John Zeitler

It should not really have surprised me to discover this morning that my car’s license plate was missing. After all, it was the exact one-month anniversary of my having obtained the license plate. Those of you who have known me for any length of time are also probably not surprised to learn of this; instead the timing was just a little accelerated. The fact of the matter is, putting a Pennsylvania plate on my car is akin to putting the kiss of death to it. The last time that I went through great pains to have my car properly registered and demarcated in this great state, it lasted three months before the Unsignaled U-Turn Of Doom incident (which it should be noted was immediately before a job transition, maximizing the inconvenience). So, really, it wasn’t a matter of if my car was going to be rendered useless, but simply when. I didn’t need to go get groceries for the week today anyway.

Yeah. Slightly bitter, even though it’s getting off easy compared to last time. Of course now I have to make it to the AAA office in Monroeville tomorrow morning without getting spotted by the police. Which is going to be very fun indeed.

Anyway. I did say I was reading through One Piece, and I’m up to the middle of Usopp’s introduction. Honestly? I haven’t found any likeable characters in the story beyond Shanks and Luffy, in that order… Luffy is endearing, but I can’t shake the feeling that maybe I would have liked him better if I were ten years younger. Zoro/Zolo is also an interesting guy; but similarly, I get the feeling that the introductions were all the character development that the crew is going to get. Maybe that’s just the first three volumes being uncharacteristic of the rest; maybe not. In any event I’m going to stick it out for a while longer unless something seriously off-putting comes up (I have the next five books, so hopefully things will improve by then). It’s not bad, per se, it’s just… not looking to be my thing just yet.

And finally, the only reason I’m not playing more Wii Sports Resort ping-pong is because my shoulder is starting to bug me, after having not been used that much in quite a long time.

Catch you folks tomorrow.