Thursday, September 11, 2014

Names (and Welcome!)

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.)

7 comments:

  1. 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.

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    1. I 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!

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  2. As 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!

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  3. Awww Mariam, has your now best friend read this post yet?
    This is so sweet.

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  4. 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!)

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  5. Deciding 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! :)

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  6. I 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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