Living Rent Free Your Head

Oct 07, 2019 18:10


The first of the month, I approached the room at the end of the hall.  God knows what to expect.  He’s been here half a year thus far.  I gave him a decent amount of leeway, considering his less-than-cordial dismissal from his girlfriend’s apartment and his unemployable eccentricities.  Though, I had to collect.  I couldn’t carry anybody’s ( Read more... )

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d0gs October 10 2019, 16:24:28 UTC
I really enjoyed how you wrote this!

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alexanderscttb October 10 2019, 18:04:41 UTC
LMFAO!
I couldn't stop laughing through much of this.
This part put me in stitches: 'He looked at me like I just took his last stick of bubble gum, put it in my mouth, blew a bubble, then stabbed him. “But, I was thinking that this could be my payment, you know. Earn my keep through my verse."'
I didn't think it could get much better, and then well, this happened. '“Yeah, um,…, well thanks for that offer, man, but I don’t think our landlord cares about poetry as much as…, you know, money."'
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Bravo. Just, bravo--

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halfshellvenus October 11 2019, 19:55:50 UTC
OMG, this is non-fiction? Gah! That is a lot of nerve on your roommate's part.

I'm perhaps getting a sense of why his girlfriend evicted him. AND why he was perpetually unemployed. :O

“PHWUUUMP THANNNGGG!!”
This made me smile, though, because I know that sound, and yes-- it is exactly this!

Um... I need to hear the story about the randomly exploding animal. Unless it was shot by a sniper or something, that sounds akin to the problem of self-combusting drummers ala "Spinal Tap."

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alycewilson October 11 2019, 20:54:44 UTC
Amusing, but oh, my God, if I ever had to deal with someone like that again, I'd move!

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