chameleon

People I am while driving:

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• Reluctantly bilingual son of Spanish-speaking immigrants.
• Respectful son of a scientist father.
• Adoring son of a mystic mother.
• Retired former literature professor.
• Retired former sports studies professor.
• Retired Latin American studies professor.
• Surprisingly knowledgeable pickup basketball player.
• Academic dilettante.
• Person who could never do what you do.
• Classical music enthusiast.
• Painter.
• Youngest child.
• One-time banjo player.
• Jazz enthusiast. 
• Hip hop enthusiast. 
• My mother.
• Holy fool.
• Gentle Buddhist.
• Sympathetic and encouraging listener.
• Surprisingly youthful old guy.
• Person who could never survive what you have survived.
• Creative writer.
• My father.
• Empathetic aging person.
• Failed husband.
• Failed husband.
• Failed husband.
• Reliable partner.
• Amateur data scientist.
• Good-enough father.
• Failed father.
• Either way, always proud father.
• Asian culture enthusiast.
• Nomadic nature-lover.
• Unscary father figure.
• Silent car-driving machine.
• Person who admires you for it.
• Nobody.

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