Day 2 of Barstool Idol just ended. I’m so tired from today that I forgot what even happened during day one, so I’ll debrief what happened today.

The resurrection of Young Mantis

In the beginning of my freshman year of college, I tried rapping as a hobby. My roommate who initially thought I was autistic when he first met me called me “Young Mantis”, as whenever I raised my arms, he said I look like a praying mantis. Oh wait, I do remember day one. Our very first task Monday morning was to create a new twitter handle and build a following. Out of all the nicknames I have been called(Freak, Squidward, Bent Boy, Cum Cum, the letter S, Bent Back Mountain, Austism), I chose to resurrect Young Mantis. After 2 days, I now have about 2,000 followers. This makes me pissed because my OG Twitter @A_Taylor_Swagg has been running since 2010 and has 1,923 followers. This makes sense because rappers nowadays who have their first name as “Young” blow up instantly. My body is limited, but not my brain.

Big Ev-Mantis Collab

Tuesday morning, my buddy KFC tagged me in a video that looked like a bootlegged version of me KFC Tweet

Someone from the replies said Big Ev and I should do it, so we made a Stoolie’s dream come true. Viral Video

Challenge 1: KFC Style Rant

Our first challenge was to create a KFC style rant. I hate EA Sports and Madden so I discussed my feelings about them. EA Sports Rant

(*38 second mark above the 2 eliminations photo)

Challenge 2: T-shirt design

Andrew Luck Shirt

I helped design an Andrew Luck shirt. His face is attached to Uncle Rico’s body from Napoleon Dynamite with his infamous quote, “I can throw a football over them there mountains. With Andrew coming back this season, I though Colts fans would like this.

Challenge 3: Freestyle

Madden Live Stream

The contestants and myself were given the option to do the 9-9-9 challenge. You eat 9 hot dogs, drink 9 beers, and watch all 9 innings of the Cubs and Brewers game. This had to have been one of the dumbest challenges I have ever heard of. I don’t care about people sitting, eating, and watching a baseball game when I can do that myself. Instead of sitting with the other 9 contestants, I chose not to be a slug. I took my hot dogs at the beginning of the game, and told the cameras, “Thank you for the lunch, Im going to make some content.” So I commentated some live-stream Madden 19 with Smitty and Madden Bowl champion “Dubby”. I even beat Dubby too! #1-0

In conclusion

It’s only been 2 days but it feels like 2 weeks. I have potentially 3 days left in New York, and still have more of myself to showcase. I also am still having trouble communicating with my first New York Tinder Match. I know it says “Transeuxal”, but she needs a boyfriend. Ass is ass.