Room for Rent
Gaithersburg MD 20878, United States
Point of Contact: BrookeAsking monthly Rent: $1100
Brooke is looking to live with : Anyone
Are smokers allowed: No
Is the room next to public transportation?: No
Are pets allowed?: Maybe
Introduction
Became the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything last week, hoping to spend the next year working on the question. Female geneticist, former professor, moving to MD after series of life changeAdditional Information
Who is this person you might live with? Up front, I have Asperger's. Yes, women can get it too, but it presents very differently and you would probably have trouble diagnosing it, even though it's made life hell. For example, without knowing what people are thinking, you either have to trust everyone at their word or go through life assuming everyone is lying, which would be a miserable-but-self-protective way to live. I have the normal intolerance of change and uncertainty, though ... so that acorn you stopped to pick up up off the living room rug? Put it back. It was balancing out a leaf on the coffee table.I'm generally quiet and keep to myself, but am trying to work on that part because it's left my life very empty ... I definitely need alone time, but it turns out you can have too much empty alone time, especially if you've worked 15 hours/day for 20 years. What spare time I had was spent training horses up until the last few years, and I'd like to get back to that mythical outdoor place as I recover, but with company this time.
I'm a (mostly) reformed goth and have been known to go clubbing on the weekends (well, like, 15 years ago), as well as to "Nightmare before xmas" and "Rocky Horror" showings and things like that, and am likely to prefer your friends to most women I know. Clothes shopping is boring.
-(btw, NO KIDS in earshot of/near/inside what I assume will be a town house or house. That's an absolute. Not, at least, until they're teenagers and are capable of resembling humans, at which point they may be allowed to make short visits--(I don't just not like them, they trigger Every. Hypersensitivity. Reaction. I. Own.)
However, just because I have Asperger's doesn't mean you should/need too, or should be shy and withdrawn or meet wildly geeky stereotypes. No weekly house parties, please, but I tend to get along best with guys who have a hobby or two (art, guitars, unix), but are otherwise socially normal, will drag me out to hang with their friends for beer, pizza (mmm ... pizza), and entertainment--who DON'T spend all their time talking about operating systems, and won't hesitate to kick me under the table if I've talked about science for 10 min straight without taking a breathe.
The more space we have, the better--I've been accused of living like a bachelor, (so don't look, or make sure you can't see if it will bother you). Happy and out-going is good in a roommate--we can complement each other--but loud, close, fast talkers aren't because they make me anxious. I may also vascillate between being around you lots and hiding in my room.
Other than science and horse riding, I have no "home-maker" skills (except ordering the best local pizza, hitting nails off-angle with a hammer, and being perpetually cold), but am willing to pay in the $1300- $1500 range for a nice 2 BA/2BR and promise not to leave my clothes in the dryer for too long. I also have 3 cats who stick to me like burrs, and a Jeep that can drive over curbs without blinking.
I know the argument so far has been less than compelling--I'm probably not as bad as I think, unless I'm worse--but if we get along, you get a roommate who's intensely loyal, owns some very nice art, has a sharp, pointy sense of humor, prefers movies where things explode to girly movies, can't put on makeup effectively or walk in high heels without waddling, gets bored talking about baby clothes and celebrity weddings, and knows an awful lot about medicine--a useful skill should the zombies ever come for us. Also owns the equivalent in books of the output of a herd of elephants with food poisoning (you really want to borrow them right now, don't you?), believes that nights are for working and days for sleeping, and owns _at least_ 3 forks. Plus tons of coffee mugs that you're welcome to borrow because I tried, but never got into coffee. And if you can't fix your computers, I usually know right where to hit them to make them work again.
I'm going to be in MD later this week 13th-15th) to hunt down what will either be a sad little 1 BR/1 BA, or a much nicer, more open 2 BR/BA. If you're interested, reply through the website, if not, follow grandma's advice: if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything.
Cheers ...