Putting on my brave face
Feb. 4th, 2006 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
newlifeinstpaulEver meet someone and get that first impression that they're a really cool person?
I mean as in mellow, easy-going, someone you can just be yourself around and it's okay?
And how in the hell can you figure that out from a couple pages of LJ posts anyway?
Iono.
I kinda got that vibe from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inclementine, though. And lucky me, I was right.
Somehow, I seem to wind up doing something totally out of character whenever I'm around her though. Okay--maybe that's only two for two, but that's not the point!
First time around I wound up uhh, bellydancing. Yeah ME! Dancing at all outta me is damned near miraculous, much less that.
Second time around? I came to her housewarming thang, stepped into to a room full of people I mostly don't know to say, "Hi everybody! My name is..." and then, something that starts with S.
You KNOW I don't do that.
That's a name I only tell people when I'm face to face with them. I won't spell it, won't type it, but will only say it when people can hear it. It's almost kinda blossomed (Metastasized? Cuz there's no calling this healthy!) into a Kill Bill or Layer Cake thing on its own. There's an unspoken, but well-known rule that no one uses my name here, so that I get to tell others first. I've had phone conversations, great dates and have still nearly forgotten to tell people until they ask, "Hey, what does S. stand for?" I have friends on this forum that I've known for years, love to death who still won't use it for fear of bungling it up (*cough*MEANERS*cough*) even though they've been told. Other folks call me Abdul or even by my internet nicknames around other people, but will only use S. when we're in smaller groups. And then? And then? There's the legend of J. Banana. Cute as a button. Very intriguing as a person. Hell, I probably woulda dated her were she into me. But? BUT? Even though we've met, lunched, laughed, et cetera? She still doesn't know my name cuz she's too. Damned. STUBBORN. Are too. Are too. LalalalalalLALLALALLA but I digress.
But after my introduction, my most gracious hostess' face screwed up just a bit.
"What did you say your name was?"
As a matter of fact, I even forgot to tell HER the first time we hung out. Um, whoops? It wasn't intentional. Honestly.
If she was really, really cool tho? She still wouldn't tellsan_simeon_girl what it was. Just to make her crazy.
PS - It was really nice meeting everyone and I wish I wasn't nursing an insufficient sleep/too much work/Diet Rockstar headache at the time. Hope to get to know you all better soon.
I mean as in mellow, easy-going, someone you can just be yourself around and it's okay?
And how in the hell can you figure that out from a couple pages of LJ posts anyway?
Iono.
I kinda got that vibe from
inclementine, though. And lucky me, I was right.Somehow, I seem to wind up doing something totally out of character whenever I'm around her though. Okay--maybe that's only two for two, but that's not the point!
First time around I wound up uhh, bellydancing. Yeah ME! Dancing at all outta me is damned near miraculous, much less that.
Second time around? I came to her housewarming thang, stepped into to a room full of people I mostly don't know to say, "Hi everybody! My name is..." and then, something that starts with S.
You KNOW I don't do that.
That's a name I only tell people when I'm face to face with them. I won't spell it, won't type it, but will only say it when people can hear it. It's almost kinda blossomed (Metastasized? Cuz there's no calling this healthy!) into a Kill Bill or Layer Cake thing on its own. There's an unspoken, but well-known rule that no one uses my name here, so that I get to tell others first. I've had phone conversations, great dates and have still nearly forgotten to tell people until they ask, "Hey, what does S. stand for?" I have friends on this forum that I've known for years, love to death who still won't use it for fear of bungling it up (*cough*MEANERS*cough*) even though they've been told. Other folks call me Abdul or even by my internet nicknames around other people, but will only use S. when we're in smaller groups. And then? And then? There's the legend of J. Banana. Cute as a button. Very intriguing as a person. Hell, I probably woulda dated her were she into me. But? BUT? Even though we've met, lunched, laughed, et cetera? She still doesn't know my name cuz she's too. Damned. STUBBORN. Are too. Are too. LalalalalalLALLALALLA but I digress.
But after my introduction, my most gracious hostess' face screwed up just a bit.
"What did you say your name was?"
As a matter of fact, I even forgot to tell HER the first time we hung out. Um, whoops? It wasn't intentional. Honestly.
If she was really, really cool tho? She still wouldn't tell
san_simeon_girl what it was. Just to make her crazy.PS - It was really nice meeting everyone and I wish I wasn't nursing an insufficient sleep/too much work/Diet Rockstar headache at the time. Hope to get to know you all better soon.
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Date: 2006-02-04 06:44 pm (UTC)i'm not kidding you, when i read that my JAW. DROPPED. OPEN.
i feel cheated. you tell these STRANGERS your name but you won't tell me? WHATever.
and i do too know your name. from when you were shoved your license in my face :p (at least i think i remember it. i just don't know how to SAY it)
So i'll just call you Sharon. :D BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT STUBBORN YOU KNUCKLEHEAD.
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:32 pm (UTC)And I even spotted you four letters. Four! Out of a possible SIX!
And alternate pronunciations for 'R?'
Do you know any?
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR?!?!??!?!?!
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-04 11:54 pm (UTC)I am so sending my Dad your home address.
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Date: 2006-02-04 09:22 pm (UTC):P
Yeah, I'm like that.. you know it. You still love me. :P
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-04 11:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-04 11:51 pm (UTC)2) Actually you two HAVE talked before. About Ultradork shirts. So HA!
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:53 pm (UTC)A) I didn't say anything about behind my back. i just said no fair talking about me. WHICH YOU ARE DOING.
and
B) Just because there once was a day when 2 comments were shared between 2 people on your FList doesn't mean that I KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS.
SO THERE, SHARON.
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:55 pm (UTC)She's nuttier than you. You come in second.
Now what?
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Date: 2006-02-04 11:57 pm (UTC)for now.
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Date: 2006-02-04 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-04 11:35 pm (UTC)Seriously, it was a good time...but a line's a line. You know me!
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Date: 2006-02-05 12:47 am (UTC)ive added you and i hope its ok :-)
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Date: 2006-02-05 07:05 pm (UTC)But do you know what you've got yourself into...?
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Date: 2006-02-05 08:13 pm (UTC)but im sure your cool
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Date: 2006-02-05 01:40 pm (UTC)I constantly live on Diet Red Bull, so I hear ya!
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Date: 2006-02-05 02:01 pm (UTC)A 2 liter botle of Coke + ephedra habit in the Big days leaves me sensitive to caffeine now.
Actually, just about anything I eat gets right to me these days...
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Date: 2006-02-05 01:51 pm (UTC)and i know what it is and how to pronounce it... just not how to spell it
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Date: 2006-02-05 02:03 pm (UTC)Stalkalicious!
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Date: 2006-02-05 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-06 03:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-06 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-05 03:43 pm (UTC)I had a boyfriend for on and off two years who never told anyone including me his real name, or his real age or where he really came from or anything but half truths. I understand Abdul is really your name as well, but it's not the name you call yourself in your head.
I suppose I should be more understanding, but I have a tender spot from the years I dealt with so much misdirection and manipulation and lies, from an otherwise really nice guy.
Plus, your real name is much nicer than Abdul. I remember it, there's an easy way to remember how to pronounce it when you introduce yourself, and although you've never spelled it for me, I could probably come close to getting that right.
Anyway, it was nice having you. I hope you had a good time.
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Date: 2006-02-05 03:48 pm (UTC)Tender spot.
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Date: 2006-02-05 04:23 pm (UTC)Annoying humor is my specialty...if this thread didn't make that obvious enough. XD
Anyone who's talked to me long enough knows I'm not only a very, VERY open book, but have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Most folks here can tell you that.
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Date: 2006-02-05 04:41 pm (UTC)I'm a weirdo.
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Date: 2006-02-05 07:00 pm (UTC)I think if somebody came to my house, said, "Hi, I'm (some other name)," my brow would crook a little too.
But just the right one. XD
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Date: 2006-02-05 04:42 pm (UTC)I've never mocked anyone who's made an honest try to pronounce it. Well, okay, I'm lying. There was this one guy? From back in the J-Dub days? Who actually called me DiGiornio and he was really trying! Now that one? Yeah. I had to laugh. And bring the ex over and we laugh some more...but that's it. Only time EVER.
More often than not these days, I do find myself saying, "Wait! Wait! Before I go...let me tell you my name!" at the end of a phone call or time together. It tends to be more about who I am and who they are than simply my name--but it's never been intentional. Absolutely wasn't wasn't with you and for that I apologize.
Next time we met up, you can card me like a bouncer. Scout's honor! Oh, and you do know I'm 38, right?
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Date: 2006-02-05 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-05 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-06 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-06 03:31 pm (UTC)Actually, no.
No I don't. XD