Roommates

[ceebeegee]

Interesting article about the science of assigning a roommate in college. One thing stuck out:

Leslie Marsicano, Davidson's associate dean of students, said a good match is essential because most students these days have never shared a room with a sibling.

When I entered college, I had only rarely shared a room (as the only girl in my family). When Stuart was born, he stayed in my room for a bit in his crib, but all the rest of the time I always had my own room (complete with The Empire Strikes Back posters and pictures of William Katt all over the walls), and I was fairly unusual in that sense--most of my college friends hadn't enjoyed that level of privacy.

One thing I used to enjoy was when spontaneously my brothers would gather in my room, the "neutral zone"--as though it were a social center of some kind, they would hang out in my room chatting with each other. I always liked that.

My friend Barbara will be living with me for a couple of months. She's coming this weekend--probably on Sunday. She's awesome. She's moving up here to work for CourtTV, and needs a place to crash while she gets her bearings and learns the city, and then she'll find a place of her own. I have to rearrange the living room to make room for her.

Comments

[dje2004.livejournal.com]

William Katt posters! Ha! I was a huge fan of [i]The Greatest American Hero[/i]. No posters though, although I did have an Empire Strikes Back poster. In fact, I used to have a bunch of star wars stuff on my walls, and all the toys, and Empire Strikes Back bedsheets too, and oh God, I've said too much now.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I had an ESB sleeping bag, which I used as a comforter. *hangs head in shame* No toys, though--I was almost in 8th grade when that movie came out.

Yes, I loved The Greatest American Hero as well.