10 Things You Should Know About My Roommate

1. It was her 20th birthday on Saturday, so she came on down to DC for an awesome weekend of epic activities. We fit these in in between fits of laughter and attempts to stem any potential quarter-life crises.

2. She is kind of like an Angelina Jolie character incarnated in real life. This provides her with super keen ninja/spy observation skills. She utilized these when we were eating at Good Stuff Eatery downtown, noticing all these people in suits speaking quietly, talking into the cuffs of their jackets. Some had ear pieces. She even noticed the weird kid hanging around talking into his iPod cord. That's why we hung around when someone started wanding customers. And then suddenly, big black SUVs pulled up to the curb, and out came Michelle and Malia Obama into the restaurant, and our jaws hit the floor.

3. She can actually make friends anywhere. Like the random guy at the Nationals game who contributed to our conversation about how hot the guys in Inception were. A little embarrassing, but it was really difficult for us to pretend we actually cared about baseball. I don't know if he was annoyed or extremely entertained by us.

4. She can head-bang with the best of them. Especially now that her hair is long enough for effective swirling around, Hayley Williams better watch out. She has competition. Seriously, this was Ashley's first concert, and she rocked out like a seasoned vet.

5. She could pull off a bicep tatoo. We got spray-on tatoos at the concert because we are mature adults. Ashley got hers on her bicep, and no one gave her crap about it because it actually looked legit. I, however, looked stupid and Claire made fun of me forever.

6. She is kind of a member of our family. She's got the blue eyes and everything, so I figure we could explain the whole height thing with some medical jargon Claire knows. Ashley put up with our excessive errand running and charmed my parents like nobody's business.

7. She is just as big of a nerd as I am. I knew this one already, but seriously, how many college girls have a Lord of the Rings marathon--accompanied by ice cream sundaes and running commentary by the audience-- with their roommate?

8. She drops one-liners like it's her job. I actually am unable to eat with her without endangering my life, seeing as I can't eat and laugh at the same time, effectively.

9. She is one of the sweetest and wisest people I know. I actually live with the oracle. Who knew the oracle was so damn witty?

10. I am going to miss her.

A lot.