what's in a name?

I've realized that recently people have started calling me nicknames. I guess the usual people fly pretty under the radar but I'm talking about when people like my best friend since I was 4, lili, take to calling me "sar." don't get me wrong I really don't hate it at all, in fact I kinda like it. it sounds weirdly narcissistic (and kinda dirty, too) to be like, "I like it when you say my name" but I like it when people say my name or some variation of it...like, legit.

I have two good friends, hannah and sally, who started calling me "corinne" and/or "corinney" when they found out that my middle name is corinne (hello facebook, thanks) and as much as I was initially opposed to the nickname, it has grown on me a lot. I'm definitely down to be called corinne. and the nickname has caught on a bunch -- a lot more people call me corinne. I don't know if it's supposed to be some joke, like, ha-ha you have such a fuckin' weird middle name (granted hannah's middle name is moselle, so top that parisan flava-flave) but I kinda like it. I like that people don't necessarily get it (unless they facebook stalk me or read the blog).

also I know I'm not alone in saying that I like it when a guy says my name. not in the dirty way (c'mon, reeeeeeally?) but just casually mentioned in conversation. I love it. I don't know, maybe it's that we like getting recognition that somebody knows you and your opinions and isms. maybe we really are all narcissists (it's definitely possible), but maybe it's just that we like being known. it doesn't mean we want everything to be about us, we're not crazy egotists, and seriously if someone said my name every time they said something to me I'd probably go fuckin' crazy but I do like having my name said. guys are usually so forgetful (don't take offense to that, all males that read the blog, I do recognize that was a wide generalization and take full liability!) so when one of them says my name it's like instant credit. yes, I exist. sweet.

speaking of names, check out she & him, zooey deschanel & m. ward totally teamed up to be a kick ass dynamic duo. kinda like batman & robin, another nickname/pseudonym-based tag team. word up.