Wednesday, July 2, 2008

my roommate beats me

mentally, that is. the quality of my home life has detoriorated enormously in the last few days, and the tension is almost tangible. now i feel like i have to creep around my apartment and only venture out into the main area when i know for sure SHE isn't gonna be there:

doesn't she just LOOK like she can be a huge BITCH? (i apologize for the strong language, but i'm quarantined in my room right now while she monopolizes the rest of the apartment and i'm getting more pissed off by the second).

now, granted, she has a right to be mad at me. i would most definitely have been mad at me had i done what i did (damn that sentence got away from me). basically, i was a little late in getting the rent check to her, for a variety of reasons that eventually came down to the post office taking their sweet little time getting the check from cali to ny (fyi: because i don't trust myself not to spend my rent money, i'm having dad keep it and mail the checks). basically she was PISSED and MEAN and has now made things incredibly awkward between us. so we don't really talk or acknowledge each other when we're in the same room, and considering how small this apartment is, that's a LOT of opportunities for tension. yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

tomorrow, instead of going into the office, all the interns are meeting at sam's apartment to talk about redesigning our website. we're gonna be there from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and i'm scared to death because i have NO IDEA what we're possibly going to talk about, or what i'm possibly going to be able to contribute, for 8 hours. i'm excited to see her apartment though, because she used to be/still kind of is an artist, and i hear from other interns who have been there before that her apartment is filled with all kinds of cool art and stuff. and she's feeding us, and word is that she's a great cook. and i also hear that their last meeting like this ended in alcohol, so hmmmm...... but my friend ellen from smith is coming into ny from boston tomorrow night and we're gonna paint the town red and i'm super excited, especially because i didn't realize until last night that....

FRIDAY'S A HOLIDAY!!

yesterday, one of the women who works in an office adjacent to ours was listening to leonard cohen. it was almost inaudible, and i was on the opposite side of the room, but dammit I HEARD IT and it was BEAUTIFUL. i couldn't contain myself, and i went to talk to her about it and we both started going ga-ga over him (she's probably in her 60s, to give you a visual), and then she turned it up and the rest of the day was spent basking in the warmth of that majestic voice. not too shabby.

leonard cohen is my religion.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i'm so sorry about your roommate situation baby...that really sucks..i don't want you to feel uneasy for the next 2 months..can't you just be like.."ok jenn, enough is enough...i said i was sorry so let's just lighten up" or find a place to live...like with one of the other interns...or i don't know...just be happy though...listen to alot of leonard cohen...have a good day at sam's tomorrow...i think it's gonna be cool...and have fun with ellen...BE GOOD & SAFE!!!!!!! And happy holiday...you know i hear they were thinking of making july 3rd a holiday from now on....I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! Mama

Anonymous said...

did you really say you were basking in the warmth of leonard cohen's voice? hahahahahahaha you're such a nerd. i can't believe i missed that the first time i read this post. you're cute!

-j