9.09.2008

History

5:46 PM Manny: yo i'm thinking of starting to jog you want to join
5:47 PM sorry i hit the wrong button
5:48 PM me: hahaha are u serious?
Manny: so u want to start jogging
yeah
me: hahahahaha u?
Manny: i
i'll take that as a no?
me: listen if u go i am gonna go with you
5:49 PM there is no chance i pass up a chance to see u try to jog
are u going today?
5:50 PM Manny: i'm thinking about it
me: YES

8 minutes
5:58 PM me: i'll go with u if u go today
Manny: u want to go with me to get my shoes
me: WTF?
5:59 PM Manny: i'm going to footlocker by the N trian
train
me: u don't have sneakers?
Manny: not really and you're supposed to have special shoes
6:00 PM me: u don't have running shoes?
Manny: no i have sneaker/hiking boots hybrids

8.20.2008

Home for the Holidays

We haven't updated this in a long time, mostly because we're lazy, but also because Manny has been in California for the last month.

Nothing has changed though. This happened last night.

Me: So when's the next time you're going home? Christmas?
Manny: I'm going home either Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Tarik: Why don't you do both?
Manny: I am going to do both.
Tarik: Oh, so you're going home Thanksgiving and Christmas?
Manny: No, I'm going home Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Me: What the hell?
Tarik: You just said you're doing both, then you said you're going home Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Manny: ...I meant, I'm going to try to do both.

6.12.2008

Manny vs. Tarik

One thing that has become abundantly clear over the last year or so is that Manny harbors an intense grudge towards our roommate, Tarik. To be fair, if anyone got made fun of as relentlessly as Manny has during the duration of our friendship, they would harbor a grudge too. However, I probably make fun of Manny more than anyone he knows, and Manny doesn't seem to hold anything against me. In fact, Manny more often than not treats me with respect. And although I appreciate the respect, I feel sympathy towards Tarik, who treats Manny relatively better (compared to me), but is subject to appalling and shocking abuse.

For example, we make fun of Manny because he bought and wears black pairs of Crocs. I don't read the fashion articles in Esquire or GQ, so I'm no guru, but I'm an avid people watcher and I have never seen anyone of the male gender wear Crocs. In fact, the only person I know who has Crocs is my mom, who might be the oldest, most female person in the world. So when I see Manny in his Crocs and his natural homeless attire, I think that he's dressed like a homeless grandmother.

Well, yesterday, while we were headed to the Deli, I noticed that Manny wasn't wearing his Crocs, that he was just wearing regular sandals. So this exchange took place:

Me: Why aren't you wearing your Crocs?
Manny: (mumbles incoherently)
Tarik: Wait, you aren't wearing your Crocs?
Manny: ...Fuck you.
Naturally, we've picked up on Manny's mistreatment of Tarik a long time ago, so while in the Deli, we were mocking Manny, re-enacting the previous conversation. Manny overheard Tarik complaining about Manny's unjust treatment and yelled at him, "Hey, I was said 'Fuck you' to BOTH of you guys! So FUCK YOU!!!" Again, I have to re-iterate. He was looking right at Tarik when he said this, he said this right after Tarik made a comment about Manny being a bastard.

Later on that night, Manny was ordering chinese food, but he was saying Tarik's order wrong. Tarik tried to correct him repeatedly, but Manny, getting frustrated by trying to understand the chinese lady on the phone and Tarik's corrections and my laughing, screamed at Tarik "Would you shut the fuck up? I'm trying to order!" I laughed because I thought the whole situation was funny, but I noticed that Tarik was becoming insanely angry, and I know it took every fiber of his being to not punch Manny in the face then and there.

Obviously, there are no grudges being held. But this whole controversy reminds me, that even though a black man is favored to become the next President of the United States, racial tensions are still part of the fabric of America. Hopefully, one day, Manny and Tarik will find the peace needed for a stronger and united apartment.

5.23.2008

Why Manny is Manny

WebMD is one of the greatest sites ever created. You list all the symptoms you have and then they tell you what condition corresponds with it. With this in mind, I started listing all of Manny's symptoms and was shocked to see the results. Here is a chat between Jason and I regarding these astounding results.


Jason: "that's cuz all movie games suck!" --manny

me: yet he buys a ton of movie games
manny is such a loser

Jason: forget all that he bought eragon and he inquired about iron man

me: he would have bought iron man

Jason: and he bought superman the week gears of war came out
he bought eragon

me: i played the game with him for a little
eragon is nothing more than a cheap knock off of the lord of the rings games

Jason: u know manny didn't know that he doesn't read gaming previews/reviews he liked the books and the movies so he decided to buy it thats his thought process

me: which is why he wanted ironman he liked the movie and saw the guy playing it for 30 seconds that was enough for him i assume if he was by himself, he would have bought it but since we were there he didn't get it

Jason: he would have, u know he would

me: manny likes crap which is why he went to missoura OH SNAP!!!

Jason: i think the only game that he bought that i've played is knights of the old republic
and i guess halo 1 and 2 but i'm not really into first person shooters and gears of war, but he pretty much had to be bullied into buying that game

me: gears of war and battlefront are the only games that he has bought that i have played

Jason: WHERE IS GEARS OF WAR?! WHY IS IT NOT IN ITS CASE?!

me: that night made me laugh so much

Jason: that was awesome i remember looking at him and thinking "you're the one that took the game out to play eragon"

me: especially when he almost broke his 360 and would have messed up two of his games

Jason: btw, i don't believe he bought the game for only 25 dollars

me: yeah i remember him saying he got it for 54.99

Jason: i believe that he bought it used

me: yeah

Jason: but used games aren't 25 dollars and he bought the game around when it came out

me: unless they have been out for over a year

Jason: so it wouldn't have been going for 25 on ebay who would put it on ebay for $25 when they could get like $30 something if they just traded it in at the store

me: i think he says $25 cause he sold it so he is subtracting the amount he made

Jason: wtf, that is so lame

me: this is manny

Jason: he could have rented it, and only played it for 7 dollars

me: manny doesn't think such complex thoughts

Jason: at least he is learning that movie games for the most part suck maybe one day he'll think to check reviews or rent a game that he's not sure about

me: yo son he barely uses the internet. i can't imagine not having the internet. if i don't have the internet for even a minute i feel weird

Jason: yeah, like when i'm on vacation i feel weird not going on for like more than a day. when i went to the phillipines it was brutal. the last day when we stayed at my grandaunt's house was only time i had real internet, cuz they lived by an internet cafe and there was this one time i went to this internet cafe by my grandma's house, but it only had dial up

me: ugh that is death

Jason: you're right, manny doesn't really go online

me: i can't understand why not. i never understand why some people don't use the internet

Jason: oh yeah, i live on the internet

Jason: are u in and is anyone comng with u? i'm gonna buy the tix cuz manny is a fag who doesn't use the internet

me: yo son i put some symptoms that manny has into webmd the symptoms i put are:
Body aches or pains
Dislikes change in daily routine
Low self-esteem
Muscle weakness
and Overweight
the number one condition for all those symptoms was... ... ... LACK OF EXERCISE

Jason: yo son, webMD is better than a real doctor that really does sum it up

me: yo son webmd can diagnose anything

Jason: they completely zeroed in on manny's problem although...it doesn't explain why he's so unmotivated he would only do pushups when i was telling him to do them. he went home to california and then sat on his couch for two weeks

me: yo son web md is the best here are the manny symptoms i put in:
Hair Loss
Impaired Social Skills
Lack of Motivation
Unusual behavior
Visible deformity

Jason: HAHAHAHA

me: and Sadness

Jason: i laughed at visible deformity and the girl i share an office with looked at me

me: the number one condition that matches those symptoms is: ... ... ... Depression

Jason: yo son, crying takes the sad away

me: number two is schizophrenia

Jason: i would say schizophrenia i know some people who've had depression

me: he's a depressed schizophrenic

Jason: and none of them were losers like manny

me: he's just like anakin a depressed schizophrenic

Jason: he would probably be excited if u told him that. manny is just a loser. if u typed in those things on webMD and it said "wow, this guy is just a loser" then i would think that it is the most accurate tool known to man

me: i just entered the symptoms:
Blank Stare
and Tilts head to look at something
and the condition to match them was a Botox Injection number two was lazy eye

Jason: manny doesnt tilt his head to look at something though he always has his head tilted. try tilts head while walking

me: OH FUCK!!! i have been focusing on his head when getting the symptoms but i just found out i can combine symptoms from all over i'm going to get manny's ultimate condition

Jason: YES yo son, u should post your results on the blog which we havent updated in forever

me: there is a symptom for Fruity odor on breath i assume they are not referring to gayness. there is a symptom for Uncontrollable verbal outbursts

Jason: YES that is a definable manny characteristic

me: yo son i just finished symptoms for the head and so far the condition is Depression

Jason: yo son, when you're playing 360, do u notice that manny sometimes says random things in his room not reacting to the game he's playing but like random, weird lines out of nowhere

me: yesh which is why i added the uncontrollable verbal outbursts

me: ok i'm done Here are the symptoms:
Blank Stare
Tilts head to look at something
Hair loss
Lack of motivation
Sadness
Unusual behavior
Visible deformity
Unusual facial expression
Difficulty talking
Uncontrollable verbal outbursts
Weakness (Arm)
and Weakness (Leg)

Jason: yo son, i'm excited to hear what the diagnosis is. i'm legitimately on the edge of my seat in anticipation

me: the top 5 conditions are:
5. Cervical spondylosis
4. Peripheral neuropathy
3. Muscle strain
2. Depression
...
...
...

Jason: AHHH i cant wait to see this #1

me: NUMBER 1!!!

Jason: i'm giddy in anticipation this is the most exciting chat ever

me: Myasthenia gravis! that is a chronic disorder that causes weakness and rapid fatigue of muscles.

Jason: wow

4.14.2008

DRINK AND GET LAID

WARNING: This is the most inside-joke post I think I'll ever make on this blog which is basically about the complete inside-joke that is Manny, only because I'm not sure if and how and when it's appropriate to talk about what this convo means. Rest assured though, it may not be funny to anyone reading this, but it's funny to us.

3:39 PM Tarik: yo son i want to get LAID and DRINK

8 minutes
3:48 PM me: man, thats all i ever think about
getting LAID when i DRINK
3:52 PM Tarik: man, i would drive to Oregon to DRINK and get LAID
3:57 PM me: man, i would jog to seattle if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
3:58 PM Tarik: man, i would swim to jamaica if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
3:59 PM me: man, i would walk to vancouver, canada if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:03 PM Tarik: man, i would ride a unicycle to north dakota if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:04 PM me: man, i would wrap myself in a box and get airmailed to spain if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID

9 minutes
4:14 PM Tarik: man, i would skip to brazil if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
me: man, i would crawl to colombia if it meant that i could DRINK and get LAID
4:16 PM Tarik: man, i would moonwalk to alaska if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:17 PM me: man, i would do the macarena to russia if that meant i could DRINK and get *LAID
4:18 PM Tarik: man, i would do the electric slide to china if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:20 PM me: man, i would do the pop and lock to korea if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:22 PM Tarik: man, i would crip walk to italy if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:23 PM me: i would salsa to mexico if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:27 PM Tarik: man, i would tango to germany if it meand i could DRINK and get LAID
me: man, i would do whatever dance move augustin 3:16 invents this week if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:32 PM Tarik: man, i would let stunning steve augustine 3:16 teach me his pimping ways if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:33 PM me: man, i wish i could let stone cold steve augustine teach me that pimpin' is easy so i could DRINK and get LAID
4:38 PM Tarik: man, i serve the rattlesnake stone cold steve augustine 3:16 a beer if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:39 PM me: i would let the raging redneck steve augustine give me the stone cold stunner if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:43 PM Tarik: man, i would let jim ross yell out stunning steve augustine's name if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:45 PM me: man, i would yell out "BY GAWD, THAT'S AUGUSTINE'S MUSIC!" if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:49 PM Tarik: man, i would allow augustine 3:16 to spray me with beer if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:51 PM me: man, i would allow augustine 3:16 to pour cement in my car if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:52 PM Tarik: man, i would allow augustine 3:16 to hug and tickle me if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:53 PM me: man, i would let augustine 3:16 to look at my watch to see the time if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:54 PM Tarik: man, i would let stunning steve augustine hold my hand if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID*
4:55 PM me: man, i would let the ringmaster steve augustine throw a ball in my face and call me a motherfucker while he cries if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:58 PM Tarik: man, i would let the superstar steve augustine spit his rhymes if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
4:59 PM me: man, i would let my time be up and your time be now if that meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:00 PM Tarik: man, i would not let you see me if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:01 PM me: man, i would be the franchise and be shining now if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:06 PM Tarik: man, i would not let you see me since my time is now if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:08 PM me: man, i don't know how to further incorporate that song without making it sound really gay but if i did i would do it if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID

8 minutes
5:16 PM Tarik: man, i would keep it on lock like i'm part of the jails if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:17 PM me: man, i would keep the whole block wishin they could run with my division if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:19 PM Tarik: man, i would go fishin with no bait if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:20 PM me: man, i would get my soul straight if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
5:22 PM Tarik: man, i would brush my mouth with colgate if it meant i could DRINK and get LAID
me: man, in any weather i'm never better when it means i can DRINK and get LAID
5:25 PM Tarik: man, your boys so hot when i can DRINK and get LAID
5:26 PM man, i'm going home to DRINK and get LAID
peace
me: man, later

3.16.2008

Shaving a Manny

Manny, Jason and I were talking about how Manny should shave his face, because he looks like a homeless sex offender. I said to shave the beard off completely. Jason said he should leave a goatee and shave the sides. Manny continued to shave, and eventually he walks out of the bathroom and comes to my room to ask, "What should I do? Should I leave the goatee or shave the beard off completely?"

I told him, "I'm lazy so I prefer to shave my beard completely, rather than maintain." He responds, "I don't want to shave it off completely because I want to separate myself from my 6th graders."

WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?

Apparently the students being 12 and Manny being 25 is not enough of a separation. Manny feels that if he shaves off his beard, he can hide in the classroom and none of the students will recognize him. They will think he is a 12 year old too and not the teacher. What a fucking moron. Manny is such a dumbass.

AUGUSTINE 3:16 SAYS MANNY IS A LOSER!!!!

3.14.2008

Moat

4:57 PM Manny: i think its the moat retarded thing i have ever heard, it almost akes me not want to watch the movie