{"id":18828,"date":"2013-11-07T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=18828"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:36:44","slug":"to-do-avoid-sentient-mould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/11\/07\/to-do-avoid-sentient-mould\/","title":{"rendered":"To Do: Avoid Sentient Mould"},"content":{"rendered":"As I wrote about last month<\/a>, I was scared about how moving out on my own would go:<\/ins> I\u2019d have to do all these responsible-adult-things all by myself. I was worried it would take up all my time and that I would cease to be able to go to classes or see friends because of all the responsible things I\u2019d be doing.\r\n

Responsible-Adult Life<\/strong><\/p>\r\nI figured there were some key things that people who had their own apartments did. So I started grocery shopping, cooking, doing my dishes after every meal and even cleaning my shower.\r\n\r\nBut it was awful and time-consuming.\r\n\r\nI knew I would soon face exhaustion and had to find another way. The Internet had unequivocally shown that this level of responsibility was not sustainable.\r\n\r\n

\"via<\/a>
via Hyperbole and a Half's blog post \"This is Why I'll Never Be an Adult<\/a>\"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

How the Wise Near-Adults Live<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Jump forward to the <\/del>weekend when I visited my <\/del>cousin\u2019s apartment. He is five years older, seems to have his life together and is generally a respectable-adult-being. But as I turned to open the fridge to get milk for my coffee, he suddenly lunged forward to stop me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"He<\/a>
He lunged forward to stop me... little did I know what awaited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

<\/strong>But it was too late. There were awful smells already seeping out of the fridge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"It<\/a>
It was not<\/em> a responsible-adult fridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>I was puzzled, since usually fridges are for keeping food fresh and wonderful. Then he explained that the fridge hadn\u2019t been opened in a loooong time.\r\n\r\nHe said it had been so long that they no longer knew what was making the smell. But they were pretty sure that there was now sentient mould in there\u2026\r\n\r\n
\"A<\/a>
A wonderful day for mould, a bad day for the rest of us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>I was shocked. Here was a responsible-adult with a real job, real relationship and real apartment\u2026 but even he<\/i> didn\u2019t do responsible-adult-things like clean his fridge.\r\n\r\n
\"OhCrap\"<\/a>
He doesn't use his fridge *gasp* (via knowyourmeme.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

He had been subsisting on take-out sushi and other downtown amenities while allowing his appliances to harbor fugitive bad smells.<\/p>\r\nIt was an incredible moment: I had seen the light and there was another way.\r\n\r\n

\"happy<\/a>
There was another way. So I did my happy dance. (via giphy.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Alternatives to Real Adulthood\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

My mother often says I should just get the responsible-adult things over with because they're really not so bad.<\/p>\r\n

But instead of listening to her too-sensible advice, I rebelled and set out in search of delicious take-out and other food options in hopes of avoiding my fridge forever.<\/p>\r\n

<\/del>I ate a lot of Chinese food at New Ho King<\/a> that week. Lots and lots of delicious New Ho King.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"Nom<\/a>
Nom nom nom... New Ho King. (via cheezburger.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nBut I still knew it would be important to eat vegetables to ward off scurvy so I also ate at healthy food places like Harvest Noon<\/a> caf\u00e9 on campus. For about $5, you can get tasty food between 10am - 2pm every weekday.\r\n\r\n
\"It's<\/a>
It's important to avoid scurvy! (via cheezburger.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThen I remembered that I actually like vegetables but I hadn\u2019t had time during midterms to go grocery shopping for them.\u00a0I started feeling a little more optimistic about my fridge and eating from it.\r\n\r\nSo I ordered a Good Food Box<\/a> through UTSU. For $13, I received a box of local veggies and fruit.\r\n\r\n
\"Good<\/a>
The Good Food Box: possible source of new roommate, Sentient Mould. (via foodshare.net)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

It just arrived yesterday and seems like a lot but what\u2019s the worst that can happen? At less-than-grocery-store-prices, I will be able to avoid scurvy and time-consuming responsible-adult-grocery-shopping.<\/p>\r\nAnd I hear sentient mould makes for an interesting roommate, if nothing else.\r\n

\"Sentient<\/a>- Kay<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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