<![CDATA[Gawker: live with crazy ladies]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: live with crazy ladies]]> http://gawker.com/tag/live with crazy ladies http://gawker.com/tag/live with crazy ladies <![CDATA[ The Great Astoria Potluck Video ]]>
This video of Emily and Michelle's potluck dinner for potential roommates will be the primary source material regarding what it meant to be alive in New York in the first decade of this century. Sociologists of the future will be as confused about why eight people actually came to the random potluck in Astoria—people who answered an ad for a roommate on Craigslist and suddenly found themselves sitting on a couch listening to Emily freestyle on her acoustic guitar. Only later on will the people of the future think to question what "Wonderwall" might have meant. (Quality disclaimer: We certainly did not shoot this video. Nor have we ever met these people.)

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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:45:48 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314031&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Emily And Michelle's Blow By Blow ]]> emilyandmichelleEmily and Michelle happened into our life at the right moment. We met them just the other day through Craigslist, where they wondered aloud why no one would live with them in their Astoria apartment. They threw a potluck dinner for potential renters and one potential renter, Peter W. Knox sent us a report. Now we hear what really went down from Emily and Michelle themselves.

we would like to make a few corrections from peter's commentary

1. there is no pasta sauce in the freezer, its meat
2. our apartment is furnished by fraudulent tax return money, we both lack a father
3. that picture is not us, we're far better looking, and our mouths are smaller
4. peters face was bleeding

It was a brisk saturday night in astoria. while the local mexicans were finishing their laundry, we were cleaning for a potluck. michelle cleaned the living room, zach cleaned the kitchen, emily was on bathroom duty and bekah got her nails done. everyone wore a shirtdress. we love shirt dresses.

we'll have to finish this tomorrow. michelle needs her beauty rest and i have a burrito waiting for me in the fridge.

us

Okay! Peter, you might want to get your face checked out. Coming up later: the video!

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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:55:22 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314016&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Ah! Someone named Peter W Knox actually went ... ]]> emily and michelleAh! Someone named Peter W Knox actually went to Emily and Michelle's Totally Awesome Astoria Potluck and lived to blog about it: "There was a lot of drinking (they keep pasta sauce right on top of their ice cube trays in ziploc bags, which is why the ice tasted funny), and the girls laughed a lot and rolled around on the floor. They had met each other six years ago at a Halloween party that they had both attended dressed up as prostitutes, Emily going as far as to paint dried semen on her face, a moment captured on camera and displayed with pride." Amazing.

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Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:55:05 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313621&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Did You Go To Emily and Michelle's Totally Awesome Astoria Potluck? ]]> mmmLast week we met Emily and Michelle, two young ladies living in Astoria who posted on Craigslist that they couldn't figure out why their roommates kept on dropping like flies. Was it the condoms on the dining room table, or that a potential roomie was advised not to "pretend to be cool when we look through all the papers in your room and know you're on probation and use a weird contraceptive gel"? We think it's because everyone is afraid of how they are completely awesome. And on Saturday, Emily and Michelle hosted a potluck for a few of the more than 4,000 responses they say that they got. The invitation follows. If you attended, we would like to hear from you. Special bonus! Emily and Michelle themselves will be providing blow by blow later!

Due to overwhelming response we have come to the conclusion that a potluck is necessary.

please bring a vegetarian or nonvegetarian dish to
XX-XX XXth ave #1
this sat. at 7pm.

um.

its about a mile from the train, get used to it. its a douzie in the winter.

during said potluckathon you will meet:
1. the bedrooms
2. the other rooms
3. me
4. michelle
5. zach and bekah of the grand daddy
6. maybe james from the charmer if he comes home
7. maybe our landlord, douglas. he's asian, don't be alarmed.

we will have question and answer period, and perhaps a dress up contest.

if you got this email, it means during our email discussion on gmail chat we decided you were at least ok. if you sent two emails to trick us and only one of them got this return email, then haha.

ok, let me know if you have any questions. please don't email me back if you're coming, or email me with anything that will annoy me because im sick of reading these things. only if its important.

peace love and potluck,
emily

ps. if someone brings nametags, that'd be great.

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Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:35:30 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313610&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Why Will No One Live With Michelle And Emily In Astoria? ]]> mapCall it what you will—Live with a Douche or Live with a Sadult—but Craigslist is a treasure trove not just of places to live but of places not to live. In this edition, we meet Michelle and Emily, two Queens-living young ladies who just can't figure out why their roommates keep leaving them.

First the good news. There are two rooms available in the four-room apartment: one small, one large. The smaller one goes for $550 and the larger for $800. Not bad at all! They've both got hardwood floors or, as the ladies say, "both rooms are hardwooders." And—oh, well, that might be it for the good news.

Who are Emily and Michelle? Kookily, the describe each other! Tres adorable!:

Michelle as seen by emily:
"shes the kind of roomate who doesnt care when she finds out you go in to her room to read when shes not home. She sleeps a lot, and she looks good. Sometimes she brings home chips, those are good days. Sometimes she eats all my ice cream and hides the container under the couch, bad days"

Emily as seen by Michelle:
"Lover of giant penis's. smeller of clothes. This girl has got it going on."

And what should you be like? Let's start with what you shouldn't be like:

* do not bring a hutch
* do not leave us in six months for a job in chicago... ahem.. previous owner of grand daddy
* do not get married and expect us to adjust
* do not pretend to be cool when we look through all the papers in your room and know youre on probation and use a weird contraceptive gel.
* do not use the condoms on the dining room table
* do not expect your food/juice to stay around
* enjoy cheese
Under DOs is this:
A knowledge of how to fix everything (ie. michelles bed is broken, this laptop is missing keyboard, internet is being stolen from upstairs, we need new songs on our ipods, main bathroom sink wont drain, michelle tried to throw out her penguin bathrobe, emilys curtain keeps falling down, kitchen table is screwy, spot on floor from nail polish remover, bugs in cupboard again..(michelle just learned this as emily typed it and is sad), ice trays taste like pasta sauce, 5 air conditioners need taken out, douglas doesnt come over anymore, the lights keep flickering, the garbage outside is too far from the door so you have to bring your key, and its annoying because is 3 steps from being close enough to not have to bring your key and sometimes the screen door stays open for you so you dont have to use the key, but then it closes when you grab it to open the door and its really sad, theres a big no smoking sign in chinese in the living room, michelles hair straighter is broken, emilys candle is almost out, the hall closet is nuts!, emilys planks under her bed fall out, we're almost out of swiffer wetjet refills, all sheets need washed, etc.)
*must be able to stay up late, get wasted and cry about childhood
* must have endless supply of commercials to show us
Someone please cut these girls off from their coke dealer. They've had enough.

$550 / 1br - our roomates are dropping like flies

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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:50:20 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312997&view=rss&microfeed=true