I'm coming from a biased place, but I think I'm a pretty cool person. I have friends. I have a good amount of Tumblr followers and a lot of Facebook friends that boost the content I post and promote. But...I'm a weird person. I'm strange. And to the people who are close to me, that might read as an understatement because I am very strange and very weird.
So here's a shout-out to the people who have had the extreme privilege of dorming and living with me.
1. Constant Dad jokes
Every time someone says they're hungry, or they're upset, or ANYTHING in general, I immediately twist it around on them. "Hi hungry, I'm Shpiece!" "Your name isn't 'sad'." Note that I don't do anything immediate to help them with their hunger or feelings. I just insert a dad joke. It's my immediate first reaction.
2. Endless puns
Going off of the dad jokes, I also never stop with the puns. Particularly, puns consisting of my last name. Much like the dad jokes, these puns have become unconscious. I don't realize I have made a "Shpiece Pun" until I see people glaring at me or groaning. At my roommates- I am so sorry.
3. Screaming
I scream all the time. It's excessive and annoying. One time, I asked my roommate what my talents were and she said screaming. My suitemate walked in later, and I asked her, to recieve "I don't know, screaming?" There's a reason why they answered the way they did.
4. My enthusiasm about plants
I covered my windowsill with my plants before my other roommate and suitemates moved in. They barely have room for theirs. I energetically obsess and talk about my plants all the time, which includes talking TO them.
5. My printer frustrations
My printer always seems to have some sort of qualm with me, because at some point it will always break. The first week of school was spent with me shouting and getting overly exasperated when the printer refuses to print. My roommate and suitemates are always a blessing though, and print my papers for me...because for some reason, THEIR computers will work with MY printer, but it's not the other way around for some God-awful reason.
6. Listening to the same song(s) on repeat
Whenever I come home from rehearsals, especially late-running ones, I'll head straight for my room, grab my laptop and start my homework- but not before putting on the song that had been stuck in my head during the day. I proceed to get distracted by everything online, forget that I was listening to the song until it ends, decide I didn't actually listen to it, and replay it. This cycle can continue for hours, and I usually forget to wear headphones.
7. Talking to myself
I'm not even kidding when I say that I talk to myself as if I were having a conversation with myself. When I first moved into our dorm this year, I spent three days talking to myself before my roommate, suitemates and other friends actually got to campus. Luckily I haven't gotten that bad again.
8. Literally breaking into tears/sobbing over different things randomly/out of the blue
For some reason, I really like rewatching scenes from movies and t.v. shows that make me really sad. I also have a problem with expelling my feelings about things. Oftentimes, there will be a normal night of work and joking around, and I'll just suddenly burst into tears. One of the prime examples is the finale of Legend of Korra- I can't help but cry every time I watch it, so why do I always watch it? It's unexplainably weird.
9. Going to bed early
Eleven is usually a time cap for me, but for weekdays I'll try to be in bed by 9 p.m., while my roommate is still up and has a friend over. (I'm so sorry, roommate. I'm so sorry).
10. Turning off the fan because I get cold too easily
Another apology to my roommate: I get cold ridiculously easily. I also get hot way too easily. There is no common or middle ground. My roommate does not have this problem, so when I walk in the room and am hit with freezing cold air and turn the fan off, the room gets dry and overbearing.
11. When I hear things
My suitemates went to their room, and I thought I heard one of them sneeze, so naturally I called out a "Bless you!" A few moments passed and one of them said no one had sneezed. A few minutes later, I heard another sneeze. I also think that people say my name all the time or are talking about me, but it's actually just my tricky ears, trying to make me seem even weirder.
But it's okay- I love my roommates and I know despite this list and despite how absolutely weird I am, they enjoy living with me. Besides, I'm the one who brought the fridge so it's not like they can kick me out now.
