Twenty-five things about Bento. 1. He absorbs seemingly every single piece of information set in front of him.
2. This doesn't stop him from being completely oblivious to his surroundings sometimes- Bento is the only person that makes talking and walking risky.
3.When he talks about his boy, he gets the cutest smile on his face.
4. I think he misses his family a lot more then he lets on sometimes, especially his mom and his brother.
5. One of the only people I know that can make completely "over-Em's-head" stuff make sense every time he tells you something new, or explains a concept from his courses.
6. He doesn't seem like it , but he's incredibly patient - he would make a fantastic teacher.
7. Though he's really oblivious to his surroundings sometimes, he is also a very keen observer who picks up a lot of subtlies in the behavior of people around him constantly. He would make an interesting psychologist, but ...in a Skinnerian kind of way.
8. The boy likes to talk. He takes a deep breath and he just goes. It's intimidating when you're not used to it- but whenever I hear people say, "my god Bento's intimidating" it makes me laugh, because he's so not like that.
9. In that carcass, in that place he claims sometimes to be a vacuous black hole- he is such a romantic softy.
10. Horndog. Bento is still as full of innuendo as he's ever been, but it has just taken a new slant in the last year.
11. Someone's very important anniversary is coming up for something very brave he did last year.
12. Bento has such a filthy mouth if you ever have the opportunity to hear it in action when he's mad- but it's more shocking then anything. He looks so placid, and then, whammo "you fucking cocksucking....[insert scientific derivation] bend to my will you bitch."
13. Everything I learned about being wild and spontaneous, I picked up from Bento. When we were kids, we didn't plan much- we just took off and did whatever struck our fancy.
14. Has no respect for boundaries, or barriers. Physical ones- whereas this used to lead to lots of injuries, it doesn't so much anymore.
15. He is really kindhearted
16. Bento is never coldheartedly mean to anyone, unless they deserve it.
17. He doesn't look it, but he's very tough and very capable of defending himself in any kind of fight- verbal or otherwise.
18. Bento has this knack for being in the know in any kind of cultural knowlege long before anyone else. I don't know how this happened, but it makes him very hip and knowleagable at all times. Like his boy, even though he doesn't think it.
19. The boy is crazy about Bento. Everytime I talk to the Boy in occasional encounters, he just goes on and on ad nauseum.
20. Bento is a REALLY good writer. He's always been really good at writing, and has (had) reams of journals from the past with amazing stuff in them- but- he doesn't think at all that it's "his thing" sometimes. But really, he's quite good.
21. You can always hear Bento laugh long before you see him- his laughter is enough to make anyone around explode in laughter. And when he explains why something usually so inappropriate to laugh at is funny, you totally laugh with him, you can't help it- it's infectious.
22. He can play "twinkle twinkle little star" on the guitar, and it is the saddest, yet most adorable thing I've ever seen.
23. A penchant for breaking things doth reside in the realm of Bento's being sometimes.
24. Very beautiful hands for a boy. He's all self conscious about his hands, but they are quite exceptionally attractive. That sounds so weird and possibly sick, but too bad.
25. So many more things I could say....the thing I've always loved about Bento, is his often dramatic personality. You know, when he's joking around, and he (used to) goosestep across intersections, or bound all over the place like a nut- he is always able to crack me up....to sum up- he has a very unusual and awesome sense of humor, and this is one of his greatest strengths (that, and consequentially, not taking things too seriously).  ¶ 11:23 PM