went to bed late, reading this catalogue. i handled it with extra care too so that i wouldn't smudge a page. i can't wait to go see it in person. some lucky person will accompany me to the viewing! (since i got 2 tix for getting the complete set of the catalogues.)

that was actually a good ending to a pretty weird/bad night. once i came home, i wanted to discuss cleaning schedule with my now-been-here-for-one-month roommate. she is particularly OCD, so i wanted to sort it out.

well, turns out she's very proprietary, if i may say so. she doesn't want to clean - even though it's still part of the living room - anywhere near the TV, because "i only watch TV and have nothing to do with the console itself." i was truly dumbfounded. she doesn't want to dust the areas that surrounds the tv, because the tv stand has MY PERSONAL stuff, like LOTR dvd sets, etc. she said "why should i clean that part because i have nothing to do with it?"

is this logical? or just plain CRAZY? (i think latter.)

if it was a completely different section that was near my own room and indeed she didn't go near it, then i would accept this. but the tv console itself? and we're not talking about scrubbing it - just dusting!

speaking of dusting, she then went on to say that in order to maintain dust-free household, one must REMOVE every single book from the bookcase area and then clean the shelves and then dust the each book. and since i did NOT have a bookcase for these books in the living room (they're piled on top of each other on open shelves), she suggested that i buy a bookcase.

after digesting this strange demand/info, i told her that a) nobody in manhattan does that, unless they have a maid and b) i am not about to do that. so if she feels the dire need for her dust-free living, she is welcome to do that, because i won't.

then she went on to the same argument about: "but why should i touch it when i don't go near the shelves?" (again, located above the tv)

i told her: i think you should live by yourself.

in the end, i TOLD her not to do ANYTHING for that areas she doesn't grace with her presence (no i didn't say this to her), but that she has to compromise by a) cleaning just the section she wants to clean and b) then she has no saying in whether i dust each book or not, since she has "nothing" to do with that area.

she reluctantly agreed. i think she's going to move out after 5 more months (i have a contract with her saying she has to live here at least 6 months - for my cash-flow purpose).

i was seriously speechless after that last night. and i'm almost never speechless!