10 things I'll miss about Zhi (in no particular order)

10. His Mr. Miyagi way of explaining football to me
Whether it's college football or the NFL, he (Zhi, not Pat Morita) always patiently walks me through the intricacies of football. A benign "What's the BCS?" question last November led to an hour long tutorial in my bedroom, which I added a week later to my arsenal of flirting moves.

9. Random sports moves in the living room
If it's during the football babies season, he'll work out plays in our living room. Remember when he was really into basketball? He'd practice wraparounds and spins at night. Currently, before he hurt his shoulder, it's about boxing and shuffling his feet. Gotta keep dancin'. He also does all of the above in his underwear. Well, less so now, it's winter after all.

8. Willingness to do things for me (and everybody else)
On Christmas Eve he was going to Safeway and asked if I needed anything. I said, "Yes, sheer black tights". He was like, "Really?" and after about 5 minutes of "I'd rather buy you tampons" he left. When he returned he had things for Christmas dinner and a pair of black Hanes tights. In retrospect, this is probably less important than the times he's driven me to the hospital or to/from the airport.

7. Dance Parties
With his departure I can't think of anyone else that would be willing to have Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Ke$ha dance parties in our living room. Marc would rather stab himself in the neck. I remember when I first unveiled the Tsweezy love fest I was hiding. Driving back from a Giants game "Love Story" came on and I started signing at the top of my lungs. Jamo was literally having a heart attack. Then we stole some traffic cones. A few weeks later Zhi bought both of Taylor Swifts CDs and we haven't looked back since.

6. Style Guide
Along with Marc, Zhi provides crucial style advice. Their advice ranges from, "Your Décolletage!" to "Put a belt on it".

5. Unsolicited Compliments
Sometimes he'll say things that sound better coming from him than anyone else. I'm not really sure why. Probably because he has no reason to say them. They're totally unselfish things to say.

4. Tickle fights

3. Random quotes
Zhi and Marc will answer each other in quotes, from either Gladiator or 300. It's inspirational?

2. Focus
His focus is inspiring. I mean, when you're not asking yourself if it's focus or obsession, you're thinking, damn, I could never dedicate myself to the Eagles/football babies/random sports that could leave me brain dead as he could.

1. He's the hardest working friend I know
I'm a pretty selfish person. I talk shit on a lot of people. After Mary's housewarming last week we were talking about how I mute everything and let people figure plans out for me, before I decide whether or not I want to join. I know now, this is an epically inconsiderate thing to do. In thinking about this post (I went through a few drafts) I did a Zhi search in my gmail. A good chunk of the thousands of results were Zhi planning things, happy hours, parties, events, offers to pick you up, camping, rides, trips to the snow, etc. He's considerate, he always invites you places and he loves hanging out with you. If you can't send him (and friends like him) an email back, you're pretty useless. Anyways, I can't think of an eloquent way to wrap this up, I'm too busy not crying all over my keyboard.