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doomsday
2007-09-02 06:50 pm UTC (link)

Wow, Lydia sounds sort of like a combination of all three of my roommates: #1 was super bratty, whiny, and controlling. She was also the stupidest person I've ever met in my life--she had no idea what a grapefruit was despite being born and raised in Hollywood, she wanted to be a vet because "cats and dogs are cute, especially cats" (that's a direct quote from an essay she wrote for her English class), she thought you kept cheddar cheese in the freezer, and she didn't know she was Asian until I explained to her that Burma wasn't in England. She once scraped her knee and spent all day in bed, on the phone to her mother, crying about it. Luckily she moved out after a couple months when she came to the realization that all of her suitemates hated her.

#2 was a total fundie (she slept with a pocket Bible clutched in her hands) who left her nasty dirty underwear all over the common areas. She had super long, scraggly hair that I don't think she'd ever cut and I'm positive she never brushed. And she went to bed at about 8 every night and got angry because I stayed up until 12 or 1 *gasp*. She was weird.

#3 was very nice, but she only washed her hair about once a week, which was pretty unbearable in 100-degree weather. I used to hold my breath as I opened the door and the wave of hot, fetid air rushed past. Glade's profits probably went up 30% that year. Once she brought home this disgusting fish casserole (I have no idea where she even got it) and ate it in the room every night for a week. That + the hair = the most revolting stench I've ever encountered. Just thinking about it makes me feel sick.

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	(Anonymous) 2007-09-02 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	I am so happy I am going to a UK university and will thus have my own room. With no crazy roomate to share with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shadowkitty 2007-09-02 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, boy. You are in for a shock. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-09-02 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Don't scare me! What kind of shock? Do magical roomates appear from the worldwide University ether to torment UK students in the night with lice and banging? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shadowkitty 2007-09-02 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	That exact thing happened to me! I scared off my first roommate, went to the pub to discuss moving in with another girl, & came back to Unexpected Roommate! I moved in with the other girl about a week later & she's still one of the most awesome people I know. Roommates are great if you can pick 'em. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-09-03 12:19 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. Yeah, it on one level I would like to have a US-style roommate..but on another level I am insanely happy that I can have my own room and my own space. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nine_spiral 2007-09-02 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	.... @_@ What. The HECK. I almost can't believe people this stupid/unhygienic can exist. I used to work with this guy in my supervisor's lab whose only thing seemed to be not showering often, and just that made me literally gag on his stench. How did the chick not know she was Asian?? boggles Wouldn't her facial features/skin colour tip her off? tpirtpuoiurqw. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

doomsday
2007-09-02 09:36 pm UTC (link)

How did the chick not know she was Asian?? *boggles* Wouldn't her facial features/skin colour tip her off? tpirtpuoiurqw.

I have no idea. I was in a state of perma-boggle the entire time I lived with her. She thought Burma was in England because her grandmother had an English accent (I tried to explain why that should be, to no avail). You could tell by looking at the girl that she was at least part Asian. She even had a surname that was obviously Asian (something -ang, I can't remember exactly what). Oh, and she was Jewish but had never heard of Passover.

This was not a bad school at all, either. I still can't figure out how she got accepted. She failed every placement test.

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	nine_spiral 2007-09-02 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, that's truly... something. LOL. I don't think I've ever encountered someone who didn't know they were Asian. Did she wind up flunking out of college eventually? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pfeffermuse 2007-09-05 03:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm going to assume the gal was from the US simply because the Burma = England thing. But, as bizarro as it seems, a lot of folks from the deep South and American heartland really don't have any idea of their families' history. And they don't seem to have much interest in it either, which is strange considering the importance they place on DAR and UDC legacy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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