Five years ago I moved into an apartment in Murray Hill. Though I was unaware of it at the time, all IJC's move to Murray Hill after college. That is an undisputable fact. It's like someone picked up "The Towers" from Madison, Wisconsin, dropped it on 31st Street and 3rd Avenue and called it the Windsor Court. Amazing. Just as Williamsburg, Brooklyn is known as a haven for hipsters. Just as Chelsea is known to be the center of gay life, and just as the WASP elite live on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side, Murray Hill is the epicenter of all IJC-related activities in New York.
As a boy from the farmlands of New Jersey and educated at an elite WASP institution, I was fascinated with, sickened by, and yet wholly unprepared to interact with IJC's. I took it upon myself to learn as much as possible about them, to study them, and to infiltrate their world. For all that many find wrong and offensive about the IJC, deep down I wanted one for myself.
After months of intense research and field study, having befriended, gone on dates with, hit on, hooked up with and struck out with IJC’s all over Manhattan it was time to present my initial findings to the world.
Born out of equal parts confidence, guilt, boredom and sexual frustration (ok. mostly the latter), my findings were initially presented to the world in September 2003 in the form of a rant on craigslist. That initial craigslist post received a phenomenal response. It was quickly promoted to "best of" status, generated a ton of chatter on the message boards, was forwarded around the country and was ultimately flagged and removed by the moderator (for being racially insensitve). That initial post was the inspiration for this website. I'll post it tomorrow.
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