Writer's Block: What’s in a Name?

[mimi_sardinia]

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The idea of having a different name is not one I really seriously consider - at least not now.

Oh, I used to think about it when I was younger, but I'm used to the name I have now, and if I were to change it, I'd probably just add another name, not change the one I already have.

Besides, the internet allows the luxury of being able to wear whatever name you want anyway. Here I get to be Merryweather Kyla Sardinia, instead of the name I don't tell anyone (except maybe PayPal). That works just fine for me, and that other name remains what I get called when I'm not online (or when I'm buying stuff through PayPal, because they need it to send me my stuff).

Anyway, it apparently cost an absolute bitch to change your first name. Surnames are easier to change (women still change them a lot when they get married), but first names are legally sacred or some such.

Comments

[playswithworms.livejournal.com]

Yep, I agree - it's fun to be playswithworms or whoever I want to be online, but I like the name I have in rl and probably won't ever change it.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

My RL name? It was my mother's lifelong favourite girl's name. She called her dog a variation of that when she was a child.

The name we're given is basically what our parents decide they want to spend their lives calling us - what they believe they can live with calling us. Whether we grow to like it is up to us.