August 2011
9 posts
Shenanigans Subject Line of the Day
I am pretty sure a nude housecleaner is something you want, not something you need, dude.
Winning Self-Description of the Day
The couple looking for another couple for “same room sex” (what it sounds like) who describe themselves as “slim, relaxed, shaved, and very well educated.” Because God knows I wouldn’t dare have sex with someone while being watched by a couple if that couple hadn’t at least finished their master’s coursework towards a Ph.D.
Most Literal Example of Missed Connections as Form...
The fact that the person posting this describes the person she miss-connected with as just looking the same as her either is a really good joke about how all hipsters pretty much look alike or a telling fact about the author’s desire to basically date herself.
Watch The Throne - w4m - 23 (L train)
you got on at the Lorimer stop and you were listening to the new Kanye + Jay-Z album....
Contextually Baffling Missed Connection of the Day
I feel like the subject of this post and the setting in which that subject was seen are really confusing. Like this guy ran into Jessica Rabbit at a strip mall or something. He’s right, she shouldn’t be sitting alone in a Dunkin Donuts on Staten Island. No one should be doing that, but especially not Jessica Rabbit.
Stunning Red head in leopard dress at Dunkin donuts - m4w - 34...
Data Notes: Basically A Giant Plug for Google
So initially when I started planning this project I was like, “Yeah, I’m going to hard code my entire data entry system and host it on my own website.” Mainly because I think I wanted to prove that I had the skills to do it. But, aside from the fact I’m only semi-literate in programming (I can do it, it just usually doesn’t work), the moment I started delving into the...
Ladies, He's a Keeper Missed Connection of the Day
lunch at hundred acres - m4w - 28 (SoHo)
You were with two girlfriends sitting a table away from me at Hundred Acres on MacDougal St today, around 1pm. I was having lunch with a batty old book editor. You’re blond, lithe, were wearing a turquoise dress, and we made eye contact so many times it was ridiculous. You are crazy, crazy hot. And I’m married. But that eye contact was so...
Topical Joke Missed Connection of the Day
Hats off to the author of this post. It really broke up the monotony of my data entry. Happy Friday, people.
Sofitel Suites - m4w - 64 (Midtown West)
Date: 2011-08-11, 9:22AM EDT
When I came out of the shower, nude and dripping, you offered to have sex with me, in exchange for money. Tell me the right amount and we can tango. I am the heavy set one that runs an international bank.
Data: It's Complicated, Part 1
Whenever I’m explaining the CMC to people, they ask “How are you organizing this stuff?” One of the things I’m trying to do during this residency is find a better way to do that. Missed Connections offer a complex cross-section of New York City, and that means there are a lot of variables and a lot of ways to think about them. I don’t think this will be especially...
Introductory Notes
The Center for Missed Connections (CMC) is a project I started in 2009 to study loneliness in American cities. Basically, I gather content from Missed Connections posts and map them out, identify demographics, and observe behavior patterns to learn about the people writing missed connections, who they’re trying to find, and what people do all day in a given city.
The project is based in...
