Manny's Blog of Awesomeness

I’m posting on my iPhone 3G hopefully for the last time. My birthday was on Friday and I pre-ordered an iPhone 4 for myself. I totally deserve it. Brax has turned on me about the Owl City thing. I’m rather shocked. For such a self proclaimed fan of electronic music and a hater of autotune, I thought he would be with me in disliking something so mediocre in comparison to other acts he champions on a constant basis. Maybe I’m starting to get more bitter now that I’m another year older. Either way, I know I’m right.

I guess I kind of suck at this blog thing.  Hey, Brax isn’t so great at it either.  We’ve been busy going to shows, working on new material, and cleaning up after that filthy slug, Bernie.  He’s all right, I guess.  I’m still kind of freaking out about this whole Comic-Con debacle.  Thanks to Travel Planners I now have to choose between the touch tank at Sea World and the wilds of Mission Bay.  Either one leads to certain doom.  Hopefully a third option will present itself soon.

Brax went on vacation.  He left that freaking plant here.  She is really giving me the creeps.  Maybe I could sell her on Craigslist, but then we’d have to find a new drummer.  Decisions, decisions.

Sorry I have been sick.  I also was trying to help Brax get his facebook page up and running.  The dude already got locked out of his Facebook account!  He is claiming it is not his fault, but seeing as how he manages to break everything he touches related to technology, I don’t buy it.  So I am keeping the page updated while he figures that out.

What else is new?  I got a new Xbox yesterday so I can finally download the rest of the Beatles albums and some of that other Rock Band DLC as well.  I don’t know if I’ll have time to play it anytime soon though since Final Fantasy 13 came out today.  Yeah, I’m an RPG geek.  Fight me.

Remember Zines?  I’ve always been a fan, so much so that Brax and I are currently in the planning stages of publishing our first zine.  I’m not sure what we’re going to call it yet.  I’m partial to Manny Rules the World but for some reason Brax isn’t keen on that.  Brendan and Phil will be contributing their comics to the project, which is pretty cool, I guess.  I’m looking to review some albums so if you have one you would like to send or tell me about, be sure to let me know.

Brax interviewed Jason Martin of Starflyer 59.  I don’t know how he did it.  He sure as heck didn’t tell me about it.  Someone please tell Brax I am mad at him because I am not speaking to him right now.

So Brax did an interview with our band, M.R.B. and it was going well at first.  Then that stinking plant ruined everything.  Well, Brax did because he kept talking to her like she actually had something to say.  At first it was kind of cute and funny, now she’s stealing my spotlight.  Anyways, check out the interview and our MySpace page.  We’re working on getting some tracks done.  Although I keep telling Brax no one cares about MySpace anymore.  He just won’t listen.

I’m trying to decide upon a theme for this blog. I think I’m going to go with this minimalist one as I believe it reflects my personality well.  While I can be quite loud, I choose not to be.  Brax tried to get me to use his theme, but I am my own Manta Ray and I will do what I want!  Let me know what you think.  Or don’t.  See if I care.

If Brax gets a blog, I get one too.  Mine is totally cooler though.  Expect some rants, raves, and other stuff.  If you have any cool music links, bands, songs, or something else awesome you want me to see, hit me up!