Just found out a little while ago that one of my close online friend who I used to play WoW with was killed in a motorcycle accident.  Here’s the story…

Updated: Wed Aug. 18 2010 12:44:56

ctvcalgary.ca

A Calgary woman has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Washington State.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the City of Lyman.

The victim is 48-year-old Dawna Cox.

Police tell CTV News Cox was passing several vehicles on the highway when a car turned in front of her bike,

She ran into a Subaru and was thrown into a building. Cox died at the scene.

This news came as a shock to me.. You don’t really know how attached you are to someone online until something like this happens.  It makes me think back to all the times we chatted and raided dungeons with each other.  The jokes that were made and someone drama that was caused in the game.  I find myself grieving the same as if I lost a close friend that existed outside of WoW.  We used to talk on vent and all joke around with each other.. and though I haven’t played WoW in months, I always felt that I could come back and everything would be the same.  Unfortunately, it never will.  I will ask that you pray for her husband…  I only knew him as Deev, but they were good people.  People that didn’t deserve this.

It’s always a risk when you ride a motorcycle that some idiot in a car won’t see you or won’t even look.  It’s a risk that I accepted each time I mounted my motorcycle and went for a drive.  It’s just sad when news like this hits so close to home.  Atarial.. aka Dawna Cox’s… You will be very missed by me and the rest of the guild you left behind.  I will always remember the good times we had with each other.  The time you stood up for me in the instance we did when someone was bad mouthing me.  The amount we laughed afterward…  Rest in peace.

Current Mood: Sad

This is some video I took while we were at the Mayhem Festival this year.. This was a little bit of speaking out about music piracy while they were at Virginia Beach.  Was really funny to see all the people who willingly said that they had pirated the music of Five Finger Death Punch.  They were really cool when they saw the response and made me giggle a bit.  They were just impressed and happy that we were at their show to see them.  I’m curious as to if they make more money off of CDs or off of doing tours like this.  I know the money has probably lots of different directions to go, but I’m sure the bands get a little bit of it :).  I also like to think that the CDs that they sell at the shows gives the band more money than buying it at the stores (which I’m sure take a large chunk).  Anyways.. point of this blog is just to say “rock on” to FFDP for being so cool about music piracy and realizing that just because someone downloads your music, doesn’t mean you’re losing millions of dollars.

Current Mood: Happy