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Though some web surfing I became away for this cooperative living house in East Lansing. Normally I would have simply dismissed it as a Fraternity rip off without the usually stupidity that is synonymous with Greek life. But one thing caught my eye. The entire house is vegetarian (in fact they dont even allow meat in the door). To my surprise I learned it was not an organization limited to just students. Partly out of boredom and partly out of curiosity as to how 18 vegetarians managed to live in one coop house together I shoot them a quick email to set up a tour. The building was somewhat as I expected... rundown student housing.. but the people seemed really friendly and they stock soy milk!!! The rooms are small but I got to thinking (which is a dangers thing when you have recently ingested drugs)... out of all the stuff I own I only use my computer, bed, and cooking stuff on a daily basis. The rest I use almost never. On the downside I would only get one room thats by now means huge, but on the upside it would cost 1/3 of what I pay now which means I could use the rest of my money to rent out a larger industrial/office type space to store my tools and photography stuff. A space more suited to such things than my living room which currently houses most of that. There is though the unknown variable as to weather or not I could be happy living in a large house with other people...

As I do most years before my birthday I start to feel old. This year perhaps more than others. Ill be 23 and while that may not seem that old I wonder if I have missed some of the typical college experiences. As the years tick by I realize my opportunities to make rash irresponsible decisions without lifelong consequences are slowly dwindling away... my lease is up at the end of December and while this option lacks sensibility or rationality it also might be a lot of fun... then again maybe someone should talk me out of it.. or not...