did i ever tell you guys that the guy above was my landlord for the summer of 2007?
ok, let me explain. if you’ve ever seen the best show on TV, the wire, you’d know that gbenga akinnagbe (silent “g” in the first name) portrays chris partlow, arguably the craziest, most intense character in the show.
he’s like me. kinda. he’s from montgomery county, maryland. he grew up about 15 minutes from my house. he’s also nigerian, as i found out when he called me after replying to his craigslist ad for subletting an apartment. he started speaking to me in yoruba, because he knew my family was from that part of nigeria just by reading my name in an e-mail. when he discovered i didn’t know what the blood he was saying, he laughed and we got down to business. a week later, i was furnishing his extra large 4-bedroom jumpoff.
like i said, i found his apartment on craigslist. it was listed in washington heights, home of the haze/dominicans/arroz con pollo on every corner. 163 and broadway, man.
he was definitely a nice guy, although every time he asked for the rent, i almost shat my pants. why, you ask?
that’s why. try not paying the rent to that guy. your body will be floating in the mississippi river.
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Comment by The Postman 07.11.08 @ 10:18 pm
He’s not homophobic, he’s homicidally anti-pederast fathers. Chris Partlow is a natural landlord, I’m not sure why that would surprise anyone. What Modele didn’t know is that if he had not paid soon after the 1st of the month, Felicia Pearson would have gone after him with a motherfucking nailgun to the skullpiece. Is it immature to find violence humorous? Life is too weird to put parameters on what constitutes as funny. If you spoke Yoruba he would have been a nicer landlord.
Comment by Benjamin Woodruff Hunt 07.12.08 @ 12:47 pm
Fuck Chris…. Never liked his character….If i could chose my landlord, i’d get me Bodi as my landlord…
Chris was too enigmatic, dark and i liked Snoop better…She was Batman, he was robin…Didnt know he was from Nigeria, though..
Funny how most of those HBO actors aint even real americans…Lot of english peeps as well on the wire and OZ, where do they get them?
Miss the wire though…One of the best TV show ever, aside South Park, (ye i said it!)
Comment by Keezy 09.19.08 @ 10:24 am
One of the most gangsta scenes from the wire ever. That cut in of the dummy head getting the pulp knocked out of it does make it a little funny though.
On some tangents–
Can’t wait to see him in Pelham 123.
Don’t know how I feel about “Michael” being in other stuff yet, though. Haven’t seen 90210 but I saw “The Secret Life of Bees…” don’t know how I feel about him just yet.
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