finally a ramp

A lesson in overabundance

It might not seem as such, but we have PROBLEMS

I hope you aren't tall, because your head will graze our peeling ceiling

Our garbage can has junk on the bottom, AND we don't have any more garbage bags to cover up the junk!

How are we supposed to walk to our shed with berries everywhere?

And we probably still have a mouse/mice/ghosts/monsters

Roup vs. Art

The following is what results when the Roupers and Roupies are challenged with the task of making art on a hot afternoon. Given a mere ten minutes to jot down the clearest images that came to our blank minds we succeeded valiantly with our scribbles.

All the titles for the pieces have been slightly altered from their supposed original titles.

top left: 'Boy' by Lucy Top Right: 'borderline Escher' by Joe Bottom: 'how big??' by Brian

'space squiggles' by RJ

'creep face' by Richard (roupie)

'crying clown' by Ruby (roupie)

'dirt sink' by Autumn

Recordings of ROUP POETRY NIGHT

All 7 current Roupers as well as Roup-Related Individual (RRI) Becca C. went to Rouper Lucy's reading down the street. Unfortunately everybody had a very bad time so in order to salvage the night we had a reading of our own. Everybody went to their rooms and wrote or contemplated silently for 10 minutes and then assembled in the upstairs studio space to present our work. It was much better than the other reading and had almost the same attendance. These are the recordings which were done on a microcassette recorder and then transferred to tape. We hope you enjoy them!!!

Roup Poetry Night by TheRoupGroup

Landlord gone, but a new aspect of Roup House is discovered.

As you know our landlady was here this weekend. We may discuss this in greater detail another time. However one interesting incident is when she referred to new Rouper RJ as "number four roommate." This suggests that, as RJ is on the second floor, the first floor roommates are #1-3.

Since Brian and Lucy were the first to live here, they would be considered #1 and #2. Since they are both exceedingly humble, they decided to share the #1 spot together, and make former Rouper April, who moved in briefly after they did, #2. This makes Seth #3 as he moved in after April.

However, we will shortly be in the company of another temporary roommate, H., who will be here before our official long-term second floor roommate, Ron. This complicates things. Since April got her own permanent Rouper Number, will this also be true of H.? Will Ron have to have a number higher than that of either of the third floor roommates, or should the numbers be ordered logically by floor? If the Roupers were ranked by quality, how would the list look different? How does this list compare to the list of Sliptknot band members? Who is our #0? Please advise!

#1. Lucy / Brian
#2. April
#3. Seth
#4. RJ
#5. Autumn
#6. H. / Ron (????)
#7. Joe
#8. Ross

Rouper Brian says he's a cook. "Pffftttt ! " to him I say!!! He's a baker !


Here are examples
Legendary Fantastical Cherry 
Cinnamon Whole Wheat Creamy Eggy Bread Pudding 


                                                                                                            ... and Infamous Cream Cheese Iced Cinnamon Cherry Whole Wheat Biscuit Boppers. He likes him some cinnamon and cherries