Assignment 12: Maggie Anderson

All my life my father has been telling me that my college roommate will hate me. He has enough reasons to think so. First, I am cranky a great deal of the time. Mostly in the mornings and while at other times I am able to acknowledge the fact that this isn't the fault of the person nearest to me, when I'm cranky, I don't care. It's alright now because that's usually my parents and at this point they're used to it, but it will probably be a problem with someone new. Secondly, I like everything just so. But only when I feel like it. So some days I need everything just so, in the right places and at the right times, but other days I can let all of this fall apart. So even if somebody gets used to my various idiosyncrasies, they'll never know which mood I'm in. This drives my parents crazy, so there's a good chance my father will turn out to be right. I should probably just tell any potential roommates to ignore anything I do or say, continue living their own life around me, and to disregard anything I say to them when I'm in a bad mood.