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November 30, 2005
Missed Connections
D and I spent a few minutes looking through Missed Connections on Craigslist (Brooklyn) tonight for kicks. Every once in a while I can't resist clicking on it -- and it's clear that some people are addicts.
There were the usual entries, starting with "you were wearing [describe outfit] and I thought you smiled at me as I held the door open for you at [location]" or "we sat together on the F train from [stop] to [stop] and I was too shy to say hello." We also found lots of bad poetry, a few not-possibly-real entries, and some long, extremely personal rants about life and relationships in general. MC is a little like blogging -- it's a public outlet for small private thoughts, disappointments, longings. It's also a warped social history of the city (see this entry about a fake blind man -- real or no?). Some people are exploiting the service to practice their creative writing exercises, though, which is annoying. Still, the variety is entertaining. And I'm glad it exists.
Sappy quote of the day: "check your heart mail, there should be a message there from mine...xxx".
Question of the day: Does anyone "missed" every catch up with anyone who has posted? Is anyone tracking successes?
Note: More Disney photos are on Flickr (Disney set is here).
Posted by csageday at November 30, 2005 11:33 PM