gistfile1.txt

exports.searchContactPost = function(req, res) {
	if (req.body.searchContacts === '') { res.send('Oops you searching for nothing, well here is nothing!'); };

 	async.waterfall([
		function(callback) {
			var contact = req.body.searchContacts.toLowerCase()

			User.find({$or:[
				{firstName: contact },
				{lastName : contact },
				{email    : contact }]
			}, function(err, users) {
				if (err || users.length === 0) return res.send(err);
				callback(null, users);
			});
		},

		function(users, callback) {

			Friend.find({
				userId: req.signedCookies.userid,
				// This probably doesn't work, but essentially you want to do one query that
				// finds all friends within the list of users
				$or: { friend_id : users }
			}, function(results) {
				// Then produce a map of the data in the way you want it:
				if (err) return console.log("houston we got a problem.");

				var parsed = results.map(function(r) {
					return {
						'fav': r.favorites,
						'notes': r.notes,
						'labels': r.labels,
						'user': user,
						'status':r.friend_status
					};
				});

				callback(null, results)
			});
		}

	],

	function(err, results) {
		res.render('contactListResults', {title: 'Weblio', friendsFound: results});
	});
};