Oddly ...

[soulswallo]

I've found something rather strange happening lately. Most everybody I work with knows that I'm a somewhat creative person. They know I love to write and will often stumble upon me scribbling furiously in my journal on my lunch break. I've found that when people start to view you as a "creative" person they start to assume that everything you do is creative. For example: I named my iPod "Destroyer of Worlds" (yes, really) and now some of my co-workers have asked me what they should name their iPod. The conversations usually go something like this ...

coworker: Your iPod has such a cool name *if not a little weird*, what do you think I should name mine?
me: What do you want to name it?
coworker: I don't know. What do you think I should name it?
me: Don't give it a wussy name.
coworker: I could call it "Creator of Worlds".
me: ...
coworker: You don't like that?
me: Well, you kinda sound like you have a God-Complex.
coworker: What's that?
me: Nevermind. I think you should name it something that means something to you. Don't sponge off me.
coworker: Well, you're creative, give me some ideas.
me: It doesn't work like that. You have to give it the name that it deserves. No one else's iPod is going to destroy worlds with breath and thought. You'll know what to name it when you get it.
coworker: But you always come up with better names.
me: Fine. How about Simon?
coworker: ...
me: What? It's a good name.
coworker: Umm ... nevermind. I'll figure it out on my own.

He later came up with the name "Black Viper".
I really don't know where I was going with this story. I just found it funny.
My awesomely awesome story is coming along. That makes me happy.

Comments

[jenahville.livejournal.com]

Heeee!
People ask me to name stuff all of the time!
And I do....................

[ebarnon.livejournal.com]

black viper? that's lame. now "governor tarkin", that's a cool name for an iPod. by the way, i thought simon was the name of the new family fish?

anyway. so today at work i had to get something out of our big, could hide a corpse, freezer. so as i was halfway in, the door closed on my back, which lead to me whacking my head on on of the bins on the inside. so my back hurts AND i've got a big ass knot on my forhead. i swear if it didn't happen to me, i'd laugh my ass off.

[kimbrchick.livejournal.com]

Your story reminds me that I should name my iPod. When I first got it and it asked for a name I just put in my last name. (BORING). I'll come up with something.

Wait, I can rename it right? Where's the rename funtion? Ahh, OK let me figure this out. lol.

[malkovich03.livejournal.com]

thats like when i named my car the 'interceptor' and people thought it was cool until they saw my car and they're all, 'uh, its a camry' and i'm all 'yea', and they're all 'how can you name a camry the 'interceptor'' and i'm all 'whats it to you' and they're all, 'its not even a v6' and i'm all 'shove it.'

[ebarnon.livejournal.com]

...and now a random fact about Chuck Norris:

Chuck Norris's friends once threw him a surprise birthday party. Unfortunately, when Chuck Norris unexpectedly saw all those people in his house, his mind involuntarily went into "defense/kill" mode. Chuck Norris lost many dear friends that day.

[malkovich03.livejournal.com]

hey! i'm drinking wine at work again. i love wine fridays. however, since i dont really drink anymore, my tolerance has gotten so low. i've only had maybe half a glass at most and i'm buzzed. its fun though.

[bangaboomerang.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for sending me Reefer Madness. We watched it tonight, and it was wonderful! This movie so rocks. I had been waiting and waiting to order it, putting it off, and then it came in the mail :)

[ebarnon.livejournal.com]

hello? anyone out there?

[ebarnon.livejournal.com]

ah i know what you need.


...and now a random fact about Chuck Norris:

In 1994, a film was made in Japan entitled Godzilla vs. Chuck Norris. It depitced a fight between the two, in which Chuck Norris made Godzilla tap out like a bitch. The producers, not wanting their most marketable character to be owned in this fashion, did not release the film. After roundhouse kicking their heads off, Chuck Norris used their ribs to comb his beard.