1. Despite the fact that I’m pretty sure I said “If I try to sign up for NaBloPoMo next year, please punch me in the face,” at the end of November last year, I just went ahead and signed up for NaBloPoMo this year. This will be year three of daily posting torture, though of course, years one and two are now totally lost, though, come to think of it, that’s totally fine. I am obviously some kind of masochist. Anyway, if you are also NaBloPoMo-ing, you can be my friend over here. Just so you know, being my friend over on that site means that I will never sign in or reply to messages. I’m cool like that.
2. I was reading about how Beyonce is now to be known as Sasha Fierce. I like how the writer of the article compares her to George Costanza. I like my name, but maybe I should publicly declare that everyone has to refer to me as Cobra now. I’ll consider it.
3. Earlier today while I was running, I may have listened to “SexyBack” a couple of times. As such, I have declared today to be Justin Timberlake day and have been listening to JT all day long. You can still join in on the festivities by listening to Justin Timberlake, even if you only listen to one song. I love Justin Timberlake. And I don’t even mean that in an ironic way. Dirty baaaaabe.
4. Today this dude from my bank called to let me know that everything was going to be fine and the current economic climate in the United States does not mean that they will no longer be lending money and then he kept trying to give me a loan and I kept saying “But I don’t need a loan.” Also he kept mispronouncing my name after I corrected him. I wanted to say “You know, one of my nicknames once upon a time was Does Not Rhyme With Pamela. You should think about that.” But instead he’d say “Well, Jamelah,” and I’d say, “Jamelah,” and maybe in my head I’d also yell “LONG E! LONG E!” and he never did get me to refinance my car. I don’t need to refinance my car, but even so. DOES NOT RHYME WITH PAMELA.
5. I heard it’s supposed to snow on Monday. Snow. In October. I know this happens and all, but still. If you need me, I’ll be moving to Ecuador. I mean, I won’t really be moving to Ecuador, but I will be talking about moving to Ecuador. A lot.
P.S. I just found a crapload of comments in my spam filter. I guess that’s where they go when they disappear. I don’t know why. I will figure it out, though. Sorry about that.
Posted by jamelah | October 24, 2008, 3:48 pmHe’s probably one of those people who are like, “I don’t know why people get so upset when I mispronounce their name. I NEVER get upset when people mispronounce my name” but that’s because his name is John Smith and no one has EVER mispronounced it.
(My main problem is not so much people mispronouncing my last name when they see it written down – although that’s happened – but people mishearing my name and writing it down wrong. In restaurants, they are always asking for “McMitt, table of four” or worse.)
Posted by srah | October 24, 2008, 4:49 pmNaBloPoMo??? Are you crazy, woman?
I swear that last years go at it almost made me quit blogging for good.
Posted by Peter | October 24, 2008, 7:51 pmwhere i live, it already snowed. on tuesday. i was actually quite happy about it.
everyone pronounces my name wrong, so when people get it right without my telling them beforehand, i fall in love.
once when this happened the person with whom i fell in love later turned out to be a bit of a douche. so i’ve decided i need to reconsider my criteria for loving and naming.
Posted by fathima | October 24, 2008, 8:55 pmGeorge Costanza has such a funny last name, I love me some Seinfeld.
Posted by Davidov Kosovo | October 24, 2008, 9:11 pm3. Timberlake is a good singer. And he’s hot. It utterly amazes me.
4. No one has ever mispronounced my first name, because it’s short and there is a reasonable balance between vowels and consonants in it, but when we moved to a little town, I had to change school and on the first lesson the class tutor (is it the right word?) had to write my name down in some papers. She asked, what is my name. I answered. And she was like: Really? And I: Uhm, yeah? (What’s wrong with you woman? Do you think I don’t know my name?) It turned out, as my mum went for the parents meeting, that she didn’t believe me. And for half a year there was some Maria attending school.
What people do with my surname is a challenge for my patience. And I don’t want to talk about it.
5. I wish it snowed here. Everything, including Siberian snow storms, would be better than such an ugly autumn.
Posted by fabulitas | October 25, 2008, 4:20 amScott used to live in Ecuador. He does not like Justin Timberlake and makes fun of me for it.
Posted by wifey | October 25, 2008, 8:57 amsrah — At one point, after being called Janelle at a restaurant (seriously — how did anyone get JANELLE from my name?) I decided I was going to make up a name to give people at restaurants so they wouldn’t have to call me things that were definitely not my name anymore. I still haven’t done this. Maybe I will just start telling them my name is Janelle. Of course, people mispronounce my last name too. How many times have I been called [some variation of Jamelah] Early? Too many to count.
Peter — I know. I think I posted about three times in December last year as a direct result of having to post every day in November. And yet, here I go again. I obviously am crazy.
fathima — I know how to pronounce your name! I even know how to spell it in Arabic! I’m sure you know how to pronounce my name too. This obviously means we should be BFF. Also, I totally know what you mean about falling in love with people who say it right on the first try — I do the same thing. In my head I think “You said my name correctly. I love you.” It’s such a rare occurrence though.
Davidov — I love Seinfeld too.
fabulitas — I wish I knew more Polish. I went to Poland once and learned a little before I left, but it was a long time ago and at this point all I remember are the words for yes, thank you, good night, and beer. Anyway, I would be happy to send you some of our snow. If it doesn’t snow on Monday, it will soon. That is the way of Michigan.
wifey — I get made fun of for liking JT too. I can’t help it though. He has some really good songs.
Posted by jamelah | October 25, 2008, 10:16 ammy last name is my cross to bear. No one can pronounce it right.
AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH JT DAY. I think every day should be JT Day.
I thought about doing NaBloPoMo, but then I would probably end up with a one word post every day, and it would really clog up readers more than anything else. Good luck to you, you know I will be reading along.
Isn’t it time you do that recording on how to pronounce your name? That was a favorite of mine, and now it’s in bloggy heaven.
Posted by allthewine | October 26, 2008, 12:09 pmI signed up for NaNoWriMo, too, and I’m starting to regret it already. It’s bogus, man. Bogus!
Posted by Bill Ectric | October 28, 2008, 8:33 am