My Roommate, The Diamond Thief
August 14, 2010 7:42 AM Subscribe
Brian Boucher, a writer for NY Mag, posted an ad on craigslist for a roommate. What could go wrong with this scenario? (Previously)
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is the exact article linked in the "previously" link. -- jessamyn
NYMAG: “Fuck fuck fucking shit fuck fucker! Holy FUCK!”
posted by hermitosis at 8:13 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by hermitosis at 8:13 AM on August 14, 2010
A financial planner? Man, some people never learn.
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:14 AM on August 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:14 AM on August 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
Ha! That was pretty great. Strange roommates are their own special kind of hell.
posted by m0nm0n at 8:27 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by m0nm0n at 8:27 AM on August 14, 2010
That trumps any bad roommate story I have or could have imagined having.
posted by tommasz at 8:46 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by tommasz at 8:46 AM on August 14, 2010
That's why I kill my roommates after a day or s...
I've said too much...
posted by Splunge at 9:15 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I've said too much...
posted by Splunge at 9:15 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
That was a good saturday morning read!
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 9:17 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 9:17 AM on August 14, 2010
Meh. Do you know ANYBODY who DOESN'T have a roommate story like this?
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 9:19 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 9:19 AM on August 14, 2010
"I’ve since moved out of the place where I lived with Dino, into an upper-Manhattan apartment that I share with a retired Special Forces instructor, a blackbelt karate champion, and their 15 y.o. gun-collecting son."
posted by ericb at 9:26 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ericb at 9:26 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I like how the title of the piece gives the twist away.
posted by boo_radley at 9:28 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by boo_radley at 9:28 AM on August 14, 2010
I like how the title of the piece gives the twist away.
Better Article Titles.
posted by d1rge at 9:30 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Better Article Titles.
posted by d1rge at 9:30 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
On June 3, 2005, based in part on evidence found on the computer he left behind,
Wait the same laptop that had been tampered with?
Craving more answers, I turned to his laptop, handing it over to a systems-administrator friend to circumvent his password protection by installing a new operating system.
Also,
“I’ve looked at a lot of apartments, and this is definitely the best arrangement I’ve seen,”
While the author takes it as a compliment to his decorating style, I really, really want to know the physical layout of the apartment. What about the location is so appealing?
posted by geoff. at 9:35 AM on August 14, 2010
Wait the same laptop that had been tampered with?
Craving more answers, I turned to his laptop, handing it over to a systems-administrator friend to circumvent his password protection by installing a new operating system.
Also,
“I’ve looked at a lot of apartments, and this is definitely the best arrangement I’ve seen,”
While the author takes it as a compliment to his decorating style, I really, really want to know the physical layout of the apartment. What about the location is so appealing?
posted by geoff. at 9:35 AM on August 14, 2010
The link on this post goes to the same article that is linked in the "Previously" post.
posted by Houstonian at 9:53 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Houstonian at 9:53 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
The author assures us the most interesting character in the story is the roommate. Why not interview him?
I'm on shaky ground here but perhaps that's the difference between New York Magazine and the New Yorker.
posted by noway at 9:57 AM on August 14, 2010
I'm on shaky ground here but perhaps that's the difference between New York Magazine and the New Yorker.
posted by noway at 9:57 AM on August 14, 2010
A better writer could have done so much more with this story.
For those tempted to read it, there are no twists and nothing macabre happens. The writer doesn't elaborate on how the problem forced him to reevaluate his relationship with homes and strangers.
posted by melissam at 10:03 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
For those tempted to read it, there are no twists and nothing macabre happens. The writer doesn't elaborate on how the problem forced him to reevaluate his relationship with homes and strangers.
posted by melissam at 10:03 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I don't know if it was ever found out to be fake, but the Martin Random roommate story off the SA forums remains one of my favorite stories.
posted by The Whelk at 10:26 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 10:26 AM on August 14, 2010
A better writer could have done so much more with this story.
I guess a better reader wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did. Make sure you contact the author and tell him the required angle for his next piece.
posted by yerfatma at 10:27 AM on August 14, 2010
I guess a better reader wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did. Make sure you contact the author and tell him the required angle for his next piece.
posted by yerfatma at 10:27 AM on August 14, 2010
The author assures us the most interesting character in the story is the roommate. Why not interview him?
I'm not sure what your relationships are like with your roommates, but after agreeing to live with one another and dividing the household chores, my roommates and I always lived in a mutual, polite silence - never speaking another word to each other.
posted by milkrate at 10:34 AM on August 14, 2010
I'm not sure what your relationships are like with your roommates, but after agreeing to live with one another and dividing the household chores, my roommates and I always lived in a mutual, polite silence - never speaking another word to each other.
posted by milkrate at 10:34 AM on August 14, 2010
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That's what they want him to think!
posted by Servo5678 at 8:11 AM on August 14, 2010