88 miles per hour
While I was driving to get lunch I heard 99 Red Balloons and Take on Me on the radio. I think I accidently activated the flux capacitor and went back to 1986. Hey, 1986 me, don’t date the chick that carved your name in her leg with a razor blade. Sure, it starts off fun but dude you already know she carries a razor blade. I actually did go back and warn myself, and by this I mean I was too chicken shit to talk to a girl like that. Which probably worked out for the best. Because, you know, razor blade.
Someone asked me if this girl really existed. Yea she did. But now that I think about it she really wasn’t that bad ass for carving my name in her leg. My name is Lee. Only three letters. Now if my name had been Bartholomew that would have been different. She probably would have just shortened it to Bart though. Only one more letter of bad assness. OK, how about if I was named Agamemnon? Don’t think that’s getting shortened. I mean can you picture Achilles saying, “Hey Aggie, you are a sucky king but I will sack Troy for you anyway. That work for you Aggie?” Nah, she would have to put the whole thing on her leg. Still wouldn’t have talked to her though. But if my name was Agamemnon I probably would have had far worse issues to deal with than being shy.
6 thoughts on “88 miles per hour”
So, Lee, why did you comment on my blog with some other name? I’ve already forgotten what it was, because I clicked on that name On My Blog and it brought me here, and I’ve been reading YOUR blog and commenting, and where was I going with this?
Did you NOT call yourself “Lee” in my comments because I already HAVE a Lee who comments, and you didn’t want me or him to be confused? Because seriously, Dude. Too late. I like to call people by the name they like to be known by. So is it Lee, or that A-Name? I need to KNOW, so I can reply to your comment on MY blog! 😉
I go by Arionis online but my real name is Lee.
Okay, so now I need to know the origin of such a unique name. Were you thinking “Orion is the coolest constellation” and then you thought, “ooh, that would be a cool online persona name; how do I spell ‘Orion’ again? ” 😉
Well I like to tell people that it’s close to Adonis. But then they take one look at me and know I’m no Greek God. So then I have to tell them the real reason. I made up the name for a D&D game back when I was in high school. Yup, I’m a geek. In the late 90’s when I started chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Channels) I used that for my nick and it kind of stuck for everything I’ve done online since.
Niiiiice! If you’re a geek, then you should definitely head over to wilwheaton.net, because he’s the nicest geek you’d ever want to meet, and he’s a great read.
Spot on! I’ve been following him for several years now.