My ex-roommate Kai just called me up. Apparently he has the Guatemalan Death Plague, and he wanted to ask me about when we were going to play Megaman 10 together. This is actually pretty standard of the sort of phone call I get from him. I told him we'd schedule it soon.
He's someone I feel a little protective of, just because of his misadjusted social skills. That is, he's perfectly capable of being pleasant, but has no internal function making him able to discern between the times that he is and the times he is not. In addition, his way of letting you know that he is actively engaged and interested in a conversation with you is to never shut up. For this reason, even though his computer skills are pretty high-level, he's had a hard time holding down a job.
He's got a weird ability with cats... even cats that hate everybody love him. He exhibits disdain for the general populace, but it's impossible to tell if he really wants to be liked inside. I suspect so, but there's enough else about him that's completely unpredictable that I wouldn't put money down. His mom found the old house listing on CL, and drove him up to take a look since he didn't own a car at the time. She checked out the house while he sat down on the couch and played Darkstalkers with Nate and me. It's an analogy of his approach to life. Focus on the stuff he finds interesting, to the exclusion of awareness of other concerns. So yeah... I want to be a good influence on him. I'm glad he called.
- J
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