matty
Since it is the week before finals I had intended to invade the library and stay there until I am forcibly thrown out by the old lady librarians, ( which isn't as embarrassing as it sounds I saw one of them bench 420 lbs ). But as I was finally gearing up the emerge I heard a knock on the door and a one Zack Beregevin comes in and asks if I want to play soccer at four, I weigh my options and decide eh fuck I can always do homework later, but soccer is in the now. so I said yes and now have to kill an hour till the game and what better way to do that then finish up an idea I had for a blog from last week so any way here it is:
Throughout my life I've been Matt this name has done nothing for me it has always made me seem remarkably similar to everyone else thus when introducing myself as Matt I seemed to join the ranks of all the other Matts in the world inherently making me uninteresting. Basically I hated my name. Then sophomore year a friend started calling me matty j, at first this didn't settle well either cause although I hated my name it is remarkable how much an identity is contained in a name. But as a joke during rush I put my name as matty j and all the now Juniors learned my name as matty j. So I began to answer to it, but would never introduce myself as it. After a while though the name matty j began to take on it's own persona, when I was matty j I was cocky, sure of myself, sarcastic, and all in all a more vocal person. Then came my junior year when I realized I almost had two separate personalities, when I was with friends I was close with in non social atmospheres I was Matt quiet reserved and all in all the "nice" guy. But when I was out I became matty. I noticed this especially with girls as it started I was usually quelled by girls I liked so I introduced myself as Matt, but now I use this created persona or extension of me I introduce myself as matty. Which gives me an air of individuality, also with this minor change in name I've noticed a higher success rate and higher confidence. The point of all this ranting comes to this, Names not only identify who you are but they in turn create an identity.
Throughout my life I've been Matt this name has done nothing for me it has always made me seem remarkably similar to everyone else thus when introducing myself as Matt I seemed to join the ranks of all the other Matts in the world inherently making me uninteresting. Basically I hated my name. Then sophomore year a friend started calling me matty j, at first this didn't settle well either cause although I hated my name it is remarkable how much an identity is contained in a name. But as a joke during rush I put my name as matty j and all the now Juniors learned my name as matty j. So I began to answer to it, but would never introduce myself as it. After a while though the name matty j began to take on it's own persona, when I was matty j I was cocky, sure of myself, sarcastic, and all in all a more vocal person. Then came my junior year when I realized I almost had two separate personalities, when I was with friends I was close with in non social atmospheres I was Matt quiet reserved and all in all the "nice" guy. But when I was out I became matty. I noticed this especially with girls as it started I was usually quelled by girls I liked so I introduced myself as Matt, but now I use this created persona or extension of me I introduce myself as matty. Which gives me an air of individuality, also with this minor change in name I've noticed a higher success rate and higher confidence. The point of all this ranting comes to this, Names not only identify who you are but they in turn create an identity.
posted by matty at 3:30 PM
5 Comments:
I know exactly how you feel. By day, I'm Dasher, the witty yet clumsy nice guy who many percieve as harmless. But at night, I become Captain Crotch. America's favorite superhero who uses his pelvic thrusting action to rescue innocent girls from their evil hymens. Oh...I also have heat vision.
yeah right you were lame as nick too
To you, I am Zack, or occasionally Burgandy, but to the ants of what I have tentatively named "Ant hill number two", I am God!
Matty,
I love the story. And therefore I must say- I have created a beautiful monster of sorts. But I love ya body. Matty is who you are to me, not because you had it written on a name tag, but because you helped me see that you were a Matty and better yet, the Matty J!
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Your name is Matty J, but the website for your blog is MattyJohn. Does that mean that there's a cooler and more real Matty J out there?
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