This Craigslist Missed Connection Is The Most Beautiful Thing You’ll Read Today

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 8:43am

So Beautiful!

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 8:51am

I saw this the other day, went in to in sneering "oh what could this be? I'm sure I've seen something exactly like this" and then was floored. It's gorgeous. It's great literature.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 8:51am

HA!

[javero]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 9:26am

Thanks for sharing, Jordan!

Some people just don't ever get it. One poster had the gall to reduce it to the work of a stalker. A few others literally interpreted the time-line. I was thoroughly wowed by it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 9:44am

I love it. Let's cast the movie version.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 9:45am

What I loved about it was that when I first saw this posted I clicked the link assuming "Beautiful" was being used sarcastically and it was going to be some strange diatribe full of misspelling and terribly misogynistic ramblings. Instead it was that rather heart warming piece of short prose.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 9:47am

Exactly my experience, AEA.

[IAMWHATIAM]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 9:49am

I clicked, was surprised and loved every moment of it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:03am

When I saw a friend post it on Facebook this morning, I thought it was going to be something dirty also.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:13am

What I found intriguing was how it started with the appearance of a genuine missed connection and then creative writing took hold and ran wild. Not the most groundbreaking piece of literature but enjoyable nonetheless. I appreciate the creativity.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:16am

To each their own. I found it to be a big stinking pile of poo.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:22am

I kept wondering...where did they poo?! I guess SoMMS answered that!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:25am

It's what the French call a medafor. Some people honestly ain't got no F*CKin' class.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:32am

Merdefor!

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[Addison D.]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:36am

Oh, good grief. Or "mon dieu", as the French would say.

The Q train to Manhattan. Of COURSE he was. Can't you just see this dude, sitting at his laptop in the Front Street Starbucks (all freaking day long) working on his epic Craigslist poem.

Straight women are so f***ed. They want sensitive, and the best they can hope for is this dude.

I wonder how she'll feel about the 'Ode to Bran Flakes' he'll bring home after 8 hours out of the house when he was supposed to be working on his resume?

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[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:48am

Love it. I think Gabriel Garcia Marquez would as well.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 10:50am

Sierra Boggess would be PERFECT for this.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 11:01am

Jan Maxwell as the Union Square stop!

[javero]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 11:03am

I'd like for some pop singer to do an updated cover of Stevie Wonder's classic LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY on the soundtrack. The link is to George Michael's take on what is an extremely challenging song to sing.


Love's In Need in Love Today

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[blueroses]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 11:10am

Call me a sap. I loved it, too.

The Village Voice thinks they've unveiled the author:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/08/the_most_beauti.php

If that's the guy, he's written for McSweeneys:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/macbeth-and-macduff-get-into-an-argument-over-semantics

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/14/13 at 11:26am

Living on Skittles
Riding a train to nowhere
Pooing a rainbow.