It’s somewhat annoying to have all these different people making blogs now, being that I’m Andrew, and I tend to act like myself (hopefully this’ll be the last time I feel the need to link to that post), and relevant things to blog about get blogged by others first. But that’s OK, I still love them. Besides, we’ll see just how many of these stand the test of time. If anything, I guess I could see it as having the work done for me, which is never a bad thing…
On that note, Apox had a stroke of genius last Friday. For a recollection of that night’s events, I point you to here. Thinking out of the box… and right into the toilet.
Now, let’s talk about my roommate (Carlos). Again. In all honesty, I could dedicate this whole blog to my roommate, and only my roommate, and it’d be bustling with activity. I refrain from making constant posts about him, though; I just pick his best moments. His breed of specimen can’t even be considered to be one of a kind; in order to have a “kind,” there have to be several beings that share the qualities being considered for the “kind“. Nobody, and I mean nobody, can set so much as a foot on being similar to that man (and I use the term “man” very loosely, inclining it more towards “creature”). It’s something that really isn’t fathomable to anyone who hasn’t at least met him, but the following picture should decimate even the strongest of doubts:

“Wow… he’s using using his laptop. So what?” Well, for one, you can’t see that he’s half naked. Top half, mind you, but he tends to be as naked as he can without actually being naked. Always. Thanks to him, everybody in our damn building thinks we are more than just roommates, having opened the front door just out pure curiosity (as in, nobody had knocked on the door) while dressed in nothing but a loosely wrapped towel, only to be seen by a handful of people. But no, his being half-naked is not the subject of the post. Let’s take a closer look at the picture:

If you have what some would like to call a “life,” then you probably still don’t understand what the significance of this picture is. Pat yourself on the back while I explain. Notice the positioning of his hands, particularly the left hand. This is commonly known as the WASD position (pronounced Wah-s-duh), and is used for just about every computer game, where the W, A, S, and D keys control your character’s movement. Now, direct your attention to what’s on screen. It’s somewhat blurry, but you’ve probably been able to make out that it’s an MSN Messenger window. If it hasn’t hit you yet, he’s using the WASD position for MSN Messenger. I can’t imagine why anyone would use the WASD position for Messenger, unless you normally type with one hand and plan on only using those 4 keys:
Person: Hey! How are you?
Carlos: sad
Person: What’s wrong?
Carlos: saw dad
Person: So?
Carlos: was sad
Person: Why?
Carlos: sawd wad daws
Person: …Now I remember why I hate you
Clearly, such conversation would not get very far. And, clearly, there is something very wrong with Carlos.
I wish that that were all I had to say about him. I wish that I could just say he’s a bit weird and move on. This is hardly the case, though. Oh no, quite the contrary. The post is titled as such for a reason that is funny now, but was not always funny, and is a foreshadow to what awaits me next semester. The stories are getting better and better, and it doesn’t look like this source of writing material will be depleted for a very, very long time.
Just about every Friday, I leave as quickly as possible from the outer layer of Hell that is Mayaguez, with my sister in tow. Last Friday was no different, albeit the antics of my roommate (wait, this was last Friday too? Did Earth’s gravity become slightly altered or something?). Almost 15 minutes out of Mayaguez with heavy, heavy traffic, my phone starts to ring while flashing the name “Carlos” brightly on te screen. I’m not sure what it is, but I seem to have the ability of knowing when a phone call is just to talk or to ruin my life. It felt like the semi-strobe light used to display “Carlos” felt like a warning that was trying to get in contact with my very soul and say “for the love of God do not answer the phone, you will regret it eternally, and your grandchildren will, too.” So I, not being one for making the best choices, decide to answer. What follows is an almost verbatim account of the conversation:
Carlos: “DUDE! WHERE ARE YOU?”
Me: “Almost 15 minutes out, why?”
Carlos: “DUDE! I need you to turn around right now, please!”
Me: “What, Why, what happened?”
Carlos: “Dude, I left the fucking keys in the apartment!”
Me: “…and you locked it?”
Carlos: “Yes! it was an accident!”
Me: “I would hope so…”
Carlos: “I need you to turn around right now and come open the door for me. Please man, I will suck your dick if you do this for me! PLEASE!”
Me: *silence*
Many dick sucking offers, and one heavy sigh later, I decide to turn around and help him out. I drive all the way back to the apartment, open the door for him, and receive much thanks (not in the form of dick sucking). The weekend comes and goes, and Sunday arrives rather quickly. I get to my apartment and reach for the handle while fumbling with my keys. To my surprise, I end up with a fistful of air instead of handle. Naturally, I attempt to grab the handle again, thinking I had just missed. I’m left with yet more air. Upon inspecting the handle, I notice that there is something very different… or rather, something missing, like the handle itself. Shock and fear perfectly describe how I felt at that moment, the thought of having had the apartment broken into running through my mind. But then I remembered the events of Friday, and quickly proceeded to call my roommate for an explanation, all the while thinking “there’s just no way he’d be that stupid”. The first thing he tells me is that the apartment had been broken into, but sensing my sudden shift in emotions, he tells me what really happened. He should have just stuck to the robbery story. That Friday night, the Friday that I had to turn around and open the apartment for him, he went and left the keys in the apartment again, and was forced to find someone with a hammer to open the door… at 3am. He lucked out, as such a person appeared out of nowhere, completely wide awake. One idiot and several hammer blows later, I’m left handleless.
And he still owes me a good sucking.