Any suggestions on what to do with my Thunderbolt port?

So I have a macbook air with a thunderbolt port, what are we supposed to do with these things? I can't help but be bothered that I have what seems to be a useless port with only a few hard drives available and no firewire on my machine.

Am I missing something or does it seem like the thunderbolt peripherals just won't materialize? Is there any hope for us that my thunderbolt will do anything other than be a display port? Thoughts? Suggestions?