things my roomate needs to learn
1. "cooking for your roomate" does not mean leaving a pot of dried noodles and an open bottle of tomato sauce on the counter.
2. having a decent conversation about things not involving your personal life means not referring to your personal life at the beginning of the conversation. For instance, do not reply to, "Some onocologists might be overcharging their patients for chemo medication. Maybe if doctors didn't make so much money, nicer people would go to med school" with "Some of my friends went to med school for the right reasons." great. what can one say to that?
3. when asked about your life, do not sneak "i love music and forestry" into the discussion. besides the fact that i don't associate the general term "music" with chorale arrangement, i have known since august how you feel about "music and forestry" and it doesn't warrent repeating.
4. when your roomate asks, "hey do you think we can go to the organic food store sometime this week?" don't reply, "well, we already have a lot of organic food from the other grocery store." chances are, your roomate already knows exactly what food you have in the house, and needs something that isn't there.
5. don't refer to stores by their name at random points in the conversation. for instance, bringing up "trader joe's" everytime you mention "chai tea" gets really old.
6. don't try to make up for the fact that your roomate is annoyed with you by doing little chores around the house and making a silent point about the fact that you are trying to be helpful and nice. it doesn't really help...
..but writing in the weblog sure does!
1. "cooking for your roomate" does not mean leaving a pot of dried noodles and an open bottle of tomato sauce on the counter.
2. having a decent conversation about things not involving your personal life means not referring to your personal life at the beginning of the conversation. For instance, do not reply to, "Some onocologists might be overcharging their patients for chemo medication. Maybe if doctors didn't make so much money, nicer people would go to med school" with "Some of my friends went to med school for the right reasons." great. what can one say to that?
3. when asked about your life, do not sneak "i love music and forestry" into the discussion. besides the fact that i don't associate the general term "music" with chorale arrangement, i have known since august how you feel about "music and forestry" and it doesn't warrent repeating.
4. when your roomate asks, "hey do you think we can go to the organic food store sometime this week?" don't reply, "well, we already have a lot of organic food from the other grocery store." chances are, your roomate already knows exactly what food you have in the house, and needs something that isn't there.
5. don't refer to stores by their name at random points in the conversation. for instance, bringing up "trader joe's" everytime you mention "chai tea" gets really old.
6. don't try to make up for the fact that your roomate is annoyed with you by doing little chores around the house and making a silent point about the fact that you are trying to be helpful and nice. it doesn't really help...
..but writing in the weblog sure does!
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