Remember when I told you all my name was Natalie? (Oooooh, you missed the memo? Well check out this post and you'll be all caught up. Go ahead. I'll wait.)
*waits*
*waits some more*
*thinks that you read very slowly*
*waits a little longer*
*gives up waiting*
Okay, well I'm assuming that by now you have already known this, you have finished reading the post, or you skipped the post and just want to see what the heck I'm gonna talk about and how it relates to anything. Right?
Blog hopping is one of my favorite things to do ever. You know, besides FaceBook stalking people and robbing banks. Because I love doing those too. They cheer me up enormously. Especially because mentally I am exhausted from this past weekend and all its high school crazy psycho drama that it held for me.
Anywho, I come across a lot of blogs. And I love love love following people named Natalie. And throughout my experiences, I've found a plethora of blogs written by Natalies. But what I think is beyond funny in its own right is that none of these other Natalies are my age. They are older than me.
I mean, there's this Natalie, and this Natalie and still this Natalie. There are even more Natalies out there. I just came across this amazing Natalie today! I know I've seen more than just these four too, but since I don't follow those ones I can't go back and provide you with links to their cute blogs.
I kind of feel bad about that. But only kind of. Just like I'm trying to kind of feel better since this weekend. I'm avoiding Prince's suite like it's the plague. I told him it was enemy territory and I won't go there. Until this situation with TheOther is resolved, I'm staying put. Especially because I don't want to agitate him further and make a bad situation worse.
On the plus side, I've heard that TheOther has decided he would much rather enjoy moving himself out of the suite. Right now we're just waiting for something final through the Housing Office. Once this is all resolved I'm sure Prince, LadiesMan and I will be back to terrorizing the hall just like normal.
And by terrorizing I mean hibernating in the dorm playing the PS3 and watching ridiculous movies like Fame. (Which I actually liked. The new one, not the old one. I haven't watched that one...but I've heard it's ummm...not so family friendly ha, ha.)
But you know what else? I kind of want to go by Natalie instead of Cinderella. Because I think Natalie is a really pretty name. But you know what? It's only a thought right now...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Coming Out of The Closet
Okay Bloggies,
Here's the deal. I've thought about this, and I've thought about this, and when I thought I was done thinking, I thunk some more. Now, at first I thought I could go about this one of two ways. I could tell you my real name and what that means to me and how that's shaped me as a person (per MamaKat's Writer's Workshop Prompt) or I could do the same thing except explain why I use Cinderella.
And then it occured to me.
Why not do both?
So we'll start with Natalie. Because that's my name. It is of Latin origin (Latin, not Latino. you know, it's that language that everyone says is dead) and it means "Birthday of Christ" which I always found slightly hilarious because my birthday is no where near Christmas time.
However, it kind of makes sense. Think about it: Natalie vs Nativity.
I remember when I was little I wished I spelled it different than the original n-a-t-a-l-i-e. There are a few ways - my favorites being Nathalie and Natalee. But now that I'm older, I like how my name is spelled. It's traditional. I'm kind of traditional. Occasionally. When it suits me. You know.
My mom didn't want to name me Natalie at first. Mostly because the common nick name for Natalie is Nat, which has the unfortunate coincidence of sharing the same sound as an annoying bug. The gnat. So I was deemed NatBug before I was even born.
And then there's Dawn. Which is my middle name. And I've only met one other Natalie Dawn in my life. You can find her here and I love her because she's an awesome photographer. Seriously.
I'd like to believe the story about my middle name being Dawn because I was born at 5:13 in morning after my mother had been in labor all night. I was an indecisive child. Couldn't really decide whether or not I wanted to be borned. And since then, indecision may or may not still be a problem in my life....
It wasn't until after I was already birthed and named that we realized there are a few other members of my extended family with Dawn as a middle name. So I got a family name and didn't even realize it.
Okay, so now that I feel like I've completely violated my anonymity, let's go into how I came up with calling myself Cinderella.
When I first started blogging, I had nothing to go off as to what I would call myself. My awesome aunt, who was my inspiration for starting a blog simply referred to herself as "C" so I followed suite.
But calling people by their initials can get confusing. Especially because DP and Prince Charming are both M names, so that would get messed up fast. I resorted to giving people code names on TheBlog, which has so far worked out to my advantage. And to help you all keep things strait there is a Cast of Characters list in the sidebar.
But I digress.
When I was younger, my dad called me Rindercella. I complained about chores. A lot. But I knew I didn't really have it half as bad as Cinderella, who is coincidentally my favorite Disney Princess. Mostly because she goes from rags to riches and wears an awesome blue ballgown that I absolutely adore. My senior ball prom dress was Cinderella inspired. I'm just saying. Here's a picture:
So you see, I just had to go with Cinderella because I wasn't sure about going by Natalie. But I see a lot of bloggers use their name, but keep everyone else's a secret. Which is what I intend to do, unless told otherwise.
**Writer's Note: My dear mother just texted me that I, little ole me, has made the Dean's List!! Can I get a What? What? I've NEVER made the Dean's list....**
Here's the deal. I've thought about this, and I've thought about this, and when I thought I was done thinking, I thunk some more. Now, at first I thought I could go about this one of two ways. I could tell you my real name and what that means to me and how that's shaped me as a person (per MamaKat's Writer's Workshop Prompt) or I could do the same thing except explain why I use Cinderella.
And then it occured to me.
Why not do both?
So we'll start with Natalie. Because that's my name. It is of Latin origin (Latin, not Latino. you know, it's that language that everyone says is dead) and it means "Birthday of Christ" which I always found slightly hilarious because my birthday is no where near Christmas time.
However, it kind of makes sense. Think about it: Natalie vs Nativity.
I remember when I was little I wished I spelled it different than the original n-a-t-a-l-i-e. There are a few ways - my favorites being Nathalie and Natalee. But now that I'm older, I like how my name is spelled. It's traditional. I'm kind of traditional. Occasionally. When it suits me. You know.
My mom didn't want to name me Natalie at first. Mostly because the common nick name for Natalie is Nat, which has the unfortunate coincidence of sharing the same sound as an annoying bug. The gnat. So I was deemed NatBug before I was even born.
And then there's Dawn. Which is my middle name. And I've only met one other Natalie Dawn in my life. You can find her here and I love her because she's an awesome photographer. Seriously.
I'd like to believe the story about my middle name being Dawn because I was born at 5:13 in morning after my mother had been in labor all night. I was an indecisive child. Couldn't really decide whether or not I wanted to be borned. And since then, indecision may or may not still be a problem in my life....
It wasn't until after I was already birthed and named that we realized there are a few other members of my extended family with Dawn as a middle name. So I got a family name and didn't even realize it.
Okay, so now that I feel like I've completely violated my anonymity, let's go into how I came up with calling myself Cinderella.
When I first started blogging, I had nothing to go off as to what I would call myself. My awesome aunt, who was my inspiration for starting a blog simply referred to herself as "C" so I followed suite.
But calling people by their initials can get confusing. Especially because DP and Prince Charming are both M names, so that would get messed up fast. I resorted to giving people code names on TheBlog, which has so far worked out to my advantage. And to help you all keep things strait there is a Cast of Characters list in the sidebar.
But I digress.
When I was younger, my dad called me Rindercella. I complained about chores. A lot. But I knew I didn't really have it half as bad as Cinderella, who is coincidentally my favorite Disney Princess. Mostly because she goes from rags to riches and wears an awesome blue ballgown that I absolutely adore. My senior ball prom dress was Cinderella inspired. I'm just saying. Here's a picture:
So you see, I just had to go with Cinderella because I wasn't sure about going by Natalie. But I see a lot of bloggers use their name, but keep everyone else's a secret. Which is what I intend to do, unless told otherwise.
**Writer's Note: My dear mother just texted me that I, little ole me, has made the Dean's List!! Can I get a What? What? I've NEVER made the Dean's list....**
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