Dylan and his roommate have set up a shared Google doc to make sure they don't end up with two of everything. Back in my day I didn't have any way of finding out who my roommate was or meeting them until we walked into the building!
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jul 21, 2025 5:12:48 am PDT #8346 of 8357
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
lisah - Jul 21, 2025 6:14:02 am PDT #8347 of 8357
Punishingly Intricate
We definitely got information about our roommates ahead of time and could communicate with them. No shared google docs though.
meara - Jul 21, 2025 6:28:17 am PDT #8348 of 8357
I got info about my roommate ahead of time but I think we had all of one awkward phone call where we discussed who would bring/buy a fridge and that was about the extent of it. We may have gone in on a rug as well, once we got to school? Not sure. We didn’t get along super well (though not too horrible, I think we barely even ran into each other on campus after freshman year)
JenP - Jul 21, 2025 7:02:39 am PDT #8349 of 8357
I don't remember talking to mine first or getting information about her, but meara and I went to the same school, so I probably did (and I wasn't there THAT much before she was, ha! We did have indoor plumbing and telephone lines...)
Our dorm rooms were pretty generic looking compared to the interior-design-magazine-ready rooms I saw when my niece started college in 2016 (including hers). Those kids' rooms looked better and cozier than my first several apartments. Or, maybe all of my domiciles, including my current house.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2025 7:34:01 am PDT #8350 of 8357
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Our dorm rooms were pretty generic looking compared to the interior-design-magazine-ready rooms I saw when my niece started college in 2016 (including hers). Those kids' rooms looked better and cozier than my first several apartments. Or, maybe all of my domiciles, including my current house.
Man, SAME. My freshman roommate and I were total gremlins. We had a pile of dirty clothes in the middle of our floor that was epic. We called it "Marjorie," after the talking trash heap in Fraggle Rock.
Jessica - Jul 21, 2025 7:35:49 am PDT #8351 of 8357
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh yeah, maybe we did get in touch with each other ahead of time - I have very vague memories that she paid for the fridge and I paid for the phone?
lisah - Jul 21, 2025 8:45:31 am PDT #8352 of 8357
Punishingly Intricate
I was in a triple and, by like November, one girl had moved in full time with her boyfriend at BC and the other had gotten kicked out of the dorms for dealing drugs. I had the room to myself for the rest of the year!
flea - Jul 21, 2025 9:18:40 am PDT #8353 of 8357
information libertarian
Anyone who can make the dorm rooms at Orchard Hill at UMass Amherst cosy and/or cute would deserve a degree in Design. They are incredible tiny, have built in furniture, are made up of cinder locks, AND don’t have air conditioning.
sj - Jul 21, 2025 10:17:41 am PDT #8354 of 8357
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I can’t imagine what dorm decorating is costing these days. I don’t envy you. We got a notice that all school supplies will be covered by our town this year, and even that little bit of help is such a relief because August is always budget busting with ltc’s birthday in the mix.
Dana - Jul 21, 2025 11:28:40 am PDT #8355 of 8357
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.