Well, just had a lovely chat wiht an old hospital roommate. He has schizophrenia. When he was 19, he became super psychotic and believed he was on the wrong earth, the wrong planet, and that all the people here were phony copies of the true, actual, real people on the other, distant, correct planet. One of those people was his mom. He became convinced she was an impostor sent to harrass him, so he shot and killed her. Tragic.

He has done well with treatment but his schz is still quite challenging for him. He was living in a nice group home last winter when he received commands to leave. He made it to LA before they found him and returned him to the state hospital, where he is improving. He is just a lovely, sweet person who does not have a violent bone in his body. Has a bad illness, though. Really good to chat with him.

Albert is manic right now. Wowzer.