Katimagroup:
Roo - Our project leader in Chicoutimi. She's really cool and reminds me a lot of my uncle's girlfriend (that's a good thing!)
Rose - An anglophone girl that reminds me a lot of Hey Rosetta!. She likes books and musicals as much as I do.
B.C. - An anglophone from British Columbia, he reminded me a lot of Sin when we first met. The difference being, he is actually intelligent. Heh. He has good taste in music.
Fox - A french girl that I met on Facebook before the program started. She is very smart and beautiful.
Montriella - A french girl from Montreal (but calling her Montreal would be confusing). She shares a room with me and she's very nice.
Barry - One of the french guys. His name isn't Simon but Fox calls him Simon as joke, so I'm extending that joke by calling him Barry (go Misfits!). He plays the guitar.
Cuisiner - An anglophone who loves cooking. He often cooks breakfast for the whole group. He can be negative at times but he's good to hang around with.
Polo - The last male francophone. He's rather quiet and likes kids. He has great taste in music and can seemingly recognize any song.
Dog - The last male anglophone. He is pretty quiet but very nice to talk to. I named him "Dog" because he and Fox have been pretending to be married since the beginning, and male foxes are sometimes called dogs.
Cinderella - The third anglophone girl. She and Fox are very close because they were talking on Facebook before the program started. She's quiet and sweet but with a really lewd sense of humor, which is unexpected but great.
Tong - A francophone girl that joined us on the 23rd of January. I gave her this nickname because I once read that "tong" means "same" in Chinese, and she has the same name as the girl she replaced. Also, she enjoys asian cuisine: when we were house managers together, her menu ideas were chinese noodles and sushi. She's a very caring person.
Acadia - We met when I was 14, and dated officially from March 2007 to June 2009, with a weird not-dating-but-having-monogamous-sex-and-saying-we're-in-love thing until early October '09. We're not currently speaking. His name is from the song "Acadia" by Mariana's Trench, partly because that was a band we enjoyed together and mainly because when I hear the song I imagine how out of place and ill-fitted I would feel if, with what I know now, I was to relive any time I spent with him. Every memory comes on when I hear that old song/ that we used to sing with the words all wrong/ I remember the faces and familiar places/ and I sing along but, Acadia is gone.
Beast - A member of my usual group of friends. I really don't know him well. His name comes partly from the messed up drawings he produces - what goes on in that man's head I can only imagine - and partly from the name he chose for himself on our forum.
Cat - Wrecking Ball's sister. She's very fun to be around. She is honest and trustworthy - I know this because at a sorority event, I remember getting rather tipsy and saying a lot of things that I would have preferred she keep to herself (well actually I would have really just preferred no saying it) and all evidence says she has kept her word. I named her when I didn't yet know her well, and so chose to call her Cat because of something called the "Kitty Cat Smile" that she does so well.
Comfort - I have known her for a long time, but not very well. She has had a lot of personal problems, with substance abuse and mental illness weighing heavily on her. Her name comes partly from my desire to hug her every time I see her, and partly from her presence in my life: it is a comfort to know that someone can come out alive from everything she has faced. It reminds me that my own problems just aren't that big.
Cowboy - We met in early January of 2010, and dated from March 27 '10 until December 12 '10. Our relationship was a really bitter failure to me, because it started out so good - we had so much to talk about, we were so passionately attracted to each other - but then it just fizzled and became this awful friends-with-benefits-but-not-using-the-benefits sort of situation. Imagine me sitting silently on his couch, not near enough to touch him while he played Xbox, until I got tired enough to go to bed. I requested he wake me up when he came in (wink, wink) but he never did. Imagine that once a week for two months. His name is Cowboy because he often wore a cowboy hat (when he wasn't wearing a bandana) and because of a song I liked when I was little. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys/ They're never at home and they're always alone/ even with someone they love.
Dance - Dance and I have performed together in seven shows (and I have only been in eight!). We have been getting closer with every show. After our last show, I actually spent the night with her at her sister's apartment. Once upon a time, I was jealous of her dancing ability because she had far less training than I, and also didn't like her much because she could be a bitch. At this point, I am a slightly less jealous person, and I have grown to really like her as I got to know her better. She introduced me to the band Scouting For Girls.
Doe - One of the younger girls who works with me. She's really sweet, and has a very bubbly personality. Named for her innocent appearance and big, brown eyes. It was also intentional that her name is so similar to Doll's.
Doll - One of the younger girls who works with me. I often forget that she is two years younger than I am, because she's really interesting and really cool. She's also very easy to talk to. Named for her skin, which is like porcelain, and also I was trying to make her name similar to Doe's.
Dragon - I had feelings for him for a few years before we slept together in October 2009 (one of the most passionate nights of my life, I'll add) and he turned out to be a mistake and a waste of my long-term affections. He is married now, and I sincerely hope they are happy together, though at times I feel strangely jealous if only because he met his wife a month after we had sex and I feel like I want him to still feel for me. Named for his tattoo and, mildly, his ethnicity.
Eevee - I met Eevee many, many years ago and then promptly forgot him until we met again in grade nine. I had a crush on him for a time, until he came out of the closet. I still had feelings for him, but they eventually faded. I'm not sure he ever actually believed that I wasn't joking about my crush on him. I nicknamed him Eevee partly because he is a bigger Pokemon fan than I am, and partly because of Eevee itself: it can evolve into so many different things, but only if you make it. Eevee isn't terribly happy, and right now his foreseeable future involves working full-time at a gas station. He is an intelligent, funny guy, and I know he could do so much better than that.
Envy - A girl that I work with who is only two or three years older than me. She is the one who inspired me to pursue nursing, and I really enjoy talking to her. I named her Envy because that is a feeling she often invokes in me. I envy that she is so close to becoming a nurse, that she is getting married (August 20th, 2011), that she is self-confident, and that she has naturally straight hair.
Fuu - I would never seek out a friendship with someone like Fuu. He's just kind of grown on me over the last three years. Fuu has three reasons behind his name: 1. The meme of that rage guy that says "FFFFFFFFUUU---" because he is on the internet a lot. 2. "Fuu", from the rage guy but written like this, looks kind of like a Japanese word, and I know he's a fan. 3. I sometimes feel frustrated by his presence in my group of friends because he was introduced to us by Love, then they dated and broke up, and in the split, she was the one dropped from the group, which I find somewhat unfair (though in all honesty, I'm still very unclear about what actually happened, so I try to think they had good reason). Additionally, Eevee was once closer to Hamlet, but then Fuu became his best friend, and watching that happen made me feel pretty uncomfortable.
Gaga - Interestingly enough, I actually met him online. Through Facebook. I never expected that to happen! He added me (and about 500 other people) as publicity for the character he plays while dancing at a local nightclub. I messaged him to ask if I knew him in real life and he said "no". Somehow from there we got talking, and we have since become decently good friends. I gave him his name partially because when we first started talking, one could say I went "gaga" over him, and partially because his dedication to his character makes me think of Lady Gaga's passion for her art. And then there is the fact of his real name, but obviously I can't explain that without giving it away.
Gandalf - I met him very recently, thanks to Gaga. He is a nice guy whom I feel comfortable around despite how new he is to my life. I gave him his name because he feels like an old-world wizard type. I would really love to play D&D with him some time.
Hamlet - Making friends with Hamlet happened slowly. Through random seating charts, we were sitting beside each other through most of grade 11 for both Math and English. Neither of us were very extroverted at the time (I feel we have both improved here), but we gradually started talking and making jokes. When grade 12 started and we were in the same English class before lunch, he and Eevee and I sat together in class and then found a place to sit together at lunch. Add one year of working together for group projects, and we have what I consider to be a pretty solid friendship. I named him Hamlet because it was the character he played in one of the video projects we did for English 121, and I consider that to be both a highlight of our friendship and his best performance out of any of our projects.
Hey Rosetta! - As I write this, she has been dating Hamlet for 4 years (since I don't intend to really update this, I'll say now that they got together in May of 2007). I kind of knew her by sight because of her friendship with Comfort, but I got to know her much better when we had Theatre Arts together the year she graduated. We sat beside each other in that class, and the next year she acted in the videos that Hamlet, Eevee and I did for English class. I named her Hey Rosetta! partially because they are her favourite band, and partially because when I thought about her personality I decided she needed to have an exclamation point. She's not an overly loud person, but she is vibrant. If she was a colour, she would be a green-gold, and not because that's her favourite colour. It's a bright colour, and a beautiful one, but I thought metallic would be classy and better suited to her than neon, because that is more harsh.
Jewel - A close friend since middle school and someone with whom I don't spend nearly enough time. She has introduced me to some great music, like Bowling For Soup and The Vandals. To me, she is Jewel because she is beautiful and because she is extremely important to me. If something happened to her, or our friendship, it would take me a long time to bounce back. I value her presence in my life more than I would value a million dollar diamond.
Love - We have the same brain. Even if we haven't had the same problem the other is having (though we often do get into the same sort of situations) we somehow understand each other perfectly. I feel like she is a bit stronger than me, and everything about her personality goes just a touch above my own. So, she's like me in bold. I named her Love because I love her, and she is a very loving person.
Love's Angel - The beautiful little girl that Love never got to meet. She was due in May of 2012, but she stopped growing in October of 2011. Always in our hearts ♥
Mats - I have to laugh about this name. I barely know this guy, but once at a party he fingered me, and at the time we were sitting on some DDR mats...
Pixie - A small girl my age who has a really vibrant personality. We met during my first performance with a local musical theatre group (it was her first show with them as well). I am calling her Pixie as a joke about her size, and as a tribute to her impish beauty. She has very short hair and small, pointed features, and it strikes me every time I see her.
Prince - He was in my university art class, back when he was still being called a she (as I write this, he is still physically a she as well). I named him Prince because he changed his name from the female to the male, and then sent me a Facebook message from "your friend formerly known as X."
Ringleader - She was the entertainment coordinator for a local nightclub until September 2011. Named for her personality and her job.
She Who Must Not Be Named - The girl that Acadia adamantly told me he would "never have feelings for" because she was "just like a sister" to him. These days, he is happily in love with her and, when we're on speaking terms, he proudly gives updates on how their just-friends-for-now-and-he-can't-wait-for-more relationship is going.
Silk - She's Hey Rosetta!'s best friend. I don't know her very well, but I gave her this name with the same reasoning I gave her an oriental-inspired wall hanging for Christmas this year: she looks kind of Asian, and that's a running joke in our group of friends, but then there is the fact that she does remind me of fancy, hand-dyed, embroidered silk. She is very artistic, and she has such a good sense of humour that anything vibrant and beautiful (like decorated silk) reminds me of her laugh.
Sin - I dated him for almost two months from February to March of 2010. He was addicted to smoking both tobacco and weed, and he was in the process of covering himself in tattoos, many of which had no meaning other than "they look cool like this." In addition to those vices, he dumped me without actually dumping me, which upset me to no end at the time and still occasionally bugs me (such as when a character with the same name does the same thing to a character I really like in a book! What are the odds?!). Those reasons, and the fact that as a nickname it sounds kind of cool and hard core, have made him Sin.
Sister Beauty - My big sister through my sorority. I love spending time with her, even though we don't hang out very frequently since I became a full-fledged sister. I named her Sister Beauty partially as a reference to our sorority and mostly because she is a beautiful person, inside and out.
Sister Gold - Another sister I've gotten close to. She is very friendly and funny, and comfortable to be around. She is quite similar to Sister Joy, which is a fun coincidence because the two of them are quite close. I am calling her Sister Gold because I think the precious metal fits her personality. And, like most of the coded sister names I've come up with, it is a simple reference to our sorority itself.
Sister Heart (Chaser) - My first little sister through my sorority. We have a few things in common, such as our loves for Mother Mother and Harry Potter. Mostly when we hung out I would talk a lot and she listened, which is a big change from how I am around most people. I liked that she had this effect on me. I originally nicknamed her Chaser because of a mistake I made the first time I heard her full name. Her new nickname is just a reference to Mother Mother's second album.
Sister Joy - Now graduated, she was one of the first girls other than Sister Beauty to make me feel really welcome in the sorority. Not that the other girls weren't welcoming, just that she put forth an effort to include everyone in every conversation and it made a big difference to me. Named because she seems perpetually happy - in a good way.
Sister Light - A small girl with a big heart. I adore Sister Light and hope that we get closer as time goes on. Named for her pure aura and gorgeous blonde hair.
Sister Lioness - One of my favourite sisters to spend time with, Sister Lioness has a very enthusiastic and caring personality. Named as a reference to her real Sister name.
Spark - Love's roommate. They've been friends for a really long time - longer than I've known Love, for sure, though I don't know how long specifically. I don't find I know her that well, but we get along just as well as I get along with Love. I gave her this name partially as a joke about her red hair, and partially because she has a really energetic personality which reminds me of an electric spark.
Synth - Jewel's boyfriend as of January 2011. He is a pretty nice guy, and a fan of Mother Mother which earns him major points in my book. He plays the keyboard in a local band, and I nicknamed him Synth as a short form of the word "synthesizer", because of his work in audio... thingy. I don't know the technical terms. Haha.
That Slut - Someone Acadia seems to be romantically involved with. I'd like to run her over, if I only had my license.
Trinity - I met her in the spring production of 2010. I gave her this nickname for three reasons: 1. She is very religious, and there is that thing called the Holy Trinity. 2. She enjoys a certain tea shop in the city. 3. She is a triple threat as a talented actress, singer, and dancer.
Wrecking Ball - Once upon a time, near the eighth grade, Jewel thought that Wrecking Ball and I would make a good couple (so she told me after I admitted feelings for him) and she introduced us through that ancient form of communication, MSN. We dated briefly in grade nine, but I ruined that (which is something I still feel bad for even now). Fast forward to fall of 2010, when he started hanging around my group of friends more often (he and Hamlet are close, and he had just been dumped), and I found dormant feelings waking up - and new ones forming. He introduced me to the band Mother Mother, and I loved the band as much for the connection it made to him as I did for the quality of their music. The beginnings of our relationship are documented nicely in some of the very first posts. I called him Wrecking Ball because when he was drunk at my 19th birthday he kept saying he wasn't "Wrecking Ball enough" to do things (I don't remember what now), and because it is one of his favourite songs by Mother Mother, which made me love the song so much more, and finally because of the morning of December 20, 2011, when he was dropping me off last after he, Hamlet, Hey Rosetta! and I did a forty minute hike up a rock face to try and see the lunar eclipse at 4 am. On the way to Hey Rosetta!'s we sang along to Wrecking Ball, and then after she got out of the car he put the song on again and told me he liked to hear me sing along. As someone who isn't confident in their ability to sing, and just because it was a compliment from him, that moment means a great deal to me. You gotta see the artistry in tearing the place apart with me, baby...
