[Blarg]

It's kind of strange because according to an old friend who knew him as a kid, he's not really a trainwreck. He's been that way since he was a kid himself. You kind of naturally think of a trainwreck as having some progression before the catastrophe, building up speed maybe. But this guy started off as a screwball messing himself up from very young -- to switch metaphors a little, he's kind of like those guys who drop their motorcycle on the curb while even driving yet.