3.27.2004

A fond farewell 

It's a sad day for Kansai since Travis is moving to Chiba. Why Lord, Why?

Who will do the arm trick, teach us the lyrics to "At a Medium Pace", enlighten us on the health benefits of turkey, wait slyly for his moment to interject wry witticism, or give me an excuse to embarass myself freestyling karaoke? For that matter (and most importantly) who, pray who, will sing Genghis Khan with hand motions?

Of course we have to realize the selfishness of wanting him to stick around. We may never know the answer to what his ever-changing email address has become. We may never learn why in his madness he decided to leave Kansai, our Valhalla. But we wish him luck. We know he must spread the gospel of Travis elsewhere for now. And we are glad to have a place to crash if we ever make it to Chiba. We wants Travis to stay but the Chibans stoled him from us, they did.