trip report of machu picchu part 1 is up, not MP itself but the trail/etc leading up to it.

http://www.orange87.com/2010/04/machu-picchu-part-1/

The whole concept of roommates, as in people literally living in the same room as you is lol to me. Is that standard on campus' in America? Because it seems so from what I read. How does anyone think that works? Here it is all seperate rooms. Its bad enough when the guy in the next ROOM is annoying.

Really?

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/video....3-ccf6ff764d0f

kil maybe explain your thought process at least? anyway just be honest next time like they said. unless you want to be unpopular with the ladies

roommates in america gets used like flatmates or whatever a lot. at least most people i know that refer to their roommate really mean apartment-mate or housemate

Yes I did think this but I also know they talk about guys literally being in the same room or having bunks etc. So I assume literal 'roommates' is common too. Sounds horrific I am sure everyone hates it. Its not like you are getting hot ass female roommates who like to be naked a lot is it?

i have a roommate in the same room, and then 2 flatmates in the next room.

next year i'm getting a house off campus with 1 other guy and 2 girls. campus housing doesn't allow mixed gender same apartment or room. we all have our own rooms, but i'd definitely share a room with a hot girl

first year a dorm is pretty standard, if you live in one after that you are one of the weird kids on campus

yeah its really sick craig. psych explanation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

sick life. Plz post more!

hahaha orange, i just read ur Hate of the week articles... really hiliarous stuff.. well done chinaman

i have alot of hatred in me

Beat his ass??? That's what I did freshman year when my roommate was being a bitch. He didn't spend nearly as much time in the room after that.

Really tho, you need to just sit down and explain to him what you wrote above. Managing tone is going to be the toughest part as you're right - you don't want to come off as bitchy, and more importantly, you don't want him to feel like you're blaming or accusing him. While what you wrote above may seem completely obvious to you, there's a good chance he's never shared space with anyone but his parents (who were the enemy obv), and is a self centered immature prick who just doesn't get it. Explain nicely that you want both of you to be happy and comfortable for the duration of the situation, and ask what he needs from you to make that happen. Then explain your side.

If that doesn't work, come back here, vent more, and we'll get into the really nasty **** you can do to people who's things / space / info you have access to...........

hahah snipe thanks, yeah you're right. i'm definitely not putting up with **** during finals week. i will admit i'm too nice/passive early on and then it just gets more difficult. although at the beginning of the year i did say a lot of things like "i need quiet to study, even if you can with noise".

only 2 weeks left, unfortunately i am kind of failing three classes while studying more than i ever have in my 3 years of college, which is really rather sad. i just need to make it through this and everything will be good.

i need some new shirts and shoes and maybe a new pair of jeans. couple female friends of mine want to take me shopping. thoughts on going shopping for yourself with girls?

i'm all for it because i think it'd be helpful to have some girl opinions before i buy stuff.

yeah i'd take them up on it, but then again i don't know very much about what looks good

my little sister helps me buy clothes haha

yeah I usually ask female friends before buying most of my clothes.

Mostly because I don't trust myself, what I think looks good, other people think looks dorky.

Why don't you wear whatever you like instead of caring what other people think it looks like?

well i like wearing solid color t shirts, but sometimes when you want to go out to parties it's nice to have something that makes you look a little better

Right, and you can't pick out something you think looks nice?

well most of the time that i get new clothes its because its holidays/birthday or my mother just felt like buying me clothes. i don't go shopping often.

generally they return the things i don't like.

hahaha i sound like a kid but my mom and sister go to clothes stores a few times a month.

so yes, i like everything i wear. i get people to narrow down the selection for me though

false dichotomy



i'm not going to buy something i find ugly just because they like it. i'm buying clothes specifically to wear when i go out, so i do care what other people think it looks like.

most people have horrible fashion sense (incl some women), so if you have friends you think have good fashion sense and you have no idea what to get yourself, I'd totally go with them and have them help you

my sister always watches "what not to wear", which is some show, and she is thinking of going to college for clothes/fashion stuff, so yeah i agree too