Do They Know I'm Talking About Them RIGHT NOW?

As many of you know, I am leaving my house at the end of June. After nearly three years in Glover Park and almost one without a car, it is time. Factor in roommates I am far less involved with than my original set, and I've had one foot out the door since October.

I don't have a new place lined up yet, so I have taken to Craigslist. I was originally hesitant to look at other group houses, but my new attitude is that it could be a year of saving money and interesting new social dynamics (not that my general social dynamics are anything to complain about now).

However, nothing could have prepared me for the awesomeness of the chance to live with REAL LIVE PSYCHICS.

From Craigslist:

Large room in group house where everyone has psychic powers!

A 7-room group house in Columbia Heights is looking for someone to fill a spacious and cheap room. The room is available beginning as early as June 15.

The room is quite large, has roof access, great windows, and a bathroom that would only be shared with one other roommate who lives on that floor. The house is equidistant from the U Street and Columbia Heights metro stations (Green line) and super quick walking distance from U Street and Adams Morgan.

We're looking for someone who is politically progressive/left, comfortable living with people of varying genders and sexualities, not going to hole themselves up in their room and not talk to the rest of us, okay with the kitchen being a vegetarian kitchen, and is relatively clean and capable of putting in for collective chores, but understands that living in a group house sometimes means that dirty dishes are going to be in the sink and the place won't look like a luxury condo with a maid service.

We'd also love it if we could find someone who is into either goth/industrial or techno/EDM so we can have a good mix of people. Also, bonus if you have psychic powers or any minor neuroses. Generally speaking, we're looking for someone a little bit weird and definitely interesting. It's fine if you're straight-edge but we ain't and you should be okay with that (although we are all the kind of people who work or go to school and pay teh bills on time).

to interview for this room you must be both cool and bring us any two of the following items:

a button
a shoelace
a replica of the washington monument in mauve
a condom that is past the expiration date
ROBOTS!
A little bio that you send via email

DANKE!

Holy fuck. PSYCHIC CRACKHEAD VEGETARIAN GOTHS. So much for the stereotype that DC is just a bunch of political wonks and government drones. Even though I'm more or less appalled at the thought, I fucking love it.

Which brings me to the story about the house I looked at the other day, whose owner bought an ENTIRE COSTUME STORE and is storing its contents in the dining room until he can find a way to unload it all.

Actually, best not to get into that one just yet. I may actually take that place.

Hmm. I need a psychic intervention. Now!