasadena or Downtown Brea tonight. Well either way, I'm good for either since I'm pretty much in between both cities.
Tomorrow is Saturday. You know what that means? BBQ heaven as it will be the Season Opener for my beloved USC Trojans. Tomorrow's game will be against Idaho, so might not be the biggest game to watch, but heck it's been a while since the last college football game! FIGHT ON TROJANS!!! Not much else worth watching...prolly keeping a close eye on Notre Dame and California tomorrow.
After a good dose of beers and steak...I'm finally going to crack open Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii. I got it this week, but just haven't had the time to play it. I think I will also try to finish up Resident Evil 4 this weekend. We'll see how far that gets.
Sunday I was invited to Visionshock's Yacht Party. Can't decide if I want to go...alcohol and open water isn't the greatest combination for me. Plenty fishing trips decided that one. We'll see how I feel the day of, I guess.
Other than that, most likely just running about jumping from Labor Day Weekend party to another and what not. Hope you all enjoy this very humid holiday weekend. Be safe...especially when doing those crazy bat races. LOL. Anyhow, I promise when the week starts, I'll be paying more attention to updating the site with stuff. I sware... =P Till then, have a good one!
Tanker
EDIT: Looks like my friends decide...Old Town it is! See ya!
GT5 Prologue by End of Year
Dude it's freakin' hot right now. It's 945 at night and my room is a freakin' sauna. I think I'd rather steal my neighbor's A/C than internet at this point. Summer may be over in a couple days, but it'll only just get hotter from here until October =(... Just thought I toss that in there before gettin' into what I really wanted to post:
It looks like Sony will be throwing the handful of PS3-owning GT fans out there a bone: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released sometime before the end of this year. Exactly when, who knows, but it's sooner than the release date for the actual GT5, which is next year. What can we expect from this downloadable demo (also available on disc)? 40 cars, 16 player online, a dedicated PSN channel, and graphics that'll send Forza 2 crying...lol.
*sigh* Can't wait for this one to come out...cause you know I've been waiting for GT4 Mobile on the PSP for I don't know how long now...3 years? >=(
[Source: KOTAKU]
Hack iPhone…Get 350Z
So it seems that teenager, George Hotz, was the first person to unlock the iPhone. For those not fluent in cellphone speak, this basically means you can take this unlocked iPhone and use it on T-Mobile or any other regional GSM carrier (read: not Sprint or Verizon). For cracking the iPhone, he was given a 350Z by Terry Daidone, owner of a cell phone refurbishing/aftermarket accessory shop in trade for the procedures to unlock the iPhone. Who knew a $499 phone could earn you a Z?
[Source: Autoblog]
Another Weekend…
Dang, I don't even know where my week went. Kind of a busy week, not just news wise, but at work. Figures, its the end of the summer and it's the last minute crush before Labor Day Weekend. Well, anything good going on this weekend? It's another birthday at Mai Tai's tonight. LOL. Not sure what else is up for this weekend as I haven't been paying attention to any events...oh well. Hopefully I get some stuff up that I have been writing through the week.
Anyhow, anyone up for Disneyland on Sunday? A couple friends want to head out so I think I'll be doing that.
I'm going to cut this short cause I'm running a little late and I need to be in LA at 6! Yikes. Time to get crackin'! Friday nite downtown traffic ain't the greatest. Have a good one!
Tanker
Lexus’ Virtual Open
Want the new Lexus IS-F? You know you want that bold blue IS-F that has hit the internet like a storm the last couple weeks...well now's your chance to get one. Lexus will, not only be sponsoring the US Open, but also the Virtual Open Powered by Wii located in New York's Rockefeller Center! It'll be 3 days of Wii Tennis competition starting on September 4th. On the day of the finals, one person will walk away with a one year lease for a new Lexus IS-F, just like the winner of the US Open. You'll also get two tickets to the Lexus Suite for the US Open Finals on the 9th. As if this couldn't get any better, the Virtual Open is also a charity event as for every serve hit during the Virtual Open will equal a dollar that Lexus will donate to the Andy Roddick Foundation. This my friends is cross promotion at it's finest. Check out myownpursuit.com for more info!
The Next Accord
So, if you haven't noticed the Honda Accord embargo has dropped and every car related site has something on the new Accord. Since my RSS reader is filled to the brim with Accord specs from Honda I figured, hey let's be like everyone else. So here you are, introducing the 2008 Honda Accord. See 'em now before they end up getting in the hands of the pimp my ride crowd:
Hit the split for Honda's presser to learn everything and anything you wanted to know about the 2008 Accord. It's a lot of reading...
BLACK GOLD!
Gotta love this commercial for the 10th Anniversary Datsun 280ZX. Straight pimpin'...
This comes from a post over at Macenstein as they had a couple old 280ZX commercials. One was the commercial above. The other was one with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, proclaiming the 280ZX as "...awesome!" Awesome.
[Source: Macenstein via Digg]
Toyota Aurion TRD
I said it before and I'll say it again: I was never a fan of the current Camry...it's lumpy in odd places, making it look like beluga whale. On the other hand though, I wouldn't mind having this version of the Camry - The Toyota Aurion is the Australian equivalent of a Camry we'll never see stateside. The TRD version, which just debuted down under, increases that longing for a better Camry 10x. The Aurion is a beautiful looking car and now has some serious punch to back up it's sporty look. The TRD package adds a supercharger to the 3.5L V6 sitting under the hood which pushes out 340hp and 296 lb-ft of torque. Decent specs till you are brought back to Camry reality as the car still sports it's FWD configuration and 6 speed automatic. Ehhh...I guess you can't win them all with a family hauler.
Hit the split for the long long presser...
How To Heel-Toe
To be honest, I'm not the greatest driver...trying to heel-toe is quite a feat for me and more often than not something ends up going clunk. Sooner or later I'll get it, I guess. They say practice makes perfect, I just wish the perfect came a lot sooner. LOL. From the pages of Autospies, they picked up a little how-to, from Motive Magazine, on an important driving technique that everyone should learn. If it means getting some Piloti's, sure why not?
Looking forward to Oreo Dangos
It seems that once you get into summer, it's pretty much over. Then again, in the working world, "summer" doesn't really exist anymore, yet somehow we cling to doing vacations and just plain chillin' out during these 3 months of the year.
Although I'm not on my Friday yet, I think I"ll be starting my weekend off a bit early by taking a quick stroll back to Anaheim to meet up with some friends at the Disneyland Hotel's Lost Bar. Not only a tourist favorite, it's a favorite of many locals just cause it's a small cozy place in the middle of "The Happiest Place on Earth!" "Where Dreams Come True!" It's a favorite of my friends and I since we spent many summers hanging out at the Lost Bar after a long day of work. It's become some kind of a tradition for us since that's when any of us usually see each other anymore...summers at the Lost Bar. *sigh* good times indeed...
Anyhow, checking the calendar it's gonna be a festive weekend with L.A.'s Nisei Week kicking off tomorrow. With that brings Import Showoff Nisei Showoff Car Show & Carnival. It also means Nikkei Games, Tofu Festival, Sumo matches, cosplay competitions, Anime Festival, taiko drumming, and the crowning of the Nisei Queen. Should be loads of fun! Even better yet, there should be good eats too...hopefully the Oreo dangos will be there...just like a fried Oreo, just using dango batter. It's making my mouth water just thinking about it.
Hope you all have a great weekend. Keep it safe! Maybe you'll catch me at a Nisei event - if you do buy me a dango and say hi! =) Don't forget to set the Tivo/DV-Rs! Naruto Hundo starts today...
For info on Nisei Week [CLICK HERE]
For info on Nisei Showoff Car Show & Carnival [CLICK HERE]