Having Roommates Past the age of 30 Can Suck a Barrel of Dicks

Hello, my dear friends.

Things are fine here….just needing to vent a bit…do you mind?

I didn’t think so.
Have you met those people who always start their shit talking sesh with “I love him/her to death, but…”

As though that little cotton candy buffer puff will ease the vile tongue thrashing about to be unloaded on some unsuspecting asshole.

I’m one of those. Can’t even help myself.

So, my roommate. Love her to death…

Well, maybe love is a bit of a stretch, but I do like her a whole lot.  (However, I do love her cat. C’mere Camille, you fuzzy chubby bitch, snuggle with meeee. Why you run? *hangs head*)

Anyway, I like my dear roomie very much, and that’s mostly (100%) due to the fact she is rarely around. When she does come home, it’s usually in the morning, and that works out well. Below is what I call The Flow Chart of Understandings:

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Pre-work: GossipGossipGossip!!

OMG! STFU! GFY! Totes.

OMG! STFU! GFY! Totes. I just LOL’d my dick off.

Post-work: I’ve reached my human interactions quota for the day and need to avoid all eye contact and communication for 4-6 hours minimum.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.

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So we have breakfast chit-chat for a few minutes about the usual: Jobs, friends, boys, etc.

Lovely, all lovely.

Then we skip off to work with glee. What a wonderful little marriage my roomie and I have.

But like every marriage (or so I hear far too often, seriously why the shit do people get married) there are things she does that makes me want to punch her in the throat.

Nothing crazy, just 3-5 quick jabs straight to the larynx.

Exhibit A: Shower Time
Ok, I understand that there are some people who like to take their time in the shower. Fine. Do whatcha gotta do. But if you’re going to take 25 minute showers, don’t be all shocked and shaken when I act annoyed you need to use the bathroom for the 4th time in the morning while I’m on my bathroom time. You had your allotted hour, so please go fuck yourself.

Also, no matter what anyone thinks, everyone loses hair in the shower. Some more than others (I personally have a fist-sized rat’s nest that should probably be tagged and photographed at the end of my wash/rinse), but everyone sheds. So what does that mean kids? Pick the goddamn thing out of the drain before the next person uses the shower.

 

Dude. Duuuude.

Dude. Duuuude.

 

Pretty difficult to wrap your head around, I know, but not exactly quantum physics.
*Sidebar. Not only is her hairball in the drain every damn day, but the no-slip shower mat is always bunched up.
This may seem like “no big deal”, and it’s not, but that sonofabitch is suctioned to the tub.

How is it such a small woman can get a practically glued piece of rubber bunched up into a ball? In fact, I have a hard time pulling that fucker up to straighten it back out!

I like to think of myself as a fairly educated individual, but this completely baffles me. What in sweet hell are you doing in there? Aerobics? Squat thrusts? The Running Man, perhaps.

This must explain why it takes her damn near half an hour to shower, because honestly, showers are for running a washcloth over face, pits, back, cracks, and feet. Any more scrubbing than that is unhealthy and you need therapy.

Exhibit B: Kitchen/Dish Clean Up
We do not have a dishwasher.
Pssh, white people problems, amirite?
It takes two seconds to rub a sponge, rinse, and bam, you’re all done. Super simple.

Now, we are not the kind of people who always wash said dishes the moment we’re done power binging in front of the TV, so that’s not my issue. The issue is this: When I am finally washing the dishes in the sink, I leave no man behind. Because, like, why the hell would I? My hands are already wet, so what’s three more seconds of my life?

This, evidently, does not seem so obvious to the roomie.

Why, just this morning she ate her breakfast, packed her lunch for the day, and washed her dishes. Now I’m up before she is, so I’ve already got a spoon and a cup in the sink. And, sure enough, I walk into the kitchen when she’s done, and there they were.

What the actual fuck?

I WASH HER DISHES ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I DON’T CARE ENOUGH NOT TO.
And yet I just sat there, staring at the cup and spoon in disbelief.

*Again, sidebar: I’ve convinced myself she’s not doing this to be a bitch. She’s too damn sweet. But has it really not occurred to her that…You know what, if I’m giving her too much credit, and she does have this thought process of “well, those weren’t my dishes” then fuck her so hard.

Oh. And another thing. Ungoddamn believable, but she constantly leaves huge chunks of food in the sink.

I guess she keeps forgetting the drain is actually a drain, and not a garbage disposal. Is this a “if you want it bad enough, it will happen” experiment, because I’m at a total loss here. And I won’t even get started on the peanut-butter-knife situation that appears a few days a month like clock work.

Jesus H, why wouldn’t you just lick the excess PB off the damn utensil, then leave it in the sink for me to fucking deal with? It’s like cleaning oily rubber cement. Am I alone in this? Bueller?

To be fair, she does take out the garbage more often than I do, and I truly appreciate that. Of course, she doesn’t replace the bag…

Shhh, I know buddy. I know.

Shhh, I know buddy. I know.

 

I think the lesson I’ve learned (we should all learn) is this: If someone has to pick ANYTHING out of a drain because of you, you’re a solid piece of shit and should kill yourself.

Unemployed or Funemployed?

It’s Monday, so the start of a fresh week full of possibilities. *fart noise*

 

I’ve already got a mini-facial scheduled today at 4, so I will be forced into the city. That means I have to go to the gym, thank Christ.  It’s been too many days already. True, I did meet the business end of a mini van just 72 hours ago, but I’m happy to report I’m feeling much much better, so a workout is in order. (I just lifted my shirt and jiggled my belly fat)
Yeah, fatty needs to earn a sweat in the worst way.

Yeah, fatty needs to earn a sweat in the worst way.

“What…business end, what!” NBD. I was just HIT BY A FUCKING CAR the other day. Silver lining: it was cold, so I was swaddled in eighteen layers of clothes. Also, she was making a turn, so hardly breaking 10mph. Also, like I mentioned, it was a mini van. The sloped hood turned the experience from being body slammed by a roided up linebacker to being picked up and cradled if you will, then immediately thrown to the ground like garbage.
Weeeeeeeee!

Weeeeeeeee!

She actually knocked the curse words right out of me, because when I popped up, all I could scream was, “Are you kidding me?”
Bitch broke all my eggs, too. I should have sued.
Anyway, like I was saying.
I was supposed to meet my new gardening friend today, but she hasn’t responded to my text, thank God (flakey people unite! Maybe next week!), so I don’t think I’ll be freezing my ass off over a dirt hole as of yet.
P.S. This little gardening experiment of mine is guaranteed to be hilarious, for I haven’t a plant-friendly bone in my body. Shit, I killed a plant Matt gave me for Christmas, and the only reason he got it for me was because it’s one of the easiest plants to take care of.
Nope!
Killed that fucker extra dead in a matter of 10 days.  Cause of death: over-watering.
That’s right. I cared TOO MUCH, so it died.
I’m not even going to get started on how much that parallels my entire romantic life…
I think we can work this out! Really!

I think we can work this out! Really!

Another reason this is to be an exciting week is I start my temping tomorrow at 9am, which means I have no choice but leave the house and deal with this fine city again.
And I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but shit goes down when I leave the house. So color me excited.
As thrilled as I am about the new experience/meeting new people at temp job, I do have concerns:
*The time I have to get there concerns me. Folks, I’ll be late to my own funeral. But only by, say, 10 minutes – so sit tight.
*How often I go to the bathroom during the day might actually be a problem, for I will have to have someone “cover the phones” every time I leave the desk.
I’m sorry, but the average person does not drink as much liquid as I do. Plain and simple. And with all the free coffee, tea, AND sparkling water (that’s my jam right there), I will go bananas and consume all of the beverages all damn day. Constant peeing is inevitable.
This could be a selfie, and you'll never know. Oh haaaay!

This could be a selfie, and you’ll never know. Oh haaaay!

(Slightly off topic, but when are New Yorkers going to embrace urinary catheters and/or adult diapers? Think of the time saved! With only 3 public bathrooms in the fucking city, I feel this would solve a lot of problems. World peace and shit.)
Where was I? Oh yes.
*The hours are from 9am-7pm. That makes for a very looooong day. Fuck me, when am I going to make it to the gym? I figure I’m going to have to be in bed by 8:30pm just to get enough sleep. Goddamn my need for 10 hours of sleep. It’s a disease. Like, legit.
Now that I’m not working full time, I’ve got evenings free to par-tay. I should find some lucky young chap to take me out, no?
Oh, shit. I just added a profile onto Time Out New York Singles.
This is going to be fucking hysterical!
As of 10pm, I’ve gotten 5 messages expressing interest. 5 old baldies, one of whom claimed he wanted to “make my eyeballs roll”.
Ew. Mission accomplished sir.
This is outstanding. I can actually feel my ego whimpering. But I musn’t lose hope! A rad guy is sure to be floating around on the internet waiting to meet me in my adult diaper for drinks after temping. That’s what all rad guys do, right?
Wow! So many rad, single guys here! Said no one ever

Wow! So many rad, single guys here! Said no one ever

Not working full time also allows for taking care of my friends pets.
Dogsitting starts tomorrow, which means I get to stay on the Upper West side and act like I live there for an entire week. My Nana loves when I do this because she’s convinced I’ll meet a nice (rich) man. I try to explain I’ve a snowball’s chance in hell achieving this because I look/am the furthest thing from Jewish, but her confidence is just adorable.
A bit of drama with the dogs yesterday – I thought the owners had a dog walker for mid-day, and they didn’t. Those poor damn dogs hadn’t been out since that morning! I freaked out. Pictured two dead dog bodies in the middle of the floor, surrounded by piles of shit and puddles of pee.
This, however, was not the case when I arrived.
They were totally fine. I had 100 heart attacks, and those pups were totally FINE. True, a bit overly excited to see a human – but no puddles. No piles.
I’m not getting paid enough for this stress.
I intended to go running in Central Park that night, but I bought and drank a bottle of wine instead. Ate everything in sight. Passed out at midnight.
I sincerely hope I have more self-control tomorrow.
Sweet jobless freedom

Sweet jobless freedom