<p>Todays news announced a recall of xbox power cords, as they have the nasty tendency to start fires (not good). If most of you with s’s are like me, you have an arsenal of videogames in the house. You can order your free replacement cord online at <a href=“http://replacements.webprogram.com/dakota/en-us/index.asp[/url]”>http://replacements.webprogram.com/dakota/en-us/index.asp</a> if your serial number is “on their list” (ours was). Maybe I can just throw the xbox into the fireplace and solve the problem…</p>
<p>My older s. and his roommate have a whole video arcade set up in their dorm room with a big tv and a wide array of video games. I’ll need to be sure he orders his replacement cord, lest he burn down the dorm. </p>
<p>As an aside, when he was moving in this (freshman) year, I noticed the dramatic difference the first day between the girls and boys rooms-- The girls had color cooridinated stuff and pictures on the walls within the first few hours. The guys were busily hooking up their electronics and unpacking by tossing their clothes in the general vicinity of the closet and dresser. (That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but you get my drift). When my s. spoke to his freshman roommate before school started, the discussion was generally focused on who was bringing the tv and who was bringing the refrigerator. Then it was xbox and PS2. The girls seemed to have coordinated everything in advance. What was your s/d’s experience? Did they coordinate things with their roommate(s) in advance?? What does their room look like??</p>
<p>That’ funny. I noticed when touring dorms that the boys’ rooms had an almost singular focus on electronics. The girls seemed to have a focus on, well, eating! They all had refrigerators, microwaves, stuff like that. As for the decor - I have to say, my boys’ current rooms certainly lack color coordination or anything else in the decor department so I don’t suppose their college rooms will change much (darn).</p>
<p>LOL driver-- but it was a definite observation. I was actually thinking that the girls had it together more than the guys did, but I guess it didn’t come out that way :)</p>
<p>When my older s. was a HS senior, he was asked to accompany some neighbors to help their daughter set up her computer system at college, about 70 miles away. What an experience!!! They left here at 6 am to try to get there early. First, he was mortified because he was left standing next to a pile of boxes with pink everything-- pillows and blankets and bedspreads and such, while they went off in search of a parking spot. Then, He had to set up, then disconnect, then reconnect, then disconnect then move and reconnect the computers, monitors and printers (oh yes, he was quickly volunteered to set up the roommates stuff as well) when the girls changed their minds a gazillion times about the layout of the room, whether they’d loft their beds, where on their desks they wanted the equipment, etc. </p>
<p>They thought they were done when the girls decided that the rug they’d bought didn’t really match, so they wanted to exchange it, and because of how far it extended under the desk— you got it, they had to disconnect the computer systems again so that they could move the desks and roll up the rug. He got home about midnight that night, ready to pull his hair out!! I guess this isn’t politically correct, but the experience sure was different when he and his roommate unpacked at college. I do have to say, though, that his roommate brought an iron and an ironing board to college :D</p>
<p>I noticed the same thing when we dropped our daughter off in the fall of '03. It was as if the girls had all been watching the home improvement channel, the way they organized and re-organized their rooms for efficiency and decor. They had their rooms done to the nines by the end of the day. They boys still hadn’t gotten most of it together when we visited a couple of months later.</p>
<p>Driver-
Home improvement channel-- that’s funny! My s. and his roommate made two rounds of shopping after ther set up their room. The first receipt he emailed to me had 2 lounge chairs for them to sit in while they played their video games The second receipt was from the college store-- it showed the purchase of 2 shot glasses :eek: He sent it to me to get a rise out of me. It worked.</p>
<p>for my freshman, the first time my roommate and i talked about on the phone before we moved in was who would bring the stereo, tv, and vcr she brought the stereo and a tv stand, i brought the tv and vcr, we both purchased our own rugs, and none of our blankets matched. my roommate sophmore year and junior year was the same person. i had a dark blue blanket and she had a purple leapord blanket. (she still lives with me, but has her own rom). my roommate and i this year bought a blue rug for our room, and we both have blue blankets, but we didn’t plan that or anything. i brought the nintendo all 4 years (original NES… i’m definately old school… if only my atari still worked… My roommate and her boyfriend bought me a Gamecube for my birthday this year. YAY.)</p>
<p>why do you need to match with your roommate, you probably wont live with them for more than a year or two. are you going to go out and buy new matching blankets every summer? </p>
<p>(note: i would be the one to come to school with tie dyed blankets or checkered blankets, just to be different from everyone else. i actually do own a black and white checkered couch ;))</p>
<p>fendergirl-
Ahhh the voice of reason…
Can you( or your roommate) use a purple India-print bedspread from 1971?? It’s seen its share of use as a blanket at concerts and the beach and such over these past 30+ years, but it might go nicely with your roommates purple leopard thing… I seem to remember that my roommate might have also purchased an india print spread at the shop down the street from campus, but I know it didn’t match my purple number!</p>
<p>haha! i’m sure my roommate would love it! she’s definately a “purple” kind of girl!</p>
<p>Actually, my little sister (16) has almost the same purple leapord print blanket that my roommate has. My roomates is a twin size and my sisters is a queen size (her bed is a futon… by choice)… that’s the only difference.</p>
The second receipt was from the college store-- it showed the purchase of 2 shot glasses :eek: He sent it to me to get a rise out of me. It worked.</p>
she brought the stereo and a tv stand, i brought the tv and vcr, we both purchased our own rugs, and none of our blankets matched. my roommate sophmore year and junior year was the same person. i had a dark blue blanket and she had a purple leapord blanket. (she still lives with me, but has her own rom). my roommate and i this year bought a blue rug for our room, and we both have blue blankets, but we didn’t plan that or anything. i brought the nintendo all 4 years (original NES… i’m definately old school… if only my atari still worked… My roommate and her boyfriend bought me a Gamecube for my birthday this year. YAY.)</p>
I seem to remember that my roommate might have also purchased an india print spread at the shop down the street from campus, but I know it didn’t match my purple number!</p>