Getting to Know You...

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gakked from majrgenrl8.

The effortless meme (on my part, at least):

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list.

Some of you I know relatively well. Some I know very well; one or two of you I even know in RL.

Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself? It can be any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...they listen in rapture to the love-music of she-turnips." I might feel compelled to mock your musical taste, but I'll certainly remember you.

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear.

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[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

We do not speak of this.

Let me put it this way: my first name starts with a C, cannot in any way, shape, or form, be shortened to Cat, and suits me so poorly that back when I was trying to go by it people kept giving me nicknames. In college the first time, the two that stuck for more than a week or two were Penny and Cat, and although there are probably about half a dozen people out there who, if they saw me today, would shout "Penny!", Cat won. One of these days I'll get it changed legally. I use my initials or Cat professionally.

My birth certificate wasn't registered for over a month after I was born (Sept 16th, it was registered at the end of October). My mother wanted to name me Morgan and my father, who had shot his wad picking out a boy name, thought Dara was perfect, don't ask me why. My dad didn't want me to have a cool name and my mom thought Dara was horrible (correctly), so they argued until they picked a name they both hated, and then never called me it. (They call me by one of my middle names.) It's kind of a sore point because I grew up with this ugly name that people in the midwest can't pronounce and which doesn't suit me.

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Well, that's something I didn't know about you before :) I know how you feel, because that's what I always felt about my middle name which I thought was dreadful. The irony is that it's for my Grandmother, and SHE never used it - called herself "Isabel" which I like quite a lot. I've never actually felt much like a Debbie, either, to be honest.