As 2002 comes to an end, we offer you the following list of last year's news: our first annual WHAT'S OUT/WHAT'S IN forecast for the coming year.

Out: DVDs
In: Date rape

Out: Shannen Doherty
In: My Dad

Out: Cocaine
In: Licking stuff

Out: Capri pants
In: Shooting semen into celery

Out: California Raisins
In: Regular (old-fashioned) racism

Out: Chinese jokes
In: Peepee in your Coke

Out: Plaid
In: Blind Orphans

Out: Cancer
In: Cerebal Palsy

Out: Wearing shoes
In: Jacking off with NyQuil as Lube

Out: Moby
In: S’mores

Out: Catholicism
In: Tuna casserole

Out: Batman
In: Dick Lord

Out: Football
In: Anal sex

Out: Memorializing September 11th
In: Vomiting into human skulls

Out: Prada
In: Scuba tanks

Out: The Strokes
In: Nailing your dick to a moose

Out: Whitney Houston
In: Breeding emus

Out: Musicals
In: Kicking the shit out of the “homeless”

Out: Ebonics
In: Cold chillin’

Out: Health clubs
In: Freebasing mouse turds

Out: SUVs
In: Self portraits in blood

Out: “Battlebots”
In: “The Toes of Destruction”