Oh, wait. I used to answer to New Mexico. As well as Lastname. But not Sara. Because there were so goddamn many Sara(h)s in my school, not to mention dorm and circle of friends, we used adjectives to differentiate us. Tall, Short, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Hippy, New, Chem, Rocks...it went on and on. And my senior year, a Sara from my hometown showed up.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Sep 14, 2011 4:41:33 pm PDT #26282 of 30001
Hil R. - Sep 14, 2011 4:42:52 pm PDT #26283 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My circle of friends in college included Big Dan, Little Dan, Drunk Dan, Boston Dan, and Squirrelly Dan.
Liese S. - Sep 14, 2011 4:43:06 pm PDT #26284 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I answer to my last name, which is probably funnier when it happens to me than when it happens to you all.
Everyone believes my sister and I look a lot alike, but it's not true, it's just that we were the only minorities in our geographic areas. We do laugh similarly, apparently, though.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 4:48:34 pm PDT #26285 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People think my sister and I look alike too, but it's not true either. We are obviously related, but that's a personality thing.
sarameg - Sep 14, 2011 4:49:33 pm PDT #26286 of 30001
Liese, that just reminded me that my dad accidentally called me by his sister's name last week. She's been dead about a year now, but apparently, he's always thought I sound like her, minus the LI accent. Which... I should call my uncle. All his snopes-worthy conservative spam bedamned. He loved my aunt, and loves me even though he didn't meet me until I was in my 20s.
(I'm giving him another year before I actually begin responding with snopes.)
Jesse - Sep 14, 2011 4:49:37 pm PDT #26287 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of my mother's friends this weekend said I am a combination of my two parents, which is TOTALLY TRUE, and I don't understand why people say I look just like my mother. Actually, I understand why they say it, but they are still wrong.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 4:50:40 pm PDT #26288 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I look just like me mam, with the physique of mah dad. I dunno about my sister. Some weird shit.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 4:51:34 pm PDT #26289 of 30001
Because books.
People tell me I look like my mom, but that's usually only if we're together. I don't see it at all -- I've looked exactly like my dad forever.
Atropa - Sep 14, 2011 4:51:40 pm PDT #26290 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
People constantly confuse Cass and me for sisters. Which, okay, we're brain twins, but I don't think we look anything like each other.
SuziQ - Sep 14, 2011 4:51:44 pm PDT #26291 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I wish my parents had spelled my first name the way it is pronounced, even though it would have caused confusions. It is pronounced like there is a double s in the middle...Sussan. Or even more phonetically, Sussanne.
Instead of fussing over pronunciation, I just go with Suzi. Yes, I get a myriad of spellings, but it is easy to say. Made more of a difference when I had my 14 letter, 2 hyphen maiden name that was a bear to pronounce.
When I got divorced a few crazy people asked if I was going back to my maiden name. Uhhh, no. I like my last name as is and I've had it for most of my life, so I'm keeping it.