Less of a meme and more of a youyou

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(gacked from obsessedmuch)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your fic, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

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.

My personal goal is: to get over my writer's block, write my Obscure Santa thingy, and perhaps do something illegal this weekend.

I aim high.

Comments

[gloss]

My best friend in elementary school was named Chad and I longed to have a name that also appeared on the world map.

heh.

[camillafarfalla.livejournal.com]

Really?! You longed for a place-name?! Oh, that's fabulous. I can tell you that it's really not all it's cracked up to be, but it makes me happy that you thought it enviable to have a place-name. I'm named (my real name) after a city in Italy; the downsides have been that no one ever knows how to spell or pronounce it, I get a lot of blank stares (or dumb jokes) when I introduce myself, and when I was a kid I longed for a keychain or magnet or something sporting my name. The upside has been that I've always felt a connection to the city and as a result I lived there for two years (of course, when I was there, no one ever belived that was my real name...). All in all, I suppose I'm glad to have the name I do, but it hasn't always been my favorite thing and it adds a little extra pastiche or something to be envied, even retroactively, by a kid. *g*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Can I just serve you a big old plate of word about wanting a name like everybody else when I was younger? I always wanted one that was on the keychains/door thingys, but now I'm over it. My motto is, if you can't pronounce it, don't talk to me.