One day I was sitting on the bus behind a girl with headphones on with a guy started calling her "Blondie," and just generally telling her how he'd like to get to know her. He wasn't particularly crude about it, but it was clear his attention was unwelcome. But he kept trying, and she kept replying in monosyllables…

remember the part in the bible where Jesus interrupts the stoning of the sinful woman to comment favorably on her physical appearance?

"Without a genre" is a really nice spin on "meaningless".

"She tried to blame it on a block of feta she had sitting out on her bed."

No, I win. Nope. Nope nope. I win. Okay. Here goes. It's long but (I think) it's worth it.

Oh hell yes I have a bad roommate story.

I had a roommate who ended up being a roommate because she was dating another roommate who then moved out and left her behind with us.

She had a problem with alcohol, and several times got trashed and came into my room at three in the morning while I was sleeping, to climb uninvited into my bed with me. Once, I put a…

In college, I lived with a girl who I had known since birth. She was basically like my cousin. I knew she was quirky and cheap, but I didn't think about what that meant in roommate terms. Well. First, she had pets that she didn't take care of. I ended up adopting both her cats when we split up. But the cats were fine…

My college roommate had the habit of using my dishes/food, which was fine because we were generally both cool with sharing things. But then she used all my clean plates, left them in the sink and then left a passive-aggressive note that I should really clean up my dishes. .....they were MY dishes, but SHE used them!

She…

Not a horror story, but amusing: I had a roommate who was once almost recruited for CIA's "unclassified projects." AKA spy material. She was fluent in Russian and had "interesting" contacts from a semester abroad. An unmarked car hung out outside our place of residence at all hours, and at weird hours someone would…