Wow, so here’s a fantastic surprise. Originally when I ordered my MacBook Pro, it said it wouldn’t ship until this Friday (June 29th) and the earliest I would get it would be next week on July 3rd, though it could be later. I just got an e-mail at 1:50 AM this morning saying it has been shipped from China and it will be here no later than Thursday (June 28th). Woo hoo! Talk about being ahead of schedule…

They shipped my brother’s iPod one business day earlier from China too, so it’s supposed to be here by June 27th. It’s fun watching the tracking numbers as they come across the pond… Last update on the iPod was Saturday when it was checked in at a station in Hong Kong (though it’s probably further along by now). I’ll keep you updated on the shipping status…

Either way, I’m pumped! Here I thought I’d have to wait at least another week to play, but now it’ll be here by Thursday. Can’t wait!

Side note… I went and saw Ocean’s Thirteen last night. Great movie. Definitely a LOT better than the second one. I’d put it right up there with the first of the series. Right from the get-go you are put into the planning stages of the big heist, so it’s non-stop fun that actually holds your attention the entire time. The movie was funny, the actors played their parts well, and there were lots of people from the first two movies who made appearances. Super Dave Osbourne was even in the movie, though he wasn’t playing the Super Dave character… He was actually a serious guy.

The cool thing about the movie is that the motives behind a lot of the planning were kind gestures… The heist is based around helping one of their own who has fallen, for example. Or another instance (and this may be considered a spoiler to some, though it doesn’t really wreck anything): during their heist they need to use a guy off of the street (so to speak) and give him a really hard time to do what they want. So at the very end of the movie they go out of their way to make him win millions of dollars on a slot machine to pay for his trouble and say thanks, only without him ever knowing about them. That was really cool… See? They’re nice guys. ha.

Anyway, I need to head out to work soon. I just wanted to fill you in on the MacBook Pro update. To sum it up: it’s way ahead of schedule and I’m excited. ha. Stay tuned…