Writer's Block: The name game

[altogetherisi]

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It's a Terry Pratchett reference. No one ever seems to recognise this, but that's OK, I went for obscure. Oh, and I wanted something that didn't land me at the bottom of alphabetical lists for once in my life :P I like it a lot - certainly it is the username I am most attached to - and remains as relevant now as it felt when I picked it 5 years ago.

Gosh, 5 years is a long time. Particularly on the internet.

January was pretty boring. Let's all have a Happy February guys.

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Don't feel bad! It's seriously obscure. I can't even remember which book it is, I haven't read it for ages, but one of the ones set in Ankh Morpork, and in like, one throw away scene there are a bunch of homeless people. One of them might be Foul Ole Ron, I honestly can't remember. And there's one called Altogether Andrew, who has DID and contains seven (I think) different personalities, one I'm sure is called Queen Hermione, and none of which are called Andrew. But altogether he is Altogether Andrew.

I don't have DID, but I do feel multi faceted, and sometimes the facets seem strange, and like they shouldn't go together, but they all add up to being me. Even when I don't feel like me. Dunno if that makes sense. But I identified with that throwaway character a lot. And when I originally got this LJ I wanted it to be, among other things, a place I could collate, well, myself.

Anyway, my simple name actually means a (possibly surprising) lot to me :)

Argh, I do not know when to ask people about touring Britain! I didn't want to bring it up to close to Christmas, but if I leave it too late people will have exams, and I'm still hoping for interviews to turn into offers *deludes herself* and I don't have much money for either trains fares or for pretty dresses... basically I have no idea. But I so want it to happen. I should just pick a weekend and say "can I come stay? Please?". Maybe I shall start doing that. Yessssss *strokes imaginary beard*