Mahito Forever

I don’t remember the first time I met Mahito, but it was in ’98. I ended up in one of his friend circles in the oddest way. After high school I was in the Navy and after that I went to UC Davis. I was miserable there and most of my friends were gone so one of my best friends from high school invited me to his roommates house party in Marina. His roommate being the now Jennifer Schaefer. I loved it there so much I came down regularly… Sometimes every weekend. Mahito was often around but the first time I really remember him was when he climbed the stairs in his roller blades. We were all quite hung over drooling at the tv when the most awful noise started up the stairs. Of course we all had a good laugh when we realized what it was. He came in clopped around the house in those things and even did the broom trick in them. There is a picture of it somewhere. Jen probably has it.

Do you know this trick? I learned it from him and have done it for years… Often drunk and racing someone else… But never on roller blades. It is when you take a broom (or pool cue) and hold it in front of you both hands attached… It is tough to describe but you basically put your whole body through without letting go.

He always made us laugh, even when hung over.

At the Halloween party (right after 9/11) he came dressed in all black and a black trench coat. He also wore a turbin. If you asked him what he was he opened the trench coat flasher style and had two things taped to the inside of his coat. On one side – a box cutter, on the other – a magazine looking book titled – “how to fly an airplane”. He was a terrorist… Only Mahito could pull that off. Emotions still ran high over the incident, but he had such a soothing nature about him, he pulled it off and made us all laugh. He had the goatee for that occasion too!

Love him!

Smiles,
Missy Locketz