Feb. 12, 2011 @ 8:00 AM _
I answer questions about TOOLS FOR YOUR ART and TOOLS FOR YOUR BRAIN. Also, I say SHIT a lot.
Jan. 19, 2011 @ 10:32 PM _
Jan. 11, 2011 @ 9:00 AM _
I live in sort of shared housing with a friend. We share a bedroom, which is in a shared apartment with a kitchen and a bathroom that’s shared with two other bedrooms/roommates.
The walls are ridiculously thin and last night I was reading in our bedroom when one of the roommates and his girlfriend starting eating dinner in a shared eating area, which was literally about five feet from where I was sitting. I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop on them, but it was kind of hard not to when I started hearing our names coming up. Neither of the other roommates have ever talked to us about issues, but it seems like there’s some stuff bothering this roommate. He mentioned that we laugh too much (saying that apparently we will laugh for an hour straight, which I’m assuming is an exaggeration, I mean come on), that I swear too much, and that we’re always together and both super weird. His girlfriend said “well that’s not comfortable for you!” and the lean of the conversation sounded like they would sooner talk to the landlord than us about any issues.
I texted my roommate, who’s out of town, and described the conversation and he insisted that I not worry about it, but it’s been nagging at the back of my mind. My question, I guess, is what do I do? Do I not sweat it? Or do I try to talk to the other roommate? I guess I should add that I’m not on the lease, so if it gets brought up to the landlord, we could maybe get in trouble?
-Wanting To Find Better Boarding Questionable
Dear WTFBBQ,
(ohhhhhhh you guys are GOOD! Internet, STRAIGHT UP, I have the best followers)
Anyway.
That’s shitty, man. It’s not fun hearing people talk shit about you. I think you’re cool, though, WTFBBQ.
But your Out of Town Roommate is right. Don’t worry about it. That other dude was probably just venting at his girlfriend because he knew she’d back him up. Sometimes people do this. I do this all the time. If it really bothered him, he’d say something to you.
And if he reports you to the landlord or whatever, wouldn’t he get in trouble for allowing you to live there?
Just keep things diplomatic. You don’t have to love everybody. Just tolerate ‘em. Roommates is tricky business. I don’t want you making the same mistakes I did.
<3
Jan. 6, 2011 @ 5:51 AM _
Dude, I need relationship advice. When does a girl cross the line between friendly and interested? I feel like I’m falling in love with every new cool guy I meet. PS: I have no idea how formspring works but you don’t have to post this on tumblr. Thanks.
Jan. 6, 2011 @ 5:51 AM _
I genuinely enjoy answering formspring/tumblr questions, but I don’t feel like they always belong on my followers’ dashboards.
So I started MOGBA (Maré Odomo Gives Bad Advice) at around 4:30AM on a Thursday. I am in no way qualified to be giving advice, but whatever. Who cares.)
From what I can gather, a lot of my followers are high school students. And when I was in high school, I was completely clueless and so was everyone around me. It would’ve been nice if some strange entity from the internet swooped in and told me what to do, even if it didn’t work.
Anyway, this isn’t just for teenagers. And isn’t limited to relationships. It could be about pokémon. Or whatever. I feel like a lot of these questions might be answered with “I don’t know”. Because I don’t have all the answers. I don’t even know really know what I’m getting myself into with this. I’m already spread pretty thin, but we’ll just play this one by ear. (This is, by the way, more of a social experiment than an actual attempt at becoming an advice columnist.)
ALSO, I think it’d be really fun, if you used pseudonym like… “Sad in Kentucky”. And I could say, “WELL SADTUX, HERE’S WHAT YOU DO.” Or call you SIK or something. Wouldn’t that be fun, you guys? I think it’d be fun.
Oh, and the theme I’m using was designed by the girl who sent me cookies earlier this week. Link!
-MOGBA
