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AoS. AoS is the original acronym; DotA is an AoS map. It's pretty analogous to referring to roguelikes as roguelikes, really.

MSH mentioned talking with the dorm RA, which is basically the first step on attempting to communicate with said authority figures. It'll take some time to see if that line pans out, though. And it would have to actually be pressed, possibly by taking it to whoever the RA(s) report to.

But nah, there's usually a fairly robust system for dealing with inter-roommate conflict that can't be dealt with informally (i.e. Between the roommates.), at least in the cases I've been involved with so far. Dunno how many people actually use it, but if they didn't have one that worked there'd probably be a lot more hom/su-icides in college dorms.

I'm going to need an NES if I want to play Cheetahmen 2.

Lies! You can want to play it all you like even without one. You just couldn't actually play it. Unless you used an emulator, I guess.

Even better, it is very pink.

FTFY.

Though I guess maybe paint it purple? That'd be one of the few ways to improve it. Purple stripes, maybe. If you're going pastels, you might as well go all in, y'know?

Can you transfer rooms? That'd be my first suggestion... there's usually a period in which adjustments can be made, for, well, stuff like that. When you just can't live with someone. At the very least, see if you can't talk to whoever helps run the housing... dorm RAs, housing staff, whatever. Given legitimate grievance (you've got it!), they've been pretty accommodating in my experience. Eventually.

Not so sure about time sheets or whatever, but I do know I'd strangle someone to get a proper database over a series of filing cabinets and paper records. Especially if the folks running and maintaining it aren't goddamn idiots and set up a solid and consistent system straight from the start, and bloody well leave it that way. It is a metric fucktonne faster to hit ctrl+f <name> than dig through dozens/hundreds of files looking for said name. Several times now I've embarked on projects (helping with one of the local schools, sorta') whose time investment would have been cut to tenths or less if it had been digital. Mind you, it would have been cut to three quarters or a half if the filing system being used hadn't been shit (and had like five different people doing things differently involved >_<), but still.

Still, as some major conservationist dude whose name I've forgotten said, it's not the shovel, it's how you use it. Methodology will always be more important than technology, and no matter how good the latter is, if the former's buggered it's not going to help. But, with proper methodology, technology is a force multiplier, so to speak. It's just that said proper methodology is somewhat staggeringly lacking in a lot of cases

It seriously just takes more, and more consistent -- it took me something like a decade before I was what I'd consider somewhat capable of some very basic meditative tricks, mostly related to breath control and muscle relaxation -- effort. I say that coming from that exact position of constant-thought and occasional insomnia.

Can also depend on the type of meditation, too... not all of it is about no-thought or related shenanigans. Just breath control is a nice and simple starting point that doesn't require any cognitive shifts, and supposedly has some notable health benefits.

Just pay attention to your breathing, mostly. No need to get fancy, even, just keep an eye (so to speak) on it. Keeping it steady or shifting your pattern can come later, but simply paying attention to it is kinda' what I'd call the first step. You might be surprised how much it helps, if you keep it up.

I read (or find things to read; the net has a huge body of text/comics for perusal.), play games, or nap, usually. Sometimes I'll give a little go at meditation or vege to music for a while. Every once in a looooong while I'll do a little bit of writing, world building, or game system/idea creation. Or maybe scribble lines on paper for a period.

All else fails, I just remember to breath and pay attention to that for a while. Related to meditation, I guess. Or go for a walk if it's winter or maybe raining.