Being important is a tough guy

"I am not a tool!"

Name: Sher
Location: depends on the day
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Occupation: Being important
Skills: Speaking hands-free
Weaknesses: Red wine

Speculation is a tough guy

To settle a rumor floating around the blogosphere, Yes, it's tuh-rew!...

...waited on a line of dreams and blues...

Stacy is Tough Guy of the Year

All you pretenders can quit now. Today, Stacy's earned herself Tough Guy of the Year 2007 by not only overstepping the bounds of human decency, but trampling over that line and driving 100 miles past it.

Her feats:

Over AIM
ToughGuyStacy: yo where's the entrance to tribeca tavern?
RJ: oh, that bar near my apt?
TGS: yeah
RJ: west broadway and so-and-so
TGS: thanks...later
RJ (to himself): what a jerk

At the UPS Store
Nightmare Customer Stacy: I need tah send these tew packages UPS Ground, por favor.
Service Attendant: Sure, will that be all?
NCS: Yeah. Questionay. Can I put them in the same box?
SA: [already putting packages in the same box] Of course. The box will be $6.45.
NCS: Okay. Will they fit?
SA: [sealing the box] Um, I think so. There you go. That'll be $17.86.
NCS: Whoa whoa whoa! Huh?! Argh! I should've just packed it myself. That's tew much. What a ripoff! Ugghhh! [SA begins to unseal box] I should've packed it upstaihs. Is it tew late? It's tew late, isn't it? Eh, whatever. [SA has box unsealed]
SA: Would you like me to re-seal it, ma'am?
NCS: Okay.
Deac: You're crazy. Stand over there. I don't want any of your crazy on me.
[SA re-seals box, and waits politely for Stacy to hand her the $20 bill]
NCS: Oh, sorry. Here ya gow.
SA: Thank you, ma'am. Have a good day.
NCS: Can I see tha box again?
Deac: Wha? Why?
NCS: I wanna make shure it's poifectly sealed.
[SA shows her the box.]
NCS: Can yew put tha mailin' label on it whoile I'm here?
Deac: Do you want to watch her wipe herself in the bathroom...just to make sure she does it the way you want her to?
NCS: Zip it!
[SA applies label, and the deac and Stacy walk out to get lunch. They buy their lunch, and are halfway to the office when Stacy says...]
NCS: Ew! What's moy tracking numbah?
Deac: Check your receipt.
NCS: It's not here! It's not here!
Deac: Um, I think it's that number right there. The one that says "Tracking Number."
NCS: Argh! [Stacy walks back into the store.]
Deac: I'll be outside. It's too embarassing now.
[Stacy walks in and out of the store.]
Deac: Was it the number I pointed to on the receipt?
NCS: Zip it! ZEP ET!!!!

Minutes ago, over AIM and in person
Over the top Stacy: Wanna hang tonight? Cristian's in town
DeacIsTough: Sure
OTTS: When can you leave?
DIT: Now
OTTS: k, shutting down
DIT: okay
[at Stacy's desk]
DIT: Where to?
OTTS: I have tah gow tah the gym first.
DIT: WTF?
OTTS: Oh, yew wanna come to dinnah with me and Sak?
DIT: Uh, no. What happened to Cristian?
OTTS: He has tah check intah his howtel.
DIT: Wait, so let me get this straight. It's 6:30, and you plan to - all in one night - go to the gym, hang with me, hang with Cristian, AND have dinner with Sak? Where'd you get your time machine?
OTTS: Oh, zep et.


Zep et, indeed, readers. Zep it, indeed.

It's Armando's Turn

Happy 29th Birthday to Dadmando. Here's one picture little Marissa Jr. won't be seeing.

Yoko's Cinema Classics

April Fool's comes early this year

$439,900: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms in Jersey City.

Location? CULVER AVENUE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Seriously. April 1st is next Sunday, guys.

Chicks are pyscho-nuts crazy

But I'm just sayin'.

Birthday Two-fers are a tough guy

Happy birthday week to two guys that've seen better days. Join them at Double Happiness tonight, as they relive their glory day (April 17th, 1994 and July 1st, 1989, respectively).

RJ's Cinema Classics

Compliments are a tough guy

[17:04] Stacy: studly
[17:11] Stacy: debonair
[17:11] Deacistough: yes, but i prefer "chris"

This guy is a tough guy

Buy! Sell! Short!

This tough guy has decided to institute High Roller Wednesdays at work. Join him if you've got the cash flow (or leftover clothes from 7 years ago that fit once again).

WTF? of the day

RATS in more NYC restaurants!

Baby Pygmy goats are tough?

This was shot minutes before the goat was slaughtered for dinner. Diners said he was delicious. Tender and juicy, and not at all gamey.

Shaun Livingston

Warning: Only the tough should watch.

This..is...SPARTA!!!!

This is horse crap. The deac knows that those abs in 300 were CGI.

Communication is a tough guy

The deac wants more interaction with his readers....all 6 of you. To facilitate this, he's created an AIM screen name. If you're tough enough, add Deacistough to your buddy list. Don't be left out. You know you need friends...just like this poor, lonely sucker does:

One-player Monopoly was not as fun as Beth had hoped.

Intolerance is a tough guy

Ignorance and intolerance are alive and well in NYC 2007.

Steaky: what time are we going?
Birthday Boy: i'm gonna leave at 5:30
Steaky: ah ok
Steaky: going straight?
Birthday Boy: excuse you?

Happy Birthday to Ry

Ry's 29 today.

Here he is in 1997.

Present day. The years have not been kind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOURETOUGH!!

Today, youretough.blogspot.com is 1 year old. They grow up so fast.

Thanks to the year's toughest tough guys: Stacy and RJ's moustache. Without you two, this site would've died months ago.

IM is a tough guy

Take a glimpse at the deac's everyday IM conversations. Try to match the statement with its owner:

(1) I have mad gas today. You ever sit on the can and it comes out rapid-fire?
(2) I've thought about karaoke on Friday. I want to sing "My Love."
(3) OMG I'm hungry!

(a) Steaky
(b) RJ
(c) Ry


Answers: (1) a; (2) a; (3) a

The truth is out there

Now you know how they did it.

CGI is a tough guy

It's amazing what a little CGI can do. For instance, it can make Sher look like a pool shark...

Heard of these guys?

Not bad. The lead singer just needs a haircut. And maybe some contacts.

Anniversarypalooza!

March 13th marks the first anniversary of youretough.blogspot.com. To celebrate, the deac will be throwing a Wii party next Thursday (the 15h). Only tough guys from the past year are invited. That is, to say: If you weren't tough, you aren't good enough.*

*exceptions will be made for hat cheeks.

Call him ErWiin

Thanks to Erwiin's cavernous pocketbook and the deac's roommates' weekday out-of-townitude, the deac is now the majority-time owner of a Nintendo Wii. You are all invited to come over and play, provided you lose a prerequisite game of Bowling - for no one beats the Kingpin at his own game.

Ew! Ew! Ew! Happy Birthday ta Yew!

Happy Birthday to Stacy! She's looking pretty good, all things considered.

Diet Challenge '07

Today marks the end of the (mostly) Quitters Diet Challenge! In the beginning of January, six determined(?) individuals set out on a race to see who could lose the biggest percentage of body weight relative to a goal weight (huh?).

Minutes were spent at the gym!
Salads and fresh fruits disappeared from store aisles!
Diet Pepsi sales rose - Beer sales plummeted!

For a week, anyway.

When asked to comment on the effectiveness of the challenge heading into tonight's weigh-in, Commissioner RJ had this to say: "The challenge was definitely a good motivator from January 7th to the 15th. After that, it was all downhill."

RJ went on further to describe the results as "disappointing." A look at the competitors' eating habits from the past few days belies just how far they've fallen.

Stationed in Texas, home of the 30 oz. steak until July, Sher has reverted to eating Chinese food at 2 in the morning, and ribs & chicken for dinner. StaxyFojaxy, at this very moment, is struggling with a slice of pizza on her desk.

When asked to estimate the net weight lost by all 6 competitors, RJ said, "I think there was actually a net gain."

There you have it, folks. Goodnight, and good luck.



This just in: Staxy is now struggling to resist TWO slices of pizza on her desk.

Update: We here at youretough are sad to report that, at 4:56 pm EST, StaxyFojaxy lost her battle with the pizza slices. Eyewitnesses report seeing cheese inhaled through the nostrils. According to one person on the scene, it was unclear whether or not Staxy was even chewing. We will remember Staxy as a kind and caring individual.

Goodbye, Robby, Thursday

In honor of Rob "Jagger" H.'s last day here, the deac would like to regale you with one of Rob's crowning moments at Grow: The 2006 Grow Gong Show. (Eagle-eyed readers will spot a well-dressed man in black.)