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well, i don't want to say too much : x over the last couple years he's become very private about his personal life
it's all true, though. i didn't make his acquaintance until like '04 or '05 (i met him through a mutual friend who was into 8bit game development and MIDI music) so i wasn't around for when all that stuff originally happened, but i've spoken to some of the other people who wrote for the site and they all corroborate everything. there are pictures too but i don't feel comfortable sharing those
i don't know if the page mentions it - i haven't actually read that thing in forever - but shit was real crazy. just how they survived like, on a daily basis was dire. eating food dug out of dumpsters, surviving month-to-month on the pittance you get from selling plasma, etc etc. i am at least glad to say that his life has gotten much better since then
he got his masters and his education certification; he's a special ed teacher. he recently got married and he owns a house with his husband somewhere in new england. he's a great dude all around
well, i don't want to say too much : x over the last couple years he's become very private about his personal life
it's all true, though. i didn't make his acquaintance until like '04 or '05 (i met him through a mutual friend who was into 8bit game development and MIDI music) so i wasn't around for when all that stuff originally happened, but i've spoken to some of the other people who wrote for the site and they all corroborate everything. there are pictures too but i don't feel comfortable sharing those
i don't know if the page mentions it - i haven't actually read that thing in forever - but shit was real crazy. just how they survived like, on a daily basis was dire. eating food dug out of dumpsters, surviving month-to-month on the pittance you get from selling plasma, etc etc. i am at least glad to say that his life has gotten much better since then
he got his masters and his education certification; he's a special ed teacher. he recently got married and he owns a house with his husband somewhere in new england. he's a great dude all around
Then he really did mature.
I am glad things worked out.
That was an awful story.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become. Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
I'm glad he managed to turn his life around like that. I'm reading through the stories on that site and these people are seriously touched in the head.
well, i don't want to say too much : x over the last couple years he's become very private about his personal life
it's all true, though. i didn't make his acquaintance until like '04 or '05 (i met him through a mutual friend who was into 8bit game development and MIDI music) so i wasn't around for when all that stuff originally happened, but i've spoken to some of the other people who wrote for the site and they all corroborate everything. there are pictures too but i don't feel comfortable sharing those
i don't know if the page mentions it - i haven't actually read that thing in forever - but shit was real crazy. just how they survived like, on a daily basis was dire. eating food dug out of dumpsters, surviving month-to-month on the pittance you get from selling plasma, etc etc. i am at least glad to say that his life has gotten much better since then
he got his masters and his education certification; he's a special ed teacher. he recently got married and he owns a house with his husband somewhere in new england. he's a great dude all around
Man why does that profession not surprise me in the least
Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
What really bugs me is that people just don't get that cleaning the house isn't something you do when you feel like it.
It's your job. It really bugs me that people think that things can just wait a week. I mean occasionally when you need to skip a day, that's fine. But when you spend the entire week making excuses its time to admit that you're just lazy.
Oh and leaving stuff of the bench when the bin is right there.
All my roommates are part of my imagination. they are very messy, just like me.
I did have a real roomate for a couple of years, we got along fine, we tried and push the other to clean stuff, or to help cleaning, it was good that we were both equally messy and that we both kept the shared spaces clean. Other than that, he would keep me up at night with all his parties, and I would damage him mentally during the day, as I was most of the time locked in my room with my loud girlfriend.
I will always remember waking up at 6am to get ready for work, going to the bathroom, and finding a totally drunk girl there, with a glass of wine in her hand, and then finding other party members passed out in the living room... thats not an image you want in your head as you go to a fucking boring job in the morning.
Yes, with a quick verbal "boom." You take a man's peko, you deny him his dab, all that is left is to rise up and tear down the walls of Jericho with a ".....not!" -TexiKen
the only thing I habitually fail to do around the house is get the dog hair up.
It goes everywhere and with two dogs it is a never ending battle
So dust and hair settle everywhere and with no carpet it gets very evident very quickly. I'm getting better about now that I'm not as exhausted and useless, but I'll still put off sweeping and dusting for a couple days.
I have not had a roomate in a decade (since college, essentially), but thinking of getting one. I have a house, and I cover all my bills, but not much is left over, so it'd be purely profit based so I can actually get nice things or go on travel occasionaly again. But I'm worried about getting a psyco, a thief, or someone that will bring over undesirables. Also not sure what responsabilities I'd have beyond saying "that room is yours".
What really bugs me is that people just don't get that cleaning the house isn't something you do when you feel like it.
It's your job. It really bugs me that people think that things can just wait a week. I mean occasionally when you need to skip a day, that's fine. But when you spend the entire week making excuses its time to admit that you're just lazy.
Oh and leaving stuff of the bench when the bin is right there.
Yeah, I mean there are things that I will put off because I'm busy. But that's why you also pick up after yourself as you go. Don't leave your stuff all over the apartment and you won't need to apologize if someone unexpected comes over to your place.
One of my roommates leaves the kitchen a disaster area when she makes dinner. And she's a big one for putting off doing the dishes until the following day. I've been getting really annoyed about it because I really don't want to live in a bug infested apartment.
It's great that she makes dinner for everyone, but she doesn't need to leave every inch of the kitchen a mess in the process.
the only thing I habitually fail to do around the house is get the dog hair up.
It goes everywhere and with two dogs it is a never ending battle
So dust and hair settle everywhere and with no carpet it gets very evident very quickly. I'm getting better about now that I'm not as exhausted and useless, but I'll still put off sweeping and dusting for a couple days.
I don't think anyone could really hold it against you. Animals are really rough to clean up after when they start shedding. I have great sympathy for people who are allergic because it is impossible to get all of the animal hair/dander/whatever out of a house, so they're basically boned if they ever visit anywhere with animals.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become. Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
my sink at home currently has 2 bowls, 2 soup spoons, one blender jar, and a baking pan in it.
my nightstand has two cans of soda on it.
Thus is the extent of my "mess".
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
The thing with cooking is that it really isn't that hard to clean as you go. Even if isn't completely clean after a quick rinse it makes things so much easier later on.
I make very few dishes dirty because I don't eat much that requires dishes. If I make a sandwich, I use a butterknife for mayo/miracle whip and put it on a paper towel or something.
Typically in a day I use one bowl+spoon for breakfast, and then maybe 1 plate+fork for dinner.
Should I:
A) Put it in the dishwasher and wait for the dishwasher to be full to run (which could literally take a week) Individually wash these items (which may defeat the purpose of having a dishwasher)
C) Just run the dishwasher like every other day even though it has very few dishes in it (in which case I might just use more dishes because why not)
D) I dunno, something else
Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become. Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
The thing with cooking is that it really isn't that hard to clean as you go. Even if isn't completely clean after a quick rinse it makes things so much easier later on.
i dont fucking understand why when one of my roommates leaves stuff in the sink and then doesnt at least run some water over them so stuff doesnt dry up on them
its not hard
like, ok, i get you want to wash it later (well, not really, i wash all my dishes as i go - we don't have a dishwasher), but at least like, run some water over things you put in the sink
so dumb
poo
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Just fucken wash them.
Use the dishwasher when you have a lot of things to wash.
It's not so much 'needing instructions', it's seeking advice.
To be honest, I don't see dirty dishes in the dishwasher for 2-3 days as being something gross. They come out clean in either scenario, I save water and I save dishwashing soap by delaying a day or two, I still have all the dishes/silverware/etc I need to eat.
It has, however, become evident that other people find this gross.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at how large the monster inside me has become. Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
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QuetziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderatormod
If you have a dishwasher and are not filling it within a couple of days, you should probably just be hand washing your dishes. It is not very difficult, and in my experience, works a hell of a lot better than dishwashers. You can then use the dishwasher as a handy drying rack.
Filling things with water when you put them in the sink can be useful if you're not washing them immediately. Particularly dairy products, because trying to get hardened milk out of a champagne flute is really annoying.
When I was little my mom got called to active duty on really short notice, so we just kind of packed up and left and I moved to my dads place out of the city.
Anyway, my mom comes back and we go back to the house, and it turns out she hadn't emptied her half-drunk coffee pot before she left.
There was something growing inside of it with like a tail and shit.
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Seriously? This is real? This is the first time I've seen it.
yeah this is a thing that actually happened to a friend of mine
i've known the dude who owns that site + wrote that for years
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I got no complaints.
oh my god what, dish, grrl
Every single person in that story is dumb
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
it's all true, though. i didn't make his acquaintance until like '04 or '05 (i met him through a mutual friend who was into 8bit game development and MIDI music) so i wasn't around for when all that stuff originally happened, but i've spoken to some of the other people who wrote for the site and they all corroborate everything. there are pictures too but i don't feel comfortable sharing those
i don't know if the page mentions it - i haven't actually read that thing in forever - but shit was real crazy. just how they survived like, on a daily basis was dire. eating food dug out of dumpsters, surviving month-to-month on the pittance you get from selling plasma, etc etc. i am at least glad to say that his life has gotten much better since then
he got his masters and his education certification; he's a special ed teacher. he recently got married and he owns a house with his husband somewhere in new england. he's a great dude all around
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Then he really did mature.
I am glad things worked out.
That was an awful story.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
Man why does that profession not surprise me in the least
talk about applying life experience to your job
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It's your job. It really bugs me that people think that things can just wait a week. I mean occasionally when you need to skip a day, that's fine. But when you spend the entire week making excuses its time to admit that you're just lazy.
Oh and leaving stuff of the bench when the bin is right there.
Satans..... hints.....
I did have a real roomate for a couple of years, we got along fine, we tried and push the other to clean stuff, or to help cleaning, it was good that we were both equally messy and that we both kept the shared spaces clean. Other than that, he would keep me up at night with all his parties, and I would damage him mentally during the day, as I was most of the time locked in my room with my loud girlfriend.
I will always remember waking up at 6am to get ready for work, going to the bathroom, and finding a totally drunk girl there, with a glass of wine in her hand, and then finding other party members passed out in the living room... thats not an image you want in your head as you go to a fucking boring job in the morning.
It goes everywhere and with two dogs it is a never ending battle
So dust and hair settle everywhere and with no carpet it gets very evident very quickly. I'm getting better about now that I'm not as exhausted and useless, but I'll still put off sweeping and dusting for a couple days.
Yeah, I mean there are things that I will put off because I'm busy. But that's why you also pick up after yourself as you go. Don't leave your stuff all over the apartment and you won't need to apologize if someone unexpected comes over to your place.
One of my roommates leaves the kitchen a disaster area when she makes dinner. And she's a big one for putting off doing the dishes until the following day. I've been getting really annoyed about it because I really don't want to live in a bug infested apartment.
It's great that she makes dinner for everyone, but she doesn't need to leave every inch of the kitchen a mess in the process.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
I don't think anyone could really hold it against you. Animals are really rough to clean up after when they start shedding. I have great sympathy for people who are allergic because it is impossible to get all of the animal hair/dander/whatever out of a house, so they're basically boned if they ever visit anywhere with animals.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
boo roommates
mine aren't terrible tho even tho they are random ones from craigslist
my nightstand has two cans of soda on it.
Thus is the extent of my "mess".
Satans..... hints.....
And then I realized you were talking about washing dishes and picking up after yourself
I don't even consider that sort of thing cleaning, it is just automatic at this point
I make very few dishes dirty because I don't eat much that requires dishes. If I make a sandwich, I use a butterknife for mayo/miracle whip and put it on a paper towel or something.
Typically in a day I use one bowl+spoon for breakfast, and then maybe 1 plate+fork for dinner.
Should I:
A) Put it in the dishwasher and wait for the dishwasher to be full to run (which could literally take a week)
C) Just run the dishwasher like every other day even though it has very few dishes in it (in which case I might just use more dishes because why not)
D) I dunno, something else
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
i dont fucking understand why when one of my roommates leaves stuff in the sink and then doesnt at least run some water over them so stuff doesnt dry up on them
its not hard
like, ok, i get you want to wash it later (well, not really, i wash all my dishes as i go - we don't have a dishwasher), but at least like, run some water over things you put in the sink
so dumb
Use the dishwasher when you have a lot of things to wash.
Satans..... hints.....
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
how do you remember to take our the trash? brush your teeth? exhale?
It ends up being a bowl full of water and food that stagnates.
Satans..... hints.....
To be honest, I don't see dirty dishes in the dishwasher for 2-3 days as being something gross. They come out clean in either scenario, I save water and I save dishwashing soap by delaying a day or two, I still have all the dishes/silverware/etc I need to eat.
It has, however, become evident that other people find this gross.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
Filling things with water when you put them in the sink can be useful if you're not washing them immediately. Particularly dairy products, because trying to get hardened milk out of a champagne flute is really annoying.
Yeah this is absolutely disgusting. Soaking dishes freak me out. I rinse any dish I make really thoroughly, but don't leave them sitting in water.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
When I was little my mom got called to active duty on really short notice, so we just kind of packed up and left and I moved to my dads place out of the city.
Anyway, my mom comes back and we go back to the house, and it turns out she hadn't emptied her half-drunk coffee pot before she left.
There was something growing inside of it with like a tail and shit.
Crunch Crunch! Munch Munch! Chomp Chomp! Gulp!
i mean
my room is a mess, but when dealing with food and bathrooms, i keep that shit clean