My roommate: Let's call her "Henry"

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

Plus, she's so adorably innocent that I find it difficult to stay legitimately mad at her for more than five minutes.

I feel like my roommate would use similar language to describe me.

[Kaga]

Magic Magnum said
What does Ireland have to do with Gallifrey.

There actually was a scene where Tennant said something along the lines of "this is a long walk" and the woman he was with said "you should've brought your TARDIS". I laughed. XD

Do it. :P

I'm waiting for her to give me a really good bizarre DW-related comment or drawing or something so I can use that as an opener.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

I remember that.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Raxacoricofallapatorius said I feel like my roommate would use similar language to describe me.

My friends just describe me as the person they love but hate at the same time.

Kaga said There actually was a scene where Tennant said something along the lines of "this is a long walk" and the woman he was with said "you should've brought your TARDIS".

But... Why wouldn't he use his TARDIS!? D:

In all seriousness though what is this show/episode anyways? Now I'm interested in seeing it.

Kaga said I'm waiting for her to give me a really good bizarre DW-related comment or drawing or something so I can use that as an opener.

Start a chat about the newest doctor with her, something is bound to pop up.

[Kaga]

Magic Magnum said
In all seriousness though what is this show/episode anyways? Now I'm interested in seeing it.

The show is called "Who Do You Think You Are", apparently.

Start a chat about the newest doctor with her, something is bound to pop up.

Shhh... I can't just force these things.

Besides, her best comments are the ones that come up out of fucking nowhere, rather than the things she says mid-conversation.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Kaga said The show is called "Who Do You Think You Are", apparently.

Alright thanks, I'm going to go give it a look. :)

Kaga said Shhh... I can't just force these things.Besides, her best comments are the ones that come up out of fucking nowhere, rather than the things she says mid-conversation.

Awww... :(

[Kaga]

Henry just placed a bra over her eyes in a rather similar fashion to that Wall-E sig that Taaj used to have and called herself Spiderman.

[Kaga]

Henry: I'm so tiiireeed.... DX
Me: Then sleep.
Henry: Caaaaan't...
Me: Why not?
Henry: Cuz there's so much stuff I gotta do in the morning...
Me: ...Well... that would be a pretty good reason to sleep now...
Henry: I gotta get up at six, dude.
Me: ...I know. That's why you should go to bed now. So you can sleep well enough before six tomorrow morning...
Henry: But what if I can't sleep enough before then?
Me: ...You're overthinking sleep. I didn't think that was possible, but you've managed to pull it off. Just sleep.

[Kaga]

Oh and, did I mention that Henry has what she claims is called "ghost pulse"?

Like, her heart is weird or something so her pulse feels so faint that it's barely detectable, making it seem like she doesn't have a pulse at all sometimes.

She could die right now and I wouldn't even know.

Also that Doctor Who thread that I mentioned a couple times is now a thing in case anyone missed it.

[Kaga]

Was cleaning my room. Found old Henry drawings.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Kaga said Henry just placed a bra over her eyes in a rather similar fashion to that Wall-E sig that Taaj used to have and called herself Spiderman.

Did she try shooting webs? :P

Kaga said Henry: I'm so tiiireeed.... DXMe: Then sleep. Henry: Caaaaan't...Me: Why not? Henry: Cuz there's so much stuff I gotta do in the morning...Me: ...Well... that would be a pretty good reason to sleep now...Henry: I gotta get up at six, dude.Me: ...I know. That's why you should go to bed now. So you can sleep well enough before six tomorrow morning...Henry: But what if I sleep enough before then?Me: ...You're overthinking sleep. I didn't think that was possible, but you've managed to pull it off. Just sleep.

Did you try to explain to her that even if she can't get enough sleep that some sleep is better than none? :/

Kaga said Oh and, did I mention that Henry has what she claims is called "ghost pulse"? Like, her heart is weird or something so her pulse feels so faint that it's barely detectable, making it seem like she doesn't have a pulse at all sometimes. She could die right now and I wouldn't even know. Also is now a thing in case anyone missed it.

Well, I'm pretty sure if she was dead that her limp body, coldness and blank eyes would still be clear indicators.

Kaga said Was cleaning my room. Found old Henry drawings.

No Canadians? :(

[Kaga]

So a while ago, I said that I didn't wanna post about the things Henry did that legitimately annoyed me, and that instead I would only post her funny, quirky moments.

I changed my mind. Time to talk about my bizarre love-hate relationship with Henry.

So last Saturday night, we went out to get food together at one of the late-night dining halls here on campus. While we were there, we wound up talking about plans to get off-campus one of these weekends. I had already tried planning an off-campus trip a couple of times, particularly to go cosplay shopping and now also to get the new Super Smash Bros game, but work or w/e had always come up and I was never able to go anywhere. Henry told me that she desperately wanted to leave campus just to “enjoy the atmosphere” and wander the fuck around town just because she could. So, she said she wanted me to go with her that Sunday (which was tomorrow at the time). I tried to tell her that I wasn’t interested.

I spent at least ten minutes trying to tell her that I wasn’t interested.

Why was she so adamant on trying to get me to go? Well firstly, she seems to have a hard time understanding the fact that people can have different interests from her, as she acts under the assumption that I’m into Sherlock and Merlin and Supernatural which I’m not despite telling her this a thousand times. But secondly and perhaps more importantly, she said she was too afraid to go alone, even in broad daylight, as she was too paranoid that she’d be chopped up into little pieces and hidden someplace. Now, I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before, but she is the most paranoid person on the planet, as she’s convinced that the NSA is keeping an eye on her personally in order to let everyone in the government know exactly what she’s up to, among other things, so this doesn’t exactly surprise me — it just annoys me. Increasingly. She told me that ever since she was five years old, she was told to never go anyplace alone, for fear of all the horrible people in the world. I told her she wasn’t five years old anymore, and that she can’t go her entire life always needing someone by her side to take her around town. It just isn’t possible. This did not convince her, as she continued to cry “buddy system!” in response to everything I said. I eventually conceded and told her there was nothing wrong with being cautious. However, since I didn’t want to be her babysitter, I told her that she would have to find another friend.

She then told me that I’m her only friend.

This explains so much.

I then told her that she needs to learn how to make some fucking friends, as being her only friend is not good for my sanity. She claimed that it was impossible for her to make friends, as everyone she ever talked to ran away since she creeped them out. I called bullshit, since she’s not that weird (at least not in public). In response, she told me that she’s just really terrible at talking to other people and that she never has any idea what to say. I told her that she needs to at least try, since she can’t avoid everyone her whole life, and that I’ve seen her talk to people before, and that she’s not that weird, blah blah blah… My attempts at convincing her of this went about as well as the whole buddy system debate.

At some point in the conversation (and I have no idea how this came up… as I don’t remember when exactly it was mentioned and I’m pretty sure Henry jumped into it with no transition anyway), she suddenly said to me, “Do you know what I do at night while you’re asleep? Most nights, I like to head down to the first floor and just wander around, especially near the vending machines. I have some peeps I like to hang out with down there.”

I… I guess that explains this. I mean, I never asked, but, now I know.

Also, in writing this, it occurred to me that she basically just told me that she has other friends, and she seems to have no problem spending time with them. What the hell.

Oh, and I should probably mention that, throughout the night, Henry spoke with a sort of on-and-off Scottish accent that was with her only about half the time, and that I’ve never heard her use before. I have no idea where it came from, and I never asked or commented on it.

Anywho, when we left to head back to the dorm, it was freezing outside. I think she kind of bumped into me at some point, because I remember that I touched her for like all of half a second and then said, “HOLY SHIT YOU’RE WARM LET’S BE PENGUINS” and I sort of buried myself inside her coat. She apparently found this hilarious in an awkward sort of way, and said, “You know, most people take me out to dinner first!” and I wound up yelling back “We just did go out to dinner!!” just as another group of people walked by. I then apologetically whispered to her, “People are gonna think you’re a lesbian again”, as she at one point told me that this was a thing that happened when she was in high school. She then told me, “People better not ship this!!”. I figured it was important that I relay those exact words to you guys.

At any rate, it was a fun walk home. The next day, she apparently actually did work up the balls to go exploring on her own (quite impressively… o.o ) as she returned to the dorm with kettle corn that she was awesome enough to share. Later in the day, though, something interesting happened… We were visited by a guy who lives on our floor named Jacob. He sounded super friendly, and just said he wanted to get to know us better, and that we should all meet up and hang out sometime. The exchange only lasted a minute or two, but Henry sounded super nervous and awkward the entire time, and when he left, she quickly shut the door and said, sounding rather exasperated, “Ugh! He’s finally gone!!”

So of course, I asked why Jacob bugged her so much. She said, “he just kept trying to talk to me! He won’t leave me alone!”, when, based on everything she’s told me so far, all he’s done so far is occasionally knock on the door and say hi to her in the halls. It’s not like he’s stalking her or anything — far from it. When I asked why this was such a problem for her, she said that she couldn’t explain it, and that he just “gave off a certain vibe”, even though he seemed perfectly friendly to me. And then, her exact words:

Henry: You’d think he would’ve gotten the hint last time I didn’t answer the door.
Me: ….Wait, so, you’re saying he came by earlier and knocked on the door, and you didn’t answer?
Henry: Yeah. You’d think he would get the hint that I didn’t wanna talk to him!!
Me: …Henry. If he knocked and you didn’t answer, don’t you think he’d assume you weren’t home?
Henry: …….
Me: I mean, it’s not like he could’ve seen you in here, or known in any other way that you were home… and students aren’t exactly in their dorms 24/7… Plus, it’s kind of rude to just not answer the door at all.
Henry: It is?!

And she wonders why she can’t make friends.

[Gwazi Magnum]

I think her whole "Knocking occasionally is stalking her" thing might be related to her buddy system mentality. Basically if she's so afraid of people that she can't be out by herself she's probably also easily afraid by people trying to initiate dialogue or hanging out. You'd be shocked how paranoid/scared some people can get by having over protective or controlling parents growing up.

As for the vending machine? She might have meant that they were the closests she had to additional friends but in truth they were closer to acquaintances or something.

On a side note, I can relate to her a bit better now. When I was in High School everyone thought I was Gay... High School's weird. :/
+Apparently she has similliar tastes, I'm also a Merlin and Sherlock fan. I can get though why others wouldn't like them.

[Kaga]

So, my birthday is coming up, and I love how Henry is clearly planning a bunch of stuff, and she thinks she's being super-secretive but she's really not. XD

Like, she's been asking me for the past week or so what my favorite foods and desserts are, as well as dropping other obvious hints she's trying to plan something. Earlier today, in particular, she asked if I ever used bookmarks, and I told her that I actually could use a few more of those.

And just now, she asked me who my favorite Homestuck troll was, and also asked to see what his symbol looked like. She copied this down on paper in the appropriate color. She then asked to see his horns, and copied those down (all of this involved me pulling this stuff up on Google images so she could look at my screen to draw from reference, by the way). And then, for probably like... 5-10 minutes, she stared at my computer screen while she drew a Dalek, also from reference off Google images. And when she was done with that, she stared at my Vash the Stampede wall scroll while continuing to draw.

And the best part of all this is, she's currently sitting on her bed, drawing to her heart's content, while saying things like "You have no idea what I'm up to~" which is pretty hilarious.

Oh, and I'd just like to say that, having seen her "rough draft" sketches, they are a thousand times better than the doodles I've been showing you guys thus far. Like, I'm honestly extremely amazed at the improvement. @_@ I don't care if she's drawing off of reference - I never would've guessed that she could draw Vash's hair so perfectly.

[Kaga]

OK I WAS WRONG.



I DID NOT KNOW WHAT SHE WAS UP TO. :O

[Marik]

Kaga said
OK I WAS WRONG. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT SHE WAS UP TO. :O

If only she knew how good a Dalek Eridan would be.

[Gwazi Magnum]

I want to see a Dalek meet R2D2.

[Kaga]

Marik said
If only she knew how good a Dalek Eridan would be.

Right? :O

[Kaga]

I was going to let this thread die.

But.

Henry did not understand the concept of daylight savings time until I explained it to her just now.

And by "understanding the concept" I don't even mean the reasoning behind why daylight savings time exists - I just mean she didn't get the fact that we move our clocks ahead an hour once a year and also move them back once a year.

Her excuse for her ignorance was, "I told you, I've only read digital clocks my whole life!" as she has explained to me that she can't tell time on an analog clock. ...Which is a whole other thing, but it also doesn't explain how she wouldn't know this shit. I mean, digital clocks change, too. And, like, I'm fairly certain most cell phones switch automatically, but we've already established that she's super technology-sheltered so I'm sure a lot of the digital clocks she lives with at home have to be adjusted manually, so, I just...

I do not understand how this is a thing.

I'm sorry. I know no one really likes this thread. But I just had to tell someone about this. @_@

[Gwazi Magnum]

It's possible she had the few pieces that did auto-update.
Or her parents always did it while she was sleeping (or simply not looking) so she stayed oblivious.

Never being able to tell a traditional clock though?
Wouldn't shock me if it was someone her age in 20-30 years in the future... But currently? It's odd. :/
Though, I shouldn't judge too harshly. I myself didn't learn my left and rights or how to tie a shoe until I was 10-12.
And to this day I still never remembered what verbs, nouns, adjectives etc. are supposed to be.

Kaga said I know no one really likes this thread. But I just had to tell someone about this. @_@

I do! :(
Hell I was just about to nudge this myself asking why there's been nothing new for a while.