People Are Strange

As I mentioned before, I was looking for a way to make some cash (preferably under the table) in order to fund a few upcoming trips. I was told Craigslist was a good place to look for one-shot deals. Sometimes you can get $100 for being an extra for a day, or other times you get $50 for taking a 2-hour survey. I could definitely pull that off. Unfortunately, I did not find such jobs and stumbled into a scary world that Craiglist deems "gigs." PS- Let's use CL for Craigslist from now on.

So CL divides job categories into part time, creative, ADULT, and "ETC". I have no idea what I was thinking, but I went to ETC, first. Boy that was a bad move. I didn't want to copy the ads verbatim just in case the creeps that posted them found me, but I can assure you that these ads were 100% real and 1000% scary. Here are a few gems:

- A "Medical Student" was looking for some patients to "practice on" for a midterm exam. Sounds weird since don't med students practice on each other? Taking that fact aside, this guy then proceeded to say that the patient must a) be female and b) be comfortable with FULL NUDITY? The best part was that in addition to a measly $40, part of the compensation was a good recommendation to other med students looking for models. So you are saying I could do full frontal for some weirdo and then get a glowing letter of recommendation for other weirdos. No thank you. I mean $40???? That's at least a $5000 gig.

- Photographer needed to take pictures of parking facilities. I am assuming this is for some insurance claim or something but it just sounds very terrorist-y, no? Also $1.25 a photo? Again, no thanks.

-Finally my favorite...and I kid you not when I say I saw this ad more than once. Women needed to foot fetish parties. Gross on 1000 levels. Then I saw the compensation. 500 bones! I am being very honest when I tell you I considered it for a millisecond. Then I got a flash of the crowd, what would be going down and visually saw my rock bottom. Don't worry, I wised up pretty fast. Dang my morals and feelings of self worth! $500 could have paid for 1/2 a night at the Four Seasons in Maui!

So in sum, CL can kiss my ass. Honestly, why are there so many weirdos on your site?? I know there is an adult section, but these posts end up in all areas. Finally, just an FYI, midgets can clean up on this site. So many needed for parties and even one guy was looking for one to clean his house. To quote the talented and lovely Cindy Adams, "Only in New York kids, only in New York."


Song of the Day: Possum Kingdom, The Toadies, "Don't be afraid, I didn't mean to scare you. So help me Jesus."