I acknowledge that I am pathetic for being as hyped up about this as I am! This year for Christmas, I am asking Santa to send me a "life."While we're on the topic of Edward Cullen (for those of you who don't know who I am talking about again; I am referring to a fictional vampire who has captured the hearts of teenage girls to 40+ year old women everywhere.) I was addressing Christmas envelopes yesterday and thought I'd make my Aunt smile by writing on the return address "Alison Cullen"... overcome, with the thought of temporarily substituting my last name with Edward's - I misspelled my OWN first name so it read: "Allison"
small annoyance #28 of my life is the continued misspelling of my first name. And now, I am guilty of doing it myself. Good grief. Who can't spell their own name? Well, I blame it on Edward. He can be so distracting.
I am not sure what it means to have a "complex." I hear people talking about having them and when evaluating my feelings for my own name, I have decided that I have a "complex" of my own. Congratulations to me!
For those of you who don't know this, my name is really Alison... a name, I happen to love.
I was primarily known as Alison up until the 12th grade. When Andrew I began dating, he asked me if a previous boyfriend had called me Ali or Alison. I replied, "He called me Alison." For whatever reason, that conversation turned me into, "Ali." Andrew could have called me Bernice for all I cared. I was so smitten.
My vocal teacher made the decision to call me "Ali" as well, so when I left for college with three of my high school singing friends, they introduced me as Ali. As you can see, "things" worked out well with Andrew and me, we ended up married (obviously) and so I am still his "Ali"... Except in the 104+ letters he sent me on his mission, I was addressed as "Alison Ann"
I'll be honest, I have days when I really miss being "Alison" but I am coming to terms that for the remainder of my adult life I will always be "Ali"... What are they going to put on my tombstone? Alison? And if they do, whose going to be able to find me?
My mom once called my place of employment and asked to speak with "Alison." They told her she had the wrong number and hung up on her. UGH!
Well - again, I had NO intention of writing about my first ever "complex" but there you have it. I hope it provided some measure of entertainment.
8 comments:
You CRACK me up! I love it. I do see what you mean with Robert Pattinson--he'll do, he will do! Hehe. I'm glad I have my fun, crazy friend. (I thought about blogging about our exploits, but decided to just leave my embarrassments behind. ;-D) Thanks for loving me despite my serious craziness.
Oh Alison! I think that I've always called you Ali (at least I can't think of a time that I've ever called you Alison). If you prefer, I will start calling you Alison :)
P.S. I don't like Edward. I love Jake!
People either call me Ann or spell my name Annie. I hate both options.
Hmmm... I am sorry to say that choice of Edward has left me disappointed. But then again, I don't think there is a live man out there that could compare to the Edward that I pictured!
Alison (sorry, it's weird for me...can I still call you Ali?)
I honestly think that anyone selected for Edward would be somewhat of a disappointment... because of how much Edward has been vividly imagined & dreamed about that anyone chosen would be short of expectations. I can't wait for the movie to come out...do you know the ETA?
Dear Bernice.
I'm sure Christi is much more excited to see who they pick to be Jake. She really doesn't like Edward.
I think they should cast me as Jake. But then again, I'd really need to work on my tan. I'm pretty much Native American in name only.
Alison Ann,
I know that I don't regularly comment on your blog, but I must admit I am somewhat of a "blogstalker" when it comes to your work. Thanks for sharing.
I remember that change happening! It was quite an adjustment for me because I had called you Alison for so long and now it seems weird that I ever called you Alison! and..ps, I like Edward but have to agree with Christi, I love Jake.
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