and so begins another new chapter...

I'm now in an odd mood akin to melancholy or nostalgia but with no object. Some of this can be attributed to having just finished watching Gungrave disc 5. It's a Japanese animated TV series (anime) about a man who was in the mafia. He is loyal to the organization, or rather the organization as it was. Now he has to fight his old friends and comrades and I suppose take down the very thing he's fighting for and against.

It's a twisted situation that, while being fantasy, could happen. I can imagine fighting for the ideals of a country or revolution and then find that your cause has been co-opted and now you're on the outside. Okay, that's not entirely true. I can't imagine fighting. Well, that's not entirely true either. I can picture it if I try, but I don't really want to.

I've been playing the Battlefield 2 demo. It's an online video game where you and up to 63 other players play war. It doesn't make me want to go out and shoot someone. It doesn't make me want to go to war. It's fun but I don't want to live it. There are two teams. One is the US Marines and the other is some mid-east army. As an American citizen I really dislike playing on the other team. Sometimes it forces you to so that the game play is fair. I'd rather quit that game and go find a different server and join another one. I feel the same way in Counter Strike. I don't like playing the terrorists. I'd much rather be a counter-terrorist. I know it's just a game, but somehow it doesn't feel good to be on the wrong side.

After work I went for a motorcycle ride with Rachel. It was a nice day for it. There was a haze in the air that marred the scenic wonder of the area. The landscape is prettier when it's clear out. After the ride we ate at a pizza place I'd been wanting to try. It was okay. The sell pizza by the slice like they do in the places I used to frequent in PA. The pizza was not the greatest but it was pretty edible.

RR has started her journey here. The first step is a small one. From Tacoma, WA to Portland, OR. After a bit of time there she plans on driving to Oklahoma in three days or so. She'll rest there for a few days before continuing on to Virginia.

I don't know exactly what will happen then. I guess I'll find out when that happens. :) I hope and pray that she gets here safely.