MORE TRUE COLLEGE ROOMMATE STORIESWritten by dan the roommate man
So it's my fifth (and final) year of undrgrad and I am planning on getting my own place; but right before that happens I get an opportunity to rent a house for a total of $750 month, and this includes utilities. Well, no shit, I'm going to go for it. All I have to do is find two roommates. Well I met some dude (we will refer to him as CrazyBones) in a class semester before. He seemed a little off, but overall we got along and we had been in touch that summer and coincidently he needed a place to stay and he had met someone (we will call him DnD for Drunk and Desperate) who needed a place to stay and this set up worked well at time.Less than a week into semester, CrazyBones decides that he doesn't need to go to class anymore. So this, along with fact he doesn't have a job, provided ample free time for him to sit around in sweat pants and be an all around scrub. As a few weeks went by I could just tell by some small actions and a glint he had in his eye something was definitely not right in this guy's brain. But I'll spare small details and go straight to shit. So it all starts one night when we threw a party. Everything is going fine until about 11pm when one of my buddies says that CrazyBones just ran half party out because he yelled at whoever was in earshot that they were all essentially worthless because they weren't paying attention to his crappy attempt a freestyle rapping (mind you he is 6,4 250 or so lbs and a goony looking white guy). I took this with a grain of salt and continued having a good time until about 4am when some dude comes into basement all bloody and says I need to take CrazyBones to hospital. oh, shit.....Well apparently two had gotten in a massive fight in CrazyBones' room and there was blood everywhere and a window was broken and his hand was sliced up pretty bad. So I drive him to hospital and I wait in lobby as he is being attended to. And after about an hour he comes out having stole a bunch of hospitals crap saying they were taking too long and he was going to deal with it himself. He disappeared next morning and eventually subsided a few days later fixed up. I don't know and don't want to. Maybe a week or so after that I come downstairs to find all furniture we had had (which was mostly his) he moved to basement, where he set up shop and reversed lock so only he could get in. At this time he is hanging around some pretty shady people (he always did, but these were even worse) going in and out of house. All he is doing is hanging out in basement and maybe he would run an errand or two during week. Mind you he isn't going to class and has no job. And there are empty bottles of prescription pills everywhere.
| | WOULD YOU MAKE A GOOD ROOMMATE?Written by dan the roommate man
If you have decided to live with someone else, most important thing to do is to take a good look at yourself as a potential roommate. Set aside at least an hour of your time to sit down with a piece of paper and a pencil and do some serious introspection. Don't skip this part, it's really valuable.List Your Assets. Start with good stuff and give yourself a pat on back. Make a list of all of "pluses" you will bring to a roommate relationship. Here are a few examples, but take time to think up your own. Make sure you cover all three categories: Personal: Sense of humor, ability to listen, non-smoker, morning person, etc. Technical: Knowledge of plumbing, phenomenal cook, etc. Material: Stereo, car, living room furniture, etc. List Your Faults. Now that you know you're not such a bad person, consider what "minuses" you will bring to a relationship. Be as honest as you would want your roommate to be with you. (If you can't seem to think of anything, you are kidding yourself). Again, here are a few examples to start you thinking: Personal: Moodiness, sloppiness, you think all Beethoven music is just random noise, etc.
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