I hate it when...

You go somewhere and you see a familiar face from the past and forget their name. In my case it was the airport. My grandmother came in from Dominica last night for her yearly visit, and my mother and I were waiting in baggage claim for her. I saw an old friend and instinctively called out his name. However, my instincts were wrong. This was not the friend whose name I had called. This in fact was another good friend that lived next to me in my freshman dorm at ECU. I knew who he was, but the fright of having called him the name of another had me lost for words. As I scrambled to pick up the pieces of what was proving to be an embarassing moment, I knew that I had but one ally. FACEBOOK!!! yes my children, FACEBOOK. The social networking of the Gods! I pulled out my IPHONE and went to work, I started surfing my pages and knew that I had one last chance to confirm his name before he gathered his luggage and left the airport. And there it was in black and white, I was right this time and had now matched my name with a face. Right as this occurred he had grabbed his luggage and was walking out of the airport... I nonchalantly turned to him and said "see you later (insert name here)". I saw the look of satisfaction in his eye and knew that my mission was now complete.

So... today I dedicate my blog to none other than Mark Zuckerberg and his facebook staff for preventing what could have been a disastrous encounter with an old friend.