I remember you posting and how valuable your comments were to us. OMG, you actually lived with the man. Was he a slob then, too?!
No definitely not a slob. Not Mr. Clean either. I also wouldn't claim to be a paragon of cleanliness in my mid 20's. We had a lot of crappy furniture and not much to take care of. I had quite a few friends dropping by at the time, creating noise and mess, which bothered him. In my case it was always long time friends. Brad would never have friends over and he didn't appear to have any actual "friends". But every once in a while he would have a large group over, either from work for a pre-work party before they go out, or to do with the Calgary Stampede (look it up, lots of fun), and there would be carnage. But in the whole time I never really knew him to have even one male "friend". EDIT: IE the names he lists as friends in his deposition video. Naming those as his best friends was just strange... they had very little personal connection with Brad.
He was a nice guy though. A very complex guy, he could become withdrawn too, and sort of passive/aggressive, and somewhat brooding. He internalized his negative emotions, and would not display them. Ultimately we didn't get along though, on a very fundamental level.
I remember certain things got him very talkative. First, anything technical, he was proud of his knowledge. He also liked lots of girls, and would always talk about who he met, and show photos on his digital camera. He was big on his career too, and was a hard worker. He would show me photos of the telephone rooms he worked on in his job and how complicated all the CAT cable was that he figured out how to route properly.
It wasn't easy for me to come to the belief that he did it.
As for the trial, given the state of the house, the garage, and the backyard to me shows that this family unit was not working, that neither he or Nancy took pride in building a household together. This is not a revelation and I think anyone could determine that from looking at the photos.
Edit: And while I say I'm certain he did it, there is part of me that changes my mind every once in a while. Were I to find out that it was actually a random killer stealing shoes and shorts but not diamond earrings, I'd be happy that Brad didn't do it. He must be going through hell. And while I'm not Nancy fan given what I've learned, she of course deserved to live and deserves that her killer be punished.