Do you ever have those times when you're on your merry way and you see something out of context?
It takes a minute, or a little research, to figure it out.
Yesterday, after having coffee with Amanda (hadn't seen her since we moved back from St. Louis), James and I were leaving the mall, walking towards the entrance nearest to where our car was parked because it was upwards of 95 degrees out.
I walked past the kiosks: piercing place, engravings r us, tattoo time, etc when I saw a friend from college, who is currently youth pastor in California, selling entertainment discount cards.
Or so I thought.
Well, he was selling discount cards, but I wasn't sure if it was TJ, classmate of mine.
In my mind, TJ was a youth pastor out in California. And since I'm in South Dakota, something wasn't adding up.
So I did what any 20 something in 2012 would do.
I kept walking, found the nearest seat (which happened to be a dollar per minute massage chair, yum!) and got out my smart phone. I pulled up my Facebook app and looked him up. 9 mutual friends. Lives in Sioux Falls.
I'm serious. I did this.
But now I knew it was him. This is how we do research. Facebook. Wikipedia. Google.
I walked back to the kiosk, but now he was talking to someone. So I casually walked into GAP, looked at some of their overpriced t-shirts and then peeked out the window a minute later to see if she had left. She hadn't. So I looked at some overpriced flip flops. Peeked again. Still talking.
I had places to go after this. My son needed diapers and I had supper plans with my in-laws. So I just walked up and joined their little tet-a-tet.
We ended up talking for about 15 minutes.
Did I tell him that after seeing him and not knowing if it was him, I looked him up on Facebook to see where he was currently living?
Oh yes. I did.
It takes a minute, or a little research, to figure it out.
Yesterday, after having coffee with Amanda (hadn't seen her since we moved back from St. Louis), James and I were leaving the mall, walking towards the entrance nearest to where our car was parked because it was upwards of 95 degrees out.
I walked past the kiosks: piercing place, engravings r us, tattoo time, etc when I saw a friend from college, who is currently youth pastor in California, selling entertainment discount cards.
Or so I thought.
Well, he was selling discount cards, but I wasn't sure if it was TJ, classmate of mine.
In my mind, TJ was a youth pastor out in California. And since I'm in South Dakota, something wasn't adding up.
So I did what any 20 something in 2012 would do.
I kept walking, found the nearest seat (which happened to be a dollar per minute massage chair, yum!) and got out my smart phone. I pulled up my Facebook app and looked him up. 9 mutual friends. Lives in Sioux Falls.
I'm serious. I did this.
But now I knew it was him. This is how we do research. Facebook. Wikipedia. Google.
I walked back to the kiosk, but now he was talking to someone. So I casually walked into GAP, looked at some of their overpriced t-shirts and then peeked out the window a minute later to see if she had left. She hadn't. So I looked at some overpriced flip flops. Peeked again. Still talking.
I had places to go after this. My son needed diapers and I had supper plans with my in-laws. So I just walked up and joined their little tet-a-tet.
We ended up talking for about 15 minutes.
Did I tell him that after seeing him and not knowing if it was him, I looked him up on Facebook to see where he was currently living?
Oh yes. I did.
