Living With Parents @ MindSay 
I don't know if any of you had to move back in with your parents for any length of time, but I don't recommend it. Especially when you have no room of your own and your mom (and her room mate) smoke like a Yugo running on regular.
Last night it was so nice to just close the door last night and know that no one could come in..and I could use my PC without hearing the TV on all the time, breathing fresh air, and not having to listen to comments about everything, or have the sound of Pogo.com seared in to my consciousness. I don't even have a matress yet but I had a better sleep on the floor of my own room then I have had in months.
Maybe my lungs can start to heal heh...Since I was really sick last week they have hurt a little; I know being around the smoke doesn't help.
I'm working on some projects and being in my own space is going to help my whole creative output. I'm eating cup of noodles to stay alive right now, having to get the net off of a somewhat working satellite card...but man it is so worth it.
I have grown to hate the television. It is one of those things I will use, but when it is not being used I turn it off. I haven't watched Television on a regular basis since..2003? 2004? I have grown to loath having the incessant chattering of inane fictitious beings always in my ear...and I'm not talking about voice chatting with my friends online (hahaha)
Anyway, I'm at work and just thought I'd take some time to rant since the satellite card works everywhere....
Although..when I woke up this morning the electric guy was driving off. He turned off our electric. Dang APS and their misunderstandings! Luckily I'm at work all night so the electricity on tomorrow when I get home..
Of course my house mate has to sleep with no electric.
I also have my xbox 360 with me (The GTA IV duffel bag makes a really good 360 tote) so I should be playing more GTA here tonight. w00t.
I love my mom to pieces and our relationship is so much better then it used to be. However I won't, God willing, have to live with her again. I like being able to breath...heh.
Once upon a time there was a grey alaskan malamute called Kody. We adopted him from the pound in 2004. He wasn't very social but he was nice enough so we took him home. He's been registered to me since we got him but he's been living with my parents as they like having a dog around and I am waiting to settle a bit in one place before he comes to live with me permanently. He's not the most clever dog and he dosn't know how to play fetch but I love him all the same.
My parents decided to get him a medicated bath because his skins isn't the best and it's been starting to irritate him. So they took him in a few weeks ago expecting him to come back clean. We got a little surprise when he did.
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and After!...
I always knew he was a 'blonde' inside.... but I never expected him to actually be a blonde!
His skin is much better too and in case your wondering the spots on his sides are insect bites. We think he rolled on a wasp or something of the sort.
-- Lory
Tonight my host brother got into a half-lighthearted, half-serious argument with his father about where he could get his Master’s in Business Administration. Osama, my host brother, wants to go to London or Manchester for his studies; however, his father said that he would go to Switzerland because they have family there that he could live with. This angered Osama as he told me of his desire to live away from home, a desire that was quite acute on account of his also living at home during college. I later learned that this lack of independence from one’s own family is quite common; although, the reasons for this fact are apparently more than just cultural.
Money is a huge reason for sons staying with their families after college. People do not get either the wages or student loans that Americans receive; therefore, Jordanians in their twenties can not afford (literally) to live away from their parents. My oldest brother, Marwan, is a perfect example. Educated at the highly regarded American University in Beruit, stabiley employed at a graphics design company, 28 years old, Marwan would without question be living on his own if he were an American; however, this is not the case as he lives in Jordan. Because of the low wages, new couples that are married often live in additions to their parents’ homes. Once again, culture may have something to do with this, but it is not the only thing.