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I'm not a stalker, I
Posted by: Liz | From: June 30, 2003
I'm not a stalker, I swearSometimes I am a voracious Googler. The urge really comes and goes in waves and is often quite random, though sometimes very satisfying. Where did all these random people of my past go? Often, the person’s name is too common and I come up with a lot of marriage certificates from the 1920s or something, but every so often I find exactly what I’m looking for.
Especially gratifying:
Roman Hollowell, a boy I went to elementary school with, who was a fast runner back then and dreamed of being a football player—a future our 8-year-old minds had no doubt would come to be: he’s a football player for the Colorado Crush ! Well, for arena football, which J says is fake. But football!
Tel Cary-Sadler, a boy I went to middle school with, who is now attending Harvard Law School and stood up to a racist professor! His best friend was my first boyfriend in 6th grade, but alas, too many Peter Baer’s to sort through.
Warren Clark, a friend from college. This is everything you hope for when you google someone’s name! Oh the wonderful hilarity!
Not so gratifying:
I can never find enough info on by old best friend, Briana Snow just random stuff from her college years (and some horses of the same name). I have dreams about seeing her again and I all the dreams I am so excited to see her and tell her that I keep having dreams about seeing her. I’m sure I could just call her parents and e-mail her, but that seems very active. What would I say?
Amber Pritchett, an old friend from middle school. She pulled away from us the last year of school and looking back on it I wonder what happened to her during that time.
I think this activity is mainly about seeing if my perceptions of people I held in the past are still true. It feels nice when someone you thought was talented and smart turns out to be so. Or a good football player. It speaks to something non-ephemeral in people’s personalities, I suppose. But maybe I’d be just as excited if Roman had turned out to be a famous artist or Tel had become an renowned tarot card reader. Google kind of confirms I knew these people, and that they grew up, and that they continue to be real and mutable.
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We went to Place Middle School together in Denver. She'd be 27 or so now.
Posted by: Liz at May 1, 2006 08:57 PM
Hey, how are you doing? I am a googler, too, and looking up Tel, your site came up. I hope that you are blessed and life is like the pleasant smell of roses after being pricked by the thorns. Do you ever think about Alexis? I do, and if often still makes me cry.
Yasmeen
Posted by: Yasmeen Barnes-Nkrumah at June 1, 2006 01:55 PM
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which amber do you mean? what state? how old would she be now? i know of 1, but will not give info until you do.
Posted by: yuckie at May 1, 2006 08:12 PM