Update

I've started making the rounds through my roommates and collecting stories and tidbits about each via interview. The interviews have been relatively quick (since everybody is very busy thesising, alas) but have opened my eyes up to a whole bunch of things that I had either forgotten or not looked at the same way. The website will consist of a lot of color and text, with some images scattered in. The main content will be in the form of storytelling, pulling quotes from interviews and making a cohesive post out of it.

Things Done

• Adjusted project plan to fit media
• Interviewed Fran, Shayla, Liz, and Aviva

Things In Progress

• Finalizing design plan for website in Figma
• Started compiling done interviews to be put on final project

Things To Do

• Interview Emily and Amy
• Start building HTML and CSS files for website

Story Overviews

I've included some key notes from each of the completed interviews below. I also have exact quotes saved for later on. These just served to help guide my writing and organization.

Aviva

• Puzzle
  • Spent first couple weeks completing a puzzle
  • Named the room the puzzle room
  • Still assembled and on display
  • Distraction
  • Late night bonding that helped bond everyone before we really knew each other
• True Crimes
  • Watching criminal minds in the tv room
  • Talking about cults
  • Learning about our shared fascination with true crimes

Fran

• Banana Bread
  • Coming into the tv room and asking if it looked ok
  • “I can’t mess up banana bread can I?”
  • Overflowing in the oven
  • Eating it with a spoon out of the pan
  • Redeemed the next week in attempt number 2
• Falling asleep during shows
  • Love watching shows with everyone
  • But always fall asleep

Liz

• Love Island
  • Wanted everyone to have something to do together
  • Had studied at Oxford last semester and got hooked
  • Binged a whole season in a couple weeks (50 episodes!)
  • First time we really spent together
• Studying outside
  • Miss the sun and warmth of sitting outside or in the sun room
  • Do not miss the bugs
• Tiktoks
  • Making of Spooky Scary Skeletons
  • So many attempts and laughs
  • Getting stared at by our neighbors

Shayla

• Halloween
  • Laughing at me and liz doing tiktok dances
  • Finally feeling bonded as a group
  • Watching the children pick up candy
• Rom coms
  • Coming back late at night and distracting others from work
  • Rewatching all the best ones
  • To All the Boys binge and watching the new one
• Binging tv shows
  • Watching Startup and trying to get us hooked on k dramas
  • Watching all of Dash and Lilly in a day avoiding work