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GreenEarthAl
07-02-2005, 09:04 AM
So, prolly nobody much remembers my last housemate Andrew that I used to post about back in 2002. He was a kid that did nothing but play some really loud shooting video game 24 hours a day stopping only briefly to break things in the house. Broke the vacuum cleaner, the dryer, the shower (all things which are still broken by the way).

So then I lived with the lovely and talented Heather for a year and change and that was really as good a time as I've had.

Since then I've been living here alone. Going out most nights and being involved with my community, sure, but still coming back here to the fortress of solitude and such. Never really having any visitors, always the one visiting out and about in the community.

Right. So now, Heather's friend Jes lives here. So far so good. We've been having a good time with me reading my book out loud and such. I could do without the garbage can smelling like cigarette butts and cooking meat in all the pans and such, but oh well. I'm fairly well determined not to be impossible to live with. Because for one thing I'm really broke and sharing costs sure helps. And for another thing, sharing space is much nicer, adds randomness to the day and all and has the potential for division of labour and all kinds of other unanticipated benefits.

I had been looking for a housemate for a year (not looking that hard mind you) and really wanting to start an art activist community. Jes likes to write poems and play music, so maybe we're on our way.

Then, because it all hits at the same time, Dio from the dinner co-op called up looking for a place to stay. So I showed the house again on Thursday. Dio likes to draw and write poetry. Right-o. Who knows? It'd be really cool if Dio moves in.

Okay. That's all.

Loppfessor
07-02-2005, 11:05 AM
The best roommate I ever had was a female. She was too good to me. She would cook (if I bought the food) clean and even do my laundry. Plus she didn't care if I brought girls home and vice versa. Man I miss those days

Freebasser
07-02-2005, 11:06 AM
Your mum sounds nice.

Loppfessor
07-02-2005, 11:07 AM
Your mum sounds nice.


LOL I wish, my ma quit doing my laundry when I was 11, quit cooking when I was 13, and hell I'm pushing 25 years old and if I bring a girl to her house we have to sleep in separate rooms.

supermars
07-02-2005, 11:21 AM
there are few fates worse in life than having a shitty roommate.

i can think of a lot worse things than cooking meat in pans. how about not flushing the toilet after pooping? yeah, i've had to deal with that one before & so did a friend of a mine. there are a surprising number of people in this world who don't flush the toilet.

marsdaddy
07-02-2005, 12:53 PM
Sounds like change is afoot in the world of Alex. Good stuff. Maybe you can keep the gas on for a while, now?

I liked not having roommates, but having a family is the ultimate in sharing space.