Wow.  Don’t ask me how this happened but I ended up on craigslist tonight looking for something and it dawned on me that it might be a nice place to mine for ideas to write about.   Was it ever.  Because I’m a bit voyeuristic I decided to start in the Missed Connections and before long I was giggling hysterically.   Romantics live!  In the Missed Connections section of Craigslist! 

“We sat across from each other on the Muni N car, made eye contact, you smiled at me as you walked past me when you got off.  You were very cute – call me if you want to get together.”

“You tall in white shirt at Petco – then you walked past my car and we made eye contact…”

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. 

All over the place, people falling in love just like in the movies!  If I ever decide to write the great american novel I already have all my character descriptions half done for me by going to the missed connections section.  Story location? Done.  On the N car, headed to Petco, walking on the beach, BART Friday afternoon (wearing a black sweatshirt, well THAT really narrows it down); you name it, it’s there. 

Me, typing on computer at midnight.  You, reading what I wrote the next day.  You seem very nice.  Let’s keep in touch…