artifice...

often times through social media an individual has a screen name, for our more modern folk or a handle, for our old timers.  basically these are the same thing, just different terminology for different times.  a lot of times an individuals screen name reveals a little insight as to who this individual perceives themselves to be. 

i will give you an example.  my name is heather.  for some reason as i was typing this forrest gump's voice popped into my head. strange.  anyway, my screen name for a most social media is bloggerflo.  i write a blog and my girlfriends call me flo.  so you get my hobby and my nickname all rolled into one neat little name.  alright so it isn't super creative but it's what i came up with.

i have a friend.  well, i consider him a friend.  i am guessing, at least thinking, he considers me a friend.  okay, i've never actually met this person, but i chit chat frequently with him through social media.  are we really friends?  yes, i think so. 

anyway, we are unlikely friends.  i am at least 10 years his senior, yep i am old.  he is a drummer, i have no musical talent whatsoever.  he has a total potty mouth, i am a straight laced gal who watches her language, most of the time.  he also seems to spend a lot of free time being an extreme survivalist, i prefer the comforts of my cozy home with an occasional outing on well groomed and maintained trails.  however, we have enough commonalities to enjoy each other's banter.  bacon, the cure for just about anything.  coffee, one of the reasons to get up in the morning.  sex, another reason to get up in the morning and a necessity, but his escapades are way crazier than mine (remember he is a drummer anything you can imagine...).  honesty at all costs, this i think is the biggest, we are totally up front about who we are.  no smoke and mirrors here.

now that you are somewhat familiar with my friend, we get back to screen names.  i know him by his screen name.  the definition of his screen name is a clever or artful skill.  this is very fitting, he has an incredible gift, his voice.  i haven't ever encountered another human who can artfully convey a message the way he can.  when i found out his real name, the one given to him by his parents at birth (i'm assuming i don't really know this), it just didn't match.  the meaning of his actual name is uncertain, possibly eminent marrow.  huh?  i don't even know what that means.

although i don't think his actual name matches him, i can't think of what else i would've named him.  his screen name isn't really a name although it is fitting.  do you know anyone with a name that doesn't seem to fit their personality?

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