i am so happy today is not yesterday

I don't recommend that at all....

However - to perk yourself up I suggest a posting to the CL 'strictly platonic' board....

My post (b/c I couldn't deal with friends/family asking me how I felt to be seperated on my anniversary any more....)

Looking for someone new to torment with my incessant babbling. Me: Way too much drama going on..looking for someone to just e-mail when I need to chat with someone outside my normal cirle of super family & friends (i.e. looking for a new perspective). My interests are varied (i'm a book and music snob but I subscribe to US Weekly and watch MTV Hits to be down with the youngsters). I'm a NFP whore - if it's supposed to help people, I'll work there. I abhor close-mindedness in liberal or conservative contexts. I firmly believe in: national health care, feminism (and all of its implications on girls and boys), removing politics from public safety, the power of a rock concert to make everything better, the BBC, the Chicago White Sox (and I ain't no bandwagon girl), making a loud gasping noise when one of my favorite songs come on the radio and I can be tremendously snarky and silly. I *heart* a thoughtful argument. Again - I am dealing with bunches of drama right now so I'm not looking for anything remotely close to a relationship - just someone to (preferably) type to...I've been told that I'm vastly entertaining.
this is in or around city

it had better formatting than that - however here are my favorite responses....

1) the person I might actually want to talk to:

Okay Miss Smarty Pants: Who sung the following lines:

"Keep your 'lectric eye on me babePut your ray gun to my headPress your space face close to mine, love"

If ya' say "Bono" I'm gonna scream until my tonsils burst. And if you use Google to find the answer then you're not cheating your just clever. :o)

Write me back or suffer the full wrath of bad CraigsList karma!!!!!

Regards,
-Shawn

PS: I promise I'm not a weirdo, freak, pervert, polygamist, scientologist, talking waffle iron or Elvis impersonator.

PSS: Oh yeah! I almost forgot to tell you about me:
29 bi w m
Incredibly grogeous! Seriously, I am astounded sometimes by how devastatingly beautiful I am. Artists and fashion photographers will sometimes just stop me on the street just to stare at me. Sometimes they start to cry and I say, "It's okay. In heaven you'll be beautiful just like me if you pray to the baby Jesus and ask for his forgiveness on a daily basis for using a conditioning shampoo instead of a seperate condition and shampoo." But that's me, always thinking of the little people. The little, ugly people with bad hair.

PSSS (or is it PPSS?): Uh.... I forgot what I was going to say.

PPSPPS: Oh yeah! I also think I'm funny. What do you think?

2) the creepy old guy i accidentally responded to...

to my queen,your loyal subject awaits you slightest whim.Craig has been very very good to me so i pass it along. me 47 m married. business owner. father, musician. atheletic, ADD, live like i am retired yet works hard, would rather play sports than watch. pays attention to more than the change in colors with the season change. what's the poop kid that has you all wigged out. JK

3) the 17 year old that I think it might be illegal to respond to:

A young fella too, I am 17. Your trying to "be down" with the
youngsters? I am one of the few who never has or ever will watch MTV for
pleasure... heh, I am a weirdly intellectual cat, one who has posted on
*casual encounters* but i'm looking for a friend too, key-pals (o0o i'm
clever) sounds very cool to me? like discussing politics? I'm a pretty
easy going guy, homeschooled, live privately, I teach myself (the
schoolwork gets dropped at my house, lady stays for 10 minutes), i'm in
12th grade, and typically a very mature guy... most of the kids my age
are superficial, i am more of a social recluse than anything, i do not
enjoy the company of too many people, i prefer the company of small
groups (you get to know people better). The kids around my age typically
want to go to parties, watch MTV, go to the malls, and complain about
how hard their lives are/were (when they goto catholic school and were
never poor like i was) and i just watch, as an outside observer, it is
truly pathetic that they complain about little problems, how they hate
their parents and they never give them money and how they want to run
away or kill themselves. I really think I am a 40 year old on the
inside(at least my body is better than most 40 year old guys heh), but a
fun one, i still have many of the stereotypes of a teen guy... bah,
sorry for typing so much, rambling on... i hope to hear from you, just
in case you were curious, i have attached a photo of myself
Cheers

4) who knew that craigslist was a virtual UN of people looking for friends? i sure didn't.

We might actually be a good match.
I don't talk much, I actually prefer to listen though I usually have something to say on most topics. I follow the BBC broadcasts quite religiously (though I suspect my reasons would be much different from yours), I would not hesitate to go out of my way to help someone (even if I don't know them) and I have firm political beliefs.
The one thing that I have not mentioned is that I am not American, and I have only been here for a short while. Due to that I do not know many people, and would look forward to new contacts. I would love to hear more from you, Gil

OR....

Hi, I'm a heavy set single south asian male who just moved to Chicago about 8 months ago and live in Bucktown. I've made a lot of cool friends since I've been here, but would love to meet more people in the "hood" (especially) down for grabbing something at Filter or Deluca and catching up with conversation. I love to talk about politics, people watch, and ponder ironic observations. Anyway, hope to hear from you.

OR....

2 recently married people who are looking for bitter friends? I feel like I could never respond to them due to my disaster circumstances...

I like the blogging when I don't have to type much.