The Flatmate Post

The flatmate post! I looked up the pictures on facebook.

We'll start with Michaela (Micha and Ela, depending on how long you've known her) in Room 1. She's german, and came over because her university requires it of her degree programme. She's studying tourism, which puts her in the business school here. She's 26 years old, which makes her the oldest in the flat. Despite the fact that she lives across from the kitchen, I don't see much of her. When I do see her, she's nice enough. No pictures because I can't find her facebook.

Next is Conor, in Room 2. He's American, but he's probably more different from me as anyone in the flat. He's studying ceramics, and doesn't really know what he wants to do with that. He's a classic art major: has a mac, is liberal, doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, etc.. He's from a little town near Boston and goes to school in Florida. I think he came over here for the same reasons as I did (wants to go to europe for a while at fairly minimal expense, actually speaks the language sort of). He currently holds the highest score in hearts  for the flat (which is a bad thing; hearts is like golf).

Conor. Fairly typical of him on trips.

Adam and Conor, the other american.

Room 3 belongs to Josie, who is an Australian who wants to do public relations, mostly for charitable organisations that send her to exotic places safely. Her mom is german, so she's fluent in english and german. It's amusing when she's around a big group of germans. She came over mostly because her boyfriend James is English. I've mentioned him before, I think. He stayed here for a week, and it got so that we kind of thought he was a flatmate. Josie taught Jessi, Adam, and me hearts, which started off a massive amount of hearts-playing.

Josie.

Adam and Josie, the australian who only doesn't "pull a face" when someone asks her to smile.

James and Josie.

Josie also shares her room with Bob Diddyfish, who is a rapper goldfish. He stayed in Jessi's and my room for the weekend because Josie and Conor, who normally looks after Bob when Josie's gone, both went to London. Goldfish smell bad, and I think Jessi may have overfed him. Technically, we're not allowed to have him in the flat, but Josie decided to keep him anyway. He's got his own facebook page, and he's something of a flat mascot.

Bob Diddyfish.

Bob again. He's called "Diddyfish" partly because of the glasses.

Room 4 houses me and Jessi. 

If you don't know anything about me, I'm studying biochemistry and came over because I wanted to see europe and I don't speak german well enough to attend classes held in german. I want to do research.

Jessi's real name is Sibel (pronounced si-BEL, it's way prettier than the american "Sybil", but Jessi discovered when she went to Colorado in high school that speakers of english can't pronounce it right and switched to Jessi, derived from her middle name Yasmine). She's studying law, wants to be a lawyer, I guess, and is very good at English. She gives me an inflated view of my own english skills whenever she can't remember the right word or when she's interpreting her criminal studies textbooks. I think she came over here because she wants to improve her english, and Sunderland was cheaper and less competitive than Florida State (the usual reaction to that statement, after verifying that she did indeed pick england over florida, is "Whaaaat?"). I think she also prefers the english accent (but not scottish). She also loves welsh and irish accents. She talks a lot during hearts, and would be terrible at poker. "Are you kidding me?!"

Jessi.

Jessi and me.

Room 5, which was vacant for the first week, belongs to Thomas. I've talked about him before because he came in late, but I don't feel like hunting down that post. He's irish, plays hurling, and is studying english and history. He wants to be a middle school teacher, which I think should hone his hurling skills. I believe he came over to england as something of a CV booster (sort of like a résumé), but possibly also for the history from a different perspective. Jessi has a crush on his accent. He doesn't play hearts, and isn't around enough for anyone to teach him. No pictures because I can't find his facebook.

Florian (Flo) lives in Room 6. He's a german studying mechanical engineering, and he actually just decided to stay in england to finish his degree. He's a new incarnation of "that guy" and his english is good enough to include heavy sarcasm and self-deprecation that almost covers his massive ego. He's pretty bad with relationships, and tried to break up with his girlfriend back home via text. He came over to improve his english and to boost his résumé. He played hearts a lot last year, so he tends to be pretty good at strategy. Everyone has a moment at least once a week where they hate Flo.

Florian and two girls I don't know.

Florian and Ingmar, also known as Ginger. Ingmar doesn't live in this flat. He's the one with all the hair.

Finally, Adam lives in Room 7. He's the lone english guy, and is studying film. I'm not really sure what he wants to do with that; probably make films. He's going to Maryland in the spring, partly because his girlfriend is american. I have some suspicions about her; she claims to be from North Dakota, so it's possible that somebody is making up stories. In any case, Adam is probably the mildest person I've ever met. I've never seen him really express strong emotion, unlike everyone else in the flat. I think the pictures of him with other people illustrates this fairly well. This mildness probably helps him win at hearts because people forget he's there. I skip him when he's before me.

Adam, the lone English guy.

Here's a few group photos, which are hardly representative of the whole flat. We don't have a whole flat picture at this point, but I'll post it on here if we ever do.

It might help if you click on this one to embiggen it. From left, James, me, Jessi, Conor.

From left, Kari, me, Jessi, Conor, James.
Kari is Jessi's friend from germany who is also in law. 

I nearly forgot the Ginger Clanny House Cat! He's a resident of Clanny House, and even has a collar that says "Ginger Clanny House Cat", but he wants to be a resident in every flats.  I don't know where he actually lives, but he does have a facebook page.

Ginger Clanny House Cat. Wants to be a resident of all flats.
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I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.