My Dorm Room

[redmageteige]

What?!? I want a single....my school makes us share the room



[happinesson]

simple lifestyle of a student is fitted to a simple dorm like this!

[Runnerguy2489]

@happinesson I'm a simple man.

[Lowgaen11]

your dorm is less that half the size of mine.

[brothershen]

Wow, This is my bedroom at the Univ of Pittsburgh. Top floor single room; bathrooms in the central area; I lived in this room for 2 straight years in 1982-and 1983. I am 50 years old now. The room has been remodeled obviously. My old room had a bed on the left side, under a black wall telephone, a desk next the window, behind the desk was a sink, linoleum floors; Schenley Hall; A girl student was murdered in the washer/dryer room Basement over Thanksgiving 1982; security was increased too late.

[19Midna91]

Just so you know, you have wonderful taste in games. LOVE ZELDA. !

[McLovin2169]

why is there only one bed?

[austriahans]

This is one of the very finest motion pictures ever made. The tension as the moment for the "parting of the curtains" nears is almost unbearable. I liken it to Bunuel's technique in "Un Chien d"Andalou". The cinematography, editing, and soundtrack are all revolutionary. The image of the bed near the end evokes the "mimesis" of German Expressionism, sublimated through a McLuhanesque lens of pre-postmodern structuralism. Brilliant.

[Runnerguy2489]

@austriahans I know right? I'm a video mastermind.

[stinkyflo]

are there surround campuses near eah other? like georgetown?

[stinkyflo]

i'm planning to apply here.

do you know what dorms for first years have private bathrooms instead of public ones?

[MorriganGarron]

There's a communal bathroom per floor in towers, which is where most freshman end up. But the Sutherlands maybe...

[smatal]

why do they have them kind of locks on doors why not just ordinary locks? its not like some1s gonna break in lol :P

[MorriganGarron]

@smatal Because Pitt is in the middle of a city and VERY close to a bad neighborhood, there have been many security risks including break-ins, violence and theft, Each dorm is manned by a guard. The key is an ID that can only be used by the owner (anyone caught with an ID that is not theirs has the id taken off of them).

[MorriganGarron]

@MorriganGarron It is swiped at the secuity desk where it tells the guard whether or not u live there, the guard opens the secuity doors (if u live in the building) which have an automatic lock. The id works with a 4-digit pin to unlock ur door.

[smatal]

@MorriganGarron ooooh :O

[princesslaurennx]

i'm living in tower c this year! did you feel like you had enough room in here?

[katielynn235]

This may be a really random question, but is it possible to make these beds taller to put stuff under the beds? I'll have a double in tower a in the fall and I thought it'd be easier to put the fridge and some of my stuff under the bed so we'd have more room without bunking the beds.

[Runnerguy2489]

@katielynn235

Yes this is possible. If you pause at 4:03, you can see the far bed posts have slots in them. Just take the matress and board off the bed, raise the rails to the level you want, and put the board back on. These can be tricky to unhook but I'm sure you'll get it. As you can see you can put it as high as those posts. To give you an idea, the dresser at 2:00 that the TV is on could probably fit under it.

Welcome to Pitt! :)

[FBkid24]

if you have a roomate can you get one fridge each?

[MissSunshynex3]

what hall is this? i`m from Texas & i`ll be going to Pitt in the Spring. i`m trying to stay in Sutherland.

[Runnerguy2489]

@MissSunshynex3 This is Tower C.

[MissSunshynex3]

@Runnerguy2489 Okay, cool. Thanks. (:

I probably wont stay there but it's nice getting to see what thedorm rooms looks like before I move up there. Thanks again! (:

[utubr5292]

are you on the pitt xc/tf team?

[Runnerguy2489]

No, I just run for myself. I am training for my 3rd marathon this spring.

[StrickeN303]

Dude.

Look up the video Viral Video Film School Dorm room

There is a clip of your dorm room about 53 seconds in. No lie.

[Runnerguy2489]

lol, that's pretty funny that it was used.

Although the part about me having a single and therefore no one to ward off thieves doesn't make much sense.

Ya, other than the fact that at the beginning of the video I have a swipe card AND a combination. :p

The only thing that pisses me off is I was not asked permission and he is a youtube partner who is making money off of it.

And it's kind of creepy that 10K people have watched this and only 1K on average for my Zelda vids. :/

[StrickeN303]

Yeah I do think tha'ts crazy.

But..

Even my blind run videos ony got a few hundred views so don't feel too bad :p

[qdogg12345]

@Runnerguy2489 he doesnt have to ask permission if he's commenting on your video, theres a video of brett explaining the whole, "permission vs. no permission" thing on current somewhere

[aleckermit]

0:45

I knew it! He's on gaming steroids! All those superslides... all those DoT Skips... you were using finder-enhancing drugs the whole time...

[Runnerguy2489]

Vitamins and a prescription for my allergies. :p

[EndlessXxDarkx]

Aww your so lucky you live in a dorm. I wish I live in one, but my parents force me to stay home :(

It sux!

[TheRockinMania]

Thanks fro showing me what a dorm room is! I need it in the future <3

[therealOG328]

what the hell you have a poster of sideny "the bitch" crosby? not cool get one of ovechkin instead.

[Runnerguy2489]

Pff, he'd probably just hog the whole wall and do unnecessary celebrations all the time.

[CelceuxSDA]

Lol, ocarina of time ftw!!!

[acidrock3000]

hey i'm going to be staying in tower C 808, will my view by the same?

[Runnerguy2489]

I had 810 last year, here is that view:

watch?v=USO16Hp6L8Y

You'll be slightly to the left of that.

[diegolaird]

how big is that tv?

[DetroitRockCity100]

Nice dorm room!

But the Sidney Crosby thing suckssss!

[randomstudman]

It is awesome that you have a private room! Lucky.

[Addriannie]

Do everyone have the N64

[Runnerguy2489]

Only the cool kids.

[FLIPINOM4D]

loving the N64

[JRoth61]

Thats is really to small. My older brother might play football there and the football player dorms are 3x that size

[rkr12349]

No. You're wrong.

[JRoth61]

he already signed there. look him up matt rotheram....and i know this is a little late but its way smaller

[kiiittykaaat]

Oh my that's so small don't you feel claostophobic in there? Where is the toliet?

[WWEbruh]

i go to LSU

[granpastreetz]

Gotta have the N64!!

[jcrd1331]

love the Sidney Crosby thingy!

[Java1pd]

how would you say that having a single dorm impacts your social life? could i have some pros and cons because i'm considering doing it next year because i don't want to have to work around someone else's schedule and i don't want to run the risk of any of my things being stolen. so if you could help me out i'd be very grateful :-)

[Runnerguy2489]

Pros - Obviously you have more private, quiet time. You can go to bed at whatever hours you want and not have to worry about waking someone up. Do homework when you want.

As for social life, I'm pretty quiet and reserved but it really wouldn't be hard to get involved in a lot of floor activites. There's always stuff going on. I don't know if you are considering Pitt or a different campus so I'm guessing there may be less things in a rural area but I'm sure there would always be activites.

[ToriSG93]

i didn't know they had singles at the u of pitt...but it is nice and cozy

[jamal03]

omg, your dorm is so kewl, and u guys dont even get regular keys how awsome is that, i wish i got a key card, instead of some stupid metal keys, LMAO

[tomtane]

Are you a runner for Pitt or just a running fan? I like how your dorm is cozy and pretty simple.

[Runnerguy2489]

I just run for myself. I did pretty good in high school but nothing Division I or anything like that.

And thanks I liked the set up.

[tomtane]

That's cool. I also ran in high school and I'm probably going to keep it up if my schedule allows this fall.

[CourtneeMalakian]

wow thats your dorm? my bedroom is even bigger than that

[peppermint23]

it's not that bad for a single. the view does suck, but you have a good amount of space.

[pnoozi]

You need to throw your N64 and your crap TV out the window. Then buy a nice LCD HDTV and enjoy.

[Runnerguy2489]

Yeah, because I have tons of extra money lying around for that, on top of books, room and board, tuition, etc.

[CourtneeMalakian]

N64 is still awesome just because it's like 13 years old doesn't mean people don't still play it. Plus that TV is better than having no TV at all you dumbass

[tikku77andahalf]

Lemme just say a thirteen-year-old N64 that's been through thick and thin, over the sea in a hurricane cooped up in a salty v-bunk, probably begins to lose its reliability... That it's still functioning is beyond me, but lately, whenever I try to play Zelda, the system craps out on me and spits a crapload of garbage onto the screen. It's rather upsetting. :/

[Runnerguy2489]

My NES still works (somewhat, I have trouble with changing games sometimes) and it's over 15 years old now. That sucks that it doesn't work for you. :(

[tikku77andahalf]

Oh man... my NES? It was so old, and so broken, we had to stick three markers into the slot to keep the game from falling out. I bought and tried to play Final Fantasy but it did this, like, continuous restarting like it did every time I tried to play any game on the poor thing. We had to throw it out once it ceased to function... *sheds a tear*

[tikku77andahalf]

And now I have a new system! I bought an FC-Twin, so now I can play all the SNES games that my friends had and I never owned~!

[17JG88]

i have a question depending on the univeristy do some poeple have room mates???

[Runnerguy2489]

Yes, actually, most people in the Tower system have roommates (Towers A and B have nothing but doubles...Tower C is the one with singles). When we selected our top choices last year my first choice was a single. I usually don't get along with too many people so I wanted a place for myself.

[twilson2821]

hey, i'm going to pitt next year. mind answering a few questions?

i'm just wondering how many people are on your floor, and are the bathrooms crowded in the mornings?

also, if i wanted to work out, when is the gym less crowded?

thanks

[Runnerguy2489]

Yeah no problem.

30 people per floor in the Towers, 27 if it's a floor with a lounge. I don't know what the other dorms are like.

Bathrooms: I have never had to wait for a shower...and our floor has the WORST possible cleaning time. 7:45am-8:45am. Most floors clean around noon or in the evening. Everyone is on different schedules so it's not really a factor.

As for the gym, I don't use it, but I would guess sometime in the early afternoon or late at night.

[ringorules987]

I dunno how you can play your Wii with such little space. XD

[Runnerguy2489]

Pause it at 3:47. Up in front of the bed there is a lot of space...I just rotate the TV and play there. There's a good bit of room to swing there...although I don't need a ton of room to be swinging anyway.

I play the N64 a lot more to be honest. haha

[ringorules987]

I envy your Wii.. I really do. X.X

[Metal1Link]

Pop-secret is the shit

[sesstreets]

Wait... wheres the bathroom?

[Runnerguy2489]

We have a shared floor bathroom.

[eatmyshorts]

that chair thing on your bed...that's exactly what I need. Cause the layout of my room doesnt allow me to sit on a chair when i play games.:/ So i usually get extreme back pain. :p

[Runnerguy2489]

They are pretty cheap...although they don't really support the neck unless it's up against a wall (That's why the pillow is behind it for my head).

[ZeldaXMaster]

I bet you look hawt

[Runnerguy2489]

You know it. All those miles I run aren't for nothing. :p

[Runnerguy2489]

haha, isn't it breath-taking?

[Zuur]

Head on.

Apply directly to the head.

<_<

[Runnerguy2489]

Skittles: Taste the rainbow.

[ZeldaFreakGlitcha]

Your N64 will drop if you keep it that close to the edge D:

[Runnerguy2489]

It's a good half a foot from falling I think. I do rotate the TV and use the empty space by my backpack if I'm playing the Wii and that moves it a little but it's pretty secure there.

I need to keep it close while I play so I can reset hundreds of times without getting up. haha.