{"id":420,"date":"2008-12-04T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T11:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2016-08-09T20:24:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T20:24:43","slug":"the-filth-in-which-we-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"The Filth in Which We Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before you read this, you should make a Last Mystery Picture ever<\/a> guess.<\/p>\n

We’re done traveling now so you won’t see any more pictures from exotic locales or hear any more about how warm it is in Italy.\u00a0 This is as disappointing for us as it is for you (probably more so for us).\u00a0 Classes are finished and this week is set aside for nothing but studying.\u00a0 We haven’t found this to be the University’s most effective decision since most people have gone home to party and the few that remain prefer belligerence over studiousness.<\/p>\n

Yet here we are, in Kilmurry Village, cooking in what can only be described as filth.\u00a0 It wasn’t so bad last week because of the periodic cleanliness check that all buildings must undergo.\u00a0 Katherine and I have found it rather silly that the adults must come check on our cleanliness, but given the teenagers we live with it’s been a blessing in disguise.\u00a0 The kitchen magically becomes clean the night before these checks with no moldy bread lying around, no three-week-old stains on the plates, and no spilled milk on the table\/floor\/counter.\u00a0 And then the next day comes.<\/p>\n

It usually starts with breakfast.\u00a0 Someone puts milk and cereal in a bowl, eats a bit, and leaves it there for a few days.\u00a0 At lunchtime someone else may fry sausage on the stove and leave the pan there until the next day.\u00a0 Then dinnertime rolls around and chaos breaks loose.\u00a0 After a night of noodles, sauce, and TV-watching, someone apparently could not muster the strength to a) finish their food or b) throw their old sauce away or c) clean the pot they used.\u00a0 The result of all this is below.<\/p>\n\n\t\t