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Erica: Hi everyone, it’s your favorite Her Campus roomies here (and the only ones ;))! I am Erica Boucher and this is my roomie Jules Sebock.
Jules: Hey, everyone! E: So, since we are part of the awesome group that is Her Campus, we just got our first survival kits of the semester!!!!!
J: And part of this kit was a book called, “The Roommate Book” by Becky Simpson, and we are kind of obsessed.
E: Since we are roommates, we decided to go through the book together and share the experience with all of you!
J: So buckle up, and get ready to enjoy the craziness that is our rooming together! Seriously, it’s pretty crazy.
E: So the first part of the book is called “Let’s Do This”.
J: How fitting. And the first activity is a list of categories that your roommate could fall into. We fall into a few different ones, the best being a mixture between the BFF and the Random, since we barely knew each other when we moved in together and quickly bonded over our love of puppies and Harry Potter (yes, the title is a pun), our inability to eat milk, and our mutual desire for a clean bathroom.
E: The next part of the book is a peace treaty, so we will both fill this part out. Erica is plain text, and Jules is italics:
What are three things you are thankful for today?
Study buddies; My advisor’s dog
The fact that Servo ice cream is dairy free; Phil the Potato guy ensuring I have vegan sausage in the mornings
My friend bought me a fruit cup and I love her for it (Thanks Wynter!); Fuzzy blankets.
What generally annoys you?
When people are messy or extremely loud. -Good thing we’re quiet and ~relatively~ neat
People? -Rude. (except Erica, of course). -Okay then Also, a lack of puppies in day-to-day life. -Agreed!!
What are your expectations?
A semi-clean room and no turning all the lights on when I am sleeping.
Just don’t sexile me. And take the trash out once in awhile -I will work on that (I promise that wasn’t meant as a dig!!)
What will make this year a success?
Good grades and new friends.
Staying semi-sane and writing a killer final for my Golem class. (Well hopefully she writes a killer final so that she can at least succeed halfway :p) True.
What are the non-negotiables?
Dirty room, not cleaning the bathroom when it is your turn, turning the lights on when I am sleeping, and eating my food without asking.
Stealing, making me kill all the bugs (Hey, I killed the spider today with minimal screaming, you should be proud of me) [<- so proud, we didn’t even have to call the guys next door], generally spilling milk everywhere (Most likely will not have to worry about this since I can’t drink it and spoiled milk smells really bad) -That’s why I picked you for a roommate. (Okay then, thinking that you don’t really have that high of standards for roommates….)
E: Finally, there was a little quiz type thing to find out if we should live together (See below).
J: Lets see, what is your favorite type of pie?
E: Well, my favorite type of pie is apple, but I am recently allergic to apples so I can’t eat it anymore, so I’m not sure.
J: And mine was this magical vegan chocolate pie from 7-Eleven, but they recently got rid of it.
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Our lives are moderately depressing.
E: yeah, food allergies suck. So, do we like the same type of pie? Trick question for us, but since we both lost our favorite type of pie I am going to go with no.
J: That means we get more fun questions anyway. Like the next one, “are you already friends with this person?” Well, did you like me before we lived together?
E: I guess, sure. We can say that we were. Next question, “Are they pro dance party?” Well, Jules had better be otherwise she needs to move out, like now.
J: I mean, I’m in dance ensemble, so I guess so. The results are in….
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THEN DUH: LIKE IT OR NOT, YES.
E: So, I guess we were meant to live together according to this chart that you should obviously base your important life decisions on.
J: We’re basically soulmates.
E: Not sure if I would go that far…
J: So sayeth the chart. YOU CAN’T DISOBEY THE CHART, ERICA.
Anyway, that ends the first chapter of the book, we will see you again next time when we go on to chapter two, and have some fun with hypothetical situations!