Roommate reviews

This will be another post where, instead of remembering everything about something, I will remember something about everything.

You can write reviews for pretty much anything these days--businesses, professors, movies, and so on. But what if you could write reviews about roommates you've had? That's what I'm going to do here. I had eighteen roommates during my time at BYU.

However, to avoid awkwardness, I will not write reviews about those with whom I am Facebook friends. Most of them would have positive reviews, but I won't write about any of them.

Roommate #1. I don't think I've ever met someone who hates people more than this person. He wouldn't answer the door. I think he only had one friend, really, not counting roommates 2 and 3.He spent his free time playing World of Warcraft, and I think he might have even skipped church once or twice to do so. He wouldn't talk to me, and I think he talked to my other roommates about me. Now, I was a really awkward roommate at that time, but he was in no way a good roommate for me. One time, I saw him walking down the street, and I said, "Hi, [#1]!" and he didn't even acknowledge me. Not recommended.

#2. Facebook friend.

#3. FB friend.

#4. FB friend.

#5.  FB friend.

#6. I'm not Facebook friends with this person because he doesn't have Facebook. He is a great person and tries to be friends with everyone. He tried to include me in things going on, one of few roommates to do so. Definitely recommended. ("Definitely" seems to be his favorite word!)

#7. FB friend.

#8. FB friend.

#9. I didn't get to know him that well, as he was in another room, was my roommate for only a term, and was frequently gone. He is married now, I believe to the girl he started dating while he was my roommate. Neutral recommendation, but if I knew him better he would probably get a positive recommendation.

#10. FB friend.

#11. Kind of a weird guy. Not a jerk, but not super friendly either. He used to listen to music really loud, and he would listen to the same song on repeat, which could get a little annoying. He moved out halfway through the semester, which was a little odd. Neutral recommendation.

#12. He was friends with #11, and kind of has a similar situation, though he's a bit friendlier. He was not a good home teaching companion. He is married now. Last fall, he was working as a lifeguard at the RB pool, where I would go swimming. I didn't talk to him because I didn't know if I was allowed to. On one occasion, I was getting my kickboard and he was standing right by. I could have talked to him then, but I wouldn't have known what to say, so I didn't say anything. (Maybe I was also embarrassed for him to see me swimming.) If he didn't recognize me, I don't feel that bad. If he did recognize me, then I might feel bad--except that he didn't talk to me either. I still regret, though, that I didn't at least say, "Remember that time we were roommates?" Neutral recommendation.

#13. FB friend.

#14. FB friend.

#15. FB friend.

#16. This is a sweet-bro from South Carolina. He was nice enough, but he had all his SC buddies, so he was always spending time with them or else with his girlfriend, then fiancée (now wife). He didn't make any friends in our ward, despite having an elders quorum presidency calling, which tends to be one in which you need to get to know ward members. While I wasn't Facebook friends with him, I would stalk him, and he was friends with #17 below. My guess is that he sent the friend request to 17--but he never sent one to me, even though he knew me first and he shared my room! I think he was afraid of me. He worked out a lot and had very stinky laundry, which he left on the floor where it was easy to smell. Neutral recommendation, but you wouldn't get a new friend out of him, because he had his SC buddies and had room for no more.

#17. I'm not sure what's up with this quasi-hipster. At first, he was really nice, bringing us leftover waffles from work, watching movies with us, and inviting us to his Christmas party. But then during the second semester, he quit attending our ward. And then he quit talking to us. When we tried to talk to him, it was like we were bothering him. He would go out of town for a long time without telling us. And it wasn't even just that he wouldn't talk to us. He wouldn't respond to important things, like working out paying utilities or responding to apartment management's important emails about renovations. Because of him and other people, I no longer trust people with bow ties, and waffles make me a little uncomfortable. Not recommended.

#18. This guy is one of the South Carolina buddies of #16, but he is even more of a sweet-bro, with less room for new friends, less time at the apartment, more working out, and a diet composed mainly of energy and protein supplements. He spent far more time away from the apartment than he did in it. I'm not sure why he would pay rent just for a storage unit. Neutral recommendation, but you are even less likely to become his friend than you are to become #16's.