during any typical assemblage of 48 consecutive weekend-type hours, this brendan-type person is known to demonstrate all characteristics generally considered to be commendable in a worthy friend.

these characteristics include, but are not limited to: witty and prompt text-messaging; a liberal yet discriminating disregard of 'good choices' with regard to both physical health and legal tradition; impressive levels of patience with friends' silly and/or frustrating behavior; a thorough and deftly-wielded command of the english language; prescience regarding the expected quality of upcoming aural entertainment; a discerning eye for appropriate companionship; competent and compassionate interaction with alcohol-addled and tear-stained minds; adherence to the unwritten rules of Where We Must Be When; occasional bursts of psychic communication; a wide range of extremely expressive facial arrangements for use in loud rooms; an instinctual aesthetically-correct reaction to properly dropped beats; judicious usage of the words 'no', 'yes', and 'obviously'; finely-tuned powers of observation, especially with regard to the complexity of human interaction; a working knowledge of a manual-transmission automobile; an appreciation of the finer points of interesting and amusing conversation and other word exchanges; mind-boggling endurance; excellent prioritization and short-term goal-accomplishment; a full brain; a good heart; and, of course, a startling ability to manipulate body parts and execute complex maneuvers in time with a bassline.

i feel--to understate the situation entirely--exceedingly fortunate to have him in my life.