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[wickedflea]

It's cleanup day here at the press. I hope I can make as dramatic a difference as last year.

GAH. Last year it was the Talking Heads and the Smiths. This year it's They Might Be Giants. Mixmaster Dan has a real flair for putting on bands that I respect but have no interest in listening to. Oh Jesus, now it's that Malcolm song.

Wrote this yesterday but forgot to post:

Do you have certain people whose name you always think you're going to forget? Like there's this guy who works here named Steve, but for some reason "Scott" keeps creeping into my brain, so that whenever I call him by name, I always have that feeling that I could be calling him by the right name. And man, it's embarrassing when you call someone by the wrong name. One time I worked with this waiter whose last name was Goodwin, and everyone called him Goody. But one day I called him Woody, and he really took offense. Then there was the time I was playing first base in little league and trying to make chatter. I loudly cheered the pitcher, "Strike him out, Will! . . . I mean Joe!" We did have a Will on the team, but he was a black guy, and Brad was this little white kid with a lot of freckles. Oops.

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[jetjet.livejournal.com]

I actually come across that alot! I see sooo many flight attendants and gate agents that I have no clue what there name is EVEN though I have been told it before again and again, and then I think it might some name but because I am afraid of saying the wrong name to begin with I don't say a name at all. I just say Hey ther YOU! or whats going on sweetie? Oh hon I am on my way out...something to those effects. Just to cover my senile ass.

[ex-thebellja885.livejournal.com]

I find this shocking. How do you remember the entire genealogy of people you knew at age 3 months but can't remember first names at the same time?
YOU'RE RAINMAN!

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Ignore previous comment erase erase erase. ;)

And yeah, it's completely whacked. I know the guy's name is Steve, but at the same time I'm not completely conviced. I think there's a Scott hiding in there somewhere.

[ex-thebellja885.livejournal.com]

hahah sucka! you thought I said your. My name ain't Curly!

I know what you mean, certain people look like they should be named something else entirely. I get Melissa a LOT from my OWN MOMS friends. Makes me wonder how often she talks about me. yeesh.

[skid-rose.livejournal.com]

I also know someone who fits that Steve/Scott paradigm- and with those same names, coincidentally. In reverse, though. He's really Scott but for some reason everyone wants to call him Steve. I guess his mom screwed up and gave him the wrong name when he was born. I can't imagine what it must be like for him, living as a Steve trapped in a Scott's body.