The Roommate Curse
Its been well documented and even more precise than both the Campbells Soup curse, the Madden cover curse and the Sports Illustrated Cover jinx. It is npocs roommate curse.
The formula is as follows
Roommate X + npoc as a roommate = Roommate X dropping out

With the latest news this weekend npoc is now an amazing 5 for 6 when it comes to losing roommates.
Lets go back to the summer of freshman year where this all started. I receive a letter from WVU in the mail stating who my two roommates will be in my triple room. They are Nathaniel Mathis and Michael Conner both from the Northern Virginia area. I talked to both on the phone as we prepared for move in.
A later check at MIX revealed that after talking to me Nathaniel Mathis dropped out of school and he was substituted with yet another Northern Virginia kid, Chris Hill.
1 for 1

The insanity that was room 161 was well documented throughout this blog, but after one semester, Michael Conner decided he had enough, and transferred to NOVA.

2 for 2

Upon returning from winter break expecting to see me and Chris Hill occupying a triple room all to ourselves I am greeted with a giant black man as my second roommate. The second semester is just as crazy as the first and good times are had by all. Unfortunately the partying, drinking and lack of classes finally catches up to Chris, who drops out after earning 7 credits in two semesters, a new record low.

3 for 3

Me and nest landed a spot on the corner of Mclane and Sixth while davey moved to Sunnyside as well, staying on Jones street. Davey stuck it out the entire year and planned to return in 2005 as did Nest, although he shit the bed in terms of grade, he found a house for next year and was planning on returning. Sophomore year went by without any loss of roommates.

3 for 5

I get a call over the summer from Nest informing me that he needs to find someone to take his room as he will be dropping out.

4 for 5

So Davey takes his spot, well sorta, he just ends up sleeping on the couch in my new place with ritter my sixth roommate. The year was going by good, until Davey informed me of his plans to transfer to a much cheaper school back in Jersey.

5 for 6

And then there was a critter, perhaps only a matter of time until its 6 for 6. After the first two its really no big deal, I just dont expect to see my roommates for very long thats all. Perhaps its me, I consider myself a bad influence, I did not realize it was that severe but I guess it is.

Well I better be going, and if anyone is looking for a roommate next year, let npoc know


-n