The Rainbow Connection

I don't need to go into how much I love "missed connections". It is my dream that someday somewhere someone will write one actually aimed at me (as I did once to my tow truck driver). Those distractions aside, I still must find a roommate. Since none yet has materialized, I find myself forced to reckon with the "housing wanted" sections. And as we all know, the pickings are slim if you go about it that way. Lots of older men, single people who only want to live with non-gay people, white people who want to live with like, and other vaguely sinister postings. To be honest I find $400 - CHILL YOUNG GIRL LOOKING FOR ROOM TO RENT rather troubling and I am a 58 year old straight male working in Hayward. I have a Senegal Parrot who is pretty quiet. Need a place that has high speed internet access. I am ready to move perplexing. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

I am intrigued by:

I am seeking a place to live where i can also practice and teach private shakuhachi lessons, about 10 a week. Shakuhachi is a bamboo flute from Japan and is not very loud. It comes from a Buddhist meditative tradition so clients/students tend to be very mellow and educated people.

Alarm bells sound at this one:

Before I begin, I know your time is precious and I thank you for taking the time out to read this ad. I am 24, female, a personal attendant who is working towards her RN. I'm relatively quiet, I travel a lot for work and to see my family, I'm usually cooking something that makes the block smell fantastic, and I'm clean. I've been living with my boyfriend(we've been to ether almost seven years and we are VERY stable, we rarely argue) for 2 years and before I get married, I want a place of my very own. I only have 2.5-3 years left to fufill this goal I have because I would have finished my education and be ready to talk down that aisle the spring of 2007. I have been paying him rent for the last two years very faithfully. When he has been down I have been there to pick up the slack, just ask !!! I'm looking for a place to live for the next 2-3 years. My next move will be into a property that I will own with my future husband. There are some great advantages to having me as a tenant, there are also some negatives. Let me get those out of the way so we don't waste each other's time.

There are the hard luck stories:

Sometimes life throws you curveballs you never saw coming. I have to move out of my current living situation due to my girlfriend and I parting ways. My name is Michael I am an honest 29 year old male who is in search of a one-bedroom apt. Due to certain poor choices I've made, my credit-rating is terrible. I realize as a land-lord/manager/owner it is your wish to rent your properties to tenants with good credit-ratings. I am currently trying to repair my credit (slowly but surely).

And the touching:

We are a non smoking christian couple soon married (She is African-European & I am African American), very clean, respectable and seriously looking for a Studio to a 2 bedrooms apartment,cottage or house to rent from $600 to $800 with if possible a low deposit or an interesting move-in special (desires utilities paid in otherwords pay rent only).We are interested in a long term rental because my wife is starting her premedicine studies and we would like to keep the cost of living very reasonable due to the cost of a college education these days.
Thanks for your offers and Have A Blessed Day...

The over-punctuated:

P.S. I'm sorry that I'm not at all interested in (another) roommate situation right now. As much as I'd like for my need to provide the solution to someone else's, the plain fact is that I just spent 4+years in an LTR* -sharing very intimate quarters up until just 4.5 months ago, and I am really not looking for a "share" at this time. I posted here because I'm hoping for a more private circumstance that'll afford me some time -& a little room- for myself. Thanks. *F.Y.I.(j.i.c.) "LTR" stands for "Long-Term Relationship" :)

There are the communal offerings:

We are a group of hard working, honest adults (all 30's and older: two married couples, a single woman, three very loved and well-behaved cats and one cockatiel) embarking on the most productive, fulfilling years of our lives. To earn a living we are two small business owners: a seamstress (who is working on her nursing degree) and a business to business software developer (who's company has been around for 5 years), two masseuses (one Swedish, one Breema), and one wholesale distributor. We support our community through doing doula work, sculpting, painting, carpentry, landscaping, cooking, sewing and massage. We have all successfully lived together in the past and wish to bring our lives back into closer proximity after a few years of living on our own.

The brief:

i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed some my moms is kicken me ouut long story
alexander

And the heartwrenching with photo attached:

Hi my name is Sean. I'm 24 years old. I'm a Job Corps graduate. I work full time for Amtrak. I have been working approx 2.5 years. I am African American. I mention that so you won't be alarmed when I show up to look at the place. I'm a really great roomate. I'm calm and collective, drug and alcohol free. I speak with intelligence. I don't fit any "(black)stereotypes" that some people have burned in their brains. I have plenty of money saved in the bank. I also drive. I work in West Oakland Amtrak Mechanical Department. I'm also very diverse. I get along with all different people. Please don't have any pest, (roaches or mice). I'm seeking something 1 year or more. I can pay first months rent and a deposit. I also have references!

Perhaps, though, this is all I really need:

$625 - 2 guys mid 20's - handyman type - fix cars & computers

There is a whole world out there with its heart on its sleeve looking for the
right place to call home. And I find inspiration in each and every one of them.