My First Game of Tag
>> Friday, May 2, 2008
Thanks to Amy, I have a theme for this meme (a unit of thought that is spread from one host to another; quizzes, surveys, novelties, etc.). It will be about names.
1) My name. Amy felt bad that she only knew me as MommySweetMom, but I don't mind being called that! The shortened version, showing on my comments, is MSM of course, but my name is Jennifer / Jenny / Jen. Take your pick!
2) My OTHER name. Looks like it's gonna be GiGi. Charlotte really had not called me any one thing as her grandma, but she has likely heard me called JenJen enough to pick up on that, and pronounces it as G.G.
3) Charlotte's mom Jessica: her father wanted to name her Mindy. I wanted to name Christopher either George or Sam. Other possibilities for Mary were Grace or Elizabeth.
4) The first dog I owned was a mutt named Sebastian. He was so sweet; but he was hit and killed by a car instead of living to a ripe old age. Those were just the days when the dogs were loose with us, not always in the house or backyard. They went where we went, which was all over the neighborhood.
5) The first 'love-of-my-life' was a gorgeous blond named Wesley. This was in third grade at Coleman Elementary. As the story always goes, he didn't know I existed. (Being as shy as I was, this is really how it HAD to be). Turns out, I had some kind of set of standards or expectations: Wesley got a bead stuck in his nostril one day while showing off and /or acting silly. He turned into THE biggest screaming, rude, crying, inconsolable baby while the poor teacher tried to remove it with some tweezers. I never looked at him the same way again. And he never looked at me, period. : )
6) My first email address was Buzzbelle @ aol. com . This was around 1996 or '97, and it just so happened that our Gateway computer was delivered on Halloween afternoon. I was so excited, at first, about opening an email address, but (even back then) every name I tried was taken - even my own, of course. To prove to the rest of the family how hard I'd been trying and how impossible it was to come up with something available, I said, "watch this" and typed in Christopher and Mary's costume characters: Buzz (Lightyear) and Belle (Beauty and the Beast). The rest was history, for years, until I left AOL for Time Warner who changed to Comcast.
There!
Now I tag:
Muddy (I don't know HER real name either!) - From the Mud Puddle
Jan - Gramjantique (she's a brand new blogger)
mattbabb - driving into disco (a guy blog. . . so we'll see. . .)
Jessica - Jessica, Matt, and Charlotte
Mary - Mary Christophermas
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6 comments:
You know I can't miss the chance to comment on the first love in third grade. Who do you think you are, Jessica? I think she even waited past 3rd grade to fall in love. At least it didn't take long for your eyes to be opened to the real Wesley. Life...what disappointments!
How I am NOT Jessica is that no one, and I mean NO ONE, would have known about my feelings. . . . I certainly wouldn't have dedicated my blog to him : )
I have a lot of friends named Jenny, Jen or Jennifer. One Jennifer goes by the name Yenny. You are in good company! :o)
Speaking of BuzzBell, I used to work with a Buzz Bell. Actually, I think his first name may have been William, but everyone called him Buzz. ;-Þ
Great information. I played along at my blog.
I took a second-look the first time I saw your comment on Renna's blog. Those are my initials and I use it often online. :D Our oldest dd is a Jennifer, who goes by Jenni, but I call her Jen on my blog. LOL!
Loved your list!
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