{"id":134,"date":"2012-08-06T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/?p=134"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:36","slug":"20-questions-to-get-to-know-your-new-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2012\/08\/06\/20-questions-to-get-to-know-your-new-roommate\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions to get to Know Your New Roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/cat_bff1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/cat_bff1-300x213.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/cat_bff1-300x213.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/cat_bff1.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Getting to know your roommate will take a long time, but here are some questions to\u00a0smooth out and maybe speed up the process!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting the Basics<\/strong><br \/>\nThese questions are a bit boring, but they\u2019ll be helpful to know about. Understanding your roommate\u2019s needs will make living together so much easier!<br \/>\n1) What is your major? Why?<br \/>\n2) What classes are you taking? When are they?<br \/>\n3) What study habits do you have? Do you tend to stay up late or get up early?<br \/>\n4) How much personal space do you need?<br \/>\n5) How comfortable are you with sharing stuff?<br \/>\n6) How do you feel about alcohol and drugs?<br \/>\n7) Are you allergic to anything? Other dietary restrictions?<br \/>\n8) Do you have any serious pet peeves?<br \/>\n9) Do you snore?<br \/>\n10) Do you think you\u2019ll have people over a lot? How do we feel about guests?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/WS5_midnight-desserts_cookies.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/WS5_midnight-desserts_cookies-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/WS5_midnight-desserts_cookies-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2012\/08\/WS5_midnight-desserts_cookies.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Just for Fun!<\/strong><br \/>\nOkay now you\u2019ve had your awkward logistics talk, now what about getting to be friends?<\/p>\n<p>1) What would I think if I saw a list of all the library books you\u2019ve ever checked out?<br \/>\n2) If you had to teach me a skill, what would it be? (If it\u2019s awesome, ask them to actually teach you!)<br \/>\n3) Which (if any) stereotypical middle school\/high school cliques did you ever belong to? (I was a chess nerd)<br \/>\n4) What\u2019s your favorite midnight snack?<br \/>\n5) What extracurriculars are you interested in? Maybe we can try something together?<br \/>\n6) You have $1000 you have to splurge on yourself (no giving it away!). What would you do with it?<br \/>\n7) Do you sing in the shower? What do you sing?<br \/>\n8) What\u2019s one thing you would never wear? One thing you\u2019d like to wear all the time?<br \/>\n9) If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to?<br \/>\n10) What are your favorite \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d shows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to know your roommate will take a long time, but here are some questions to\u00a0smooth out and maybe speed up the process! Getting the Basics These questions are a bit boring, but they\u2019ll be helpful to know about. Understanding&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2012\/08\/06\/20-questions-to-get-to-know-your-new-roommate\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;20 Questions to get to Know Your New Roommate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,9],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residence-halls","category-tips","tag-friends","tag-get-to-know","tag-roommates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1930,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/1930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}