jeff yen

Roommate hunting

Oddly enough, I've never really had to hunt around for someone to share living space with. Well, I did once, but I ended up living with Chi and two strangers. Even though it all turned out quite well, I think we can safely discount that effort as a practical victory, but a technical failure.

So this whole experience is kind of new for me. I'm lucky that John is being very cool and flexible about the whole thing, that makes it a lot easier. One invaluable tool I've found is Craigslist. I posted my "roommate wanted" ad on there, and within 24 hours, I have 3 potential new roommates.

Some statistics on my respondents so far:

• 66% female
• 33% male
• 1% other?
• 33% parents with children aged 5
• 0% use substitutions like "u" for "you" or "r" for "are" in their e-mails, which is good. Those drive me absolutely batshit crazy (except for Jish, who I already know is a doofus).
• 100% fart (according to the statistics laid out in one of my older posts).
• ?% vegetarian. Either way is fine, considering the fact that I'm... oh, let's say 83.279% vegetarian myself. I just hope the one I end up living with isn't one of those proselytizing vegans who insist on sniffing disgustedly whenever you're settling down to a good meat meal.
• 100% sound like people I could live with, though the one with the 5-year-old would probably do better in a more stable environment.

Either way, it's going to be weird. I'm going to have to start wearing pants, for starters. And I'll be surprised if my new co-tenant has the same appreciation for vile humor that John and I share, so I may just have to rein in those perverted jokes.