I posted some new albums in the car gallery. With the exception of the Chevy Rev It Up Tour, the other albums are from 2004 and 2005. The reason why we waited to post these albums was because we had some gallery issues in the past. I hope to add more pictures to our cat and car galleries soon.

It’s been a while since I wrote an update. A few factors caused that to happen.

For one, Nad was gone for over a month, which was depressing. My motivation was totally shot. Work got extremely busy. As I learn more, I am becoming a more useful member of the team. This week alone was perhaps the most brutal I have ever endured in a job. Longer hours in front of the computer at work kept me from getting in front of the PC at home.

Anyway, enough excuses. I’m back, and have no intention of taking another hiatus like that for a long while. I’ve spent my free time today updating this site. It is now running Wordpress 2.0, a vast improvement over the original. Most of you will not notice the difference, but the admin screen is much improved. A few parts of the site will be broken for a bit because I am frankly too tired to fixed them right now. By the end of the weekend, everything will be working just fine.

Nad and I went to the Baltimore Car Show today, and had fun as we usually do. I’ve uploaded only eight images from the show, since she is still renaming all of the files. Here’s one of the new concepts we saw (named the Dodge Slingshot):

We attended the Mazda Rev It Up Tour today at FedEx Field. We got there pretty early in the morning, arriving at 8:30. Nad had pre-registered, but I decided against. I honestly thought that it was going to be a drag strip with a couple of cars and one hundred people on line. Definitely not worth the $40 admission fee.

A cursory glance of the driving area showed that I was wrong. There were no less than 30 vehicles on hand, and the entire event was set up like a driving course. After a crash course in racing techniques and driving safety, we were able to hit the track in a Mazda 3 sedan, Mazda 3 hatchback, and Mazda 6. We learned how to slalom, control the car under high speed conditions, and braking effectively in a turn.

After a few laps, we hit the competition course to beat the time set early that day. Neither one of us were able to beat the posted score, but Nadia kicked my ass all over the place. Throughout the day on each of the practice courses, she beat my time from 2-15 seconds. Obviously, I wasn’t cut out to be a performance driver.

More images can be found here.