I have always found names to be a difficult thing to decide
upon. I feel like they have to have some significance or mean something
important to me. When I was a child, my stuffed toys never really had names. I
would call them whatever I could think of in the moment. But because those were
inanimate objects, it didn’t really matter. However, when it came time to name
my first pet, a violet budgie parakeet, I didn’t know what to name her. I
probably spent three days after bringing her home still trying to come up with
a name for her, during which I would address her as “hey you”. Finally after
those three days, my cousin asked me if she could name the bird and I, forced
into being the kind older cousin, agreed. The name she chose was “Kitty”. When
she came to me with her supposedly brilliant idea, I was confused. She chose to
name a bird, a cat. After a small quarrel, it was ultimately settled to name my
bird Kitty, although I wasn’t very satisfied with this name.
So when it came time to choose a name for my blog, I was
stuck. I needed to chose a good name that had some meaning behind it. The
reason I named my blog “Would You Be My Friend” has to do with the one of the
first times I had talked to my, now, best friend. We were in Science class,
which was our last class of the day. Trying to stay awake, I propped my head up
using my hand, pushing my nose up. I don’t remember why, but I then turned to
my friend and asked “would you be my friend if my nose was like this?” She
looked at with this confused and somewhat scared look on her face. We stared at
each other for about a minute, as my friend was trying to respond. She then laughed
and said “oh Mariam, you’re so awkward.”
I realized that that question was a bit awkward, but then I
began to think what really is awkward. Is it awkward to fall down stairs at
school? Is it awkward to greet a stranger? Is having a bird named Kitty awkward?
(Whenever I inform people of her name, I always receive the response “Kitty?”).
I think that awkwardness can be interpreted differently by each individual, or
maybe I just have a really bad judgement on what is awkward. Whatever the case
may be, according to some, my life is full of awkwardness. So, like this post,
my others will also be about “awkward” scenarios or thoughts, either according
to another or to myself.
Enjoy my blog and visit again if you would like to be my
friend! (We can still be friends even if you don't visit my blog.)
Do you think that awkward things are bad? Sometimes things are awkward because they involve going beyond social comfort zones, but maybe that helped you become friends. I'm interested to see your other posts.
ReplyDeleteI don't really think that awkward things are bad, but my experiences have had different outcomes with different people. I agree tho, many of these awkward instances helped me make new friends!
DeleteAs someone who has a cat named Catface (named by my son when he was four), I can relate to people giving you a funny look when you tell them your pet's name. (Though I suppose it would be stranger if she were named Birdface : ) Great first post!
ReplyDeleteAwww Mariam, has your now best friend read this post yet?
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet.
Very relatable post! I also struggled with naming my blog, and ended up reusing the name of a past blog. My cat also has a weird name-originally it was "The Cat," or TC for short, but my sister who named him claims TC is actually short for "Tiger Cat." (PS I love your theme-weirdly enough mine is almost exactly the same!)
ReplyDeleteDeciding what to name things is a very relatable struggle. And after sitting near you in chemistry last year... the scene with your best friend was easy to visualize. I loved this! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the concept (and title) of your blog ;) Everyone loves an awkward story, so I can't wait to read more! I am also intrigued just thinking about the word "awkward" because to me, the word itself is kind of clumsy and uncomfortable-sounding. "Awkward" can also be used in so many different situations that you are right to contemplate what makes something awkward and whether it's a good or bad thing (from the friend's perspective, I can say it's a good thing in your case!)
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