RoommateBlog

The Departure

James made his typical Friday morning/afternoon departure today, taking all his clothes home with him for the weekend, as usual. For many people, packing up all of your clothing for a simple weekend trip home might seem like a lot of work, but, using a superior intellect I could only dream of acquiring, my roommate has devised an ingenious solution to the problem of packing. He simply never unpacks. Instead of using drawers, or hangers, or anything so primitive, Jim just lives out of a black duffel bag, kind of like a hobo. The only difference is the average hobo has more clothes than my roommate does.

I can understand why my roommate would be in a hurry to get home after a long week of surfing the Internet, not going to classes, and sleeping 14 hours a day, so it makes sense that he is always prepared for a quick getaway. Maybe he's in the Witness Protection Program, or maybe it's a habit he picked up while spending his childhood working as a sideshow in the traveling circus. Life with my roommate is just full of little mysteries like that.