My first college roommate was named Kim. Kim was a sophomore who hadn’t found a roommate, so she got a freshman by random assignment; that was me. I talked to her on the phone once before school started and she basically told me to bring nothing – she had everything and it would all be perfect. It was all perfectly mint green and peach. Her carpet matched her towels which matched her sheets and blankets, which even matched the carpet “cleaner” and air freshener she loved – fresh peach. I still think of her every time I smell artificial peach.
I was telling one of my summer camp groups about my roommates. I don’t remember why. But I got this great idea. I want to do a series of art pieces all about roommates. Not sure what exactly it’s going to look like yet, but I have some great ideas percolating.
So here’s what I want from you: Please inspire my art! Tell me about your roommate. Basic info, quotes and fun facts. Either leave a comment or drop me an email.
Roommate: Kim
Basic facts: College dorm room, business major, crispy bleached blonde hair
Color scheme: Peach and mint green
Her story: She stopped speaking to me about October and left little notes “I will be vacuuming on Tuesday, please move your stuff.” and “Please do not print anything on your computer when I am here. I need to sleep and I don’t appreciate it.” My friends called her “the PsychoB*tch”. She never spent a single weekend at school but went home every Thursday night and didn’t appear again until Monday afternoon.
Roommate: Wendy
Basic Facts: College Dorm, flunked herself out playing computer games
Color scheme: Anything goes with black
Her story: Both Wendy and I were ditched by our original roommates. They decided they wanted to live together about a week after school started so they went and got everything switched and informed Wendy that she was moving in with me. Wendy had a pet rat named Wolfgang. He was very much not allowed in the dorms. She spent all of her time in the computer lab playing “MUDDS” with a bunch of trenchcoat-wearing friends and never went to class. I referred to her friends as the “Lost Boys” and I became “Captain”. We made s’mores in the microwave once and burned the marshmallows. Wendy only had 2 cd’s – Prince and Meatloaf.
It’s a good thing your mother knew about these people already, or she’d have been worried that you’d have been ready to jump off the roof.
How come you didn’t talk about your roommate “Edwin Drood”?. Surely the scariest of the whole bunch!
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There was also the other one who always called me “mean Becky”. ;)
hey now I at least dont' have a thing for fake peach or rats…….
to add to your roomie list……how about Jen…I never saw her do a load of laundry all of second semester and she had a severe affliction to putting things on shelves, the shelves were empty and the floor was piled with books. Or "Susan". I'm not really sure what her real name was because she was a Mechanical Engineering Grad Student from China and spoke very little english. I'd get phone calls at 2AM with someone speaking chinese on the other end. She just up and moved at semester and called to tell me after she had moved out. There was some serious lack of communication there. Oh or how about Laura………she was a white underware on sunday's kinda girl who really didn't like that i took an Evolution class. Her biggest claim to fame was that college she had never had a PB&J sandwich , thought that "My Little Deuce Coupe" was really "my Little Loose Tooth" ( dontcha know the Beach Boys sing about teeth), and her younger siblings dressed up as Saints for halloween. The current roomie just complains alot when i don't actually get the laundry put away and I try and plant Daffodils in "his" landscaping beds. (notice i don't call them flower beds)…………i should have planted them while he was at work……then it would have been too late. :)