Names

Your name defines you. You don't realize how much it does, but it really does. When you have an odd last name, like mine, most peoples reactions are either "That weird girl with a weird name," or "Wow, she has an uncommon last name, she must be exotic." Neither are the case, of course (well maybe the first one :D).

Let me tell you, I would love to have a common last name like Smith, Brooks, James, something like that. You might ask Why Alexis? Because usually people don't really judge with a common last name. Someone with the last name B-I am not saying the other letters- gets judged a lot more. Believe me, I am actually the only Alexis B-still not saying the other letters- in the world. For real. All the people with my last name, are related to me. I used to get yelled at up until 6th grade for not writing my full name on a paper. There is only so much room on that paper, and I could be the only Alexis B. that they teach, or in the whole grade. Either way, I would still get yelled at.

It is a running joke with anyone who is friends with me to be able to spell my last name. They try and try for years. Only a few have gotten it, and that is because they have known me for years, and they had to spell it for something. Other one is how to correctly pronounce my last name. I have people I have known for years that still can't do it.


Ok, I am done ranting about my name. Sorry if it seems uncoordinated. I wrote it in my head at 1:00 in the morning while trying to sleep. After all that, I do still like my last name, I promise.

-Alexis B.