Hello, My Name Is...

Have you ever wanted to change your name up for a day? See what it would be like to go by something completely different?

Well today is your day. Today is National Get a Different Name Day. At birth, we are given a name and we go through life with that same name (well most of us do). It wasn't our choice to be called Sonja or Charles or  John or Christina, we were given that name, no questions asked. If you like your name, then that's awesome, but if you don't, today is the day to change it and see how the world looks through another's name. Be adventurous! You might just come to have a new appreciation of you name or realize that it really isn't for you.

Day One

Hi. This is really quite strange and slightly difficult for me, as I have never done this before. I am at a loss of words which rarely comes to me as I like to write and my brain is always on a train of thought shooting from one thing to another. Like just now I am thinking about trains because I typed train of thought. I'm thinking how cool it would be to be in the engine of a train and come to the crossing of a street and being able to blow the whistle. About how much the train weights and how my dad and I would sometimes tape a quarter or penny or nickle (dimes were always too small) to the track and wait for a train to come by and squish it flat, becoming a little good luck piece that I would carry in my pocket when I had an exam. I've lost most of them, I still have one penny that is flattened and still carry that along with a guitar pick in my pocket. No, I do not play the guitar, yet it is on my bucket list, but I do have a guitar that is signed by Les Paul (unfortunately not a Les Paul guitar) that he signed after playing a private concert for myself and roughly 15 other students for writing the 'best essay about him and his life.' Do you see what I mean, I like to ramble on. Sometimes I'm at a loss of words and will literally write whatever comes to mind, other times I might tell you about my day or something that has been bothering me for a while, whether it be something that happened to me, or a question on my mind. I hope for all you Led Zeppelin lovers out there, you will understand my page title or whatever it is really called. 
So, today I took down the Christmas decorations. My family celebrates Christmas and we exchange presents but we don't go to church. Then I went shopping with my sister (Christina, 23) and bought the book The Woman In Black by Susan Hill and a calendar of the Greek Isles. Other than that my day was pretty ordinary. Had cereal for breakfast, took a shower (singing loudly and bad), took down the decorations, had lunch, went shopping, goofed around on the internet (it is winter break from college (UW-Milwaukee)) and decided that it was about time to start this thing up. Tonight, after dinner, I plan to edit some more of my novel and watch some TV probably while I do the dishes to 'surprise' my mom and dad and then read some more of The Langoliers by Stephen King in the book Four Past Midnight.