Its not just about me...

I had a thought. This blog cannot be just about me. It should also feature people around me. So I decided I will feature one character every week that impressed me. This week is about a colleague of mine from work. His dad is from Argentina and his mom is from Wales. He lives on the mountains of Santa cruz in a so called 'cabin' surounded by endangered species and California oak. This cabin has an outdoor shower which until an year ago did not have a roof. To top it all, this cabin is "off the grid", which means there is no electricity. The only means of electricity is through a generator that he turns it on during the evening and switches it off around bed time.
He drives to work about 50 mies each way everyday. He has 7 cars out of which only 3 works and every one of them has a minimum of 200k miles on it. These days he drives a volvo to work which has about 250K on it. His faith in his car just amazes me. He drives this car 100 miles a day 5 days a week through the mountains and rough roads to get from his cabin to work and back.
When he is around, he dominates the conversation. He is a bigtime heavy metal fan and plays a guitar. He sounds a romantic when he speaks to his fiance on the phone(He has a loud voice and seldom talks quietly). He charms people with his talk. I have never seen anyone enjoy narrating a joke as he does. He just becomes the character itself.
Now why did he impress me so much? I dont know. He just came across as a very different character. A very unique one. Very unseemingly and very genuine.

Adios...