Monday, June 30, 2008

Urban Fairytale

In Defense Of Roommates
-Instant friends! Even if you don't leave the house all weekend, it's justifiable since you were "hanging out with friends". So what if said friends live with you?
-When you throw parties, you never have to do the awkward wait for the first guests to arrive alone.
-Furniture. DVDs. Kitchenware. Household repair equipment.
-Usually at least one person has a car. Grocery trips become easier.

In Defense Of Living Alone
-Sleep naked, eat naked, watch T.V. naked, do crossword puzzle naked...
-You never have to double-check before you have people over.
-Nothing of yours will ever "disappear" from the freezer again.
-That mess is your mess and you knew it would be there when you got home.

I'm apartment-hunting.

Trying to find something relatively affordable in a student town with no rent control is, well, painful. I want privacy but also companionship of the non-feline sort. I want somewhere nice but don't want to have to sacrifice my first-born to get it. I want windows that open, a toilet that flushes, doors that lock and a bedroom free of flesh-eaters. Really, you'd think that would be easy to find... then I add that I really don't want to pay more than $700 a month.

Right, and where would you like to keep your unicorns and dragons?

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