Believe it or not, I'm a complete catch

I can't personally vouch that this is 100% real, but even if this is a hoax, it is still some damn brilliant comedy. 

Dimitri

From the email that's circulating around:

One of my friends from work was out one night hanging outside of a bar trying to find a cab. Olga ends up meeting this guy Dmitri and they talk for maybe 2 minutes. She hands him her business card and says call me. These are the voicemails he left her.

Update: Maybe it's real, maybe it isn't. Could it be confusing performance art?

Update: According to the Toronto Sun, he is real. But is Dimitri a modern day Eric Weber, or is the Sun being punked? I don't trust the media any more than the internet regarding these things, especially when they rely on YouTube clips.

Update: The Eye got hit on by Dimitri as well, and gets some more of his story. Misogynist rants are the norm.

Keep the comments coming. I want to get to the bottom of this!

Comments

[Eric B.]

Not a hoax, really.... More like Kaufman-esque performance art:

http://www.dimitrithelover.com/

It is pretty classically hilarious, though.

[Clinton McClung]

That makes it even better. Hooray for confusing performance art comedy!!

[phillyradiogeek]

This is neither a hoax nor performance art. This is an actual voicemail received by a woman in the Toronto area by a man whose real name is James Sears, and his story is quite disturbing.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/04/13/5272201-sun.html

[crees]

Seduce and destroy.

[Two-What]

Not "performance art." At least, not intentional "performance art." Just the basic tenets of the "seduction community" taken to their illogical extreme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_community

Think of Sears as Neil Strauss, minus shrewdness and "subcommunication" and plus a massive superiority complex.

[Jessica]

The best, is that the (feminist bashing) image index for his site is available here:
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/animation/

[g-g]

here is another article

http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/features/article/22843

[Bart]

Wow, yeah, that's one of the creepiest/funniest things I've ever heard.

I've added the Ataraxia (a/k/a Mort Garson) piece, "Tarot," from the album 'The Unexplained' (1975) as backing:

http://rapidshare.com/files/135675240/Let_The_Romance_Begin.mp3.html

[K]

I could see where a restraining order or two might be necessary with this cat. Also, the business of asserting just how 'normal' he is makes him sound like a Greek Ed Geins. WTF?

[Suresh S]

Genius viral marketing ... here is the press conference for the film http://ThoughtCrimeFilms.com ... Hollywood producer Brad Goodman of Borat, Bruno, Religulous, etc., is behind it!!!