{"id":508,"date":"2009-02-08T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jedbrubaker.com\/?p=508"},"modified":"2009-02-08T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T20:36:42","slug":"craigslist-voyeurism-at-msu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatknows.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/08\/craigslist-voyeurism-at-msu\/","title":{"rendered":"craigslist voyeurism at MSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-511\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Not a Spartan,... Quailman!\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.jedbrubaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/quailman.jpg\" alt=\"Not a Spartan,... Quailman!\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" align=\"right\" \/>Last night I got an acceptance letter to Michigan State University. &lt;Little happy dance.&gt; I know it is still early in the admissions process, but it is nice to have a firm yes from one of my top school choices.<\/p>\n<p>With the prospect of moving quickly approaching, I have found myself imagining what life might be like at any of the seven schools to which I applied. Honestly, I have to admit that East Lansing (where MSU is located &#8212; about 1.5 hours west of Detroit) has been the greatest mystery. So for the last 24 hours or so, I have found myself browsing housing ads on craigslist (it is psychotically cheap).<\/p>\n<p>However, as a gay man, there is an entire other set of social variables that I am trying figure out. <!--more-->These tend to be things not found on East Lansing&#8217;s tourism website. I&#8217;ll admit, I am a bad gay. I don&#8217;t go clubbing much (read: since the beginning of grad school), and so websites trying to give me insight on &#8220;the scene&#8221; are just as useless.<\/p>\n<p>Where to turn? craigslist of course! I mean, I am doing my thesis on Missed Connections, and honestly, the entire personals section of craigslist is a bounty of information about real-world experiences to which you would never otherwise be privy.<\/p>\n<p>This is where it gets weird (and why I am writing this post). The first ad I open up in the Men Seeking Men section was perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/lansing.craigslist.org\/m4m\/1022733008.html\" target=\"_blank\">the strangest ad I have ever seen<\/a> (and I have seen a lot). It goes as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Reenact an old TV show \ud83d\ude09 &#8211; 22<\/strong><br \/>\nDate: 2009-02-05,  8:37PM EST<br \/>\nwho wants to do some roleplaying of the show doug? i want 2 &#8220;honk&#8221; ure penis and call u skeeter, or maybe you can be roger \ud83d\ude09 let me know and we can make this happen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Doug? As in Nickelodeon? Not quite what I expected, but if everyone is this creative in East Lansing, I have my research cut out for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I got an acceptance letter to Michigan State University. &lt;Little happy dance.&gt; I know it is still early in the admissions process, but it is nice to have a firm yes from one of my top school choices. 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