Craigslist.

Postponing my studying just a bit longer, I started to browse Craigslist.com to find what people are seeking online. Hilarity ensued. The "Casual Connections" section is my new favorite place to waste time. My city's "personals" tab was as if all of the uneducated misspellers of Lynchburg got together to unite on this site. No lie, one request was for: "i need a hot girl who wants to have a relationship and she must cook. i got a education." -- Yep, they said "I got a education." I shake my head in disgust.

The other slightly amazing thing about Craigslist was how hopeless these people came off as. A lot of the want ads were stories of people not bold enough to talk to another person. Instead, they're taking a huge risk by posting a want ad on Craigslist. How sad it is to not be able to communicate with someone who is sitting just a couple of tables down from someone else. And also, the saddest ad was from a 78-year-old man. He was seeking a companion to go to coffee, see a movie, go on a walk every once in a while because he is now divorced. He said he was an up-front guy, but just didn't have any way to meet new people. He didn't want to go out "too often" but just wanted friendship. He enclosed pictures of himself in the ad. Putting a face with the heartbreakingly-truthful ad made it even harder to read.

Does this Craigslist system work? Is that the only way to make up for lost time instead of waiting to casually meet someone on one's own time? I suppose Craigslist is one way to do it, but it seems pretty hopeless and pathetic. Especially for those who cannot spell. No, sir, I will not "halla" at you on Facebook because you are 27 and cannot spell "holla" correctly, which in itself is not even a word to begin with.

Oh, brother.