say my name!

I've come to the realization that people just aren't getting the fact that I've changed my last name. and it's kind of OK, i guess... as it makes sense to me to be called all 3 names. Seems fair.

I've been reading Sloane Crosley's new book, How Did You Get This Number-- she's also the author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake, which I found super funny. Anyway, this morning on the bus I was reading the short story called "If You Sprinkle", and found the following line on page 153:

As it is with anyone who has made an impact on your life, her first and last name are inseperable.

Of course, this got me thinking about the years and years of being referred to by my first and last name, and the fact that the majority of people in my life (sometimes even my husband!) seem to forget I now have another name tacked on the end... and of course I got a bit full of myself when reading this quote-- thinking that I must have had an impact on a lot of people's lives... :)

it's all in the name

so... i have to say i think i'd have a really hard time having a name that is also a word used in conversation. i'm being intentionally vague here... but let me try to explain the scenario. a co-worker of mine just referenced a group of people and used his own name in the description of the group. i wonder if he thought it was weird.

(in my head when i started to write this post, it was really good... and sadly it's not very good, but i wrote it anyway, so deal with it. or don't.)

shana

i work in a relatively good sized office... yet i still find it funny that i receive shop drawings from a contractor addressed to me only as "shana"-- no last name.... like "prince" or "cher", perhaps i am identifiable by one name only. so... we got into a bit of a conversation about other celbrities known by their first name only. feel free to offer your contributions:

cher, prince, eminem, coolio, rihanna, ludacris, enya, seal, sade, carrot-top, twiggy, tiffany, usher, gallagher, sting, fabio, ice-t, duffy.