the chairs provided mysteriously seem to not actually fit under the desks (reconciled with post-its);
milk crates taken from the alleyway of 'Feel-Awful' and Tastes and washed in the shower are your storage units;
a bed half-heartedly made and less than four articles of clothing on the back of your seat qualifies your room as 'neat';
the wall heater/AC dutifully keeps you warm while it's off, even in 25+ weather;
you tape post-its to the door to keep the rattling from keeping you up;
you're neighbors door keeps you up instead;
there is an angry 'FUCK YOU' letter on the fridge door in the kitchen bitching out someone who steals half-eaten subs;
you don't go to sleep until six in the morning. the sun rises at 5;
there are finally posters and pictures on your wall;
they keep falling;
post-its rectify any problem... except the falling posters;
a note on two pages of yellow legal pad taped across the door saying, 'Did you remember towels?';
it takes two or three trips to the bathroom to actually get everything together for a shower;
there are huge dark clumps of other peoples hair shoved into the corners of said shower;
an ethernet cable is needed to get internet connection;
there's a fly infestation;
the majority of the socks brought in the beginning of the year have been cut up and are strangely useful;
three am is an appropriate time to finish an essay... or start one;
watched the entire series of himym;
watched at least three times, four or five for some episodes;
watched seven seasons of buffy;
one of angel (will be two);
all of firefly;
two of the big bang;watched all youtube clips of nph;
and alyson hannigan;
and everyone involved with the first four above;
the incense smell in the hall is not supposed to be there;
neither is the toaster your roommate has in your room;
your neighbor laughs and you feel like they're in your room;
cue wondering what seinfield said that was so funny;
the unfathomable amounts of crap in the common room free to take because the international students only had 2 bags of luggage;
midnight seems like a good time to vacuum for some people;
people yell in the hall and it takes minutes to realize it's your Don and you're supposed to be in a house meeting at the moment;
takes five minutes after getting into the elevator to realize it's not moving;
people who take the elevator to the first/second/third floor are openly berated;
spontaneously spending the night without calling anyone so they won't worry;
you know that the second and last bathroom stalls are the only ones that lock properly, the first has a funny toilet and the third has the best potty-paper;
you can recite this months potty-paper;
the sinks in either end
you can play 'where's the blood on the wall' from last years haunted house... there's still a faint tinge of ketchup in the air;
microwaving popcorn at three in the morning is perfectly normal- at least yours is low-calories;
1 comment:
Oh Sandra you have perfectly captured res life in this amazing blog. I'm so nostalgic now!
My favorites were "You tape post-its to the door to keep the rattling from keeping you up;
you're neighbors door keeps you up instead." "You don't go to sleep until six in the morning. the sun rises at 5." and "Spontaneously spending the night without calling anyone so they won't worry". All are so true!
<3 Emily
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