So CHD tripped out today. Yeah, I suppose we might have taken things a little too far picking on him... because he's not really normal... And we apologized for it. Here's how it went down:

We're playin Smash Bros on the GC and CHD walks in excited about how he could really use the game. Well, we finished the round we were playing, and then before CHD had a chance to join I quickly started another one and said "Who did that? --etc." I kinda half-planned to quit the round right away, but the other guys who were playing before went along with it, so I continued playing. CHD wasn't happy, but he sat through it anyway. When the round was over, Swim started the next one right away and called it: "who did that?!". CHD is pretty gullible. He blamed Batch... or was it Chris who was playing with us?... I don't remember... well, someone quit the round, and I quickly started one more and called it one more time: "who keeps doing that?!". CHD charged me and grabbed the controller. I didn't let go, but I realize now that I should have. He struggled for a few seconds and then just grabbed the cord and yanked it. It's a lucky thing I was holding it by the upper end of the cord. The cord snapped in two, but didn't come out of the controller. We spliced it after dinner and it still works. CHD went into his room, we apologized to him and I haven't seen him since. It was a little out of hand, but it was hilarious. I really should be nicer to him. We all keep saying we need to stop that kind of picking, but it doesn't really stop. Tt's kindof classic bullying, but we usually stop before he loses it, and he's fine afterward.. That's no excuse... The guy is chronically clueless, and really kindof hilarious to watch when he's interacting with others, but nearly unbearable when he focuses his attention on you... That's not a good excuse either.

Shane threatened to "ground" the dorm from GC for a while (he was dead serious). I asked him what he thought he could do, and he said maybe throw the thing away. I understand throwing something away if it's causing declension, but it usually brings us together in the lobby. If he tries to take it from everyone then he'll just have a dorm that's angry with him and we'll have one less thing to do in Middle-of-Nothing-Longview-TX.

Shane is being really grumpy lately. He keeps telling me to do stuff, like go to bed at 8 on Friday night so he can get to work in the morning on Sat. I understand where he's coming from.. (this is a True story, really).. But, well, first, I'm not gonna do that because it's Friday night.. and anyway I'm usually careful to be quiet when he's sleeping and stuff... But a lot of it is he doesn't ask politely or seriously. It's one thing to be serious and polite, but he is one or the other. If he's polite he seems like he's not serious. If he's serious he's rude. I can't tell what he wants until he's angry sometimes... there are other examples too, usually having to do with sleep. We wake up at the same time in the morning, but he goes to bed much earlier than me.

I guess these things singularly wouldn't normally cause me to question myself, but Shane being frustrated with me and me feeling bad about picking on CHD at the same time is making me wonder if there's a defect in my personality that needs my attention.... I trust the people here to call me out if I'm doing something wrong. I guess a good place to start would be the way I treat CHD.

"I saw the truth today speaking with the lie."