Archive - Roommates

Do I Really

February 18 1 Comment Category: Adventures with Dogs, Roommates

I came home from school today to find a note on my counter that reads, “…sorry for the late notice, but you need to be out by 4/1″.  Somehow I managed to not scream, cry or do both concurrently, placing my books down on the counter before asking Butterfinger to please explain to me that [...]

You Can Go Repack Your Bags

My first bad experience with the TSA was in Austin, TX while heading home from a holiday trip.  It was 5 am, the line was almost out the door, and I was very low on my egg McMuffin intake, so I was understandably cranky.  After waiting about 90 minutes to get to the xray machine [...]

H.D. Coli

September 25 1 Comment Category: Friends, Funny, Roommates

My roommate is not known for his attention to detail, and this includes keeping on top of expiration dates and removing rotting food from the fridge.  Knowing this, about once a week I spend some time going through the contents of our community refrigerator – removing hairy strawberries, watching cheese age before my eyes, and [...]

Move Out, Don’t Mess Around…

Our landlord called today and told us we need to move out.  His reason?  He is having trouble finding people to rent the vacant room because there are three Pit Bulls that live here.  Nice.  I will save the Pit Bull discrimination sob story for another post, but basically this breaking news means we have [...]

Pointing Fingers

I have tried to be nice. I make conversation with you while I am outside scooping poo and finding avocados. I do the neighborly wave when we pass one another on the street, and I make my naughty dog stop when he thinks its amusing to bark at you while you incessantly water [...]