Pegasus

So when I was in Croatia I had the absolute joy to randomly and awkwardly meet a fairly awesome world traveler. Well, sorta. 

I think Annie's face sums the experience up pretty well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 My first memory of Andrew/Pegasus is of meeting him in the grocery store where we would go to see Ivan, he (Pegasus not Ivan) had an Australian accent and was sort of piddling around the store in his sunglasses...trying to make confusion look cool. Story of his life.

Over the next week he helped us survive Croatia. Mostly because of his ridiculousness. He lived in this cabin pictured below. He would leave his door open in order to watch people as they walked by. Then he would creepily initiate conversation and we'd drag him along to wherever we were currently going.

He likes to make awkward jokes and point out inappropriately dressed people, all while bragging about his green card.

This is him in his Australian cabin, probably packing so that he wouldn't have to give any more of his clothes away. Or it could just be that he was indulging his neat freak tendencies, which he claims are totally normal. He swept the Seattle girl's cabin because he couldn't stand the dirt on the floor and he spent several hours talking about how much it distressed him.

 He also has a pretty prevalent spiritual gift: the gift of continual speech. On the way back to Belgrade he talked non stop for almost nine hours. It was awe inspiring. The only time he doesn't employ this gift is when he has been asked to translate. Case in point: One day while we were attempting to learn how to solve a rubik's cube we had Pegasus translate for us. After a while there was a long silence, the girl was still speaking so we turned around to Pegasus to see what was happening. He was zoned out, watching her and eating snacks. He had forgotten that he was supposed to be translating and had become totally absorbed in his snacking.

 He also has a penchant for drinking. This is a shot from the ferry on the way back home. The twenty minute ride was apparently so stressful he needed to visit the bar. Always with the sunglasses.

I felt like his cool potential can best be illustrated in this shot of our English speaking bible study group. Everyone else is totally okay with taking a photo and they even look happy. Pegasus, on the other hand, is staring hardcore behind his glasses throwing off cool vibes like they're going out of style.

I felt the need to introduce him for three reasons.
1. He is totally excited about being mentioned on this blog.
2. He is a recent acquisition to my friend circle and I'm pretty excited about his inclusion.
3. He's such a world traveler that odds are great that you'll eventually bump into him. 

Some might count this entry as an ego builder but Pegasus said in his own words, "I am a mere Australian/Croat/Texan/Mexican, I don't know the complexities of ego inflation". Which is probably why he wears his sunglasses all the time, you don't need to measure your ego when people can't even see the whites of your eyes.