Google is a wonderful thing.

Even before I finished my previous post, I googled Date #2. I'll call him South Jersey. Isn't funny that google is now a verb? How did we ever find out about people before google?

Minor details I couldn't recall are easily clarified by a quick google search. It helped that his business card included his last name. I was now able to find the name of the town where he lives and more about his post grad, grad school to present timeline. South Jersey mentioned all these things but a few times the restaurant was too loud. I ask for some things to be repeated but some things, I just let go. More often, my brain can't filter info fast enough. So I nod, assume I am missing  something inconsequential and figure I will catch up eventually. Most times I do, but google certainly helps fill in any gaps.

Surprisingly, it appears as if his facebook page is not private. Isn't that a little piece of Christmas? There were all kinds of tweets linked with his facebook page, which is such a techie thing to do. The tweets were about professional wrestling. As an aside, I watched professional wrestling. When I was 11, I watched professional wrestling because it was popular and because my brother watched it with his friends. And I was 11. It was a weird, brother-sister bonding activity that gave me an excuse to hang out with him and his friends. We are five years apart and when you're eleven, five years older is a life time. I thought I was cool when I was hanging out with them. Then I entered junior high, and realized it wasn't real. And I moved on to a real sport, football. To have a grown man be interested in professional wrestling- well, I just don't know what to say. I know what I want to say. I want to tell him, "you know it isn't real, right?" I'll tuck that away for now. What can I say, I'm growing.

South Jersey also has a photo blog which is sorely out of date. His passion for photography was evident when we met. As an IT guy, I'm sure working with a computer to update a blog after working on computers all day is the last thing he would want to do. He chooses to use the camera to set up special effects on photos, not software. It's the science and problem solving part of photography. Yep, he's a green. He even used the word 'ambient'. I'm a word person, so that about made my night.

As for what info I gave him, I wasn't as forthcoming. Not on purpose really, it just happens that I don't have business cards. Teachers don't need them. So I wrote my first name and cell phone number on a sticky note. I know, I am classy. Technically, due the wonders of search engines, you can google my first name and "guidance counselor" and easily come up with some info from my school's website about me. That gives my last name which means a google search about me is entirely possible. Google is a wonderful thing.