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Which "Well Known Author" is Seeking an Assistant?
This Craigslist-ad placer and "bestselling" author has been on the Tyra Banks Show, is willing to pay you $12 an hour (after you pay your own taxes), and just in case you didn't know what an assistant to a "well known author" does: "Did you see Sex in the City? Did you remember the role played by Jennifer Hudson where she's Carrie's assistant? Well, that's what I'm looking for." Oh, and don't reply if you are too good for "occasional light housework." (Even Louise from St. Louis organized Carrie Bradshaw's apartment!) Um, what else? More »
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Cuddly, Furry, Lovable, and Gay!
If you're looking for a couple of lovable pets, who happen to be gay, are you ever in luck! Those Salon writers who want gay sons will probably jump all over this so hurry up and save them from the hands of crazy people! Give these little gay furballs a home! [Craigslist]
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Somebody's Challenging The Commenters to a Fight!
A boxing match, to be specific. I'm in! [Craigslist]
making it
We Helped the Awesomest Kid Ever Find an Apartment for Under $700
In an attempt to be servicey (and atone for our sins), we posted the awesomest Craiglist apartment-seeking ad ever—it was a riot of nerdy kookiness. Musician Ed Shepp (our erstwhile advice columnist Tionna Smalls' buddy) was absolutely deluged with responses! To refresh your memory, he was looking for something cheap, "like seriously cheap, like under $700." (In case you think that's impossible, come to my place—I have achieved it.) Read on, because Ed has, too—"Thanks in great part to Gawker!" He's also included a computer rendering of what he hopes to turn his backyard into, complete with a menagerie of plastic lawn ornaments.More »
urban anthropolgy
The Ballad Of Derrell And Gwendolyn: "Okay, I'll just say it: Will you have sex with me?"
An email tipster claims to have received the following soap-opera-like chain of email messages in response to a "help wanted" ad on Craigslist. "The applicant attached her resume (which was a MESS) to this personal email chain — I can't imagine why!" she writes. "I have no idea how I got so lucky to have this gem dropped into my lap." Neither can we! Perhaps because it is an elaborate prank? Or maybe it's real, and originated from someone who doesn't realize that not everything on email has to be a reply or a forward — one CAN start new messages. In any case, what starts as comically awkward but otherwise unremarkable e-courtship takes an interesting, if sad, turn around message nine. Whether its origin, the thread does a good enough job simulating the experience of snooping into someone else's email inbox. Read it because you can't stop yourself, after the jump. More »
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This Is Maybe the Best Journalism Job Available
Fresh out of journalism school? Have experience writing, editing, and proofing business to business communications? Adept at Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Adobe InCopy, Lexis-Nexis and other publishing applications? We just found you the best job ever on Craigslist! You can be a copy writer of marketing manuals for American University in Washington D.C. You'll be "responsible for writing, editing and proofreading a wide range of print and online materials including content for our web site, emails to students, and other marketing materials." Oh, and also—you will be a security guard. No joke! "The security guard spends most of the shift seated at the reception desk, and there will be very minimal security duties. Practically the entire shift you will be able to focus on writing copy – you’ll just happen to be wearing a uniform." Sadly, you don't get a gun. [Craiglist via FishbowlDC via DCeiver]
Free Wifi Tattoo?
"Did your tattoo say 'free wifi'?" asks a 21-year-old Craigslister of a girl he saw on the L train, adding that he "would really like to know."
urban anthropology
Live-In Wench Sought For Massage, Stiffness Reduction
You know a Craigslist ad is running spectacularly afoul of social decency when the fourth paragraph contains a vehement explanation of why it does not violate fair housing laws. But the disclaimer in this ad is surely not necessary, since no Craigslist reader, no matter how heartless, would begrudge a "sweet... perfectionist" 20-29-year-old female who "takes direction well" the chance to live in a "FREE $2000 APARTMENT." All you have to do is put in 14-hours of work per week and please your landlord/boss, a "rich, single, heterosexual guy" with "more $ than time." Duties include cooking, cleaning, laundry, back-walking and various other uncomfortable forms of touching. Click the thumbnail for an image of the full ad. [Craigslist]
urban anthropology
Please Help the Awesomest Kid Ever Find Awesome Roommate
Meet Ed Shepp! He's looking for a home in "a safe part of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City or Hoboken." A cheap home. Like, cheap. "Like seriously cheap, like under $700." As we learn from his Craigslist posting, he's friends with Tionna, for one! (Our popular erstwhile advice columnist, Tionna Smalls.) He is adorable, dragging out all his media and tchotchkes for digicam show-and-tell! In an effort to be servicey, we procured a roommate reference for him, straight from Ms. Tionna herself:More »
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Aspiring Actress Seeks Old Person to Live With, Prey On
This charming 21-year-old aspiring actress needs an apartment. BUT! She's tired of living with immature college students and hard-drinking young adults. She'd like the refined company of a wise elder, you see. So she'd like to move in with "a nice elderly person." Preferably one with a rent-controlled apartment! Is this real? Cajun Boy? (Click to see the entire ad, in case it's deleted.) [Craigslist]
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Hipster Kickballer Distracted by Missed Connection Cutie
Aww! The weekly hipster kickball saga in Williamsburg is bringing people together, sort of. A sad Craigslist poster implores a certain cute with bangs to stop showing up on game days: "you're far too distracting." (Click to enlarge.)
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Inexplicable Cultural Minutiae Of The Day
So, what does James Michael Tyler, the actor who played "Central Perk" manager Gunther on Friends, have to say about our Cash-Waving Craigslist Dater? "It's continually astounding how deep and wide the cultural divide can seem at a distance. It is equally affirming to recognize that the chasm may be breached by a few well placed words of wisdom." Possibly the most random quote ever to come into existence. [Animal NY]
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"Seeking Chubby Female Writer..."
Are some people just naturally assholes, or do they work really hard at it? Or are they so clueless that it automatically makes them assholes? What if you're looking for a "chubby" female "writer" who can make "$," via Craigslist, to co-author a new fitness book? "The authors will track their process and share their thoughts through journals and blogs."
personal ads
Cash-Waving Craigslist Player's Fury: 'These Photos Are Mines'
Moral of this story: if you're digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. Yesterday, we got a tip about a self-described "Mr. Right" on NYC's Craigslist, who posted a personal ad with 30 pictures of himself, several of which feature him waving a stack of $20 bills. We put up a few of his photos and chuckled. But he was upset! So he called up the Gawker offices to voice his grievances. He charged us with fraud. He threatened to "punch the fucking guy whoever did this" and "fuck him up." And he warned us, "I'm ten times smarter than these people, cause I"m gonna record it right now." So are we! You have to hear it to believe it. Remember, kids: Craigslist is a public place. Click to listen to the highlights. (To refresh your memory, three of his moneymaking personal ad photos are below): More »
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Mr. Right Iz Here, Ladies
Your search is over, ladies: "Mr. Right Iz Here Waitin on U." On Craigslist! His straightforward message: "Listen If U Really Wanna Get 2 Know Me Just Send Me A Note." Simple, honest, persuasive... and right. And he included a total of 30 pictures with his one-sentence pitch. Including a few unrelated wedding pictures that don't even appear to have him in it. But this handful should be enough to give you the essence of what your new man is all about: More »
Why Is This
Why. Why would anyone make this. David Brooks is admittedly the best illustration for "corporate dude" basically ever, but that is exactly why this is so terrible and wrong.
the suspected gays
As readers have reminded us, Chace Crawford likes to work out at the Chelsea Equinox, and the gays and girls all swoon. A tipster has sent the additional details that the Gossip Girl star also shows up "almost every early evening during prime cruising hours" and often hangs out in the steam room. Proof of nothing, of course, and certainly very far from confirmation of the rumors that Crawford is gay. But someone made an "m4m" Craigslist "missed connections" post that sounds a lot like it's from Chace, but probably only because it's supposed to sound like it's from Chace.
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Is Chace Crawford Being Gay-Framed On Craigslist?
As readers have reminded us, Chace Crawford likes to work out at the Chelsea Equinox, and the gays and girls all swoon. A tipster has sent the additional details that the Gossip Girl star also shows up "almost every early evening during prime cruising hours" and often hangs out in the steam room. Proof of nothing, of course, and certainly very far from confirmation of the rumors that Crawford is gay. But someone made an "m4m" Craigslist "missed connections" post that sounds a lot like it's from Chace, but probably only because it's supposed to sound like it's from Chace.
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