June 26, 2006

• There’s a fork in my bathroom

  
  

  The fact that I live in a shared apartment is basically the only reason I can afford to live a mere half hour away from work, in the heart of freakin’ Tokyo. But, as everybody knows, living with other people can suck, a lot.

  
  

  One of my apartment-mates has moved out (I think) and her dresser, folding table, ironing board, and bath towel are now in the kitchen and bathroom, respectively. Is she coming back for them? Did she make a present of them? I don’t know, but I have my eye on that ironing board.

  
  

  Also, the facewash that I kept in the shower, and the handtowel that I kindly donated to the bathroom have both gone missing. I was sure that my facewash had been knocked out of the bathroom window, which would make my roommate/the culprit clumsy and cowardly, rather than downright thieving. However, when I stuck my head out the window in daylight and looked down, I could see that that wasn’t the case at all.

  
  

  The same day I discovered that the handtowel was missing was the day I found the fork in the bathroom, resting flat on the toilet paper holder. I laughed out loud, trying to imagine what on earth someone could have been doing in the bathroom that required a fork.

  
  

  For your edification, the following ten objects make way more sense when found resting on a toilet paper holder.

  
  

  1.) A half- eaten muffin
  2.) An unused maxi pad
  3.) A hairclip
  4.) A pocket-sized copy of the communist manifesto
  5.) A dead caterpillar
  6.) A receipt from a convenience store
  7.) A used maxi pad
  8.) A small 100 yen umbrella
  9.) A toy soldier
  10.) A spoon ( I don’t know why, but a spoon would have surprised me way less)

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