Into Utter Madness - She'll Sing At Me, She Always Sings At Me!

I am now personally aware of three songs that bare my name. The earliest and best known is by Dolly Parton (covered by everyone and their dog), the second is by Ray LaMontagne (covered by Zac Brown), and the third, is by Bob Dylan (hopefully to be covered by no-one).

*sigh* One might think I'd be flattered that there are songs with my name in them...but one would be wrong. Maybe it would help if at least one of them didn't suck. I mean seriously, the Dolly Parton song is about a man-stealer, Ray LaMontagne's is about a drug addict who basically gives up the girl for the drugs, and the Bob Dylan...well, I've never liked Dylan so I didn't manage to make it even halfway through the song.

But even if the songs didn't blow lyrically (or vocally, in the case of Dylan) wouldn't it be cool to have a song with your name in the title? Well, maybe. But part of what made me detest the Parton song is the fact that, as soon as people find out what my name is, they always want to sing it at me. And they think they're the only ones who have ever done that.

"Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh...You know, I've, I've never heard anyone make that joke before. Hmm. You're the first. I've never [had] anyone [sing that song to me] before...you're so funny!"

Another part of the problem is that I've never liked my name. For some reason I've never felt comfortable speaking it, like it doesn't fit me or something. I had a Zuni tell me that my name sounds powerful! Really? It's a diminutive form of a name that means "He will enlarge," how is that powerful? (Although, I will admit that the meaning does kinda fit, for obvious reasons...)

I don't know what it would take for me to be comfortable with my name...but I'm pretty sure that singing stupid songs at me isn't going to help.