Having lived in a dorm for about 6 months now, I've learned a few things about living on your own and living with people you don't like. I've gone and made a list of things I never thought I would learn given the situation.
1. Things will always go missing.
I can't explain this one without it feeling like I'm pointing figures at some people, but damn it, why does everything I consider to be unimportant at the time go missing. Things like pens, paper, pots, plastic Tupperware, socks and the like. This is do to one of multiple things, but most likely, one of your roommates ran off with it. Such is the case with our missing pots and plastic Tupperware, when two of my previous roommates left a few weeks ago, these items disappeared as well. I had that nagging feeling in the back of my head of what had happen, but it wasn't until my other roommate pointed it out that I was able to connect the dots. What most likely happened was one of them took a few things thinking it was his, which is kinda understandable when just about all college students, including myself, shop for dishes at Walmart. So do your best to keep track of your items, but don't majorly freak out when that something goes missing.
2. The Importance of Bread
Bread has always something that I've taken advantage of. It was always in well supply in my house growing up and we never ran out. While I do buy about two loafs every time I stop by the Food Loin, that goes by quickly with three hungry men living in the same apartment. Those two loafs are lucky to survive a week and a half in this apartment. Just about every meal I eat involves bread and when I run out I have a hard time coming up with a meal that feels complete. Not only that but its the most requested food item I'm asked for, when a roommate asks to share food. I have I guess the importance of this one is, you can never buy enough bread.
3. Having a Giant Pair of Headphones is the Universal Symbol for People to be Quite
This one doesn't work on everyone, but it does for about a good 80% of the people I've tried this on. I'm not too sure what it is that makes people around you go quite, but they do. Its not my headphones blocking out the sound either. Most of the time now I don't even listen to music when I'm wearing these things. People just have this strange reaction to shut up when they see you trying to listen to something. I think the key is have giant headphones and not to little one's that go into your ear. The bigger the headphones the better your chances.
4. The Neighbors Hate You
No matter what I do, I can not get a positive response from any of the neighbors we have around us, this includes those to the side, above, below and in front of us. While they do put on a friendly face when you meet them for the first time, they quickly disappear whenever you need someone to return a favor. Also I've noticed that the neighbors can be as load as they want too, but god forbid you turn up your tv up to a volume where you can actually hear it. We actually got a notice from the apartment complex about causing a too much noise from one of our neighbors and we weren't even in the apartment. Avoid neighbors like an atheist avoids church, they are nothing but trouble and don't give a crap about you.
That's all I've got for now. I might come back latter and rant a little bit more about the topic of having to live on your own. But until then, stay classy.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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